California's Japanese Language Schools: Dangerous and Un-American
by [Japanese Americana]: McClatchy, V. S.
Sacramento, 1922. 12pp. Minor toning and handling wear. Very good. A scarce twelve-panel brochure, based on a piece originally published in The Sacramento Bee on December 18, 1922. The author, V.S. McClatchy argues that Japanese-language schools in California and Hawaii were set up to foster a separate Japanese identity and that the curriculum included Japanese government propaganda "not maintained to assist in Americanization." Sadly, such pamphlets would foster the hostile environment that led to the Immigration Act of 1924, which effectively... Read More
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![[Memoranda Containing Instructions for Final Reports on the Minidoka Internment Camp Following Its Closure]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/674/049/1751049674.0.l.jpg)
[Memoranda Containing Instructions for Final Reports on the Minidoka Internment Camp Following Its Closure]
by [Japanese American Internment]: [War Relocation Authority]: [Idaho]: Rawlings, W.E.
Hunt, ID: November 1, 1945. 4pp., mimeographed text on tall folio sheets, stapled at top left. Old folds, light wear, two holes punched in top margin. Very good. An informative document written by W.E. Rawlings, the Project Director at the Minidoka Internment Camp in Idaho, providing guidelines, instructions, pointers, and so forth to staff members preparing final statistical, functional, and personal narrative reports. The camp closed a few days before this memo was written, and final reports were prepared... Read More
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![[Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting the Life of a Japanese-American Woman in Los Angeles and Japan]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/676/958/1721958676.0.l.jpg)
[Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting the Life of a Japanese-American Woman in Los Angeles and Japan]
by [Japanese-American Photographica]: Yamasaki, Yoshiko
Los Angeles, 1951. Very good.. Thirty leaves, illustrated with 307 photographs between 1.75 x 1 inches and 7.5 x 9.75 inches, most leaves with at least one manuscript annotation in white ink, mostly in Japanese but occasionally in English, and ink annotations to the versos of the corner-mounted photographs. Oblong folio. Contemporary tan paper-covered boards, string tied, with picture window on front cover showing a floral scene of three roses above the word "Photographs." Minor rubbing and edge... Read More
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![Second Anniversary of Rev. James Coleman Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church Willow Street and Evergreen Avenue Morristown, N.J. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/670/958/1721958670.0.l.jpg)
Second Anniversary of Rev. James Coleman Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church Willow Street and Evergreen Avenue Morristown, N.J. [cover title]
by [African-Americana]: [Religion]: [New Jersey]
Newark, N.J.: Holmes Printing Service, 1951. Good.. [20]pp. Folio. Original orange printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers stained and spotted. Some staining and spotting to text. An informative pamphlet celebrating the second anniversary of the service of Reverend James Coleman, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Morristown, New Jersey. The text recounts Reverend Coleman's time at the church, and includes numerous photographs of Coleman, his family, and several members of the church. The program lists the events celebrating Coleman's... Read More
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![Coming! Coming! New Jersey Conference of Colored Republicans... [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/775/958/1721958775.0.l.jpg)
Coming! Coming! New Jersey Conference of Colored Republicans... [caption title]
by [African Americana]: [New Jersey]
Jersey City: Harold S. Williamson, 1932. Good plus.. Small broadside, inches. Previously folded. Minor edge wear. Moderate toning and dust soiling. An ephemeral handbill for a Depression-era meeting of the New Jersey Conference of Colored Republicans. The president of the conference, J. Mercer Burrell, was a Newark attorney and one of the first Black assemblymen to serve in the New Jersey statehouse. In 1933 he filled his seat as member of the Republican party, but was re-elected on... Read More
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Mortgage Burning at the A.M.E. Zion Church, Atlantic Street, Hackensack, New Jersey
by [African Americana]: [New Jersey]
[Hackensack, N.J.]: The Riverside Press, 1906. Very good.. Printed handbill, 9 x 6 inches. Minor wear and toning to edges. An unrecorded handbill emblematic of an intriguing practice by mortgage holders in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Mortgage burning services and celebrations were particularly popular in African-American churches, and involved just what they imply: upon the completion of payment of a given mortgage, the debtor would burn the promissory note to signal its fulfillment. As related in the... Read More
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Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing... Lite Beer from Miller Pays Tribute to the Heritage and Traditions of Black America
by [Johnson, James Weldon]: [Miller Brewing Company]
[Milwaukee, Wi, 1985. Very good.. 45 rpm record in printed sleeve. Minor edge wear. A rare music single, with instrumental B-side, issued by the Miller Brewing Company in celebration of Black History Month in 1985. The front side prints the title and first verse of the lyrics of the song; the verso explains the motivation behind the record's release: "'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' was written by the noted Black poet and civil rights leader, James Weldon Johnson... Read More
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Dedication Services of Temple Emanu-El
by [Alabama]: [Judaism]
Birmingham, Al, 1914. Very good.. [18]pp., with frontispiece photograph tipped-in on inside front wrapper. Original beige printed wrappers, string tied. Some uneven discoloration and minor staining to wrappers. Some offsetting to title page from frontispiece, otherwise internally clean. A program of the dedication services for Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham, Alabama in 1914. The text includes a detailed schedule of events for the three-day program, along with lists of the members of the congregation, the trustees, various committees, ushers,... Read More
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![Souvenir of the City of Emporia, Lyon County and the State of Kansas [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/714/702/1728702714.0.l.jpg)
Souvenir of the City of Emporia, Lyon County and the State of Kansas [wrapper title]
by [Kansas]
Emporia, Ks: Gazette Print, 1905. [16]pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Illustrated. Minor wear and soiling. Soft vertical crease throughout. Internally clean. Very good. An unrecorded promotional pamphlet touting the advantages of the small city of Emporia, Kansas, as well as larger Lyon County near the turn of the 20th century. The work opens with a poem titled, "Opportunity" by notable Kansas Senator John J. Ingalls (who died in 1900) and a passage about the state of Kansas itself. This... Read More
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![[Cabinet Card of an African-American Mother and Children in Rural Kansas]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/917/958/1721958917.0.l.jpg)
[Cabinet Card of an African-American Mother and Children in Rural Kansas]
by [African Americana]: [Photography]: [Kansas]
Salina, Ks: Atherton & Hopkins, 1900. Very good.. Cabinet card photograph, 5.5 x 4 inches, on a slightly larger studio mount printed "Atherton & Hopkins Salina, Kans." Minor edge wear, small "X" handwritten above one subject's head within the image, a few small paper remnants to verso. A striking image of an African-American family of six, a mother and five children, living in Kansas around the last decade of the 19th century. The African-American population in Kansas grew... Read More
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![[Large Albumen Photograph Capturing a Worship Service Inside a Baptist Church in Kansas]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/891/958/1721958891.0.l.jpg)
[Large Albumen Photograph Capturing a Worship Service Inside a Baptist Church in Kansas]
by [African Americana]: [Kansas]
[Prairie View, Ks, 1890. Good plus.. Albumen photograph, 8 x 10 inches, on a decorative mount measuring 11.5 x 13.5 inches. Bottom right corner of mount chipped, moderate staining, soiling, and foxing, minor surface wear to image. A striking large-format photograph memorializing an African American religious service inside the spacious First Baptist Church in Prairie View, Kansas in the late-19th century. The pencil annotation on the verso reads, "1st Baptist Church Prairie View, Kansas." The photograph was taken... Read More
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Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Jurisdiction of Kansas
by [African Americana]: [Kansas]
[Coffeyville: Plaindealer Print, 1910. Very good.. 92pp. 16mo. Original gray wrappers printed in black. Minor wear and soiling to wrappers. Bottom corner of a few leaves creased, occasional light spotting to text. A very rare work relating to the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, an African-American fraternal organization formed in 1869 when African-American petitioners were refused membership in the larger Knights of Pythias in Richmond, Virginia. This edition was revised... Read More
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![The Haskell Annual [three volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/793/958/1721958793.0.l.jpg)
The Haskell Annual [three volumes]
by [Native Americans]: [Education]: [Kansas]
Lawrence, Ks: Haskell Institute, 1930. Very good.. Three volumes: 112; 122; 124pp. Original pictorial bindings, earliest two volumes in wrappers with yapp edges, the latter in blue cloth boards. Some chipping to yapp edges, overall minor wear. Previous owner's signature on latter two volumes. A couple of inscriptions in latter volume. A consecutive trio of yearbooks from Haskell Institute, "a United States Government Training School for Indians" still located in Lawrence, Kansas, and known today as Haskell Indian... Read More
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![569th Quartermaster Salvage Co. [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/735/958/1721958735.0.l.jpg)
569th Quartermaster Salvage Co. [caption title]
by [African Americana]: [Military]: [Kentucky]
Fort Campbell, Ky, 1952. Very good plus.. Photographic collage, 12 x 20 inches. Minor wear and dust-soiling. A stunning photographically-illustrated broadside picturing the officers and enlisted men of the 569th Quartermaster Salvage Company stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The most striking feature of the broadside is that not only are all of the enlisted men African American, but the same goes for all five officers pictured at center. This is contrary to previous practices of the United States... Read More
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![Hon. William Goebel, of Kentucky. "Our Martyred Governor" Died Feb. 3rd 1900 [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/377/994/1768994377.0.l.jpg)
Hon. William Goebel, of Kentucky. "Our Martyred Governor" Died Feb. 3rd 1900 [caption title]
by [Kentucky]: [Goebel, William]
Cincinnati, OH: The Henderson Lithographic Co, 1900. Lithograph, 22 x 16 inches. Mounted on old cardboard. Substantial toning, edge wear, staining, and overall wear, horizontal tear across the whole of the lithograph near the top. A prime candidate for preservation, and priced accordingly. A very rare memorial broadside honoring Kentucky Governor William Goebel, who died at the hands of an assassin after only four days as governor in late January 1900. The story is actually even weirder. After a... Read More
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![[Large Silk Broadside of Crystal Palace Overprinted with a Satirical Scene Around the Outer Margins Involving the Impact of Slavery and British Colonialism]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/214/546/1737546214.0.l.jpg)
[Large Silk Broadside of Crystal Palace Overprinted with a Satirical Scene Around the Outer Margins Involving the Impact of Slavery and British Colonialism]
by [Slavery]: [United Kingdom]
[N.p., likely London, 1890. Lithograph on silk handkerchief, approximately 24 x 24 inches, with additional lithographed scene printed around the outer margins in brown and blue ink. Previously matted and framed, with resultant edge wear and adhesive staining around margins. Old folds, some foxing and staining in image area. Overall good plus condition. A very rare and impactful 19th-century British lithograph-on-lithograph, the original a view of London's Crystal Palace with the addition of a satirical scene detailing the history... Read More
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![By-Laws United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local Union No. 89 Mobile, Ala. [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/079/959/1721959079.0.l.jpg)
By-Laws United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local Union No. 89 Mobile, Ala. [wrapper title]
by [Alabama]: [Organized Labor]
Mobile: Hawes & Co., Print, 1906. [8]pp. Narrow sixteenmo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Some soiling and staining, first and last leaves tanned. Good. An apparently-unrecorded pamphlet printing the by-laws of a local Mobile union of carpenters and joiners. The by-laws cover the union’s objectives, meetings, membership, officer duties, sick benefits, and more. Membership in the union was open to “any white carpenter or carpenter apprentice over eighteen.” An early example of organized labor in the American South, with no copies in OCLC.... Read More
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Argument on the Hours of Labor, Delivered Before the Labor Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature
by [Labor]: McNeill, George E.
New York: Labor Standard Publishing, 1877. Good.. 20pp. Disbound, lacking wrappers. Trimmed closely along fore-edge occasionally touching text, light occasional foxing. A scarce pamphlet on American labor practices in the late-1870s, and an early work by George E. McNeill, a millworker and noted labor leader. George E. McNeill (1836-1906) was born and raised then later died in Massachusetts after a long career as a staunch advocate for improving labor conditions. In Boston, he served as the president of... Read More
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![[Unused Stock Certificate for Land in the City and Port of Trespalacios, Texas]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/135/959/1721959135.0.l.jpg)
[Unused Stock Certificate for Land in the City and Port of Trespalacios, Texas]
by [Texas]: [Land]
London, 1845. Very good.. Small broadside, 8 x 10.5 inches. Minor discoloration and wear at edges, short closed edge tear. Scarce stock certificate that conferred title to land in the small Gulf Coast town of Trespalacios, Texas, offered for sale to Londoners at the very end of Texas' period as an independent republic. The certificate granted the holder a small lot, 2500 square feet (25 x 100 feet), from a block of thirty-two and enjoined him or her... Read More
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Abstract of Title to the Empire Addition to the City of Houston. Harris County, Texas
by [Texas]: [Land]
Orange, Tx: Rein Litho, 1901. About very good.. 49pp., plus frontispiece map. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Light wear and chipping at wrapper edges, with two tape repairs along top edge. Even toning and light dust soiling. Scattered, contemporary ink stamps; contemporary manuscript annotation on frontispiece map. Rare printed abstract of title for Houston's Empire Addition, bounded roughly by San Jacinto, Alabama, Cleburne, and Crawford Streets, southwest of Downtown in what is now the Midtown area of the megalopolis.... Read More
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![Spanish in One Lesson with Phonetic Pronunciation [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/175/959/1721959175.0.l.jpg)
Spanish in One Lesson with Phonetic Pronunciation [cover title]
by [Texas]: [Spanish Language]
Laredo, Tx, 1951. Very good.. 64pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Light toning; minor wear. Attractive copy of this Spanish phrasebook for U.S. travelers crossing the border into Mexico through Laredo. Stated twelfth edition.
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![[Marvelous Portrait of Early American Stage Phenomenon Charlotte Cushman]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/092/937/1768937092.0.l.jpg)
[Marvelous Portrait of Early American Stage Phenomenon Charlotte Cushman]
by [LGBTQIA+]: [Cushman, Charlotte]
[London]: T.H. Maguire, 1846. Lithograph, 11.25 x 9 inches. Staining to corners from glue on verso, some surface wear and dust soiling, trimmed closely, just touching the flourish in the facsimile signature, paper remnants at corners on verso from previous mounting. Good plus. A rare portrait of the legendary and controversial American stage actress, Charlotte Cushman (1816-1876). Cushman was an international force on the stage, and considered the finest American actress of her age. She had an unusual ability... Read More
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![[Prospectus and Order Form for the Novel, Dark Valor (The Man History Forgot)]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/082/959/1721959082.0.l.jpg)
[Prospectus and Order Form for the Novel, Dark Valor (The Man History Forgot)]
by [African Americana]: [Literature]
Toledo, Oh: Commonsense Publications, 1969. Good.. [4]pp., on a bifolium. Small folio. Heavy tanning at edges; occasional staining. An enthusiastic prospectus for an apparently unrecorded African-American novel, Dark Valor, by author Don Benn Owens, Jr. The cover blares, "The book in a million books!...An historical novel in which a black man played an important part in Columbus' discovery of America - something you will not read in American history books! BLACK RICARDO is the man who really gave... Read More
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![Souvenir Program 55th Annual Communication Most Worshipful Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M., Inc. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/052/959/1721959052.0.l.jpg)
Souvenir Program 55th Annual Communication Most Worshipful Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M., Inc. [cover title]
by [African Americana]: [California]: [Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge]
Fresno, Ca, 1965. Very good plus.. 68pp. Original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Minimal wear. Unrecorded program for the annual convention of the Most Worshipful Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge Scottish Rite Masons, which took place at Del Webb's Town House in Fresno in July 1965. The work includes a short schedule of events but is almost completely comprised of greetings and well wishes from dozens of Masonic and Eastern Star chapters across California. The program also includes numerous... Read More
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![Sixty-Seventh Anniversary Celebration and Dedication of J.S. Williams Funeral Home & Burial Assn. [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/044/959/1721959044.0.l.jpg)
Sixty-Seventh Anniversary Celebration and Dedication of J.S. Williams Funeral Home & Burial Assn. [wrapper title]
by [African Americana]: [Louisiana]
[Shreveport, La, 1965. Good.. 64pp. Original pictorial light blue wrappers printed in dark blue, stapled. Text printed in blue. Moderate staining and soiling to wrappers and text, minor insect damage to wrappers. An unrecorded program celebrating the anniversary and the dedication of a new building for the African-American-owned J.S. Williams Funeral Home & Burial Association in Louisiana. Williams is described on the front wrapper as "Shreveport's Oldest Negro Business." The celebration took place Sunday, April 11, 1965, and... Read More
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