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Herbert Henry Carnegie (November 8, 1919 – March 9, 2012) was a Canadian ice hockey player of Jamaican descent. After his playing career was over, he became a successful businessman, working in the investment industry. In 1954, he founded one of Canada's…
1966–
Herbert Leon Kimble (born May 12, 1966) is an American businessman, film and television producer and director. He is the founder of streaming network UrbanflixTV. In 2019, he was charged with Medicare fraud. After failing to appear at court hearings in…
1898–1966
Sir Herbert Gladstone "Mac" McDavid CBE MSM (1898–1966) was from Liverpool, UK. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in the First World War. He ultimately became chairman, managing director and partner of shipping companies (Glen Line, Alfred Holt…
1869–1949
Herbert "Maynie" Maynadier St. Clair Sr. (February 1, 1868 – April 12, 1949), commonly known as H.M. St.
1943–2022
Herbert Lloyd Permillion III (May 3, 1943 – December 27, 2022) was an IBM typewriter service team member and owner of California Typewriter Company, a longstanding typewriter repair shop in Berkeley, California. He was the subject of the documentary…
1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTwo copies of the pamphlets " Heritage Series #3: Women in Business" published by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Loading image…1945–2020
Herman Cain (December 13, 1945 – July 30, 2020) was an American businessman and Tea Party movement activist in the Republican Party. Cain graduated from Morehouse College with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. He then earned a master's degree in computer…
1930–2014
Herman Jerome Russell (December 23, 1930 – November 15, 2014) was an African American businessman who founded a company that became the largest minority business enterprise real estate company in the United States. Russell was a confidante of 1960s civil…
1996
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Heroes in Motherland Tour 1996” (Text).
1968–
Herriot Tabuteau is a Haitian American physician, businessman and entrepreneur. He founded Axsome Therapeutics Nasdaq: AXSM in 2012.
Biography
Hester Lane (died 1849) was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and political activist. Born into slavery in Maryland, she settled down in New York as a free woman. Lane was known in New York for her approach to adding color pigment to…
1922–2023
Hettie Simmons Love (October 29, 1922 – July 14, 2023) was one of the first African-Americans to earn a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from any Ivy League University. She graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania…
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Hezekiah Grice (c. 1801 – 1863) was an American and Haitian activist, machinist, and businessman, noted for his political activity in Baltimore during the early 19th century. While working as a machinist in Baltimore, he was either the first person or one…
1988–2016
Hezekiah Griggs III (October 27, 1988 – December 22, 2016) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and investor. He was the founder and managing partner of H360Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, making him the youngest African-American…
1900–1980
Hiawatha Bryan Coleridge-Taylor (15 October 1900 – 20 January 1980) was an English conductor, music publisher and doctor, the son of the composer Samuel Coleridge Taylor. Born in Croydon, he was named after the Longfellow poem that his father set as The…
mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA highball glass from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The glass is constructed from clear glass with a gold painted rim. The body of the highball glass is decorated with a white spaghetti drizzle design. The walls of the glass are rounded and slightly convex…
1955–
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland (born May 1955) is an American business executive and philanthropist. As the former Vice President of Corporate Public Affairs for Duke Energy, she was the first African-American woman to serve as a vice president at the company. She…
1922–1992
Hilliard P. Jenkins (February 29, 1922 - August 23, 1992) was an American farmer, philanthropist, and civic leader. His family homestead, located in Loxley, Alabama, was considered one of the state's richest farms, and he earned distinction for his…
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Hines Edward Ward Jr. (born March 8, 1976) is an American football coach and former player who is the wide receivers coach and associate head coach for Arizona State. He played as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) after being selected…
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Hiram Young (c. 1812—January 22, 1882) was an African-American freed slave from Tennessee who became one of the leading manufacturers of wagons for the Oregon Trail. In the mid-19th century, his business was located at the eastern origin of the trail in…
December 31, 1858
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hiring agreement for an enslaved woman named Martha in South Carolina. The small, single sheet and page document is on yellowed paper with black preprinted and handwritten text. The document represents the hire of an enslaved woman named Martha to…
1757-1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Papers of the DeWolf Family shed light on one of the wealthiest New England families in the 18th-19th centuries who made their fortune by engaging in each part of the transatlantic slave trade. This collection is comprised of photographs,…
1952
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardback copy of the New Catholic Edition of the Holy Bible published by the Catholic Book Publishing Company. The black, leatherbound, hardback book has a sewn binding with red page edges. The bible has an embossed cross at the center of the front…
ca.1949
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG16mm, silent, black-and-white film of the Hunts Point neighborhood in the Bronx, New York. The footage includes storefronts, street scenes, and cars. The film begins with a street scene. A police car is driving towards the camera, and the camera follows…
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