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Delegate
- Published by
- MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
- Created by
- Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
- Subject of
- National Association of Broadcasters, American
- Opportunities Industrialization Center of America, Inc., American, founded 1964
- National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930
- National Association of Black Social Workers, American, founded 1968
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
- The Girl Friends, Inc., American, founded 1927
- Ellington, Duke, American, 1899 - 1974
- National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
- Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784
- National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
- Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1913
- Morsell, John Albert, American, 1912 - 1974
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1932
- Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
- National Insurance Association, American, founded 1921
- National Urban League, American, founded 1910
- National United Church Ushers Association of America, Inc., American, founded 1919
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
- National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
- CBS Broadcasting, Inc., American, founded 1927
- American Bridge Association, American, founded 1932
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
- National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., American, founded 1906
- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914
- Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
- Smith, Nettie B., American
- National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935
- National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
- National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., American, founded 1924
- Davis, John Warren, American, 1888 - 1980
- Shriners International, American, founded 1870
- Congressional Black Caucus, American, founded 1971
- National Business League, American, founded 1900
- National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, American, founded 1913
- 369th Veterans Association, American
- Association for the Study of African American Life and History, American, founded 1915
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Johnson, Clifton Herman, American, 1921 - 2008
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 3/8 in. (27.5 × 21.4 × 0.9 cm)
- Description
- A 1975 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine shows a collage of black and white photographic portraits with a red tinted band on the top third, a white band in the middle, and a blue tinted band on the bottom third. There is a yellow ribbon badge at the top left that reads [1975 / DELEGATE]. White text in a black box at the bottom right reads [PLEASE TURN TO PAGES DEVOTED TO YOUR CONVENTION].
- The magazine’s content opens with “A Message to Delegate Readers” from the National Association of Broadcasters in support of broadcast license renewal legislation, followed by an article titled “Black Leaders Oppose Pay-Television.”
- The content continues with articles and profiles of African American business organizations, business leaders, community organizations, sororities, fraternities, doctors, dentists, politicians, actors, and journalists. This includes the Opportunities Industrialization Center of America, National Pan-Hellenic Council, National Association of Black Social Workers, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, The Girl Friends, Inc., Duke Ellington, National Medical Association, Prince Hall masons, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, John Albert Morsell, NAACP, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, National Insurance Association, National Urban League, National United Church Ushers Association, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, National Dental Association, CBS Broadcasting, Inc., American Bridge Association, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Phi Delta Kappa Sorority, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Elks of the World, Nettie B. Smith, The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, National Medical Association, National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, John Warren Davis, Shriners, Congressional Black Caucus, National Business League, National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, 369th Veterans Association, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, National Council of Negro Women. There is also an article titled “The Negro Convention Movement Before the Civil War,” by Clifton H. Johnson.
- The issue concludes with an editorial note, masthead and table of contents on the final page. There are 258 pages with black and white photographs and advertisements throughout, as well as a few advertisements in color. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for Viceroy cigarettes.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by Digital Volunteers
- Place made
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Colonization movement
- Topic
- Advertising
- Associations and institutions
- Business
- Calypso (Music)
- Communities
- Fraternal organizations
- Fraternities
- Funeral customs and rites
- Government
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Journalism
- Labor
- Law
- Mass media
- Men
- Political organizations
- Politics
- Professional organizations
- Religious groups
- Sororities
- Television
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Urban life
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
- Object number
- 2012.167.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of John W. Menard
- Photograph by
- Leeson, William H., American
- Subject of
- Menard, John Willis, American, 1838 - 1893
- Swymmer and Leeson, American, 1866 - 1868
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1868-1870
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 9/16 × 2 3/16 in. (9.1 × 5.6 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 3 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (10 × 6.1 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of John W. Menard shown in bust portrait. Menard's body is turned nearly in profile with his left side foremost, but his head is turned only one quarter and he looks slightly off frame. His hair is parted at his left side and smooth down on the top, but curly on the sides. He has a mustache. Menard wears a dark colored jacket, white shirt, and dark bowtie. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time. There is a double-lined border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount.
- Handwritten in graphite at the bottom of the print is the text "J. Willis Menard". All of the mark on the back of the photograph for Swymmer & Leeson except "& LEESON, No. STREET." has been crossed out, with "167 Poydras Street" inscribed at the bottom in ink.
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite in the lower left corner of the album page is the text "Swymmer / Leeson".
- Place captured
- New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Colonization movement
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Politics
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.35
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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The Road to Negro Liberation
- Published by
- Workers Library Publishers, Inc., American, founded 1930
- Written by
- Haywood, Harry, American, 1898 - 1985
- Subject of
- Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 1/16 x 4 15/16 in. (18 x 12.5 cm)
- Description
- A pamphlet titled: [The Road To Negro Liberation]. The cover features red print on discolored paper. The title stretches throughout the center. Additional text reads: [Harry Haywood / 10¢ / Report to the Eighth Convention of the Communist Party of the U.S.A.]. There is also a hammer and sickle in the upper right edge. The interior contains sixty-three pages of text. The back cover features an advertisement for the Negro Liberator.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place depicted
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Colonization movement
- Type
- pamphlets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
- Object number
- 2010.55.22
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Liberator, Vol. XXVI, No. 26
- Created by
- The Liberator, American, 1831 - 1865
- Edited by
- Garrison, William Lloyd, American, 1805 - 1879
- Published by
- Knapp, Isaac, American, 1808 - 1858
- Printed by
- J.B. Yerrington & Son, American
- Date
- June 27, 1856
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (closed): 25 × 18 1/16 in. (63.5 × 45.9 cm)
- Description
- A copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXVI, No. 26 dated June 27, 1856. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place printed
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Colonization movement
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Activism
- Antislavery
- Journalism
- Mass media
- Resistance
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Societies
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.41.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The North Star, Vol. I No. 37
- Created by
- The North Star, American, 1847 - 1859
- Edited by
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Delany, Martin Robison, American, 1812 - 1885
- Published by
- Dick, John, British
- Date
- September 8, 1848
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- ink on newsprint
- Dimensions
- H x W (folded): 13 3/16 × 18 1/2 in. (33.5 × 47 cm)
- Description
- The September 8, 1848 issue of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper published in Rochester, New York by Frederick Douglass. The paper is printed with black text on yellowed newsprint. The masthead reads [THE NORTH STAR. / RIGHT IS OF NO SEX-TRUTH IS OF NO COLOR-GOD IS THE FATHER OF US ALL, AND ALL WE ARE BRETHREN. / ROCHESTER, N. Y., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1848.] On the left side of the masthead is [FREDERICK DOUGLASS, / M. R. DELANY, / EDITORS / VOL. 1. NO. 37.] Printed on the right side of the masthead is [JOHN DICK, PUBLISHER / WHOLE NO.-37.]. The main text is organized into seven columns of small print. At the top of the column on the far left, above the publisher's notices and list of agents, is printed: [The object of the NORTH STAR will be to attack SLAVERY in all its forms and aspects; advocate UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION; exalt the standard of PUBLIC MORALITY; promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the COLORED PEOPLE; and hasten the day of FREEDOM to the THREE MILLIONS of our ENSLAVED FELLOW COUNTRYMEN.] This issue contains several anti-slavery essays and letters, including a letter from Douglass to his previous enslaver Thomas Auld, titled [To My Old Master], as well as a critique of the Liberian colonization movement, news of the rebellion in Ireland, poetry, notices of anti-slavery society meetings around the region, and general advertisements.
- Place printed
- Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Colonization movement
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Communities
- Free communities of color
- Freedom
- Fugitive enslaved
- International affairs
- Mass media
- Self-liberation
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.151.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Membership certificate to the American Colonization Society
- Issued by
- American Colonization Society, American, 1816 - 1964
- Received by
- Cresson, Sarah Emlen, American
- Signed by
- Madison, James, American, 1751 - 1836
- Gurley, Ralph Randolph, American, 1797 - 1872
- Cresson, Elliott, American, 1797 - 1854
- Date
- February 22, 1832
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 x 11 3/8 in. (22.9 x 28.9 cm)
- Description
- A membership certificate to the American Colonization Society for Sarah Emlen Cresson signed by James Madison as the president of the society on February 22, 1832. The certificate has pre-printed text with spaces for filling in the date and member name by hand. At the center top of the certificate is a bundle of dark clouds with a half-circle of sun rays bursting from it. At the center bottom is a seal that shows a ship following a bird across the ocean to Liberia with text in the outer rim reading "LUX IN TENEBRIS / AM: COL: SOC: A.D. 1816." The seal is surrounded by various types of foliage. The certificate is signed in the bottom left corner by "R.R. Gurley, Secretary" and in the bottom right corner by "James Madison Presed't" inside the lined border of the certificate, and in the bottom left corner outside the border "Attest / Elliott Cresson / 1 mo 8. 1834". The reverse is blank.
- Place made
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Liberia, West Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Movement
- Colonization movement
- Type
- membership cards
- Topic
- Emancipation
- Free communities of color
- International affairs
- Local and regional
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.77.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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African Correspondence
- Written by
- Allen, William, British, 1770 - 1843
- Manufactured by
- Williams, John, British
- Subject of
- Cuffe, Paul, American, 1759 - 1817
- The African Institution, British, 1807 - 1827
- Kizell, John, Sierra Leonean
- Friendly Society of Sierra Leone, founded 1811
- Warren, Henry, Sierra Leonean
- Wise, James, Sierra Leonean
- Gabbidon, Stephen, Sierra Leonean
- Date
- 1811-1815
- Medium
- ink on paper, leather
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (32.2 × 21.6 × 3.1 cm)
- Title
- Correspondence ledger owned by William Allen
- Description
- A leather-bound ledger entitled, “African Correspondence” owned by William Allen. The ledger contains handwritten copies of letter written and received by Allen as well as other documents copied by Allen. The leather is in poor condition, with the spine almost completely detached and very fragmentary. The cover has numerous areas of loss and damage. There is a dark red label at the top of the spine with the volume’s title. The pastedown pages are blue marbled paper. On the front pastedown page there is a name plate with the text, “John Williams / Patent Acco’ Book Manufacturer & / Stationer / Royal Family Public Offices [illegible] / 20 Cornhill London.” There is also a modern barcode affixed to the bottom left corner that reads “002789.” The book has tabbed pages, labeled A-Z and printed in alternating red and black ink. Inside, the book is filled with black handwritten script on 225 pages made up of copies of separate documents. Approximately half of the pages in the book are unused.
- A partial list of the correspondence and documents copied in the ledger are as follows:
- 1. William Allen to John Kizell, Aug. 29, 1811
- 2. Kizell to Allen, Feb. 19, 1812
- 3. Friendly Society (Henry Warren/Pres. and James Wise/Clerk) to Allen, Feb 4, 1812
- 4. Allen to Kizell, April 4, 1812
- 5. Allen to Friendly Society, April 30, 1812
- 6. Friendly Society (Warren & Wise) to Allen, May 3, 1812
- 7. Friendly Society (Warren) to Allen, July 30, 1812
- 8. Kizell to Allen, July, 30 1812
- 9. Allen to Kizell , Oct., 30 1812
- 10. Allen to Friendly Society, Oct., 30 1812
- 11. Paul Cuffee to Allen, June 17, 1812
- 12. Cuffee to Allen, June 1812
- 13. Allen & Thomas Clarkson to Cuffee, July 1812
- 14. Allen to Cuffee, Oct. 29, 1812
- 15. Resolution of the Directors of the African Institution, Aug. 27, 1811
- 16. Resolution of the Directors of the African Institution, June 16, 1812
- 17. Allen to Kizell, Jan. 29, 1813
- 18. Allen to Warren, Jan. 24, 1813
- 19. Wise to Warren, March 1813
- 20. Kizell to Allen, March 21, 1813
- 21. List of slaves auctioned by William Draper, March 10, 1813
- 22. Rules & Regulations of the Friendly Society of Sierra Leone
- 23. Warren to Allen, March 12, 1813
- 24. Kizell to Allen, June 3, 1813
- 25. Friendly Society (Warren) to Allen, June 20, 1813
- 26. Kizell to Clarkson, May 1813
- 27. Allen to Warren, Aug 15, 1813
- 28. Friendly Society (James Reed/VP) to Allen, Nov. 10, 1813
- 29. Cuffee to Allen, Aug. 11, 1813
- 30. Cuffee to Allen, Sept. 28, 1813
- 31. Allen to Friendly Society, May 25, 1814
- 32. Allen to Kizell, May 27, 1814
- 33. Allen to Wise, May 28, 1814
- 34. Friendly Society to Allen, 4 Feb. 4, 1814
- 35. Kizell to Allen, Feb. 14, 1814
- 36. Wise to Allen, April 5, 1814
- 37. Kizell to Allen, April 1814
- 38. Duncan Campbell to Allen, March 1814
- 39. Stephen Gabbidon to Allen, June 12, 1814
- 40. Gabbidon and Tharpe to Allen, June 20, 1814
- 41. Wise to Allen, July 3, 1814
- 42. Friendly Society (Wise) to Allen, July 3, 1814
- Place made
- London, England, Europe
- Place used
- London, England, Europe
- Cultural Place
- Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
- Movement
- Anti-slavery movements
- Colonization movement
- Type
- ledgers (account books)
- letters
- Topic
- Africa
- Antislavery
- Correspondence
- Free communities of color
- Social reform
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of GSK
- Object number
- 2017.45
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Frederick Douglass' Paper
- Published by
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Date
- July 28, 1854
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (open): 26 1/2 × 38 in. (67.3 × 96.5 cm)
- H x W (closed): 26 1/2 × 19 1/8 in. (67.3 × 48.5 cm)
- Description
- The July 28, 1854 issue of Frederick Douglass' Paper, a Rochester-based weekly newspaper published and edited by Frederick Douglass that centered on antislavery efforts and other social reform causes. The title [Frederick Douglass' Paper] is printed in large text across the top, just underneath the title are the issue details printed between two horizontal black lines: [Vol. VII, No. 32, ROCHESTER, N.Y. FRIDAY JULY 28, 1854., Whole Number 344]. The text of the paper is densely concentrated in seven vertical columns and there is both a vertical and horizontal crease through the center. An inscription of the name [Stephen Reeves] is written in black ink at the top right corner of the front page. The last page contains a large advertisement: "Call for a National Emigration Convention of Colored Men to be held in Cleveland Ohio" and is signed in print by Martin R. Delany.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place printed
- Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Colonization movement
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Education
- Fugitive enslaved
- International affairs
- Mass media
- Self-liberation
- Social reform
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.63.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Letter to Mr. Young from Peter Van Bebber
- Written by
- Van Bebber, Peter, American
- Date
- November 18, 1855
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 12 7/16 x 7 7/8 in. (31.6 x 20 cm)
- Description
- A handwritten letter in black ink on white paper. Peter Vanbebber, an enslaved preacher in Missouri, writes a white minister and asks to be bought from his present master for $1,000, and then allowed to emigrate to Liberia to serve the Lord. He says his master would agree to this arrangement and eagerly awaits an answer.
- Place made
- Mount Sterling, Gasconade County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Movement
- Colonization movement
- Type
- letters (correspondence)
- Topic
- Africa
- Correspondence
- Emancipation
- Religion
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2009.14.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain