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Items with subject 'African American History'
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Race-related Postcards
by Unknown (circa 1900)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 28 race-related postcards, some of which are dated, depict African Americans and Native Americans illustrated in different manners. Six postcards depict Native Americans and 22 depict African Americans, all of which represent common stereotypes and racist imagery.
Race-related Postcards (2)
by Unknown (circa 1900)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These five race-related postcards depict African Americans, one of which is a racist illustration. The other four postcards are real photograph postcards and the subjects are wearing suits, ties, and dresses.
Racist Postcard (2)
by Unknown (Undated)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This racist Christmas postcard depicts an African American child reading from Webster's Dictionary.
Records of the Student Affairs Office
by Salisbury University; Salisbury University Office of Student Affairs (2019 – 2021)
1 oversize folder (0.1 linear feet)
The Records of the Office of Student Affairs documents the administration and activities within the division from 2019-2021. Included in the collection are programs and posters related to the 2019 events: 1619-2019 400 Years of Resilience, a public viewing of the film Harriet, and a poster advertising the inaugural Anti-Racism Summit at Salisbury University.
Reverend B.G. Parker photographs
by Parker, Rev. B.B. (circa 1890, 1900)
1 box (1 linear feet)
The collection of photographic prints created by Rev. B.G. Parker from Western Wicomico County, Maryland depict children, families, buildings, and schools throughout the aforementioned region circa 1890-1900.
Salisbury Baseball Oral History Collection
by Salisbury University Archives (Undated)
1 folder ( linear feet)
This oral history collection documents the influence of Baseball in Delmarva and its legacy in those that remember it. Topics covered include the Delmarva Negro League, the influence of Baseball in the African-American community in Salisbury, the restoration of the Oaksville baseball field in Oaksville, Maryland, and other affiliated topics. Compiled transcripts are attached.
Senior Citizens of Southside Neighborhood Center Ledger (Birmingham, Alabama)
by Senior Citizens of Southside Neighborhood Center (1970 – 1972)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
The Senior Citizens of Southside Neighborhood Center Ledger provides a record of the meetings and financial activities of the African American neighborhood organization in Birmingham, Alabama that was created through the Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity.
Sharecropping Contract (De Soto County, Mississippi)
by Unknown (1867)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This sharecropping contract was written in 1867 between a former slave and a white landowner in DeSoto County, Mississippi. The freedman used an X to indicate consent for his signature since he couldn't read or write. The transcribed and digitized contract is attached.
South Dorchester Folk Museum collection
by South Dorchester Folk Museum (2001 – 2024)
3 boxes (2.25 linear feet)
The South Dorchester Folk Museum collection documents programs and lectures held at the museum in Cambridge, Maryland from 2001-2024. The history of southern Dorchester County is immortalized in these Digital Video Disc (DVD) recordings of presentations and feature information about Hooper’s Island, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, decoy carving, hunting traditions, songs and local family history.
Special Collections Pamphlet Collection
by Various (1762 – 1985)
9 cartons, 2 boxes (10 linear feet)
The Special Collections Pamphlet Collection consists of over 800 published manuscripts discussing a wide variety of national and international topics. The materials date between 1762 and 1985. Similar topics have been grouped together, but may be found throughout the collection. Some of the major topics included in the collection are: race relations, Australia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, African American history, Native American history, military history (American Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War), education, industry, labor history, agriculture, railways, government and politics, international relations, socialism, communism, economics, prisons, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, prohibition, temperance, women's history and groups, and biographies and obituaries.
The SPAAA CD
by Foreman, Barry O. (2008)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains a CD of the Society for the Preservation of the African American Arts singing African American spirituals.
Thomas Family Photographs
by Thomas Family (1909 – 1982)
4 folders (0.4 linear feet)
These approximately 250 photographs were taken between 1909 and 1982, though primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, and document the lives of family and friends of the Thomas family from Detroit, Michigan. Many of the photographs feature Costrella Thomas (later Griggs, then Hightower), who was the daughter of Bill and Lucille (maiden name Nelson). Also included is Lucille's mother, Ella Price, both of whom moved from Mississippi after the death of Lucille's father, John Nelson, between 1920 and 1930. There are photos of members from the Havard family, Mary Washington, George and Gerald Taylor, Mrs. Provost (who owned land in Ontario, Canada), and many other individual photos of identified people.