• Book/Printed Material
    Correspondence. French translation of: Sumner, Charles. Interest and duty of colored citizens in the Presidential elections. Washington : F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey, 1872. Caption title. Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Sumner, Charles
    • Date: 1872

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  • Collection
    Black history collection, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Correspondence, speeches, writings, court records, slave records, slave deeds, emancipation and manumission papers, birth and marriage records, wills, family and genealogical papers, military records, financial records, ships' papers, broadsides, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers pertaining to African Americans from the colonial period through the early twenty-first century. Subjects include the slave trade, slaves, medical care of slaves, fugitive slaves, abolition, emancipation, manumission,...
    • Contributor: Robards, Lewis C.
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    Mary Church Terrell Papers The papers of educator, lecturer, suffragist, and civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) consist of approximately 13,000 documents, comprising 25,323 images, all of which were digitized from 34 reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning the years 1851 to 1962, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1886-1954, the collection contains diaries, correspondence, printed matter, clippings, and speeches and writings, primarily...
    • Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church

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    Stuart Eizenstat papers, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, briefing books, transcripts of interviews, notebooks and notes, subject files, calendars, press releases, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other material relating chiefly to Eizenstat's writings, Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War II, a book describing his role in the Holocaust restitution negotiations from 1995-2001 (published in 2003), and an unpublished book about...
    • Contributor: Eizenstat, Stuart
  • Collection
    Black history collection, 1623-2008 Letters, court records, legal documents, slave deeds, financial records, speeches and writings, family and genealogical papers, military records, birth records, inventories, wills, ships' papers, a commonplace book, poll tax receipts, broadsides, postcards, marriage certificates, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material pertaining to African Americans.
    • Contributor: Robards, Lewis C.
    • Date: 1700
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    Hazel Scott papers, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available The collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, business papers, recordings, and other documentary evidence of Scott's music career and political activism. The Writings series contains drafts and notes for an unpublished autobiography, along with poetry, song lyrics, quotes, and various thoughts jotted down on scraps of paper, envelopes, and notebooks. The Correspondence series consists of letters from business associates, family, and friends. Subject Files series...
    • Contributor: Scott, Hazel
    • Date: 1924
  • Collection
    Hazel Scott papers, 1924-1986 Hazel Scott was a jazz and classical pianist, singer, and actor. Materials in the collection include correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, business papers, datebooks, and other items that document her career in entertainment and history of political activism.
    • Contributor: Scott, Hazel
    • Date: 1924
  • Collection
    Kendrick-Brooks family papers, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Correspondence, book drafts, transcripts of audiotapes, family papers, genealogical charts and research, business records, scrapbooks, printed material, photographs, and other papers pertaining to members of the Brooks and Kendrick families. Ruby Moyse Kendrick's papers document her participation in the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, her work as an educator and her social life in Greenville, Miss., and her husband Swan M. Kendrick's position...
    • Contributor: Kendrick, Hattie - Mitchell, Antoinette Brooks - Kendrick, Ruby Moyse - Mitchell, Louis A. - Brooks, Charlotte
  • Collection
    Billy Strayhorn music manuscripts and estate papers, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available The activities of the Strayhorn estate, Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc. (B.S.S.I.), are documented in an expansive series of business papers that account for nearly half of all collection materials. These span from the mid-1960s (Strayhorn's will and the establishment of his estate) through 2015 and largely consist of royalty statements and licensing agreements from organizations such as ASCAP, Tempo Music, Music Sales, and Campbell...
    • Contributor: Morris, Gregory A. - Ellington, Duke - Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc - Henderson, Luther - Strayhorn, Billy - Leur, Walter Van De.
    • Date: 1918
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Entrée du forum civil, à Pompeï 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
    • Contributor: Lamy, E. - Lamy, E., Active
    • Date: 1860
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Etat abregé de la maison du grand seigneur, de ses revenus et le gouvernement civil, militaire et ecclesiastiques de cet empire 1 print : etching and engraving. | Print shows bird's-eye view of Constantinople (after Merian, showing men with camels in the lower right foreground), view of the Sultan's palace, and a view of the Ayasofya Müzesi; includes extensive text about the administration of the government of the Sultan and of the religious orders in Turkey.
    • Contributor: Merian, Matthaeus
    • Date: 1650
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Declaration universelle des droits de l'homme 1 print (poster) ; (poster format)
    • Contributor: United Nations General Assembly - Unesco - United Nations General Assembly Universal Declaration of Human Rights French
    • Date: 1978
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Frontieres repression 1 print (poster)
    • Contributor: Mur Graphique
    • Date: 1968
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    [Boatswain James Walker of U.S. Navy in uniform] 1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 11 x 6 cm (carte de visite format) | Photograph shows identified sailor, who served aboard USS Hartford and at the Navy Yard in Boston during the Civil War.
    • Contributor: Silli (Firm : Nice & Vichy, France)
    • Date: 1861
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Ellsworth. Memorial Col. E.E. Ellsworth, the patriot martyr. The Marshall house, Alexandria, Va. Francis E. Brownell, the avenger of Ellsworth. 3 photographs on 1 card mount : albumen prints on card mount in frame ; visible image 24 x 34 cm, frame 42 x 52 cm. | Photographs show Colonel Elmer Ellsworth of Field and Staff, 11th New York Infantry Regiment; Marshall House at the corner of King and Pitt Streets, Alexandria, Virginia, the scene of the assassination of Col. Ellsworth on May 24,...
    • Contributor: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries
    • Date: 1861
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Madrid. L'action 'militaire' des rebelles 1 print (poster) : offset lithograph, b&w & color ; 66 x 49 cm. | Dead child with a tag and number on her body with a squadron of bombers overhead; b&w image with color border.
    • Contributor: Spain. Ministerio De Propaganda
    • Date: 1936
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Que fais-tu pour empecher cela? 1 print (poster) : offset lithograph, color ; 81 x 56 cm. | Mother with child in foreground; wrecked building and bombers in background.
    • Contributor: Spain. Junta De Defensa De Madrid - Spain. Ministerio De Propaganda
    • Date: 1936
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Que fais-tu pour empecher cela? 1 print (poster) : offset lithograph, color ; 40 x 27 cm. | Mother with child in foreground; wrecked building and bombers in background.
    • Contributor: Spain. Junta De Defensa De Madrid - Spain. Ministerio De Propaganda
    • Date: 1936
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Secours populaire Français - Souscrivez pour l'Espagne Republicaine Pour les guerilleros, leur familles, leur enfants--Pour les blessés et invalides de la guerre d'Espagne / 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 64 x 44 cm. | Poster soliciting financial aid for Republican survivors of the Spanish civil war and their families, showing a victim of a firing squad with a woman and child behind him.
    • Contributor: Colin, Paul
    • Date: 1946
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    [American steam packet vessel at port in Le Havre, France] 1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 12 x 7 cm (carte de visite format) | Photograph shows American commercial ship with American flag flying from foremast and commercial flag flying from mainmast.
    • Contributor: Lacroix, Auguste
    • Date: 1860
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    Charles Habib Malik papers, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, and other papers documenting Malik's teaching career at the American University of Beirut and public service as Lebanese minister to the United States, as Lebanese delegate to the United Nations and president of its General Assembly, and as Lebanon's foreign minister during a period of civil and political strife. United Nations files pertain to his tenure on the drafting...
    • Contributor: Malik, Charles Habib - Malik, Habib
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Reponce à l'auteur de la chronique, qui appelle bombe la bulle du Pape 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; 34.5 x 45.2 cm (sheet) | Print shows the Pope sitting on the right blowing bubbles representing Papal briefs condemning members of the clergy who took the oath to the new civil constitution, and on the left, an allegorical figure representing France, popping the bubbles. Includes several lines of verse.
    • Date: 1791
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    C.G. Lamoignon de Malesherbes - né a Paris le 6 Décembre 1721 ; mort le 22 avril 1794 1 print : stipple engraving ; 41.1 x 29 cm (plate), 42.8 x 29.8 cm (sheet) | Print shows the apotheosis of Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, bust portrait, left profile among clouds above allegorical scene with a sarcophagus on which is a reclining female figure holding an open book that states "Amélioration Du Sort Des Prisonniers Droits Civils Accordés Aux Protestans" above...
    • Contributor: Aubry, Louis François - Cardon, Anthony
    • Date: 1798
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Les quatre éléments. Louis était un enfant léger qui n'apportait aucume application à l'étude; ... 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. | French comic strip shows a young boy, "Louis," who decides to apply himself at school after unfortunate experiences with the four elements. Louis learns about fire by getting burned while working for a baker; about water by falling into a stream while working with fishermen; about the earth by hurting his back while employed with a gardner; and...
    • Date: 1830
  • Collection
    Billy Strayhorn music manuscripts and estate papers, 1918-2015 Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and lyricist. He is prominently known as the leading arranger for the Duke Ellington Orchestra, a position that he held for nearly three decades. The collection chiefly contains scores, sketches, lead sheets, and parts for original compositions and arrangements by Strayhorn and Ellington, as well as business papers, photographs, scripts, and other materials pertaining...
    • Contributor: Morris, Gregory A. - Ellington, Duke - Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc - Henderson, Luther - Strayhorn, Billy - Leur, Walter Van De.
    • Date: 1918