Christmas Dinner Program for the 2nd Squadron 10th Cavalry at West Point

Created by

United States Military Academy, American, founded 1802

Subject of

10th Cavalry Regiment, American, founded 1866

Medium

ink on paper with thread

Dimensions

H x W: 7 x 5 1/4 in. (17.8 x 13.3 cm)

Type

programs

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Place used

West Point, Orange County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

1938

Description

A program from a 1938 Christmas banquet. The program has six pages and a yellow tassel. The front of the program reads [CHRISTMAS 1938] at the top and [Second Squadron - - Tenth Cavalry / West Point, New York] at the bottom. There is a silver embossed circle in the center, an image of a green olive branch, a red, white, and blue vertical triangle pennant with stars and stripes and an eagle on top, and a red, white and blue shield insignia with stars and stripes. There are some stains on the front cover. There is also an image of a buffalo with a banner that reads [READY AND FORWARD]. There is a braided yellow tassel on the proper right side of the program. It is yellow because it is the color of the cavalry.

The inside cover features a black and white photograph of Marion Carson, Major, 19th Cavalry. There is also a brief Christmas message from the major. On page three there is a menu and a line drawing of a bell and leaves.

On pages four and five there is a list of members of the Second Squadron, Tenth Cavalry. There is an image of a buffalo with a banner that reads [READY AND FORWARD]. The list of names continues on to page seven. The back of the program is blank.

Transcription Center Status

Transcribed by Digital Volunteers

Topic

Holidays and festivals

Military

United States--History--1933-1945

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2011.155.21

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

Cabinet card of Col. Charles Young as a cadet at West Point

Created by

Pach Brothers, American, founded 1867

Subject of

Col. Young, Charles, American, 1864 - 1922

Medium

albumen, silver, and paper on card

Dimensions

H x W: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)

Type

cabinet photographs

albumen prints

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Exhibition

Double Victory: The African American Military Experience

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053

Place captured

West Point, Orange County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

1889

Description

A large sepia-toned cabinet card of Charles Young as a cadet at West Point. The image appears as an oval shape on a rectangular photograph adhered to a rectangular card mount. Young is pictured from the chest up. He is in uniform, with an Eagle insignia visible on his cap. He looks straight at the camera. At the bottom of the card is the photography's studio logo [Pach Bros] to the left and their address [841 Broadway New York] to the right.

Topic

Buffalo Soldiers

Military

Photography

United States--History--1865-1921

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2011.57.21

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

Myrtle Gonza Glascoe Oral History Interview

Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Gonza Glascoe, Myrtle, American, 1936 - 2019

Interviewed by

Reece, Dwandalyn R., American

Subject of

Howard University, American, founded 1867

University of Pennsylvania, American, founded 1740

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Newsome Jackson, Gertrude, American, born 1923

Himmelbaum, Howard, American

Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942

Avery Research Center, American, founded 1985

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:33:35

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Collection title

Civil Rights History Project

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Place collected

Capitol Heights, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

West Point, Clay County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Date

November 17, 2010

Description

The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.3.1a and 2011.174.3.1b.

Myrtle Gonza Glascoe recalls growing up in Washington, D.C., attending Howard University and the University of Pennsylvania, and her early career in education and social work. She remembers joining the Baltimore Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), moving to California, and her work as a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Field Secretary in West Point, Mississippi and Phillips County, Arkansas, where she worked closely with Howard Himmelbaum and Gertrude Jackson. She also discusses her work as the director of the Avery Research Center and her opinions on the education of African Americans.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0003

Topic

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

United States--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

2011.174.3.1ab

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress