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This item is a letter from General Sherman to the Quartermaster General. Sherman is described as “high strung, quotable, irritable, irreligious, prone to bouts of anxiety and depression” (McDonough). Although most people know General Sherman’s name…

Image of the cover of Harrison Berry's book Slavery and Abolitionism as Viewed by a Georgia Slave, published in Atlanta, Georgia in 1861. This forty-six-page pamphlet was Berry's principal antebellum publication.
Berry, a literate slave artisan from…

Shows the damage caused to the Hill Hotel after a dynamite explosion on the street in front of the hotel

Depiction of the aftermath of the catastrophic crash that occurred in 1918 on the Malborne Street subway line.

Depicts the layout of the city and census type counts.