Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 1/2 in. (27.6 × 21 × 1.3 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 10 7/8 × 16 1/2 × 1/2 in. (27.6 × 41.9 × 1.3 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1986

Description

An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, June 1986, Volume 16, No. 11. The front cover reads, in white type at the top: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE] with [JUNE 1986 $3.00] in top right corner. Yellow type underneath the name of the magazine reads: [THE TOP 100 / BLACK BUSINESSES]. The image featured on the front cover is a color image of someone sculpting the number [100] out of a gray stone with a hammer and chisel. Discarded stones are below on wooden table, with other chiseling tools. Yellow type along the bottom of front cover reads [HOW YOU CAN WIN ON THE / CORPORATE BATTLEGROUND] and [THE ALLURE OF / WASHINGTON, D.C.]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom right corner. The interior pages of the magazine, 336 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, highlights of successful African-American business men and women, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Travelers. The advertisement has an image of a close-up of a red airplane wing with the sun in the background. White type at the top of the image reads: [Welcome To The New World Of Financial Services…]. Additional white type is featured in the center of the image. The company’s logo is at the bottom of the advertisement.

Topic

African American

Business

Mass media

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.76.12.1

Restrictions & Rights

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Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (2014.76.12.10a (Closed)): 10 13/16 × 8 3/16 × 1/8 in. (27.5 × 20.8 × 0.3 cm)

H x W x D (2014.76.12.10a (Open)): 10 13/16 × 16 3/8 × 1/8 in. (27.5 × 41.6 × 0.3 cm)

H x W (2014.76.12.10b): 4 × 5 7/8 in. (10.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1990

Description

2014.76.12.10a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, March 1990, Volume 20, No. 8. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / MARCH 1990 $1.95] and in yellow type: [B.E. GUIDE TO EXECUTIVE TRAVEL]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a man leaning on the back of a maroon leather chair, in a black suit with a red tie. A globe and book shelves are visible in the background. Yellow type on the left of the front cover reads: [SUCCESS! / Managing Corporate Change]. White type, identifying the man in the image, in the bottom right corner reads: [Kenneth I. Chenault, / President, American Express / Consumer Card Group, U.S.A.]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, ninety-six in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, travel articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for United Airlines with a color image of a terminal hallway in the Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Black type in the bottom half of the advertisement reads: [Minority-owned businesses are / helping us build the world’s best airline. / Yours could be one of them.].

2014.76.12.10b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.

Topic

African American

Business

Mass media

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.76.12.10ab

Restrictions & Rights

© Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (2014.76.12.11a (Closed)): 10 13/16 × 8 1/8 × 1/8 in. (27.5 × 20.6 × 0.3 cm)

H x W x D (2014.76.12.11b (Open)): 10 13/16 × 16 5/16 × 1/8 in. (27.5 × 41.4 × 0.3 cm)

H x W: 4 1/4 × 5 7/8 in. (10.8 × 14.9 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1990

Description

2014.76.12.11a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, April 1990, Volume 20, No. 9. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / APRIL 1990 $1.95] and in yellow type: [PLANNING FOR YOUR RETIREMENT]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a man standing behind a woman who sits behind an architectural model. The man has his hands on the woman’s shoulders and the woman has her proper right hand over the man’s proper left hand. Yellow type on the left side of the front cover reads: [COPRENEURS / Partners In / Marriage And / Business]. White type in the bottom left corner identifies the people in the image and reads: [Bill and Ivenue / Stanley run / an architectural / firm in Atlanta]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, ninety-six in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, lifestyle articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges cigarettes. The advertisement consists of three images of men and women sitting, talking on the phone, laughing, and smoking cigarettes. Black type in the advertisement reads: [For people who like to smoke… / Benson & Hedges].

2014.76.12.11b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.

Topic

African American

Business

Families

Mass media

Women

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.76.12.11ab

Restrictions & Rights

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (2014.76.12.12a (Closed)): 10 13/16 × 8 × 1/4 in. (27.5 × 20.3 × 0.6 cm)

H x W x D (2014.76.12.12a (Open)): 10 13/16 × 15 3/4 × 1/4 in. (27.5 × 40 × 0.6 cm)

H x W (2014.76.12.12b): 4 × 5 1/2 in. (10.2 × 14 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1997

Description

2014.76.12.12a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, October 1997, Volume 28, No. 3. The front cover header in black and purple type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / http://www.blackenterprise.com / OCTOBER 1997] and in white type over a purple background: [MONEY MANAGEMENT SPECIAL]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a woman smiling, with a young boy behind her with his arms around her neck, and another young man in front of her, with her proper left hand across his chest. They are all wearing white turtlenecks. Black and purple type down the left side of the front cover reads: [INVESTING / FOR YOUR / FAMILY'S / FUTURE], [Expert / Advice On / How To Grow / Your Money], [Pros & Cons / of Investing Online], and [The Boom In / Black Mutual Funds]. Purple type in the bottom right corner identifies the people on the cover and reads: [Joyce Stone’s / No. 1 investment / objective is providing / for the futures of her / sons Darius and / Ramziddin]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, 167 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Bombay Sapphire. The advertisement consists of a color image of a bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin to the left of a stylized martini glass that has an olive at its top. White type at the bottom reads: [The Bombay Sapphire Martini. As Balanced By Hilton McConnico / Pour Something Priceless].

2014.76.12.12b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.

Topic

African American

Business

Children

Families

Mass media

Women

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.76.12.12ab

Restrictions & Rights

© Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.

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Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 1/8 × 1/4 in. (27.6 × 20.6 × 0.6 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 10 7/8 × 16 1/4 × 1/4 in. (27.6 × 41.3 × 0.6 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1987

Description

An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, February 1987, Volume 17, No. 7. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE]. The top right corner has additional text that reads, in white type: [FEBRUARY 1987 $1.95] and in a gold banner in black type: [ANNUAL CAREERS & / OPPORTUNITIES ISSUE]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a man in a suit standing in front of building with columns. Down the left side, in yellow and white type, reads: [GAINING THE / PROFESSIONAL / EDGE], [The Money Merchants: / Hot Careers In / Banking & Finance], and [Salary Roundup: / Who Earns What]. White type in the bottom right corner identifies the man on the cover and reads: [Milton Irvin, a director / at Salomon Brothers Inc.]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, 168 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, an article featuring women in the work place, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges cigarettes. The advertisement has a white background with black type in the top right corner that reads: [For people who like to smoke… / BENSON & HEDGES / because quality matters.]. The top left corner has a small image and the center of the advertisement has a large image. The images both show a man wearing a shirt and tie and a woman wearing pajamas, smoking cigarettes while eating and reading the newspaper. In the bottom right corner of the larger image there is a Surgeon General’s warning.

Topic

African American

Business

Mass media

Women

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.76.12.2

Restrictions & Rights

© Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 3/16 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 20.8 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 10 7/8 × 16 3/8 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 41.6 × 0.5 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1989

Description

An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, August 1989, Volume 1, No. 10. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / AUGUST 1989 $1.95] and in yellow type: [19th Anniversary Issue]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a woman in a red skirt suit, sitting cross-legged on a pile of books. White type on the left side of the front cover reads: [TAKING / CHARGE / Corporate Achievers Under 35], followed by a caption of identifying the woman that reads: [Marilyn Ducksworth, / vice president / and associate / publisher of / Putnam / Publishing / Group]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, ninety-two in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, lifestyle articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges cigarettes with a color image of a man and woman at a table eating. The woman holds a smoking cigarette in her proper left hand.

Topic

African American

Business

Mass media

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.76.12.6

Restrictions & Rights

© Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (2014.76.12a (Closed)): 10 7/8 × 8 3/16 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 20.8 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (2014.76.12a (Open)): 10 7/8 × 16 3/16 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 41.1 × 0.5 cm)

H x W (2014.76.12b): 4 × 5 3/4 in. (10.2 × 14.6 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1989

Description

2014.76.12.7a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, September 1989, Volume 20, No. 2. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE], in black type: [SEPTEMBER 1989 $1.95] and in yellow type: [Affirmative Action Update]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a man in a gray suit with a yellow tie standing in front of a Goodyear blimp. Yellow type on the left side of the front cover reads: [THE FRANCHISE 50 / Reaching For New Horizons.]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, 120 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, lifestyle articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for United Airlines with a color image of a terminal hallway in the Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Black type in the bottom half of the advertisement reads: [Minority-owned businesses are / helping us build the world’s best airline. / Yours could be one of them.].

2014.76.12.7b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.

Topic

African American

Business

Mass media

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.76.12.7ab

Restrictions & Rights

© Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.

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Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (2014.76.12.8a (Closed)): 10 13/16 × 8 1/8 × 3/16 in. (27.5 × 20.6 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (2014.76.12.8a (Open)): 10 13/16 × 16 1/4 × 3/16 in. (27.5 × 41.3 × 0.5 cm)

H x W (2014.76.12.8b): 3 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (9.5 × 13.3 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1989

Description

2014.76.12.8a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, November 1989, Volume 20, No. 4. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE], in black type: [NOVEMBER 1989 $1.95], and in red type: [The 1990 B.E. Auto Guide]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a family (man, woman, and two young boys) standing outside of brick building with white columns. The man is in a suit, the woman is in a red skirt suit, the older boy is in a school uniform carrying a red backpack, and the younger boy is in a blue pull over sweater with white collar underneath and is also carrying a red backpack. Red and white type down the left side of front cover reads: [NEW / CHALLENGES / FOR THE / BLACK / MIDDLE / CLASS] and [Choosing The Best / Insurance For You]. White type in the bottom right corner of the front cover identifies the image as: [The Johnsons of Atlanta]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, 132 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, auto articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Toyota Celica. The advertisement consists of two images of a red Toyota Celica (frontal view and a profile view of the proper left of the car) at the top and bottom. White type is featured in between the car images.

2014.76.12.8b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.

Topic

African American

Business

Children

Families

Mass media

Transportation

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.76.12.8ab

Restrictions & Rights

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Published by

Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895

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)

Type

newspapers

Place printed

Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

July 28, 1854

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.

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Topic

African American

Antislavery

Education

International affairs

Mass media

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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Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Written by

Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987

Published by

Los Angeles Times, founded 1881

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product)

Type

clippings

Date

1976

Description

A copy of a 1976 commentary in the Los Angeles Times titled, "Looking for the Bicentennial Man." The article discusses Baldwin's views on the state of the United States 200 years after its independence. Baldwin was invited by the LA Times to write this article while residing in the South of France.

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Transcribed by digital volunteers

Topic

African American

Communication

Literature

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Baldwin Family

Object number

2011.99.13

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, American, founded 1821

Subject of

Blackwell Memorial AME Zion Church, American, founded 1918

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W x D: 8 1/16 × 5 1/4 × 3/16 in. (20.5 × 13.3 × 0.4 cm)

Type

journals (periodicals)

Place used

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date

June 29-July 4, 1948

Description

Booklet of "Journal Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Session" from the A.M.E. Zion Church. The tan front cover has a double black border around the black printed text. The lower half of the front cover reads [Held in / Blackwell Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church / Chicago, Illinois / June 29-July 4, 1948 / Bishop John W. Martin, A.M., D.D., L.L.D., / Presiding / Rev. W. T. Beck / Pastor]. The book has a price of twenty-five (25) cents. The journal includes conference rolls, proceeding summaries, and observations and recommendations. The back cover is blank.

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Topic

African American

Communities

Religion

Religious groups

Credit Line

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

Object number

2015.97.40.16

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909

Edited by

W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963

Subject of

Roseland, Harry, American, 1867 - 1950

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

9 7/8 x 6 13/16 x 1/8 in. (25.1 x 17.3 x 0.3 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Place printed

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

January 1916

Description

The January 1916 (Vol. 11 No. 3) issue of The Crisis. The front cover features a reproduction of the 1904 painting, "To the Highest Bidder" by Harry Roseland. The black-and-white reproduction depicts a mother and daughter standing in front of a sign that reads, "Auction Sale of Slaves". There are approximately 52 pages.

Topic

African American

Literature

Mass media

Politics (Practical)

Race relations

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbie Ross in memory of Elizabeth Dillard

Object number

2012.84.12

Restrictions & Rights

Public Domain

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Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Issued by

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Written by

Whittingham-Barnes, Donna

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Williams, Paul R., American, 1894 - 1980

Sklarek, Norma Merrick, American, 1926 - 2012

American Institute of Architects, American, founded 1857

Owned by

Sklarek, Norma Merrick, American, 1926 - 2012

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 10 7/8 × 8 in. (27.6 × 20.3 cm)

Type

articles

Place depicted

United States, North and Central America

Date

February 1991

Description

A three (3) page article titled "Blueprints for Success," written by Donna Whittingham-Barnes, published in the February 1991 issue of Black Enterprise magazine. The article has been removed from the magazine and the three (3) pages are loose. The first page has a photograph of architects Donald Stull and David Lee seated on stairs. The article begins [Architects are modern-day alchemists. But their task is harder than changing base metal into gold…]. Architect Norma Sklarek is also featured. There are advertisements interspersed on the pages.

Topic

African American

Architecture

Business

Mass media

Professional organizations

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David Merrick Fairweather and Yvonne Goff

Object number

TA2018.23.4.1.6.9

Restrictions & Rights

© Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc. Permission required for use.

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Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Archival Collections

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Written by

Curtis, Susan

Published by

University of Missouri Press, American, founded 1958

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (24.1 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm)

Type

hardcover books

Date

1998

Description

Hardcover book, titled "The First Black Actors on the Great White Way". Cover has white lettering set against a photograph a city street at night; also photo of a man and woman appears semi-translucent on cover. [The/First/Black Actors/on the/Great White/Way/Susan Curtis]

Topic

African American

Theatre

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens

Object number

2011.45.101

Restrictions & Rights

© 2008 The Curators of the University of Missouri. Permission required for use.

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Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

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

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)

Type

hardcover books

Place printed

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Missouri, United States, North and Central America

Date

1885

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].

Topic

African American

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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Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition

Cultural Expressions

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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

Medium

ink on newsprint

Dimensions

H x W (folded): 13 3/16 × 18 1/2 in. (33.5 × 47 cm)

Type

newspapers

Place printed

Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

September 8, 1848

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.

Topic

African American

Antislavery

Communities

Free communities of color

Freedom

International affairs

Mass media

Social reform

United States--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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Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition

Slavery and Freedom

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Published by

Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969

Subject of

Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 11 × 8 1/4 × 1/4 in. (27.9 × 21 × 0.6 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 11 × 16 × 1/4 in. (27.9 × 40.6 × 0.6 cm)

Type

magazines (periodicals)

Date

1973

Description

An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, June 1973, Volume 3, No. 11. The front cover is gray with black type at the top that reads: [June/1973 / BLACK / ENTERPRISE]. Red type, underneath the magazine’s name, reads: [THE NATION'S 100 TOP BLACK BUSINESSES]. The middle of the cover displays a color illustration of a three men's face with various colors of green lines attaching them together, on a yellow graph paper background. The corners of the image are curved. There is a black ink stamp, stamped diagonally across the title that reads: [CANCELLED]. In the top right corner there is another black ink stamp that reads: [GLENVILLE BRANCH]. A white sticker, with black type, is positioned vertically in the bottom left corner. The stamp reads: [CLEVE660PAA BE 221 / 296311 OO 1 JUN 7306 / CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY / GLENVILLE BRANCH H41 / 660 PARKWOOD DR / CLEVELAND OH 44108].The interior pages, 142 in total, are off-white paper with black type. The pages contain both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The content of the magazine covers economic articles, a letter from President Richard Nixon, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for KOOL Filter Kings cigarettes, and has a color image of a man with a cigarette in his proper left hand with a lake and trees in the background, and super imposed over his stomach. Black text at the top reads: [TIRED OF HOT TASTE?] and white text in the middle of the image reads: [COME ALL THE WAY UP TO KOOL. / AMERICA'S #1 SELLING MENTHOL.].

Topic

African American

Business

Mass media

Credit Line

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

Object number

2014.76.15

Restrictions & Rights

© Black Enterprise Magazine. Permission required for use.

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition

Making a Way Out of No Way

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture