A Grand Army of the Republic medallion from the 1890 Boston National Encampment owned by Marquis Peterson. The medallion is silver and has a hole drilled in the top. The frontside of the medallion has the Grand Army of the Republic seal. The seal shows a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.78.9
Garnet Douglass Baltimore (April 15, 1859 – June 12, 1946) was the first African-American engineer and graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, Class of 1881. He was named for two prominent abolitionists, Henry Highland Garnet and…
This pothook consists of a long metal rod with a hook on one end. The hook at one end has a deep curve at the rounded portion. The opposite end of the rod is bent into a circle. The rod itself has a decorative twist in the metal halfway along its length.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.20.15
Gemma Cairney (born 19 March 1985) is an English television and radio presenter best known for her work on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 6 Music. She most recently presented The Leisure Society on BBC Radio 6 Music where she interviewed cultural icons…
The single volume of general and special orders and circulars issued, August 1866–June 1868 (92), is arranged by type of issuance and thereunder numerically. This volume has a name index. The volume also contains special orders issued by the 2d Subdistrict…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.2.4
The single unnumbered volume of general and special orders and circulars issued, July–November 1865 and February 1866–April 1867, is arranged by type of issuance and thereunder chronologically. This series also contains letters sent by the acting…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.2.13
The single volume of general and special orders issued, June 1866–May 1867 (266), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains an unidentified name index and accounts with schoolteachers, May 1866–August 1868, arranged chronologically.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.17.7
The single volume of general and special orders received from the southern district of Mississippi at Natchez, July–November 1865 (318), is arranged chronologically.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.55.3
A small, single-sided Spanish-language form titled [COLECTURIA GENERAL.] at the top. The form has been completed by hand in black ink with details relating to the Brazilian ship Convenção, captained by [J.A. da Costa] from [Montevideo]. It is dated 1840…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.1.235.3
