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Education & Scholarship

Dorothy Hollingsworth

1920–2022

Dorothy L. Hollingsworth (October 29, 1920 – July 27, 2022) was an American educator based in Seattle. Hollingsworth was born on October 29, 1920, in Bishopville, South Carolina. Her family moved to North Carolina when she was young.

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Education & Scholarship

Dorothy Kuya

1933–2013

Dorothy Kuya (16 March 1933 – 23 December 2013) was a leading British communist and human rights activist from Liverpool, the co-founder of Teachers Against Racism, and the general secretary of the National Assembly of Women (NAW). She was a life-long…

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Civil Rights & Community

Dorothy Mae Richardson

1923–1991

Dorothy Mae Richardson (May 3, 1922 – April 28, 1991) was an African American community activist who is credited with introducing a new model of community development in the late 1960s when she led a resident campaign for better housing in her neighborhood…

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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Dorothy Swygert Family — Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection

circa 1965

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The Dorothy Swygert Family home movies features travel footage, family outings, and gatherings with family and friends.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref9
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Historical photographs & documents

Dorothy Swygert Home Movie #1

circa 1965

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Cataloged as “Dorothy Swygert Home Movie #1” (Motion picture film; Home movies).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20161216_Swygert_S8_01-31
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Historical photographs & documents

Dorothy Swygert home movie #2

circa 1965

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Family decorating silver christmas tree and socializing. Woman in a pink dress poses for photos. Family member cooking in kitchen while family plays games next to her. circa 1965.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170913_Swygert_S8_01
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Historical photographs & documents

Dorothy Swygert home movie #3

1970

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A graduation of New York University located at Madison Square Garden. The family socializes and poses with graduate. The family continues celebration at the New York Harbor posing for photos by the water.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170913_Swygert_S8_02-03
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Historical photographs & documents

Dorothy Swygert home movie #4

circa 1965

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View of New York skyline including Central Park, family members playing with baby, family members socializing at home laughing and dancing to music.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170913_Swygert_S8_04
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Historical photographs & documents

Dorothy Swygert home movie #5

circa 1965

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A Vacation at Disneyland with multiple shots of park attractions and rides, family poses for photos and watching a large park ship dock at a pier. Filmed during the 70s.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170913_Swygert_S8_05
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Historical photographs & documents

Dorothy Swygert home movie #6

circa 1965

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Chirstmas celebration, family posing for photos and eating dinner, whole family gathered in living area to socialize and open gifts.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170913_Swygert_S8_06
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Historical photographs & documents

Dorothy Swygert home movie #7

circa 1965

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A Rainy day, with view of neighborhood, family out on porch relaxing and talking. A child cries and an older family member consoles him.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170913_Swygert_S8_07
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Literature & Journalism

Dorothy West

1907–1998

Dorothy West (June 2, 1907 – August 16, 1998) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and magazine editor associated with the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement in the 1920s and 1930s that celebrated black art, literature, and music. She was one…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Dorze weaver displaying textiles, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

2010-10-13

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Cataloged as “Dorze weaver displaying textiles, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3462
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Historical photographs & visual records

Dorze weaver wrapped in textiles, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

2010-10-13

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Cataloged as “Dorze weaver wrapped in textiles, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3461
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Dorze weavers hanging textiles for display and sale, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

2010-10-13

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Cataloged as “Dorze weavers hanging textiles for display and sale, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3459
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Double breasted taupe suit jacket

ca. 1940

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A double-breasted taupe suit jacket with a rounded single notched collar and long sleeves. The jacket has princess seams and a shaping dart on each side. A self-fabric decorative flap mimicking a pocket continues from the side panel. Three decorative metal…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.693
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MUSEUM OBJECT
negatives

Double Exposed Studio Portrait, Diptych

1948 - 1970s

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Double Exposed Studio Portrait, Diptych.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.69.20.16.D.1
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

"Double Loop"

ca. 1956

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This is the "Double Loop" ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The ring is made of a single thick, round sterling silver wire. The wire has been flattened and twisted into two loops, creating two bands with one inside the other. There are two…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.12.4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Textiles and Quilts

Double-sided pieced scrap quilt

20th century

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Double-sided hand pieced quilt made from a variety of fabrics in muted tones. One side of the quilt features several small pieced blocks. The blocks are a pattern of diagonal stripes and are sewn together with the diagonals oriented in mismatched…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.312.299
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MUSEUM OBJECT
necklaces

Double stranded faux pearl necklace from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

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Double-stranded white faux pearl necklace from Mae's Millinery Shop. The strands are attached at the back to a metal flower-shaped pressure clasp.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.51.4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Tools and Equipment

Doubletree harness owned by the Lyles family

1880s - 1890s

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A doubletree harness consisting of a wood evener bar (central piece) connected to two wood single trees (end pieces) with iron joints. There is an iron ring at the center of the evener bar and iron hooks at both ends of the single trees.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.155.4
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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Douglas Costa

1990–

Douglas Costa de Souza (born 14 September 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for UAE First Division League club Al-Ittifaq. Costa started his career with Grêmio before moving to Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2010 for a fee of…

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Scholarship

Douglas Henry Daniels

Biography

Douglas Henry Daniels is an American historian of African American social and cultural history, Black communities in the American West, and the early history of jazz and blues. He is professor emeritus of Black Studies and History at the University of…

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