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Historical photographs & visual records

University of Dar es Salaam across Msasani Bay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “University of Dar es Salaam across Msasani Bay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0347
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University of Ife Campus, Nigeria

circa 1969-1994

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Cataloged as “University of Ife Campus, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-1340
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University of Lagos, Nigeria

circa 1969-1994

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Cataloged as “University of Lagos, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-1376
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1931

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University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival silver medal for the Broad Jump event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1931. The medal consists of a silver toned bar pin holding a red and blue striped ribbon. The pin has a “C” clasp closure on the back and a bar…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.110
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1931

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University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival silver medal for the Mile Relay event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1931. The medal consists of a silver toned bar pin holding a red and blue striped ribbon. The pin has a “C” clasp closure on the back and a bar…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.111
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1933

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University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival gold medal for the One Mile Relay event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1933. The medal consists of a gold toned bar pin holding a red and blue striped ribbon. The pin has a “C” clasp closure on the back and a bar…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.112
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1935

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University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival silver medal for the Running Hop, Step and Jump event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1935. The medal consists of a silver toned bar pin holding a red and blue striped ribbon. The pin has a “C” clasp closure on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.113
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1936

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University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival silver medal for the One Quarter Mile College Relay Championship of America event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1936. The medal consists of a silver toned bar pin holding a red and blue striped ribbon. The pin has a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.114
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

University of San Francisco jersey worn by Ollie Matson

1950-1951

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A University of San Francisco jersey, game worn by Ollie Matson. The off-white jersey has long sleeve with three green stripes above the elbows of each sleeve. The number [33] in green is at the front center of the jersey. The jersey is shaped like a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.90.15
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University of South Africa building, Pretoria (South Africa)

1960

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Cataloged as “University of South Africa building, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065461
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University of South Africa Library, Pretoria (South Africa)

1960

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Cataloged as “University of South Africa Library, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065467
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University of South Africa, Pretoria (South Africa)

1960

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Cataloged as “University of South Africa, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065068
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Historical photographs & documents

University of Southern California School of Architecture Presents Norma Sklarek, FAIA And Why Not - Career of a Black Woman Architect

2002

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Cataloged as “University of Southern California School of Architecture Presents Norma Sklarek, FAIA And Why Not - Career of a Black Woman Architect” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref36
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University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg

ca. 1970

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Original caption reads, "UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND. JOHANNESBURG.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-30-117
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BIOGRAPHY
Science & Inventions

Unoma Ndili Okorafor

1974–

Unoma Ndili Okorafor is a Nigerian computer scientist and entrepreneur. Okorafor founded Working to Advance African Women, a non-profit that supports the education of African women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in 2007. She is the…

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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Unregistered Letters Received — Superintendent of Education

Date not recorded

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Unbound unregistered letters received, 1865–70, are arranged by time period, thereunder by the initial letter of the surname of the correspondent, and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 3.1.4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Untitled

ca. 1935

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A black-and-white print of vocational students learning how to cook and bake at the Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth in Bordentown, New Jersey. A prayer is partially visible on the dining room chalkboard to the right of the frame.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.165.25
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Untitled

ca. 1935

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A gelatin silver print of four women working in a kitchen at the Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth in Bordentown, New Jersey. A fifth, older woman oversees a younger as she ices a cake.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.165.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Untitled

1980s

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This gelatin silver print depicts Rev. Paul B. Smith with students of Holy Angels Catholic School. The children are wearing school uniforms and sitting around a table. Smith is seated with them in the center of the photograph. He is wearing glasses and is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.118.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Untitled

1980s

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This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a child at graduation. The child is smiling and is wearing a cap and gown. Other children wearing caps and gowns are out of focus around the perimeter of the photograph. There is a stamp on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.118.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Untitled

August 1974; printed 2024

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Black-and-white silver gelatin photographic print of jeweler Art Smith giving a lecture at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, who was a jewelry instructor for the school's 1974 annual summer session. Smith, at the center, stands behind a table with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.59.10
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Photographs and Still Images

Untitled

1974; scanned 2023

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Digital image scanned from a 35mm black and white negative of an unidentified camper working on a weaving project at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts during the 1974 annual summer session. The camper appears to be separating fibers. With her proper…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.59.100
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Photographs and Still Images

Untitled

1974; scanned 2023

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Digital image scanned from a 35mm black and white negative of an unidentified camper working on a weaving project at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts during the 1974 annual summer session. The camper appears to be separating fibers. With her proper…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.59.101
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Photographs and Still Images

Untitled

1974; scanned 2023

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Digital image scanned from a 35mm black and white negative of textiles instructor Dr. Toyin Oguntona helping Margaret Hoeing with a textile project at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts during the 1974 annual summer session. Hoenig, who sits on a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.59.102
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