- 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
- Books and Published Materials
- Type
- books
- Topic
- Children
- Education
- Identity
- Literature
- United States History
- 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
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




