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1940
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGWhite cotton with a small basket weave patterned rectangular Pullman Company towel. At the center of the towel is a blue fabric band with a small curved line decorative stitched boarder. Stitched in white thread at the center of the blue band is: "PROPERTY…
Biography
Toyin Agbetu, also known as Oluwatoyin Agbetu, is a British Nigerian social rights activist, community educator, musician and filmmaker, who founded in 2000 the Pan-African group Ligali.
Biography
Traci J. DeShazor is an American government official appointed to serve as the Virginia Secretary of Administration under governor Abigail Spanberger. She was previously the deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia under governors Terry McAuliffe…
Biography
Tracie C. Collins is an American academic, physician, and government official serving as the Secretary of Health of New Mexico. Prior to her confirmation by the New Mexico Senate on February 19, 2021, Collins was the dean of the University of New Mexico…
mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA tracing wheel found in drawer B of the Singer cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The needlework tool has a black wooden handle with a tear shaped grip and a squared steel shaft angled towards the tip. Attached to the end of the shaft is a…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pair of Tommie Smith's track cleats. The main parts of the shoes are made of a red suede. There are off white stripes on both sides of the shoes. The stripes are wider near the fronts of the shoes and get thinner as the move towards the backs of the…
ca. 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSleeveless orange University of Texas track jersey worn by Bob Beamon. The jersey has a white boder around the neck and arms and a white [UT] logo inside of a white circle on the center front of the jersey. The proper left front is signed with black ink:…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pair of Wilson track shorts, size 24, worn by Wyomia Tyus for the 1968 Mexico XIX Olympics. The shorts are navy blue. The shorts have an elastic waistband and leg holes. They are not lined. A white label is stitched to the interior center back waist band…
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Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. She was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released her self-titled debut album, which became a commercial success, boosted by her appearance at the…
Biography
Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting is a feminist scholar, comparative Europeanist, and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Departments of African American and Diaspora Studies and Romance Languages, Cultures and Diasporas at…
1962–
Tracy D. Gray is an American investor and a Forbes 50 over 50 recipient. Gray is the founder of The 22 Fund, a social-impact investment firm focused on supporting women and minority-owned businesses in green technologies, manufacturing, and export, and We…
1968–
Tracy L. Boyland (born December 18, 1968) is an American politician who served in the New York City Council from the 41st district from 1998 to 2005. A Democrat, she represented a Brooklyn district covering parts of Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Crown…
1977–
Tracy Quan (born August 15, 1977) is an American writer and former sex worker. She is best known for her Nancy Chan novels. In addition, Quan has written a regular column for The Guardian website on pop culture, sex and politics and is involved in the sex…
September 4, 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA three paged double-sided transcript of First Lady Michelle Obama’s 2012 Democratic National Convention speech. Printed on the top of the first page is “EMBARGOEN UNTIL DELIVERY / FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 / CONTACT: Obama for…
Aug.–Sept. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound transcripts of mayor's docket, August-September 1865, are arranged and numbered in chronological order. The entries consist of brief abstracts of cases tried before the mayor of Mobile. They give the date of the case, the persons involved, the…
July 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTransit pass for the St. Louis Public Service Company featuring depicting the 6th Annual American Negro Music Festival at Walsh Stadium. The pass is cream-colored with additional text and a graphic of a woman singing in top left corner.
April 1944
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTransit pass for the St. Louis Public Service Company depicting Cab Calloway. The pass features information about the 9th Annual Pine St. Y Circus featuring Cab Calloway. The pass is a cream and orange-colored pass with additional text and a graphic of Cab…
April 1941
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTransit pass for the St. Louis Public Service Company depicting Duke Ellington. The pass features information about the Y Camp Benefit Circus featuring Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. The pass is half-cream colored, half-green web patterned pass…
April 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTransit pass for the St. Louis Public Service Company depicting the 10th Annual Pine St. Y Circus featuring Count Basie. The pass is a cream and green-colored pass with additional text with information about the event.
1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis oil painting and collage shows a lone, shadowy figure against an urban background. Swathed in a shapeless garment, the figure stands alone before a dark background in which the silhouettes of high rise buildings can be seen. There is a yellow globe in…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 1968 Olympic travel bag. The navy bag has rounded corners on the top. The front panel of the bag and the back panel of the bag are trimmed in white. There is a metal zipper going along the top center of the bag. The zipper pull reads [TALON] and has…
1940s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA travel guide published by the Afro-American Newspaper, Baltimore. This is a very rare guide to hotels and guest houses for African-Americans during the Jim Crow era, stamped for “The Allen Hotel, Kentucky’s finest hotel for colored guests,” in…
1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis Travelguide booklet from 1955, which catered solely to African American vacationers due to segregation, features an image of African American women in a white convertible car on top of a red background. At the bottom of the booklet is Travelguide's…
1840–1888
Traverse Benjamin Pinn Sr. (November 6, 1840 - March 26, 1888) was an African American politician, civic leader, and entrepreneur. He served as a farmer, teamster, baseball player, barber, politician, storekeeper, clerk, messenger, businessman, journalist,…
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