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Letter from Hunter College to Chuck D

n.d.

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Cataloged as “Letter from Hunter College to Chuck D” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 3
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Letter from Iowa State University to Public Enemy

2-22-1990

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Cataloged as “Letter from Iowa State University to Public Enemy” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 3
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Letter from Professor Edgerton to Timothy Sams regarding the March On Washington

February 14, 1995

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Letter written from Professor Samuel Y. Edgerton to Timothy E. Sams, acting director of the Multicultural Center at Williams College, February 14, 1995. The letter is regarding artifacts from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom from Edgerton's…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.187.3
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Letter from Sara S. Washington for the Apex News and Hair Co, Inc.

September 11, 1933

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Form letter from the Apex News and Hair Co., Inc. to support its new beauty school. The paper has the Apex letterhead. The letter is dated in the upper right. The form text begins [Dear Friend and Co-worker: / A very cordial invitation is extended to our…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.14.14
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Letter signed by Maya Angelou

March 22, 1976

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A typewritten letter, black ink on white paper, written to George Washington High School in San Francisco, California, and signed in blue ink by Maya Angelou. At top center is a P.O. box address in Boyes Hot Springs, California. The letter is dated at top…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.51
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Letter to A. Reid Winsey, Head of the Art Department, DePauw University, from Eliot Elisofon, 4/10/68, requesting information on transfering his photographs to microslides

1968

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Cataloged as “Letter to A. Reid Winsey, Head of the Art Department, DePauw University, from Eliot Elisofon, 4/10/68, requesting information on transfering his photographs to microslides”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref39647
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Letter to African American Fellows of AIA from Harry G. Robinson III, FAIA Dean of Howard University School of Architecture and Planning

1992

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Cataloged as “Letter to African American Fellows of AIA from Harry G. Robinson III, FAIA Dean of Howard University School of Architecture and Planning” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref75
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Letter to Arthur J. and June Schmidt from Carol Ann and Terry Parssinen

April 8,1968

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Handwritten letter to Arthur J. "Bud" Schmidt and his wife June Schmidt from her sister, Carol Ann Parssinen and her husband Terry Parssinen. The letter was written by Carol Parssinen. The four-page letter is written in blue ink on ruled paper. The pages…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.71.1
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Letter to Charles and Margaret Nicolls from Lt. Vernon O. Nicolls

February 8, 1944

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Folded letter sent by Lt. Vernon O. Nicolls to his parents, Charles and Margaret Nicolls. The letter folds into an envelope. The front side of the folded letter has handwritten text in black ink with information for both sender and recipients. There is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.142.10
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Letter to Charles and Margaret Nicolls from Lt. Vernon O. Nicolls

February 29, 1944

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Folded letter sent by Lt. Vernon O. Nicolls to his parents, Charles and Margaret Nicolls. The letter folds into an envelope. The front side of the folded letter has handwritten text in black ink with addresses for both sender and recipients. There is also…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.142.11
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Letter to Charles Chesnutt from W. E. B. Du Bois

July 12, 1903

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A one-sided, single sheet handwritten letter written by W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles Chesnutt. The letter is written on Knoxville College stationery. The letterhead has typewritten text in black that reads [OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, / RALPH W. MCGRANAHAN] at…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.48
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Letter to Constance Stuart Larrabee from Richard Gillin at Washington College, inviting the photographer to talk to his literature students about South Africa.

1986 February 3

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Cataloged as “Letter to Constance Stuart Larrabee from Richard Gillin at Washington College, inviting the photographer to talk to his literature students about South Africa.”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 634
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Letter to "Donor" from Marva N. Collins of West Side Preparatory School

1992

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Cataloged as “Letter to "Donor" from Marva N. Collins of West Side Preparatory School” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref74
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Letter to Dorothea H. Scher from Daniel P. Biebuyck, Chairman and H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Anthropology, University of Delaware, 3/16/71, requesting permission to use Eliot Elisofon's photographic archives

1971

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Cataloged as “Letter to Dorothea H. Scher from Daniel P. Biebuyck, Chairman and H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Anthropology, University of Delaware, 3/16/71, requesting permission to use Eliot Elisofon's photographic archives”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref39672
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Letter to Dorothea H. Scher from Judith Perani, Indiana University, 2/6/70, regarding missing photographs of Eliot Elisofon's which still haven't been sent to the university archives

1970

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Cataloged as “Letter to Dorothea H. Scher from Judith Perani, Indiana University, 2/6/70, regarding missing photographs of Eliot Elisofon's which still haven't been sent to the university archives”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref39661
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Letter to Dorothea H. Scher from Judith Perani, Photo Archive Assistant, Indiana University, 9/1/69, regarding missing photographs of Eliot Elisofon's from their file

1969

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Cataloged as “Letter to Dorothea H. Scher from Judith Perani, Photo Archive Assistant, Indiana University, 9/1/69, regarding missing photographs of Eliot Elisofon's from their file”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref39656
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Letter to Dorothy Porter from W.C. Handy

March 1, 1939

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A typed letter in reply to a letter from Dorothy Porter with retained carbon copies of her original letter, written on Handy Brothers letterhead, from W.C. Handy dated March 1, 1939. Handy writes that he has just noticed an earlier request from Porter for…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.57.33.1
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Letter to Dr. Roy Sieber, Indiana University, from Dorothea H. Scher, 12/14/67, regarding Eliot Elisofon's photographic archives

1967

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Cataloged as “Letter to Dr. Roy Sieber, Indiana University, from Dorothea H. Scher, 12/14/67, regarding Eliot Elisofon's photographic archives”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref39639
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Letter to Dr. Walter Merrick from Averell Harriman Governor of New York

1958

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Cataloged as “Letter to Dr. Walter Merrick from Averell Harriman Governor of New York” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref2
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Letter to Eliot Elisofon from Henry Hope, Chairman, Department of Fine Arts, Indiana University, 10/6/65, regarding photographs donated to the University by Eliot Elisofon

1965

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Cataloged as “Letter to Eliot Elisofon from Henry Hope, Chairman, Department of Fine Arts, Indiana University, 10/6/65, regarding photographs donated to the University by Eliot Elisofon”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref39633
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Letter to Eliot Elisofon from Henry R. Hope, 1/4/66, informing him that the photographs he donated to the university are estimated to be worth $10,000

1966

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Cataloged as “Letter to Eliot Elisofon from Henry R. Hope, 1/4/66, informing him that the photographs he donated to the university are estimated to be worth $10,000”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref39635
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Letter to Judith Perani, Indiana University, from Dorothea H. Scher, 4/16/70, regarding missing photographs which see is sending them

1970

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Cataloged as “Letter to Judith Perani, Indiana University, from Dorothea H. Scher, 4/16/70, regarding missing photographs which see is sending them”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref39666
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Letter to Lucille Brown from Annie Malone Pope-Turnbo

March 25, 1915

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This letter is from Mrs. Annie Malone Pope-Turnbo to Mrs. Elder Brown with hair care instructions. The letter, off white with black ink, is typed on "Poro" College letterhead. In the upper left and right corners are small rectangles of text. Upper left…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.170.1
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Letter to Miss C. Stuart, Cornwall, from L.J. Hibbert, under the letterhead of The Polytechnic School of Photography, London, and stating that the City of London Hospital seeks a girl "for developing and printing X-ray photographs." One typed page date...

1934 September 13

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Cataloged as “Letter to Miss C. Stuart, Cornwall, from L.J. Hibbert, under the letterhead of The Polytechnic School of Photography, London, and stating that the City of London Hospital seeks a girl "for developing and printing X-ray photographs." One typed…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 955
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