Scope and Contents Photographs, sheet music, playbills, prints, publications, sound recordings, programs, souvenir books, correspondence, drawings, broadsides, articles, ephemera, manuscripts, and journal issues relating to the theater, music, dance, and literature. The photographic portion of the collection consists primarily of Carl Van Vechten's portraits of influential actors, writers, and artists of the New York stage. Amongst the photographic prints are rare portraits of notable African American authors,...

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1 5x7 photograph; print from ad in newspaper

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1 8x10 print of cover

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2 5x7 photographs. On the back of one is written: "Silent Protest Parade, 1917 (Courtesy The Crisis)

Scope and Contents Slavery and Abolition in the US is a digital collection of books and pamphlets that reflect the varying opinions and beliefs expressed on the slavery issue throughout the nineteenth century.  The works in this collection reflect arguments on both sides of the slavery debate and include first person narratives, legal proceedings and decisions, anti-slavery tracts, religious sermons, and secondary works.  The collection spans from 1787 to 1911 with the greatest concentration of materials...

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1 8x10 of print of cover; features A'Lelia Walker

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1 8x10 print of cover.