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A War in Perspective, 1898-1998: Public Appeals, Memory and the Spanish-American Conflict


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Antecedents | Public Appeals | Popular Participation | Public Memories | Historical Perspectives

I. ANTECEDENTS, 1895–1898

1. NEW GEOGRAPHIC HORIZONS

"A New Map of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines revised to date." Supplement to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 8, 1898.
NYPL, Map Division

"The Evening Post Map of the West Indies." Supplement to the Evening Post, May 25, 1898.
NYPL, Map Division

Guam or Guajan Island. Washington, D.C.: The Norris Peters Co., 1900.
NYPL, Map Division

Theodore Roosevelt to Francis Greene. Typed letter signed, Washington, D.C., May 3, 1897.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Francis V. Greene Papers

Reading List on Cuba and the Present War with Spain, compiled by Anne S. Woodcock. Buffalo, N.Y.: Grosvenor Library, May 1898.
NYPL, General Research Division

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2. CUBAN CAMPAIGNS

José Ignacio Rodríguez. The Book of Blood. An Authentic Record of the Policy Adopted by Modern Spain to Put an End to the War of Independence of Cuba (October 1868 to December 1870). New York: M. M. Zarzamendi, 1871.
NYPL, General Research Division

Angel Peláez and S. Figueroa, eds. Primera jornada de José Martí en Cayo Hueso [First Campaign of José Martí in Key West]. New York: Imprenta América, 1896.
NYPL, General Research Division

Propaganda cubana. Por la independencia [Cuban Propaganda for Independence]. New York: Alfred W. Howes, 1897.
NYPL, General Research Division

Gonzalo de Quesada. Free Cuba: Her Oppression and Struggles for Liberty. N.p.: Publishers Union, 1898.
NYPL, General Research Division

Archivo Nacional. Catálogo de la exposición fotográfica "Vida de Martí" en el cincuentenario de su muerte 19–26 de mayo de 1945 [Catalogue of the Photographic Exhibition "Life of Martí" on the Fiftieth Anniversary of His Death 19–26 May 1945]. Havana: Archivo Nacional de Cuba, 1945.
NYPL, General Research Division

Archivo Nacional. La Revolución del 95 según la correspondencia de la delegación cubana en Nueva York [The Revolution of 1895 According to the Correspondence of the Cuban Delegation in New York]. Vol. 1. Havana: Editorial Habanera, 1932.
NYPL, General Research Division

La invasión de Occidente. Partes oficiales publicados por el C. Tomás Estrada Palma, Delegado Plenipotenciario del Gobierno de la República de Cuba [The Invasion of the West: Official Reports Published by Citizen Tomás Estrada Palma, Plenipotentiary Delegate of the Government of the Republic of Cuba]. New York: Imprenta "America," 1896.
NYPL, General Research Division

Mapa de Puerto Rico [Map of Puerto Rico]. Drawn by Ed. Villaronga and Jesús M. Lago. Ponce, P.R.: Lib. Boletín, [189?].
NYPL, Map Division

Map of Cuba. Philadelphia: McConnell School Supply Co., 1898.
NYPL, Map Division

Philip S. Foner, ed. José Martí: Major Poems. Translated by Elinor Randall. New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc., 1982.
NYPL, General Research Division

"Carlos Roloff, cabecilla cubano" [Carlos Roloff, Cuban Leader], 1895. Photographer unknown.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes

"Bandolero muerto" [Dead Bandit], ca. 1890s. Photograph by Steegen.
Reproduction from an original in Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Archivo General de Indias de Sevilla, Diversos, Colección Polavieja

Abelardo Padrón Valdez. Guillermón Moncada. Vida y hazañas de un general [Guillermón Moncada: Life and Feats of a General]. Havana: Editorial Letras Cubanas, 1980.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, General Research and Reference Division

Baron J. Antomarchi. Life with the Cubans. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Eagle Library, May 1898.
NYPL, General Research Division

Antonio Maceo, ca. 1884. Photograph by Joaquín Tejada.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, Antonio Maceo Portrait Collection

Antonio Maceo in uniform with Cuban flag, n.d. Photographer unknown.
Reproduction from an original in Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Archivo General de Indias de Sevilla, Diversos, Colección Polavieja

Philip S. Foner. Antonio Maceo: The "Bronze Titan" of Cuba's Struggle for Independence. New York and London: Monthly Review Press, 1977.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, General Research and Reference Division

Cuba, Academia de la Historia. Actas de las Asambleas de Representantes y del Consejo de Gobierno durante la Guerra de Independencia [Minutes of the Assembly of Representatives and the Government Council During the War for Independence]. Vol. 1 (1895–1896) of 6. Havana: Imprenta de Rambla, Bouza y Cia., 1928.
NYPL, General Research Division

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3. PRO-CUBAN APPEALS IN THE UNITED STATES

"General Manuel Ramón Silva," 1898. Photograph by F. D. Pagliuchi.
The New-York Historical Society, New York

"Officers of the Rio Rianes [sic: General Juan Rius Rivera’s] expedition bound to Pinar del Río," 1898. Photograph by F. D. Pagliuci.
The New-York Historical Society, New York

Richard Harding Davis. Cuba in War Time. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. New York: R. H. Russell, 1897.
NYPL, General Research Division

America’s War for Humanity Related in Story and Picture Embracing a Complete History of Cuba’s Struggle for Liberty. . . . Introduction by Hon. John J. Ingalls. New York, Chicago, and St. Louis: N. D. Thompson Publishing Company, 1898.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Evangelina Betancourt Cosío y Cisneros. The Story of Evangelina Cisneros Told by Herself. Her Rescue by Karl Decker. Introduction by Julian Hawthorne. Illustrations by Frederic Remington, Thomas Fleming, and others. New York: Continental Publishing Co., 1897.
NYPL, General Research Division

Evangelina Cisneros. From: George Clarke Musgrave. Under Three Flags in Cuba: A Personal Account of the Cuban Insurrection and the Spanish-American War. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

Karl Decker. From: Evangelina Betancourt Cosío y Cisneros. The Story of Evangelina Cisneros Told by Herself. Her Rescue by Karl Decker. Introduction by Julian Hawthorne. Illustrations by Frederic Remington, Thomas Fleming, and others. New York: Continental Publishing Co., 1897.
NYPL, General Research Division

"Cuba Libre." By Myrtle Goodlander and O. L. Moore. 1898.
NYPL for the Performing Arts, Music Division, American Music Collection

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4. PUERTO RICAN DISSENT

"On the Rio Grande Near San Germán, Porto Rico." From: José Olivares. Our Islands and Their People as Seen with Camera and Pencil. Vol. 2. New York: N. D. Thompson Publishing Company, 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

Osvaldo García. Fotografías para la historia de Puerto Rico, 1844–1952 [Photographs for the History of Puerto Rico, 1844–1952]. Río Piedras: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1989.
NYPL, General Research Division

Ramón Emeterio Betances, n.d. Photographer unknown.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, Betances Portrait Collection

Félix Ojeda Reyes. La Manigua en París. Correspondencia diplomática de Betances [The Manigua in Paris: Diplomatic Correspondence of Betances]. San Juan, P.R.: Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, 1984.
NYPL, General Research Division

Memoria de los trabajos realizados por la Sección Puerto Rico del Partido Revolucionario Cubano. 1895 á 1898 [Summary Report of the Work Done by the Puerto Rico Section of the Cuban Revolutionary Party, 1895 to 1898]. New York: A. W. Howes, 1898.
NYPL, General Research Division

Minutes of Meeting, October 17, 1895. Signed by A.A. Schomburg.
From: Book of Minutes of the Las Dos Antillas Political Club as recorded by Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, Secretary. 1892-1897.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,
Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

"Lista de contribuyentes" [List of Contributors]. From: Book of Minutes of the Las Dos Antillas Political Club as recorded by Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, Secretary. 1892–1897.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, New York, ca. 1896. Photographer unknown.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, A. A. Schomburg Portrait Collection

Félix Ojeda Reyes. Peregrinos de la libertad. Documentos y fotos de exilados puertorriqueños del siglo XIX localizados en los archivos y bibliotecas de Cuba [Pilgrims of Liberty: Nineteenth-century Documents and Photographs of Exiled Puerto Ricans Found in Archives and Libraries of Cuba]. San Juan, P.R.: Instituto de Estudios del Caribe-Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1992.
NYPL, General Research Division

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5. SPANISH AND LOYALIST STANCES IN CUBA

From: Fernando Gómez. La insurrección por dentro. Apuntes para la historia . . . Artículos publicados en el Diario de la Marina y el Diario del Ejército, conteniendo gran suma de datos recogidos de documentos originales insurrectos, con un prólogo de Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, marqués de Tenerife [The Insurrection from Within . . . Prologue by Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau . . .]. Havana: M. Ruiz, 1897.
NYPL, General Research Division

"Testimonio de verdadera admiración al Excmo. Sr. Dn. Valeriano Weyler, egregio mallorquín, gran general y experto caudillo. Himno para piano" ["In Testimony of True Admiration to His Excellency Dn. Valeriano Weyler . . ."]. Music by Melchor Bordoy, lyrics by P.E.L. Palma de Mallorca: Cromo-tipo-litografía de Rotger y Colón, 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Partituras, Registros Sonoros y Audiovisuales

"Insurrecto presentado" [Pardoned Insurrectionist], Cuba, 1897. Published in La Ilustración Española y Americana [Spanish and American Illustration/Enlightenment] (Madrid), October 15, 1897.
Reproduction from an original in the collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

Carlos Amer. Cuba y la opinión pública [Cuba and Public Opinion]. Madrid: Administración, 1897.
NYPL, General Research Division

"Cuba libre. Sainete lírico y casi histórico en dos actos" ["Free Cuba: Lyric and Almost Historic Vaudeville in Two Acts"]. Music by Manuel Caballero, lyrics by Federico Jacques. Written 1887–1889. Madrid: Florencio Fiscowich, 1896–1897.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Partituras, Registros Sonoros y Audiovisuales

"Jota patriótica dedicada al Ejército Español" [Patriotic Dance Dedicated to the Spanish Army]. For chorus and piano. Music and lyrics by Pantealón Martínez. Madrid: Tip. Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, ca. 1897.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Partituras, Registros Sonoros y Audiovisuales

"España victoriosa en Cuba. Himno patriótico y brillante paso doble para piano y canto a dos voces y gran coro general" [Spain Victorious in Cuba: Patriotic Hymn . . .]. By R. P. Miguel Font Llagostera, Missionary of the Corazón de María. Bilbao: Dotesio, ca. 1896.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Partituras, Registros Sonoros y Audiovisuales

"¡¡Viva el Ejército!! (A Garellano en su marcha a Cuba). Paso-doble coreado" [Long Live the Army!! (To Garellano in his March to Cuba) . . .]. Music and lyrics by Manuel Villar y Jiménez. Bilbao: Almacenes de Música, 1896.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Partituras, Registros Sonoros y Audiovisuales

"Ejército de Operaciones de Cuba, 3a. Compañía del 1er. Batallón del Regimiento de Navarra" [Army of Operations in Cuba, 3rd Company, 1st Batallion, Regiment of Navarra]. Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1896. On verso: dedication to the editor of the magazine Ilustración Española y Americana [Spanish and American Illustration/Enlightenment] by Captain Eduardo Sánchez. Photograph by Ruiz de Castro.
Reproduction from an original in the collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

"Un almuerzo de campaña. Oficiales del Batallón de Cazadores de Puerto Rico en operación en Las Villas" [Mess in Campaign Site: Officers of the Puerto Rico Sharpshooters Operating in Las Villas], Santa Clara, Cuba, ca. 1896. Photograph by Luis V. López.
Reproduction from an original in the collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

From: Pablo de Alzola y Minondo. El problema cubano [The Cuban Problem]. Bilbao: Andrés P. Cardenal, 1898.
NYPL, General Research Division

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6. STRUGGLES IN THE PHILIPPINES

José M. Del Castillo y Jiménez. El Katipunan ó el filibusterismo en Filipinas. Crónica ilustrada con documentos, autógrafos y fotograbados [The Katipunan or Filibustering in the Philippines: Illustrated Account with Documents and Photographic Images]. Madrid: Imprenta del Asilo de Huérfanos del S.C. de Jesús, 1897.
NYPL, General Research Division

Emilio Revertér Delmas. Filipinas por España. Narración episódica de la rebelión en el Archipiélago Filipino [The Philippines for Spain: Narration in Episodes of the Rebellion in the Philippine Archipelago]. Vol. 1. Barcelona: Centro Editorial de Alberto Martín, 1897.
NYPL, General Research Division

Excmo. Sr. Capitán General Don Ramón Blanco y Erenas, Gobernador General de Filipinas. Photograph by Francisco Pons. From: Emilio Revertér Delmas. Filipinas por España. Narración episódica de la rebelión en el Archipiélago Filipino [The Philippines for Spain: Narration in Episodes of the Rebellion in the Philippine Archipelago]. Vol. 2. Barcelona: Centro Editorial de Alberto Martín, 1897.
NYPL, General Research Division

"El Pacto de Biac-na-Bató" [The Pact of Biac-na-bato]. From: Emilio Revertér Delmas. Filipinas por España. Narración episódica de la rebelión en el Archipiélago Filipino [The Philippines for Spain: Narration in Episodes of the Rebellion in the Philippine Archipelago]. Vol. 1. Barcelona: Centro Editorial de Alberto Martín, 1897.
NYPL, General Research Division

Eugenia Wheeler Goff and Henry Slade Goff. Goff's Historical Map of the Philippine Islands. Spanish-American War. 1898. Philippine-American War. Chicago: Fort Dearborn Publication Co., 1900.
NYPL, Map Division

"Pruebas de cariño" [Signs of Friendship]. El Cardo [The Thistle] (Madrid), February 4, 1898.
Reproduction from an original in the collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Hemeroteca

"Saludo a la bandera" [Salute to the Flag]. Blanco y Negro [White and Black] (Madrid), April 30, 1898.
Reproduction from an original in the collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Hemeroteca

"L’Aguinaldo de aquest any" [The Gift of This Year]. La Campana de Gracia [The Bell of Grace] (Barcelona), December 23, 1897.
Reproduction from an original in the collection of Hemeroteca Municipal de Madrid

H. de la Costa. The Trial of Rizal: W. E. Retana's Transcription of the Official Spanish Documents, Edited and Translated with Notes. Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1961.
NYPL, General Research Division

Jose Rizal. Noli Me Tangere [Do Not Touch Me]. Translated by León M. Guerrero. London: Longmans, 1961.
NYPL, General Research Division

Santiago Alvarez. The Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General. Translated by Paula Carolina S. Malay. Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1992.
NYPL, General Research Division

Glenn Anthony May. Battle for Batangas: A Philippine Province at War. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991.
NYPL, General Research Division

Reynaldo Clemeña Ileto. Pasyon and Revolution: Popular Movements in the Philippines, 1840–1910. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1979.
NYPL, General Research Division

Lilia Ramos de Leon. Aguinaldo Shrine. Manila: National Historical Institute, 1978.
NYPL, General Research Division

La República Filipina [The Philippine Republic] (Mandaloyon, Philippines), September 15, 1898.
NYPL, Rare Books Division

El Heraldo de la Revolución, Revista Bi-Semanal Bilingüe [The Herald of the Revolution, Bilingual Bi-Weekly] (Malolos, Philippines), December 11, 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Hemeroteca

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7. THE MYSTERY AND MYTH OF THE MAINE

"General View of the Wrecked Battleship 'Maine.'" Stereoscopic view. Meadville, Penn., and St. Louis, Mo.: Keystone View Company, 1898.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

"Searching for the Dead on Wrecked Battleship, Maine, Havana Harbor, Cuba." Stereoscopic view. Meadville, Penn., and St. Louis, Mo.: Keystone View Company, 1898.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

"‘Maine’ Wreck, aft looking forward, from port side – Old Glory still flying, Havana Harbor." Stereoscopic view. New York: Strohemeyer & Wyman, 1898.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

"The ‘Maine’ Wreck – from the Bridge – Havana Harbor, Cuba (where 260 American Heroes died)." Stereoscopic view. New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1898.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

Raising the Wreck of the United States Battleship Maine, Havana Harbor. Bulletin No. 102. Buffalo, N.Y.: Lackawanna Steel Company, 1912.
NYPL, General Research Division

Captain Charles D. Sigsbee. The "Maine": An Account of Her Destruction in Havana Harbor. The Personal Narrative of Captain Charles D. Sigsbee. New York: The Century Co., 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

Our War with Spain: The Army and Navy, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. Reproduction of Photographs with Graphic Descriptive Text. Chicago: Beldford, Middlebrook & Co., 1898.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"Map of Havana and Havana Harbor Showing the Fortifications and Public Buildings, Corrected to May 3, 1898." Supplement to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 22, 1898.
NYPL, Map Division

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II. PUBLIC APPEALS, 1898


8. THE MAINE AS BATTLE CRY AND PUBLICITY

C. G. Bush. "U.S. ‘Humph! The World gave me that a week ago.’ " Drawing published in The World, March 20, 1898.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Print Collection

"Hold this up to the light and see the game the Spaniards ‘worked' to destroy the Maine." Translucent print. New York: M. F. Tobin, 1898.
The New-York Historical Society, New York

"Our Gallant Warship Maine." Music by The Gallery God, lyrics by Charles H. McIntosh. Philadelphia: Brown McIntosh Pub., 1898.
NYPL for the Performing Arts, Music Division, American Music Collection

"Remember the Maine." Music by W. A. Phillips, lyrics by N. A. Jennings. New York: T. B. Harms & Co., 1898.
NYPL for the Performing Arts, Music Division, American Music Collection

"Remembered Is the Maine!" By John Braham. New York: John S. Cheatle, 1898.
NYPL for the Performing Arts, Music Division, American Music Collection

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9. THE PROPAGANDA POWER OF CARTOONS

Richard Felton Outcault. "Yellow Kid." Drawing, ca. 1896.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Print Collection

"Only a Newsboy. Dedicated to the Urchins of the Street." Music by John S. May, lyrics by Arthur J. Lamb. New York: Windsor Music Co., 1898.
NYPL for the Performing Arts, Music Division, American Music Collection

Judge (New York), 34, no. 865, May 14, 1898.
NYPL, General Research Division

Charles L. Bartholomew (pseud. Bart). Cartoons of the Spanish-American War (with Dates of Important Events from the Minneapolis Journal). Minneapolis, Minn.: The Journal Printing Co., 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Charles Nelan. Cartoons of Our War with Spain. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers, 1898.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Cartoons of the War of 1898 with Spain from Leading Foreign and American Newspapers. Chicago: Alexander Beldford & Co., 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"Shells Actual Size . . . for Reference when Reading War News." Cincinnati: Strobridge Litho Co., 1898. From: Scrapbook of Spanish-American War Newspaper Clippings, vol. 4, 1898.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

C. G. Bush. "The Star in the East." Drawing for cartoon published in The World, [April 1898].
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Print Collection

"Why We Fight." From: The New York Journal's War Pictures. Pamphlet. New York: Pearson Patriotic Educational Series, no. 1, 1898.
The New-York Historical Society, New York

"Cuba in War Time." From: The New York Journal’s War Pictures. Pamphlet. New York: Pearson Patriotic Educational Series, no. 9, 1898.
The New-York Historical Society, New York

Marshall Everett. History of the Philippines and the Life and Achievements of Admiral George Dewey. Chicago: J. S. Ziegler & Co., 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

Scrapbook collected by Daniel Wallingford.
NYPL, General Research Division

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10. JOURNALISTS AND REPORTERS

Douglas Allen. Frederic Remington and the Spanish-American War. New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1971.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"Reporters en campaña" [Reporters in the Field], ca. 1898. Photographer unknown.
Reproduction from an original in the collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

R. W. Stallman and E. R. Hagemann, eds. The War Dispatches of Stephen Crane. New York: New York University Press, 1964.
NYPL, General Research Division

F. E. Chadwick to Poultney Bigelow. Typed letter signed, at sea, aboard the U.S. Flagship New York, May 25, 1898.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Poultney Bigelow Papers

Howard F. Sprague to R. V. Johnson. Handwritten letter signed, at sea, aboard the U.S.S. St. Paul, Siboney, Cuba, July 12, 1898.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division

Letter of introduction on behalf of reporter Poultney Bigelow signed by Gonzalo de Quesada. Handwritten letter signed, Washington, D.C., May 6, 1898.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Poultney Bigelow Papers

Letter of introduction on behalf of Poultney Bigelow by R. A. Alger, Secretary of War. Typed letter signed, Washington, D.C., May 6, 1898.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Poultney Bigelow Papers

George Kennan. Campaigning in Cuba. 1899; reprint Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1971.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

George Kennan. "Cuba and the Cubans." Manuscript, handwritten in pencil, of an unpublished book.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, George Kennan Papers

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11. AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS OVERSEAS

Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaii), June 28, 1898, "Souvenir Number."
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Francis V. Greene Papers

The American (Manila), May 20, 1899.
NYPL, Rare Books Division

The American Soldier (Manila), September 10, 1898.
NYPL, Rare Books Division

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12. PATRIOTIC SONGS, POEMS, AND GAMES

"Our Nation's Battle Cry." Patriotic Song and Chorus. Music by G. E. Conterno, lyrics by Hamilton Ormsbee. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, War Supplement No. 2, May 1, 1898.
NYPL for the Performing Arts, Music Division, American Music Collection

"We'll Stand By the Flag." March and Song. Music by E. T. Paull, poem by H. A. Freeman. New York: E. T. Paull Music Co., 1898.
NYPL for the Performing Arts, Music Division, American Music Collection

"There's a Hero on Every Ship." Dedicated to the heroes of the American Navy. Music and lyrics by Charles Coleman. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Charles Coleman, 1898.
NYPL for the Performing Arts, Music Division, American Music Collection

"National Anthems Flung in the Face of Death." New York Press, July 7, 1898. From: Day Book of Newspaper Clippings Collected by Z. Dewey, East Poultney, Vermont, 1898–1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

"On to Spain: To the Boys in Blue." Patriotic War Chorus. Music and lyrics by Jos. B. Carey. N.p.: Great American Importing Tea Co., 1898.
NYPL for the Performing Arts, Music Division, American Music Collection

"Our Brave Soldier Boys in Blue." Patriotic Song and Chorus. Music by Carl Carlton, lyrics by William Sydney. 1898.
NYPL for the Performing Arts, Music Division, American Music Collection

"The Soldier's Farewell." Music and lyrics by H. George Schuette. Milwaukee, Wisc.: Joseph Flanner, 1898.
NYPL for the Performing Arts, Music Division, American Music Collection

Sidney A. Witherbee, ed. Spanish-American War Songs: A Complete Collection of Newspaper Verse During the Recent War with Spain. Detroit: Sidney A. Witherbee, 1898.
NYPL, General Research Division

James Henry Brownlee, ed. War-Time Echoes: Patriotic Poems, Heroic and Pathetic, Humorous and Dialectic of the Spanish-American War. Akron, Ohio; New York; and Chicago: The Werner Company, 1898.
NYPL, General Research Division

James Rankin Young and J. Hampton Moore. Reminiscences and Thrilling Stories of the War by Returned Heroes Containing Vivid Accounts of Personal Experiences by Officers and Men. Chicago: Monroe Book Co., [1899].
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Clinton Ross. Heroes of Our War with Spain: Their Exploits Told for a Boy. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1898].
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"Lee at Havana." Card game. 1899.
The New-York Historical Society, New York

"Game of Philippine: Faces, Facts and Figures. Know Our Empire." Card game. 1899.
The New-York Historical Society, New York

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13. SPANISH APPEALS

El Cardo. Semanario, Literario, Artístico y de Sport [The Thistle] (Madrid), V, no. 214 (April 1, 1898). 
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Hemeroteca

Gedeón. Semanario Satírico [Gedeon, Satirical Weekly] (Madrid), IV, no.125 (March 31, 1898). 
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Hemeroteca

Blanco y Negro. Revista Ilustrada [White and Black] (Madrid), no. 365 (February 19, 1898).
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Hemeroteca

"El Madrid de ahora" [Madrid Today], Blanco y Negro [White and Black] (Madrid), no.309 (May 28, 1898).
Reproduction from an original in the collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

Reproduction from the New York Journal and Advertiser, October 24, 1897.
NYPL, General Research Division, Microforms

Reproduction from The World, February 20, 1898.
NYPL, General Research Division, Microforms

Ilustración Española y Americana [Spanish and American Illustration/Enlightenment] (Madrid), no.309 (April 8, 1898).
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes

Doctor Tittun, magician, to Rafael Gasset, director of El Imparcial. Handwritten letter signed, April 11, 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Manuscritos, Raros e Incunables, Colección Felipe Sánchez Calvo

"Guerra al yanquee o viva España con honra" [War to the Yankee or Long Live Spain with Honor]. Paso-doble for piano. Music by Rafael Rodríguez. Valencia: Antich y Tena Editores, 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Partituras, Registros Sonoros y Audiovisuales

"El Español al Ejército" [El Español to the Army]. Manila: El Español, 1897.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Partituras, Registros Sonoros y Audiovisuales

"La Marcha de Cádiz" [The Cadiz March]. Zarzuela in one act. Music by maestros [Quinito] Valverde, Jr., and Estellés; lyrics by Celso Lucio and Ga. Alvarez. Madrid: Unión Música Española, 1896 (1915).
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Partituras, Registros Sonoros y Audiovisuales

"La bandera española. A los ejércitos de mar y tierra" [The Spanish Flag: To the Armies of Sea and Land]. War march for song and piano. Music by Nicolás González y Martínez, lyrics by Juan Bautista Lázaro. Madrid: L'Autographie Artistique, [1898].
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Partituras, Registros Sonoros y Audiovisuales

"¡Viva España!" [Long Live Spain!]. Mazurka for piano. Music by Pantaleón Martínez. Madrid, ca. 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Partituras, Registros Sonoros y Audiovisuales

Carlos García Barrón. Cancionero del 98. Madrid: Edicusa, 1974.
NYPL, General Research Division

Poem No. 2 with letter by I.L.G., submitted to El Imparcial, 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Manuscritos, Raros e Incunables, Colección Felipe Sánchez Calvo

Poem No. 4 by Luis Cristóbal, submitted to El Imparcial, 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Manuscritos, Raros e Incunables, Colección Felipe Sánchez Calvo

Poem No. 7 and letter, submitted to El Imparcial, April 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Manuscritos, Raros e Incunables, Colección Felipe Sánchez Calvo

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14. OFFICIAL DECISIONS

Theodore Roosevelt to Francis V. Greene. Typed letter signed, Washington, D.C., September 23, 1897.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Francis V. Greene Papers

Theodore Roosevelt to Francis V. Greene. Typed letter signed, Washington, D.C., January 13, 1898.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Francis V. Greene Papers

"Major General [Joseph] Wheeler, Col. [Leonard] Wood, Lieut. Col. [Theodore] Roosevelt, Major Brodie, Major Dunn, and Chaplain Brown." Stereoscopic view. New York: Strohmeyer & Wyman Publishers, 1898.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

Theodore Roosevelt. The Rough Riders. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

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III. POPULAR PARTICIPATION, 1898–1899

15. PORTRAYALS OF CUBAN AND U.S. FORCES

W. A. Rogers. "The Battle of Desmayo – The Cuban Balaklava." In: Harper's Pictorial History of the War with Spain. Vol. 1. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"Cuban soldiers watching the United States troops bathing." John C. Hemment. Cannon and Camera: Sea and Land Battles of the Spanish-American War in Cuba, Camp Life, and the Return of the Soldiers. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1898.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"Cuban troops marching into Siboney." John C. Hemment. Cannon and Camera: Sea and Land Battles of the Spanish-American War in Cuba, Camp Life, and the Return of the Soldiers. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1898.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"García's headquarters." John C. Hemment. Cannon and Camera: Sea and Land Battles of the Spanish-American War in Cuba, Camp Life, and the Return of the Soldiers. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1898.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"Cuban scouts going on outpost duty." John C. Hemment. Cannon and Camera: Sea and Land Battles of the Spanish-American War in Cuba, Camp Life, and the Return of the Soldiers. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1898.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"War is destruction – the Main Deck of the Spanish ‘Viscaya.’ " Stereoscopic view. New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1899.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

"Hill charged and taken by ‘Rough Riders,’ San Juan, Cuba." Stereoscopic view. New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1899.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

"Dearest Annie: Tomorrow we move on toward Santiago where we expect a hard battle." Stereoscopic view. New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1898.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

"E Street, ‘Rough Riders’ Camp, Tampa [Florida], U.S.A." Stereoscopic view. New York: Strohmeyer & Wyman, 1898.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

"The Night Attack on the Americans’ Entrenchments, July 1, 1898, at Santiago." In: Leslie's Official History of the Spanish-American War: A Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Cuban Rebellion, the Causes That Involved the United States, and a Complete Narrative. Washington, D.C.: Leslie's Weekly, 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Charles E. Pont. Manila Bay. Lithograph, ca. 1898.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Print Collection

T. de Thulstrup. "General Shafter and Admiral Sampson Landing on the Beach at Arradero, June 20, to Confer with General Garcia." In: Harper's Pictorial History of the War with Spain. Vol. 2. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

The Battle of Quasimas [Guásimas] near Santiago, June 24th, 1898: The 9th and 10th Colored Cavalry in Support of Rough Riders. Chromolithograph poster. Chicago: Kurz & Allison, 1899.
The New-York Historical Society, New York

Camp life, [Tampa, Florida, May 1898]. Photograph by Poultney Bigelow.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Poultney Bigelow Papers

Camp life, [Tampa, Florida, May 1898]. Photograph by Poultney Bigelow.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Poultney Bigelow Papers

"Sentry. 21st U.S. Infantry, Tampa, [Florida,] May, 1898." Photograph by Poultney Bigelow.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Poultney Bigelow Papers

Camp life, Tampa, [Florida, May] 1898. Photograph by Poultney Bigelow.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Poultney Bigelow Papers

"Attack of Colored Infantry on El Caney." Lantern slide, 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

"American Soldier." Lantern slide, 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

"American Soldiers Firing." Lantern slide, 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

"Stone Fort at Caney After Bombardment." Lantern slide, 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

"Wreck of the Maine: Funeral of the Victims, Havana." Lantern slide, 1898.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

"Reubena Hyde Walworth Dies a Heroine's Death," October 19, 1898. From: Day Book of Newspaper Clippings, 1898–1899. Collector: Z. Dewey, East Poultney, Vermont.
NYPL, General Research Division

Women's National War Relief Association. Report. March 1898 to January 1899. New York: Board of Directors, 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

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16. AFRICAN AMERICAN PARTICIPATION

" ‘The Negroes Saved the Fight.’ Heroic charge of colored troops in the battle of La Quasina [sic: Las Guásimas], seven miles from Santiago," ca. 1898.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

N. Daniels. "A Valiant Negro Soldier. Dislodging a Spanish Sharpshooter on the eight-mile march toward San Juan Hill," ca. 1898.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

"Some of our brave colored Boys who helped to free Cuba." Stereoscopic view. Washington, D.C.: J. F. Jarvis, Publisher, 1899.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

"Died with Lighted Cigarette. Wounded Negro Soldier Said That, Smoking, Death Would Be Peaceful," September 11, 1898. From: Day Book of Newspaper Clippings, 1898–1899. Collector: Z. Dewey, East Poultney, Vermont.
NYPL, General Research Division

"[Thirty] Colored men on board of the U.S.S. Maine at the time of the disaster." [1898]. Facsimile of typewritten list indicating name, rank, condition after explosion (dead, wounded, or uninjured), and name and address of next of kin.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Middleton A. "Spike" Harris Collection

Lieut. C. P. Johnson to Major W. H. Carter. Facsimile of handwritten letter signed, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, February 18, 1899.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Middleton A. "Spike" Harris Collection

Harry Stanton McCard and Henry Turnley. History of the Eighth Illinois United States Volunteers. Chicago: E. F. Harman & Co., 1899.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, General Research and Reference Division

Corporal T. Goode. The "Eighth Illinois." Chicago: Blakely Printing Company, 1899.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, General Research and Reference Division

Willard B. Gatewood, Jr. "Smoked Yankees" and the Struggle for Empire: Letters from Negro Soldiers, 1898–1902. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1971.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, General Research and Reference Division

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17. PERSONAL VIEWS

"The 47th New York Volunteers in Porto Rico." In: José Olivares. Our Islands and Their People. Vol. 2. New York: N. D. Thompson Publishing Co., 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

H. Irving Hancock. What One Man Saw: Being a Personal Impression of a War Correspondent in Cuba. New York: Street & Smith, 1900.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Charles Johnson Post. The Little War of Private Post. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1960.
NYPL, General Research Division

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18. SPANISH POPULAR PARTICIPATION

"Cazadores de Colón No. 23" [Sharpshooters from Colón, Cuba], Cienfuegos, 1898.
Photograph by Mariana Gonzáles Blanco.
Reproduction from an original in the collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

Album page from the photographic archives of Ilustracíon Española y Americana [Spanish and American Illustration/Enlightenment], with fourteen photographs of individuals.
Reproduction from an original in the collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

"Grupo de fuerza al mando del Teniente de Infantería Manuel Moncada" [Troops under the command of Infantry Lieutenant Manuel Moncada], ca. February, 1898.
Photographer unknown.
From an album page from the photographic archives of Ilustración Española y Americana [Spanish and American Illustration/Enlightenment]. Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

"Escuadra de Gastadores del Batallón Voluntarios Cazadores de Gíbara" [Squadron of the Battalion of Volunteer Sharpshooters from Gíbara], Santiago de Cuba, ca. 1898.
Photograph by Lopez Quintana. From an album page from the photographic archives of Ilustración Española y Americana [Spanish and American Illustration/ Enlightenment].
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

Antonio Andrés Pereda, ca. 1898. Photographer unknown.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

"Voluntario de Camajuaní, Lucas Rodríguez" [Volunteer from Camajuaní], ca. 1898.
Photographer unknown.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

"Comisión Caballeros de la Cruz Roja" [Commission of the Order of the Red Cross], Cárdenas, ca. 1898. Photograph by Emilio Masnata.
Reproduction from an original in the collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

"Escribientes y ordenanzas del 2o. Batallón del Regimiento de [Santiago de] Cuba" [Clerks and attendants, 2nd Battalion, Regiment of Santiago de Cuba], ca. 1898.
Photographer unknown.
Reproduction from an original in the collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Bellas Artes (Fotografía)

"Scene in the Plaza at Ponce, Porto Rico, July 13, 1898." In: José Olivares. Our Islands and Their People. Vol. 1. New York: N. D. Thompson Publishing Co., 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

Spain in the War. 50 Photographs of the Enemy's Army, Navy, Soldiers, Sailors, Forts, and Hospitals. Specially Taken in Spain, Cuba, and the Philippines for Pearson's War Pictures. Pamphlet. New York: Pearson Publishing Co., 1898.
The New-York Historical Society, New York

Two Historic Days: Snapshots of Spanish Prisoners from Cervera’s Ships Landing at Seavey’s Island, Portsmouth Harbor. Pamphlet. [Portsmouth], N.H.: Preston, 1898.
NYPL, General Research Division

Saturnino Martín Cerezo. Under the Red and Gold: Being Notes and Recollections of the Siege of Baler. Translated by F. L. Dodds. Kansas City, Mo.: Franklin Hudson Publishing Co., 1909.
NYPL, General Research Division

Carlos Ría-Baja. El desastre filipino. Memorias de un prisionero [The Philippine Disaster: Memoirs of a Prisoner]. Barcelona: Tipografía La Académica de Serra Hermanos y Russell, 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

Ricardo Burguete. ¡La Guerra! Filipinas. (Memoria de un herido) [The War! Philippines: Memoirs of One Wounded There]. Barcelona: Casa Editorial Maucci, 1902; Buenos Aires, Argentina/Mexico: Maucci Herms, 1902.
NYPL, General Research Division

Tomás Alvarez Angulo. Memorias de un hombre sin importancia (1878–1961) [Memoirs of a Man of No Importance]. Madrid: Aguilar, 1962.
NYPL, General Research Division

Destruction of Admiral Cervera's Spanish Fleet off Santiago de Cuba. Chromolithograph poster. Chicago: Kurz & Allison, 1899.
The New-York Historical Society, New York

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19. RENEWED CONFLICT IN THE PHILIPPINES

Certificate of discharge from service in the Philippine Islands of Robert R. Rudd. Signed by William P. Duval. Presidio, San Francisco, June 30, 1901.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Robert R. Rudd Papers

Typewritten letter of recommendation on behalf of Robert R. Rudd by Major William P. Duval (former Colonel 48th Infantry U.S. V.). Fort Howard, Md., October 15, 1901.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Robert R. Rudd Papers

Col. William P. Duval to Capt. Robert R. Rudd. Handwritten letter signed, San Fernando, La Union Province, Philippines, May 13, 1900.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Robert R. Rudd Papers

Karl Irving Faust. Campaigning in the Philippines. Illustrated. San Francisco: The Hicks-Judd Co., 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"American soldiers entrenched at Pasay – awaiting orders to fire –. Philippine Islands." Stereoscopic view. New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1899.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

Diary of D. A. Robinson (June 14–September 30, 1898) and Albert S. Sonnichsen (December 3–31, 1899).
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Sonnichsen Family Papers

N. Sonnichsen to the Secretary of the Anti-Imperialist League, New York. Handwritten letter signed, San Francisco, November 9, 1900.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Sonnichsen Family Papers

Mrs. S. Sonnichsen to Theodore Roosevelt. Handwritten letter signed, 1899.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Sonnichsen Family Papers

Albert Sonnichsen to his parents. Handwritten letter signed, November 26, 1899.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Sonnichsen Family Papers

"Rosario Street and Binondo Church, from the Pasig River [Manila, Philippines]." Stereoscopic view. New York: Strohmeyer & Wyman, 1899.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

"Filipino Women, by the Wall of Old Manila." Stereoscopic view. New York: Strohmeyer & Wyman, 1899.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

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20. ORDINARY HEROES

Medals and decorations awarded to Augustus L. Reed, African American naval officer.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, Gift of Mrs. Evelyn Waites

Augustus L. Reed. Photographer unknown.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, Gift of Mrs. Evelyn Waites

Military record cards with detailed information on medals of honor awarded to members of the 10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment ("Buffalo Soldiers"): William Thompkins, Dennis Bell, George Wanton, Fitz Lee.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Christian A. Fleetwood Collection

Hoja de Licenciamiento [Discharge Certificate] of Comandante Gustavo Lachataignerais, Ejército Libertador de Cuba, Departamento Oriental, 2o. Cuerpo, 1a. División. Signed by Carlos Roloff, Havana, July 5, 1899.
Lent by Diana Lachatanere

Pedro del Río to family. Handwritten letter signed, Minas de Bacubancia, December 4, 1896.
and
Death certificate of Pedro del Río, March 12, 1898.
Collection of Eloy Silva Fonseca, Madrid

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IV. PUBLIC MEMORIES

21. PUBLIC DEBATE IN SPAIN

Vital Fité. Las desdichas de la patria. Nuestra decadencia. Insurrecciones de Cuba y Filipinas. Guerra y censura militar. Pérdidas y responsabilidades [The Motherland’s Sorrows: Our Decadence: Insurrections in Cuba and the Philippines, War and Military Censorship, Losses and Responsibilities]. Madrid: Imprenta de Enrique Rojas, 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

Waldo A. Insua. Finis. Ultimos días de España en Cuba [Finis: The Last Days of Spain in Cuba]. Madrid: Romero, 1901.
NYPL, General Research Division

C. Caamaño Hernández. "Retrospectiva financiera: El coste de las guerras de Cuba y Filipinas" [Financial Retrospective: The Cost of the Wars in Cuba and the Philippines]. In: Economía Española [Spanish Economy], 4, no. 3 (March 1936).
NYPL, General Research Division

Angel Ganivet. Spain: An Interpretation (translation of Idearium español). London: Eyre & Spottiswode, 1946.
NYPL, Rare Books Division

"El desagravio. Himno patriótico. Escrito expresamente para colegios de niños" [The Restitution: Patriotic Hymn, Written Expressly for Children's Schools]. Music and lyrics by Javier Gaztambide y Zia. Madrid: José Lodre, 1898–1900?
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Fondos del Servicio de Partituras, Registros Sonoros y Audiovisuales

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22. PUBLIC DEBATE IN THE UNITED STATES

Rev. John C. Kimball. Upholding the Old Principles amid the New Issues. Address to the Daughters of the Revolution at Ipswich, Mass., April 19, 1899. Pamphlet. N.p.: Anti-Imperialist League, n.d.
NYPL, General Research Division

Lyman Abbott. The Meaning of the War. Pamphlet. Brooklyn, N.Y.: R. G. Brown, 1898. Reprinted from: The Plymouth Morning Pulpit, I, no. 10.
NYPL, General Research Division

George Foster Peabody. Some Moral Results of the Imperial Policy. January 8, 1901. Pamphlet. N.p.: Anti-Imperialist League, n.d.
NYPL, General Research Division

Edward Atkinson. The Hell of War and Its Penalties. Pamphlet. Brookline, Mass., January 13, 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

Edward Atkinson. The Cost of War and Warfare, from 1898 to 1902, Inclusive, Seven Hundred Million Dollars. . . . 6th edition. Brookline, Mass.: Edward Atkinson, 1902.
NYPL, General Research Division

Mark Twain. To the Person Sitting in Darkness and Concerning the Rev. Mr. Ament. N.p.: Privately published, 1926.
NYPL, General Research Division

Samuel Gompers to Mr. E. W. Ordway. Typed letter signed, December 28, 1899.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Edward W. Ordway Papers

J[osephine] S[haw] Lowell to Edward W. Ordway. Letter with masthead of Anti-Imperialist League of New York: Edward Ordway (Secretary), Ernest H. Crosby (President), Harrington Putnam (Treasurer), Felix Adler (Vice President), John Burroughs, Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Gompers, George Foster Peabody, Carl Schurz, among others. Handwritten letter signed, January 27, 1902.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Edward W. Ordway Papers

W. A. Clark to William O. MacDowell. Typed letter signed, New York, August 20, 1901.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Baldwin-McDowell Papers

[New York Governor] Theodore Roosevelt to [Secretary of State] John Hay. Typed letter signed, Albany, N.Y., July 1, 1899.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Francis V. Greene Papers

"We Have Filipinos at Home." Lithograph from Judge. New York: Arkell Publishing Co., 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Grant Hamilton. "The Chief Features of Admiral Dewey." Cover of Judge, 37, no. 931 (August 19, 1899).
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

T. Roosevelt to General Francis V. Greene. Typed letter signed, Albany, N.Y., January 11, 1899.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Francis V. Greene Papers

John H. Parker [1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army] to Robert U. Johnson [editor of The Century Magazine]. Typed letter signed, Savannah, Ga., May 5, 1899.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The Century Company Papers

"Old Glory the Blue and the Gray." Dedicated to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Lyrics and Music by Con. T. Murphy. Chicago: Meyer & Brother, 1898.
NYPL for the Performing Arts, Music Division, American Music Collection

Roy L. Quackenbush to Robert Underwood Johnson. Typed letter signed, Washington, D.C., May 28, 1899.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The Century Company Papers

Grant Hamilton. "I rather like that imported affair" from Puck, September 21, 1904. From: Scrapbook of United States Political Cartoons, 1820–1936 (mainly from Puck and Judge).
NYPL, General Research Division

John Bigelow, Jr. Reminiscences of the Santiago Campaign. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, General Research and Reference Division

Captain Chadwick. Diagram showing location of ships in naval battle of Santiago and explanatory note ("Contrary to the stories published in New York, Admiral Sampson deserves the credit of winning the fight."). Handwritten note and diagram, ca. 1899.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The Century Company Papers

A. K. McClure [editor of The Philadelphia Times] to Robert Underwood Johnson [editor of The Century Magazine]. Typed letter signed, Philadelphia, April 18, 1899.
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The Century Company Papers

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23. CELEBRATIONS AND COMMEMORATIONS

King's View of the Dewey Reception. New York City, Sept. 28, 29, 30, 1899. New York: Moses King, 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

Thomas W. Kennedy. "The Dewey Celebration Flotilla on the Hudson (North) River," Views 1 and 2, 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division, Photographic Views of New York City

Peace Jubilee Souvenir Programme. Philadelphia. October 25, 26, and 27, 1898. [Philadelphia, 1898].
NYPL, General Research Division

The Official Dewey Souvenir Programme. Commemorating the Reception by the City of New York to Admiral Dewey, September 29th and 30th, 1899. Compiled by Fred T. Alder and Harry C. Green. New York: Alder & Green, 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

Thomas W. Kennedy. "Dewey Celebration crowds in the vicinity of Grant’s Tomb as the parade is moving up Morningside Drive. View No. 1 is photographed from a vantage point at 122nd Street, No. 2 from 123rd Street, both across Amsterdam Avenue," 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division, Photographic Views of New York City

Triumphal Arch Erected in Honor of Admiral Dewey by the City of New York, 1899. Pamphlet. N.p., n.d.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"The Hero of Manila, U.S.N. Rear Admiral Dewey." Stereoscopic view. Meadville, Penn., and St. Louis, Mo.: Keystone View Company, 1898.
NYPL, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

C. C. Langill and Bodfish. "Fifth Avenue, north from 23rd Street, showing the Dewey Arch. Broadway is on the left," 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division, Photographic Views of New York City

M. Miller. "Fifth Avenue, north from 23rd Street, showing the Dewey Arch. Broadway is on the left," 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division, Photographic Views of New York City

"Monument Fund Contributions Pouring in from All Quarters," New York Journal and Advertiser, April 1, 1898. In: Spanish-American War, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbook, vol. 3, March 25–April 16, 1898.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Glass box in the form of a ship with inscription "Remember the Maine," ca. 1920.
Private Collection

Shield from Battleship Maine Sunk in Havana Harbor, 1898, Bangor, Maine. Postcard. Boston, Mass.: Tichnor Bros., Inc., n.d.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

The Mast of the Battleship Maine, Arlington, Virginia. Postcard. Washington, D.C.: B. S. Reynolds Co., n.d.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

The Maine Monument, New York. Postcard. N.p., n.d.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

City Hall. Alpena, Michigan. Cannon from the Maine. Postcard. N.p., n.d.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"The People of Cuba to the Maine Victims." Postcard. Havana, n.d.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

U.S.S. Maine Monuments, Havana, Cuba. Postcard. Havana, Cuba: Roberts & Co., n.d.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

"Remember the Maine! 1898 Battleship Explosion Described by 2 Survivors," The Herald Tribune, February 15, 1954.
Lent by The New York Times

"Navy Recovering U.S.S. ‘Maine' Flags," The New York Times, February 12, 1956.
Lent by The New York Times

" ‘Maine' Casts Eyes at Faded Bunting," The New York Times, February 19, 1956.
Lent by The New York Times

"Cubans Save Eagle," The New York Times, May 21, 1961.
Lent by The New York Times

Henry C. McCook. The Martial Graves of Our Fallen Heroes in Santiago de Cuba. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Wilbur F. Brown, Adjutant. History of the Gift of Six Hundred National Flags to the Schools of Porto Rico by Lafayette Post, No. 140 Department of New York, Grand Army of the Republic 1898. New York: Privately Published by the Post, 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

John E. Elmendorff, ed. Memorial Souvenir. The 71st Regiment New York Volunteers in Cuba. Illustrated from photographs taken in the field by Wagoner, Frank R. Potter. New York, 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

Rules and Regulations, Spanish War Veterans. Pamphlet. Washington, D.C.: Spanish War Journal Printing Co., 1902.
NYPL, General Research Division

Ceremonies for the Spanish War Veterans. Pamphlet. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Headquarters National Army, Spanish War Veterans, 1902.
NYPL, General Research Division

Ritual of the Spanish War Veterans. Pamphlet. Columbus, Ohio: Headquarters National Army, Spanish War Veterans, 1900.
NYPL, General Research Division

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V. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

24. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

The Pictorial History of the Cuban War. Pamphlet. New York: The Cuban Historical Publishing Co., ca. 1898.
The New-York Historical Society, New York

Newspaper History: Spanish-American War 1898. N.p., ca. 1898.
NYPL, General Research Division

Fitzhugh Lee, ed. Cuba's Struggle Against Spain. With a Story of Santiago by T. Roosevelt. A Description of the Destruction of the "Maine" by R. Wainwright. New York: The American Historical Press, 1899.
NYPL, General Research Division

The American-Spanish War: A History by the War Leaders. Introduction by General Stewart L. Woodford. Norwich, Conn.: C. C. Haskell & Son, 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Russell A. Alger. The Spanish American War. 1901; reprint Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, 1971.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Frederick Funston. Memories of Two Wars: Cuban and Philippine Experiences. Illustrations by F. C. Yohn. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
NYPL, General Research Division

Horatio S. Rubens. Liberty: The Story of Cuba. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, Inc., 1932.
NYPL, General Research Division

Trumbull White. Our New Possessions: A Graphic Account, Descriptive and Historical, of the Tropic Islands Which Have Fallen Under Our Sway. Philadelphia: Manufacturers’ Book Club, 1898.
NYPL, General Research Division

Murat Halstead. Full Official History of the War with Spain. New Haven, Conn.: Butler & Alger, 1899.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

French Ensor Chadwick. The Relations of the United States and Spain. The Spanish American War. Vol. 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Maine Memorial, New York City, 1997.
Private Collection

Maine Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., 1997.
Private Collection

José Martí Memorial, New York City, 1997.
Private Collection

Memorial to General Joaquín Vara del Rey and Heroes of El Caney, Madrid, 1997.
Private Collection

Frank Freidel. The Splendid Little War. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1958.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Marvin Fletcher. The Black Soldier and Officer in the United States Army, 1891–1917. [Columbia]: University of Missouri Press, 1974.
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, General Research and Reference Division

Philip S. Foner. The Spanish-Cuban-American War and the Birth of American Imperialism, 1895–1902, vol. 1, 1895–1898. New York and London: Monthly Review Press, 1972.
NYPL, General Research Division

John L. Offner. An Unwanted War: The Diplomacy of the United States and Spain over Cuba, 1895–1898. Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

José Manuel Allendesalazar. El 98 de los americanos [The Americans' 1898]. Madrid: Edicusa, 1974.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

H. G. Rickover. How the Battleship Maine Was Destroyed. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Tiburcio P. Castañeda. La explosión del Maine y la guerra de los Estados Unidos con España [The Explosion of the Maine and the War of the United States Against Spain]. Havana: La Moderna Poesía, 1925.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Sección Depósito General

Angel Rivero (Capitán de Artillería). Crónica de la guerra hispano americana en Puerto Rico [Chronicle of the Spanish-American War in Puerto Rico]. Madrid: Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, 1922.
NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Nieves Bolado Argüello. La independencia de Cuba y la prensa. Apuntes para la historia [Cuban Independence and the Press: Notes for History]. Torrelavega, Cantabria: Exmo. Ayuntamiento de Torrelavega, 1991.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Sección de Depósito General

John N. Schumacher, S.J. Revolutionary Clergy: The Filipino Clergy and the Nationalist Movement, 1850–1903. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1981.
NYPL, General Research Division

Salvador Araneta. America’s Double-Cross of the Philippines: A Democratic Ally in 1899 and 1946. Manila: Bayanikasan Research Foundation, 1978.
NYPL, General Research Division

Felipe Martínez Arango. Cronología crítica de la guerra-hispano-cubano-americana [Critical Chronology of the Spanish-Cuban-American War]. Havana: Municipio de La Habana, 1950.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Sección de Depósito General

Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring. Cuba no debe su independencia a los Estado Unidos [Cuba Does Not Owe Its Independence to the United States]. Santiago, Cuba: Editorial Oriente, 1975.
NYPL, General Research Division

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