A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of several children seated on the floor of a classroom in Manhattan, New York. Sitting with legs criss-crossed and with their heads down, they are each reading from their own copy of an illustrated…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.15
A black-and-white photograph by Kenneth Royster of a man at a religious event in a tent. The unidentified man is in the center of the image, facing the camera. He is smiling slightly and wearing a loose-fitting white shirt. He has a necklace with an image…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.41.23
The rear lift panel to a 1966 Volkswagen Transporter microbus used by Esau and Janie B. Jenkins for the Progressive Club on John's Island, South Carolina. The panel is painted white at the top and green at the bottom. A large window is in the top half of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.162.1
This image depicts the back of an abandoned four story apartment building. Made of brick, the building has a network of wooden balconies and stairways across the back. Parts of the balcony are coming apart, while differences in wood colors indicate that…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.11
Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson-Brown (; born May 29, 1950) is an American singer and the eldest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with her siblings during shows in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in…
Rebecca Hurt Lester was an entrepreneur, clubwoman and civic leader in Nashville, Tennessee. She served as treasurer of the Tennessee Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. She was appointed to the Davidson County Colored Women division of the Council of…
Crumpler graduated from the New England Female Medical College in 1864 and devoted her career to treating formerly enslaved people and underserved communities.
Rebecca Primus (July 10, 1836 – February 21, 1932) was a free African-American woman from Connecticut and is one of the few African-American women whose work in Reconstruction programs has been documented. Her life offers insight into the differences and…
Rebecca Stiles Taylor (August 1879 – December 1958) was a journalist, social worker, and educator from Savannah, Georgia. She was best known for her contributions to the community as the founder of several charitable outlets in the area and as an activist…
A black-and-white photograph by Kenneth Royster of a group with a trombone player. The people in the image are wearing white and most are partially wet. The central figure, facing the camera, is an unidentified man wearing white pants, a white long-sleeved…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.41.4
A receipt dated July 1, 1870 for $0.50 paid to the building fund of the "Sabbath School Monumental Mansion, for the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Xenia, O" by David Spears. The receipt is printed in black ink on light brown paper and completed by hand in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.57.20.1
A receipt written by Th. Matthews for the payment by Mr. Edward Rouzee of the amount of twenty (20) dollars for "his purchase of Ned at the sale of Henry [illegible] Estate." A one-page, single-sided document of handwritten black ink on paper. The paper is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.13
A receipt for the sale of the enslaved woman, Milly, age 28, and her four children (Susan, 12; Henry, 10; Harriet, 6; and Nancy, 4) by Sarah McClelland to T.B. Hickman for $400. This bill of sale is handwritten in brown/black ink on white paper. The bill…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.3.1
This half size, single page, double-sided handwritten document is a payment receipt received from Apphia Rouzee, executrix of Richard Rouzee, for "the carriage of two familyes [sic] of negroes to Culpepper." The document is dated January 1808. A second…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.39
Receipt for the sale of an enslaved boy named John, dated 1856. The document has been handwritten in brown iron gall ink on off-white laid rag paper. The document reads: [Receive of S.G. Boyden / Seven hundred & twelve dollars / & fifty cents for a Negro…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.34
A receipt for an enslaved man named "Old Man Sam" and his enslaved wife, Lucy, for $504.00, dated January 14, 1853. The sale was made by slave traders Pulliam & Davis of Richmond, Virginia on the behalf of Stapleton C. Sneed of Nelson County, Virginia. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.33
A printed receipt with graphite inscriptions given to the Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church. The receipt is from the city of Princeton and is for the sale of bushels of an unidentified grain.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.155.17.2
A receipt of pay for Revolutionary War soldier Edward Carter. Consisting of a printed form on a small square rag paper and completed by hand, this document certifies Carter’s receipt of payment for military services rendered and based out of the Town of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.46.10.2
