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College of William and Mary

Roanoke Estate Photographs, 1950/1970

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Collection of 22 black and white photographs of various African American individuals and families. Some of the photographs are labeled with first names and the date of the picture. Dates range from the 1950's through the 1970's. There is also a newspaper clipping of Annie Poindexter that was published in loving memory of her by her children, Lonnie and Marguerite. Poindexter passed July 3, 1959. It is supposed that the collection of photographs are from a Roanoke Estate.

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Roanoke Estate Photographs, 1950/1970 0.02 Linear Feet

Gary Alonzo Barranger

Collection of 22 black and white photographs of various African American individuals and families. Some of the photographs are labeled with first names and the date of the picture. Dates range from the 1950's through the 1970's. There is also a newspaper clipping of Annie Poindexter that was published in loving memory of her by her children, Lonnie and Marguerite. Poindexter passed July 3, 1959. It is supposed that the collection of photographs are from a Roanoke Estate.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Stephen Railton collection of Uncle Tom's Cabin ephemera, 1884/2015

2 Cubic Feet One legal-sized document box, one letter document box, three medium oversized folders, one large oversized folder; Vinyl records, wax cylinders, grooved analog discs, and open reels. 2 grooved analog discs 3 open reel videotapes 15 vinyl recordings

This material contains racist imagery of Black people. This note aims to give users the opportunity to decide whether they need or want to view these materials, or at least, to mentally or emotionally prepare themselves to view the materials.

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Stephen Railton collection of Uncle Tom's Cabin ephemera, 1884/2015 2 Cubic Feet One legal-sized document box, one letter document box, three medium oversized folders, one large oversized folder; Vinyl records, wax cylinders, grooved analog discs, and open reels. 2 grooved analog discs 3 open reel videotapes 15 vinyl recordings

Railton, Stephen, 1948-

This material contains racist imagery of Black people. This note aims to give users the opportunity to decide whether they need or want to view these materials, or at least, to mentally or emotionally prepare themselves to view the materials.

George Mason University

"The Key" Aesthetic Club Annual, Bluefield State College, West Virginia, 1946

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Edition of "The Key" Annual created by members of the Aesthetic Club at West Virginia's Bluefield State College.
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College of William and Mary

Title:: Herman Recht Papers 1943-1946

780.00
This collection is comprised of more than 700 letters written by Herman Recht (1908-1971), a Navy yeoman, from Camp Peary (U. S. Naval Construction Training Center), near Williamsburg, Virginia, between October, 1943 to February 1946 to his wife, Esther, in Clairton, Pennsylvania. There are no letters from Esther because, as he wrote to her, saving them would make him homesick.
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Title:: Herman Recht Papers 1943-1946 780.00

Herman Recht, 1908-1971 arrangement
This collection is comprised of more than 700 letters written by Herman Recht (1908-1971), a Navy yeoman, from Camp Peary (U. S. Naval Construction Training Center), near Williamsburg, Virginia, between October, 1943 to February 1946 to his wife, Esther, in Clairton, Pennsylvania. There are no letters from Esther because, as he wrote to her, saving them would make him homesick.
College of William and Mary

Title:: Obelia "Bee" Graves Papers 1936-19451937-1939

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This collection contains letters to Obelia "Bee" Graves, from her family and friends, while she attended Winston-Salem Teachers College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The institution is presently known as Winston-Salem State University. Winston-Salem Teachers College was the first historically black college to grant bachelors degrees in elementary school education. The collection also includes college documents from her time at college such as report cards and her admission acceptance. The collection also contains letters from two soldiers to Bee Graves' sister, Cleonis. The soldiers served during World War II in the Philippines.
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Title:: Obelia "Bee" Graves Papers 1936-19451937-1939 0.50

Graves, Obelia "Bee" arrangement
This collection contains letters to Obelia "Bee" Graves, from her family and friends, while she attended Winston-Salem Teachers College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The institution is presently known as Winston-Salem State University. Winston-Salem Teachers College was the first historically black college to grant bachelors degrees in elementary school education. The collection also includes college documents from her time at college such as report cards and her admission acceptance. The collection also contains letters from two soldiers to Bee Graves' sister, Cleonis. The soldiers served during World War II in the Philippines.
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Donna Huffer research notes for book, "Fare Thee Well, Ole Joe Clark", 2017

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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Two African American women tintype, 1865/1900

0.03 Cubic Feet One letter-sized folder

This collection features an undated tintype photograph of two unidentified African American women dressed in Victorian-style dresses and hats. One of the women holds a bouquet that drapes over a bridge made of branches that the two figures are posed on in a photography studio. It measures 2.5 X 3.5 ".

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Two African American women tintype, 1865/1900 0.03 Cubic Feet One letter-sized folder

Max Rambod

This collection features an undated tintype photograph of two unidentified African American women dressed in Victorian-style dresses and hats. One of the women holds a bouquet that drapes over a bridge made of branches that the two figures are posed on in a photography studio. It measures 2.5 X 3.5 ".

College of William and Mary

United Klans of America collection, 1971/1975

1 Folder

Content warning: The United Klans of America (UKA) Collection contains racist, sexist and homophobic imagery, language and content. The materials have been processed and made accesible for fair use and research purposes.

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United Klans of America collection, 1971/1975 1 Folder

Content warning: The United Klans of America (UKA) Collection contains racist, sexist and homophobic imagery, language and content. The materials have been processed and made accesible for fair use and research purposes.

George Mason University

United Negro and Allied Veterans of America pamphlet, 1946

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Small illustrated pamphlet used to promote awareness of and membership in the United Negro and Allied Veterans of America (UNAVA).
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United Negro and Allied Veterans of America pamphlet, 1946 .01 Linear Feet 1 folder

United Negro and Allied Veterans of America
Small illustrated pamphlet used to promote awareness of and membership in the United Negro and Allied Veterans of America (UNAVA).
College of William and Mary

Vito L. Bianco collection of African American photographs, 1875

0.375 Linear Feet 1 Hollinger box

This collection contains one bound album of 18 photographs of African Americans, including children, women, as well as men in military uniforms. Photographs were taken by multiple studios in Virginia including the E.C. Leath Photograph Gallery in Petersburg and the Virginia, Evans and Son Gallery in Norfolk, virginia. Other photographs were produced by New York based studios including Adams Studio and Richard Ward Studio. The photographs include carte de visites, tintypes and postcards.

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Vito L. Bianco collection of African American photographs, 1875 0.375 Linear Feet 1 Hollinger box

This collection contains one bound album of 18 photographs of African Americans, including children, women, as well as men in military uniforms. Photographs were taken by multiple studios in Virginia including the E.C. Leath Photograph Gallery in Petersburg and the Virginia, Evans and Son Gallery in Norfolk, virginia. Other photographs were produced by New York based studios including Adams Studio and Richard Ward Studio. The photographs include carte de visites, tintypes and postcards.

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