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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"The Barnett- Aden Collection, An African American Legacy" by Carroll Greene, Jr.” (Text).
1959
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover copy of The Bible Speaks to Daily Needs by Georgia Harkness. The hardcover book has a faux leather finish and a sewn binding. The book’s front dust jacket features a maroon, scalloped square box centered in the top two thirds of the dust jacket…
1980s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a pair of signs on a fence. One says "WHAT IS THE BLACK AGENDA" with a phone number, and the other is advocating for "Jobs not [J]ails." An inscription on the back reads [WATTS DEMONSTRATION / MLK COMMEMORATION 80's].
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “The Black Voices” (Text).
1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “The California Executive "Designing Women Seigel, Sklarek and Diamond are bridging the architectural gender gap" by Samuel Greengard” (Text).
1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA documentary film with the title The Case of the Fishermen. It consists of a single reel of black and white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. A Union Film production, it was produced by Carl Marzani in association with the International Fisherman and…
1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA documentary film with the title The Case of the Fishermen. It consists of a single reel of black and white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. A Union Film production, it was produced by Carl Marzani in association with the International Fisherman and…
March 1909
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn issue of the Colored American Magazine with staples removed. The cover is printed in red ink and features a decorative design of roses by Theodore R. M. Hanné. The frontispiece is an image of E. Azalia Hackley. The issue features several poems but…
1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover copy of The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier. With Numerous Illustrations. It is a cloth-bound book with a sewn binding and gilded page edges. The book has a brick red cover with embossed gold leaf and black text and design…
1879
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover copy of The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson Poet Laureate Illustrated Edition. The book has burgundy leather front and back covers. It is a leatherbound hardcover book with a sewn binding with gilded page edges. The front cover is embossed…
July 20, 1850
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA newspaper advertisement for Augustus Washington's photography and dagurreotype business, the Washington Daguerrean Gallery. The adverstisement is black ink on newsprint, and at the top of the notice is a drawing of a woman sitting for her portrait.
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA book titled, The Cortez Peters Championship Typing Drills, written by Cortez Peters. The book is spiral bound along the top edge with a metal comb and the book opens vertically. The front cover is brown with the title printed in black and white text in…
June 5, 1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Courier Journal Magazine from June 5, 1988. The front cover features color, illustrated caricatures of five (5) talk show hosts set against a blue background. The talk show hosts depicted include: Oprah Winfrey, Geraldo Rivera, Sally Jessy Raphael,…
May 1915
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe May 1915 (Vol. 10 No. 1) issue of The Crisis. The front cover is purple and white and features a photograph of a baby wearing a bonnet looking off to the left. There are approximately 50 pages.
November 1915
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe November 1915 (Vol. 11 No. 1) issue of The Crisis. The front cover features a black-and-white photograph of a woman wearing a white hat and a pearl necklace taken by Cornelius Battey. There are approximately 50 pages.
January 1916
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe January 1916 (Vol. 11 No. 3) issue of The Crisis. The front cover features a reproduction of the 1904 painting, "To the Highest Bidder" by Harry Roseland. The black-and-white reproduction depicts a mother and daughter standing in front of a sign that…
January 1917
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe January 1917 (Vol. 13 No. 3) "Richmond, Virginia, Number" issue of The Crisis. The front cover features a photograph by George W. Brown of the Mechanics Savings Bank of Richmond, Virginia. The photograph shows the four-story building with a large flag…
February 1917
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe February 1917 (Vol. 13 No. 4) issue of The Crisis. The front cover features a photograph of Richard T. Greener, the first African American graduate of Harvard and a dean of the Howard University Law School. There are approximately 48 pages.
March 1917
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGMarch 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine. The cover is printed in red ink. The front features a multi-paneled line drawing of trees, signed [LRLATIMER] in the bottom left. In the center of the panels is a hand-lettered quote [To sin by silence / when we…
May 1917
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGMay 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine. The cover is printed in black and features an illustration of a young woman with a large feather in her hair, standing next to a large vase of flowers sitting on a small table. The printing is cropped closely along…
June 1917
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGJune 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine. The front cover of the magazine features a full page black and white photograph of an older man, captured by C.M. Battey. The background is a dark grey. White text at the top left reads [THE CRISIS / JUNE / 1917].…
July 1917
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe July 1917 (Vol. 14 No. 3) "Education Number" issue of The Crisis. The front cover features a sketch of African American soldiers in a trench with an American flag waving behind them. Beneath the portrait is printed "Education Number." There are…
August 1917
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAugust 1917 issue of The Crisis Magazine. The front cover features a color, full page, art nouveau style design with an illustration of a young man and a young woman in front of a landscape with a lake or river inset into a circle and flanked by vines with…
September 1917
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe September 1917 (Vol. 14 No. 5) issue of The Crisis. The front cover features a sketch of Blanche Deas of the Negro Players by Frank Walts. The black-and-white sketch depicts Deas in a head wrap and looking off to left. The issue includes articles about…
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