Newspapers

Content Description Impact was a New Orleans-based newspaper that focused on topics of interest to the gay and lesbian community. It began circa 1977 and published until August 2000 under variant titles. The Impact collection is comprised mainly of other GLBT newspapers from around the United States that were received by the Impact office as part of exchange programs. Additional material includes correspondence,...

Content Description This collection contains seven letters, mostly written by Mary A.S. Bailey, a girl in her early teens during the Civil War. The letters were written from Keokuk, Iowa, to a cousin, Florence Hatch, of Perry, New York. One letter was written by J.W. Adams of Brockport to a D.S. Morgan, an American citizen who was visiting London, England. The letters discuss local events and the progress of the war.Additionally, the collection formed by historian Francis J. Manno contains mostly...