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Letter by Queen Liliuokalani
This letter, written on the 7th of December 1900 and finished two days later is a personal correspondence between Queen Liliuokalani and a friend. The Queen discusses her health and death of a mutual friend; she talks about missing the snow and…
Letter to Helen McNary from Fusa Tsumagari, Arcadia, California, August 9, 1942
The letter is written from within Santa Anita Assembly Center, the letter first thanks McNary for sending her candy and a book for her to use in the camp. But then speaks of a riot that stemmed from the army from outside San Francisco ordered the…
Letter from Anthony D. Allen
The source is a letter from former slave Anthony D. Allen to Dr. Dougal, the family of his former masters. Whilst dictated by Allen the letter is written by missionary Hiram Bingham. The letter details Allen’s experiences in becoming a free man, his…
Letter from Pelly to Grey
The latter denotes an enquiry to British governance, by a representative of the Hudson Bay company, about the situation of their company and its Fur trading rights in relation to the 1846 Oregon treaty and the land acquitted to British territory. The…
Letter from Douglas to Labouchere
The letter gives a report of the state of colonial trade, weather forecasts and native relations. Despite the letter stating native-colonial relations to be amicable, something of sour note may have occurred between Native and colonial settlers two…
Beren to Lytton
The letter denotes the story of a violent skirmish between Native peoples and American colonial settlers. This was not uncommon due to the late 1850s seeing a rise in expansionist movements of colonial settlers. The colonists would come into direct…
Letter from the assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to Priority Records regarding NWA’s track, Fuck tha Police
Typed letter addressed to the office of Priority Records in California from the Milt Ahlerich, the assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The letter regards the track ‘Fuck tha Police’ by the rap group N.W.A. expresses concern for…
Hiro Writes of His Arrival in Vermont
This man has written to his family following his move from Hawai’i to Vermont for his chaplaincy work. In it, we can see the love he has for his child, and the longing to be with him, despite his job during the Second World War. This provides us with…
Tags: 20th century, Chaplain, Christianity, Hawai’i, Hawaii, Indigenous, Japanese American, Letter, Religion, Second World War, Vermont, War, WW2
Letter from Ronald Reagan to Nancy
This source is a handwritten love letter from Ronald Reagan to his wife Nancy Reagan, worded to ‘Mammie poo’ from ‘Poppa’. The letter is a page long and has arrow through two hearts illustrated in the left hand corner. Prior to Ronald Reagan’s…
Letter to the honourable Parnell Thomas from Norris Poulson, conveying information from Jack Moffitt regarding Communism in Hollywood.
The source is an 11 page typed letter with a ‘Congress of the United States house of representatives Washington D.C.’ header. It is written on the 22nd of May 1947 from Norris Poulson to Thomas Parnell and names those believed to be communists…