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  • La Destinée de Carl Brouard

    Written by
    Gaillard, Roger, Haitian, 1923 - 2000
    Published by
    Maison Henri Deschamps, Haitian, founded 1898
    Owned by
    Jones, Loïs Mailou, American, 1905 - 1998
    Signed by
    Gaillard, Roger, Haitian, 1923 - 2000
    Date
    1966
    Medium
    ink on paper, metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 7 7/8 × 5 3/16 × 1/4 in. (20 × 13.1 × 0.6 cm)
    Title
    Book from the library of artist Loïs Mailou Jones
    Description
    Paperback publication with eighty-nine (89) pages of text. The faded off-white cover has printed black text which reads [roger gaillard / la destinée / de / carl brouard] with a quote in French from Gaston Bachelard. The bottom of the front cover reads [EDITIONS HENRI DESCHAMPS / PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI]. There are three staples on the spine. The lower right corner of the back cover reads [Edition revue et corrigée / Port-au-Prince, juin 1966] which is italicized. There is a handwritten inscription inside the book.
    Place made
    Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    paperbacks
    Topic
    Art
    Caricature and cartoons
    Design
    Literature
    Photography
    Poetry
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2016.26.5.16
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c512c363-7d31-4144-b257-0d959b8df78a
  • 16mm motion picture film of Cab Calloway in Haiti home movie

    Created by
    Calloway, Cab, American, 1907 - 1994
    Subject of
    Presidential Palace, Haitian
    Holy Trinity Cathedral, Haitian, founded 1924
    Date
    1951
    Medium
    acetate film , metal and cardboard
    Dimensions
    Length: 122 Feet
    Duration (digital file): 4 min., 6 sec.
    Caption
    16mm silent color film shot by Cab Calloway during his 1951 tour in Haiti. This film features footage of Cab Calloway and his band performing on an outdoor stage, the local townspeople, a local Haitian pottery market, and the Presidential Palace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince.
    Description
    This silent, color, home movie was shot by Cab Calloway while on a music tour in Haiti in 1951. It consists of an original 16mm film strip (a) on an original 100-foot film reel (b) and is housed in an original 100-foot film box (c).
    The film begins with footage of Cab Calloway and his band onstage playing. The band consists of a piano player, a brass section, a bass player, and a drummer in addition to Calloway. They appear to be ending a performance. The next scene shows the same stage, with a different band playing. This band has a percussion section with maracas, a drum and two other percussion instruments. There is also a guitar player. The next scene shows three people in front of a stage with a colorful background. The woman in the middle appears to be Nuffie Calloway, Cab Calloway's wife. The camera then pans to a seating area and some men setting up tables. The next scene is shot from a mountain overlooking a city. There is footage of four children and a man in front of a building, and footage of a marketplace with people selling objects carved from wood. The next scene shows a bust of Toussaint L'Ouverture on a column with another statue below the bust reaching up to it. The next scene shows the exterior of the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince as well as a busy street scene. The film concludes with footage of the exterior of Holy Trinity Cathedral, and the sign with the name of the church and schedule of services in English and French.
    An original 100-foot cardboard film box (2013.237.20.1c). The cardboard box is brown and has a handwritten address and a postal stamp on the back.
    Place filmed
    Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
    Collection title
    The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Type
    silent films
    home movies
    16mm (photographic film size)
    Topic
    Actors
    Conductors (Musicians)
    Singers (Musicians)
    Travel
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
    Object number
    2013.237.20.1abc
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Cabella Calloway Langsam
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c5e044bf-26f1-41be-a86b-ab1621c2c71a
  • Tuesday Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 1

    Published by
    Tuesday Publications, Inc., American, 1965 - 1970s
    Edited by
    Evans, William Leonard Jr., American, 1914 - 2007
    Subject of
    Blanchard, Sisson, Haitian, 1929 - 1981
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Owned by
    Robinson, Avis Collins, American, born 1954
    Date
    September 1971
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 13 1/8 × 10 7/8 in. (33.3 × 27.6 cm)
    Description
    Edition of Tuesday Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 1. The cover has black printed text at the top and graphics below. The text reads [NATIONAL / EDITION Tuesday / MAGAZINE] with [SEPTEMBER 1971 · ISSUED MONTHLY] in the upper right corner. A list of topics discussed in the magazine is below this [BIG CITY POLITICS / MAKING THE BLACK VOTE COUNT / SOJOURN IN PORTUGAL / THE OTHER IBERIA / SUPPING CASUALLY: / LET THERE BE QUICHE]. The front cover has an image of a painter, Sison [sic] Blanchard, in a Port-au-Prince gallery. He is seated in front of an easel, holding a paintbrush. Another painter in a plaid shirt is seated in the background. The cover photography is by James Dennis. The lower right corner reads [THE VITAL WORLD OF HAITIAN ART/PAGE 14]. There are various articles and advertisements in the issue. The back cover has a Kool cigarettes advertisement. The magazine has twenty-eight (28) pages.
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Portugal, Europe
    Port-au-Prince, Quest, Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Art
    Business
    Mass media
    Politics (Practical)
    Travel
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2018.17.11.13
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Tuesday Publications, Inc, 1971. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50fea2265-c121-413e-87f6-a79e159f8980
  • Tuesday Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 1

    Published by
    Tuesday Publications, Inc., American, 1965 - 1970s
    Edited by
    Evans, William Leonard Jr., American, 1914 - 2007
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Blanchard, Sisson, Haitian, 1929 - 1981
    Owned by
    Robinson, Avis Collins, American, born 1954
    Date
    September 1971
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 13 1/8 × 10 7/8 in. (33.3 × 27.6 cm)
    Description
    Edition of Tuesday Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 1. The cover has black printed text at the top and graphics below. The text reads [NATIONAL / EDITION Tuesday / MAGAZINE] with [SEPTEMBER 1971 · ISSUED MONTHLY] in the upper right corner. A list of topics discussed in the magazine is below this [BIG CITY POLITICS / MAKING THE BLACK VOTE COUNT / SOJOURN IN PORTUGAL / THE OTHER IBERIA / SUPPING CASUALLY: / LET THERE BE QUICHE]. The front cover has an image of a painter, Sison [sic] Blanchard, in a Port-au-Prince gallery. He is seated in front of an easel, holding a paintbrush. Another painter in a plaid shirt is seated in the background. The cover photography is by James Dennis. The lower right corner reads [THE VITAL WORLD OF HAITIAN ART/PAGE 14]. There are various articles and advertisements in the issue. The back cover has a Kool cigarettes advertisement. The magazine has twenty-eight (28) pages.
    Place printed
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Portugal, Europe
    Port-au-Prince, Quest, Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Art
    Business
    Mass media
    Politics (Practical)
    Travel
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2018.17.11.14
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Tuesday Publications, Inc, 1971. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ee49d695-2aa0-4d51-8d7b-cd4f74f451d6
  • Jamaica legal document concerning an enslaved woman named Zaire

    Written by
    Gordon, Martin
    Subject of
    Valdec, Marie Anne
    Joubert, M, French
    Van Eeckhout, Nicholas Charles, German, 1751 - 1821
    Date
    February 8, 1811
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product)
    Dimensions
    H x W (2010.1.227a): 14 3/4 × 16 13/16 in. (37.5 × 42.7 cm)
    H x W (2010.1.227b): 14 3/4 × 16 13/16 in. (37.5 × 42.7 cm)
    Description
    Two handwritten depositions from a court case, Valdec v. Gravier in Kingston, Jamaica. Document a is Nicholas Charles Van Eeckhout’s deposition and b is a deposition given by an unidentified person with the surname of Gravier who appears to be the defendant. It appears that Doctor M. Joubert sold an enslaved woman, Zaire to Marie Anne Valdec when the British entered Port-au-Prince, Haiti during the Haitian Revolution. After this English invasion, it seems that Zaire went missing. She may have been sold to an American Captain who took her to Jamaica, or she may have ended up in Havana, Cuba.
    The two statements given on these documents relate to the same events however the accounts of the events differ.
    The first document (a) is signed at the bottom by Nicholas Charles Van Eeckhout. The back of the document has the filing notes for the case, entitled [Valdec v Gravier]. The subject matter [Deporting] is written alongside these two names. The papers were filed February 8, 1811 by Martin Gordon.
    The second document (b) is signed by the unknown individual with last name Gravier.
    Both documents are torn vertically down the middle and an additional piece of paper has been added to the back of each document as support. These missing portions leave out large gaps of writing in the depositions. The ink from the documents has also bled over time, which has expanded the script. Both documents are very frail.
    Place used
    Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
    Havana, Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
    Cultural Place
    England, Europe
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
    Type
    documents
    Topic
    British colonialism
    Business
    Colonialism
    Law
    Slave trade
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2010.1.227ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c70d6156-46e4-406a-b98b-1482cbc0bddc
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