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1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Bells, New Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Bells next to a drum, Awuyemi, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
2022
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG"This image is Sapelo Island, described as a "time capsule adrift on the Atlantic." It encapsulates centuries of Gullah Geechee culture, preserving a rich heritage. As a child whose parents are from South Georgia and who had an Uncle who practiced his MD…
1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardback copy of "Beloved: A Novel" by Toni Morrison. The book has a paper dust jacket with a clear plastic cover. The jacket is white with red, black, and green type. The front of the jacket reads: "BELOVED / A NOVEL / TONI / MORRISON". The back of the…
ca. 1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA metal belt buckle, oval, with a raised lip/edge around circumference. In relief on the front, at top reads [STUNTMEN'S ASSOCIATION], and at the bottom [OF MOTION PICTURES]. In the middle is a relief depiction of a movie camera with a banner underneath…
1978-1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA silver belt buckle, rectangular with rounded edges. Decorated like a strip of film (squares along top and bottom like edges of film), with [ALABAMA / FILM COMMISSION / NORMA RAE] in relief in the center. The back is the loop and hook style buckle,…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA metal belt buckle, circular, with raised lip/edge around circumference. In relief on the front, centered, reads [81] at the top, and [WHITE DOG] at the bottom, with a relief depiction of a dog (mouth open slightly showing teeth and erect ears) in the…
ca. 1992
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black nylon belt from an S1W uniform. The belt is made from 2 1/4-inch wide heavy-duty black nylon webbed tape. Grommets run along the outer edges of the belt. It closes with a black plastic pressure snap closure. There is a square tag sewn at the center…
ca. 1992
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black nylon belt from an S1W uniform. The belt is made from 2 1/4-inch wide heavy-duty black nylon webbed tape. Grommets run along the outer edges of the belt. It closes with a metal hook-and-eye closure.
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Belvagene Davis (née Melton; October 13, 1932 – September 24, 2025) was an American television and radio journalist. She was the first African-American woman to become a television reporter on the U.S. West Coast. She won eight Emmy Awards and was…
1985-10
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, ""Bembe"by Paul Sierra. From show at Halsted Gallery in Chicago. Cuban-American Artist. U.S. Cuban".
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Benjamin Harvey Bailey Smith, professionally known as Doc Brown, is an English actor, comedian, rapper, screenwriter, songwriter, producer, and voiceover artist. He portrayed DS Joe Hawkins in the television series Law & Order: UK. He is also known for…
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Benjamin Bowling is Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at King's College London, an author and an honorary psychotherapist. He is a recipient of the Radzinowicz Memorial Prize awarded for the best article in the British Journal of Criminology in…
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Ben Caldwell (1945) is a Los Angeles-based arts educator and independent filmmaker. Caldwell developed an affinity for film helping his grandfather, a projector, at a small theater in New Mexico. After serving in Vietnam, Caldwell studied photography and…
April 11, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.77.1a, 2011.174.77.1b, 2011.174.77.1c, 2011.174.77.1d, 2011.174.77.1e, and 2011.174.77.1f. Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico.…
Biography
Ben Carter (February 10, 1910/1907 – December 12, 1946) was an American actor and casting agent. He appeared in numerous Hollywood feature films including The Harvey Girls, Tin Pan Alley, Crash Dive, Born to Sing, and Dixie Jamboree.
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Benjamin Earl King (né Nelson; September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015) was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters, singing the lead vocals on three of…
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Benjamin Franklin Jones (born 1941) is an American visual artist, educator, and activist, whose creative career spans six decades. His multimedia artworks draw on his travel and research in Africa, Europe, South America, the United States and the…
1952–
Ben Harney (born 29 August 1952 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and dancer who was most active in his career between 1972 and 1985. Harney attended Manhattan's High School of Music & Art, graduating in 1970. Harney won the 1982 Tony Award for…
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Benjamin Charles Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music, and he is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances,…
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Ben Hunte (born 22 October 1992) is a British journalist, news presenter and correspondent at CNN. He previously worked for Vice News as a global correspondent and for the BBC as the broadcaster's first LGBT correspondent and a West Africa correspondent.…
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Benjamin Todd Jealous (born January 18, 1973) is an American political activist. He served as the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 2008 to 2013. Jealous was the Democratic nominee in the 2018…
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Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist. Considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions, Okri has been compared to authors such as Salman Rushdie and…
1950–2015
Alton Adelbert Powers (July 5, 1950 – April 6, 2015), known professionally as Ben Powers, was an American actor and comedian. Powers was best known for his role as Keith Albert Anderson, the husband of Thelma Evans, during the sixth and final season of the…
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