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Archival documents & files

Sunday School Teacher's Book — Grace E. Shimm Cummings

1895

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Cataloged as “Sunday School Teacher's Book” (Books).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref251
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Historical photographs & visual records

Sunrise at Owarri Secondary School, Owerri, Nigeria

1973-12-01

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Original text on slide reads, "Sunrise at Owarri Secondary School. Klindt spent the first nigh there".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1411
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Historical photographs & visual records

Sunset from Fourah Bay College

1978

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Donor notes read: "Sunset from Fourah Bay College. Taken at P.C. Agriculture Training Sept. 23-29, 1978. The date on the slide is DEC 78.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1221
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Susan Batson

Biography

Susan Batson is an American producer, actress, author, acting coach, and a life member of the Actors Studio. Batson graduated from Girls Latin School and Emerson College. One of three sisters born to John Batson and Ruth (Watson) Batson (the latter a noted…

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Medicine & Health

Susan C. Taylor

1957–

Susan Charlene Taylor (born October 7, 1957) is an American dermatologist. She is the Bernett L. Johnson, Jr., M.D. Professor and the vice chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the department of dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the…

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Education & Scholarship

Susan Elizabeth Frazier

1864–1924

Susan Elizabeth Frazier (May 29, 1864 – February 3, 1924) was a thought leader on the issues of women's and African Americans' rights and capacity. She was an active and accomplished substitute teacher in New York City Public Schools at a time when such…

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Education & Scholarship

Susan M. Collins

Biography

Susan Margaret Collins (born 1958/1959) is an American economist who has served as the 14th president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston since July 1, 2022. She is the first African American woman and first woman of color to lead any of the 12…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Susan Paul

1809–1841

Susan Paul (1809–1841) was an African American abolitionist from Boston, Massachusetts. A primary school teacher and member of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, Paul also wrote the first biography of an African American published in the United…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Susan Paul Vashon

1838–1912

Susan Paul Smith Vashon (September 19, 1838 - November 27, 1912) was an American educator, abolitionist and clubwoman. Vashon was active in helping soldier and refugees during the Civil War. She was part of the Underground Railroad.

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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Susan Rice

1964–

Susan Elizabeth Rice (born November 17, 1964) is an American former diplomat, policy advisor, and public official. As a member of the Democratic Party, Rice served as the 22nd director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 2021 to 2023, as the…

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Biography & Culture

Susan Smith Richardson

Biography

Susan Smith Richardson is an American journalist, news editor and media executive. She is the former managing editor at The Guardian US. Prior to that, she was the chief executive officer of the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C. Until 2019,…

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Film & Television

Susie Garrett

1929–2002

Susie Garrett (December 29, 1929 – May 24, 2002) was an American actress of theatre and television, jazz vocalist and acting teacher. She is best known for playing Cherie's grandmother Betty Johnson on the NBC series Punky Brewster.

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Military

Susie King Taylor

1848–1912

Taylor served as a nurse, teacher and laundress with a Union regiment of formerly enslaved soldiers and later published a memoir of her wartime experience.

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BIOGRAPHY
Education

Susie Lankford Shorter

1859–1912

Susie Isabel Lankford Shorter (January 4, 1859 – February 23, 1912) was an American educator, philanthropist, and writer.

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Sutton E. Griggs

1872–1933

Sutton Elbert Griggs (June 19, 1872 – January 2, 1933) was an American author, Baptist minister, academic administrator, educator, publisher, and social activist. He is best known for his novel Imperium in Imperio (1899), a utopian work that envisions a…

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Suzan Johnson Cook

1957–

Suzan Denise Johnson Cook (born January 28, 1957) is a U.S. presidential advisor, pastor, theologian, author, activist, and academic who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom under The Obama Administration from…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Suzanne Elise Walsh

Biography

Suzanne Elise Walsh is an American academic administrator who previously served as the 19th president of Bennett College.

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Suzanne Jackson

1944–

Suzanne Jackson (born 1944) is an American visual artist, gallery owner, poet, educator, and set designer; with a career spanning five decades. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. Since the late 1960s, Jackson has…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Suzanne Packer

1962–

Suzanne Packer (born Suzanne Jackson on 26 November 1962) is a Welsh actress, known for playing the role of Tess Bateman in the BBC medical drama Casualty from September 2003 to August 2015. She later returned to the series as a guest for the…

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Science & Inventions

Suzanne Weekes

Biography

Suzanne Louise Weekes is the chief executive officer of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. She is also Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She is a co-founder of the Mathematical Sciences Research…

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Education & Scholarship

Suzette M. Malveaux

1966–

Suzette M. Malveaux (born December 4, 1966) is an American law professor and civil rights lawyer. She joined the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 2024 as the Roger D. Groot Professor of Law. Previously she was Provost Professor of Civil…

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Literature

Suzette Mayr

1967–

Suzette Mayr is a Canadian novelist who has written six critically acclaimed novels and is currently a professor at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Arts. Mayr's works have won and been nominated for several literary awards.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Written Music

Sweet Memories of Dixie

1924

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A piece of sheet music for "Sweet Memories of Dixie" published by Laurence C. Jones, founder of Piney Woods Country Life School in Rankin County, Mississippi. Cover depicts a river scene: in a row boat, a man with banjo sings to a woman. Beyond a tree…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.312.237
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Weapons and Ammunition

Sword and scabbard owned by Cadet Emily J.T. Perez

2005

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A West Point Cadet sword and scabbard owned by 2nd Lt. Emily Jazmin Tatum Perez. The sword’s (a) pommel is cork-shaped with an eagle etched on the side and an ornate scroll at the end. The grip is marked as if it was threaded, and the guard is a straight…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.8.2ab
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