19th Century Pamphlet Collection
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1838 - 1898
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0.5 Linear feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-119
- Repository:
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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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Alabama Mining Institute
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undated.
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1004
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Two volumes of photographs, plus negatives, of mining villages in Alabama, featuring company commissaries, hospitals, dining halls, boarding houses, schools, and recreational facilities. The photographs are captioned as to which facilities were for white employees and which for "colored" employees. Companies documented include the Woodward Iron Com...
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Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (Boston, Mass.)
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1977 - 2014
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2.5 Cubic feet (1 box, 8 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1410
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes: annual METCO Parent Handbooks which detailed the services METCO provided and provided other information for parents of children attending the METCO supported schools, 1977-2004; event programs from METCO gatherings, 2007-2014; flyers and handouts; and posters, including 7 hand-made posters created to be displayed at meeting...
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Drexler, Rosalyn
Lyon, Christopher
- Dates:
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2017 May 17-June 2
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82 Pages (Transcript)
5 Items (Sound recording: 5 sound files (3 hr., 26 min.), digital, wav)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.drexle17
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview with Rosalyn Drexler conducted 2017 May 17 and June 2 by Christopher Lyon, for the Archives of American Art, at Garth Greenan Gallery in New York, New York.
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De Knight, Avel, 1921-1995
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1947-2003
bulk 1957-1968
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0.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.deknavel
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Avel de Knight papers measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1947 to 2003 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1957 to 1968. The collection includes professional files, writings, printed material, and photographic material.
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circa 1943-1951
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0.03 Linear feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-077
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 1943 to 1951 and measures .03 linear feet, documents the inner workings of the Institute on Race Relations. The collection is comprised of newsletters, meeting minutes, advertisements and professional correspondence.
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Moore, Harry T., 1905-1951
Moore, Harriette V., 1902-1952
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bulk 1945-1949
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.A2018.12
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
Harry T. Moore was a pioneering civil rights activist, educator, and civic leader. The collection was originally housed in a formerly "lost" briefcase that was found in 2006 by FBI investigators. The materials in this collection focus on his activities as a civil rights activist and community leader who sought to advocate for pay equity, voting rights, and justice reform for African American communities in Florida. Harry Moore and his wife Harriette were murdered for their work and they have been immortalized as the Civil Rights Movement's first martyrs.
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De Knight, Avel, 1921-1995
Ghent, Henri, 1926-
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1968 July 22
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43 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.deknig68
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Avel De Knight conducted 1968, by Henri Ghent, for the Archives of American Art.
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Scott, Joyce, 1948-
Silberman, Robert B. (Robert Bruce), 1950-
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2009 July 22
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61 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.scott09
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Joyce J. Scott conducted 2009 July 22, by Robert Silberman, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Scott's home and studio, in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Ostroff, Elaine
- Dates:
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1965 - 2009
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16 Cubic feet (37 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1356
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents activist and educator Elaine Ostroff who advocated for improved access for people with disabilities in public places, co-founded the Adaptive Environments Center and who taught universal design in several institutions.
