Alberta King and son Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mourning hand fan : Together Again
Historical Context: Alberta Williams King and Martin Luther King, Jr. were both civil rights activists in the 1960's. The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968 was a struggle for justice and equality for African-Americans. 
Language: English

Alberta King and son Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mourning hand fan : Together Again
Publisher: Burton's Funeral Home
Date/Date Range: 1974
Language: English
Dimensions: 31 x 19 cm
Physical Description: One paper fan mounted on wooden dowel : color, text on verso : 31 x 19 cm
Historical Context: Mourning hand fan with images of Alberta Williams King and her son Martin Luther King, Jr. The fan was likely distributed by Burton's Funeral Home in Tuskeegee, Alabama. Alberta Williams King was an American civil rights organizer and the mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. She was the choir director at Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. King was co-pastor from 1960 to 1968 when he was assassinated. Alberta King was shot and killed on June 30, 1974 at Ebenezer Baptist Church while playing the organ by Marcus Wayne Chenault, a 23 year old African-American who believed all Christians were his enemies. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a prominent activist in the civil rights movement participating in marches for voting rights, desegregation and labor rights. In March, 1963 he delivered his most famous speech at the Washington mall called "I Have A Dream". On April 4, 1968 King was assassinated by James Earl Ray.
LC Call Number: E 185.61 1974
OCLC: 1414648313
Accession Number: OML-1974-217

Remember the Lusitania
Date/Date Range: Apr 25th, 1918
Historical Context: The RMS Lusitania ocean liner was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1915. The vessel was also carrying armaments which was Germany's justification for sinking the liner. 
Language: English
Condition Notes:

Newspaper is laminated.

Uncle Sammy : march and two-step musical score
Creator: Holzmann, Abe
Date/Date Range: 1904
Language: English
Condition Notes:

Wear along spine and edges, yellowing of interior pages appropriate with age of material. Slight tears along exterior edge of inner pages.

Physical Description: 1 musical score (5 pages) ; 36 cm

Desert Storm weapon profile trading cards
Publisher: America's Major Players,
Date/Date Range: 1991
Language: English
Type: Trade cards
Dimensions: 7 x 9 cm
OCLC: 1399535647
Accession Number: OML-1991-134

Kommissar
Creator: Selchow & Righter
Date/Date Range: 1966
Historical Context: The Cold War was a period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. It encompassed a nuclear arms race, psychological warfare, espionage and embargoes. Germany was divided into West and East and a wall was constructed by the East Germans to keep its citizens from escaping to the West. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 -90 brought German unification and the end of the Berlin Wall.
Type: Games
Language: English

Plates from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedie
Creator: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784
Date/Date Range: 1772
Historical Context: Denis Diderot was a major figure in the Age of Enlightenment and was a philosopher and writer. He is best known for the encyclopedie which was the first to introduce the mechanical arts. It became controversial because of skeptical views on religion and was banned by the Catholic Church and the French government. There were many contributors and the two most famous were his friend Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire. 
Location: Paris, France
Language: French

The Graphic
Date/Date Range: May 24th, 1914 - Sep 25th, 1915
Language: English
Condition Notes:

Should be handled by reference staff. Some are fragile. 

The Sphere: A Complete War Budget.
Author: Illustrated London news
Date/Date Range: Aug 29th, 1914
Historical Context: World War I was a conflict touched off by the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian nationlist on June 28, 1914. Gavrilo Princip, the assassin was part of a nationalist movement to end Austro-Hungarian rule and wanted to increase Serbian power in the Balkans. Austria declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914 with an alliance with Germany. Because of war alliances formed throughout Europe it became a global conflict. When Germany invaded Belgium in August, 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany because it violated the Belgian sovereignity.
Language: English

Illustrated London News.
Author: Illustrated London news
Date/Date Range: Jun 20th, 1914 - Oct 14th, 1916
Historical Context: World War I was a global conflict that began in 1914 and ended in 1918. On June 28, 1914 Bosnian nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophie. It was the catalyst that started the war. Territorial disputes, arm races and Germany's ambitions to grow and empire to compete with France and Great Britain were part of the cause for the war.
Language: English