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1919–1994
Pearl Eileen Primus (November 29, 1919 – October 29, 1994) was an American dancer, choreographer and anthropologist. Primus played an important role in the presentation of African dance to American audiences. Early in her career she saw the need to promote…
Biography
Peggy G. Carr (born in the 1950s) is an American specialist on the developmental psychology and statistics of educational assessment. She was appointed commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics by President Joe Biden in 2021 and served…
1939–
Percy Anthony Pierre (born January 3, 1939) is an American electrical engineer and academic administrator specializing in signal processing, stochastic processes, and the statistical analysis of communications systems. He received his doctorate degree from…
1899–1975
Julian’s research made hormone-based medicines dramatically more affordable, and he became one of the first Black scientists elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Sept. 1865–Nov. 1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Personal Reports”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound personal reports, September 1865–November 1867, are arranged chronologically.
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Peter F. Green is a materials scientist and the Deputy Laboratory Director for Science and Technology at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
1888–1969
Peter Marshall Murray, M.D. (June 9, 1888 – December 19, 1969) was president of the National Medical Association from 1932 to 1933.
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Phaedra Creonta Parks (born October 26, 1971) is an American attorney, legal analyst, television personality, author, activist, and businesswoman. Parks is best known for appearances on reality television, including, Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta…
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Phillip Bell Downing (March 22, 1857- June 8, 1934) was an African-American inventor from Providence, Rhode Island. He is known for his most significant invention, the operating street railway switch. This allowed the switches to be opened or closed by…
1954–
Emeagwali’s research explored massively parallel computation for complex scientific and engineering problems.
1943–
Phillip Crews (born August 15, 1943) is an African American chemist at UCSC. His research work is around marine natural products chemistry and diversity education in chemistry. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of…
Biography
Phoebe Stubblefield is an American forensic anthropologist specializing in human skeletal variation, human identification, and paleopathology. She is currently the Interim Director of the C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory at the University of…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a single-page photocopy of a page from a book with the page heading "HEALTH LAWS / ARTICLE 4. / Midwives." The document was sent to midwife Amanda Carey Carter by the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health of the Virginia Department of Health for her…
ca. 1922
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of a boy and a woman, sitting on the edge of a porch of a two-storied, clapboard house. The boy is wearing a dark, cattleman-style hat, a light colored jacket and dark pants. The woman is wearing a white, full-length, nursing…
ca. 1890
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of an unidentified Buffalo Soldier. The portrait shows the man from the waist up. He is wearing a dark colored jacket with large buttons and three chevrons for sergeant on each sleeve. Above the…
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a color Polaroid depicting DJ Kool Herc posing with his sound system at the T-Connection, a nightclub. DJ Kool Herc is captured at full-length, leaning against the sound system he put together with his arms crossed. He is wearing a blue color shirt…
May 25, 2023
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of pediatrician Dr. MaryLouise Patterson at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The image captures Dr. Patterson from the chest up. She wears dark green shirt with yellow and light yellow flowers. Her…
ca. 1910
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of Dr. William H. Conner and family. In the photograph are two men, three women and two young boys standing in front of a brick townhouse. From left to right the people in the photo are Caroline Virginia "Jennie" Conner,…
1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Felton W. Williams and his brother, Arthur M. Williams, playing instruments. Felton is playing his electric console steel guitar and Arthur, sitting next to him, is playing an electric guitar. In front of them is a speaker.…
1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Felton W. Williams and his brother, Arthur M. Williams, playing instruments. Felton is playing his electric console steel guitar and Arthur, sitting next to him, is playing an electric guitar. An ironing board and bed are…
1960s - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Felton W. Williams playing his electric console steel guitar in a living room. There are two microphone stands on either side of him and a bookshelf full of books behind him.
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of Felton W. Williams playing an electric guitar in a living room. He is wearing a blue plaid shirt and brown pants. There are two microphone stands near him and a bookshelf full of books behind him. A couch and coffee table are also…
Dec 8, 1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph print of Felton W. Williams Jr.'s hand-built mixing board in his home recording studio. The image depicts a wooden structure built around several pieces of recording equipment sitting on top of a grey laminate table. Handwritten in the…
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