Browse Items (137 total)

Transcribed version of an autobiographical story that A. J. Davis wrote for a newspaper about Pincher, his horse. The story was published in the newspaper 19 days after A. J. Davis' death. Unknown if the story was a reprint or if it was only…

Short newspaper article about the death of Custer's horse Comanche.

Photograph of A. J. Davis taken in Norfolk, VA.

Photograph of A. J. Davis from 1883.

Photograph of A. J. Davis from 1886. Labels on the bottom indicate that the photograph was taken in Cleveland, OH. Another label is "Roberts [&?] Brooks," possibly the photographer.

Black and white photograph of A. J. Davis at age 18.

Black and white photographs of A. J. Davis at age 70. undated.

Black and white photograph of A. J. Davis, Ermine, and a dog. Taken in Norfolk, VA in 1930.

Black and white photo of A. J. Davis and wife Janet, with 3 young adults, presumably their children. Undated.

Black and white photograph of A. J. Davis holding his grandson, D.D.

Black and white photograph of A. J. Davis, wife Janet, and two young chilren presumed to be Elizabeth and Hubbard. Picture was taken in 1916 in Norfolk, VA.

Handwritten list of places where A. J. Davis was assigned and when he lived there.

Typed list of places where A. J. Davis was assigned and when he lived there.

Document theorizing that A. J. Davis's brother, Joseph Wolff Davis, had more than one child. The author does not have concrete proof at the time of writing.

Handwritten diary of A. J. Davis (pdf)

Black and white photograph of A. J. Davis, wife Janet, and their three children. (Delamater, Robert, and Ermine)

Page 1 of A. J. Davis' graduation speech at the University of Kentucky, Commercial College

Color photograph of the headstone of A. J. Davis.

Color photograph of the A. J. Davis house at Cape Hatteras accompanied by a color photograph of a man and a woman, both unidentified.

Color photograph of the A. J. Davis house at Cape Hatteras accompanied by a color photograph of a man and a woman, both unidentified. This copy has text edited onto the picture of the house that reads "Hatteras Weather Station Originally Built 1900"

Photograph of A. J. Davis wearing a Ghost Dance shirt belonging to Sitting Bull. The label of the picture places the photograph in Yankton, SD.

Transcribed and scanned version of the journal of A. J. Davis. Commentary from later family members is added.

Black and white photograph of the working and living quarters of A. J. Davis as of 1903. Unidentified people are in the yard and on the porch.

Handwritten list of locations A. J. Davis was sent during his time with the army and when he was sent there.

Collection of pictures presumably put together by A. J. Davis, including but not limited to photographs of Native Americans, landscapes, and children's drawings.

Letter from the National Archives and Records Service detailing A. J. Davis' service.

List of dates and places A. J. Davis was assigned to work with telegraphs.

Photograph of A. J. Davis with [wife?] and young child, presumably Delamater. Taken in Cleveland, OH.

Photograph of A. J. Davis with a woman and two young children. The picture was taken in San Antonio, TX.

Photograph of A. J. Davis during his time as a private.

First page/title page of writings by A. J. Davis.

Painting of Adam L. Macnider. Unknown artist and date.

This is a scanned page that contains a passage explaining the difference between Protestant and Catholic Bibles.

Report written by A. J. Davis for the Chief of the Weather Bureau about an anemometer circuit.

Color photograph of a description of the Fort Abraham Lincoln Military Reservation Boundary Marker.

Color photograph of the front of the Cape Hatteras Visitors Center.

Obituary for Charles J. Davis from the San Francisco Examiner newspaper.

Same as above, but cropped closer to the obituary.

Black and white photograph of three young children, presumed to be Hubbard, Elizabeth, and Delamater Davis, Jr.

It is unclear whether this is an excerpt from a published book about histiory, or a transcribed version of a diary from A. J. Davis. The document talks about the movements of the 22nd Infantry.

This is a scan of the first page of Davis' writings on the similarities between Romulus and the biblical David.

Image of a drawing or illustration. It includes the words "credo" and "in the communion of saints."

Picture of a display with pictures of the Custer House and information about it.

Short description and story about Custer's horse by A. J. Davis.

Email from Bob Davis to Dianne regarding the Davis ancestors. The message includes information going back to Elizabeth Ann Natt, b. 1815.

Photograph of A. J. Davis, wife, and two children. Presumed to be a copy of "A. J. Davis with Robert & Delamater"

Note containing information about A. J. Davis and wife Janet for future reference or as a means of identification.

Hand-drawn family tree of the Davis family, starting with Jonas Abraham Davis in England.

Copy of the hand-drawn family tree accompanied by commentary on relationships between family members and background information.

Lists of occupations and addresses of various Davis family members in London. Seems to be taken from a Jewish directory of some kind.