Website Records
This accession consists of the National Museum of African American History and Culture website as it existed on September 22, 2017. It includes information about the museum and its exhibitions, events, and collections. Materials are in electronic format.
Publications
This accession consists of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) publication, IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas. This publication and associated exhibition were collaborative projects with the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Edited by Gabrielle Tayac …
Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters Oral History Collection
1 Video recording (VHS 1/2" video recording)
15 Linear feet (15 boxes)
The collection, which dates from 1989 to 1994 and measures 15 linear feet, documents the reminiscences of elderly members of various African-American churches in the Atlanta area, as well as individual church histories, outstanding personalities of the South, religious expression in the South, and styles of singing and worship. The collection is comprised …
19th century African-American Literature Collection
This collection, which dates from the 19th century, contains 30 books written by or concerning African-Americans. The books are largely non-fiction and include material relating to African-American churches and evangelists, fraternal organizations, prominent members of the African-American Community, former slaves, education and self-improvement. Also present are several volumes of poetry, a tax ledger and a volume concerning patents.
Velma Nesbit manuscript
Berking, Peter
This collection, which dates from circa 2000, contains a 144-page typescript copy of the unpublished autobiography of Velma Nesbit, the daughter of an Alabama sharecropper. Also present are 14 audiocassettes, one diskette and four compact discs relating to Nesbit's life and career.
19th Century Pamphlet Collection
This collection, which dates from 1838-1898, contains nine pamphlets and one booklet. The materials cover various subjects relating to African-Americans, including civil rights, education, the Civil War draft and services for freedmen. Several of the pamphlets contain speeches by Frederick Douglass.
Laurence E. Potter Book Collection
This collection, which dates from circa 1885-1969, contains 123 books written by or concerning African-Americans and African-American history. The books are a mix of fiction and non-fiction; several volumes of the journal American Heritage are also present.
Festival Recordings: Evening Concert: African American Hand Dancing
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Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. American Social Dance Program 1993 Washington, D.C.
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1993 July 3
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compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1993
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Dance Fieldwork: Hip-Hop Dancing- class
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Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. American Social Dance Program 1993 Washington, D.C.
Chen, Vivien (field worker)
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1 Item (videocassette (Video 8), 8 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1993
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Oldies House Party w/ Robert Frye
- Level:
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- Creators:
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Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. American Social Dance Program 1993 Washington, D.C.
Chen, Vivien (field worker)
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1 Item (videocassette (VHS))
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1993
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
