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[6 Cards from "72 Pictured Party Stunts"]

Six cards taken from a 1930s party game called "72 Pictured Party Stunts." Each card has an illustration and lists an action or activity that is stereotypical or attributed to a particular ethnic group. The backs of the cards are decorated with a geometric design in blue, with a portrait of a woman in the center.

Date: 1935

Creator: Whitman Publishing Company

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman]

An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman.

Date: August 3, 1841

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman]

An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman.

Date: 1837-04-18/1837-04-20

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Maria, an enslaved woman, from Clinton Terry]

An agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of a Maria, an enslaved woman, from enslaver Clinton Terry.

Date: December 10, 1853

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from J.M. Prewitt]

An agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from enslaver J.M. Prewitt.

Date: May 5, 1856

[Agreement for sale of Boston, an enslaved man, in Connecticut]

An agreement for the sale of an enslaved man named Boston in Connecticut between enslaver John Griswold and the estate of deceased enslaver Josiah Filly, executed by David Barber.

Date: December 16, 1772

[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]

An agreement for the sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy who was "eleven or twelve years old." Hercules was sold by enslaver Ephraim M. Guthrie to enslaver Thomas Graham. The agreement names Hercules a "slave for life."

Date: September 29, 1847

[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People]

An agreement for the sale of multiple enslaved people of the following names and ages: Adam (25), Major (25), Tom (25), Charley (18), James (18), Hannibal (16), Charles (15), Julius (15), Ned (14), Samuel (14), Sandy (14), Scott (7), Frank (7), Mason (4), Mayo (4), Lucinda (26), Mary (18). Eliza (22), Catherine (14), Francis (12), Matty (10), Rovina (10), Martha (9), Joanna (7), Louis (15), Richard (14), Nash (18), and Marella & child.

Date: January 1, 1864

[Announcement of E.M. Pease’s candidacy for governor]

A circular in which E.M. Pease announces his candidacy for governor.

Date: May 26, 1851

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

The Austin Silk Plantation and Manufacturing Company

This pamphlet describes the processes of silk production and compares it to raising cotton.

Date: 1917

Creator: The Austin Silk Plantation and Manufacturing Company

[Bill of sale for purchase Harriet, an enslaved woman]

A bill of sale for enslaver William McMaster’s purchase of a Harriet, an enslaved woman, from enslaver William B. Smith. E.M. Pease, also an enslaver, was a witness to the transaction.

Date: January 2, 1844

[Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease]

A bill of sale for the purchase of an enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease.

Date: August 10, 1847

[Bill of sale for purchase of slave by E.M. Pease]

A bill of sale for the purchase by E.M. Pease of a slave named Tim or Tom.

Date: September 1, 1849

[Bill of sale for purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman]

A bill of sale for enslaver John Chaffin’s purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman ("hireling"), from enslaver Stephen Richardson.

Date: March 4, 1835

[Biographical essay on Elisabet Ney]

A short biographical essay on Elisabet Ney—on the cover is a black-&-white reproduction of a painting of Ney by Fredrich Kaulbach.

Date: unknown

Creator: Fredrich Kaulbach

Calendar page

Front page of calendar, found in the room in which O. Henry passed away, with June (month of death) showing.

Date: June 1910

[Cancelled Checks to W. S. Porter]

Cancelled checks written by Maddox Bros. & Anderson all made out to W. S. Porter. Some are endorsed on the back by Porter.

Date: 1886

[Cold-War-era order list for gift-food parcels]

An order list for gift-food parcels during the early days of the Cold War.

Date: unknown

[Correspondence to Carrie Crusemann from Charles S. Potts]

A letter to Carrie Crusemann, one of E.M. and Lucadia Pease's grandchildren, from Charles S. Potts, then dean of the Southern Methodist University school of law, requesting information on the Pease family—at the time, Potts was preparing an entry on E.M. Pease for the "Dictionary of American Biography."

Date: March 31, 1931

Creator: Potts, Charles S.

Creator: Brown, Timothy Alvin

[Funeral receipt]

A receipt for printing and circulating funeral tickets (possibly for the funeral of Anne Marshall Pease, daughter of E.M. & Lucadia Pease).

Date: August 1862

[Funeral receipt]

A receipt for the "funeral of [E.M. Pease’s] child," Anne Marshall Pease.

Date: September 19, 1862

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[6 Cards from "72 Pictured Party Stunts"]

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman]

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman]

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Maria, an enslaved woman, from Clinton Terry]

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from J.M. Prewitt]

[Agreement for sale of Boston, an enslaved man, in Connecticut]

[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]

[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People]

[Announcement of E.M. Pease’s candidacy for governor]

The Austin Silk Plantation and Manufacturing Company

[Bill of sale for purchase Harriet, an enslaved woman]

[Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease]

[Bill of sale for purchase of slave by E.M. Pease]

[Bill of sale for purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman]

[Biographical essay on Elisabet Ney]

Calendar page

[Cancelled Checks to W. S. Porter]

[Cold-War-era order list for gift-food parcels]

[Correspondence to Carrie Crusemann from Charles S. Potts]

[Deed for purchase of slaves]

[Deed for sale of slave to E.M. Pease and John W. Harris]

[Essay “Pease School” by Timothy Alvin Brown]

[Funeral receipt]

[Funeral receipt]