This letter from the National Committee to Free the SASO 9 appeals to Christians to help free apartheid prisoners. The letter is white paper with black text. The title reads: [NATIONAL CTEE. TO FREE THE SASO 9 AND ALL APARTHEID / PRISONERS / An Appeal To…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.19
This letter from the National Committee to Free the SASO 9 appeals to Christians to help free apartheid prisoners. The letter is white paper with black text. The title reads: [NATIONAL CTEE. TO FREE THE SASO 9 AND ALL APARTHEID / PRISONERS / An Appeal To…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.21ab
Typed letter from Phil Gramm, US Senator from Texas, to Carl Lewis, with Gramm's signature. Dated August 1, 1996. Cream colored paper with black ink. It reads [United States Senate / WASHINGTON, D.C. / PHIL GRAMM / TEXAS/August 1, 1996 / Mr. Carl Lewis /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.154.13
Letter from William Gosnell to Rev. Volley Stokes. The letter is typed in black ink and the paper has a letterhead [WILLIAM I. GOSNELL / ATTORNEY AT LAW / 220 ST. PAUL STREET / BALTIMORE, MD.]. The text to Rev. Volley Stokes begins [My dear Sir: / We are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.14.17
An original one-page commendation cable (a), with note (b), sent from the U.S. Department of State's Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, George Moose, to U.S. Consul General for Durban, South Africa, Pamela E. Bridgewater, May 3, 1994…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.51.6ab
This letter from the Committee to Free the SASO 9 invites people to an emergency meeting about the SASO 9. The letter is white with black text that reads: [June 4, 1976 / Dear Sister/Brother: / INVITATION TO AN EMERGENCY MEETING / The Committee to Free The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.11
This letter requests support for the May 1 Anti-Apartheid Day in New York City. The memo is white paper with black text. The heading reads: [May 1 Anti-Apartheid Day Committee]. The memo is signed by the following [John Akpan / Pan African Students…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.27.35
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
A typed letter to Arthur J. Schmidt from David Lewallen. The letter describes events the two men shared on April 8, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Lewallen drove Mr. Schmidt to a memorial march for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that they both attended.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.71.2
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
A letter signed by Toussaint Louverture to Charles Humbert Marie Vincent from Cap-Français (now Cap-Haïtien), Haiti, on October 21, 1797. The text itself was recorded by a scribe as Louverture's written French was limited, though the content comprises his…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.26.2ab
A letter to Frances Albrier from the Governor of Michigan, G. Mennen Williams, noting that he will be unable to attend the MRA dinner being held on Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.31
A letter (a) to Frances Albrier from Harry Truman in which he explains that he is too busy to attend the MRA World Assembly of Nations at Mackinac Island, Michigan. The letter is laminated. Behind the letter and under the lamination is the envelope (b) the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.32ab
A typewritten letter by Gloria Foster on behalf of Stokely Carmichael inviting Frances Albrier, "Dear Friend," to an organizational meeting for the Black United Front in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.33
An April 28, 1964 letter to James Baldwin from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's communications director, Julian Bond, inviting Baldwin to hear testimony from "Negro Mississippians about violations of civil rights..." in Washington D.C. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.99.51
Typewritten letter from Martin Luther King Jr. to Louis Tate. The letter is signed by King in blue ink. The letter is written on SCLS letterhead and dated February 12, 1964. The letterhead is printed in black at the top. The letter begins "This is to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.166.4
Letter to Mrs. Terrell from Joseph H. Douglass, grandson of Frederick Douglass, dated May 31, 1911. Single page written on Douglass' personal stationary. Black ink on tan paper. Letter head at the top reads [JOSEPH H. DOUGLASS / Solo Violinist /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.22
Typewritten letter from Martin Luther King Jr. to Roberta Tate. The letter is signed by King in blue ink and is dated October 23, 1958. The letterhead is printed in black at the top center, in a gothic font. The letter begins with "Dear Mrs. Tate: Thank…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.166.1
Typewritten letter from Martin Luther King Jr. to Roberta Tate. The letter is signed by King in black ink and is dated December 24, 1958. The letterhead is printed in black at the top in a gothic font. The letter begins with "Dear Miss Tate: This is just a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.166.2
A two page letter from Duke Ellington to the Musicians' Protective Association, Local 767 written May 10, 1942. In the letter Duke Ellington files a claim against three parties to recover money owed him for arrangements of five numbers made for the show…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.57.32ab
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).
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