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Letters & Documents
This category comprises personal and professional correspondence, patents, legal papers, and other historical documents that provide insight into Latimer’s life, career, and collaborations.
"By Phone" – A Typed Poem with Handwritten Annotations
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"From ‘The Negro in a New Role" – Handwritten Essay by Lewis H. Latimer
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"Murray’s" – A Poem by Lewis H. Latimer
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"Songs My Mother Sang" – Poem by Lewis H. Latimer
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"Unconquered and Unconquerable" Poem by Lewis H. Latimer
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"When I Shall Die" – Poem by Lewis H. Latimer
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Awards & Birthday Cards
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Biographical Material, (1 folder, 1925-1969)
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Booker T. Washington Correspondence
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By-laws, (1 folder, 1996)
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Military Service Certificate for Lewis Howard Latimer
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Cooling and Disinfecting Apparatus, (1 folder, 1886)
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Correspondence Between Booker T. Washington and Lewis H. Latimer
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Correspondence Received, (1 box, 3 folders, 1886-1909)
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Correspondence Received, (1 box, 3 folders, 1886-1909)
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Correspondence Received, (1 box, 3 folders, 1886-1909)
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Correspondence Received, (1 folder, 1908)
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Correspondence Received, (1 folder, ca. 1910)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (1 folder, 1971)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (1 folder, 1976)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (1 folder, 1980-1990)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (1 folder, 1988-1990)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (1 folder, 1989)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (6 folders, ca. 1960-ca. 1985)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (6 folders, ca. 1960-ca. 1985)
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Correspondence Sent and Received, (6 folders, ca. 1960-ca. 1985)
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Correspondence, (1 folder, 1893-1935)
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Creative Works, (1 folder, ca. 1930)
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Document Cover Page Inscribed with Lewis H. Latimer’s Name and Address
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Edison Pioneers Golden Anniversary Invitation – October 21, 1929
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Edison Pioneers Invitation to the Golden Anniversary Celebration of Edison's Electric Light, 1929.
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Edison Pioneers Membership Certificate for Lewis Howard Latimer, 1921
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Electric Lamp, (2 folders, 1879,1881)
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Electrical Fire Extinguisher, (1 folder, ca. 1900)
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Elevators 1880-1890
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Employer Recommendations
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Employer Recommendations, (2 folders, 1899,1913)
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Envelope Addressed to Lewis H. Latimer from W.E.B. Du Bois
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Envelope from the Office of the Mayor, City of New York to Lewis H. Latimer
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Financial Records Pension Fund, (1 folder, 1894-1932)
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General Services Administration Records
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Hammer Collection Photographs, (1 folder, 1975)
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Handwritten Poem by Lewis H. Latimer – Fragmented Manuscript
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Instructions for Wiring Lamps, (1 folder, ca. 1890)
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Jeanette L. Norman Papers, (7 folders, 1908-1937)
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Legal Records, (1 folder, 1992)
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Letter from B.T. Harvey to Mr. J. Wardlaw, Secretary of Edison Pioneers
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Letter from First Unitarian Church to Mr. & Mrs. Lewis H. Latimer
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Letter from LHL to Dr. Sarah Greenberg
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Letter from Lewis H. Latimer to Mayor Seth Low – Advocacy for Black Representation in Government, 1900s
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Letter from Lewis H. Latimer to National Conference Committee – December 9, 1895
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Letter from Lewis H. Latimer to Thomas A. Edison (June 16, 1888)
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Letter from Victoria Earle Matthews to an Unnamed Recipient – National Association of Colored Women, February 7, 1897
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Letter from W.E.B. Du Bois to Jeannette L. Norman Regarding Prize Contest
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Letter from the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison to Lewis Latimer
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Letter from the Office of the Mayor to Lewis H. Latimer
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Letter to Lewis H. Latimer from J.R. Scottron
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Letter to Lewis Latimer from Hiram S. Maxim – November 1898 Letter
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Letter, Frederick Douglass to Lewis H. Latimer, September 16, 1894
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Lewis H. Latimer Children’s Museum Photographs, (1 folder, 1990)
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Lewis H. Latimer School, (1 folder, 1982)
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Lewis H. Latimer’s Advocacy for Civil Rights: Letter to the National Conference of Colored Men (1895)
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Lewis H. Latimer’s Legal Testimony in Edison Electric Light Co. v. Columbia Incandescent Lamp Co. (1890s)
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Lewis Howard Latimer Correspondence and Writings
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Locking Rack for Hats, Coats, and Umbrellas, (3 folders, 1896)
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March 11 Journal
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Marriage Certificate, (1 folder, ca. 1930)
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Means for Producing Luminous Effect, (1 folder, 1891)
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Medical Records, (1 folder, 1927)
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Membership Records, (3 folders, 1917-ca. 1915)
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Membership Records, (3 folders, 1917-ca. 1915)
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Membership Records, (3 folders, 1917-ca. 1915)
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Memorabilia, (2 folders, 1927,ca. 1970)
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Minutes of Meetings, (1 folder, 1921-1930)
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Negro Americana, (1 folder, 1969)
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Obituaries
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Page of a Scrapbook, (1 folder, 1879-1888)
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Patent Certificate for Louis H. Latimer’s "Apparatus for Cooling and Disinfecting"
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Patent for Electric Lamp by Joseph V. Nichols & Lewis H. Latimer
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Pensions Records, (1 folder, 1964)
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Petition Letter to S. R. Scottron, Esq.
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Petition, (1 folder, 1902)
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Poem "Unconquered and Unconquerable"
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Printed Material, (1 folder, 1900-ca. 1920): Collection of Religious and Institutional Documents
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Printed Material, (1 folder, 1900-ca. 1920): Embossed Marriage Certificate
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Printed Material, (1 folder, 1900-ca. 1920): Gerald L. Norman Correspondence
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Printed Material, (1 folder, 1900-ca. 1920): Latimer Family Correspondence – Business and Personal Letters
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Printed Material, (1 folder, 1900-ca. 1920): Latimer Family Papers – Decorative Presentation Certificate
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Printed Material, (1 folder, 1900-ca. 1920): Letter to Louise Latimer from Edison Pioneers
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Printed Material, (1 folder, 1900-ca. 1920): Marriage Certificate and News Clipping on Rev. S. L. Gracey
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Printed Material, (1 folder, 1900-ca. 1920): W.E.B. Du Bois Program and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Article
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Printed Material, (1 folder, 1908-1939): Grand Army of the Republic Service Book and Related Documents
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Printed Material, (1 folder, 1970): Exhibits, Memorials, Dedication, Awards and Dedication 1970
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Printed Material, (2 folders, 1986-1990): Community Outreach Materials
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Printed Material, (6 folders, 1930-ca. 1985) : Newspaper clippings and magazine
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Printed Material, (6 folders, 1930-ca. 1985): Historical Newspaper Clippings and Tributes to Lewis Howard Latimer
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Printed Material, Herbert N. Casson, The Birth of the Telephone.
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Printed Material: This issue of The Crisis
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Printed material
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Printed material: Art Alumni News
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Printed material: Some One Like You by James W. Foley
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Printed material: The Literary Digest
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Printed material: art exhibitions, school events, and African American cultural activities.
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Proclamations, (2 folders, 1971)
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Proclamations, (2 folders, 1971)
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Save the Latimer House Campaign, (2 folders, 1988-1990) & By Laws (1989)
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Signed Engineering Document by Lewis H. Latimer – Elevator Safety Mechanism
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Stanley Electric Manufacturing Co. vs. Toledo, Steam Plant Specification, (1 folder, ca. 1890)
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Suppose Poem
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Survey #63 - Letter from Frederick Douglass to Lewis H. Latimer (September 16, 1894)
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Testimony of Lewis H. Latimer in Patent Interference Case (July 12, 1889)
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U.S. Patent for Electric Lamp – Joseph V. Nichols & Lewis H. Latimer (1881)
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THOMAS A. EDISON, OF MENLO PARK, NEW JERSEY ELECTRIC LAMP
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Unidentified, (5 folders, ca. 1890-1902)
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Various Blueprints, (2 folders, ca. 1890)
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William Latimer Papers, (1 folder, 1964,1969)
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Work Records, (3 boxes, 1 binder, 1879-1913)
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