“The Fight for Black Equality” by the Socialist Workers 1976 National Campaign

“Anti-lynching…A Crusade for Democracy” by the California State Committee, Communist Party

Fact: Every A.A. Member can get by far the best motor insurance in East Africa” by J. H. Minet & Co. (EA) Limited

“Remarks of the Hon. William French Smith at the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Civil Rights Division” by the Department of Justice, December 15, 1982

“The List of 15 Demands” by the Third World Liberation Front

“The Red Pepper Poet” Poster by Jayne Cortez.

“Freedom Now Core” Button.

These two volumes documents feature the personal and political reminiscences of journalist William S. Robinson and were edited and published by his wife in 1877. In the first edition, the first volume was expanded to two with extra illustrations (142 portraits and 53 autograph letters from prominent Americans of the time). Writing as “Warrington,” the journalist was especially noted for his reform positions and radical anti-slavery voice. The portraits and views represent a wide range of 19th-century American historic events, sites, and public figures.

This collection pertains to Ernesto Mejia-Sanchez, who was a major Nicaraguan diplomat, poet, scholar, and critic whose papers are primarily in Spanish. Materials include photographs, correspondence, writings, publications, newspapers, course writings, and research materials from archives and libraries around the world.

Handwritten and handcolored map of "The Lost Chasms", undated

This collection consists of two versions of the manuscript for William Gibson's 2007 novel Spook Country, a science fiction technothriller that is the second in his acclaimed "Blue Ant" trilogy. (It follows Gibson's 2003 novel Pattern Recognitions and precedes 2010's Zero History). The trilogy has been defined by Gibson himself as "speculative novels of last Wednesday", that is, novels set in the contemporary world but viewed through a science fictional perspective, showing readers the present through a futuristic lens.

The Blue Ant trilogy centers on the character of Hubertus Bigend, an advertising executive and tech magnate who serves as the series' amoral antihero. Though Bigend dominates the trilogy as whole, Spook Country focuses on the intertwining stories of three characters in particular: Hollis Henry, a journalist hired by Bigend to write a story on the phenomenon of 'locative art'; Chinese-Cuban Tito, a member of a family of criminals who gets bound up in American secret intelligence operations; and Milgrim, a drug addict being held in captivity by a mysterious covert operative named Brown. The novel, set in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, and explores the uses and misuses of locative technology, the eversion of cyberspace, and the changed political climate of the United States following the attacks. It was nominated for the 2008 Locus award for Best SF Novel, the 2009 Imaginaire Award, and the 2017 Prix Aurora for Best of the Decade.

Both versions are housed in clamshell boxes within the larger enclosure. The first box contains the autographed typescript of the novel, with heavy corrections and copyedits. The second box holds the autographed and corrected unbound proofs.

Complete typescript, with handwritten corrections and copyedits, signed by Gibson

Unbound proofs with handwritten corrections and copyedits, autographed by Gibson, January 2007

Item 1: Boys’ Club of America Junior Book Award, for Bullard of the Space Patrol by Malcolm Jameson (edited by Norton), 1951.

Item 2: The Invisible Little Man Award, from the Elves’, Gnomes’ and Little Men’s Science Fiction, Chowder and Marching Society, 1963.

Item 3: Phoenix Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science Fiction and Fantasy, at DeepSouthCon XIII, 1975.

Item 4: J.R.R. Tolkien Memorial Award for Achievement in Fantasy (Grand Master), 1977.

Item 5: Norton Award, 1978.

Item 6: Balrog Award for Life Achievement in Fantasy, 1979.

Item 7: Career Achievement Award, Presented at Science Fiction Weekend, 1980.

Item 8: Ohioan Book Award (Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Award) for Juvenile Fiction, 1980.

Item 9: Ohio Women Hall of Fame Award, 1981.

Item 10: E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction, 1983.

Item 11: Jules Verne Award for Voyages Extraordinaires in the Literature and Art of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Sky Con 4, 1984.

Item 12: SFWA Grand Master Award, 1984.

Item 13: Second Stage Lensman Award, at Moscon IX, 1987.

Item 14: World Fantasy Award Convention’s Choice, 1987.

Item 15: E.E. Evans Big Heart Award, at 1988 Worldcon.

Item 16: Honorary Appointment as Officer on the starship U.S.S. Phoenix, 1988.

Item 17: Noreascon Three Guest of Honor, 1989.

Item 18: Science Fiction Book Club 1991 Book of the Year Award (for The Elvenbane, with Mercedes Lackey). [Broken – piece accompanies award]

Item 19: Award in recognition of service as a Judge of L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest, 1994.

Item 20: Scientifiction First Fandom Hall of Fame Award, 1994.

Item 21: Magic Carpet Con Award for Lifetime Achievement, 1997.

Item 22: Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, 1997.

Item 23: World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, 1998.

Item 24: Judge, L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future 15th Anniversary, 1999.

Item 25: Southeastern Science Fiction Achievement Award (SESFA) for Lifetime Achievement, 2002.

Item 26: Unidentified sash.