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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

Folder 15

 File — Box 70: [1006213223], Folder: 15
Identifier: Folder 15

Folder 16

 File — Box 70: [1006213223], Folder: 16
Identifier: Folder 16

Folder 17

 File — Box 70: [1006213223], Folder: 17
Identifier: Folder 17

Folder 18

 File — Box 70: [1006213223], Folder: 18
Identifier: Folder 18

Folder 19

 File — Box 70: [1006213223], Folder: 19
Identifier: Folder 19

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

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

Folder 9, 1890s

 File — Box 69: [1006213222], Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9

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