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No. 220, Searching for Ideas
- Photograph by
- Russell Bros., 1883-1941
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- early 20th century
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin or collodion on printing out paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 5/8 × 7 7/8 in. (11.7 × 20 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 5 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (13.3 × 21.6 cm)
- Description
- A cabinet card with a black-and-white photograph of an unidentified woman and three (3) unidentified children sitting on the steps of a raised wooden breezeway between two wooden buildings. The woman sits one step above the children and uses a comb to pick lice or other pests from the head of the child seated in the middle, whose head is resting on the woman's lap. The other two children look off frame to their left. The title and photographer name is in handwritten white text to the left of the woman and at the bottom left that is inherent to the print. The reverse of the gray card mount has a detailed list of other "Special Southern Views" available from Russell Bros. photographers printed in black ink.
- Statement
- Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
- Place captured
- Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Special Southern Views
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Racist and Stereotypical Objects
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- Topic
- American South
- Children
- Domestic life
- Hair
- Health
- Photography
- Stereotypes
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Gertrude Newsome Jackson Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Newsome Jackson, Gertrude, American, born 1923
- Interviewed by
- Paysour, LaFleur
- Subject of
- Gonza Glascoe, Myrtle, American, 1936 - 2019
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Himmelbaum, Howard, American
- Head Start Program, American, founded 1965
- Date
- November 22, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:57:01
- Description
- The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.4.1a and 2011.174.4.1b.
- Gertrude Jackson recalls growing up in Madison, Illinois, and Marvell, Arkansas. She recalls organizing her community to renovate a local segregated school and becoming involved in the civil rights movement in rural Arkansas. She discusses assisting Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) fieldworkers Howard Himmelbaum and Myrtle Glascoe, working for Head Start, and starting a community center. Jackson's grandson is also interviewed. He joins her towards the end of file #2.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0004
- Place collected
- Marvell, Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Madison, St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- Segregation
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.4.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Calvin Luper Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Luper, Calvin, American, born 1946
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Luper, Clara, American, 1923 - 2011
- NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
- Dr. Atkins, Charles N., 1911 - 1988
- Porter, Edwin Melvin, American, 1930 - 2016
- Sipuel Fisher, Ada Lois, American, 1924 - 1995
- Date
- May 24, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 00:24:04
- Description
- The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.13.1a, 2011.174.13.1b, 2011.174.13.1c, and 2011.174.13.1d.
- Calvin Luper remembers his mother, Clara Luper, and her leadership in Oklahoma City's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council. He recalls participating in sit-ins in drug stores and restaurants, and hosting a radio show with his mother. He also remembers other leaders in Oklahoma's civil rights movement, including Dr. Charles N. Atkins, E. Melvin Porter, and Ada Lois Sipuel.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0013
- Place collected
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Mass media
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Duration: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.13.1a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Mildred Pitts Walter Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Walter, Mildred Pitts, born 1922
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Southern University and A&M College, American, founded 1880
- Walter, Earl, American, died 1965
- Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
- Date
- March 1, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:31:20
- Description
- The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.59.1a, 2011.174.59.1b, 2011.174.59.1c, 2011.174.59.1d, and 2011.174.59.1e.
- Mildred Pitts Walter discusses her early life in Louisiana, attending Southern University, and moving to Los Angeles in 1944. Pitts recalls meeting Earl Walter whom she married two years later, her work with Earl who headed the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from 1951 to 1963, CORE pickets of housing developers in Los Angeles, and her work as a clerk in the LA school district while getting her teaching credentials. She also discusses her career writing over 20 books for children, her work with a national association of nurses to develop culturally sensitive training, marching in the Soviet Union for peace, her ideas about civil rights and human rights.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0059
- Place collected
- San Mateo, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Soviet Union, Europe
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Housing
- Humanitarianism
- International affairs
- Medicine
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1945-1953
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.59.1a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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C.T. Vivian Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Rev. Vivian, C. T., American, born 1924
- Interviewed by
- Branch, Taylor, American, born 1947
- Subject of
- American Baptist Theological Seminary, American, founded 1924
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Mississippi State Penitentiary, American, founded 1901
- Children's Crusade, American, founded 1963
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
- Date
- March 29, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 4:06:19
- Description
- The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.6.1a, 2011.174.6.1b, 2011.174.6.1c, and 2011.174.6.1d.
- C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he met other civil rights activists and participated in demonstrations. He remembers planning the Freedom Rides, his imprisonment at Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm), the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, and working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0006
- Place collected
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Peoria, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Prisons
- Religion
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.6.1a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Leland, Miss. 4-30-27
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Commissioned by
- Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851
- Date
- April 30, 1927
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)
- Title
- Gelatin silver print of the 1927 Mississippi River flood
- Description
- A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo shows a boy and a girl standing in the BL corner with a flooded cotton gin standing in the background.
- Place captured
- Leland, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- American South
- Children
- Communities
- Great Migration
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.13.45
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1927 Illinois Central Railroad
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Dr. Matilda Arabelle Evans Collection
- smithsonian online virtual archive
- Record
- inclusive dates
- 1896-1995
- Physical description
- 1.6 Linear feet
- Abstract
- The Dr. Matilda Arabella Evans Collection of documents how she broke boundaries as one of the first African American women physicians to have her own practice. The collection highlights her role as a physician and the great impact she had on the health and welfare of the African American community. The collection is comprised of educational material, business records, photographs, publications, and reference materials collected by and about Evans and her work.
- Preferred Citation
- Dr. Matilda Arabelle Evans Collection of archival material, National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open for research. Access to collection materials requires an appointment.
- Biographical Sketch
- Biography Dr. Matilda A. Evans – A2019.109
- Dr. Matilda Arabella Evans was born in Aiken, South Carolina on May 13, 1872. Her parents, Anderson and Harriet Evans, were sharecroppers. In order to help her family, Evans and her two siblings did agricultural work for the Schofield family. Martha Schofield was an early advocate of education for African Americans and the founder of the Schofield Normal and Industrial School. . Schofield inspired Evans to start her educational career. She excelled at the Schofield Normal School, so much so, that Schofield led a campaign to raise funds for Evans to attend Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. However, Evans left Oberlin College in 1891 to teach at the Haines Institute in Augusta, Georgia before completing her degree. Schofield and Alfred Jones, the Secretary of Executive Committee of the Board of Corporators of Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (WMC) helped create the scholarship for Evans to attend WMC. She was the only African American woman in her class. After earning her medical degree, Evan was the first African American woman to be licensed as physician in South Carolina.
- Evans' specialties included general surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, and hygienics. For the next fifteen years, Evans created and managed three medical institutions, Taylor Lane, Lady Street, and St. Luke's hospitals, all of which doubled as nurse training schools. She began by caring for patients in her own home at 1007 Lady Street. In 1901, she established the Taylor Lane Hospital at 2027 Taylor Street, Columbia, South Carolina. The hospital was the first African American owned hospital in the city of Columbia. Even rarer, she treated patients regardless of race and was known for her discretion and expertise. Using this to her advantage, she used funds from wealthy white patients to give free or greatly reduced rate care to African American patients. Around 1903, a fire destroyed the building, closing the hospital. She then created St. Luke's Hospital and Evans Sanitorium.
- Evans had a special interest in the care and medical needs of African American children. She strongly believed that healthcare should be a right as an American and the responsibility of the government to provide healthcare for all. Evans created a health assessment and examination program that was later adapted and used by all of South Carolina public schools. She petitioned the South Carolina State Board of Health to give free vaccines to African American children.
- Continuing her work in health education, in 1916, Evans created the weekly newspaper Negro Health Association of South Carolina and the South Carolina Good Health Association that educated the public on health matters including hygiene and nutrition. In 1918, Evans volunteered to serve in the Medical Service Corps of the United States Army, during World War I, to take care of veterans and their families. As Evans dedicated all her time to the Corps, she closed St. Luke's Hospital. She decided to leave the Corps after a year because of the racism and discrimination she faced daily.
- Returning to medicine and breaking more barriers, in 1922, Evans became the only African American woman in America to serve as president of a state medical association, South Carolina's Palmetto Medical Association. She went on to become the regional Vice President of the National Medical Association.
- Evans was dedicated not only to the health of African American children but their whole well-being. In 1926, she owned Lindenwood Park, a 20-acre farm. On her property, she created a community health organization, a community center, a swimming pond, dance hall, and café. All her community outreach programs were completely integrated and welcomed all. Evans established a free clinic in 1930 named the Evans Clinic Association of Columbia, S.C. It was incorporated by the Secretary of State in South Carolina. Evans adopted eleven children, seven had been abandoned after their delivery at her hospital. The other five children were her nieces from her sister who passed away.
- On November 17, 1935, Dr. Matilda A. Evans passed away in her home in Columbia, South Carolina.
- Timeline Dr. Matilda A. Evans: 1872: Matilda Arabella Evans was born in Aiken, South Carolina to Anderson and Harriet Evans; c. 1880-1890: Evans attended the Schofield Normal and Industrial School; 1890-1892: Evans attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio; 1892: Evans left college early and accepted a teaching position at Haines Institute and the Schofield School in Augusta, Georgia; 1893-1897: Evans attended the Woman's Medical College (WMC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1897: Graduated with a medical degree from WMC and moved to Columbia, South Carolina. She created her own practice in her home on Lady Street; 1901: Evans established the Taylor Lane Hospital, the first African American owned hospital in Columbia, South Carolina; 1903: A fire destroyed the building and her practice returned to 1007 Lady Street, the location of her original practice; 1914: Evans opened St. Luke's Hospital and Evans Sanitorium; 1916: Evans created the weekly newspaper Negro Health Association of South Carolina; 1918: Evans volunteered in the Medical Service Corps of the United States Army during World War I. St. Luke's Hospital was closed; 1922: Evans served as president of the South Carolina's Palmetto Medical Association; 1926: Evans opened a park and community center on her Lindenwood property for children of all races and ages; 1930-1931: Evans established a free clinic, Evans Clinic Association of Columbia, S.C. It was incorporated by the secretary of state in South Carolina; 1935: Evans passed away in Columbia, South Carolina
- object type
- Archival materials
- topic
- Medicine
- American South
- Education
- Health
- Women
- Children
- World War I, 1914-1918
- Business
- Race discrimination
- Communities
- Activism
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Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 7
- Directed by
- Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936
- Date
- 1924-1928
- Medium
- 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
- Film Reel (b): metal;
- Film Can (c): metal
- Dimensions
- Duration: 16 Minutes
- Length (Film): 440 Feet
- Title
- 16mm motion picture film of Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 7
- Caption
- Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.
- Description
- A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original metal film reel (b) and original metal film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the seventh in a collection of nine films.
- On the outside of the metal can are handwritten inscriptions on three white adhesive labels reading: [Acc Oklahoma Jones], [Kids Playing / Basketball], and [pumping gas / oil]. In the center is a yellowed label reading [O.K. / Rev. S S Jones / Reel reel - Red / Needs a leader.] on top of an impinted design.
- The film begins with footage from a gas station. The camera pans around the intersection in a commercial district with cars passing by in front of the camera. The next scene shows a man and a woman come out of a house and get into a car. Then the man and woman are seen in a field with cows. Then there is footage of two men in a cotton field. The woman is shown feeding chickens. The exteriors of two buildings are shown, and one of them is possibly the Grand Lodge of the Knights and Pythias. The next scene returns to the farm and a man working with horses and a woman taking care of some plants on the porch. Then a group of people walk out of the house and to a car in the front yard. At another house, a woman feeds the chickens and the camera shows a portrait of the family on the porch before they walk past the camera. Ducks walk around in the front yard. The footage shows people walking around in the yard. The next scene shows women exiting a building. After the women exit, men exit through the same door. There are also some children. The next scene appears to show those same people standing in a line as the camera pans and shows the group. There is a quick scene of children playing followed by young adult men and women walking down the steps after exiting the front door of a building. After a group of adults, possibly teachers, poses on the front steps and walks down, a large group of children walk out of the door and down the stairs. Following the children are more young adults. The next scene shows some of the students in the front of the school performing choreographed exercises and dances. The next scene is in a rural area with a building and an oil derrick. In the next scene, a man walks out of his house and is handed stacks of paper, perhaps money. The next scene shows four people standing on the front porch of a house before they walk down the front stairs. There are some other residential street scenes, and then footage of activity at a gas station. The next scene shows adults and children on the front porch of a house, and then the footage shows the exterior of the Eaglewing Hotel. The next scene shows the window sign for the State of Oklahoma Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge. The camera pans the exterior of the building, and a man comes out of a door and walks down the stairs to the sidewalk. The next footage shows a house and then a storefront. The next scene shows men working on a car, and then there is another scene at a gas station. The camera shows a Use Magnolia Gasoline and Magnolene Motor Oils and Greases advertisement painted on the side of the gas station building. The next scene shows a large house with a little girl playing outside. Then a man comes up to the porch and three women come out from inside. The next scene shows a farm and a woman feeding chickens. There is also footage of horses pulling equipment. The next scene shows a building with a long staircase and people coming outside to pose for a large group portrait. The footage includes the photographer setting up the camera. The crowd begins waving their hands and hats in the air as the film ends.
- Place filmed
- Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Advertising
- Agriculture
- American South
- American West
- Amusements
- Business
- Children
- Communities
- Domestic life
- Education
- Families
- Fraternal organizations
- Play
- Rural life
- Social life and customs
- Transportation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
- Object number
- 2011.79.7.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 5
- Directed by
- Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936
- Date
- 1924-1928
- Medium
- 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
- Film Reel (b): plastic;
- Film Can (c): plastic
- Dimensions
- Duration: 12 Minutes
- Length (Film): 350 Feet
- Title
- 16mm motion picture film of Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 5
- Caption
- Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.
- Description
- A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original plastic film reel (b) and original plastic film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the fourth in a collection of nine films.
- Inscribed on the outside of the canister in is [#] in red ink and [5] in black ink. A handwritten inscription on a white adhesive label reads: [Okmulgee, Okla - Wealthy Black Fam / Oil well / Farm].
- The film begins with a man and a woman walking up the front porch of a house. The next scene shows the exterior of a house, probably the same one shown at the beginning of the film. The next shows men and women walking out of the door of a building, probably a church, and down the stairs. Many of the men and women are wearing hats. Two men stand on either side of the doorway while the people walk by. This footage continues for about four minutes. A title sign with Deacon and Mrs. M. C. Brown's First Farm Home appears in the next scene, and then the footage shows the Browns and various buildings and their fields. The next title sign reads At Their Daily Occupation. The footage shows horses pulling a man, probably Deacon Brown, on a plow, then a woman, probably Mrs. Brown, coming out to give the man something to drink. There is some brief footage of a group of children. The next title sign reads Their Second Farm Home. A man comes out to feed the horses, and there are also chickens in the footage. Chickens are being fed in front of the house in the next scene. Another title sign reads Their First Oil Well 2,000 Barrels Daily. A man and two women walk beneath an oil derrick. The footage shows a field with other oil derricks at various places on the landscape. A man holds another title sign that reads Their Second Oil Well 3,000 Barrels Daily. The footage shows the oil derrick then many others on the landscape along with houses. The next scene shows several people get into a car and drive away from the camera. Another title sign reads The Public School On Mr. & Mrs. Brown's Farm Near Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The footage shows children in front of a school building. The next title sign reads Their Present Home 908 E. 3rd St. Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The footage shows a car drive up to the house and the Jones get out and walk up to the front door. The next title sign reads Dunbar High School In Action Prof. W. H. Fort Principal Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Children of various ages are shown dancing and playing in the schoolyard. Another scene shows boys and then girls doing calisthenics. The next scenes shows girls playing basketball followed by boys playing football. Girls are shown doing calisthenics. The next scene shows men and women exiting a building, perhaps the school. The next scene shows a group of men standing in front of a brick church building, and the final scene briefly shows the exterior of a house.
- Place filmed
- Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- American West
- Business
- Children
- Communities
- Domestic life
- Education
- Families
- Labor
- Recreation
- Rural life
- Social life and customs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
- Object number
- 2011.79.5.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 2
- Directed by
- Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936
- Date
- 1924-1928
- Medium
- 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
- Film Reel (b): metal;
- Film Can (c): metal
- Dimensions
- Duration: 12 Minutes
- Length (Film): 350 Feet
- Title
- 16mm motion picture film of Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 2
- Caption
- Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.
- Description
- A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original metal film reel (b) and original metal film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the second in a collection of nine films.
- There is an inscription on the metal canister in red ink that is partially obscured by two whtie labels, visible is [ance # 2]. The '2' has been written over again in black ink, and below it is [SEE LIST] also in black ink. Written on the adhesive labels in black ink is [Oklahoma - Jones / This is on video 2].
- The film opens with people dressed in semi-formal attire leaving the front door of a building. The next scene shows a woman shaking hands of people leaving the front door. Then same woman is then shown feeding chickens. The next scene shows the Mount Olive Baptist Church where S. S. Jones was the pastor. The next series of footage shows sheep in a field, two women and a girl on a front porch, and one of the women driving a car and exiting it to return to the porch. There is footage of the Langston, Oklahoma, post office, and cars pulling up to a gas station. The next scene shows a parade with soldiers in uniform followed by a group of men and then a group of women, perhaps students from the Colored Agricultural and Normal University (now Langston University). A man feeds chickens in the next scene that also shows a farmhouse and poultry houses. Several well-dressed men walk around outside. The next footage shows a group of several buildings, perhaps the university that the students paraded in front of earlier in the film. The following scene shows a man and a woman in front of a store with ducks. That is followed by footage of men and women picking cotton in a field. The next scene shows picked cotton in wagons pulled by horses. The cotton is removed from the wagons using a long tube attached to a building. The next footage shows cotton coming out of a door wrapped up in bales. The men roll the cotton out of the door. The next scene shows a large house with a car pulling up in front of it, then there is footage of a steam locomotive pulling passenger rail cars. The next scene shows men walking out of a store with a "Meat-Market" sign hanging over the front door. There is also some footage of the store interior. The next scene shows men and women dressed in semi-formal attire leaving the front door of what appears to be a school. A different school building that people exit in the next scene is identified as Vernon High School.
- Place filmed
- Langston, Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Advertising
- Agriculture
- American South
- American West
- Architecture
- Business
- Children
- Communities
- Domestic life
- Rural life
- Social life and customs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
- Object number
- 2011.79.2.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 1
- Directed by
- Rev. Jones, S. S., American, 1869 - 1936
- Subject of
- Mosaic Templars of America, American, 1882 - 1930s
- Date
- 1924-1928
- Medium
- 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
- Film Reel (b): metal;
- Film Can (c): plastic
- Dimensions
- Duration: 13 Minutes
- Length (Film): 350 Feet
- Title
- 16mm motion picture film of Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies: Reel 1
- Caption
- Rev. Solomon Sir Jones was a Baptist minister, businessman, and amateur filmmaker. This collection of home movies by Jones documents African American communities in Oklahoma between 1924 and 1928, depicting residents at work and in their homes, as well as activities at local schools, businesses, and churches. Community social events such as parades and funerals are prominently featured.
- Description
- A 16mm silent, black and white film (a) with original metal Kodascope film reel (b) and original plastic film can (c) featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones, the first in a collection of nine films.
- Consists of: 16mm Film (a), Original Film Reel (b), Original Film Can (c).
- 2011.79.1.1a: 16mm film.
- This film begins with congregants exiting down the front steps of a church and walking by the camera. They are all dressed in semi-formal attire with some wearing hats. After showing a close-up of some of the congregants, the footage shows the front of a grocery and cafe. There are children and adults standing in front of the store. A woman in a waitress uniform comes out of the store, turns in front of the camera and walks back inside. The next footage shows the front of the Douglass School, possibly in Oklahoma City. The camera pans around to show adults and children in the front of the school, parked cars, and other nearby buildings. The next scene shows children in front of a different building, possibly another school, lined up in rows with many holding books. They begin walking in formation passing in front of the camera. After showing some adults standing in front of the building, the footage then shows children playing on a playground. The next scene shows the children climbing into automobiles with long rear seating areas and driving down a hill away from the building and passing in front of the camera. The next scene shows agricultural work with scenes of men performing various tasks. They work with trucks and mechanized equipment to bag the crops and transport them. The next scene shows women and children working in a field and a man riding a plow pulled by a horse. There is footage of a family walking out of a farmhouse, probably the same family from the previous footage in the field. The next scene shows a swimming pool followed by a panning shot of a residential neighborhood with single family homes. Some of the residents walk in and out of their homes so that they can be filmed. There is footage of a man in a commercial area with a sign that reads "Yukon's Best Flour," although the footage is probably not from the town of Yukon, Oklahoma. The next shot shows the front of the Mosaic Temple of America building. There is a brief shot of a storefront window before more footage of single family homes in a residential neighborhood. There are more shots of residents on their porches, both adults and children. The footage again shows the commercial area including a billboard advertising Camel cigarettes. There is more footage of people leaving the front door of a building followed by another scene of agricultural work with a team of horses pulling a plow and men working. Following that, there is a brief shot of a man standing next to a horse and buggy. The next scene shows a man and woman outside of a house under construction that appears to be close to completion. The camera then shows more homes and a brief street scene of two men grappling for the camera.
- 2011.79.1.1b: Original film reel.
- 2011.79.1.1c: Original film can. Inscribed on the outside of the canister is, in red ink [#], followed in black ink by [1] / [SEE LIST]. A handwritten inscription on white adhesive label reads: [Cont'd OKC Jones 1 / SEE LIST Potatoes Wybark].
- Place filmed
- Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Wybark, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Oklahoma+City"&op=Search">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- motion pictures (information artifacts)
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Advertising
- Agriculture
- American South
- American West
- Business
- Children
- Communities
- Domestic life
- Education
- Fraternal organizations
- Rural life
- Social life and customs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
- Object number
- 2011.79.1.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
-
Photographic print of funeral floral arrangements for Samuel M. Jackson Jr.
- Photograph by
- The Blanch Randle Studio, American, active 1920s
- Subject of
- Jackson, Samuel M. Jr., American, 1925 - 1928
- Date
- September 1928
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper, ink on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (photograph): 4 15/16 × 7 1/16 in. (12.5 × 18 cm)
- H x W (photograph and mount): 7 7/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20 × 25.5 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white matted photograph of funeral floral arrangements memorializing Samuel M. Jackson, Jr., who died at three (3) years old after an illness. The photograph is of an interior space filled with funeary wreaths, sprays and other floral arrangements. The flowers are spread throughout the room, completely covering various pieces of furniture and partially covering a sofa in the lower proper right corner of the photograph. In the midst of the many flower arrangments are other items, including a doll, a clock, and a framed photograph of Eunice Jackson embracing Samuel Jr. On the wall at the upper right corner, partially out of frame, is the family portrait of Samuel Jr. taken when he was 7 weeks old. At the lower right corner, printed on the photograph, is [Randle/ Studio/ Tulsa]. At lower center, printed on the mat, is the text [The Blanch Randle Studio/ 119 N. Greenwood/ Tulsa, Oklahoma]. The photograph is affixed to the mat which is made from a thick card stock.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Children
- Communities
- Families
- Funeral customs and rites
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
- Object number
- 2014.75.41
- Restrictions & Rights
- The Blanch Randle Studio
-
CC0
51-Sugar Cane Plantation, La.
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1920s
- Medium
- photographic paper , cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Card): 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
- Title
- Stereograph of children standing in a field of sugarcane
- Description
- A black-and-white stereoscopic photograph depicting four young boys standing in a sugarcane field. Black type below photograph reads, [51 - Sugar Cane Plantation, La.]. There are no marks on the back.
- Place depicted
- Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Object number
- 2014.312.173
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
Photographic print of Eunice Jackson, Samuel M. Jackson Jr and two women
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Jackson, Eunice, American, 1903 - 2004
- Jackson, Samuel M. Jr., American, 1925 - 1928
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1926
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 051
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (11.4 × 7 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of three (3) women next to a parked car, with a baby sitting on the hood of the car. The woman at the proper left of the photograph is Eunice Jackson. She is standing with her left hand outstretched over the hood of the car, grinning broadly, and she is wearing a dropped-waist knee-length dress and necklace, overcoat, stockings, and heels. At the center of the photograph, the baby Samuel Jackson Jr. is posed sitting on the hood of the car. He is wearing light-colored bunting and a cap, and he is grasping the car's hood ornament with his right hand. In front of Samuel Jr., a second woman is sitting on the bumper of the car, positioned in between the headlights. She is wearing an overcoat, fur stole, dress, stockings and heels. On the proper right side of the photograph, a woman stands, facing the camera, leaning slightly on the left fender of the car. She is wearing a light-colored dress, dark-colored overcoat, stockings, heels, and hat. The car appears to be parked under a flat-roofed portico or awning with brick columns. In the foreground, there is the shadow of the person taking the photograph. According to handwriting on the back of the photograph, the other women pictured are Lottie(?) Johnson and Mable Davis(?).
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Children
- Communities
- Families
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
- Object number
- 2014.75.62
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
-
Photographic print of a Samuel M. Jackson, Jr. sitting on a chair in the lawn
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Jackson, Samuel M. Jr., American, 1925 - 1928
- Date
- 1926
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 7/8 × 3 1/4 in. (12.4 × 8.3 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Samuel Jackson Jr. sitting in a child-size wooden chair in a front yard. Jackson is wearing a light-colored outfit and a cap. He is holding a child-sized cane. Behind Jackson is a row of bushes, a residential street, and houses visible across the street. There is a decorative border around the photographic image. Handwritten across the top edge of the photograph in cursive in blue ink is: [Samuel Jackson Jr. one Easter]
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
- Object number
- 2014.75.50
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
-
Photographic print of Mrs. Jackson and Samuel Jackson Jr. with a car
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Jackson, Eunice, American, 1903 - 2004
- Jackson, Samuel M. Jr., American, 1925 - 1928
- Date
- ca. 1925
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (10.5 × 7 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of two (2) women standing next to a parked car, with a baby sitting on the hood of the car. At the center of the photograph is the baby Samuel Jackson Jr. He is wearing a light-colored bunting and a cap. He has his right arm raised and he appears to be reaching towards the car's hood ornament. The woman at the proper left of the photograph is Eunice Jackson. She is almost completely out of the frame, with only a portion of her left leg and her left hand clearly visible. She appears to be wearing a dress, overcoat, stockings, and heels. On the proper right side of the photograph, a woman stands, facing the camera, with her right hand outstretched to prevent the baby from falling. She is wearing a light-colored dress, dark-colored overcoat, stockings, heels, and hat. The car appears to be parked under a flat-roofed portico or awning with brick columns. In the foreground, there is the shadow of the person taking the photograph.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Children
- Communities
- Families
- Transportation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
- Object number
- 2014.75.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
-
Photographic print of men gathered for State Funeral Directors' meeting
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- McKay, A.L., American
- Subject of
- Escoe Jackson, American, born 1903
- Ragsdale, Hartwell, American, 1891 - 1965
- S.M. Jackson, American, 1894 - 1975
- Ragsdale, Louis, American, born 1901
- Berry, John E., American, born 1901
- Hardman, Doldmon, American, 1895 - 1965
- Sango, Alexander G.W., American, born 1868
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1926
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 051
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (11.7 × 16.8 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a group of men at the State Funeral Directors and Embalmers Meeting held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There are two (2) rows of men standing and sitting in front of an automobile parked underneath a carport. The picture was taken in front of the Jackson Funeral Home located at 617 East Archer Street in the Greenwood District. At the upper right of the photograph is the lower half of the Funeral Home sign: [HOME/ AMBULANCE SERVICE/ DAY AND NIGHT/ PHONE 2-4710]. At the lower right of the photograph is the photographer's studio mark: [Randle/ Photo Tulsa].
- In the first row, three (3) men are kneeling, with a young boy in a sailor suit standing in the middle of the row, The people in the first row are identified, from left to right, as: Mr. Jones; boy unknown; man unknown; Mr. Berry.
- In the second row, there are eight (8) men, five standing and three sitting on the bumper of the car, identified from left to right: A.L. McKay; Escoe Jackson; unknown man; Hartwell Ragsdale; Mr. Miller; S.M. Jackson; Mr. Stewart; Louis Ragsdale.
- In the background, there are two men sitting on the carport ledge, identified from left to right: Doldmon Harbin; A.G.W. Sango.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Business
- Children
- Communities
- Funeral customs and rites
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
- Object number
- 2014.75.88
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
-
Mrs. Eunice Jackson w/ their only son- S.M. Jr.
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Jackson, Eunice, American, 1903 - 2004
- Jackson, Samuel M. Jr., American, 1925 - 1928
- Date
- 1926-1927
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 7/8 × 3 1/4 in. (12.4 × 8.3 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Eunice Jackson and her son Samuel M. Jackson, Jr. Jackson and Samuel Jr. are standing in front of a 4-door car parked in front of a brick church with stained glass windows. They are dressed in dark colors. Jackson is bent over and hugging Samuel Jr., who is holding a snowball. There is snow on the ground, the car, and the church roof. There is a geometric design boarder around the photograph and in each corner [ELKO] is written.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Children
- Communities
- Families
- Religion
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
- Object number
- 2014.75.26
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
-
Photographic print of of 3 men, 2 boys and 1 woman posing on a porch
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- early 20th century
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (11.1 × 7 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a group of two (2) older men, one (1) woman, one (1) young man, and two (2) boys in front of a house porch. The two boys are sitting in the grass in the foreground of the photograph. One of the men is sitting behind one of the boys, laughing, with his feet on the boy's shoulders. The other older man, the woman, and the young man, are in a row behind them. The two men are sitting on the edge of the porch, and the woman is standing in between them. The boys are wearing light-colored shirts without jackets, the men are wearing jackets, ties, trousers and hats, and the woman is wearing a hat and a light-colored dress or a blouse and skirt.
- Collection title
- The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
- Object number
- 2014.75.112
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
-
Photographic print of two framed portraits hanging on a wall
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Jackson, Samuel M. Jr., American, 1925 - 1928
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- mid 20th century
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (10.5 × 8.3 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of two framed portraits. The top portrait is a framed oval portrait of Samuel M. Jackson Jr. when he was seven (7) weeks old. The baby is lying on a white blanket on top of a small table, with a cloth wrapped around his midsection, his arms up by his face, and he is facing the camera. The portrait is hanging on the wall. The bottom portrait is a smaller framed oval portrait of a young man with a mustache and neatly trimmed hair wearing a suit. This portrait appears to be resting on the back of a sofa. The photograph has a white border, and the top and bottom edges of the photograph are scalloped.
- Collection title
- The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
- Object number
- 2014.75.113
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions