Dallas, Texas Negro City Directory 1941-1942
by [African Americana]: [Texas]: [Scott, T.P., editor]
[Dallas]: Dallas Negro Chamber of Commerce, 1941. lxxx,448pp., including illustrations and advertisements. Text printed in double columns. Original blue cloth boards with titles and illustrations stamped in black. Spine sunned, moderate soiling, edge wear, and some unobtrusive staining. Ownership inscription on inside front cover reading, "Desk Copy [illegible] Chamber of Commerce." Various gradations of toning throughout, bump to edges of a few text leaves, binding occasionally shaken but overall holding strong. An unusually nice copy, easily handled. Very good.... Read More
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Dallas, Texas Negro City Directory 1941-1942
by [African Americana]: [Texas]: [Scott, T.P., editor]
[Dallas]: Dallas Negro Chamber of Commerce, 1941. lxxx,448pp., including illustrations and advertisements. Text printed in double columns. Original pictorial wrappers (with two copies of the rear wrapper), orange cloth backstrip. Noticeable chipping, staining, and rubbing to wrappers, costing parts of the border, but with no loss of text, small cello tape reinforcement to inner hinge of front wrapper. Backstrip worn and frayed, with minor loss near spine head. Bottom corner of text block with varying levels of chipping, once... Read More
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President Matthew W. Dogan President of Wiley College. A Biography
by [African Americana]: Gibbs, Warmoth T.
[Greensboro, NC, 1939. About very good.. Corrected typescript on rectos only: [3],iv,[2],123pp. Occasional minor edge wear, varying levels of toning or tanning and dust-soiling throughout, some marginal chipping to a few leaves, all chapters except the first chapter individually gathered together with original paper clips, now somewhat rusted. Numerous edits and emendations throughout in pencil. The original corrected typescript for Warmoth T. Gibbs' rare biographical treatment of longtime Wiley College President Matthew W. Dogan. The work was originally... Read More
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Souvenir of Educational and Benevolent Work Among the Negroes of the South. 1865-1898
by [African Americana]: Scott, W.H.
Boston, 1898. Very good.. [4]pp. on a single folded sheet. Minor wear, creasing, and staining. Small abrasion at spine fold. [with:] Calling card, 3 x 5 inches. Small paperclip stain at top left. [and:] Blank donation form, 5.25 x 5.25 inches. Small area of staining, minor edge wear. A scarce brochure "compiled in the interest of Negro Education" by Rev. William Henry Scott, an African American Baptist minister and racial activist who spent the last eighteen years of... Read More
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The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored,) in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861-1865
by [African Americana]: Chenery, William H.
Providence: Snow & Farnham, Printers and Publishers, 1898. Very good plus.. xi,343pp., plus thirty-nine photographic portrait plates. Original red cloth stamped in gilt. Floral endpapers. Minor edge wear, slight dust-soiling to spine but boards bright. Internally clean. An unusually nice copy of Chenery's scarce history of the African-American Fourteenth Rhode Island Regiment of Heavy Artillery. The unit saw their main combat in Louisiana and Texas during the Civil War. The present work begins with an overview of African... Read More
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![Statement of Dr. W. Montague Cobb, Representing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Opposition to the Taft Health Bill, S. 545, Sponsored by the American Medical Assn. [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/908/958/1721958908.0.l.jpg)
Statement of Dr. W. Montague Cobb, Representing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Opposition to the Taft Health Bill, S. 545, Sponsored by the American Medical Assn. [caption title]
by [African Americana]: Cobb, William Montague
[N.p., but likely Washington, D.C., 1947. Very good.. 5pp. mimeo typescript on legal-sized sheets, stapled four times at top left. One center horizontal fold, minor wear. A typed document containing the text of a speech delivered by Dr. William Montague Cobb on July 3, 1947 before a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, which was holding hearings on health-related bills. The first part of the title reads "Statement of Dr. W. Montague Cobb, Representing... Read More
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![Report of the Principal of the Utica Normal & Industrial Institute Utica, Mississippi 1910-1911 [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/842/958/1721958842.0.l.jpg)
Report of the Principal of the Utica Normal & Industrial Institute Utica, Mississippi 1910-1911 [cover title]
by [African Americana]: Holtzclaw, William H.
Utica, Ms, 1911. Very good.. 8pp., accompanied by a single-page fundraising typed letter, signed, and original transmittal envelope. Original mailing folds to pamphlet and letter, minor wear and toning. A very rare annual report from the Utica Normal & Industrial Institute of Utica, Mississippi, issued by the school's founder and principal, William Henry Holtzclaw. In his report, Holtzclaw includes passages on a recent "cyclone" that hit the school, the construction of Booker T. Washington Hall, enrollment stats, the... Read More
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From Slavery to the Bishopric in the A.M.E. Church An Autobiography
by [African Americana]: Heard, William H.
[Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern], 1928. Very good.. 104pp., plus four plates. Original blue cloth, gilt titles on front cover. Some rubbing to cloth and titles, minor edge wear, spine end a bit scuffed. Ownership ink inscription on front pastedown, ownership initials on fore-edge. Internally clean. Scarce in any condition. The scarce second edition of Bishop William Henry Heard's autobiography, after the first of 1924. Bishop Heard was born into slavery in a log cabin on the plantation of... Read More
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![[Scrapbook Assembled by Willia Lucille Pettiford, an African-American Student at the Mary Potter School]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/649/958/1721958649.0.l.jpg)
[Scrapbook Assembled by Willia Lucille Pettiford, an African-American Student at the Mary Potter School]
by [African Americana]: [Education]: [North Carolina]: Pettiford, Willia Lucille
[Oxford, N.C., 1939. Very good.. [32] leaves, illustrated with many dozens of ephemeral items, mostly school-related printed materials, newspaper clippings, and greeting cards pasted in or laid in. Folio. Contemporary dark green cloth backstrip, light green boards with floral illustration inset into front cover, string tied. Moderate scuffing and edge wear to boards. An intriguing scrapbook assembled by a young Black woman named Willia Lucille Pettiford of Jamaica, Long Island while attending the African-American Mary Potter Academy in... Read More
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La Race Noire dans la Democratie Americaine
by [African Americana]: Nelson, William S.
Paris, 1922. Very good plus.. x,84,[2]pp. Original grey printed wrappers. Minor toning, partially unopened. An early work by noted theologian and Civil Rights activist, William Stuart Nelson. Nelson (1895-1977) was a native of Kentucky who served in World War I. He would go on to work as an university president, teaching at Howard University before becoming the first Black president of Shaw University, and later filling that office at Dillard University. He was a noted advocate of non-violence... Read More
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![[Pictorial Broadside Handbill Touting the Achievements of Rev. William M.S. McCutcheon of Chattanooga]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/150/959/1721959150.0.l.jpg)
[Pictorial Broadside Handbill Touting the Achievements of Rev. William M.S. McCutcheon of Chattanooga]
by [African Americana]: [Tennessee]: McCutcheon, William M.S., Rev.
[N.p., likely Chattanooga, Tn, 1940. Very good.. Photo-illustrated broadside, 8.75 x 5.5 inches, printed on cardstock. Small chip to lower left corner, minor edge wear and rubbing, uneven toning around edges. A very rare handbill touting the achievements of Rev. William M.S. McCutcheon, pastor of the Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The work is illustrated at top center with an oval portrait of McCutcheon, surrounded by some of his memberships and previous service appointments, with more... Read More
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![[Statement by Comrade Mao Tse-Tung, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Support of the Afro-American Struggle Against Violent Repression in Cyrillic]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/720/958/1721958720.0.l.jpg)
[Statement by Comrade Mao Tse-Tung, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Support of the Afro-American Struggle Against Violent Repression in Cyrillic]
by [African Americana]: [Civil Rights]: Mao, Zedong
[Peking, 1968. Very good.. [2],6pp. In Cyrillic. Original wrappers printed with an image of Mao on the front cover. Ink stamp on title page. Minor wear. A rare pocket-sized pamphlet in which Mao Zedong, President of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, expresses his support for the American Civil Rights Movement against the "repression of violence" by the United States government. The work was issued in several languages about twelve days after the assassination of Martin... Read More
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![The Black Trade and Business Directory First Edition November, 1970 [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/903/958/1721958903.0.l.jpg)
The Black Trade and Business Directory First Edition November, 1970 [wrapper title]
by [African-Canadiana]: [East-West Business Agency]
[N.p., most likely Toronto], 1970. Very good plus.. 48pp. Original orange wrappers printed in black, stapled. Minor rubbing. An intriguing and scarce business directory aimed at the African-Canadian and Afro-Caribbean community in Canada, mainly in and around Toronto. The directory was issued by the East-West Business Agency whose president, Iyamah Joseph edited the work; he also touts himself as the founder of the Black Trade and Business Directory. According to Joseph's introduction, the work was compiled as "an... Read More
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![Baldwin County Agricultural Society, Incorporated, 1898, Daphne, Ala. [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/871/958/1721958871.0.l.jpg)
Baldwin County Agricultural Society, Incorporated, 1898, Daphne, Ala. [caption title]
by [Alabama]: [Agriculture]
[N.p., probably either Mobile or Daphne, Al, 1898. Narrow sixteenmo. Original printed wrappers on blue paper, sewn. Light wear and soiling, pencil note on front wrapper. Very good. An unrecorded and ephemeral pamphlet printing the Baldwin County Agricultural Society’s constitution (seven articles) and by-laws (eight articles), along with a list of officers and directors, to set up the first operations of the organization. The society was formed to further “the interests of those engaged in the cultivation of the... Read More
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The First Six Years of the New Principal of Tuskegee Institute. Reprinted from the Tuskegee Alumni Bulletin for April 1922
by [Alabama]: Neely, Alvin J.
Tuskegee, Al: Tuskegee Institute, 1922. [6],17pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor even toning. Small tape repair to lower edge of first text leaf. Very good. A scarce work issued by the Tuskegee Institute's Board of Trustees in answer to "what progress the school has made since Dr. Washington's death and how Dr. Molton is succeeding in the difficult task which he has undertaken. The "task" at hand is serving as the second head of the Tuskegee Institute following the... Read More
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![A Book of Philosophical Quotations and Comments Made for the New Age [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/733/958/1721958733.0.l.jpg)
A Book of Philosophical Quotations and Comments Made for the New Age [cover title]
by [Alabama]: Garrett, Ephraim S.
Birmingham, Al, 1941. Very good.. [8],136pp. typescript, including three black-and-white photographs laid down, plus [8]pp. typed Index tipped onto rear pastedown. Square folio. Original green cloth with black decorative stamping and typed labels on spine and front cover. A blank book, with typescript pages laid down. Two additional small pieces of typescript laid down on front pastedown. An intellectual cabinet of curiosities assembled by an obscure Alabama Mason in the midst of the Second World War. Ephraim Spencer... Read More
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Circular Letter to County Boards of Health and County Health Officers
by [Alabama]: Cochran, Jerome
Montgomery, 1882. Very good.. 11pp. Original printed wrappers, sewn. Three soft vertical folds throughout, minor edge wear and foxing. A detailed, and apparently unrecorded circular letter issued by Jerome Cochrane, the Health Officer of the State of Alabama. Cochrane details the "unsatisfactory character of the work so far done" in most counties in Alabama with regard to reporting vital health statistics to the state agency. He states clearly the importance of the vital statistics reporting law "in the... Read More
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Get You a Home in Alabama: Home Seekers and Capitalists Guide to Alabama
by [Alabama]
Montgomery: Department of Agriculture and Industries, 1904. Good plus.. Twenty-one panel illustrated folding promotional on recto, printed with a color county map of Alabama on verso. One tear along fold lines and minor separations at a few crossfolds, light toning. An Alabama promotional touting the advantages across the state for potential "home seekers and capitalists." The panels of text extoll the virtues of Alabama's geographical location, weather, natural resources, minerals, timber, agriculture, manufacturing, cotton, fruit, stock raising, public... Read More
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![Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/879/958/1721958879.0.l.jpg)
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama [cover title]
by [African Americana]: [Alabama]
Tuskegee, Al: Tuskegee Institute Steam Print, 1900. Very good.. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Old horizontal crease, minor toning around edges, light overall wear. A humbly-produced fundraising pamphlet printed at the Tuskegee Institute around the turn of the 20th century, produced by two members of the Committee on Investment of Endowment Fund. The text touts the current statistics of the school's enrollment, including that the student body is comprised of students from "twenty-seven States and Territories, from... Read More
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The Gulf Coast Grower: A Monthly Publication Devoted to the Horticultural and Agricultural Interests of the Gulf Coast, Western Florida, Southern Alabama, and Southern Mississippi
by [Alabama]: [Agriculture]: Winberg, O.F.E., editor
Silverhill, Al, 1923. 16pp. Quarto. Original color-printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and dust-soiling to wrappers, small chip to bottom of front wrapper near spine, two short closed tears to bottom edge of front wrapper. About very good. Volume 1, number 1 of this informative Alabama agricultural periodical, and likely the only issue published. Most of the articles pertain to Satsuma oranges, but also include pieces on “Citrus Fruits of Japan,” “Insects and Diseases That Attack Citrus Fruits in Southern California,” and... Read More
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Scenes in Alabama. Published in Twelve Parts
by [Alabama Photographica]: [Clark, Thomas Harvey]
Chicago: The W.H. Parish Publishing Co, 1895. Good plus.. Title leaf, twenty-one text leaves (one illustrated with a photograph), plus seventy-one photographic plates (all called-for), most full-page but some with two photographs per sheet, and the wrappers to Part 12 bound in at rear. Folio. 20th-century green buckram. Ex-library, with stamps or call numbers removed from a few leaves and the rear pastedown, call number still present on retained wrapper for Part 12. The cover title of this... Read More
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Romances of Mobile. Issued by Louisville & Nashville R.R.
by [Alabama]: Calver, Vic
[Louisville, Ky.]: Louisville & Nashville Railroad for the Tourist Welcome Club of Mobile, 1921. 63,[1]pp., including a full-page map. Illustrated. Small octavo. Original pictorial wrappers printed in brown, black, and orange, stapled. Minimal wear. A bright copy in near fine condition. A rare compilation of romantic tales of Mobile, Alabama, described here as "The Heart of the Storied South" and "the gateway to the Gulf coast." According to the copyright notice, "the eight tales on pages 5 to 56 inclusive... Read More
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![7th Annual Communication Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F.&A.M. State of Alaska and Jurisdiction, Inc. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/203/959/1721959203.0.l.jpg)
7th Annual Communication Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F.&A.M. State of Alaska and Jurisdiction, Inc. [cover title]
by [African Americana]: [Alaska]
Fairbanks, Ak, 1976. Very good.. 36pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and dust-soiling. An informative program containing the schedule of events plus photographic portraits and other information from the Alaskan Grand Lodge of the Prince Hall Masons' convention in Fairbanks in 1976. The work includes group portraits from numerous branch lodges of the Prince Hall Masons throughout Alaska along with well wishes and congratulatory messages from past and present members, other African American organizations in Alaska, a... Read More
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![[Manuscript Letter Archive of Correspondence Written to Fred Lindberg of Minnesota, Most Notably Four Letters from His Brother Albert William Lindberg, a Doomed Alaskan Gold Miner Who Later Committed Suicide in Nome, Along with Significant Correspondence from Individuals in Nome Regarding the Suicide]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/780/958/1721958780.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript Letter Archive of Correspondence Written to Fred Lindberg of Minnesota, Most Notably Four Letters from His Brother Albert William Lindberg, a Doomed Alaskan Gold Miner Who Later Committed Suicide in Nome, Along with Significant Correspondence from Individuals in Nome Regarding the Suicide]
by [Alaska]: [Minnesota]: [Suicide]: Lindberg, Albert William
[Various locations, including Sprague, Wa.; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Nome, Ak, 1910. Very good.. Thirteen autograph letters, signed, totaling thirty-nine pages, and a few original transmittal envelopes. Original mailing folds, occasional short fold separations, otherwise minor wear. Overall a well-preserved group stored in an antique wooden box from the St. Paul Rubber Company. An interesting collection of manuscript letters written to Fred Lindberg of Hallock, Minnesota by his brother and other individuals participating in the Alaskan and Yukon... Read More
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![[Cabinet Card of an African-American Woman]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/963/958/1721958963.0.l.jpg)
[Cabinet Card of an African-American Woman]
by [African Americana]
[N.p., n.d., likely late-19th century]. Very good.. Cabinet card photograph, 5.75 x 4 inches, on mount. Unevenly trimmed. Minor surface wear. A wonderful studio portrait of a distinguished African-American woman in a stunning black dress. The woman bears a striking resemblance to Ida B. Wells, but we do not ultimately think it is her. Still, a wonderful image.
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