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  • The Art and Color of Design

    Written by
    Graves, Maitland E., American, 1902 - 1978
    Published by
    McGraw-Hill Book Company, founded 1917
    Owned by
    Jones, Loïs Mailou, American, 1905 - 1998
    Signed by
    Jones, Loïs Mailou, American, 1905 - 1998
    Date
    1951
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 9 13/16 × 7 9/16 × 1 1/8 in. (25 × 19.2 × 2.9 cm)
    Title
    Book from the library of artist Loïs Mailou Jones
    Description
    Hardcover edition of "The Art of Color and Design" with tan and brown binding. On the front cover the title [The ART of / COLOR and / DESIGN] is printed in dark brown within parallel lines that wrap around to the spine. Below this is [MAITLAND GRAVES] printed in dark brown. The reverse of the front cover has a black and white bookplate with three images of Lois Mailou Jones which reads [LOIS JONES / PIERRE-NOEL / EX LIBRIS].The title and author are on the upper spine. On the lower spine is [McGRAW -HILL / BOOK COMPANY / SECOND / EDITION]. The back cover has [24119] printed in the lower right corner. The book has 439 glossy pages of text. The reverse of the last blank glossy page has a design grid created by the author adhered to the page with masking tape along the top edge. The book has handwritten inscriptions.
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    hardcover books
    Topic
    Art
    Caricature and cartoons
    Education
    Graphic design
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2016.26.5.18
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Maitland Graves. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e3a571aa-dc3e-4d62-a41b-20b4aa175487
  • A Manual of Design

    Written by
    Smith, Janet Katherine, born 1901
    Published by
    Chapman-Reinhold, Inc., American, founded 1966
    Owned by
    Jones, Loïs Mailou, American, 1905 - 1998
    Signed by
    Jones, Loïs Mailou, American, 1905 - 1998
    Date
    1952
    Medium
    ink, masking tape, paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 7/8 × 3/4 in. (27.6 × 22.5 × 1.9 cm)
    Title
    Book from the library of artist Loïs Mailou Jones
    Description
    Hardcover copy of “A Manual of Design”. There is a brown paper bag book jacket held together with masking tape. Handwritten on this cover in black marker is [Design / by / Janet Smith] at the center top and [Dr Lois J. Pierre Noel] at the bottom left. The spine and back cover are blank. The hardcover binding is green and the book cannot be easily removed from the book jacket. The title page has a black and white bookplate with three images of Lois Mailou Jones which reads [Lois Jones / Pierre-Noel / EX LIBRIS]. The book has handwritten inscriptions.
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    hardcover books
    Topic
    Art
    Caricature and cartoons
    Craftsmanship
    Design
    Education
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2016.26.5.31
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c28643de-881c-47bd-9159-7477fa55aea8
  • Opportunities in Fashion

    Published by
    Vocational Guidance Manuals, Inc., American
    Written by
    Vreeland, Alida, American, born ca. 1900
    Published by
    Vocational Guidance Manuals, Inc., American
    Owned by
    Jones, Loïs Mailou, American, 1905 - 1998
    Signed by
    Jones, Loïs Mailou, American, 1905 - 1998
    Date
    1946
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 × 1/4 in. (22.5 × 14.9 × 0.6 cm)
    Title
    Book from the library of artist Loïs Mailou Jones
    Description
    Paperback copy of “Opportunities in Fashion” with seventy-six (76) pages and a textured cover. The tan cover has black printed text. There are graphics at the top of the front cover of a dress form, needle, and spool of thread. Below this is text which reads [OPPORTUNITIES / in / Fashion]. Printed below this in smaller font is [By / Alida Vreeland]. At the bottom, between two wavy stylized lines is [Vocational Guidance Manuals]. The title and author are repeated on the spine with [VGM] on the bottom spine. The spine has a thin black border. The back cover is blank. The book has handwritten inscriptions. An advertisment from Woodward and Lothrop was found in this book and is available in the catalog file.
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    paperbacks
    Topic
    Art
    Business
    Caricature and cartoons
    Costume design
    Design
    Education
    Fashion design
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2016.26.5.34
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f0831053-30c5-40f9-b920-754fd2c2cdad
  • Program for Grambling State University Commemorative Football Game

    Distributed by
    Grambling State University, American, founded 1901
    Subject of
    Robinson, Edward Gay Sr., American, 1919 - 2007
    North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, American, founded 1890
    Date
    November 15, 1997
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (28 × 21.6 cm)
    Caption
    This football program commemorates the final home game for legendary Grambling State University coach Eddie Robinson. Grambling fell to North Carolina A&T, 35-37. At the end of the 1997 season, Robinson retired after coaching Grambling for fifty-six years with an overall record of 408 wins (the second most in NCAA Division I history), 165 losses, and 15 ties.
    Description
    A Grambling State University Special Commemorative Football Game Souvenir Program celebrating head coach Eddie Robinson. At center of the front cover is the Grambling State University seal surrounded by 12 photographic images of Eddie Robinson, arranged in a circle. Below the circle of images, against a golden yellow background, text in black and red reads: ["Portraits of a Living Coaching Legend" / Special Commemorative Football Game Souvenir Program / Grambling State University / vs. / North Carolina A&T]. Below the text is a pre-printed signature: [Eddie Robinson]. In the bottom right corner printed in red is: [No. 0212]. The interior consists of fourteen pages of information about the team, pictures, letters, thanks to Robinson, and advertisements. The back cover contains and advertisement Johnny's Pizza House.
    Place used
    Grambling, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    programs
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Education
    Football
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Leonard L. Haynes, III
    Object number
    2017.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Grambling State University. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bb01a321-360b-4049-8eda-a89f2a450243
  • The Elementary Spelling Book: Being An Improvement On The American Spelling Book

    Written by
    Noah Webster Jr., American, 1758 - 1843
    Published by
    George F. Cooledge & Brother, American, 1829 - 1863
    Date
    1845
    On View
    Concourse 3, C3 053
    Exhibition
    Slavery and Freedom
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 7 × 4 1/8 × 3/8 in. (17.8 × 10.5 × 1 cm)
    Caption
    Popularly called "the blue-black speller," many African Americans remember Noah Webster's Elementary Spelling Book as the way they learned to read and spell after slavery.
    Description
    A faded blue textbook with black text titled “The Elementary Spelling Book: Being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book” by Noah Webster. Printed at the top of the cover is “THE LAST REVISED EDITION.” The title is at the center of the cover surrounded by a floral design and the author’s name. The publisher’s information is printed at the bottom of the cover. The cover is torn and faded. The book contains 168 pages. The pages are white with black text.
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    spelling books
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Education
    Emancipation
    Language
    Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
    Youth
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Nancy Bercaw
    Object number
    2017.89
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5238a8d20-030b-4e23-ad4d-84e1bd8b8769
  • The Biology of the Cell Surface

    Published by
    P. Blakiston’s Son & Co, American, founded 1825
    Written by
    Dr. Just, Ernest, 1883 - 1941
    Printed by
    Maple Press Company, American, founded 1901
    Date
    1939
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 9 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 1 in. (23.5 × 16.5 × 2.5 cm)
    Caption
    Dr. Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941) was an early 20th century embryologist who devoted his career to studying the role of the cell surface and the early development of marine invertebrates in the United States and abroad. Just grew up outside of Charleston, South Carolina as a member of a Gullah community and earned his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth in 1903 and his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1916. Just was one of the first African Americans to receive acclaim as a scientist internationally. He conducted research abroad in France and Italy, and was the first American to be invited to conduct research at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Germany. Before his work abroad, he was a faculty member at Howard University for several years. In 1911 he became a founding member and faculty adviser of the African American fraternity Omega Psi Phi.
    Description
    The Biology of the Cell Surface written by Earnest Everett Just. The front cover is red leather. The spine has black and gold accents [The Biology Of The Cell Surface / Just / Blakiston]. There are 392 pages. The interior cover has three signatures of previous owners of the book. There are fifteen chapters that include: The Protoplasmic System, The Ectoplasm, Chromosomes and Ectoplasm. The back interior cover has two inscriptions with numbers. The back cover is blank.
    Place printed
    York, York County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    books
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Education
    Science
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Ray H. Gavin
    Object number
    2018.22
    Restrictions & Rights
    © 1939 by P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Inc. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a0661544-c388-4aab-b0c1-86e9342c159b
  • Program for "Slave Songs of the South" by the Hampton Colored Students

    Created by
    Hampton Singers, American, founded 1870
    Subject of
    Hampton University, American, founded 1868
    Beecher, Henry Ward, American, 1813 - 1887
    Date
    1873
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product)
    Dimensions
    H x W (folded): 9 3/4 × 6 7/16 in. (24.8 × 16.4 cm)
    H x W (open): 9 3/4 × 12 9/16 in. (24.8 × 31.9 cm)
    Description
    This song program is a bifolio sheet with text and images on all four pages. The front page has text at the top that reads "Slave Songs of the South by the Hampton Colored Students." The page is divided into three sections of text. The middle section is titled "PROGRAMME -Part First” and the last section "PART SECOND." Under first and second parts are numbered lists of songs, some with notations. The entire text is surrounded by a thin line border with decorative corners. The two inside pages are covered with printed text in the form of handwritten script. The back page has text at the top that reads "HAMPTON / Normal and Agricultural Institute." Underneath is a lithographed image of a large building with the caption "VIRGINIA HALL- Now being erected."
    Place depicted
    Hampton, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    programs
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Education
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
    Singers (Musicians)
    Slavery
    Spirituals (Music)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2018.48
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cf83962c-146c-40aa-b49f-aaea59729597
  • Negro Boys and Girls (The Negro American Series Book One)

    Published by
    Harlow Publishing Corporation, American, founded 1915
    Written by
    Akin, Emma E., American, 1887 - 1975
    Photograph by
    That Man Stone Company, American, founded 1909
    Subject of
    Dunbar School, American
    Date
    1938
    Medium
    ink on cloth and paper with cardboard and thread
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 1/2 × 5 11/16 × 11/16 in. (19.1 × 14.5 × 1.7 cm)
    Description
    A first edition, first printing hardcopy of the Negro Boys and Girls (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. This primary reader presents lessons and stories based on the students in the first grade class at Dunbar School (Oklahoma). The front cover is dark blue and features and illustration of four (4) silhouetted children playing in a school yard in front of a school. The child on the far left is holding a string attached to a kite. In the center are two children playing on the ground with a turtle. The fourth child on the far right is skipping rope. Below the illustration is the title and author printed in black in block text that reads: [NEGRO / BOYS AND GIRLS / EMMA E. AKIN]. The top two thirds of the book spine has the series name and number printed vertically in black text that reads [Book One NEGRO AMERICAN SERIES]. The bottom third of the spine is the publisher’s information, printed vertically in black ink, [Harlow]. The back cover is blank. There are one hundred and thirty-five (135) interior pages, which are off-white with black type, black-and-white photographs, and black silhouetted illustrations throughout. There is a handwritten inscription in black ink on the top center of the front flyleaf that reads [Here's a "first edition" copy / to my first grandchild, / Ralph Akin Jr. / with love, / Emma E. Akin].
    Place printed
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Drumright, Creek County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    books
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Children
    Education
    Literature
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Drumright Historical Society Museum, Drumright, Oklahoma
    Object number
    2015.214.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55e1a3cc4-3178-44f9-a883-ca350ae8feec
  • Gifts (The Negro American Series Book Two)

    Published by
    Harlow Publishing Corporation, American, founded 1915
    Written by
    Akin, Emma E., American, 1887 - 1975
    Photograph by
    That Man Stone Company, American, founded 1909
    Subject of
    Dunbar School, American
    Date
    1938
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 050
    Exhibition
    Making a Way Out of No Way
    Medium
    ink on cloth and paper with cardboard and thread
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (19.1 × 14 cm)
    Description
    A first edition, first printing hardcopy of the Gifts (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. This primary reader presents lessons and stories based on the students in the Wheatley School. The front cover is dark red and features an illustration of a full profile of a silhouetted man. To the right of the illustration is the title and author printed in black in block text that reads: [GIFTS / EMMA E. AKIN]. The top two thirds of the book spine has the series name and number printed vertically in black text that reads: [Book Two NEGRO AMERICAN SERIES]. The bottom third of the spine is the publisher’s information, printed vertically in black ink, [Harlow]. The back cover is blank. There are one hundred and eighty-four (184) interior pages, which are off-white with black type, black-and-white photographs, and black-and-white images and illustrations throughout. There is a handwritten inscription in black ink on the top center of the front flyleaf that reads [To Ralph Akin / with love, / Emma E. Akin].
    Place printed
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    books
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Children
    Education
    Literature
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Drumright Historical Society Museum, Drumright, Oklahoma
    Object number
    2015.214.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54d2f6d44-4f49-4d43-ae74-bf8b10ed3adf
  • A Booker T. Washington School (The Negro American Series Book Three)

    Published by
    Harlow Publishing Corporation, American, founded 1915
    Written by
    Akin, Emma E., American, 1887 - 1975
    Photograph by
    That Man Stone Company, American, founded 1909
    Subject of
    Dunbar School, American
    Date
    1938
    Medium
    ink on cloth and paper with cardboard and thread
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (19.1 × 14 cm)
    Description
    A first edition, first printing hardcopy of the A Booker T. Washington School (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. This middle school reader presents lessons and stories based on the students in the A Booker T. Washington School. The front cover is a yellow and features an illustration of two students, a girl and a boy, walking down a pathway towards a school with their backs to the viewer. The girl is on the left and she is depicted wearing a polka dot dress and carrying books under her proper left arm. She is holding hands with the boy depicted to the right. He is wearing a striped shirt and light shorts and carrying books under his proper right arm. Below the illustration is the title and author printed in black in block text that reads: [A / BOOKER T. WASHINGTON / SCHOOL / EMMA E. AKIN]. The top two thirds of the book spine has the series name and number printed vertically in black text that reads: [Book Three NEGRO AMERICAN SERIES]. The bottom third of the spine is the publisher’s information, printed vertically in black ink, [Harlow]. The back cover is blank. There are two hundred and nineteen (219) interior pages, which are off-white with black type, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white images and illustrations throughout. There is a handwritten inscription in black ink on the top center of the front flyleaf that reads: [With love to my favorite / son and his family, / Emma E. Akin].
    Place printed
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    books
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Children
    Education
    Literature
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Drumright Historical Society Museum, Drumright, Oklahoma
    Object number
    2015.214.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Feb. 19, 1938.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b00fc862-b385-4821-95e6-534eba6a43cc
  • Ideals and Adventures (The Negro American Series Book Four)

    Published by
    Harlow Publishing Corporation, American, founded 1915
    Written by
    Akin, Emma E., American, 1887 - 1975
    Photograph by
    That Man Stone Company, American, founded 1909
    Subject of
    Dunbar School, American
    Date
    1938
    Medium
    ink on cloth and paper with cardboard and thread
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (19.1 × 14 cm)
    Description
    A first edition, first printing hardcopy of the Ideals and Adventures (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. This high school reader presents lessons and stories based on the students in the Dunbar School. The front cover is a green and features a large illustration of an open book with figures emerging from between the pages. The figures include a male painter, a woman wearing a shawl and bonnet, a man in a tricorn hat poised to throw an object, a woman holding an alphabet instruction book, a little girl, and a doctor and nurse. Below the illustration is the title and author printed in black in block text that reads: [IDEALS AND ADVENTURES / EMMA E. AKIN]. The top two thirds of the book spine has the series name and number printed vertically in black text that reads: [Book Four NEGRO AMERICAN SERIES]. The bottom third of the spine is the publisher’s information, printed vertically in black ink, [Harlow]. The back cover is blank. There are two hundred and fifty-one (251) interior pages, which are off-white with black type, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white images and illustrations throughout. There is a handwritten inscription in black ink on the top center of the front flyleaf that reads: [To / Ralph, Darla, and Ralph Akin, Jr. / from your mother / and grandmother / Emma E. Akin].
    Place printed
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    books
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Children
    Education
    Literature
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Drumright Historical Society Museum, Drumright, Oklahoma
    Object number
    2015.214.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53dbeb617-1ddf-44e6-b9be-0d4d8cf285d0
  • The Sphinx: Everybody's Number

    Published by
    Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
    Owned by
    Dr. Thompson, Frank F. Sr., American, 1887 - 1964
    Pinderhughes, Julia Thompson, American, 1921 - 2009
    Date
    April 1917
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 050
    Exhibition
    Making a Way Out of No Way
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Description
    An April 1917 issue of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's journal "The Sphinx." The cover has the title at the top: [THE SPHINX]. Below the title, at the center of the cover, is the journal's logo. The logo features a shield within a shield. The interior shield is split in half by a scroll. The left side features a bird and torch and the rights side features a Sphinx. Below the interior shield are the fraternity's letters: [A F A]. Below the logo, text reads: [EVERYBODY'S NUMBER / Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity / APRIL / 1917]. The back cover is blank.
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    journals (periodicals)
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Education
    Fraternities
    Men
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Frank F. Thompson, Sr., MD
    Object number
    2015.253.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50214c989-fd5b-4ba1-9a34-ebc2570123eb
  • Black Studies: Threat or Challenge?

    Published by
    Kennikat Press
    Written by
    Ford, Nick Aaron, American, 1904 - 1982
    Edited by
    Shenton, James Patrick, American, 1925 - 2003
    Date
    1973
    On View
    Concourse 1, C1 053
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)
    Description
    A book by Nick Aaron Ford titled "Black Studies: Threat or Challenge?" published in Port Washington, New York by the National University Publications Kennikat Press in 1973. The book is signed by the author and dated [To Syl Shannon Sincerely Nick Aaron Ford 3/19/1975]. The book cover features a large red question mark with text on top of it, over a white background. Black text in the bottom portion of the cover reads: [Nick Aaron Ford / Black Studies / Threat or Challenge? / An Eminent Educator's Analysis and Recommendations]. The book has 217 pages and contains information and an analysis of Black Studies as a field of education. The back cover features a photograph and brief biography of Ford, as well as, publishing information.
    Place made
    Port Washington, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    books
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Education
    Race relations
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Herman Thomas
    Object number
    2013.189.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59070bdef-fbb6-4121-9cf5-30bd7ffe0f19
  • North Carolina Conference on Black Studies; Second Annual Meeting; October 8-9 1976

    Created by
    National Council for Black Studies, American, founded 1975
    Subject of
    Ford, Nick Aaron, American, 1904 - 1982
    Date
    1976
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
    Description
    A program from the North Carolina Conference on Black Studies Second Annual Meeting in 1976. The theme of the conference, as indicated on the program, was "Black Studies Calling for a New Order." The cover is green with black text.
    Place collected
    Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Place used
    Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    programs
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Education
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Herman Thomas
    Object number
    2013.189.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd598c329bb-2a95-4c43-a8c4-2a2d4cfe955f
  • The New Negro: An Interpretation

    Edited by
    Locke, Alain LeRoy, American, 1885 - 1954
    Illustrated by
    Reiss, F. Winold, German American, 1886 - 1953
    Published by
    Albert and Charles Boni, Inc., American, 1914 - 1974
    Date
    1925
    On View
    Concourse 2, C 2053
    Exhibition
    Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
    Medium
    cloth on cardboard , paper with ink
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (22.5 x 15.9 x 4.1 cm)
    Description
    A dark green hard covered book with cloth covered spine. The front cover has a central white square with block text and three (3) triangles on either side of the first two (2) rows. The text inside the block, in black type, reads: [THE / NEW / NEGRO]. The spine has dark green triangles along the top and bottom. The title and editor are listed on the top half of the spine in black type: [THE / NEW / NEGRO / EDITED / BY / ALAIN / LOCKE]. The publisher is listed on the bottom spine in black type: [ALBERT / AND / CHARLES / BONI]. The inside covers are covered in pink paper, and are stylized with geometric shapes, figures, birds, animals, and foliage. The inside front cover has an inscription at the top of the right side writing by hand in ink: [Sam (or George) / From David. / Your need is greater than mine!]. The title page features the title, author, artist, publisher, and publication date in black type: [THE NEW NEGRO / AN INTERPRETATION / EDITED BY ALAIN LOCKE / BOOK / DECORATION / AND / PORTRAITS / BY / WINOLD / REISS / ALBERT AND CHARLES BONI / NEW YORK 1925]. Geometric triangles adorn the page at the top and bottom as well as in the center of the title. The frontispiece to the left of the title page features a color image of a woman and child. The woman wears a blue shirt and holds a baby in her proper left arm. The child wears a pink outfit and lies across the woman’s lap. The caption underneath the image in black type reads: [The Brown Madonna]. The interior pages, 452 in total, are white paper with black type and black-and-white and color illustrations throughout. The inside back cover has a stamp in black ink on the lower right that reads: [SMITHSONIAN / CURATORIAL]. The back cover features a small, central white rectangle with a stylized, geometric design.
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Movement
    Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
    Type
    hardcover books
    Topic
    Art
    Caricature and cartoons
    Education
    Literature
    Poetry
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.21
    Restrictions & Rights
    Cover: No Known Copyright Restrictions Content: ©1925 by Albert & Charles Boni, Inc. Permission required for use.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd588b7c94b-cee0-4b79-b053-c03504ec8818
  • Globe

    Created by
    Replogle Globes, American, founded 1930
    Subject of
    Covert Consolidated School, American
    Date
    1930-1945
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 050
    Exhibition
    Making a Way Out of No Way
    Medium
    metal, paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 15 1/2 × 12 × 11 in. (39.4 × 30.5 × 27.9 cm)
    Description
    Globe of the Earth attached to a metal axis and base. Ring of metal measuring latitude circles the globe. Base is a shallow cone shape with a lipped rim around the edge. Globe features all continents and oceans with major cities and waterways depicted. In the North Pacific Ocean is a graphic of the manufacturer in a scalloped oval. Within the oval is the name brand and place of manufacturer. Additional text found on the bottom border surrounding the oval. [10 INCH / STANDARD / GLOBE / MADE BY / REPLOGLE GLOBES / INC. / CHICAGO, ILL. / CLEAR" / "ACCURATE" / "UP-TO-DATE]. An analemma diagram is positioned in the East Pacific Ocean near Central America.
    Place made
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Place used
    Van Buren County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Occupational
    Type
    terrestrial globes
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Children
    Education
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Covert Historical Museum
    Object number
    2014.17.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54625f444-4f8d-4429-a6fe-dee322d4ea0a
  • The Institutes of English Grammar

    Published by
    William Wood & Company
    Written by
    Brown, Goold, American, 1791 - 1857
    Subject of
    Covert Consolidated School, American
    Date
    1867
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 050
    Exhibition
    Making a Way Out of No Way
    Medium
    ink on paper , leather
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Closed): 7 9/16 × 5 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (19.2 × 13.3 × 2.9 cm)
    H x W x D (Open): 2 1/8 × 7 9/16 × 9 3/4 in. (5.4 × 19.2 × 24.8 cm)
    Title
    Book from the Covert School
    Description
    A book bound in light colored leather. The book has plain covers with a minimally decorated spine. The spine has four (4) lines of gold embossing. Between the two top lines on the spine is a dark rectangle with gold lettering featuring the title: [BROWN'S / GRAMMAR / IMPROVED]. Inside front cover page has extended title, author information, and the publisher listed. [BROWN'S GRAMMAR IMPROVED. / THE / INSTITUTES / OF / ENGLISH GRAMMAR / METHODICALLY ARRANGED; / WITH / FORMS OF PARSING AND CORRECTING, EXAMPLES FOR PASSING, / QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINIATION, / FALSE SYNTAX FOR COR- / RECTION, EXERCISES FOR WRITING, OBSERVATIONS / FOR THE ADVANCED STUDENT, / METHODS OF ANALYSIS, / AND / A KEY TO THE ORAL EXERCISES: / TO WHICH ARE ADDED FOUR APPENDIXES. / DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES, AND PRIVATE LEARNERS. / BY GOOLD BROWN, / PRINCIPAL OF AN ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL ACADEMY, NEW YORK. / "Ne quis igitur tangquam parva fastidiat Grammatices elementa." -QUINTILIAN. / A NEW EDITION, / WITH EXERCIES IN ANALYSIS AND PARCING, / BY HENRY KIDDLE, A. M., / ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS, NEW YORK CITY. / NEW YORK: / WILLIAM WOOD & CO., 61 WALKER STREET. / 1867].
    Place printed
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place used
    Van Buren County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    books
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Children
    Education
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Covert Historical Museum
    Object number
    2014.17.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5658b2713-0824-45d5-a8c8-c81fa132895c
  • CC0 Creative Commons - No Rights Reserved icon

    School copy book used by Hannah Amelia Lyons

    Printed by
    Price, Philip Jr., American
    Used by
    Lyons, Hannah Amelia, American
    Date
    1830-1836
    On View
    Concourse 3, C3 053
    Exhibition
    Slavery and Freedom
    Medium
    ink on paper, string
    Dimensions
    H x W: 13 x 8 in. (33 x 20.3 cm)
    Caption
    Hannah A. Lions’s School Copy Book, 1831
    Attending school in Philadelphia, Hannah Lions copied down her math, history, and poetry lessons in this notebook. Her family saved this book as "proof that there were some educated [black] people way back when."
    Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom
    Description
    A school copy book printed by Philip Price in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and used by Hannah Amelia Lyons. The book has paper covers bound on the proper left side. A length of knotted pink string extends from the top edge of the binding, serving as a bookmark. Several engravings are printed on the front and back covers. On the front cover is a portrait of John Adams entitled "Late President of the United States," above an allegorical scene and space for the owner to sign the book, followed by the printer's name. The back cover has an image of an eagle flying over open waters between two ships and clasping a banner reading "SHIPPED" in its beak. Below the eagle is a floral sprig on the left and a grouping of masonic symbols on the right, with a thin scrollwork border below them. Below the border is a shield with an eagle inside it holding a banner reading "E Pluribus Unum". Below the shield are two separate allegorical scenes. The interior pages contain various school exercises including mathematics and poetry.
    Place printed
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Type
    workbooks
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Children
    Education
    Free communities of color
    U.S. History, 1815-1861
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Hope Evans Boyd
    Object number
    2012.124.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59de47c7b-7578-47eb-99eb-960f8ab39d57
  • The Crisis Vol 13. No. 3

    Published by
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
    Edited by
    W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
    Date
    January 1917
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    9 7/8 x 6 7/8 x 1/8 in. (25.1 x 17.5 x 0.3 cm)
    Description
    The January 1917 (Vol. 13 No. 3) "Richmond, Virginia, Number" issue of The Crisis. The front cover features a photograph by George W. Brown of the Mechanics Savings Bank of Richmond, Virginia. The photograph shows the four-story building with a large flag on a pole on the roof and a horse and carriage in front of the building. There are approximately 50 pages.
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by digital volunteers
    Place printed
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Advertising
    Associations and institutions
    Business
    Caricature and cartoons
    Civil rights
    Education
    Literature
    Mass media
    Poetry
    Politics (Practical)
    Race relations
    Social life and customs
    Social reform
    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
    2012.84.10
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public Domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50347ba0e-cdc9-41b7-8139-ddcd306304c5
  • The Crisis Vol. 14 No. 5

    Published by
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
    Edited by
    W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
    Illustrated by
    Walts, Frank, American
    Date
    September 1917
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    9 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 1/8 in. (24.8 x 17.1 x 0.3 cm)
    Description
    The September 1917 (Vol. 14 No. 5) issue of The Crisis. The front cover features a sketch of Blanche Deas of the Negro Players by Frank Walts. The black-and-white sketch depicts Deas in a head wrap and looking off to left. The issue includes articles about the East St. Louis massacres of May and July 1917 and the July 28, 1917 Silent Parade in New York City. There are approximately 62 pages.
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by digital volunteers
    Place printed
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    magazines (periodicals)
    Topic
    Advertising
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    Civil rights
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    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
    2012.84.11
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public Domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53b79506f-fa9f-43e5-88e8-c9672e189dd6

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