Bank of the United States (1816-1836)

Bill in the amount of $1,136 for the transfer of five enslaved persons, three male and 2 female, to Edward R. Pinckney. Signed by Joseph Johnson, president of the bank's office in Charleston, South Carolina.

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A collection of candid family photographs, most from the Georges, reflecting African-American life in the mid-twentieth century. The collection includes family members, friends, and colleagues spanning several states including Texas, Georgia, Illinois, California, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Tennessee, and Kansas

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Record of sales of enslaved persons in Cacheu, for shipment to Brazil on the ship Nossa Senhore de Belton; lists individuals engaged in the sale/purchase, and names of the enslaved persons.

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.

Papers of the African-American educator.

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Photographs of various African American musicians, singers and performers from the 1950s and 1960s.

Armstrong, Robb.

Collection contains original artwork for Armstrong's syndicated cartoon strip Jump Start. Armstrong is one of very few Black syndicated cartoonists in the United States.

Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962.

Papers of the African-American poet, author, critic. Correspondence, and manuscripts by Braithwaite and others. Notable correspondents include Arna Bontemps, Louis Bromfield, Sterling Brown, Marie Bullock, Witter Bynner, Cass Canfield, Bliss Carman, Bennet Cerf, Katherine Chapin, James Cozzens, Countee Cullen, Gustav Davidson, W.E.B. DuBois, Kimball Flaccus, Robert Frost, Claire and Nina Gerbaulet, Louis Ginsberg, Hermann Hagedorn, Leigh Hanes, Robert Hillyer, John Holmes, Langston Hughes, Georgia Johnson, MacKinlay Kantor, Joseph Joel Keith, Florence Lennon, Benjamin Mays, David McCord, Marianne Moore, Maurice Peloubet, Bliss Perry, Minerva Perry, Helen Channing Pollock, Ruby Altizer Roberts, Paul Robeson, Angelo Schmuller, Lulu Schultz, George S. Schuyler, Delmore Schwartz, Eli Siegel, Jules Siegel, Noble Sissle, Chard Powers Smith, Vladimir Sokoloff, Arthur Spingarn, Jesse Stuart, A.M. Sullivan, May Swenson, Ridgely Torrence, Carl Van Vechten, George Sylvester Viereck, Harold Vinal, Booker T. Washington, Robert C. Weaver, John Hall Wheelock, Margaret Widdemer, William Carlos Williams, and Roscoe Wright.

Brown, Eleanor.

Modeling portfolio with black-and-white photographs of young Black woman model.

Coltrane, John, 1926-1967

5 oversize volumes of transcriptions of performances by the African American jazz saxophonist and composer. Transcribed by Andrew White, a Washington, D.C. musician.

Congress of Racial Equality. Syracuse Chapter.

Newsletters, publications, and mailings from the Syracuse Chapter.

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Photograph album containing portrait photographs of African American residents of Detroit

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Short essay by unknown author, comparing Africans in their native country, Africans in the United States, and Native Americans.

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Two photographs of the African-American spiritual leader, one with his wife.

Fisher, W. W., fl. 1846.

Letter from Reverend W. W. Fisher of Palmyra, New York, to E. B. Walsworth, giving details of a brutal attack on a local mixed-race couple by one Schuyler Parshall and several accomplices.

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Day-by-day accounts of the trial of William Freeman, accused of multiple murders in Upstate New York, one of the first American trials to employ the insanity defense. Freeman was prosecuted by John Van Buren, son of President Martin Van Buren, and defended by William Seward, later Secretary of State to President Abraham Lincoln.

Graham, Peter S.

Photographs, one clipping and business card of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin; a few items of correspondence from Graham.

Imes, William Lloyd, 1889-1986.

Papers of the African-American clergyman. Correspondence, writings (including sermons by Imes and his father Benjamin A. Imes), memorabilia (including numerous small scrapbooks), and subject files.

Jubilee Singers

Program for vocal concert by the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee

King, Willis J.

Papers of the American clergyman, author (b. 1886). King was elected bishop of the Methodist Church in Liberia. Collection includes correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1949-1965); manuscript articles (1961-1965) and speeches (1952-1962); photographs and printed material related to the Methodist Church.

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Program booklet and photographs from a fashion show featuring Black women