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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Letter to Mr. Carroll Wilson from Countee Cullen

April, 25 1928

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A single page letter from Countee Cullen to Carroll Wilson regarding books and a fellowship application sent to the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The letter is composed of typewritten text in black ink on off-white paper. It is printed on Opportunity: A…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.31.3
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Letter to Mrs. Mary Denham from Joseph May

1842

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This letter was written in Freetown, Sierra Leone, May 8th, 1842 by Joseph May to a Mrs. Mary Denham in London, England. From the Wesleyan Mission House, May writes of his sea and land travels to and throughout Western Africa. He recounts the weather, the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.46.9
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Letter to Robin Poynor, Photo-Archives, Fine Arts, Indiana University, from Dorothea H. Scher, 11/20/68, regarding enclosed photographs being sent to them

1968

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Cataloged as “Letter to Robin Poynor, Photo-Archives, Fine Arts, Indiana University, from Dorothea H. Scher, 11/20/68, regarding enclosed photographs being sent to them”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref39652
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & documents

Letter to Sklarek from DL Chandler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning Department of Architecture

1976

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Cataloged as “Letter to Sklarek from DL Chandler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning Department of Architecture” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref64
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Historical photographs & documents

Letter to Sklarek from Rehema Gray, Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning Black Student Committee University of California, Los Angeles

1986

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Cataloged as “Letter to Sklarek from Rehema Gray, Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning Black Student Committee University of California, Los Angeles” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref69
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Historical photographs & documents

Letter to Sklarek from Sheryl Tircuit and Clyde Wood, Black Students Committee Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Los Angeles California from

1988

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Cataloged as “Letter to Sklarek from Sheryl Tircuit and Clyde Wood, Black Students Committee Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Los Angeles California from” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref71
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Historical photographs & documents

Letter to Sklarek from William J. Mitchel, Head, Architecture/Urban Design Program University of California, Los Angeles

1973

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Cataloged as “Letter to Sklarek from William J. Mitchel, Head, Architecture/Urban Design Program University of California, Los Angeles” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref62
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Historical photographs & documents

Letter to Vice Chancellor Charles Z. Wilson of Los Angeles School of Architecture and Urban Planning from Sklarek

1975

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Cataloged as “Letter to Vice Chancellor Charles Z. Wilson of Los Angeles School of Architecture and Urban Planning from Sklarek” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref63
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Historical photographs & visual records

Letter to Violette Violetta de Mazia, Director of Education, Barnes Foundation from Eliot Elisofon, 10/21/54, asking her permission to photograph items in the museum's collection

1954

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Cataloged as “Letter to Violette Violetta de Mazia, Director of Education, Barnes Foundation from Eliot Elisofon, 10/21/54, asking her permission to photograph items in the museum's collection”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref39204
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Historical photographs & documents

Letter to William Stanley AIA NOMA president on Congress of African American Architects from Harry G. Robinson III, FAIA Dean of Howard University School of Architecture and Planning

1992

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Cataloged as “Letter to William Stanley AIA NOMA president on Congress of African American Architects 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_ref76
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Historical photographs & visual records

Letter (typed) to Constance Stuart Larrabee from Ms. Smit, Editor-in-Chief of D.R. Church Publishers, responding to Larrabee's concerns about the reproduction of her Nagmaal photographs in a book about Afrikaans' traditions (with text by Professor Bun ...

1980 May 21

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Cataloged as “Letter (typed) to Constance Stuart Larrabee from Ms. Smit, Editor-in-Chief of D.R. Church Publishers, responding to Larrabee's concerns about the reproduction of her Nagmaal photographs in a book about Afrikaans' traditions (with text by…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 6
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Letterman sweater for Iota Phi Theta Fraternity

ca. 1972

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A brown,gold, and beige knitted pullover letterman sweater for the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity. Deep V-neck front, lined with gold coloring (v-neck so deep it cuts through the bordered coloring). Three horizontal stripes from PL and PR of the V-neck, on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.191.4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Letterman sweater for Kappa Alpha Psi

1965

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A cream and crimson knitted pullover Kappa Alpha Psi letterman sweater owned by Dr. Ralph J. Bryson. Made of heavyweight cotton and wool, the sweater is primarily cream with crimson details. It has a V-neck and ribbed hem. At front center is the Kappa…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.171.1
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Historical photographs & documents

Letters and Reports Relating to Schools

1865–70

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Cataloged as “Letters and Reports Relating to Schools”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, Item 5.17.6.1
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Letters Received by the 2nd Educational Subdistrict — Petersburg (Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan.–Mar. 1869

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Unbound letters received by the 2nd educational subdistrict, January–March 1869, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.75.6
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Archival documents & files

Letters Received — Macon (Assistant Superintendent of Education)

Jan.–Mar. 1869

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Unbound letters received consists of three letters dated January–March 1869.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.63.3
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Letters Received — Superintendent of Education

June 1867–Dec. 1868

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Cataloged as “Letters Received”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 2.1.1
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Letters Sent — Augusta (Assistant Superintendent of Education)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of letters sent, January–May 1869 (154), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.13.1
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Letters Sent — Bainbridge (Assistant Superintendent of Education)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of letters sent, January–May 1869 (184), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.16.1
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Archival documents & files

Letters Sent by the Superintendent of Schools — Jefferson (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of letters sent by the superintendent schools, April–May 1869 (117), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains letters sent by the assistant superintendent of education at Galveston (August–October 1869) and the assistant…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.24.3
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