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Haitiad & Oddities
- Written by
- Morisseau-Leroy, Félix, Haitian, 1912 - 1998
- Translated by
- Knapp, Jeffrey
- Published by
- Guilbaud, Pantaléon
- Date
- 1991
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) , cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 1/4 in. (21.6 × 14 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- Haitiad & Oddities by Félix Morisseau-Leroy. 70 Pages. Tan paperback with red type on front cover. At center of front cover is a red religious symbol. Type on front cover reads, [Haitiad/& Oddities/Félix Morisseau-Leroy]. Red type on back of book reads, [Pantaléon Guilbaud/P.O. Box 971158,/Miami, Florida 33197-1158]. The book is translated from Creole and French into English by Jeffrey Knapp.
- Place printed
- Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- African diaspora
- Language
- Poetry
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Félix Morisseau-Leroy. Permission required for use.
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Where Beauty Touches Me: Natural Hair Care and Beauty
- Written by
- Ferrell, Pamela, American, born 1959
- Published by
- Cornrows & Co., American, founded 1980
- Edited by
- Lattimore, Carmen
- Photograph by
- Andre Richardson Photography, American
- Date
- 1993
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with glue
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 11 1/16 × 8 9/16 × 3/8 in. (28.1 × 21.8 × 0.9 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 11 1/16 × 17 3/16 × 7/8 in. (28.1 × 43.6 × 2.3 cm)
- Description
- A first edition paperback of Where Beauty Touches Me: Natural Hair Care and Beauty Book by Pamela Ferrell with a forward written by Jacquelin Celeste Peters. The front cover is white with a tan-outlined, centrally featured, black-and-white photograph. The photograph depicts the heads and necks of five (5) women with different hairstyles. Four of the women are angled away from each corner of the image towards the center of the photograph and have their eyes closed. The fifth woman is depicted in the center of the photograph with her eyes open and staring directly at the viewer. The full title of the book is printed along the top third of the front cover in brown and tan text. Below the central image is more black and tan text that reads, [Featuring step-by-step braided and natural hair styles. / By Pam Ferrell of Cornrows & Co] followed by a trademark symbol. The back cover of the book is white with a tan outline. It features a small black-and-white image of the author in the top left corner followed by biographical information. Below the author’s information is a blurb summarizing the book’s purpose and contents. There is a white barcode sticker in the bottom right corner of the back cover. On the book spine is the title of the book and the publisher’s information in black type. The interior pages, one hundred and twenty-nine (129) in total, are white with black type with color photographs, black-and-white photographs, and black-and-white illustrations throughout.
- Place printed
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- paperback books
- Topic
- Beauty salons (Beauty shops)
- Hair
- Identity
- Resistance
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joanne Hyppolite
- Object number
- 2016.37
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Yolele! Recipes from the Heart of Senegal
- Published by
- Lake Isle Press, American, founded 1990
- Written by
- Thiam, Pierre, Senegalese
- Photograph by
- Bartos, Adam, American, born 1953
- Date
- 2008
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper, cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (closed): 10 5/16 × 8 5/16 × 7/8 in. (26.2 × 21.1 × 2.2 cm)
- H x W x D (open): 3 × 16 15/16 × 10 5/16 in. (7.6 × 43 × 26.2 cm)
- Description
- This is a hardback first edition with a white cover and green spine. In the upper right corner of the front cover is a square image of a plate of food with a serving spoon. In the lower half of the cover is black and gray text [YOLELE! / RECIPES FROM / THE HEART / OF SENEGAL / BY PIERRE THIAM PHOTOGRAPHY BY ADAM BARTOS]. On the spine is white text, vertically oriented [YOLELE! / RECIPES FROM THE / HEART OF SENEGAL / PIERRE / THIAM / LAKE / ISLE / PRESS]. The books consists of 192 pages with photographic illustrations.
- Place depicted
- Senegal, West Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- cookbooks
- Topic
- Africa
- African diaspora
- Cooking and dining
- Foodways
- Literature
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Chef Pierre Thiam
- Object number
- 2016.42
- Restrictions & Rights
- Recipes copyright © 2008 by Pierre Thiam/Photography copyright © 2008 by Adam Bartos. Permission required for use.
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Homegirls & Handgrenades
- Written by
- Sanchez, Sonia, American, born 1934
- Published by
- Thunder's Mouth Press, American, 2007
- Illustrated by
- Li, Loretta
- Photograph by
- Addicks, Rich, American
- Date
- April 1988
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 8 1/2 × 5 3/8 × 5/16 in. (21.6 × 13.7 × 0.8 cm)
- H x W x D (Open (on cradle)): 2 × 10 3/8 × 8 1/2 in. (5.1 × 26.4 × 21.6 cm)
- Description
- A paperback, signed, first edition, seventh printing of Homegirls & Handgrenades by Sonia Sanchez. The front cover of the book is red with a centrally-featured illustration of an encircled magenta and black floral pattern. Surrounding the circle is a darker red border. Above and below the circle is black text that reads [SONIA / SANCHEZ / homegirls / & / handgrenades]. The back cover of the book is red and features in the center a small black-and-white photograph of the author in profile view, holding her fingers to her lips. Above and below the photograph are three endorsements of Homegirls & Handgrenades and Sonia Sanchez. Along the spine is the author’s name and book title written in black text, oriented sideways, [SONIA SANCHEZ homegirls & handgrenades], and the publisher’s initials written in white text, oriented sideways, [TMP]. A handwritten inscription in black ink on the first flyleaf reads, [to Sister Barbara- / Walk Beautifully! / In love/struggle,- / Sonia Sanchez / 1990]. There are seventy-seven (77) interior pages that are white with black type and thirty-two (32) poems and prose pieces, divided into four parts.
- Place printed
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- Identity
- Language
- Poetry
- Resistance
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1987 Sonia Sanchez. Permission required for use.
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In Pursuit of Flavor
- Written by
- Lewis, Edna, American, 1916 - 2006
- Published by
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915
- Printed by
- R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company, American, founded 1864
- Illustrated by
- Waller, Louisa Jones
- Photograph by
- Hill, John T., American, born 1934
- Designed by
- Tan, Virginia
- Date
- October 1988
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with cardboard and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (21.6 × 16.8 × 3.2 cm)
- H x W x D (Open (on cradle)): 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (21.6 × 26.7 × 5.7 cm)
- Description
- A first edition, hardcover book with dust jacket, In Pursuit of Flavor by Edna Lewis. The dust jacket features a full cover image of the author in a market surrounded by different varieties of fruits and vegetables. She is holding a basket in her proper right hand and smelling a yellow pear with her proper left hand. Lewis is wearing a red patterned dress and has her hair pulled back in a bun. At the top of the front dust jacket is a green banner with yellow text with purple detailing that reads [EDNA LEWIS]. Along the right side are yellow call-outs with red and purple text that reads [IN / PURSUIT / OF / FLAVOR / 200 wonderful-tasting / American dishes—old-fashioned / country recipes and new ideas— / along with Edna Lewis's secrets / for getting the best flavor / from the foods available today]. The back of the dust jacket features three endorsements of Lewis’s books and a printed barcode. The front cover of the book is yellow. It features an illustration in dark red ink of the author preparing food on a counter top with some photographs hanging on the wall behind her. The back cover is a continuation of the front cover illustration depicting jugs, containers, and cooking utensils on a countertop. Above the countertop a spice rack on the right and a glass-front cabinet with food items stored inside on the left. The top half of the spine features the author’s name and title of the book above an illustration of a tea cup, saucer and spoon, all in dark red ink. Below the illustration is the publisher’s name [KNOPF] and animal logo in dark red ink. The book has orange endpapers. There are three hundred and twenty-three (323) interior pages that are white with brown type and brown illustrations on most pages.
- Place printed
- Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Cooking and dining
- Foodways
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1988 Edna Lewis. Permission required for use.
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The Government of Nature
- Written by
- Weaver, Afaa Michael, born 1951
- Printed by
- University of Pittsburgh Press, American, founded 1936
- Date
- 2013
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 9 × 6 × 1/4 in. (22.9 × 15.2 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- This is a small, paperback book of poetry. The book's front cover has a photograph of a single mist covered tree in the distance, framed by a grouping of clearer trees in the foreground. The photograph is featured in the lower half of the cover and is bordered in a narrow green line. Down the left side is a narrow green line, dividing the front cover background into two different colors. The left third is off-white and the right two-third is a light tan. Above the image, on the tan background, centered in the upper half, is the title in green text that reads "The/ Government/ of Nature." Below the image on the tan background, centered along the bottom, is the author, written in green text "Afaa Michael Weaver." In the upper left quadrant on the off-white background is a vertical line of Chinese characters.
- Place printed
- Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- Identity
- Poetry
- Spirituality
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.267
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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The Conjure Woman
- Written by
- Chesnutt, Charles W., American, 1858 - 1932
- Published by
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, American, founded 1880
- Produced by
- Riverside Press, American, 1852 - 1971
- Date
- 1899
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with gold, cloth, cardboard and acetate film
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 7 1/8 × 4 7/8 × 1 1/16 in. (18.1 × 12.4 × 2.7 cm)
- Description
- This book is a first edition, first printing of “The Conjure Woman," a collection of seven short stories, all set in "Patesville," North Carolina and told through the view point of the character Uncle Julius: The Goophered Grapevine, Po’ Sandy, Mars Jeems’s Nightmare, The Conjurer’s Revenge, Sis’ Becky’s Pickaninny, The Gray Wolf’s Ha’nt, and Hot-foot Hannibal. The book has a tan cloth binding. The front cover has three illustrations set in in red blocks at top center of the cover. From left to right the illustrations include a white hare, an elderly bald man with a beard, and a white hare. Title of book, [THE CONJURE WOMAN], is embossed beneath the red blocks in gold serif typeface and author's name, [CHARLES · W · CHESNUTT], centered at bottom of the front cover, also in gold serif typeface. The spine text is all printed in gold serif typeface. The text along the top third of the spine reads [THE / CONJURE / WOMAN]. The author's name [CHARLES W · / CHESNUTT], is embossed on the center of the spine and the name of the publishers [HOUGHTON / MIFFLIN CO] is embossed across the bottom of the spine. The book is two hundred and twenty-nine pages and includes a title page and contents page.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place depicted
- Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- American South
- Folklife
- Language
- Literature
- Race relations
- Stereotypes
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.280
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Head Off & Split: Poems
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Published by
- TriQuarterly Books, American, founded 1992
- Northwestern University Press, American, founded 1893
- Written by
- Nikky Finney, American, born 1957
- Date
- 2011
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with adhesive
- Dimensions
- 8 1/2 × 6 3/16 × 3/8 in. (21.6 × 15.7 × 1 cm)
- Description
- First edition, first printing, paperback of Head Off & Split: Poems by Nikky Finney. The book has white front and back covers with a white spine. On the front cover, centered in the upper half, is an image of a pair of fish wrapped in a newspaper. In the upper left corner is a gold, round sticker with black text that reads [NATIONAL BOOK AWARD / WINNER] above and below a black graphic of an open book. In the lower half of the front cover, also centered, is the book title and author, listed in red and black text that reads [HEAD / OFF & / SPLIT / POEMS / NIKKY FINNEY]. The back cover of the book features a small black-and-white photograph of the author in frontal view, with her chin resting on her fist in the bottom left corner. To the right of the photograph is some biographical data about the author, photo credits and a cover design credit. Above the photograph are five endorsements of Head Off & Split and Nikky Finney. There is a barcode sticker in the bottom right corner of the back cover. The top third of the book spine is the last name of the author, [FINNEY], in red text, followed by the title of the book in black and red text that reads [HEAD OFF & SPLIT]. The bottom third of the spine is the publisher’s information and logo in black type. There are ninety-seven (97) interior pages that are white with black type as well as an addition section entitled, [Nikky Finney’s Acceptance / Speech for the National / Book Award for Poetry / November 16, 2011 · Cipriani’s, New York].
- Place printed
- Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- paperbacks
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.266
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2011 Nikky Finney. Permission required for use.
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A Taste of Heritage: The New African American Cuisine
- Published by
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc., American, founded 1807
- Written by
- Randall, Joseph G., American
- Tipton-Martin, Toni, American
- Subject of
- Lewis, Edna, American, 1916 - 2006
- Clark, Patrick Dean, American, 1955 - 1998
- Chase, Leah, American, 1923 - 2019
- Date
- 2002
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 1/4 × 7 9/16 × 13/16 in. (21 × 19.2 × 2.1 cm)
- Description
- Paperback cook book titled, "A Taste of Heritage: the new African American cuisine". Book has predominantly red cover, with orange, black, yellow, and green geometric patterns running vertically along left side. Yellow, white, green, and black type appear on front cover reading, [A Taste of / HERITAGE / the new / AFRICAN-AMERICAN / cuisine / CHEF JOE RANDALL & TONI TIPTON-MARTIN]. Front of book features color photograph by Dennis Gottlieb of a plate full of various types of food. First page of book is signed by Chef Joe Randall. Foreward by Marcel Desaulniers
- Place depicted
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- cookbooks
- paperbacks
- Topic
- Cooking and dining
- Foodways
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joseph G. Randall
- Object number
- 2014.278.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Cover: © Dennis Gottlieb Content: © Joe Randall
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The Weary Blues
- Published by
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915
- Written by
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Van Vechten, Carl, American, 1880 - 1964
- Illustrated by
- Covarrubias, Miguel, Mexican, 1904 - 1957
- Owned by
- Greenstein, Barry, American
- Date
- 1926; published 1945
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) with book cloth (textile material) on cardboard , plastic (cover)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 7 1/2 × 5 3/8 × 7/8 in. (19.1 × 13.7 × 2.2 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 7 1/2 × 10 13/16 × 11/16 in. (19.1 × 27.5 × 1.7 cm)
- Description
- The Weary Blues hardcover book written by Langston Hughes. The front cover features a drawing of a man sitting with his head raised upward. His body faces a piano and his arms are raised above the keys. The background of the book is orange and yellow, the man and piano are in in black. Black type at the top reads: [THE WEARY BLUES]. Yellow type at the bottom reads: [By / Langston Hughes]. The interior has 109 pages of black type on off-white paper. The back cover has a stylistic image of piano keys and two boxes.
- Place depicted
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Library Collections
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- books
- Topic
- Art
- Blues (Music)
- Identity
- Jazz (Music)
- Literature
- Men
- Poetry
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Barry Greenstein
- Object number
- 2014.304.90
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Alfred A. Knopf, Inc division of Random House. Permission required for use.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Written by
- Hurston, Zora Neale, American, 1891 - 1960
- Published by
- J. B. Lippincott & Co., American, 1836 - 1978
- Date
- 1937
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with cloth, cardboard, metallic paper and acetate film
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 8 1/4 × 5 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (21 × 14.3 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- A signed, first edition hardcover book with dust jacket and a clear, protective plastic cover. The book takes place in early twentieth century Florida. The book recounts the life story of the protagonist, Janie Crawford, a young woman born during the Reconstructionist Era. The dust jacket is gold with central, black and white illustration featuring a male God-like figure in against a stormy sky. The figure is throwing down gold-colored lightening and thunderbolts to the flooded land below. In the lower left corner of the image is a small grouping of trees blowing in the storm. Along the bottom of the illustration, roofs of structures can be seen just above the water. The image is bordered in black. Above and below the illustration on the front cover is text in black. At the top [THEIR EYES/WERE WATCHING GOD/A NOVEL]. Along the bottom [ZORA N· HURSTON]. The black text along the top of the white, back cover of the dust jacket reads: [Some Reviews / OF ZORA NEALE HURSTON’S PREVIOUS BOOK / “Mules and Men”], followed by five book review blurbs. The book has an orange cloth binding. The exterior spine is embossed with black text across the top and bottom of the spine. The text at the top of the spine reads [Their eyes / were / watching / God] above a black circle with a black dot in the center and [Hurston]. The name of the publishers [Lippincott] is embossed in black lettering across the bottom of the spine. The title of the book has been embossed on the front of the book in black lettering [Their eyes were / watching God / Zora Neale Hurston] just below seven black circles with black dots in the circles centers. The inside front cover is inscribed with red ink by the author [To/Miss Ruby Mc Knight/Using stars like stair-/steps -/Zora Neale Hurston]. The book is twenty chapters and two hundred and eighty-six pages long.
- Place printed
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Eau Gallie, Brevard County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Eatonville, Orange County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Florida, United States, The Everglades, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- American South
- Language
- Literature
- Rural life
- Segregation
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.315ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Annie Allen
- Published by
- Harper & Brothers, American, 1817 - 1962
- Written by
- Gwendolyn Brooks, American, 1917 - 2000
- Date
- 1949
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- paper, ink, cardboard, plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 9/16 × 5 3/8 × 5/8 in. (19.2 × 13.7 × 1.6 cm)
- Description
- A first edition hardcover copy of Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks, with printed dust jacket; it is 60 pages in length. The book details different aspects of Annie's (a young African American girl) interior and exterior life as she matures into womanhood. The dust jacket is a dark russet shade with a large salmon-colored central rectangle on the front cover. Within the rectangle are eight lines of white and russet text of varying sizes [Annie /Allen / POEMS BY / Gwendolyn Brooks / Author of A STREET IN BRONZEVILLE / "She is mature in her craft . . . She is / distinctive as an artist." / -Rackham Holt]. Along the bottom in the center of the russet border is additional text in white [HARPER & BROTHERS]. On the back of the dust jacket is an illustration of the author. The author is seen in profile with her proper left side facing the viewer; she is depicted from the neck up.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Children
- Literature
- Poetry
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.281
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1949, 1977 Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely. Permission required for use.
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Melrose Plantation Cookbook
- Written by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Mignon, Francois, American, 1899 - 1980
- Published by
- Baker Printing & Office Supply, American
- Subject of
- Melrose Plantation, American, founded 1832
- Signed by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Date
- 1956
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product), plastic, adhesive
- Dimensions
- 7 7/8 × 5 1/8 × 3/16 in. (20 × 13 × 0.5 cm)
- Description
- A copy of the Melrose Plantation Cookbook by Clementine Hunter and Francois Mignon. The book is paperback and bound with a plastic binding comb on the left spine. The front and back cover are identical, with a faded photograph of the Melrose Plantation house with wrap-around veranda, gabled roof, and garden taking up the top half of the cover. The bottom half faded yellow field with the title printed in dark ink in a gothic font with the authors names below. The front cover has a white sticker with the library's call number adhered to the upper left corner reading [TX / 715 / .M53x]. The interior of the book has a book plate for the Library of Stephen F. Austin Statue University as well as a Due Date slip. The contents of the book include an illustrated map and several pages of photographs of the Melrose Plantation, Clementine Hunter (one features her signature), and Francois Mignon. The text consists of a seven page introduction, and 31 recipes.
- Place printed
- Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- cookbooks
- Topic
- American South
- Cooking and dining
- Folklife
- Foodways
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.238
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1956 By Francis Mignon. Permission required for use.
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Red Beans and Rice-ly Yours: Recipes from New Orleans that Louis Armstrong Loved
- Written by
- Blake, Christopher, American, died 2014
- Published by
- Southern Food & Beverage Museum, American, founded 2008
- Subject of
- Armstrong, Louis, American, 1901 - 1971
- Date
- 2008
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- printing ink on paper, metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (closed): 11 × 5 1/2 × 1/8 in. (27.9 × 14 × 0.3 cm)
- H x W x D (open): 11 × 11 × 1/8 in. (27.9 × 27.9 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- A cookbook booklet printed by the Southern Food & Beverage Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. The booklet contains a collection of recipes of foods and dishes associated with New Orleans, including red beans and rice, po boy sandwiches, gumbo, jambalaya, etc. The booklet is is twenty-five (25) pages, as well as printed front and back covers. The ink is a brown-red color, and there is an illustration of red beans at the bottom corner of each page.
- Place made
- New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Topic
- American South
- Cooking and dining
- Foodways
- Musicians
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Deborah L. Mack
- Object number
- 2014.82.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2008 Southern Food & Beverage Museum. Permission required for use.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)
- Written by
- Twain, Mark, American, 1835 - 1910
- Published by
- Charles L. Webster and Company, American, 1884 - 1894
- Printed by
- J. J. Little and Company, American, founded 1867
- Date
- 1885
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink, metal, paper and cloth on cardboard;
- paper and cloth on cardboard;
- paper, cloth and ink on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (OVERALL): 9 1/8 × 7 5/16 × 1 3/4 in. (23.2 × 18.5 × 4.4 cm)
- H x W x D (2014.249a - Closed): 8 3/4 × 7 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (22.2 × 18.2 × 3 cm)
- H x W x D (2014.249a - Open): 8 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (22.2 × 36.8 × 9 cm)
- H x W x D (2014.249b - Folded): 8 3/4 × 7 3/16 × 1 5/16 in. (22.3 × 18.3 × 3.3 cm)
- H x W x D (2014.249b - Unfolded): 8 3/4 × 23 13/16 × 1/16 in. (22.3 × 60.5 × 0.1 cm)
- H x W x D (2014.249c): 9 1/8 × 7 5/16 × 1 9/16 in. (23.2 × 18.5 × 4 cm)
- Description
- A first edition, first printing hardcover of the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)” (2014.249a), by Mark Twain with a chemise (2014.249b) and slipcover (2014.249c). The front cover of the book is a dark green with the title embossed in various fonts that read, [Adventures / of / HUCKLEBERRY / FINN / (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) / BY / MARK TWAIN. / ILLUSTRATED.]. The "H" and the "F" of Huckleberry Finn are painted with gold leaf in a lettering that resembles wooden slats. The author’s name is also in gold leaf. In the bottom left corner of the front cover is an embossed illustration of a young boy wearing a straw hat, jacket and pants, with his hands in his pocket. Behind the boy is a fence in the background which has been filled in with gold leaf. The top third of the book spine is the title of the book embossed over a gold leaf square with a compass illustration to the left of the word [Finn. In the center of the spine is a floral design embossed directly above the author’s name, embossed in gold leaf [BY MARK TWAIN]. The bottom third of the spine is the publisher’s information, embossed in gold leaf, [CHARLES·L·WEBSTER / & CO.]. The back cover is blank. There is a handwritten note in pencil in top right corner of front flyleaf that reads [1st issue]. The book is inscribed in black ink in the center of second front flyleaf, [John W. Ruckman]. The frontispiece features a black-and-white illustration of Huckleberry Finn holding a shotgun in his proper left hand and a rabbit in his proper right hand. The illustration is signed on the bottom, left corner, reading [E·W·KEEMBLE / ·1884·]. The second frontispiece is a black-and-white photograph of a bust of Mark Twain in profile. The text below the image reads [Mark Twain / FROM THE BUST BY KARL GERHARDT. / Heliotype Printing Co. Boston and New York]. The book has forty-three (43) chapters, one hundred and seventy-four (174) black-and-white illustrations, and three hundred and sixty-six (366) pages. The interior pages are off-white.
- A tri-fold, cardboard, dark green chemise (2014.249b), lined with an off-white interior. The chemise has extenders for the sides of book between tri-folds. A black fabric pull-tab is attached at the center of the proper left side of chemise.
- A hardback slipcase, with proper left opening for the chemise-wrapped book to slide into. The exterior is covered with same green as the chemise, and the interior is lined with off-white paper. On the top third of the slipcase spine is handwritten text in black ink that reads [HUCKLEBERRY / FINN / MARK TWAIN].
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- American South
- Children
- Language
- Literature
- Race relations
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.249abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Black Feeling, Black Talk
- Written by
- Giovanni, Nikki, American, born 1943
- Crosby, Barbara, American
- Published by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1968
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 8 1/2 × 5 9/16 × 1/8 in. (21.6 × 14.1 × 0.3 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 8 1/2 × 11 1/16 × 3/8 in. (21.6 × 28.1 × 1 cm)
- Description
- A first edition, first printing of “Black Feeling, Black Talk" by Nikki Giovanni. The book has a olive paper binding held together using two metal staples at spine. The title of the book has been printed in black text, [BLACK FEELING / BLACK TALK], across the middle of the front cover. The name author is printed in black text on the bottom right. The interior of the front cover includes the copyright information, a notation that the book was [Privately Printed], and the following dedication: [This book is dedicated to Mommy, Daddy, Gary, Peppi, / and Calvin (if Gary hasn’t / changed her mind)]. The introduction was written by Barbara Crosby. The back cover is blank. The interior pages are off-white with black text and contains eighteen (18) poems and essays. The book has nineteen (19) pages which includes text that runs onto the interior back cover. Inscribed in pencil on the introduction page.
- Place printed
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- Activism
- Black power
- Civil rights
- Identity
- Poetry
- Politics
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.325
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Nikki Giovanni. Permission required for use.
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Color in Dress for Dark Skinned Peoples
- Written by
- Washington, Ella Mae, American
- Published by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1949
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper with cardboard
- Dimensions
- 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 5/8 in. (24.8 x 20 x 1.6 cm)
- Description
- A first edition copy of Color in Dress for Dark Skinned Peoples by Ella Mae Washington. This is a hardback bound book with a brown cover. Embossed on the front cover along the left hand margin is a lighthouse set upon a rocky base. Along the right hand side is the title that reads "COLOR IN DRESS/ for / DARK SKINNED PEOPLES." At the bottom of right hand side is the author's name "Ella Mae Washington." The image and the text are embossed onto the cover. The background consists of embossed wavy lines swirling in an abstract pattern.
- Place printed
- Langston, Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Beauty culture
- Clothing and dress
- Colorism
- Identity
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Linda Crichlow White
- Object number
- 2013.229
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Stockpot used to cook collard greens at the Florida Avenue Grill
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Florida Avenue Grill, founded 1944
- Date
- mid 20th-late 20th century
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- H x diameter: 12 × 11 in. (30.5 cm)
- Description
- A large metal stockpot with handles, used to cook collard greens at the Florida Avenue Grill restaurant in Washington, DC. The pot is cylindrical with a rolled lip. Two (2) handles are bolted into the sides of the pot below the top rim. Most of the exterior surface is charred and blackened from use.
- Place used
- 1100 Florida Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Culinary
- Type
- stockpots
- Topic
- Business
- Cooking and dining
- Foodways
- Local and regional
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Imar and Tasha Hutchins, Florida Avenue Grill
- Object number
- 2016.114.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
-
Negro es Bello II
- Created by
- Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican, 1915 - 2012
- Date
- 1969; printed 2001
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on rag paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 33 9/16 x 25 7/16 in. (85.2 x 64.6 cm)
- Description
- A lithographic print juxtaposing two black faces stylized as African masks framed by yellow circular emblems with a black panther in the center. The words [BLACK IS / BEAUTIFUL] are inscribed around each panther. The print appears in quadrants, with one face in three-quarter view in the top left and the other face appearing straight on in the lower left. The panther emblems appear in a grid in the top right and bottom left quadrants, with the top and bottom rows extending across the full print. In the bottom left quadrant, the far right emblem in the second row from the top is turned at a ninety degree angle from the others, to appear sideways. Below the print in the lower left corner is the print edition and date "15/100 Negro es bello II." Below the print in the lower right corner is the artist signature and date in pencil "E Catlett '69-01." The image is centered on the middle of the sheet and is bordered in white.
- Place printed
- Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Movement
- Black is Beautiful
- Type
- lithographs
- Topic
- Africa
- Art
- Beauty culture
- Black power
- Politics
- Social reform
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.108.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2020 Catlett Mora Family Trust/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Permission required for use.
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CC0
Jar for Carol's Daughter Healthy Hair Butter
- Manufactured by
- Carol's Daughter, American, founded 1993
- Date
- ca. 2014
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Medium
- ink on paper on plastic with adhesive
- Dimensions
- 3 1/8 × 2 13/16 × 2 13/16 in. (7.9 × 7.1 × 7.1 cm)
- Description
- A round, plastic hair cream container for Carol's Daughter Healthy Hair Butter. The container has clear body (2014.269a) with a black round lid (2014.269b). The container body has a light tan label with the name of the product in green and black text in differing fonts [Carol’s Daughter / HEALTHY / HAIR BUTTER / protective cream / hairdress / 8.0 oz/226g] between two brown, framing lines at the top and bottom of the label. The rest of the label is written in mostly brown text with some green text and accents that lists product information, product uses, benefits, and manufacturer contact information. On the bottom of the container in the center is printed text in black ink that reads [1416890A]. In the center of the top of the lid is a gray graphic of a flower with text centered around it that reads [MADE WITH LOVE ? BEAUTY BY NATURE ?].
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Adornment
- Type
- conditioner
- Topic
- Beauty culture
- Business
- Hair
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.269ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions