Historical Documents

SAMUEL GOMPERS (1850-1924) Labor leader; organized the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Signed and inscribed photogravure, b/w, image size 6"...

JOHN SPARGO (1876-1966) American socialist and reformer. AQS, 1p, nd, 8vo, Hotel Gibson letterhead,Cincinnati, from "Socialism and Motherhood&q...

JOHN SPARGO AQS, 1p, Nov 25, 1928, 8vo, interesting content. "Russia is still an American problem - and America will yet see Russia great and g...

NORMAN THOMAS (1884-1968) American Socialist; helped found ACLU; 5 time Socialist candidate for President of U.S. TLS, 2pp, Mar 25, 1940, 4to, persona

MALCOLM X (1925-65) African American leader; became a Black Muslim minister in 1952, preached racial separation; by 1964 he had changed his position o

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR (1929-68) Assassinated Civil Rights Leader. Signature, "Best Wishes, Martin Luther King." Nicely matted with a vinta...

ROSA PARKS Civil Rights activist. DS, her personal check, Jan 22, 1999, drawn on First Independence National Bank, Detroit. Completed in her hand to...

CARLO GAMBINO (1902-76) American Mafia kingpin; boss of New York's most powerful crime family. A power in Brooklyn, he rose through the revamped...

LYLE MENENDEZ Infamous murderer of his own parents. On Aug 20, 1989, Lyle, with his younger brother Erik, brutally shot their mother and father in the

ROBERT STROUD (1890-1963) American ornithologist, called the "Bird Man of Alcatraz"; imprisoned for murdering a man in Juneau, Alaska (190...