The 1947 yearbook of the Howard University College of Medicine titled, The Caduceus. The yearbook cover is in the original black leather. Embossed in silver is an illustration of the caduceus symbol and the title "CADUCEUS" written vertically. There are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.47
January 1912 issue of The Crisis Magazine. The cover is printed in red with a portrait illustration of a woman by John Henry Adams at center. The title across the top reads [THE CRISIS] followed by an illustration of a winged Egyptian figure and [A RECORD…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.14.2
A commemorative 140-page yearbook form the Homer G. Phillips Hospital School of Nursing titled "The Guardian." The volume is hardcover and has a textured blue cover with raised gold lettering. The top right corner featurs a white nurse's cap. The title…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.90.5
This is a painted laser-cut stainless-steel maquette in the shape of a 19th century caravan cart. The rectangular, black cart has four wheels, four sides, and a slightly peaked roof. The wagon depicts a violent story of slavery with each of the four sides…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.4
A newsletter titled "The Nightingale," from January 1947, identified as Volume 1, Number 1. The newsletter consists of black ink printed on white paper. It is comprised of seven (7) pages stapled together in the top left corner. The cover design and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.90.7
A third edition, soft cover textbook titled, Slide Rule: How to Use It (Barnes & Noble Everyday Handbooks Series #254), by Calvin C. Bishop. The soft cover book has glossy front and back paper covers. The book’s front cover is gray and features a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.28
A brown, hardcover yearbook from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1922 owned by James A. Parsons, Jr. Embossed in gold on the front cover is: [The / Transit] at the top left, the seal of RPI in the middle, and [MCMXXII] at the bottom right. Parsons is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.246.6
The October 1792 issue of The Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine containing a published letter from Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson’s response. The magazine is printed in black ink on off-white paper and has a saddle-stitched…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.49.1
Thea L. James is an American emergency medical physician as well as an associate professor, associate chief medical officer, and vice president of mission at the Boston Medical Center (BMC) in Boston, Massachusetts. She serves as director of the Violence…
Theanne Griffith is an American neuroscientist and children's book author. She is an associate professor of Physiology and Membrane Biology at the University of California, Davis.
Theda M. Daniels-Race is an American engineer and Michel B. Voorhies Distinguished Professor in the Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Louisiana State University. Her research is in nanoelectronics, specialising in the growth and…
Thelma Adele Patten Law (December 30, 1900 - November 12, 1968) was an American physician. Patten Law practiced medicine in Houston, Texas. She was involved in helping to improve the health outcomes of African Americans and the poor living in Houston.
Thelma Jean Perry (April 30, 1941 – February 10, 1998) was an American microbiologist and mycologist who worked at the U.S. Forest Service. Her research focused on the study of symbiotic relationships between bark beetles and fungi, particularly those…
Theodore Colbert III ( kohl-bərt; born 1973) is a businessman, engineer, and the former Chief Executive Officer for Boeing Defense, Space & Security, a subdivision at The Boeing Company. He served in the position from March 2022 until September 2024.…
Theodore Kenneth (T.K.) Lawless (December 6, 1892 – May 1, 1971) was an American dermatologist, medical researcher, and philanthropist. He was a skin specialist, and is known for work related to leprosy and syphilis. Lawless was also involved in various…
Theophilus Elisha McKinney, Jr (1933–2004) was a American professor of political science. He served as vice president of academic affairs at Howard University from 1969 to 1970 and academic dean at Delaware State College from 1975 to 1977. McKinney was…
Thereasea Delerine "T. D." Elder (September 2, 1927 – January 5, 2021) was the first African American public health nurse in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Theresa Gillespie Isom is an American politician and former healthcare administrator. A Democrat, she was elected to the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 2nd District, which includes parts of DeSoto and Tunica counties. Isom won a special…
Theresa Wilhelmina Green Reed (December 9, 1923 – July 10, 2017) was an American physician and epidemiologist. Reed worked as a staff and public health physician for around 18 years at the Homer G. Phillips Hospital. Later, she went to the Food and Drug…
Thomas A. LaVeist is an American public health scholar, academic administrator, and policy expert. He is the dean and Weatherhead Presidential Chair at the Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University in New…
Thomas Hency Brewer, Sr. (1894–1956) was an African-American physician, who was instrumental in the civil rights movement in Columbus, Georgia during the early- to mid-twentieth century, before he was assassinated in 1956.
Thomas Elkins (1818 - 1819 February - August 10, 1900) was an African-American dentist, abolitionist, surgeon, pharmacist, and inventor. He lived in Albany, New York, for most of his life, but travelled during his service as the medical examiner of the…
Thomas Fuller (1710 – December 1790), also known as "Negro Demus" and the "Virginia Calculator", was an enslaved African renowned for his mathematical abilities.
Thomas Graham Dorsey (February 1839 – November 22, 1897) was an American physician, and one of the first black graduates of Harvard Medical School in 1869.
