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July 15, 1896 | Speech
Salem, IL Speech 2, 1896-07-15
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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July 15, 1896 | Speech
Salem, IL Speech 1, 1896-07-15
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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October 17, 1896 | Speech
Saginaw, MI Speech, 1896-10-17
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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June 11, 1888 | Letter
S. E. Crance to W. F. Merrill, strike violence
In the wake of the 1888 strike, railroad officials worked to compile lists of violent protesters and their victims; in this report, S. E. Crance lists violence at strategic points along the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad line.
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May 2, 1888 | Letter
S. E. Crance to W. F. Merrill, strike violence
In the wake of the 1888 strike, railroad officials worked to compile lists of violent protesters and their victims; in this report, S. E. Crance lists violence at strategic points along the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad line.
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1922 | Diary
Rutherford B. Hayes Diary entry, August 5, 1877
This August 5, 1877 entry in his diary, President Rutherford B. Hayes affirms his views of limited government and the free labor right of contract, as well as his concerns about the "capitalists."
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1922 | Diary
Rutherford B. Hayes Diary Entry, August 2, 1877
This August 2, 1877 entry from President Rutherford B. Hayes' diary notes the proximity of his relatives to the violence in Pittsburgh.
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1924 | Diary
Rutherford B. Hayes Comments on the 1877 Railroad Strike
In this 1877 excerpt from Rutherford B. Hayes' diary, the President notes the positive qualities of the railroad men who are on strike, but sees their actions as detrimental to those who wish to work. He also wonders what actions could be taken to "end or dimish the evil" of strikes.
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2010 | Photograph
Ruins of the Blue Ridge Railroad Tunnel near Crozet, Virginia
The ruins of the Blue Ridge Tunnel, as it appears today. The Blue Ridge Railroad and Blue Ridge Tunnel were built by the state?s Board of Public Works. When the railroad company?s chief engineer, Claudius Crozet, requested slave labor, the board had to decide whether the state should purchase slaves for the project. The tunnel has long since been abandoned, but the brick and stonework is the original, much of it slave-built.
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1862 | Photograph
Ruins at Manassas Junction, March 1862
Numerous railroad hubs in the Confederacy became sites of repeated fighting, both large- and small-scale. Here, the ruins were the work of the Confederate Army as it abandoned its forward position in northern Virginia to protect Richmond.
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1861 | Photograph
Roundhouse at Alexandria
A Matthew Brady image of the roundhouse at Alexandria, Virginia during the Civil War.
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October 8, 1894 | Newspaper
Rough on Administration Democrats
Bryan's World Herald warns Democrats that Republican efforts to peel off conservative Cleveland, gold bug Democrats will end in Republican advantage.
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September 29, 1894 | Newspaper
Rosewater and Railroads
Republican editor Edward Rosewater's determined campaign against railroads and against the Republican candidate for governor Tom Majors culminates in an open forum and debate. The Republican State Journal presents Rosewater as a pompous and ineffective gadfly.
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September 26, 1896 | Speech
Rockingham, MA Speech, 1896-09-26
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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October 24, 1896 | Speech
Rock Island, IL Speech, 1896-10-24
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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August 8, 1896 | Speech
Rock Island, IL Speech, 1896-08-08
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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August 26, 1896 | Speech
Rochester, NY Speech, 1896-08-26
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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October 22, 1896 | Speech
Rochester, IN Speech, 1896-10-22
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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October 29, 1896 | Speech
Rochelle, IL Speech, 1896-10-29
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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August 11, 1877 | Illustration
Robert M. Ammon Directs the Strikers
This August 11, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts Robert M. Ammon, leader of the Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne strike, sending information to the strikers via telegraph.
