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  • All We are Saying documentary (15 minutes, 32 seconds) directed by Rev. Al Shands, III. The film documents the March Against Death, a major anti-Vietnam War protest march and gathering that took place in Washington, DC, on November 13-15, 1969. The film includes footage of Pete Seeger leading protesters in song at the Peace Service in Washington National Cathedral.

    Rev. Alfred Rives Shands, III (1928-2021), known most often as “Al,” was an Episcopal priest, film producer, author, art collector, and philanthropist who lived in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born in Washington, D.C., and lived with his parents in North Carolina and Delaware as a child. Shands received a BA in English literature from Princeton University and a master’s in divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary, where he was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1955. In 1967, Shands met and married Mary Norton Ballard in Washington, D.C. In 1969, Al started Alfred Shands Productions, Inc., a documentary production company which he operated until 1983. The Shands moved to Mary's hometown of Louisville in 1970.

    Credits
    (c) 1970 Alfred R. Shands
    Camera: George Voellmer, Albert Ihde, Terry Proch, Sandra Bradley
    Editor: Sandra Bradley
    Sound: Curt Wittig

    Sponsors of the film:
    Clergy and Laity Concerned about Viet Nam Inter-faith Committee
    Union of American Hebrew Congregations
    Executive Council of the Episcopal Church
    National Association of Laymen (Catholic)
    Produced with the cooperation of the Rev. Philip E. Wheaton, Director of Inter-American Communication and Action

  • Envelope sent to W. A. Shields, Victoria, Australia, from the Seelbach Hotel located at Fourth and Walnut Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. The back of the envelope features color illustration advertisement for the Kentucky State Fair, held on September 12-17, 1927.

  • Envelope sent from C. Stanley Freville, 3221 River Park Drive, Louisville, Kentucky to Frank Hamel, Crafton and Company, Coptic House, 51 Great Russell Street, London, W.C.1, England. The envelope was printed for the Herald-Post, Louisville, Kentucky, and features an image of the Herald-Post building facade.

  • Envelope sent from Pfeiffer Insecticide Co. located at Floyd and A Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent from Kentucky Lumber & Millwork Co. located at 1521 S. Sixth Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Color cardstock promotional card printed for B.F. Avery & Sons, Plows and Agricultural Implements, Louisville, Kentucky. The inside of the card is an ad for the Avery Universal Plow, featuring a lithograth of Neptune plowing the Isthmus of Panama with an Avery Plow pulled by two horses. The back of the card depicts a horse falling in a field, with an attached plow and laborer in the air behind it. On the otherside of a fence, a horse is calmly pulling an Avery Plow while the laborer guiding the plow looks at the other person. Below the scene is the text "If you're trying to fly, you're all right

  • Envelope sent to J & A Friedberg Inc., Brooklyn, New York, from Laub Brothers, Louisville, Kentucky, manufacturers of trunks and traveling bags.

  • Envelope sent to Mrs. Orville Vaughan, 300 East Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky, from Presbyterian Colored Missions located at 314 South Hancock Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Envelope includes a small note inquiring for teachers - "WANTED-- TEACHERS / At the Presbyterian Colored Missions, 314 S. Hancock St. Won't YOU come and help? Every Sunday at 3:30."

  • Envelope sent from American Creosoting Company located at 401 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope mailed via the U.S.S. Louisville. Hand drawn color illustration of the state of Kentucky, a jockey on a horse, three white stars, and blue, red, and white stripes. Stamped as "U.S.S."

  • Envelope sent to Mary Casner, Fordson, Michigan, from Hotel Kenton located at Walnut Street near Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Facsimile envelope from Brooks & Co. Live Stock Commision Merchants located at the Bourbon Stockyards (Johnson and Main Street), Louisville, Kentucky to Earl Rothrock, Depauw, Indiana.

  • Envelope and letter about a debt sent from attorney and Counselor at Law, Lawrence S. Grauman whose office is located at 614 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky, to Joseph B. Logsdon.

  • Envelope sent from Dr. Harry Goldberg located at 523-524 Fincastle Bldg. 305 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope and letter sent from Social Hygiene Association of Kentucky located at 532 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Envelope includes name of Association President, Mrs. Elsie Zinmeister. Letter is typescript.

  • Barry Bingham Sr. and Queen Elizabeth II at a Waldorf Astoria luncheon in New York City. Luncheon was hosted by the English-speaking Union, chaired by Barry Sr. Also in attendence was the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip.

  • A scrapbook page with a picture of Barry Bingham Sr., holding a chimpanzee in an International Press Institute group touring Mysore, India zoo.

  • A scrapbook page with a picture of Mary and Barry Bingham Sr. with Hester Griffin arriving on an International Press Institute to Bangalore, India.

  • Mary and Barry Bingham Sr. seated outdoors with their five children in Chatham, Massachusetts.

  • Mary Bingham is seated with her arm around one-year-old Eleanor Bingham in Chatham, Massachusetts.
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