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This story can fit 175‐225 words. In this issue: Newsletter Editor The purposeear Members, of a newsle er is to provide Meg Henderson Dspecialized There informa are concernson to a targeted I want to share with you. For many years, USGA has receivedaudience. Newslefinancialers awards can be froma great the way National to Historical Publication of Records StoryGuest Title Writers 1 Lee Schweickart Commissionmarket your product (NHPRC) or service, and the and National also Endowment for the Humanities Edward (NEH).create credibility This year and we build received your an NHPRC grant (July 2015 to June 2016) of only Headington $44,490,organizaon’s a drop iden ofty some among $30,000 peers, from two years previously. NEH has NOT Story______Title 1 renewedmembers, ouremployees longstanding, or vendors. three year financial award (2012-2015 of $117,986), and the present one will run out on September 30 of this year. Both federal award Contact First, determine the audience of the programs have suffered severe cuts in their budgets, and Congress does not Information Story Title 2 seemnewsle interesteder. This could in increasing be anyone whosupport might in the coming years. Future funding for USGAbenefit fromafter theJune informa 30, 2016on it iscontains, thus problematic for at best. The Ulysses S. example, employees or people interested in Grant Association As you know, President Frank Williams, Vice President Jim Bultema, and I have purchasing a product or requesng your Story Title 2 institutedservice. a program of donations to try to fill the gap. We have had some success, Mitchell Memorial around $16,000 in donations but not nearly enough to cover the loss of Federal Library fundsYou can When compile NHPRC a mailing cut list our from funding business seve ral years ago, the MSU Libraries supplementedreply cards, customer the Executive informaon Director’s sheets, salary by around $25,000 per year. USGA Box 5408 hasbusiness also cards established collected an at tradeendowment shows, or with the MSU Foundation, putting $35,000 of Mississippi State, Special points of MS 39762 ourmembershipCap fundson describing into lists. an Youpicture endowment. might or graphic. consider Last year we received an anonymous donation of $50,000,purchasing so a mailing our total list endowmentfrom a company. now stands at $85,000 plus interest. We have interest: Phone: 662-325- also increased the fee structure for membership in USGA and added a student If you explore the Publisher catalog, you will 4552 membership.  Briely highlight find many publicaons that match the style your point of When I became Executive Director in 2008, I instituted a structure by which all our Fax: 662-325- of your newsleer. interest here. staff members are on “hard money.” They are employees of the MSU Libraries. I 0272 putNext, my establish salary howon “soft much money,” me and themoney financial awards from the federal usgrantlibrary.orgBriely highlight organizations. The Endowment of $85,000 is set as a beginning sum to raise your point of enough money to be able to employ the Executive Director both today and, more Secondary Story Headline interest here. importantly, in the future. USGA must find new sources of revenue. MSU has been amazingly generous to  Briely highlight This story can fit 75‐125 contents of the story and us, providing over $200,000 per year in support of our operations. MSU, through a your point of words. draw readers into the story. state of Mississippi bond, is paying for the $7.2 million addition to the Mitchell interest here. Develop the headline before MemorialYour headline Library is an for our use as the Grant Presidential Library. Through the work of you write the story. This Presidentimportant part Mark of Keenum,the MSU is also providing over $2 million dollars for  Briely highlight way, the headline will help your point of furnishingnewsleer andthe shouldnew addition be for our use. you keep the story focused. interest here. considered carefully. Examples of possible In a few words, it should headlines include Product accurately represent the USGA Newsleer • Summer 2015 1 DispatchesNewsletter from Grant • Summer 2015 Title • Vol. 3, Issue 3

Frank, Jim,Organization Name and I agree that USGA must increase If you haveNewsle anyer questions Date Volume or suggestions, 1, Issue contact our endowment dramatically, and we need to me at [email protected]; Frank Williams at produce additional revenues of all sorts to allow [email protected], or Jim Bultema at Lead Story Headline us to function in the manner of a true Presidential [email protected]. Library. We will continue our editorial work, but Our financial situation requires action now. The our mission is expanding to reach out to a public This story can fit 175‐225 words. legacy of USGA and the memory of a great wanting to learn more about General and In this issue: American, Ulysses S. Grant, requires nothing less. The Presidentpurpose of aGrant. newsle Forer thisis to yearprovide alone, we need specialized$50,000 informa plus additionson to a targeted to our endowment. In future years, with little chance of further funds Story Title 1 audience. Newsleers can be a great way to Frank J. Williams, President marketfrom your NEH product or NHPRC, or service, our and shortfall also will be close to $100,000. The salary of the Executive Director, create credibility and build your Jim Bultema, VP for Advancement organizafor example,on’s iden willty amongthen be peers, around $25,000 a year Story Title 1 members,with that employees revenue, or coming vendors. from the MSU Libraries. John F. Marszalek, Executive Director First,We determine need a the major audience infusion of the of funds, and we need it quickly. The Executive Director and staff are newsleer. This could be anyone who might Story Title 2 looking into other possible federal, public, and benefit from the informaon it contains, for private sources of revenue, but our opportunity to example, employees or people interested in do so is limited because of the heavy load of purchasing a product or requesng your Story Title 2 responsibilities we already carry. MSU has service. assigned a member of the MSU Foundation staff You tocan gather compile additional a mailing listfunds from for business the MSU Libraries, replyincluding cards, customer USGA, informa and weon are sheets, hopeful this will help us in the future. business cards collected at trade shows, or Special points of membership lists. You might consider CapHowever,on describing as picture an organization or graphic. that has set interest: purchasingstandards a mailing for many list from year a company.s, USGA must reach If youwithin explore itself the for Pub necessarylisher catalog, new you funding. will We have  Briely highlight find nomany alternative publicaons if we that wish match to thecontinue style among the your point of of yourleaders newsle in ourer. field and especially with a new USGA facility on the horizon. The past interest here. Next,achievements establish how muchof USGA me andare moneysomething we can be proud of. However, without an executive director  Briely highlight to provide day-to-day leadership and without your point of interest here. Secondary Story Headline funds to carry on our mission, the future will be a troubled one. Please respond to our financial  Briely highlight This needsstory can as fi generouslyt 75‐125 andcontents as quickly of the as story you andcan. your point of words.Send funds to USGA, c/odraw John readers F. Marszalek, into the story. interest here. Develop the headline before YourExecutive headline is Director,an P.O.Box 5408, Mississippi you write the story. This importantState part, MS of 39762. the The Ulysses S. Grant Association Briely highlight way, the headline will help your point of newsleIn additioner and should to funding, be we also need to hear about has promoted historical you keep the story focused. interest here. consideredyour fund carefully. raising ideas and your willingness to scholarship on Grant and the Civil reach out beyond our membershipExamples of for possible further In a few words, it should War since 1962. financial help. headlines include Product accurately represent the

USGA Newsleer • Summer 2015 3 DispatchesNewsletter from Grant • Summer 2015 Title • Vol. 3, Issue 3

Recent and Upcoming Events/Notices USGAOrganization Name Officers Newsleer Date Volume 1, Issue Fall 2015—Construction begins on the new facility for the Ulysses Frank J. Williams, President S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University’s Lead Story Headline Sheldon S. Cohen, Vice Mitchell Memorial Library. The project is projected to be completed President Emeritus in 18 months. To follow our progress, visit http://lib.msstate.edu/ James A. Bultema, Vice places/construction/mml-expansion/ This Presidentstory can fi tfor 175 Advancement‐225 words. In this issue: September 1—USGA membership structure changes for new The purposeUlysses of Granta newsle Dietz,er is Vice to provide members: Lifetime membership increases to $500; options for specializedPresident informa for onAcquisitions to a targeted annual membership at $100/year and NEW student memberships Story Title 1 audience.Harriet Newsle F. Simon,ers can Secretary be a great way to for $25/year marketJohn your F. Marszalek,product or service, Executive and also September 1— “History of Baseball” lecture at the George W. Bush create credibilityDirector and build your organizaon’s identy among peers, Presidential Library in Dallas, Texas. USGA PresidentStory Title Frank 1 members, employees, or vendors. Williams and Executive Director Dr. John Marszalek presented a lecture at this event. First, determine the audience of the USGA Board of Directors newsleer. This could be anyone who might September 22—Ulke Family exhibit “The Faces ofStory the Title President” 2 benefit fromJames the informa A. Bultemaon it contains, for official opening and reception at MSU Libraries example, employeesJosiah Bunting, or people III interested in September 23-25—Fifteenth Amendment/Voting Rights Act purchasingSheldon a product S. or Cohen reques ng your Symposium at Mississippi State University, featuringStory keynote Title 2 service. Frances N. Coleman speakers Dr. Douglas Egerton and Dr. Michael Fauntroy and a You can compileMichael a mailing J. Devine list from business panel of judges, including Frank Williams, speaking about the legacy of voting rights from the Reconstruction through the present reply cards,Ulysses customer Grant informa Dietzon sheets, day. For information and to register, visit http:// business cardsJohn collected G. Griffiths at trade shows, or Special points of membership lists. You might consider www.usgrantlibrary.org/newsandevents/15thamendment.asp Capon describingHarold picture Holzer or graphic. interest: purchasing a mailing list from a company. October 10—2015 John Y. Simon Day at the Ulysses S. Grant Lewis E. Lehrman National Historic Site in St. Louis. USGA member Dr. Ronald White If you exploreJohn the F. Pub Marszaleklisher catalog, you will will be the keynote speaker presenting “Voter Suppression: Briely highlight find many publicaons that match the style Edna Greene Medford President Grant Battles the Ku Klux Klan.” For moreyour point of information, of your newsleer. Frank Scaturro visit http://www.nps.gov/ulsg/learn/news/special-events.htminterest here. Next, establishHarriet how F. much Simon me and money October 17-25—Frank Williams and John Marszalek Briely highlight will be William S. Spears speaking on a sold-out Civil War riverboat cruise onyour point of the American Secondary Story Headline Claire Ruestow Telecki Queen, travelling from Nashville to Chattanooga, Tennessee.interest here. Frank J. Williams May 6-8, 2016—Annaual USGA meeting in Pamplin Park and  Briely highlight This story can fit 75‐125 contents of Richmond.the story and Details to follow soon on the Grant Presidential Library your point of words. draw readerswebsite. into the story. interest here. USGA Editorial BoardDevelop the headline before Your headline is an you write the story. This  Briely highlight important Rogerpart of theD. Bridges way, the headline will help your point of newsleWilliamer and shouldC. “Jack” be Davis you keep the story focused. interest here. consideredHarold carefully. M. Hyman Examples of possible In a few words,Mark itE. should Neely, Jr. headlines include Product accurately represent the

USGA Newsleer • Summer 2015 3 DispatchesNewsletter from Grant • Summer 2015 Title • Vol. 3, Issue 3

Organization Name Staff Updates Ryan SemmesNewsleer, ArchivistDate Volume for the 1, GrantIssue Library, was recently promoted from Interim Internal ditors David Nolen and Louis Gallo and Coordinator of the Congressional and Political Lead Story Headline E Executive Director John Marszalek attended Research Center at MSU Libraries to Coordinator. the Joint Conference of the Society for Textual Congratulations, Ryan! Scholarship and the Association for Documentary This Editing,story can June fit 175 17-20‐225 words. at the University of Nebraska- The Ulysses S. Grant PresidentialIn this issue: Library also Lincoln and participated in a panel session with welcomes back student worker Ryan Lawrence The purpose of a newsleer is to provide editors from the Mark Twain Papers at the and graduate student interns Larsen Plyler and specialized informaon to a targeted University of California-Berkley. The presentation Hannah Berman. We also say congratulations audience. Newsleers can be a great way to Story Title 1 focused on the relationship between U.S. Grant and goodbye to Bailey Powell, who graduated with market your product or service, and also and Mark Twain, especially during Grant’s last a B.A. in English from MSU this August. We wish create credibility and build your years as he was writing his best-selling Memoirs, her well in her post-undergraduate life! Ryan organizaon’s identy among peers, which Twain’s publishing company, Charles L. Lawrence took third place in theStory Arts Title & 1 members,Webster employees & Co.,, publishedor vendors. in 1885. USGA Humanities division of Mississippi State First,President determine Frank the audience Williams of the moderated the session. University’s Shackouls Honors College Undergraduate Research Symposium for a newsleer. This could be anyone who might Story Title 2 Meg Henderson attended the American Library presentation on his work with the Ida Honoré benefit from the informaon it contains, for Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco, Grant letters. example,June employees 25-30. Meg or peoplepresented interested a poster in on the purchasingcollaborative a product work or reques of the ngGrant your Association and Story Title 2 service. Shiloh National Military Park which resulted in a In Memoriam: David Payne two-day symposium in Corinth, Mississippi You can compile a mailing list from business focusing on the Corinth contraband camp. The ong-time Grant Association member David reply cards, customer informaon sheets, poster emphasized the symposium’s success as a Payne passed away July 4. Those who attend business cards collected at trade shows, or L result of the strong partnership between the the annual USGA meetings knewSpecial points of David well, as membership lists. You might consider CapUSGAon describing and National picture or Park graphic. Service staff. he was a regular at the meetings. purchasing a mailing list from a company. interest: John Marszalek presented a talk, sponsored Born in San Francisco, David moved to Chicago, If you explore the Publisher catalog, you will by the Gettysburg Foundation, over the July 4th Illinois to work as a chemist for the Briely highlight Environmental find many publicaons that match the style weekend at the Gettysburg battlefield in Protection Agency, where he workedyour point of for 33 years. of yourGettysburg, newsleer. Pennsylvania. Some 15 historians He was also an avid student of Civilinterest here. War history Next,participated. establish how much me and money and active in USGA for several years.  Briely highlight Aaron Crawford, who was on leave for the last A service was held at Holy Spirit Catholic Church your point of two years with a fellowship position at Southern in David’s hometown of Carterville, Indiana. Secondary Story Headline interest here. Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, has decided Harriet Simon represented USGA at the funeral, to remain in Dallas and not return to his position at where USGA staff donated a flower arrangement,  Briely highlight This thestory Ulysses can fit 75 S.‐125 Grant Presidentialcontents of Library. the story He and will in Union Blue. your point of be missed greatly by the Grant Library staff, and words. draw readers into the story. David is survived by his wife, children,interest here. and we wish him well! Develop the headline before Your headline is an grandchildren. His USGA family will also miss him you write the story. This importantLouis part Gallo of the, Visiting Assistant Editor since dearly.  Briely highlight way, the headline will help your point of newsleAuguster and 2014, should will be take Dr. Crawford’s position as “David was always with us at the annual meetings, you keep the story focused. interest here. consideredAssistant carefully. Editor. He will continue working with and we regularly heard from him by email. His Assistance Editor David NolenExamples on ofthe possible Grant passing is a great less to USGA,” said Executive In a few words, it should Memoirs editorial project.headlines include Product Director John Marszalek. accurately represent the

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Grant LibraryOrganization Name receives NHPRC award major worldNewsle repositoryer Date of informationVolume 1, Issue about U.S. for 2015-16 Grant and his era. By Meg Henderson The National Historical Publications and Records Lead Story Headline Commission is a branch of the National Archives. he Ulysses S. Grant Association (USGA), The primary role of the Commission is to provide housed at Mississippi State University, was T opportunities for the American people to discover Thisawarded story can a fi grantt 175‐ 225of $43,490 words. by the National In this issue: and use historical records that increase Archives’ National Historical Publications and The purpose of a newsleer is to provide understanding of our democracy, history, and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the 2015-16 specialized informaon to a targeted culture. fiscal year. This outright grant continues NHPRC’s audience. Newsleers can be a great way to Story Title 1 financial support of the USGA’s editorial project for market your product or service, and also publishing the first complete scholarly edition of create credibility and build your Together again: Grant and Twain on Ulysses S. Grant’s best-selling 1885 Memoirs. organizaon’s identy among peers, stage Story Title 1 members,NHPRC employees has sponsored, or vendors. USGA’s editorial projects since the USGA’s birth in 1965, helping fund the laywright and USGA member Elizabeth Diggs First,editing determine and publication the audience of of the the 32-volume series The P debuts her play “Grant and Twain” with a Story Title 2 newslePaperser. ofThis Ulysses could be S. anyone Grant who, which might chronicle the series of three readings held at the Ulysses S. benewritingsfit from of the Grant informa and onprov it contains,ide extensive for contextual Grant Historic National Site in St. Louis October 24 example,notes fromemployees the USGA or people documentary interested in editors. The and 25. Digg’s play, directed by Andrea Urice, was purchasingforthcoming a product edition or requesof Grant’sng your Memoirs will awarded the Edgerton FoundationStory New Title American 2 service.replicate the original 1885 text and will add Plays Award. Youextensive can compile notes a mailing that provlist fromide contextbusiness which was not About the play: Ulysses Grant, hero of the Civil necessary for a nineteenth-century audience but is reply cards, customer informaon sheets, War, is bankrupted in a Madoff-style Ponzi required for today’s readers. business cards collected at trade shows, or scheme. His only hope to restore his honor and provide for his family is to write aSpecial points of book about the membershipCapUSGAon describing President lists. Youpicture Frankmight or graphic. considerJ. Williams and Executive purchasingDirector aJohn mailing F. listMarszalek from a company. both expressed war. But he is a man of action, notinterest: a writer. His gratitude for NHPRC’s continued support to USGA. friend Mark Twain is determined to publish the If you explore the Publisher catalog, you will book himself and make it “the biggest bestseller in “We could not have achieved all we have without  Briely highlight find many publicaons that match the style NHPRC,” said Williams. American history.” But halfway throughyour point of the book, of your newsleer. Grant is diagnosed with terminal cancer,interest here. and then The mission of the Ulysses S. Grant Association is discovers an enemy close to home who who wants Next,to conduct establish researchhow much intome the and life money of Ulysses S. Grant to destroy him. For more information, Briely highlight contact: and preserve the knowledge of his importance in your point of American history. The Association, with the Elaine Devlin Literary Inc. Secondary Story Headline interest here. cooperation of the Mitchell Memorial Library, (212) 842-9030 Mississippi State University, and other interested [email protected]  Briely highlight Thispublic story andcan fiprivatet 75‐125 entities, contentsedits and of publishesthe story and Elizabeth Diggs your point of words.Grant's writings both in hardcoverdraw readers and intodigital the story. interest here. format, acquires and preservesDevelop artifacts the headline and before [email protected] Your headline is an memorabilia from his lifetimyoue, makeswrite the this story. material This important part of the elizabethdiggs.com  Briely highlight available to scholars and theway, public, the headline conducts will help your point of newsleer and should be teacher and student institutesyou andkeep classes,the story focused. interest here. considered carefully. organizes lectures and symposia, and maintains Examples of possible In thea few Ulysses words, itS. should Grant Presidential Library as the headlines include Product accurately represent the

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McKinstryOrganization Name Collection donated to Grant Starkville,Newsle Mississippier Date nativeVolume and 1,descendant Issue of Library the McKinstry family, contacted the Ulysses S. Grant Library, wishing to donate her treasured Lead Story Headline By Meg Henderson family collection. his summer, the Ulysses S. Grant These letters are a fitting addition to the Ulysses This Tstory Presidentialcan fit 175‐225 Library words. received a collection of S. Grant Collection. Like Grant’sIn this issue: letters, they 50 pieces of correspondence, 37 of which were provide an authentic account of daily life in the The purpose of a newsleer is to provide written by a Arthur McKinstry, a private in the Union Army, only from the perspective of an specialized informaon to a targeted 72nd New York State Regiment during the everyday soldier. audience. Newsleers can be a great way to Story Title 1 . The bulk of the material Grant Library Executive Director John Marszalek marketspans your from product 1861-1862 or service, and and is also addressed to expressed appreciation to the family for this createvarious credibility family and members. build your McKinstry was killed at historically valuable donation. The McKinstry organizathe battleon’s iden of Williamsburg,ty among peers, Virginia in 1862; some Story Title 1 letters, he said, were “a significant addition to the members,correspondence employees, or concerns vendors. his burial at Yorktown, Grant collections.” First,Virginia. determine the audience of the A reception hosted by MSU Libraries was held to newsleArthurer. ThisMcKinstry could be (November anyone who 2, might 1839-May 5, 1862) Story Title 2 honor Mrs. Oakley for her donation at Mississippi benewasfit from born the in informa Chicopee,on it Massachusetts contains, for to William State University July 24. Family members and example,McKinstry employees and orwife people Mary interested Theodosia in Frink. Arthur close friends were in attendance, as well as staff purchasinghad one a product sister, orLaura reques Janeng McKinstry.your He spent Story Title from the Grant Library and MSU Libraries. A high2 his earliest years in Chicopee, living near his service. point of that celebration was the singing of “Happy extended family. Arthur’s father died when Arthur You can compile a mailing list from business Birthday” to Mrs. Oakley. was five years old. Later, Arthur’s mother reply cards, customer informaon sheets, remarried, and the family moved to Forestville, businessNew cards York. collected Arthur’s at uncles trade shows,, Willard or and Winthrop, Special points of membership lists. You might consider Caplivedon describing nearby picturein Fredonia, or graphic. New York. They were interest: purchasingthe proprietors a mailing listof afrom newspaper, a company. The Fredonia If youCensor explore. the Publisher catalog, you will  Briely highlight find many publicaons that match the style Arthur attended the U.S. Naval Academy at your point of of yourAnnapolis newsle forer. one year (1854-55) at the age of interest here. Next,sixteen. establish In how May much 1861, me a andmonth money and a half after the Civil War began, Arthur, being anxious to serve  Briely highlight his country, enrolled himself in the Union Army. your point of Secondary Story Headline He was 21 years old. He served as a Private in interest here. the New York State Volunteers Company D 72d Regiment, stationed along the Potomac River  Briely highlight This story can fit 75‐125 contents of the story and near Washington, DC. your point of words. draw readers into the story. interest here. During his time of service,Develop Arthur the faithfully headline wrote before Yourhis headline mother is anand to his aunts and cousins. He wrote you write the story. This  Briely highlight importantother partletters of theto his uncles, giving reports and first- way, the headline will help your point of newslehander accounts and should about be Company D. These letters you keep the story focused. interest here. consideredwere published carefully. in The Fredonia Censor. Examples of possible In a Arthur’sfew words, sister it should and her family moved to Starkville, September 7, 1861 letter from Arthur headlines include Product accuratelyMississippi represent in the the 1880s. Frances Oakley, a McKinstry to his mother

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Website gives Starkville Civil War Organization Name Newsleer Date Volume 1, Issue Arsenal a twenty-first century upgrade By Meg Henderson Lead Story Headline or thirty-five years, Starkville resident Duffy F Neubauer has collected civil war artifacts, Thismainly story canthe fiweaponryt 175‐225 words. of the era, which has In this issue: Thefascinated purpose of him a newsle since erchildhood. is to provide Neubauer opened his museum in 2009, on April 12 4:30 a.m., and, specialized informaon to a targeted not surprisingly, visitors were not lined up when he audience. Newsleers can be a great way to Story Title 1 opened his doors. This date and time, however, are market your product or service, and also historically significant; on April 12, 1861 at 4:30 create credibility and build your a.m., the bombing of Fort Sumter occurred, Duffy Neubauer illustrates The role of the artificer and organizaon’s identy among peers, beginning the Civil War. Since 2009, visitors from all his tools which supported the batteryStory Title are empha-1 members,31 states employees and about, or vendors.five foreign countries have sized at the Starkville Civil War Arsenal. First,visited determine the Starkville the audience Civil of War the Arsenal. His visitors museum last spring. The visitor had to go home newslehave rangeder. This could from be interested anyone who individuals might to groups and asked if there was any informationStory Title about the 2 benefromfit fromthe National the informa Parkon Service, it contains, National for Archives, museum available online. Neubauer credits Brother example,Smithsonian employees Institute, or people Army interested Museum in System, U.S. Rogers and Gail Langston for putting the website Grant Association (twice), and, once, a motorcycle purchasing a product or requesng your together. It highlights photographsStory of featuredTitle 2 service.club. Visitors are treated to a personal tour by artifacts, news, information for visitors, and his Neubauer, in full Civil War dress, and learn a latest project, reproducing a Civil War era Youwealth can compile of knowledge a mailing fromlist from this business Civil War artillery ambulance from original military specifications. replyexpert. cards, customer informaon sheets, Neubauer regularly updates this page with business cards collected at trade shows, or When asked why he would open his private progress reports and photographsSpecial points of of the membership lists. You might consider Capcollectionon describing to the picture public, or graphic. Neubauer replied, “For me ambulance in progress. When completed, it will purchasing a mailing list from a company. interest: to hoard it, no one got to see it. I look at all the make the Starkville Civil War Arsenal the only museum in the world with carriages and support If youequipment explore theas, Pub I’mlisher the custodiancatalog, you of will these items, vehicles.  Briely highlight findand many someone publica elseons that will matchtake care the style it of when I’m your point of finished.” Neubauer enjoys sharing his knowledge Neubauer is enthusiastic about the site, which of your newsleer. interest here. of the military aspects of the war through his brings his nineteenth century collection to a twenty- Next, establish how much me and money collection of cannons, firearms, projectiles, other first century audience. “Now when I’m speaking or  Briely highlight tools, and photographs. His favorite artifacts are in public,” Neubauer said, “I can tellyour point of them about the the caissons, two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicles Secondary Story Headline website instead of giving them a businessinterest here. card.” used to carry ammunition on the battlefield or “Duffy is a great supporter of USGA, and together coffins at military funerals. “To me,” Neubauer said, we give visitors to Starkville an unmatched Briely highlight Civil This“The story most can fispecialt 75‐125 vehicle incontents my collection of the story is the and War experience,” said Archivist Ryanyour point of Semmes. words.caisson because Union, Confederate,draw readers white,into the black, story. interest here. and Mexican War soldiers wereDevelop buried the headline off of my before The website for the Starkville Civil War Arsenal is Your headline is an caisson. Being carried in a youcaisson write isthe the story. highest This http://www.starkvillecivilwararsenal.com/ important part of the  Briely highlight honor you can give at a militaryway, the funeral headline service.” will help your point of newsleer and should be you keep the story focused. interest here. consideredAt the end carefully. of June 2015, Neubauer launched a website for his museum, bringingExamples his of collection possible to In a few words, it should the world. The idea startedheadlines when a visitorinclude from Product accuratelyCalifornia represent came tothe Starkville and toured the USGA Newsleer • Summer 2015 7 DispatchesNewsletter from Grant • Summer 2015 Title • Vol. 3, Issue 3

Grant TanneryOrganization Name opens doors to visitors the millNewsle was torner down. Date AtVolume this point, 1, Issue Bob Waters, By Lee Schweickart the great grandson of Chris Single, repurchased the mill property. Lead Story Headline n 1823, Jesse Grant moved, with his wife Bob and Virginia Waters remodeled the tannery Hannah and his 18-month-old son Ulysses, I into a comfortable, modern home where they from Point Pleasant on the Ohio River to This story can fit 175‐225 words. raised three children. After Virginia'sIn this issue: death, Bob Georgetown, Ohio. Their new home was little more continued to live there until he moved to a Thethan purpose a clearing of a newsle in theer woods, is to provide but it was the seat of retirement center in 2013. specializeda new county, informa andon toJesse a targeted expected the tiny audience.community Newsle to growers can quickly. be a great It would way to be a good The Waters family has always hadStory a deepTitle 1 marketplace your to start product his ornew service, tannery and alsobusiness. attachment to the property and a keen awareness create credibility and build your of its historical significance. In 2015, they very At the intersection of Water Street and Main Cross organizaon’s identy among peers, generously elected to donate theStory tannery Title and the1 Street, he built a small, two-room, two-story brick members, employees, or vendors. adjacent grounds to the Ohio History Connection to home. Across the street, he built the brick two-story guarantee its preservation and maintenance as an First,building determine that thewould audience be where of the he would maintain an integral part of the U.S. Grant boyhood home and newsleoffice er.and This finish could turning be anyone raw who hides might into leather. Story Title 2 school sites in Georgetown. benefit from the informaon it contains, for Jesse's tannery grew and prospered, becoming example, employees or people interested in With their gift, the Waters family makes possible a one of the most successful businesses in town, and purchasing a product or requesng your unique site that will allow the publicStory to Title see and 2 n 1841, he and Eli Collins formed a partnership to service. experience the home, school, and work operate a much larger tannery in Bethel, Ohio and environments that were a major influence on the Youa canleather compile goods a mailing store list in fromGalena, business Illinois. character and personality of Ulysses S. Grant, the reply cards, customer informaon sheets, After Jesse sold his home and business in man who saved the Union and was twice elected business cards collected at trade shows, or Georgetown, the tanyard continued in operation for president during one of the most Special points of turbulent periods membership lists. You might consider Capseveralon describing years, pictureand the or graphic.property was later occupied in our nation's history. purchasing a mailing list from a company. interest: by a manufacturer of plug tobacco and then by a Words can't express the gratitude of the Ohio If yousawmill. explore the Publisher catalog, you will History Connection to the Waters family,Briely highlight so we will find many publicaons that match the style Christian Single, a German immigrant who had simply say "thank you." We invite USGAyour point of members of your newsleer. operated grist mills in Midway, Kentucky and in to visit and see our continuing work.interest here. Next,Georgetown, establish how bought much theme sawmill and money in 1872 and replaced it with a flour mill. In 1893, Single bought  Briely highlight new machinery at the Chicago World's Fair and your point of Secondary Story Headline converted the old burr-mill to a modern steam- interest here. powered roller mill. At Chris Single's death, the  Briely highlight Thisproperty story can passed fit 75‐125 to his daughter,contents Julia of the (Single) story and your point of Waters, then to her son Willard Waters, who built a words. draw readers into the story. interest here. one-story addition at the rearDevelop of the the building headline in before Your headline is an 1921. In 1944, the tract thatyou included write the the story. mill This was important part of the  Briely highlight sold to the Brown County Farmway, the Bureau headline while will the help your point of newsleer and should be Waters family kept the tanneryyou keep building the story and focused. interest here. consideredcontinued carefully. to live there. The Farm Bureau operated Examples of possible In thea few mill words, until it 1965, should when the business moved and headlines include Product accurately represent the Jesse Grant’s tannery in Georgetown, Ohio

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in the eyes of the audience, especially that moment GeneralOrganization Name Grant at the Reagan Newsleer Date Volume 1, Issue Presidential Library when Grant hears the news of Lincoln’s assassination and not knowing its meaning. What Lead Story Headline By Edward W. Headington is remarkable is that many people knew the basic layout of Grant’s life but not the extent of his civil

rights record as chief executive, his strong view on appreciated This story can fit 175‐225 words. I the Mexican-American War, his California Gold having the In this issue: Rush connection, and the trials and tribulations he The purpose of a newsleer is to provide opportunity to faced in civilian life and during his two stints in the specialized informaon to a targeted again portray military. audience. Newsleers can be a great way to America’s Story Title 1 market your product or service, and also greatest One woman, visibly moved, came up to me create credibility and build your soldier at the afterward to share her appreciation for telling the organizaon’s identy among peers, Ronald whole story of his life. While in herStory 40s Title now, she 1 members, employees, or vendors. Reagan remembered doing a school report on Grant and Presidential how classmates teased her about getting stuck First, determine the audience of the Library & with the “drunkard.” Another woman who was a 50- newsleer. This could be anyone who might Learning plus year educator said she learnedStory more Title about 2 benefit from the informaon it contains, for Center this the General and his role in our country’s greatest example, employees or people interested in past trial than in five decades of textbook teaching. purchasing a product or requesng your Independence Perhaps the most touching was aStory young Title man 2 service. Day. named after Grant, who I invited on stage. His mother and father had come that day so he could You can compile a mailing list from business The Reagan learn more of the legacy of his namesake, and he replyLibrary cards, is customer one of theinforma crownon jewels sheets, in our national walked away with a better understanding of the businesssystem. cards I have collected been at going trade shows,there sinceor it opened, man his parents saw fit to pay homage.Special points of and it played a part in my decision to get my membershipCapon describing lists. Youpicture might or graphic. consider purchasingdegree ina mailing Political list Science from a company. at USC and then my The impact of the American Civilinterest: War and the Hero Masters in Political Management at the George of Appomattox is still being felt. While each passing If you explore the Publisher catalog, you will Washington University. Suffice to say, it was generation distances themselves furtherBriely highlight from find many publicaons that match the style important to me that as we began the 150th Grant’s era, I am proud to be a partyour point of of of anniversaryyour newsle er.events that Ulysses S. Grant was strengthening his historical assessmentinterest here. and remind Next,recognized—on establish how much both Presidents’me and money Day and, most people that it took a lot for America just to get this recently, the 4th of July. far. I am also inspired by the great workBriely highlight of the Ulysses S. Grant Association in preservingyour point of the The invitation from the Reagan Library to portray legacy of this chieftain we all know interest here. and love—and I Secondary Story Headline President Grant was a little intimidating. The speak for many when I say we are all excited about program, “Grant and the Story of America,” is one I the opening of the new Grant Presidential Briely highlight Library in Thiscrafted story can with fit my 75‐ 125Julia Grant,contents Devon of Cormier. the story It and 2017. As the General once said, let’syour point of keep the ball takes the audience from Grant’s early years to his words. draw readers into the story. in motion. interest here. rise to commanding general,Develop White the House headline days, before Yourand headline post-presidency. is an Edward Headington is the founder of a 12 year-old you write the story. This  Briely highlight important part of the public relations and government affairs firm in Los Part of the excitement of bringingway, the Grant headline to willlife helpis your point of newsleer and should be Angeles and embraces his inner “history nerd.” taking his actual words andyou sentiments keep the story and focused. interest here. considered carefully. Edward is also a lifetime member of the USGA and weaving them into a compelling narrative. Examples of possible In a few words, it should portrays Grant across the country. Reach him at There were times when I couldheadlines see includetears welling Product up [email protected]. accurately represent the

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GrantOrganization Name and Twain: an odd couple a kind ofNewsle friendshiper Date based Volume upon mutual 1, Issue admiration. It grew deeper over time, though, forged towards By Tom O’Keefe the end of Grant’s life by Twain’s persistence in Lead Story Headline n the face of it they were a curious pair to urging Grant to do something the General had no O have fallen in with one another. Twain was interest in doing: to write his Civil War Memoirs. Thisthe story younger can fit of175 the‐225 two words. men, born in Missouri in Preparation of the Personal MemoirsIn this issue: of Ulysses S. 1835, 13 years junior to Grant, who was born in Grant was not a vanity project for the General, as it The purpose of a newsleer is to provide Ohio in 1822. Grant was taciturn and deliberate by is for politicians and military leaders today, but a specialized informaon to a targeted nature in his actions as a General and President, Herculean undertaking by a terminally ill man. As audience. Newsleers can be a great way to Story Title 1 and Twain was just the opposite – boisterous, the year 1885 began, Grant’s doctors had given market your product or service, and also opinionated, and constantly in motion. Yet both him only months to live, and his financial resources create credibility and build your men shared a keen sense of humor and were were so depleted that checks he wrote to pay bills organizaon’s identy among peers, Story Title 1 shrewd observers of human nature: Grant from his came back dishonored by the bank. His wife, Julia, members, employees, or vendors. experiences administering an army of two million had mortgaged a house she owned in her own First,soldiers determine and theTwain audience from ofspinning the out the name, and Grant had resorted to writing articles for newslecharacterser. This that could populated be anyone his who books. might a magazine about key battles of theStory Civil Title War for 2 beneOnefit fromman thebegan informa his careeron it contains, as a reluctant for cadet at $500 each. example, employees or people interested in West Point, had no intention of staying in the U.S. Enter Mark Twain, not in his role as writer but as a purchasing a product or requesng your Story Title 2 Army, and yet was promoted by President friend to the Grant family, urging Grant into writing service. Abraham Lincoln to Lieutenant-General in the his Memoirs – something Twain had been doing YouArmy can compile of the United a mailing States. list from The business other man decided long before Grant had taken ill. Twain agreed to replyto skedaddlecards, customer off to informa Nevadaon and sheets, California during publish the Memoirs through his own publishing businessthe Civil cards War collected after having at trade served shows, ora two-week stint house run by his nephew, Charles L. Webster and as a “rebel” with a local Missouri militia unit. While Special points of membershipCapon describing lists. Youpicture might or graphic. consider Company. He guaranteed a substantial purchasingGrant and a mailing Lincoln list were from savinga company. the Union and downpayment against advances interest: on the book, ending slavery, Twain became first a journalist, predicting that royalties would leave the Grants If you explore the Publisher catalog, you will then a writer and humorist, authoring books like without financial worries once the MemoirsBriely highlight were find many publicaons that match the style Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry published. your point of of Finnyour .newsle His interestser. and travels ranged all over the interest here.

Next,Earth, establish telling how and much re-telling me and tales, money on his speaking tours or in his books, from the perspective of a  Briely highlight teenage boy, a mindset he never lost and which your point of Secondary Story Headline enlivened everything he wrote, said, and did. interest here.

Both men had a way with words – Grant was  Briely highlight This story can fit 75‐125 contents of the story and famous in military circles and with Abraham Lincoln your point of words.for his terse and forceful militarydraw readers orders into written the story. interest here. Develop the headline before Yourhastily headline from is aan field tent in the heat of battle, and you write the story. This importantTwain was part America’sof the man of letters, writing from  Briely highlight way, the headline will help your point of newslehis preferreder and should spot, be the Billiard Room of his house in you keep the story focused. interest here. consideredHartford. carefully. Their friendship was formalisticExamples and of halting possible at first, In a few words, it should Plaque marking Ulysses and ’s home in headlines include Product accurately represent the Manhattan, New York, 1881-1885

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With that bargainOrganization Name having been made, Grant, his sentenceNewsle of deather Date last Spring.Volume He 1, sat Issue thinking, son Colonel Fred Grant, and a military aide, musing, for several days, nobody knows what General Adam Badeau, went to work in Grant’s about, then he pulled himself together and set out Lead Story Headline library on the second floor of his house on East to finish that book, a colossal task for a dying man. 66th Street, developing that room into the Presently his hand gave out. . . . Then he lost his Bookworks, festooned with maps and military voice. But he was not quite done, however. There This story can fit 175‐225 words. books of his Civil War campaigns. was no end of little plumbs and spicesIn this issue: to be stuck The purpose of a newsleer is to provide in here and there. And this work he patiently The project was fraught with financial risk for specialized informaon to a targeted continued a few lines a day, with his pad and pencil Twain, and too had to deal with until far into July, at Mt. McGregor. One day he put audience. Newsleers can be a great way to Story Title 1 some unexpected problems when Grant’s long time his pencil aside and said he was done – there was market your product or service, and also aide Adam Badeau, formerly a journalist, planted a nothing more to do.” He died. createrumor credibility in the Newand build York your World newspaper that he organizawas theon’s ghostwriter identy among of the peers, Memoirs. Sick as he Twain was a fantastically successfulStory authorTitle , but 1 members,was, Grant employees had to, or write vendors. a letter to assure the public his unique and remarkable collaboration with General Grant was one of his proudest literary First,that determine he was the audiencesole author of the of the Memoirs, stating as follows in his May 2, 1885 letter to his publisher: achievements. Many years later, the late novelist newsleer. This could be anyone who might Story Title 2 “The composition is entirely my own . . . . I have not Gore Vidal paid Grant the highest compliment benefit from the informaon it contains, for only prepared myself whatever rough notes were saying that “it is simply not possible to read Grant’s example, employees or people interested in made, but, as above stated, have done the entire Memoirs without realizing that the author is a man purchasing a product or requesng your Story Title work of composition and preparing notes, and no of first-rate intelligence . . . his book is a classic.” 2 service. one but myself has ever used one of those notes in In the end, Grant managed to produce a two- Youany can composition.” compile a mailing After list Grantfrom business died, Badeau sued volume work composed of 1,231 pages, Julia Grant replyGrant’s cards, estate,customer and informa eventuallyon sheets, Julia Grant eventually received nearly half a million dollars in businessauthorized cards collecteda $10,000 at tradesettlement shows, ,or but as a royalties from the 300,000 sets sold, and the condition of the settlement Badeau agreed “to limit Special points of membershipCapon describing lists. Youpicture might or graphic. consider Memoirs are still in print. Two decades after purchasinghis claim a mailingto that listof suggestion,from a company. revision and publication, Grant was being honoredinterest: in the Fifth reverification.” Today, there is no dispute that Avenue Hotel in October 1906 and the compliment If you explore the Publisher catalog, you will Grant was the author of his Memoirs, not Badeau, paid to Twain by one of the speakers Briely highlight was that find many publicaons that match the style and certainly not Mark Twain. Mark Twain was “the man who madeyour point of death easy of your newsleer. Twain himself, a tireless scribbler and reviser when for General Grant . . .[doing] more thaninterest here. any living Next,it came establish to his how own much work me as and a moneywriter, was in awe of man to make Grant die without dread or regret.”  Briely highlight his author’s character and writing ability as he Tom O’Keefe is a lawyer who also writes on your point of described in a letter to a friend after Grant’s death: American History. He is working on a two-man Secondary Story Headline interest here. “The sick room bought out the points of General play for Broadway called “Grant and Twain: In Their Own Words.” He is pleased that USGA is Grant’s character – some of them, particularly, to  Briely highlight This story can fit 75‐125 contents of the story and wit his patience. His indestructible equability of producing the first scholarly editionyour point of of Grant’s words.temper. . . . 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How can you make a gift to the U.S. Grant Presidential Library? Organization Name Newsleer Date Volume 1, Issue 1. Cash: You can deduct cash gifts up to 50% of adjusted gross income. On a $10,000 cash gift in a 28% tax bracket, you can save $2,800 in taxes. You can also make a multiple-year cash Lead Story Headline pledge, deducting cash pledged over a period of years. 2. Bequest through Will: It is very simple to give of your estate. You can make a gift bequest— This storyafter can others fit 175 have‐225 words.been provided for—of a dollar amount, specific property, a percentageIn this issue: of the estate, or the remainder to the Ulysses S. Grant Association. The purpose of a newsleer is to provide specialized3. Outright informa Gifton of to Real a targeted Estate: One of the most overlooked gift forms is of real estate. A gift of audience.land, Newsle a house,ers canor vacation be a great home way to is a perfect gift. You will impact generations —andStory receive Title a tax 1 marketdeduction your product for orthe service, full fair and market also value, as well as avoiding all capital gain taxes. create credibility and build your 4. Retirement Accounts: Retirement Account Funds (IRAs) beyond the comfortable support of organizayourselfon’s iden or yourty among loved peers, ones may be given (such as life insurance proceeds) to the UlyssesStory Title S. Grant1 members,Association employees by, orproper vendors. beneficiary designation. Those 70 1/2 and older can make qualified charitable First, determinedistributions the (QCBs)audience fromof the your IRAs (limited to $100,000 per year); these donations are not included newslein er.individual This could income be anyone or allowed who might as a charitable deduction. Subject to annual review Storyby Congress. Title 2 bene5. fi Personalt from the informaPropertyon (Collections, it contains, for Royalty Rights, etc.): Gifts of personal property are always example,welcome, employees including or people collections, interested royalty,in and mineral rights. Charitable tax deductions are available in purchasingthe year a product of the or gift. reques ng your Story Title 2 service. 6. Appreciated Stock: Appreciated stock (held more than one year) makes an excellent gift. You canAvoid compile all capitala mailing gain list fromtaxes, business receive a tax deduction, and deduct up to 30% of your adjusted gross reply cards,income. customer informaon sheets, business cards collected at trade shows, or 7. Bonds, Mutual Funds: Bonds and mutual funds are similar to cash in their taxSpecial points of treatment. membershipCapon describing lists. Youpicture might or graphic. consider purchasingState a Municipal, mailing list fromand aU.S. company. Government Bonds are welcome. interest:

If8. you Giftexplore of Lifethe Pub Insurance:lisher catalog, It is you easy will to make a significant gift by naming the Ulysses S. Grant  Briely highlight find manyAssociation publica onsbeneficiary that match to the receive style all, or a portion, of the proceeds of an existing life insurance your point of of yourpolicy. newsle Youer. will receive a tax deduction for the cash surrender value, thus reducing your tax liability in the year of the gift. interest here. Next, establish how much me and money 9. Real Estate with Life Tenancy: Receive a substantial income tax deduction by givingBriely highlight (deeding) your home or farm to the Ulysses S. Grant Association now. You can continueyour point of to live Secondary Story Headline there, maintain the property as usual, and even receive any income it generates. At yourinterest here. death, the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library will convert your property into cash to support the goals of its campaign.  Briely highlight This story can fit 75‐125 contents of the story and your point of words.10. In-Kind Gifts: Gifts of drawgoods readers or services into the story.are welcomed by the Ulysses S. Grant interest here. Presidential Library with prior approvalDevelop by the the Executive headline before Director. Your headline is an you write the story. This important11. Charitable part of the Gift Annuities: These gifts provide the Ulysses S. Grant Association Briely highlight with lifetime way, the headline will help your point of newsleincomeer and and should does be not require a large donation. In exchange for an irrevocable gift of cash, stock, you keep the story focused. interest here. consideredbonds carefully. or, in some cases, other assets, USGA will receive fixed income payments for life (or two lives) as well as a charitableExamples income of possible tax dedu ction in the year of the gift. When the annuity In a few words, it should terminates, the remainingheadlines assets include will be Product directed towards the U.S. Grant Association. accurately represent the

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Organization Name Interested in giving toNewsle USGA?er Date Volume 1, Issue Contact the Ulysses S. Grant Association at [email protected] or, if you would Lead Story Headline like to schedule a personal consultation on various options of how you can make an impactful philanthropic investment in the U.S. Grant Association, please contact Asya Cooley, Director of Development at 662-722-2758 or [email protected]. This story can fit 175‐225 words. In this issue: The purpose of a newsleer is to provide specialized informaon to a targeted audience. Newsleers can be a great way to Story Title 1 market your product or service, and also Send us your news! create credibility and build your organizaDo on’syou iden havety anyamong news, peers, such as an event, publication, or book review, relatedStory to Ulysses Title 1 members,S. employeesGrant or ,the or vendors. Civil War? If you’d like to share your news in an upcoming issue of the USGA newsletter, please email with a photograph, if available, to First, determine the audience of the [email protected]. newsleer. This could be anyone who might Story Title 2 benefit from the informaon it contains, for example, employees or people interested in purchasing a product or requesng your Story Title 2 service.

You can compile a mailing list from business Updating our Records reply cards, customer informaon sheets, If you have moved or changed your contact information recently, please send us your updated mailing business cards collected at trade shows, or Special points of address, phone number, and email. There are also a number of members who have outdated mailing membershipCapon describing lists. Youpicture might or graphic. consider purchasingaddresses, a mailing and we list are from not a company. able to get in touch with them. If you know anyone listed below,interest: or someone who is a member and is not receiving communications from the Grant Association, please encourage If you explore the Publisher catalog, you will him or her to call Meg Henderson at 662-325-4552 or email [email protected] Briely highlight . Thank find many publicaons that match the style you! your point of of your newsleer. Maclay M. Armstrong Raymond Headlee, M.D. Barbarainterest here. Peper Next, establish how much me and money Col. John Bennet Ken & Vicky Kopecky Thomas B. Queen  Briely highlight John C. Bourdage Albert R. Lounsbury Robert Skiminyour point of Secondary Story Headline Williard Bunn, Jr. Harry J. Maihafer Robert A. Stoller,interest here. M.D.

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