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Carolyn Stanford Taylor is an American educator who served as the 27th Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2019 to 2021. Stanford Taylor was the first African American to serve as Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction. Her…
1913–2005
Carolyn Glover Utz (1913 – March 9, 2005) was an American musician, conductor and educator. She was a bass player for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra for 30 years and was the first black member of the orchestra's predecessor, the Columbus Philharmonic…
1942–
Carolynn Reid-Wallace (born June 26, 1942) is an American academic administrator who served as president of Fisk University from 2001 to 2003. She was the assistant secretary of education for postsecondary education from 1991 to 1993.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Carpenter Center, Harvard University”.
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Carrie A. Tuggle (May 28, 1858 – November 5, 1924) was an American educator, philanthropist, and social activist. After emancipation, she sought for equality in education, and the right to exercise voting rights in Birmingham, Alabama. She established…
1906–2008
Carrie Coleman Robinson (April 21, 1906 - May 25, 2008) was an African American educator and librarian. Robinson was a founding trustee of the Freedom to Read Foundation and a founder of the Alabama Association of School Librarians.
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Carrie Beatrice Halsell Ward (1903–1989) is the first known African American to graduate from a public university in the state of Oregon. She graduated in 1926, with a Bachelor of Science in Business from Oregon State University.
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Carrie Mae Meek (née Pittman; April 29, 1926 – November 28, 2021) was an American politician and educator who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 17th congressional district from 1993 to 2003. She was the first African American elected to…
Biography
Caroline "Carrie" M. Williams (née Edwards) (c. 1866 – January 22, 1930) was an African American educator in West Virginia in the United States. Williams fought and won a significant 1898 civil rights case, Williams v.
ca. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia tone carte-de-visite of a Freedmen’s School. Standing closing together in front of a large building composed of logs and wide planks, several children are photographed on a bright day, surrounded by mature skinny trees. This image captures just one…
1880-1882
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA fading deep purple-reddish brown carte-de-visite of P. T. Miller by C. Eppert in Terre Haute, Indiana. The bust-length portrait captures Miller slightly posed to the right. He is wearing a suit jacket and two pins, one on his collar and the second on the…
1872; printed later
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carte-de-viste depicting the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, with all nine members present. On the back, the photo reads "American Missionary Association. Jubilee Singers, Fisk University, Nashville, TN."
1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia tone carte-de-visite of the office and quarters of Captain Horace James. Captured with asymmetrical vignette is the large light-colored house of Captain Horace James, Union Army chaplain and a Freedmen's Bureau superintendent in North Carolina.…
late 1870-early 1880s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA fading deep purple-reddish brown carte-de-visite of William Henry Singleton by A. W. Judd in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The bust-length portrait captures Singleton facing forward. He is wearing a jacket, vest, and patterned tie. The photograph is on a…
1876
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Abby D. Munro shown in half portrait profile. She is sitting with her back facing foremost but her head turned in profile and her left side facing the camera. Her hair is parted at the center and then braided and wrapped into a bun at…
1869-1877
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Anna M. Stanton shown in full portrait. Stanton is standing with her body turned to the side and her left side foremost. Her head is turned to the camera. She wears her hair parted at the center and gathered into an updo behind her head.…
1874-1876
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Emma V. Brown shown in half portrait. Her body faces the camera but her head is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off frame. Her hair is gathered loosely and in long ringlets that hang down behind her head. She wears a dark…
ca. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Eugene Dowe shown in bust portrait. He faces the camera directly and his hair is parted on his right side and smoothed down on the top of his head, but left curling on the sides. He has a mustache. Dowe wears a dark colored jacket and…
1875
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Mary Ann Donaldson shown in half portrait. She is turned one quarter to her left and looks off frame. Her hair is parted at the center and smoothed down to just above her ears where it is curled in ringlets. She wears a white lace cap…
ca. 1875
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Miss Julia J. Thomas shown in quarter portrait. Thomas is facing the camera, but her head is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off camera. Her naturally curly hair is loosely gathered behind her back. She wears a heavily…
ca. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Miss Laura W. Stebbins shown in bust portrait. She is facing the camera directly. Her hair is parted and smoothed down tightly then gathered behind her head. She wears a dark colored bodice with a plain white collar and a large oval…
ca. 1875
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Nancy Maria Donaldson Johnson shown in half portrait. She is turned one quarter to her right and looks off frame. Her hair is parted at the center and smoothed down to just above her ears where it is curled in ringlets. She wears an…
1862-1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Sarah "Sally" Cadwallader Ely shown in three-quarter length portrait. She is seated with her body turned so that her left side is foremost to the camera. Her right arm is propped on a table covered with a floral cloth and her right hand…
1881
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Sidney Taliaferro shown in half portrait. Her body is facing the camera but her head is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off frame. Her arms are crossed in front of her chest and resting on a table in front of her.…
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