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1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Nederburg Winery, Paarl (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Nederburg Winery sign, Paarl (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
ca. 1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed needlepoint reproduction of Eva's Forebodings, an illustrated plate from Harriet Beecher Stowe's “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” The needlepoint depicts Uncle Tom and Eva St. Clare seated by a river. There is a sailboat on the right side of the needlepoint…
1925
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA negative of a house with a wooden fence in the foreground. The house has a large porch. There are trees on the right and branches of a tree cover the top of the house.
circa 1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Negatives and Contact Sheets, Art Smith, Jewelry, and Cats”.
1959–2023
Antônio Bispo dos Santos (December 12, 1959 – December 3, 2023), also known as Nêgo Bispo, was a Brazilian activist, academic and quilombo leader best known for his concept of counter-colonization. His work challenges colonial complexes and reflects on the…
1870-1887
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card with an albumen print of five (5) women and three (3) men standing next to a row of white-washed wooden buildings identified in the title as "Negro Cabins on Kenilworth Plantation." The cabins are arranged in a line, with the photographer…
1944
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPamphlet on understanding church teaching by the Federal Council of the Church of Christ in America's Commission on the Church and Minority Peoples. The white cover has black printed text on the left side which reads [Negro / Churchmen / Speak To / White /…
December 1932
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA paper pamphlet written by Dr. Carter G. Woodson and distributed by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, announcing the national annual celebration of Negro History Week, beginning on 7 February 1932. This 16-page pamphlet is printed…
1921
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia-toned photographic postcard depicting the body of an unidentified victim of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The image shows the body lying in the middle of the street, with newspapers covering the face. A man stands at left, looking down at the body. In…
1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 392-page hard bound book entitled Negroes in Brazil: A study of Race Contact at Bahia by Donald Pierson. The cover is green with yellow text and graphics. The cover shows an outline of a map of South America with all countries except for Brazil filled in…
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Neighborhood Conditions Criminal Court Decision”.
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Neil Alexander Danns (born 23 November 1982) is a professional football coach and former player who was most recently the manager of National League North club Southport. Born in England, he played for the Guyana national team.
1950–
Neil Emile Elias Kenlock (born 1950) is a Jamaican-born photographer and media professional who has lived in London since the 1960s. During the 1960s and 1970s, Kenlock was the official photographer of the British Black Panthers, and he has been described…
1860–1933
Nellie Arnold Plummer (September 7, 1860 to 1933) was a former slave who became the first female student to attend the Normal Department of Wayland Seminary in Washington, D.C. She subsequently worked as a teacher for over forty-five years and published…
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Nellie Blythe Nicholson Taylor (July 22, 1888 – December 20, 1965) was an African-American suffragist and educator. Nicholson was a clubwoman, co-founding a local Delaware affiliate, the Women's College Club of Delaware, with Sadie L. Jones. She was a…
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Nellie F. Griswold Francis (November 7, 1874 – December 13, 1969) was an African-American suffragist, civic leader, and civil rights activist. Francis founded and led the Everywoman Suffrage Club, an African-American suffragist group that helped win women…
1900–1982
Nellie Mae Rowe (July 4, 1900 – October 18, 1982) was an African-American artist from Fayette County, Georgia. Although she is best known today for her colorful works on paper, Rowe worked across mediums, creating drawings, collages, altered photographs,…
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Nellie Murray (c. 1835-1918) was a caterer specializing in Creole cuisine who was born in a family held as slaves in New Orleans and became internationally recognized after her appearance cooking at the 1893 Chicago World Fair.
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Nellie May Quander (February 11, 1880 - September 24, 1961) was an incorporator and the first international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. As president for several years, she helped expand the sorority and further its support of African-American…
1925–2012
Nellie Constance Yarborough (June 18, 1925 – December 8, 2012) was an African American Pentecostal bishop, pastor, and community activist based in Boston, Massachusetts. As the first female bishop of the Mt. Calvary Holy Church, she became a figure in both…
1866–1923
Nelson Caeser Crews (1866–1923) was an American public official, newspaper publisher, and community leader in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City newspaper The Rising Son lauded him along with other leading figures. Crews' brother James was the first…
1917–1974
Nelson "Jack" Edwards (1917–1974) was Vice President of the UAW (United Auto Workers), and a founder of CBTU, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. Nelson Edwards was born in 1917 on a farm in Lowndes County, Alabama. In 1937 he moved to Detroit and…
1923–2015
Nelson Peery (June 22, 1923 – September 6, 2015) was an American political activist and author. Peery spent over 60 years in the revolutionary movement, and was active in the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), the Provisional Organizing Committee to Reconstitute…
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