![The Ancrum School Glee Club...[caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/022/959/1721959022.0.l.jpg)
The Ancrum School Glee Club...[caption title]
by [African Americana]: [Music]
[N.p., probably Boston, 1920. Very good.. Photographically-illustrated trade card, on stiff cardstock, 3.25 x 5.5 inches. Minor wear and toning. A handsome promotional card for the Ancrum School Glee Club, an African-American singing group based in Boston. The card is comprised of a photographic image of twenty-two tuxedoed young African American males covering about three-fourths of the space, with printed text at left. Estelle Ancrum Forster founded the Ancrum School of Music at 74 West Rutland Square in... Read More
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![The Famous Canadian Jubilee Singers and Imperial Orchestra. The Leading Colored Concert Company of America [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/934/958/1721958934.0.l.jpg)
The Famous Canadian Jubilee Singers and Imperial Orchestra. The Leading Colored Concert Company of America [caption title]
by [African Americana]: [Music]
[Hamilton, Ontario, 1902. About very good.. [4]pp., on a single folded folio sheet. Illustrated. Minor wear, old fold, a few short closed tears, one longer closed horizontal tear at spine fold, even toning. With two small ink stamps on front cover advertising a 1904 performance. A very rare and visually appealing promotional for the Famous Canadian Jubilee Singers and Imperial Orchestra just after the turn of the 20th century. The front cover is decorated with a large group... Read More
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![The Famous Suwanee River Quartette [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/843/958/1721958843.0.l.jpg)
The Famous Suwanee River Quartette [cover title]
by [African Americana]: [Music]
[Philadelphia, 1920. Good.. [4]pp. on a single folded sheet. Quarto. Tanned and somewhat brittle, minor edge chipping, some short closed edge tears. A seemingly unrecorded promotional touting the talents of the now-obscure Famous Suwanee River Quartette. The group, formed in Cleveland, Ohio around 1910 and led by John Gantt, traveled extensively for almost fifteen years, and became especially well-known for their rendition of "Old Black Joe," which is mentioned here. The present pamphlet, a most ephemeral item, advertises... Read More
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Constitution for Youth Councils of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
by [African Americana]: [NAACP]
New York, 1950. About very good.. 21pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Some edge wear, creasing, and soiling to outer wrappers, small chip to top corner of front wrapper. Occasional manuscript underlinings, annotations, and emendations to text. The very rare 1950 constitution written specifically for youth chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The Youth Council of the NAACP was limited to any person between twelve and twenty-five years of age. The present... Read More
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![Constitution for College Chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/665/958/1721958665.0.l.jpg)
Constitution for College Chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [wrapper title]
by [African Americana]: [NAACP]
New York, 1948. About very good.. 19pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor edge wear, light soiling, small chip to outer edge of first leaf, short closed tear to outer margin throughout. The very rare 1948 constitution written specifically for college or university chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The constitution's stated objects are delineated in Section 2, the first of which seeks "to inform students of the problems affecting the Negro... Read More
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![We Were Happy When He First Came. We First Thought He Came from the Light; But He Comes Like the Dusk of Evening Now...Charlot -- Flathead Chief [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/958/958/1721958958.0.l.jpg)
We Were Happy When He First Came. We First Thought He Came from the Light; But He Comes Like the Dusk of Evening Now...Charlot -- Flathead Chief [caption title]
by [Native Americans]: [Mohawk Nation]
Rooseveltown, N.Y. [i.e., Ithaca, N.Y.]: Akwesasne Notes [i.e., Glad Day Press], 1976. Very good.. Lithograph poster, 17.5 x 22.5 inches. Light even toning, mild edge wear. A rare poster issued by the Mohawk Nation as part of a series of works under the title, Akwesasne Notes, during the United States Bicentennial in 1976. The poster includes a large photographic portrait of Edward Curtis's "Flathead Chief" at top over a long quotation by him. The quotation laments the coming... Read More
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Saggi Inediti di Lingue Americane. Appunti Bibliografici
by [Native American Languages]: Teza, Emilio
Pisa: Dallas Tipografia Nistri, 1868. 91,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Minor chipping and partial separations along spine, light edge wear, ownership signature on front wrapper and ink inscription on front flyleaf. Very good. A scarce Italian work on indigenous American linguistics, one of only seventy copies printed "e non sono in commercio." According to Pilling, the work was taken "From a manuscript of the Cardinal Mezzofanti, with an appendix.... The Notes, without the appendix, were first printed in the Annali... Read More
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![The Dakota Mission: Past and Present. A.D. 1886 [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/825/854/1728854825.0.l.jpg)
The Dakota Mission: Past and Present. A.D. 1886 [wrapper title]
by [Native Americans]: [Education]: [Williamson, John P.]
Minneapolis: Tribune Job Printing Co, 1886. 27pp., plus additional printed note tipped in on first leaf of text. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Three binder holes punched along spine, moderate toning and dust-soiling to wrappers, ownership signature in blue ink on front wrapper. Soft vertical crease throughout. A handful of blue ink underlinings to text. About very good. A scarce compilation of articles from a confederation of American religious missionary organizations working in various populations of Dakota Indians in... Read More
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![[Collection of Documents Pertaining to Ronald Jones of the Onondaga Nation and His Family's Conflicts with Local Authorities]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/338/315/1728315338.0.l.jpg)
[Collection of Documents Pertaining to Ronald Jones of the Onondaga Nation and His Family's Conflicts with Local Authorities]
by [Native Americans]: Jones, Ronald
[Syracuse, NY and surrounding areas], 1974. Twelve printed documents, between one and four pages, mostly mimeographed, totaling thirty pages. Stapled together. Minor wear. Very good overall. An informative assortment of printed documents pertaining to a curious legal situation involving Ronald Jones of the Snipe Clan of the Onondaga Nation, his family, and the local police, mostly mimeographed for distribution by Jones himself. The earliest items are from December 1973, when Jones's wife Ruth was arrested by police in Lafayette, New... Read More
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![[Fifty-Four Real Photo Postcards of Montana Native Americans by Thomas B. Magee]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/037/959/1721959037.0.l.jpg)
[Fifty-Four Real Photo Postcards of Montana Native Americans by Thomas B. Magee]
by [Native American Photographica]: Magee, Thomas B.
[Browning, Mt, 1900. Very good plus.. Fifty-four real photo postcards, each approximately 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Occasional minor wear; light dust soiling. A substantial collection of almost fifty-five real photo postcards carrying the images and work of Thomas B. Magee, a noted photographer of the Blackfeet Native American tribes in Northwestern Montana during the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Magee maintained a commercial studio in Browning, Montana, which was continued by his son Henry following his death in 1930.... Read More
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Hymn. The Indian's Prayer
by [Native Americans]: [Music]: [Cowdell, Thomas Daniel]
[Boston]: Shepley & Wright, Printers, Congress Street, 1835. Broadside, 8.75 x 5.25 inches. Ample margins, but unevenly trimmed along bottom edge. Otherwise light wear. Near fine. A nice example of a scarce broadside song sheet once attributed to William Apess, a Pequot Methodist minister, though it was in fact written by British Methodist emigre to Nova Scotia. This is the first separate printing of the song, arranged in three five-stave musical notation followed by the lyrics printed in five... Read More
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North American Indian Folklore Music
by [Native American Music]: Humphrey, William Brewster
New York: The American Indian League, 1911. 8pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor edge wear, short closed edge tear, some sunning to edges. Internally clean. Very good. A stated second edition of this rare work collecting eight Native American songs emanating from a variety of tribes. The lyrics have been translated into English from original songs from the Chippewa, Omaha, Arapaho, Navajo, and Ojibway. The work was prepared by Reverend William Brewster Humphrey, who provides an introduction which opens,... Read More
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![[Phenomenal Annotated Photograph Album Memorializing the Career of Eminent Mining Engineer Frank Robbins, Who Managed Some of the Most Legendary Mines in the American West]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/355/581/1743581355.0.l.jpg)
[Phenomenal Annotated Photograph Album Memorializing the Career of Eminent Mining Engineer Frank Robbins, Who Managed Some of the Most Legendary Mines in the American West]
by [Nevada]: [California]: [Mining]: Robbins, Frank
[Various locations in Nevada, California and British Columbia, 1914. [19] leaves, illustrated with 176 photographs (a combination of albumens, cyanotypes, silver gelatin, and printing out paper images), most with penciled captions on the album leaves, plus relevant newspaper clippings to first and last leaves, and a folder of original drawings, letters, manuscript poetry, and additional newspaper clippings laid in. Oblong folio. Contemporary black pebbled cloth, spine bound with two screw posts. Minor wear and dust soiling to covers, edges... Read More
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![Abstract of a Report of Professor Clayton on a Set of Twenty Mines in the Eureka District, Nevada [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/846/958/1721958846.0.l.jpg)
Abstract of a Report of Professor Clayton on a Set of Twenty Mines in the Eureka District, Nevada [caption title]
by [Nevada]: [Mining]: Clayton, Joshua E.
Eureka, Nv: July 3, 1871. Very good.. [4]pp., on a single large folio sheet. Old horizontal folds, minor toning. A large-format mining report on the Eureka District of Nevada by noted mining and mechanical engineer Joshua E. Clayton. Joshua Elliott Clayton (1820-1889) was regarded as one of the nation's foremost mining engineers in the latter half of the 19th century. Self taught, Clayton worked in the mining fields of California, Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Nevada for a variety... Read More
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La Sombra de Zaragoza. Periodico Oficial del Estado. Tomo VI. Num. 570
by [Mexico]: [Newspapers]: [Printing Oddities]
San Luis Potosi, Mx, 1872. 2,[2]pp. on a folded folio sheet. An intriguing issue of the San Luis Potosi state newspaper, La Sombra de Zaragoza, produced in the late-Spring of 1872. The paper was issued at irregular intervals at the time, but was most frequently issued as a four-page paper printed on a single large folio sheet. Such is not the case in the present issue. Most of the first two pages of the paper print regulations for brokers working... Read More
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Minutes of the Sixty-Eighth Annual Session of the North Ohio Conference Branch of the African Methodist Episcopal Church...
by [African Americana]: [A.M.E. Church]: [Ohio]
Nashville: A.M.E. Sunday School Union, 1949. About very good.. 122,[1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear, rubbing, and dust-soiling to wrappers. A detailed account of the 1949 North Ohio Annual Conference of the A.M.E. Church, held in Cleveland. The work includes listings of attendees, the daily proceedings, lists of appointments, committee appointments, committee reports, statistical tables, and more. The last page is reserved for an In Memoriam notice for seven seven members of the church who have passed.... Read More
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![Minutes of the Twenty-Eighth [-Ninth & Thirty-First] Annual Session of the North Ohio Conference Branch Women's Mite Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Third Episcopal District](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/187/959/1721959187.0.l.jpg)
Minutes of the Twenty-Eighth [-Ninth & Thirty-First] Annual Session of the North Ohio Conference Branch Women's Mite Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Third Episcopal District
by [African Americana]: [Women]: [A.M.E. Church]: [Ohio]
[Cleveland, 1927. Good.. Three serial works: 43,[2]; 51,[1]; 47,[1]pp. All bound in original printed wrappers, stapled. Mostly minor wear and dust-soiling to wrappers, some chipping. Middle work worn and chipped, with text block and both covers detached but present, and no loss of text. A trio of works recording the minutes of three separate annual sessions of the North Ohio Conference Branch Women's Mite Missionary Society of the A.M.E. Church between 1924 and 1927. The meetings were held... Read More
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![Minutes of the Forty-Fourth [& Forty-Fifth] Annual Session of the North Ohio Conference Branch of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Third Episcopal District](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/936/958/1721958936.0.l.jpg)
Minutes of the Forty-Fourth [& Forty-Fifth] Annual Session of the North Ohio Conference Branch of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Third Episcopal District
by [African Americana]: [A.M.E. Church]: [Ohio]
Cleveland: Wilfred-Gardner Pub. Co, 1926. About very good.. Two pamphlets: 80; 80pp. Each in original printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers of earlier volume chipped and detached, with old tape repairs along spine. Minor toning to text of later volume. Both volumes internally clean. A pair of conference programs published in the wake of the annual meetings in 1925 and 1926 of the North Ohio Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's Third Episcopal District. The 1925 meeting was held... Read More
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![[Manuscript Letter Partially Concerned with Luring Members of the Famous Randolph Freedpeople to Voluntarily Return to Slavery in Virginia]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/007/959/1721959007.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript Letter Partially Concerned with Luring Members of the Famous Randolph Freedpeople to Voluntarily Return to Slavery in Virginia]
by [African Americana]: [Ohio]
Washington DC: January 9, 1847. Very good plus.. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Original mailing folds, light overall wear. A well-preserved letter. A unique correspondence in which a businessman named William writes home to his wife Mary in Ohio regarding a number of matters. The letter opens with information on recent contractual troubles likely related to the couple's mail delivery routes with the U.S. Post Office. William also mentions his upcoming return home, and references the recent... Read More
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The Spotlight on Ohio's Black Crime
by [Ohio]: Thomas, T.J. and Dan W. Gallagher
Cleveland: Charles Margolian, 1930. Good plus.. 127pp. Illustrated. Contemporary red printed wrappers. Light wear, remnants of older tape on spine. Text tanned, a few leaves with small chips or tears. A scarce work decrying the horrible fire which struck the penitentiary on Columbus, Ohio in 1930, killing over three hundred inmates. The work is dedicated "to the memory of the unfortunates who had to give up their lives on the fiery altar of neglect in order to awaken... Read More
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Map of Reeves County Texas
by [Texas]: [Oil]
Fort Worth: Logan Map Company, 1930. Folded map, 23 x 17.75 inches. Old folds, minor wear, a few closed tears along folds repaired with tape on verso, bottom left marginal section a bit munched up. Good condition. A scarce and detailed plat map for Reeves County, Texas, in the crook of West Texas between Fort Stockton and New Mexico. This gridded county map provides numerous details on land ownership, oil leases, railroad lands, and other claims; a number of... Read More
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![Geological Map of Texas Showing Approximate Locations and Drilling Wells, Also Names of Companies Drilling [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/527/768/1722768527.0.l.jpg)
Geological Map of Texas Showing Approximate Locations and Drilling Wells, Also Names of Companies Drilling [caption title]
by [Texas]: [Oil]
Fort Worth: Standard Blue Print Map & Eng. Co, 1920. Very good.. Folding map, 25.75 x 25.75 inches, on thin paper. Old folds, minor edge wear, several short closed edge tears, a couple of small areas of loss at crossfolds. Overall good condition, and a wonderful display item. A rare and detailed Texas oil map, produced by a Fort Worth firm just after World War I, and here present in the larger 25-x-25-inch issue advertised in the promotional... Read More
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Heydrick's Ownership Map of Knox Co., Texas
by [Texas]: [Oil]
Wichita Falls, Tx: Heydrick Mapping Company, 1976. About very good.. Blue line map, 45.5 x 42 inches. On paper. Folded. Toning across top and bottom portions, light edge wear. A late but nonetheless instructive oil map of Knox County, Texas, printed by the Heydrick Mapping Company which was known for its oil maps. Indeed, their slogan on the map indicates, "Oil men have used Heydrick maps since 1870." The legend shows various kinds of oil and gas wells... Read More
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![[Three Documents Concerning the Sale of Native American Lands in Oklahoma by the Federal Government]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/849/958/1721958849.0.l.jpg)
[Three Documents Concerning the Sale of Native American Lands in Oklahoma by the Federal Government]
by [Oklahoma]: [Native Americans]: [Curtis Act of 1898]: Adams Brothers, et al.
Oklahoma, 1911. Three documents (two printed broadsides and one typed letter): 12 x 6; 11 x 8.5; and 12 x 8.5 inches. Folded, with slight scuffing to some edges; one with notes in pencil. Otherwise excellent. Three documents concerning the United States government's auction of appropriated Indigenous land in Oklahoma following the 1898 Curtis Act. The Curtis Act was an amendment to the 1887 Dawes Act that extended its authority to the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (now... Read More
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![The Truth About Oklahoma [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/823/958/1721958823.0.l.jpg)
The Truth About Oklahoma [cover title]
by [Oklahoma]
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1899. Very good.. 102,[2]pp. Publisher's cream wrappers printed in blue. Minor edge wear, short closed tear along front joint, wrappers detached from text block. Tiny ink stamp on title page, otherwise clean internally. An illustrated pocket-sized guide issued by the Santa Fe Route's Passenger Department to promote settlement in the Oklahoma Territory. This copy is identified on the title page as one of the "Fortieth Thousand." According to the introductory note: "This is not a... Read More
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