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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Emmett W. Bassett, Ph. D. and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett Oral History Interview

July 21, 2011

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The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.38.1a, 2011.174.38.1b, 2011.174.38.1c, 2011.174.38.1d, 2011.174.38.1e, 2011.174.38.1f, 2011.174.38.1g, 2011.174.38.1h, 2011.174.38.1i, and 2011.174.38.1j. Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.174.38.1a-j
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Endorsements Sent — Chief Medical Officer

Date not recorded

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The single volume of endorsements sent, May–December 1868 (57), is arranged chronologically. Endorsements sent May 1867–May 1868 are entered in the register of letters received listed below.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 3.2.2
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Endorsements Sent — Medical Officer

Date not recorded

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The three volumes of endorsements sent, November 1865–January 1869, 1 (77), 2 (78), and 3 (79), are arranged in chronological order and numbered. Volumes 1 (77) and 2 (78) have name indexes.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 3.4.2
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Science & Inventions

Enid Cook de Rodaniche

Born 1906

Enid Cook de Rodaniche (1906–1980s) was an American virologist and bacteriologist. She was the Chief of the Public Health Laboratory at the Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas in Panama City, Panama where she was the first person to isolate the yellow fever…

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Science

Enitan Carrol

Biography

Enitan Carrol is a British physician and Professor of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology. Carrol studies the mechanisms that underpin bacterial infection. In 2020 she was featured in Nicola Rollock's exhibition Phenomenal Women: Portraits of…

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Education & Scholarship

Enos Luther Brookes

1891–1944

Enos Luther Brookes (1891–1944) was a chemist, academic, and activist for civil rights in the United States. He was born in Jamaica, then a British colony.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Entrance to a compound, Ikot- Ekpene, Nigeria

1973-11-30

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Original text on slide reads, "Entrance to a compound with medicine mounted on stick. Near Owarri. Saturday".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1419
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Documents and Manuscripts

Envelope addressed to Amanda Carter

January 4, 1956

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An empty envelope owned by midwife Amanda Carey Carter. The outside of the envelope is addressed to "Mrs. Amanda Carter" in Farmville, Virginia, with a return address of "Prince Edw. Health Dept.". There is a postmark dated "Jan 4, 1956" from Farmville,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.75.15.1
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Science & Invention

Eric E. Whitaker

Dates not recorded

Eric E. Whitaker (born 1964 or 1965) is an American physician, public health practitioner, and health policy expert. He is a close friend of President Barack Obama.

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Biography & Culture

Eric Goosby

1952–

Eric Goosby (born 1952) is an American public health official, currently serving as Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Global Health Delivery, Diplomacy and Economics, Institute for Global Health Sciences at University of California, San…

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Film & Television

Eric Laneuville

1952–

Eric Gerard Laneuville (born July 14, 1952) is an American television director, producer and actor. His first acting roles were in the science-fiction film The Omega Man (1971) with Charlton Heston, and the ABC television series Room 222 (1970–1973). His…

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Music

Eric Lewis (pianist)

1973–

Eric Robert Lewis (born May 13, 1973), popularly known as ELEW, is an American jazz pianist who has found cross-over success playing rock and pop music. He is known for his unconventional and physical playing style, which eschews a piano bench and includes…

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Science & Inventions

Erica Baker

1980–

Erica Joy Baker (born 1980) is an engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chief Technology Officer for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and known for her outspoken support of diversity and inclusion. She has worked at companies including…

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Politics & Public Life

Erica D. Smith

1969–

Erica Danette Smith (born November 24, 1969) is an American engineer and politician who represented District 3 in the North Carolina Senate from 2015 to 2021. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2020. She finished…

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Biography & Culture

Erica Deeman

1977–

Erica Deeman (born 1977 in Nottingham, UK) is a British visual artist of Jamaica descent considering the liminal and transitory spaces in which Black identities are formed. Deeman’s work is interdisciplinary in nature, and she creates in both physical and…

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Science & Inventions

Erica N. Walker

1971–

Erica Nicole Walker (born c. 1971) is an American mathematician and the Clifford Brewster Upton Professor of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she also serves as the Chairperson of the Department of Mathematics, Science,…

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Science & Inventions

Erich Jarvis

1965–

Erich Jarvis is an American professor at Rockefeller University. He is the head of a team of researchers who study the neurobiology of vocal learning, a critical behavioral substrate for spoken language. By studying animals including songbirds, parrots,…

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Engineering

Erika Anderson

1989–2023

Erika Nicole Anderson (December 15, 1989 – September 20, 2023) was an American mechanical engineer who worked as a strategist and reliability engineer at ExxonMobil She was a nationally known advocate for women of color in engineering and was recognized as…

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Arts & Performance

Eriq La Salle

1962–

Erik Ki La Salle (born July 23, 1962), professionally known as Eriq La Salle, is an American actor, director, writer and producer. La Salle is known for his performance as Dr. Peter Benton in the NBC medical drama ER (1994–2002; 2009) which earned him…

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Visual Arts

Erlena Chisolm Bland

1923–2009

Erlena Chisolm Bland (January 18, 1923 – February 16, 2009) was an American painter and sculptor. Born in Washington, D.C., Bland attended Dunbar High School and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University; she received a master's degree…

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Science & Inventions

Ernest Coleman

1941–1990

Ernest Coleman (August 31, 1941 - January 17, 1990) was an American physicist working in the study, testing, and theory of sub-atomic particles. He was a professor of physics at the University of Minnesota who held a Ph.D. in physics from the University of…

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Science

Ernest Everett Just

1883–1941

Just’s research on fertilization and the role of the cell surface in development made him one of the most respected biologists of his era, and he became the first recipient of the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal.

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Medicine & Health

Ernest Grant

Biography

Ernest Grant is an American nurse and educator living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In 2018, he began serving as the 36th president of the American Nurses Association (ANA). Notably, he is the first male to serve in this position.

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Science & Inventions

Ernest J. Harris

1928–2018

Ernest James Harris (May 24, 1928 – February 20, 2018) was an American entomologist who is best known for his work on Biosteres arisanus, a species of wasp. He was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in 1999.

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