Unbound bills of lading, indentures, records relating to court cases, school reports, and miscellaneous records, 1865–68, are arranged by type of record.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.89.5
A hardcover book, Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. To Which Is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry, compiled by Abigail Mott and printed by Mahlon Day in New York. The book briefly profiles individuals including…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.113.1.20
A hardcover book, Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. To Which Is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry, compiled by Abigail Mott, published by Trustees of the Residuary Estate of Lindley Murray, and printed by Mahlon Day…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.113.1.24
A handwritten document written in black ink on lined paper. The writing is on the front and inside of the paper, which is folded in half. The document is a short biography of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely. A second piece of paper, much like this one, contains a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.49.4.1
A handwritten black ink on lined paper. The writing is on the front and inside of the paper, which is folded in half. This appears to be a transcription of the original biography, containing spelling and grammar corrections not seen in the original which…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.49.4.2
A handwritten document written in black ink on lined paper. The writing is on the front and inside of the paper, which is folded in half. This appears to be an update of the original from an 1884 biography (2010.49.4.1), containing spelling and grammar…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.49.7.1
A handwritten black ink on lined paper. The writing is on the front and inside of the paper, which is folded in half. This appears to be a transcription of the original biography, containing spelling and grammar corrections not seen in the original which…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.49.7.2
A handwritten document written in black ink on lined paper. The writing is on the front and inside of the paper, which is folded in half. This appears to be an update of the original from an 1884 biography (2010.49.4.1), containing spelling and grammar…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.49.7.3
A black-and-white photograph depicting sand dunes on the shore of Jekyll Island, Georgia. The sand dunes appear in the center foreground, sparsely covered with grass. Ocean waves are visible in the right background and trees are in the background on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.91.10
A documentary film with the title Black Music in America: From Then till Now. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The documentary features clips of some of the most recognized Black artists of all-time. The film is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.68.1a
A hardcover book with the first book form publication of “Blake; or The Huts of America,” written by Martin R. Delany and first published serially between 1859 and 1862. The book has a light brown and tan cover with black printed text. The title and author…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.23
Bruce, formerly enslaved, represented Mississippi in the U.S. Senate from 1875 to 1881 and championed civil rights and fair treatment of Reconstruction-era Black communities.
A rectangular block of sandstone. One short side of the block has a smooth, finished surface. The other five sides are rough-hewn and pitted, showing evidence of quarry tool markings, softened by weathering. One of the long sides has mechanical tool…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.182
A wooden block plane. In relief on toe is [CE CHELOR / LIVING IN / WRENTHAM]. Relief on blade reads [WELDON]. Plane shows evidence of old dents, abrasions, and small chip losses, but it has a dark stain disguising the damage from past use.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.9
Photographic print by Terry Boddie. The blue print shows two (2) images referencing housing issues among Africans and African Americans. The lower image is a detail view of the conditions for enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage. The illustration of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.75
A black and white woodcut depicting two men sitting together. The man on the right faces the viewer and resembles blues singer Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter). He sits with a guitar on his lap, his arms folded and resting on top of the guitar’s body.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.58.6
Blyden Jackson (October 12, 1910 – May 1, 2000) was a Black American academic, essayist, and activist. The grandson of slaves, born in the segregated South, Jackson was the first Black American to become a full professor at the University of North Carolina…
