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Champion Prize Fight Envelopes—Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP 2011
Scope and Contents A complete set of five profusely illustrated unused envelope covers which use the sport of boxing as a metaphor for the political and military conflict between the United States of America and the rebellious Confederate States of America in 1861. The images on each envelope depict the ultimately victorious President of the United States Abraham Lincoln and the President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis in a boxing match. The envelopes were published by J. H. Tingley, 152 1/2...
Dates: 1861 - 1861

Joseph Maria Finotti Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: FIN
Scope and Content Five letters to Finotti (1855-1877), among them one concerning the exhumation of Bishop Frederic Baraga, one concerning the Society of California Pioneers, and one concerning the school question; and scrapbooks of political cartoons, including caricatures of Jefferson Davis, and newspaper clippings on the Civil War, popular poetry, and Catholicism.
Dates: 1844-1881.

Keating Collection

 Collection
Identifier: EPH 5061
Scope and Contents A collection of paper items (posters, picture albums, magazines, and pamphlets), and other ephemera (pins, badges, etc.). While a majority of the materials are products of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), also included in the Collection are non-political cultural items from the Republican Period (1911-1949), and from before and after the Cultural Revolution.
Dates: 1911-1949, 1966-1976; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1976