African Americans
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Anna Lively Letters, 1933-1937
File — Box 4257.020: [1006214244], Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
Letters and postcards to Anna Lively of Louisville, Kentucky, primarily from her husband A. J. Lively, a porter with the Pullman Company, telling her about his travels, as well as discussing politics, religion, and personal health. There is also a promissory note to the Pullman Company for an advance on his salary.
Dates:
1933-1937
Aunt Judy holding an infant, 1923 November
Item — Box 3: [1006235689], Folder: 2011.004.000264
Identifier: 2011.004.000264
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting views of the Black Warrior River; camping near the Black Warrior River; students, buildings, and scenes at The University of Alabama campus; portrait of Pauline Jones Gandrud; Jones’s campsite and other views in Mexico; George Walter Jones’s home in Huntsville, Alabama, and other views around town; Walter B. Jones and other views at Chapel Hill, North Carolina; scenes at Johns Hopkins University; honorable military discharge, record, and commission of Walter B. Jones;...
Dates:
1923 November
Civilians and military watching baseball game at Schofield Barracks, 1914-1918
Item — Box 3: [1006063504], Folder: 273
Identifier: 2008.034.000273
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.
Dates:
1914-1918
Clipping about Langston Hughes, 1995
File — Box 4265.001: [1006233187], Folder: 56
Scope and Contents
One book review for a volume of collected poems by American poet Langston Hughes (1901-1967) from The New York Times, February 8, 1995.
Dates:
1995
Folder 13, 1890s
File — Box 69: [1006213222], Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people.
Dates:
1890s
Folder 15
File — Box 70: [1006213223], Folder: 15
Identifier: Folder 15
Scope and Conternts note
Photographs depicting unidentified people.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 16
File — Box 70: [1006213223], Folder: 16
Identifier: Folder 16
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 17
File — Box 70: [1006213223], Folder: 17
Identifier: Folder 17
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 18
File — Box 70: [1006213223], Folder: 18
Identifier: Folder 18
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 19
File — Box 70: [1006213223], Folder: 19
Identifier: Folder 19
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 22
File — Box 71: [1006213224], Folder: 22
Identifier: Folder 22
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 30
File — Box 72: [1006213225], Folder: 30
Identifier: Folder 30
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 31
File — Box 72: [1006213225], Folder: 31
Identifier: Folder 31
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people, church buildings, urban areas, railroad tracks, and cotton gin.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 32
File — Box 73: [1006213226], Folder: 32
Identifier: Folder 32
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people and places.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 33
File — Box 73: [1006213226], Folder: 33
Identifier: Folder 33
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people and places.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 34
File — Box 73: [1006213226], Folder: 34
Identifier: Folder 34
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people, factory interior, and cemetery scene.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 35
File — Box 73: [1006213226], Folder: 35
Identifier: Folder 35
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people, farm scene, and family portraits.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 38
File — Box 74: [1006213227], Folder: 38
Identifier: Folder 38
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting people playing cards, portraits of unidentified people, and family portraits.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 39
File — Box 75: [1006213228], Folder: 39
Identifier: Folder 39
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting church interior, school picnic, unidentified people, and grocery store.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 41
File — Box 75: [1006213228], Folder: 41
Identifier: Folder 41
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting portraits of unidentified people, visit to Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, fairgrounds, school children with their teachers, canoeing, and covered bridge in Cambridgeboro, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 46
File — Box 76: [1006213229], Folder: 46
Identifier: Folder 46
Scope and Contents note
Photographs are depicting school children, family portraits, and other unidentified people.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 48
File — Box 76: [1006213229], Folder: 48
Identifier: Folder 48
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting aerial view of Wallace, Idaho, a grocery store, and unidentified people.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 51
File — Box 77: [1006213230], Folder: 51
Identifier: Folder 51
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people, and places.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 53
File — Box 77: [1006213230], Folder: 53
Identifier: Folder 53
Scope and Contents note
Photographs are depicting a river dam, construction are, unidentified families, and a school building.
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Folder 7, 1890s
File — Box 69: [1006213222], Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents
Photographs depicting unidentifed people.
Dates:
1890s
Folder 9, 1890s
File — Box 69: [1006213222], Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting unidentified people.
Dates:
1890s
Group of people looking at a document, 1956 February
Item — Box 38034.001: [1006241591], Folder: 2010.021.000008
Identifier: 2010.021.000008
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Photographs of Autherine Lucy attending The University of Alabama in February 1956. Lucy was the first African American student admitted to the school. University administrators expelled her after a few tumultuous days on campus.
Dates:
1956 February
Mary L. Scott Letters and Artwork - Letters, 1923-1948, 1923-1948
File — Box 4257.020: [1006214244], Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Letters to Mary L. Scott of Louisville, Kentucky, primarily from from Willis Wilson Jr. of Chicago, Illinois, discussing their romantic relationship and well wishes for success in her work at school. A letter from B. W. Hartley, Superintendent of Louisville Public Schools instructs her to report to work as a teacher. There is also a letter from Newton Ball of Boston, Massachusetts, writes about missing her correspondence and hopes she will write back.There is also a colored pen and...
Dates:
1923-1948
Mary L. Scott Letters and Artwork - Painting
File — Box 4257.026, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Letters to Mary L. Scott of Louisville, Kentucky, primarily from from Willis Wilson Jr. of Chicago, Illinois, discussing their romantic relationship and well wishes for success in her work at school. A letter from B. W. Hartley, Superintendent of Louisville Public Schools instructs her to report to work as a teacher. There is also a letter from Newton Ball of Boston, Massachusetts, writes about missing her correspondence and hopes she will write back.There is also a colored pen and...
Dates:
1803 - 1946
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Ford Letters, 1889-1893
File — Box 4257.002: [1006214227], Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
Two letters written to Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Ford, from Mrs. Ford's mother and another friend, filled with typical gossip, with one letter describing the rumor regarding an African American man at a local woman's house.
Dates:
1889-1893
Paul Laurence Dunbar Letter, 1905 April 15
File — Box 4265.001: [1006233187], Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar writes from Dayton, Ohio, to Mr. Earl N. Hale, in Dayton, Ohio, in response to Hale's request for an autograph. Dunbar writes of a recent illness but expresses much pleasure at recovery and the opportunity to provide the autograph to Hale.
Dates:
1905 April 15
Small group of people looking at a document, 1956 February
Item — Box 38034.001: [1006241591], Folder: 2010.021.000002
Identifier: 2010.021.000002
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Photographs of Autherine Lucy attending The University of Alabama in February 1956. Lucy was the first African American student admitted to the school. University administrators expelled her after a few tumultuous days on campus.
Dates:
1956 February
Two men in suits standing out outside, circa 1915
Item — Box 1: [1006063502], Folder: 14
Identifier: 2008.034.000014
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.
Dates:
circa 1915
Two young boys and an African American woman, perhaps their nanny, in a wooded area, 1920s
Item
Identifier: 2009.002.000001
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of eighty-one black and white photographs depicting scenes from Seneca, Westminster, and Charleston, South Carolina. This collection also depicts members of an unidentified family, possibly from South Carolina.
Dates:
1920s
William C. Castleman Letter, 1928-01-18
File — Box 4257.020: [1006214244], Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Letter from William C. Castleman of Sparta, Kentucky, to Lura C. Backer of Verona, Kentucky, telling her how much he misses her and loves her.
Dates:
1928-01-18