African Americans

Scope and Contents This photograph album depicts an African American family from the 1940s to the early 1960s. The album features a couple of men in their military uniforms at Fort Stotsenburg in Angeles City in the Philippines during World War II. There are also family photographs, including shots of children, women, and couples, as well as friends posing outside or next to automobiles. The album also contains photographs from the 1960s of a woman named Cora and her husband, Ben. These later photographs...

Scope and Contents This photograph album was kept by an Arican American family in the 1920s. The location is not captioned in any of the photos, but a photograph of men in their dorm room shows an "Orlando" pennant in the background, so it's possible the family was from Florida. Other photographs show boats docked in a harbor, portraits of a family posed around their home, and candids of family and friends. Some of the photographs show a family farm with people working, posed around a new car in a field,...

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This collection consists of a photograph folder containing six 4x4 inch photographs of an unidentified African American family in Greenville, South Carolina, circa 1950s. The photographs includes three different snapshots of a pre-school aged child on a tricycle, one of the child in a push carriage, one of a young man with both the chilid and a dog on his lap and two older men in the background, and one of a man sitting on a bicycle.

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This collection consists of a letter sent by B. H. Hudson, cashier at Alabama Penny Savings and Loan Co. in Birmingham, Ala., to W. M. Scarborough, a customer of the bank. Hudson informs Scarborough that his note of $5.40 plus interest is overdue. He further states that if the note isn't paid, the bank may proceed with legal action.

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This photograph depicts 15 African Americans standing in front of a building with a sign reading "Colored Department / N. [and] W. R.R. Y.M.C.A. / A Farewell to the / Colored Liberty / Fellows by the / Y.M.C.A. / Oct. 28 330 pm."

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This collection consists of a broadisde advertising the Queen Toy Spiritual Band of Parkersburg, West Virginia. This particular broadside does not include a performance venue or date. It does include a photograph of the band, which was primarily composed of children with a few adults. According to the broadside, the band made "real music on toy instruments and sing old time hymns and negro spirituals in a new and most original way." The broadside is dated circa 1940.

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This collection consists of a broadside highlighting the experience of Reverend William M. S. McCutcheon, pastor of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It lists his professional affiliations and an image of him.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of one sepia-tone photograph, mounted on board, of members of the Silver Hook Fishing Club. The photograph was taken by E. W. Brown of Moorefield, West Virginia. It is inscribed at the top "Camp of the Silver Hook Fishing Club." In the photograph, a group of men are pictured at their camp, and a couple of the men are African American. Several of the men are holding rifles. Also visible are three dogs, one of which appears emaciated. The photograph is dated circa...

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This collection consists of five wanted posters, from different parts of Alabama, seeking African American men accused of committing crimes. The range in date from 1903-1906. Only one includes a photograph of the wanted individual.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of photographs taken at Winyah Sanitarium, located in Asheville, N.C., circa 1920s. Subjects of the photograph include the exterior of the hospital, the grounds, and both staff and patients. A couple of the photographs include a car and most of the individuals are posed (some in the snow). There is one image of a street car and two of different buildings (unidentified). The photographed staff are primarily nurses wearing their uniforms and an African American woman...