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Letter from Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, nominating Giovanni Matteo Santo to a position in the recently vacated Abbey of San Ponzo.

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Letter from Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, giving the land of a recently deceased widow with no successors (Antonia Ossella) to D. Giovanni Matteo Santo.

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A letter from Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy, to Signor Conte Maurizio Santi requesting the release of several captured thieves.

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Letter from Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, to Count Maurizio Santus, describing the maltreatment of Giovanni Giacomo Ceva and notifying the count that Ceva has been placed under the duke’s protection and should therefore no longer be troubled.

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Letter from Charles Emanuel III, Duke of Savoy, to Count Santus, current Governor of Mortara and the province of Lumellina, reminding him that later that month he must return to Torino and give his governorship over to the captain of the guards.

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Letter of Charles III, Duke of Savoy, with an attached sheet in a different hand discussing the granting of jurisdiction of lands to Johannes de Siluescho.

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Letter from the secretary of the Magistrate of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus to Count Cesare Vittorio Valperga di Cuorgné, requesting some change in the regulations regarding the uniforms of the various divisions of the Order.

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Letter from Filippo d’Este, Marquis, and General Lieutenant, promoting a certain Ettore Valperga to Capitan and Castellano of the Castle of Cherasco.

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Letter from Minister General of the Franciscans, Fr. Paulus de Soncino, to the Lord Lancino de Lancinis and Lady Marguerite his wife, conferring assistance and spiritual care.

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Letter describing the conditions of the troops after they were sent to a location outside of Pinerolo (Italy).

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Letter of recommendation from Charles Emannuel I (Duke of Savoy) to the canons at the cathedral at Carmagnola that they accept Giulio Cesare Zoello as their new provost

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Letter to Jacobus Nasuus, of the Pro Chancellor's office (Rome), from his father. Includes seal.

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Letter of King Louis XIV of France to the Cours de Comptes, Aix-en-Provence. Includes seal.

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Letter from Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, promoting Cavalier Pallavicino to the position of Major and Commander of the Citadel of Torino.

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Letter from Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, discussing property with his vassal Horatio Silvesco.

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Letter from Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, expressing thanks for the loyal service of the Conte Santus

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 127 pieces of fan mail written to baseball player Joe “Shoeless Joe” Jackson in the years after his retirement. The correspondence was in the form of letters and postal cards and nearly all of the letters include the original mailing envelopes. Most of the letters are fan requests for autographs. Some of the autograph requests reference an article about Jackson that appeared in the October 1949 issue of Sport magazine, titled "This Is...

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The collection consists of personal letters (1974-1980) from L.F. Konson to his cousin, Maya Konson (b. 1931) and her family, who had immigrated to Israel in 1974.

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Correspondence and ephemera relating to Brendan Behan.

Abstract The Loome Catholic Modernism Collection consists mainly of research on Catholic Modernism that Thomas Loome gathered for his doctoral dissertation ca. 1968-1974. It is a compilation of thousands of pages of correspondence, publications, and personal papers by and about Catholic Modernists ca. 1890-1925, especially George Tyrrell and Friedrich von Hügel. The items are mainly photocopies of manuscript and printed materials, but originals, microfilms, and photographs are also included. The...

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This collection consists of ten letters sent from Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany to a Mrs. Wieland, largely concerning advice and critiques of her poetry. Additionally discusses Dunsany’s opinions on the publishing world.

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This small collection consists of one letter written by Louisa May Alcott, one letter written on her behalf by her London publisher, one inscribed photographic portrait, and one page from the manuscript of the novel, Jack and Jill: a Village Story.

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A group of 33 manuscript letters, written by Louise Chandler Moulton (1835-1908), who wrote poetry, fiction, and literary criticism. Many of the letters, for example, those addressed to Fred Holland Day (1864-1933), a publisher and photographer, deal with the literature of the day.

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The papers of Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920) are comprised of letters, postcards, and a limited number of papers. The majority of the letters and postcards were written by Guiney to J. R. Tutin, a publisher located in Hull, Yorkshire, who hoped to revive interest in 17th c. literature.

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A 4-page folio-sized letter written on 15 November 1862 by Confederate private M. A. Harvey, Co. B, 8th Texas Cavalry, describing actions during Bragg's invasion of Kentucky in September-October.

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This collection consists of letters received by Magdalena Harriague. The majority of the letters contain commentaries from contemporary writers and critics of Latin America and Spain on Harriague’s work; however there are also personal letters from contemporaries and friends. Materials include letters and postcards.

Scope and Contents Central to this collection of family letters are personal letters written by Marcellus Ovando Messer during his Civil War era military service in Company C, 19th Ohio Infantry (1861-1865). These letters date from 11 January 1862 to 23 October 1865. Stamped, postmarked envelopes are present for most. Messer writes to his parents Loren S. Messer and Chestina W. Cook Messer and younger brother, Charles Messer, at home in Warren, Ohio, and to his brother George W. Messer (who by 1863 was...

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A collection of 100 manuscript personal letters written by American textile artist Marian Stoll to her friend Elizabeth Morison, all dated between 1928 and 1938. The letters describe aspects of her professional life as well as her experiences living in Paris, Athens, and later, the U.S.

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A pair of manuscript letters, each dated 4 October 1862, written to the Philadelphia Quaker Mary Bettle by two relatives, Sophia Jones and Elizabeth Williams. An enclosure in Jones's letter describes audiences of the Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends with Salmon P. Chase, Edwin M. Stanton, and Lincoln, regarding exemption from the draft.

Scope and Contents The Mary Clemency Papers consist of materials collected by Mary Clemency related to the history of women’s basketball at the University of Notre Dame. The collection contains original documents, records, ephemera, photographs, and clippings related to the first organized women’s basketball teams on campus from 1972 through 1976, including bookstore basketball, interhall basketball, a women’s basketball interest group, and club basketball. The collection contains some correspondence between...