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Photograph of the 25th anniversary of the founding of Tuskegee Institute
- Photograph by
- Johnston, Frances B., American, 1864 - 1952
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Abbott, Lyman, American, 1835 - 1922
- Carnegie, Andrew, Scottish-American, 1835 - 1919
- Eliot, Charles W., American, 1834 - 1926
- Dr. Frissell, Hollis Burke, American, 1852 - 1917
- Macy, V. Everit, American, 1871 - 1930
- Schieffelin, William Jay, American, 1866 - 1955
- Seligman, Isaac N., American, 1855 - 1917
- Spence, Clara B., American, 1862 - 1923
- Wilcox, William G., American, 1851 - 1917
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1906
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (19.7 × 24.8 cm)
- H x W (mount): 8 × 13 in. (20.3 × 33 cm)
- H x W (mat): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph taken at the 25th anniversary of the founding of Tuskegee University. At center of the photograph is a reviewing stand on which supporters of the University, including Trustees, dignitaries, educators, and philanthropists, are gathered to watch the proceedings. The reviewing stand is decorated with American flags and bunting. In the foreground, female Tuskegee students march past the reviewing stand, from proper right to proper left. The women are wearing full-length, long-sleeved dresses and hats. In the background are campus buildings, rolling hills and fences.
- Place captured
- Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- American South
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.49.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Gwendolyn M. Patton Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Patton, Gwendolyn M., American, born 1943
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, American, founded 1877
- Date
- June 1, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:51:26
- Description
- The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.20.1a, 2011.174.20.1b, 2011.174.20.1c, 2011.174.20.1d, 2011.174.20.1e, 2011.174.20.1f, 2011.174.20.1g, and 2011.174.20.1h.
- Gwendolyn Patton discusses attending the Tuskegee Institute, where she became involved in many civil rights organizations and was elected student body president. She recalls hosting the Freedom Riders in 1961, and spending a year in a segregated sanitarium when she had tuberculosis. She recounts organizing Tuskegee students for the Selma to Montgomery March, occupying the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and registering voters in Lowndes County.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0020
- Place collected
- Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Lowndes 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
- Selma to Montgomery Marches
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Medicine
- Politics (Practical)
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- 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
- 2011.174.20.1a-h
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Emmett W. Bassett, Ph. D. and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Bassett, Emmett W. Ph. D., American, 1921 - 2013
- Tietjen Bassett, Priscilla, American, born 1928
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Smith College, American, founded 1871
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Carver, George Washington, American, 1860s - 1943
- Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955
- Till-Mobley, Mamie, American, 1921 - 2003
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Date
- July 21, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:10:53
- Description
- The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.38.1a, 2011.174.38.1b, 2011.174.38.1c, 2011.174.38.1d, 2011.174.38.1e, 2011.174.38.1f, 2011.174.38.1g, 2011.174.38.1h, 2011.174.38.1i, and 2011.174.38.1j.
- Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attending Smith College, and Emmett W. Bassett, Ph. D. remembers growing up in Henry County, Virginia, serving in World War II, and attending Tuskegee Institute, where he assisted George Washington Carver with research. They tell how they met at a protest of a segregated restaurant in Massachusetts, raising money for Emmett Till's mother, their involvement in many civil rights groups in New York, and attending the March on Washington. They also discuss Dr. Bassett’s career as a professor of dairy science, Mrs. Bassett's career as a librarian, and their struggles as an interracial married couple.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0038
- Place collected
- Grahamsville, Sullivan County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Henry County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Agriculture
- American South
- Civil rights
- Domestic life
- Education
- Families
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Labor
- Race relations
- Science
- Segregation
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- World War II
- 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
- 2011.174.38.1a-j
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Ruby Nell Sales Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Nell Sales, Ruby, American, born 1948
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Daniels, Jonathan Myrick, American, 1939 - 1965
- Date
- April 25, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:32:09
- Description
- The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.7.1a, 2011.174.7.1b, 2011.174.7.1c, 2011.174.7.1d, 2011.174.7.1e, 2011.174.7.1f, 2011.174.7.1g, 2011.174.7.1h, 2011.174.7.1i, and 2011.174.7.1j.
- Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. Her father was a Baptist minister and grew up in a racist and segregated society. Her grandmother was either born into slavery or right after it, and learned to read and write. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to Montgomery March, registering voters in Lowndes County, Alabama, and her arrest in Hayneville, Alabama. She remembers the murder of Jonathan Daniels, a seminary student who saved her life, and discusses her opinions on African American history and the current rate of African Americans in prison.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0007
- Place collected
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Selma to Montgomery Marches
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Justice
- Military
- Politics (Practical)
- Prisons
- Religion
- Segregation
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- Tuskegee Airmen
- 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
- 2011.174.7.1a-j
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Booker T. Washington, President of the Negro Industrial School, Tuskegee, Alabama
- Created by
- Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901
- Published by
- Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s
- Subject of
- Washington, Booker T., American, 1856 - 1915
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- albumen, sodium chloride and silver nitrate on photographic paper and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)
- Description
- A stereograph produced by Underwood & Underwood, dated 1899, of an outdoor scene titled: "Booker T. Washington, President of the Negro Industrial School, Tuskegee, Alabama"/ Copyright 1899 by Strohmeyer & Wyman", below the image. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a piece of cardboard. Both images feature Booker T. Washington standing in a dirt paved street with his right hand in his vest breast pocket. The left edge of the stereograph contains the following textual information: " Strohmeyer & Wyman, Publishers/ New York, N.Y." while the right side contains the following textual information: "Underwood & Underwood, Publishers/ New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas".
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.155.205
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
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Documents from an architecture workshop at Tuskegee University
- Created by
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Subject of
- National Endowment for the Arts, American, founded 1965
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009
- Dr. Dozier, Richard K., American
- Anthony, Carl, American, born 1939
- Foy, Isaac
- Taylor, Robert Robinson, American, 1868 - 1942
- Lankford, John A., American, 1874 - 1946
- Box, John Harold, American, 1929 - 2011
- Fly, Everett L., American
- Dr. Warfield, John, American, died 2007
- Dr. Vlach, John Michael
- Britt, Stanford
- Owned by
- Williams, Harold Louis, American, 1924 - 2015
- Date
- January 17-18, 1980
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (28.6 × 21.6 cm)
- Description
- Folder with documents from an architecture workshop at Tuskegee University. The cover of the folder has a central image of unidentified students working at drafting tables. There are architectural drawings and building images in the background. Printed black text above the image reads [CENTER FOR AFRO-AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE / Tuskegee, Alabama / Planning Workshop #4 / January 17-18, 1980 / Tuskegee Institute, Alabama]. At the bottom there is text for [Sponsored By: / Department of Architecture, Tuskegee Institute and the National Endowment of the Arts – A Federal Agency.] The back of the folder has an image of uniformed men outside of a columned building identified as [NEGRO BUILDING].
- Inside the folder are three (3) packets of paper, each stapled together. The first packet, titled “Final Workshop,” discusses the proposed creation of a National Resource Center on Afro-American Architecture. There is a workshop schedule on the last page. The other two (2) packets discuss workshop abstracts and speakers, the first on “History, Tradition and Directions of African American Architecture” and the second on “Afro-American Environmental Arts: Relationships and Research.” The packets have black printed text on white paper and the reverse of each page is blank.
- Place used
- Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Archival Collections
- Type
- documents
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Betty Smith Williams in memory of Harold Louis Williams
- Object number
- TA2017.53.5.1.14.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Girls of the Booker Washington School, Tuskegee, Ala. -- Mrs. McKinley in near carriage.
- Photograph by
- Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901
- Published by
- Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- McKinley, Ida, American, 1847 - 1907
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- albumen, sodium chloride and silver nitrate on photographic paper and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)
- Description
- A stereograph produced by Underwood & Underwood, dated 1899, of an outdoor scene titled: [Girls of the Booker Washington School, Tuskegee, Ala. -- Mrs. McKinley in near carriage / Copyright 1899 by Strohmeyer & Wyman]. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a piece of cardboard. The images feature a large procession of students in the middle of a street flanked by crowds of people. In the bottom left of each image, First Lady Ida McKinley is seated in a carriage that lines the street. The background of the photograph contains a large arch made of streamers and American flags. The left edge of the stereograph contains the following textual information: [Underwood & Underwood, Publishers / New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas] and the right side contains: [Works and Studios / Arlington, N.J. Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C.].
- Place filmed
- Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, 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
- Object number
- 2011.155.185
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Training aircraft used by Tuskegee Institute
- Manufactured by
- Boeing Corporation, American, founded 1916
- Used by
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
- Date
- ca. 1944
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- Medium
- steel, aluminum, copper alloy, wood, polyester, rubber, plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2011.82.1): 114 × 386 × 300 in. (289.6 × 980.4 × 762 cm)
- H x W x D (2011.82.2 baggage claim door): 21 1/2 × 30 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (54.6 × 78.1 × 7 cm)
- Caption
- A vintage, open-cockpit biplane—one used at Alabama’s renowned Tuskegee Institute to train African American pilots for Army Air Corps service during World War II.
- Description
- The body of the PT-13D Stearman Kaydet aircraft is painted blue and the wings are painted yellow. The tail is yellow with red and white stripes. The numbers "18303" are white and located on the left and right sides of fuselage. "Spirit of Tuskegee" is printed in red and located on the left and right sides of engine cowl. There are two stars located on either side of the top wing. The stars are white within a black circle. Within the white stars are red circles. Personal signatures of former Tuskegee Airmen are located on the cargo cover.
- Classification
- Transportation Vehicles
- Type
- training aircraft
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.82.1-.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Program for a college football game between Wilberforce and Tuskegee, 1944
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Wilberforce University, American, founded 1856
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
- Date
- October 20, 1944
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
- Description
- 1944 college football program for the all-Black teams from Wilberforce and Tuskegee at the University of Detroit Stadium. The program is red and green with a graphic of a football player mid-run with a football in his left hand plowing his way through an oversized football with a stadium full of spectators in the background. There is a two inch tear through the "I" of Wilberforce at the top right side of the program.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- souvenir programs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.31.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
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Pillow sham with Tuskegee Flying School poem
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Date
- 1941-1946
- On ViewConcourse 2, C 2053
- Medium
- silk (textile)
- Dimensions
- H x W (Without Fringe): 17 × 17 in. (43.2 × 43.2 cm)
- H x W x D (With Fringe): 19 3/4 × 19 1/4 × 1/2 in. (50.2 × 48.9 × 1.3 cm)
- Description
- A square-shaped silk pillow sham used by the Tuskegee Flying School. The sham has an applique of American Eagle in red above a poem in blue edged with decorative tasseled edges. The poem beneath the eagle reads: [To my wife, a lovely darling little wife/ has made my dreams come true/ She's lightened all the cares of life/ her name my sweet is YOU. My memories are quite complete-You share in all I do/ My heart's a sanctum that I keep/ Reserved for thoughts of you].
- Place depicted
- Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- pillow shams
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.57
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Souvenir Program for the Southern Tennis Association Annual Tournament
- Created by
- Southern Tennis Association, American, founded 1881
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- American Tennis Association, American, founded 1916
- Date
- August 1933
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (26.7 x 18.4 cm)
- Description
- A souvenir program for an annual tennis tournament sanctioned by the Southern Tennis Association held at the Tuskegee Institute August 2nd through August 5th, 1933.
- Place used
- Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- programs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.68.28
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Photograph of the 1929 Tuskegee Institute men's basketball team
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Falkener, George Harold, American, 1898 - 1984
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 11 7/8 × 13 1/2 in. (30.2 × 34.3 cm)
- H x W (Image): 7 3/8 × 9 5/16 in. (18.8 × 23.7 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of the 1929 Tuskegee Institute men's basketball team in a black, cardboard mat. There are fifteen boys and two men posing in two rows. Most of the boys are wearing basketball uniforms with dark shorts and white shirts with the word [TUSKEGEE] written on the front of the white tank tops. The player seated in the middle of the bottom row is holding a basketball. The man pictured on the far left side of the photograph is wearing an officer’s military service uniform and the man pictured on the far right side of the photograph is wearing a newsboy cap, medium toned three-piece suit and striped tie. George Harold Falkener is standing in the top row, third player from the right. The team in sitting outside with trees and buildings in the background. There is a white inscription on the bottom, right corner of the photograph, a hyphenated name and location. A handwritten note on the back in pencil identifies the class name and date.
- Place depicted
- Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Athletes
- Basketball
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Men
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
- Object number
- 2014.94.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions