Browse Items (46 total)

Alaska department of Health and Social services, AIDS Preventing Project, Alaska department of Health and Social services, None

Various posters to provide education about AIDS
(i) A small boy standing on a stool with his hands on top of a very large blue book with
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Tags: AIDS, AIDS Prevention, Campaign, Education, HIV, HIV Prevention, Public Health

American Museum of Natural History, Morris Ketchum Jesup, Founder of Nonprofit Organizations, American Museum of Natural History, Unknown

A black and white photograph of Morris Ketchum Jesup, a banker, philanthropist, and president of the American Museum of Natural History.

Whether…

Tags: Education, Morris Ketchum Jesup, Natural History, Nonprofits

Bain, William Albert Wirt, Library of Congress, 1917

Growing up in a rural farm in Gary, Indiana, William Wirt believed that this upbringing was as elementary to education as many teachings, so when he…

Tags: Education, Indiana, Recreation, Schools, William Albert Wirt, Work-Study-Plan

Bain News Service, Geo. F. Baker, U.S. Financier and Philanthropist, Library of Congress, Unknown

George Baker has had many buildings named after him, because he used his funds to donate to higher education for those around him. Harvard Business…

Tags: Education, George F. Baker, Philanthropy, Public Service

Bain News Service, Helen Gould, Army Supporter, Library of Congress, 22 January 1913

You don’t have to be a soldier to help the war effort, and Helen Shepard proved that when she gave $100,000 to the United States government during the…

Tags: Education, Helen Gould Miller Shepard, Military Service, Philanthropy, War, Women

Bain News Service, Margaret Sage, Philanthropist, Library of Congress, 2 April 2010

When Margaret Sage inherited a fortune from her husband’s passing, her wealth went up along with many new buildings. She used her newfound fortune to…

Tags: Education, Margaret Sage, Philanthropy, Women

Carl Van Vetchen - Photographer, Robert Berks - Sculptor, Memorial for Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator and Activist, Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, April 6 1949: Photograph, July 10, 1974: Sculpture

Memorial commemorating Mary McLeod Bethune, an educator and activist who made significant contributions to the rights of African Americans. The…

Tags: African-Americans, Civil Rights, Education, Mary McLeod Bethune, Memorial, Women

Cowan's Auctions, Francis Wayland daguerreotype, Cowan's Auctions, Unknown

A black and white photograph of Francis Wayland, an American educator and president of Brown University. Francis Wayland had always advocated for…

Tags: Education, Francis Wayland, Library, Public Libraries, Slavery

David Battle, Peace Corps Volunteers, Peace Corps, 1972

The initial reactions to the Peace Corps proposal are convincing proof that we have, in this country, an immense reservoir of such men and…

Tags: AIDS, Community, Education, Health, JFK, Peace, Peace Corps, United States, Volunteerism

Dina Titus, Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act, US Congress, January 8 2019

The Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act (H.R. 276) was a piece of legislature, sponsored by Representative Dina Titus of…

Tags: Dina Titus, Education, Employee, Law, US Congress