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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
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    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
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c80d5f1b-2384-44ae-91b1-bb42a6fc4395
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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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d6cd6baf-d5e5-49b5-b55e-8b7c77435c5b
  • 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
    Topic
    Activism
    Mass media
    Political organizations
    Politics
    U.S. History, 1933-1945
    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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52fc77e90-db9c-4454-99d4-ab8888c4a046
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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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52a0f4c62-f099-4949-ab32-e15082e2beb0
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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 View
    Concourse 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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55eac1532-e202-4371-9070-7e1b33a478a7
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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 View
    Concourse 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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5639a3bfc-ccf0-401f-85b4-dd9ae5d24634
  • 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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cf7009a0-2c9b-47e7-a6a7-d90eef547aaa
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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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f5f576bf-0b85-4a16-bddf-704b72f21cab
  • 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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53bca11a5-91bc-426b-96bd-7439680bc05d
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