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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Contract between Count Basie and Richard Wright regarding "King Joe"

1941

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A single-paged letter to Count Basie from Richard Wright with a contract concerning royalties and shared monies for the collaboration on the song "King Joe," about the boxer Joe Louis. The document is typed on white paper with a William Morris Agency…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.3.20.1
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Racist and Stereotypical Objects

Contract for a Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels performance

1879

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A contract for Haverly's "Genuine Colored" Mastodon Minstrels to perform at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The contract is a long folio leaf, with pre-printed fields that have been filled out by hand. An edit, by hand in ink, adds: "Genuine Colored"…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.64
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Contract for B.B. King and Orchestra

August 18, 1955

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A typewritten ink on Buffalo Booking Agency letterhead, contract "No. 3016" for a performance of "Four hours with usual intermission." Signature of B.B. King in lower left corner. It is unsigned by the second party.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.172.3
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Contract for Gone with the Wind signed by Hattie McDaniel

January 27, 1939

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Signed contract between Selznick International Pictures, Inc for the motion picture "Gone with the Wind" with Hattie McDaniel. Contract includes seventeen (17) pages of onionskin paper with ink and mimeographed text printed throughout. The last page…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.270.1.1
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Contract for labor from Freedman Henry Dred, wife Sylvester, and child Alfred

January 8, 1866

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A handwritten contract between Freedman Dred and Mary Josephine Rivers. The document stipulates that Dred and his child Alfred are to work for ten dollars per month for Rivers and her family in Clarke County, Alabama, with an additional five dollars per…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.28.36
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Contract for the Poro System of Hair Treatment and signed pupil agreement

1915

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This is a Poro contract from the office of Annie Pope-Turnbo. On the first page is an undated and unsigned Contract for the Poro System of Hair Treatment and Instruction. Included in the contract are the cost of the course, the proper use of the course…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.170.5
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Contract signed by Otis Redding for "Mr. Pitiful"

1965

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A contract signed by Otis Redding. The contract has black print on legal paper with signatures on the bottom right of the front. The contract establishes the payment distribution regarding the song "Mr. Pitiful" between writers Otis Redding and Steve…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.50.1
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Contractors' Bonds — Wayne County (Superintendent)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of contractors' bonds, April–July 1866 (unnumbered), is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.33.2
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Historical photographs & documents

Contracts

Jan. 1866

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Cataloged as “Contracts”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, Item 3.43.5.1
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Contracts and Certificates Proving Destitution and Eligibility for Rations — Smithville

1865–66

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Unbound contracts and certificates proving destitution and eligibility for rations, 1865–66, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.46.1
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Contracts and Indentures — Gordonsville (Superintendent, 4th District)

Aug. 1865–June 1866

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Unbound contracts and indentures, August 1865–June 1866, are arranged chronologically. Miscellaneous records relating to complaints are at the end of the series.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.34.9
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Contracts and Indentures in Greene and Madison Counties — Madison Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

1865–67

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Unbound contracts and indentures in Greene and Madison Counties, 1865–67, are arranged by county and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.55.7
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Contracts and Indentures, Land Reports, and Court Records — Leesburg (Loudoun County) (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 3rd Division, 10th Subdistrict)

1865–68

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Unbound contracts and indentures, land reports, and court records, 1865–68, are arranged by type of record.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.44.4
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Archival documents & files

Contracts and Indentures — Liberty (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

1865 and 1866

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Unbound contracts and indentures, 1865 and 1866, are arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.46.3
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Contracts and Indentures, Orders Received, and Bills of Lading — Goochland (Assistant Superintendent, 2nd Division, 4th Subdistrict)

1865–68

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Unbound contracts and indentures, orders received, and bills of lading, 1865–68, are arranged by type of record.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.33.5
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Archival documents & files

Contracts and Indentures, Reports, and Records Relating to Complaints — Culpeper Courthouse (Culpeper County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

1865–68

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Unbound contracts and indentures, reports, and records relating to complaints, 1865–68, are arranged by type of record.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.19.5
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Archival documents & files

Contracts and Miscellaneous Records Relating to Complaints — Marion (Agent)

1867–68

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Unbound contracts and miscellaneous records relating to complaints, 1867–68, are arranged by type of record.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.68.2
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Archival documents & files

Contracts and Monthly Reports of Contracts — Carnesville (Agent)

1867–68

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Unbound contracts and monthly reports of contracts, 1867–68, are arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.25.5
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Archival documents & files

Contracts and Monthly Statements of Property — Princeton (Dallas County)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of contracts and monthly statements of property, 1866–68 (170), is arranged by type of record. The contracts are arranged by year (1866 and 1867) and thereunder numerically. There is a name index to the contracts. The monthly statements…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.28.1
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