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Biography
Quentin Bell (born 1987/88) is an activist for transgender rights in the African-American LGBT community. He is the co-founder, and from 2012 to February 2024 was the executive director of, The Knights and Orchids Society, a non-profit based in Selma,…
1987–
Quentin Jarrod Iglehart-Summers (born June 15, 1987) is an American former track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 400-meter dash. He set a personal record of 45.46 seconds for the event in 2008. He was a gold medalist in the 4 × 400 metres relay…
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cast iron quilt clamp with a screw handle. The clamp is in the shape of the letter “C” and has squared edges. A large screw goes through the top of the clamp. One side of the screw is flattened to form a handle.
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cast iron quilt clamp with a screw handle. The clamp is in the shape of the letter “C” and has squared edges. A large screw goes through the top of the clamp. One side of the screw is flattened to form a handle.
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cast iron quilt clamp with a screw handle. The clamp is in the shape of the letter “C” and has squared edges. A large screw goes through the top of the clamp. One side of the screw is flattened to form a handle.
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA handmade cast iron quilt clamp with a screw handle. The clamp is in the shape of the letter “C” and has squared edges. A large screw goes through the top of the clamp. One side of the screw is flattened to form a handle.
ca. 1863, repaired later
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA lightweight quilt with an eight pointed star design handmade by an enslaved person near Macon, Georgia. Each block is composed of a center square of colored fabric surrounded by triangles in the same fabric pieced together with light colored fabric…
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bedcover made from suiting fabrics in muted tones of gray, brown, blue, tan, and red machine sewn together. The pieces are all of uniform rectangular size, suggesting they are from a salesman's sample or swatch book. The quilt is backed with a gray wool…
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA tied quilt made from suiting fabrics in muted and bright tones of gray, black, brown, blue, and red machine sewn together. The pieces are all of uniform rectangular size, suggesting they are from a salesman's sample or swatch book. The quilt is backed…
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA tied quilt made from suiting fabrics in muted tones of gray, black, brown, blue, and red machine sewn together. The pieces are all of uniform rectangular size, suggesting they are from a salesman's sample or swatch book. The quilt is backed with a gray…
ca. 1920
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA tied quilt made from suiting fabrics in muted tones of blue, gray, black, and brown hand sewn together with pink thread using a herringbone stitch. Most of the pieces are of uniform rectangular size, suggesting they are from a salesman's sample or swatch…
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDrunkard's Path variation hand pieced quilt in red, white, and heavily faded green or blue. There are twenty-four (24) blocks made in an unequal nine-patch variation of the Drunkard's Path pattern that has a four-patch in the center patch of each block.…
2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA large square-shaped red and white fabric quilt presented by the Allentown, Chester and Valley Forge Alumnae Chapters, Eastern Region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority to Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey. At the center of the quilt is the Delta Sigma Theta crest…
1830s-1840s; repurposed 1890s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis quilted petticoat may have been made from a repurposed wholecloth bedcover or refashioned from a once larger skirt. The front of the textile is faced with a small-scale printed floral vine design in white, yellow, purple, and red blossoms with green…
1980s - 1990s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA quilted white blouse with a beaded embellishment. The front of the bodice is made from one panel of white synthetic fabric that is quilted throughout, creating a puffed effect. There are two 9” bust darts (one on each side) and a 1.75” wide standing band…
1976
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photographic print depicts a little girl braiding the hair of an elderly woman. The woman is seated on a wooden chair on the porch of clapboard house. She wears a light colored dress and apron and glasses. She gazes at a folded…
1965–
Quinn David Mack (born September 11, 1965) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in five games for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball in 1994. Mack attended Gahr High School in Cerritos, California, then Cerritos…
1753-1784
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wooden rabbet plane.There is spot staining throughout. There is evidence of older dents, abrasions, and scratches. In relief on the toe, oriented vertically, is [CE*CHELOR / LIVING*IN / WRENTHAM]. In relief on the toe is several illegible letters.
1940
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Rabbi Matthew holding an open Torah scroll. The photograph is signed by the photographer in the bottom right corner.
Loading image…2000–
Rabbi Matondo (born 9 September 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. Born in England, he plays for the Wales national team. Matondo played youth football for Cardiff City and Manchester City.
October 5, 2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA CBS program produced by Bergen Community College titled African American Women in Suburbia. It consists of a three white DVDs (2022.90.3.1abc) with the program title, date and college logo printed on each of them. The first DVD (a) opens with Dr. Philip…
1869–1969
Rachel Davis Harris (January 10, 1869 – September 22, 1969) was an American librarian and activist. She was an influential female African American director and children's librarian of the Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored Branch, one of the…
1901–1995
Rachel Taylor Milton (1901–1995) was an American educator, community activist, and co-founder of the Urban League of Hartford, Connecticut. The first African American woman to graduate from Hartford Seminary, Milton was inducted into the Connecticut…
Biography
Rasheed A. Bell (born in 1973 or 1974), better known by his stage name Rachid, is an American singer-songwriter and music producer. He is the son of founding Kool & the Gang member Ronald Bell. He achieved a top 40 hit on the Dance Club Songs chart with…
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