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National Postal Museum.
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2015
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-251
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the online exhibition "Freedom Just around the Corner: Black America from Civil War to Civil Rights" as it existed on April 30, 2015. It accompanies an exhibition of the same name at the National Postal Museum. Due to technical issues, some features may not function properly in this accession. Materials are in e...
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Campbell, Jean H.
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1861 - 1861
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1372
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains three scrapbooks filled with Civil War propaganda primarily from the North's perspective. The scrapbooks include illustrated envelopes as well as clippings from envelopes, magazines, and almanacs.
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McNamara, Norris
Moon, Moses
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1963-1964
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4 Cubic feet (18 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0556
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Recorded by Moses Moon (known at the time as Alan Ribback) and assisted by Norris McNamara during 1963 and 1964, the collection includes audio recordings of interviews with civil rights leaders and participants as well as free-style recordings of mass meetings, voter registration events, and other gatherings organized by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). This collection provides a mostly unfiltered documentation of significant moments in the civil rights movement.
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Richardson, Deborra
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
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circa 1822-1994
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6.55 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0653
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the customs and culture of black gospel song and its performance in 19th- and 20th-century America. Dr. Reagon collected photographs, sheet music, and other primary and secondary sources chronicling the development and legacy of this medium, from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement, from blues to Gospel to classical to jazz. Among the subjects included in this collection are trailblazers such as Charles Tindley, Thomas A. Dorsey, Rosetta Tharpe, Duke Ellington, and Nathaniel Dett. Noted performers are the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Harmonizing Four, the Hampton University Choir, and the Chick Webb Orchestra.
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Smithsonian Consortia
- Dates:
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2010-2015
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 20-005
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Michelle Anne Delaney, Consortia Director, which document her activities in developing and participating in Smithsonian Civil War 150 anniversary projects such as educational programs, tours, special events, publications, and media initiatives that explore the unique Civil War collections held at ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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1992-01 - 1992-07
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13.04 Linear feet (18 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-033
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on 187 years of civil rights activism in Washington, DC. The show was created by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and exhibited there from January 1992 to July 1992. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit script, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
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1838 - 1898
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0.5 Linear feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-119
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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.
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Hollingsworth, Robert K.
Adams, Samuel
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1862-1933
bulk 1862-1865
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1310
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Samuel Adams Papers document a surgeon's perspective on several major battles and events occurring during the United States Civil War.
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Smith, Walter Sumpter, 1897-1943
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1918-1939
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4.76 Cubic feet (4 records center boxes, 1 flatbox)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0023
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The majority of the collection was compiled by Mrs. W. Sumpter Smith and consists of newspaper clippings and photos. The clippings come primarily from newspapers in and about the Birmingham, AL region and deal with general aviation news from the time period 1918-1935. There are clippings dealing with Sumpter and his activities throughout the collec...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
- Dates:
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1990-2004
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-010
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting traveling exhibitions produced by the Office of Exhibits Central for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Exhibitions documented in this accession include American Voices: Latino Photographers in the United States; An Ocean Apart: Contemporary Vietnamese Art from the Unit...