American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann

Extensive autograph collection acquired over the lifetime of Edith F. White (1880-1959), of New York and Saint Petersburg, Florida. Includes autographs, cut signatures, letters, notes, postcards, and signed photographs spanning predominantly the 1880s through 1940s. Most autographs housed in 15 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. album with black paper pages (wear to album especially at corners and along spine; several loose pages, back cover detached). A mix of items laid down and laid in on both the recto and verso of pages. A small number of accompanying autographs are loose and not housed in album. Conditions of signatures vary but are generally good.

Signatures include celebrities of stage and screen, athletes, politicians, artists, military figures, musicians, authors, commentators, religious figures, and more. Highlights include the following: clipped signature of Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant   ("U.S. Grant"); clipped signature of Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman ("W.T. Sherman"); a marriage certificate signed by Henry Ward Beecher ("Henry Ward Beecher"); clipped signature of Eleanor Roosevelt ("Eleanor Roosevelt"); certificate signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt ("Franklin D. Roosevelt") as Assistant Secretary of the Navy; clipped signature of Harry Truman ("Harry S. Truman") as President; typed letter signed by General Dwight D. Eisenhower ("Dwight D. Eisenhower") as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in 1944; and a clipped signature of Norman Rockwell ("Sincerely Norman Rockwell"). 

Accompanied by White's 3pp typed document titled "Autographs / in the collection of / Edith F. White, / 1613 Thirtyfirst [sic] Ave. N., /  Saint Petersburg 13, Fla." (Note that this list may contain signatures that no no longer constitute part of the collection offered here.)

A spreadsheet listing the complete set of signatures is available upon request.

[With:] 28 envelopes addressed to Edith White. -- Undated Indian Head "Buffalo nickel" encircled by metal bezel and repurposed for use as jewelry.