Black Print Culture collection
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Arts and entertainment
Series 5
Arts and entertainment, 1821-2014
Scope and Content Note
The arts and entertainment series includes programs, brochures, and advertisements relating to performers, performances, and events dating from 1821-1995. There is a small collection of caricature and children's literature (1897-1950). There is also a small amount of material relating to entertainers, fairs, festivals, film, and theatre. The graphic arts represented include engravings and promotions for exhibitions. Programs and advertisements relating to musicians and performances comprise the largest group of materials. Also included is a modest collection of poems and a program for a sports event.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by subject.
| Caricature and Children's Literature | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| OP39 | - | Bull Durham tobacco, poster advertisement with caricature, [circa 1900?] |
| 29 | 1 | Caricature postcard, Curt Teich and Co., [1950?] |
| 29 | 2 | Cream of Wheat, advertisement with caricature, 1918 |
| OP2 | 26 | Currier and Ives, Darktown Fire Brigade series, 1884 |
| 29 | 3 | Gold Dust, advertisement with caricature, [1920s?] |
| 29 | 4 | The Jolly Chinee, stories by E. Veale, illustrations by Palmer Cox, Hubbard Publishing Company, 1896, supplement to Philadelphia Inquirer, January 3, 1897 |
| 33 | 7 | "Ouwa Own Wattamellun Jake," advertisement, circa 1950s |
| OP5 | 2 | "Running the Gauntlet--Special Course for Colored Cadets at West Point," hand-colored lithograph cover of Puck magazine, volume 7, number 163, April 21, 1880 |
| OP2 | 27 | Slingsbury, R., untitled portrait of two white boys, Hebert Henry Hall and his brother Frederick William Hall, in blackface, dressed as minstrels, 1892. Pencil drawing with water color and oil color. Drawing includes two dated and signed labels pasted and two printed programs for the 1891 Lincoln Mayor's Ball pasted on the verso. |
| 33 | 8 | Uncle Remus Brand Syrup, advertisement, 1924 |
| Entertainers | ||
| OP42 | - | Armstrong, Ellen E., "Magician and Cartoonist Extraordinary 'Going Fine since 1889,'" poster, undated |
| 40 | 1 | Armstrong, Louis, promotional, “Louis Plays the Selmer,” with program on back, no date |
| 53 | 26 | Arnte, Billy, and Mabel Stine, with Billy Arnte's Original Dixie Troubadours (Indianapolis, Indiana), promotional photographic card, circa 1917 [Includes lyrics to "The Weary Blues."] |
| 53 | 27 | Brown, Anita Patti, souvenir program for Brown's "Sing-Tell-Play Company," circa 1906 |
| 37 | 15 | Coltrane, John, Pacifica Radio Paper, September 1987 |
| 37 | 14 | Dawson, Mary Cardwell, concert flier, April 30, 1948 |
| 37 | 44 | District Curators, "In the Tradition," mailed advertisement, 1992 |
| 48 | 34 | Dunham, Katherine, program, "Bel Negre: A Brilliant Dance Review," 1946 |
| 34 | 18 | Dunham, Katherine, various printed items, 2004-2006 |
| 29 | 5 | Gregory, Dick, Dick Gregory for President, play money, November 5, 1968 |
| 37 | 16 | Jackson, Mahalia, "Born to Sing," Newsweek, February 22, 1954 |
| 29 | 6 | James Crescent Players, advertisement card for "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" |
| 48 | 33 |
Robeson, Paul, postcard portfolio, 1960
A propaganda souvenir marking the visit of Paul Robeson to the German Democratic Republic in 1960, to be awarded the "Star of International Friendship Order. |
| 37 | 26 | Robeson, Paul, United Freedom Fund concert, program, May 8, 1952 |
| 29 | 7 | Sanders, Fetaque, Magician, various advertising pieces |
| OP4 | 8 | Sanders, Fetaque, Magician, various advertising pieces (10 items) |
| 40 | 6 | Whitney, Samuel Tutt, business card, no date |
| Fairs, Festivals, Expositions | ||
| 37 | 30 | American Exhibiting Artists, advertisements, circa 1964 |
| OP2 | 25 | American Exhibiting Artists, Fall Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Free Library of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), flier, November 27-December 19, 1964 |
| 49 | 11 | American Negro Exposition, West Virginia Day, Chicago, Illinois, program, August 19, 1940 |
| 39 | 19 | Amos, Emma, "Odyssey" catalog, no date |
| 37 | 27 | Art exhibit, Seton Hall University, program, March 22-26, 1971 |
| 37 | 34 | Art From Africa, Phelps-Stokes Fund, advertisement, New York, New York, December 28, 1961-January 19, 1962 |
| 39 | 20 | Bailey, Malcolm, resume printed by William Zierler, Inc., no date |
| 42 | 4 | Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, "African Americans on the Silver Screen" film series, 1993 |
| 39 | 21 | Bearden, Romare, exhibition announcements and programs, circa 1964-1997 |
| 39 | 22 | Biggers, John, exhibition invitation, "The Art of John Biggers: View from the Upper Room," Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1997 |
| 48 | 20 | Black Meeting and Tourism, "Cultural Festivals and Celebrations," 1999-2000 |
| 42 | 5 | Black Memorabilia & Collectible Show, Gaithersburg, Maryland, March 31, 2001 |
| 29 | 8 | Bronze Jubilee at the Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Georgia), awards program, April 17, 1983 |
| 42 | 6 | "A Century of Negro Progress Exposition," Chicago, Illinois, souvenir program, August 16-September 2, 1963 |
| 37 | 31 | Charlotte White Franklin, exhibit invitation, 1968-1971 |
| 39 | 23 | Cinque Celebration, Selma Burke and Lois Mailou Jones biographies [autographed], no date |
| OP5 | 3 | "Colored Dance and Picnic" (Hanover, Pennsylvania) featuring Seamon Eldridge and His Orchestra, poster, no date |
| 39 | 24 | Community Church of New York, exhibition of paintings and drawings by Artists in Residence of the Studio Museum of Harlem, exhibit announcement, 1980 |
| 39 | 25 | Decarava, Roy, exhibition announcement, Benin Gallery (New York, New York), 1976 |
| 39 | 26 | Delsarte, Louis, exhibition announcements and invitations, circa 1980 |
| 37 | 42 | Economics of Racism U.S.A.; Roots of Black Inequality, Bill Crawford, flier, no date |
| 39 | 27 | Edmondson, William, exhibition program, Museum of American Folk Art (New York, New York), 2000 |
| 39 | 28 | The Evans-Tibbs Collection (Washington, D.C.), exhibition announcement, 1981 |
| OP5 | 4 | Feelings, Tom, poster, "Soapstone Center for the Arts president the work of Tom Feelings, Artist and Illustrator," (Atlanta, Georgia), no date |
| 37 | 45 | Festival of Books, Free Library of Philadelphia, program, September 13, 1954 |
| 53 | 28 | Festival Ngoma, Olatunji Arts Center of African Culture (Harlem, New York), program, 1969 |
| 42 | 7 | The Free Library of Philadelphia, "Black Heritage: The Pride and the Wisdom," exhibit catalog, circa 1989 |
| 39 | 29 | Hendricks, Barkley L., exhibition invitation, ACA Galleries, 1976 |
| 39 | 30 | Heritage Gallery (Los Angeles, California), exhibition invitation, "African American Month," 2000 |
| 37 | 36 | Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950, invitation, August 21-October 18, 1985 |
| 29 | 9 | Indiana Black Expo '74, 2nd Annual Evansville Black Expo Luncheon, program, June 22, 1974 [signed by Julian Bond] |
| 48 | 21 | Indiana Black Expo, Family Summit art exhibit, brochure, 1993 |
| OP1 | 19 | International Jazzfest (New Orleans, Louisiana), poster, 1969 |
| 37 | 41 | John Edgar Wideman, Philadelphia Fire, program, November 21, 1991 |
| 29 | 10 | John Henry Memorial Authentic Blues and Gospel Festival (Charleston, West Virginia), commemorative book, August 31-Septmeber 2, 1973 |
| 37 | 47 | John W. Mosley, reception, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, invitation, December 10, 1992 |
| 39 | 31 | Johnson, William H., exhibition announcements and invitations, 1996-1998 |
| 50 | 26 | Kay, Ulysses, Jubilee World Premiere Performance, program, Jackson State University and Utica Junior College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1976 |
| 39 | 32 | Lawrence, Jacob, exhibition announcements, D.C. Moore Gallery (New York, New York), 2000-2001 |
| 37 | 43 | Lee Cultural Center, featuring Kristin Hunter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, flier, no date |
| 39 | 33 | Lewis, Norman, exhibition invitation, Baruch College (New York, New York), 1976 |
| 37 | 32 | Lincoln University, campus and community artists, flier, October 1-31, 1968 |
| 37 | 46 | A Literary Evening, Lee Cultural Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, program, June 6, 1964 |
| 38 | 23 | Literature Lovers, first annual dinner, program, March 3, 1925 |
| 29 | 11 | Makeda Myoriba Dance Troupe and the Afro-American Folkloric Troup, flyer advertising performance (Atlanta, Georgia), [1960s] |
| 39 | 34 | Marshall, Ulysses, exhibition program, "Ulysses Marshall: Recent Paintings," The Evans-Tibbs Collection (Washington, D.C.), 1989 |
| 29 | 12 | Mid-State Colored Fair (Murfreesboro, Tennessee), program, August 25-27, 1949 |
| 39 | 35 | Miller Wayne, exhibition program, "Chicago's South Side, 1946-1948," Lee Gallery (Winchester, Massachusetts), 2001 |
| 37 | 37 | Our Negro Music: A Remedy for Hate, Washington, D.C., flier, August 28, 1963 |
| 50 | 21 | Pan Hellenic Council, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, invitation, 1944 |
| 37 | 29 | Philadelphia Black Artists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, advertisement April 26, 1968 [includes list of art work exhibited] |
| 37 | 33 | Roy Lewis, reception, postcard advertisement, April 12, 1985 |
| 37 | 39 | Sam J. Ntiro, New York, New York, May 18-June 1, 1960 |
| 39 | 9 | Samuel Huston College (Austin, Texas), artist series program featuring lectures and/or performances by Marion Jackson Downs, W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Roland Hayes, among others, 1944 |
| 39 | 36 | Sistagraphy, "Continuous Vision: The Sistagraphy Retrospective 1993-2003 New and Selected Works," 2003 |
| 37 | 38 | Skunder Boghossian, New York, New York, exhibit advertisement, November 17-December 17, 1965 [includes list of art work exhibited with artist's descriptions] |
| 29 | 13 | Southern Association of Drama and Speech Arts, 12th Annual Conference and Drama Festival (Tallahassee, Florida), program, April 14-17, 1948 |
| 39 | 37 | Susan Woodson Gallery, exhibition invitation, "Intimate Encounters," 2004 |
| 39 | 38 | Tanner, Henry Ossawa, exhibit catalog, "The Art of Henry Ossawa Tanner," The Museum of African Art/Frederick Douglass Institute (Washington, D.C.), no date |
| 37 | 35 | Tanner, Henry Ossawa, Philadelphia Museum of Art, flier, January 20-April 14, 1991 |
| 37 | 28 | Temple University, Seven Black Artists presentation, program, November 6-30, 1970 |
| 29 | 14 | Vance County Colored Fair (Henderson, North Carolina), program, October 12-17, 1953 |
| 51 | 15 | West Chester State College, April Black Arts Festival, program, April 1-7, 1973 |
| 39 | 39 | White, Charles, exhibition guide, "Images of Dignity: A Retrospective of the Works of Charles White," no date |
| 39 | 40 | Woodruff, Hale, exhibition announcements and programs, 1975-1979 |
| 37 | 51 | World Emancipation Exhibition, invitation, no date |
| 50 | 27 | Yazoo Negro Fair Association, Tri-County Delta Exposition, Yazoo City, Mississippi, 1950 |
| Film/Theatre | ||
| 42 | 8 | "And Then We Heard the Thunder," Lee Cultural Centre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), October 31-November 10, [?] |
| 47 | 53 | Anderson, Marian, program for War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, 1939 |
| 37 | 17 | "Ballad for Bimshire," flier advertisement, October 18, 1963 |
| 29 | 15 | Bill Robinson Show, souvenir program with program for performance (Portland, Oregon), October 22, 1946 |
| 42 | 9 | Black American Film Festival, Annenberg Center, University of Pennsylvania, June-August, [?] |
| 29 | 16 | Black Arts Alliance, "The First Militant Preacher" by Ben Caldwell, program, [1957] |
| 36 | 46 | "Black Heritage Series," Warren Schloat Productions advertisement, no date |
| 45 | 7 | Black Repertory Group (Berkeley, California), "Purlie Victorious" by Ossie Davis, program, 1984 |
| 47 | 54 | Blackbird Revue, theatre programs featuring Lew Leslie and Florence Mills, London, England, and New York, New York, 1926-1928 |
| 29 | 17 | Buddy Players, flyer for "Uncle Tom's Cabin," undated |
| 29 | 18 | "Chicago Stagebill," Studebaker Theatre, "Native Son," starring Canada Lee, undated |
| 46 | 18 | Contemporary Afro-American Films, order forms for "Saba Saba," circa 1972 |
| 29 | 19 | "The Cube (Chicago), Four Negro Plays: "Dreamy Kid," "Plumes," "The Man Who Died at Twelve O'Clock," "The No 'Count Boy," program, January 1929 |
| 29 | 20 | Des Moines Race Players, "Fifty Years of Freedom or From Cabin to Congress," St. Paul AME Church, flier, September 4, 1934 |
| 51 | 2 | Directory of Black Film/TV Technicians and Artists (West Coast), 1980 |
| 36 | 44 | "Ethnic Notions," California Newsreel advertisement, no date |
| 36 | 36 | The Freedom Theatre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), flier for Ceremonies in Dark Old Men by Lonnie Elder, III |
| 32 | 4 | "The Friendly Triangle," presented by the Phyllis Wheatley Branch, YWCA, (St. Louis, Missouri), October 18-19, 1923 |
| 47 | 49 | Joe Turner's Come and Gone Theater Party, fliers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 9, 1992 |
| 51 | 3 | "John Henry" featuring Paul Robeson, 44th Street Theater, opening night program, January 10, 1940 |
| 29 | 21 | Just You and Me Two Way Talk Show (Baltimore, Maryland), An Afternoon with Dr. Gossie Harold Hudson and Paul Laurence Dunbar, 7th Anniversary souvenir program, July 27, 1991 |
| 38 | 24 | Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1934 program, 1934 |
| OP1 | 9 | Lucia, the Cuban Epic of Love & Revolution, presented by Tricontinental Films and the Center for Cuban Studies, undated |
| 29 | 22 | Majestic Theatre, "Harlem" by William Jourdan Rapp and Wallace Thurman, staged by Chester Erskin, undated |
| 33 | 9 | Marionette Guild (San Francisco, California), The Mikado and Uncle Tom's Cabin, advertisement, undated |
| 37 | 48 | The Missing Chapter in U.S. Film History, flier, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, no date |
| 34 | 12 | "Mrs. Patterson," starring Eartha Kitt, souvenir booklet, circa 1954 |
| 36 | 37 | "The New Lafayette Theatre Wants You," sticker |
| 36 | 45 | "Nitty Gritty Street Theatre," Black Arts Spectrum Theatre, program, no date |
| OP1 | 10 | On Black Film: a Film and Lecture series presented by the Annenberg Center for Communication Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania at Talladega College, April 15-27, 19[??] |
| OP6 | 5 | Othello, Paul Robeson Theatre (New York City, New York), broadside, no date |
| 31 | 28 | The People's Theatre Repertory, "The Wheels of Darkness," and "The Inner Shadow," by Lofton Mitchell, People's Theatre Workshop (New York City, New York), September 20, 1946 and "The Bancroft Dynasty" (playbill) and "Blood in the Night" (flyer) by Michael Lofton, 1946 |
| 36 | 43 | Phoenix Films, mail order list, no date |
| 29 | 23 | Pierre Berton Show, "Malcolm X," transcript, January 19, 1965 |
| 34 | 8 | "Playbill," Hanna Theatre (New York), "Mardi Gras," Ensemble Artistique et Culturel de la Republique de Guinee, vol. 4, no. 10, October 1967 |
| 29 | 24 | "Playbill," Imperial Theatre (New York), "Jamaica," starring Lena Horne, vol. 3, no. 4, January 26, 1959 |
| 29 | 25 | "Playbill," The National Theatre (New York), "Mrs. Patterson," starring Eartha Kitt, December 27, 1954 |
| 34 | 9 | "Playbill," Mark Hellinger Theatre (New York), "The League of New York Theatres and Producers presents the American Theatre Wing's 35th Annual Antoinette Perry Awards," June 7, 1981 |
| 34 | 10 | "Playbill," Palace Theatre (New York), "Twenty-five Years of Tony Awards," vol. 8, no. 3, March 1971 |
| 44 | 22 | "Playbill," Phoenix Theatre (New York), "The Octoroon," vol. 5, no. 8, February 20, 1961 |
| 29 | 26 | "Playbill," St. James Theatre (New York), "Hello, Dolly!" starring Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway, vol. 5, no. 2, February 1968 |
| 44 | 23 | "Playbill," Virginia Theatre (New York), "Jelly's Last Jam" starring Gregory Hines, vol. 93, no. 4, April 1993 |
| 32 | 12 | "Playbill," Walter Kerr Theatre (New York), "Seven Guitars," starring Keith David, vol. 96, no.3, March 1996 |
| 34 | 11 | "The Playgoer," Schubert Theatre (New Haven, Connecticut), "Mardi Gras," Ballets Africains Ensemble Artistique de la Republique de Guinee, November 6-11, 1967 |
| 36 | 38 | Pomo Afro Homos present Fierce Love: Stories from Black Gay Life, flier, undated |
| 53 | 29 | "Seventy-Five Years of Freedom," by Mrs. F. Douglass Coleman (Nashville, Tennessee), pageant booklet, 1940 |
| 36 | 42 | "St. Louis Woman," based on the novel God Sends Sunday by Arna Bontemps, music by Harold Allen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, starring Pearl Bailey, flier circa 1946 |
| 29 | 27 | "Stepping Stones," presented by Fred Stone and Dorothy Stone, benefit performance in aid of The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Hampton, Virginia), December 20, 1923 |
| 42 | 10 | Theatre of the Living Arts, Vinie Burrows in "Walk Together Children" flier and ticket order form, circa 1968 |
| OP6 | 13 | "The Trials of a Movie Director" broadside, presented by the East Des Moines Booster Club, Printer, Robert E. Patten, March 17, 1932 |
| 29 | 28 | Vanderbilt Theater, The Playbill, "Mulatto" by Langston Hughes and Martin Jones (signed by Rose McClendon) |
| 48 | 41 | "Vignette, The One Man Show, Will Anthony Madden," brochure, undated |
| 53 | 30 | "The Voice: A Pageant of the Origin, Growth, and Accomplishments of the Negro Baptists of America," by Maret Harrison Fowler, souvenir program (Chicago, Illinois), 1930 [Autographed by Modupe Paris.] |
| Graphic art | ||
| OP20 | - | 100 Flowers Gallery (New York), poster with photo by Robert Finnell featuring toddler wearing "Keep the Faith Baby" button, undated |
| OP6 | 15 | Aché, Journal for Black Lesbians, volume 1, numbers, 3,4,6,8, 1989 |
| 29 | 29 | Ackermann, R.A. (London), five color plates from unknown book, "A Negress spinning cotton," "A Weaver," "A Goldsmith," "A Negro Girl studying the Game of Ourri," and "Beating cotton," 1821-1822 |
| 42 | 11 | "Adapt-o-Art," clip art catalog, circa 1960s |
| 51 | 18 | Afro-American Hero Posters, advertising flier, 1968 |
| 47 | 21 | AFRI-COBRA III, exhibit catalog, University of Massachussetts-Amhearst, 1973 |
| 39 | 18 | Alexander, Zakia Yasmeen, naming ceremony invitation, 1978 |
| 29 | 30 | American Exhibiting Artists, Lee Cultural Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), exposition flyer, February 5-27, 1995 |
| OP2 | 19 | "And not this man?" illustration, Harper's Weekly, August 5, 1865 |
| 29 | 31 | "Attack on Fort Wagner," Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York |
| 47 | 17 | The Art and Activism of Marion Perkins, exhibition catalog, Vivian G. Harsh Society, 2013 |
| 45 | 28 | "The Art of John Biggers," calendar, 2001 |
| OP4 | 21 | Ball's Great Daguerrean Gallery of the West, page 206 from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, includes description of James P. Ball's studios and gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio and hand colored engraving of the gallery, April 1, 1854 |
| 39 | 54 | "Baptême du Roi de Congo," engraved plate removed from de la Harpe, Abrégé de L'Histoire Générale des Voyages, circa 1780 |
| OP83 | Basquiat, Jean-Michel, exhibit poster, Musée Galerie (Paris, France), 1993-1994 | |
| 29 | 32 | "Battle of Bunker Hill," Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York |
| OP1 | 11 | Billops, Camille, promotion for ceramic sculpture exhibition, December 11-22, 1973 |
| 37 | 5 | Black Art, Incorporated, greeting card art, no date |
| OP2 | 17 | Brooke, R.N., "Straightening the Crooked Tree," illustration, Harper's Weekly, May 3, 1873 |
| 29 | 33 | Brown, W. Wells, "W. Wells Brown," R. Woodman (engraver) |
| 29 | 34 | Burge, Bob, "The Man with the Golden Arm," Artists' Marketing advertisement, no year |
| OP4 | 22 | Clarke, LeRoy, Fragments of a Spiritual, three drawings by LeRoy Clarke, 1970 |
| OP74 | Clarke, LeRoy, untitled print, 1972 | |
| OP21 | - | Cobb, Ron, poster with cartoon, "Remember… Uncle Tom Says- "Only You Can Prevent Ghetto Fires," Sawyer Press (Los Angeles, California), 1967 |
| 29 | 35 | Craft, Ellen, "Ellen Craft, The fugitive slave," engraving from Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, by William Craft (1860) |
| 42 | 12 | Daley, F.O.C., unidentified illustration of several men on a sinking ship, engraved by F. Girsch, no date |
| 29 | 36 | "Death of Ellsworth," Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York |
| 29 | 37 | "DeSoto's Discovery of the Mississippi," Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York |
| 31 | 20 | Dielman, F., "Celebration of the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia by the Colored People, in Washington, April 19, 1966," printed sketch, undated |
| 37 | 3 | "Douglass and Lincoln Confer," unknown artist, greeting card, no date |
| 42 | 13 | Emerson R. Terry and Associates advertisement, holiday card "May the Coming Year be Black, Beautiful, and Powerful," 1968 |
| 47 | 20 | "An Exhibition of Portraits of Distinguished Citizens of Negro Heritage," by Laura Wheeler Waring and Betsy Graves Reyneau, Chicago Historical Society, 1946 |
| 42 | 14 | "Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration 1915-1940," National Museum of American History (Washington, D.C.), February 1987 |
| OP2 | 18 | "A Hard Problem--After T. Brooks," print, undated |
| 37 | 4 | Harrington, Ollie, "Dark Laughter" comic panels, circa 1935-1941 |
| OP76 | Hill, Carl G., black and white lithograph, design for book cover, "Black Book: Poems by a Negro," circa 1930s [book never published?] | |
| 51 | 4 |
Huie, Albert, subject file, 1982-2010
Subject file contains fliers, clippings, an obituary, and other printed material related to Jamaican artist Albert Huie. |
| OP2 | 21 | "I'm Free," tinted lithograph, Boston, Lith & Pub by J.H. Bufford, July 28, 1862 |
| OP25 | "The Image of the Black in Western Art," exhibit poster, Rice University | |
| 46 | 13 | "In A Stream of Ink," exhibit catalog, The Printmaking Workshop, Inc. 1984 |
| 34 | 12 | "King's Day, Havana," illustration, portion of page 37 of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, 1854 |
| OP2 | 29 | "A Lady Going to Visit," color plate from Travels in Brazil by Henry Koster, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown (London), 1816 |
| 33 | 48 | Mills, Lev, program for "In Retrospect," exhibition at Studio Museum in Harlem (New York), 1975. Inscribed to Joan Lewis |
| OP28 | - | Mobley, Dozier (photographer), poster, "Think About It" featuring African American woman, nude except for belts of bullets around her waist and crisscrossing her chest and holding an M-16 rifle, no date |
| 42 | 15 | Mosley, John W., brochure, "Photographs 1937-67," circa 1967 |
| 29 | 38 | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Hidden Heritage Afro-American Art, 1800-1950, exhibit brochure, 1987 |
| OP5 | 5 | "Prêche au camp-meeting. Methodistes du Nord prêchant l'abolition de l'esclavage." Hand-colored lithograph removed from the journal Courrier d'Amerique, circa 1861 |
| OP2 | 6 | Poster, Toussaint L'Ouverture, hand-tinted lithograph by Francois Seraphim Delpech, 1838 |
| OP22 | - | Poster, with picture of Martin Luther King Jr and quote, undated |
| OP23 | - | Phillips, Bradley, poster for exhibit at Boston Athenaeum Gallery, featuring a painting of Leontyne Price as Aida, 1979 |
| 47 | 16 | Praxis, exhibition catalog, Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan), 2014 |
| 29 | 39 | Puryear, Martin, "Focus: Martin Puryear," Hirshorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, exhibit brochure, 1992 |
| OP24 | - | Saunders, poster for exhibit at Galerie Resche (Paris, France), 1991 |
| OP3 | 5 | "Slavery Is Dead[?]," broadside, Harpers Weekly, January 12, 1967 |
| 29 | 40 | St. Luke's Center (Washington, D.C.), An exhibit of New Paintings by Evelyn Ware, exhibit program, October 24, 1976 |
| 37 | 52 | Stanita Designs, Greeting Card Magazine, article, February, 1969 |
| 47 | 18 | "Stengstacke, Photographs 1964-1970" (pamphlet), Lusenhop Fine Arts, undated |
| OP19 | - | Sorbonne (Paris, France), poster for conference, "A Visual Arts Encounter: African Americans and Europe," February 2-4, 1994 |
| 39 | 55 | Washington, E.M., four woodcuts circa 1920s-1930s, reprinted circa 1990s |
| OP5 | 1 | White, Charles, artist, "Charles White 10," lithographs, 1962 |
| Lyrics | ||
| OP6 | 20 | "The Battle Cry of Armageddon," A.R. Griggs, Jr., broadside with lyrics, published by Griggs Memorial Baptist Association (Dallas, Texas), 1929 |
| 33 | 11 | "Bob-Tailed Nag," broadside, published by Thomas M. Scroggy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1850s |
| 33 | 12 | "Free and Easy, No. 2," published by H. De Marsan, New York, New York |
| 42 | 16 | "Goodbye to Gordon Edgley," no date |
| 48 | 23 | "A Hymn, Sung by James H. Walker at Parting with Sojourner Truth," 1853 |
| 33 | 13 | "I'm off for Charleston," broadside, published by A.W. Auner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 37 | 2 | "Lift Every Voice and Sing (Negro National Hymn)," no date |
| 33 | 14 | "Look! Nelly Bly," broadside |
| 33 | 15 | "Nelly Was a Lady," broadside, published by Thomas M. Scroggy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1850s |
| 33 | 10 | "On De Oder Side of Jordan," broadside, published by Thomas M. Scroggy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1850s |
| 33 | 16 | "Our Country's Flag," broadside, published by H. De Marsan, New York, New York |
| 48 | 22 | "To Dead Fighters for Freedom," Herbert Mahler, 1949 |
| OP6 | 9 | Where We At: Black Women Artists, poster, 1972 |
| 47 | 19 | Where We At: Black Women Artists, promotional materials, 1979, 1981, 1986 |
| Music | ||
| OP75 | 12th Hour Prayer Band No. 2 (Jacksonville, Florida), performance program, 1971 | |
| 43 | 26 | Adams, Lawrence, Tenor Soloist and Reader, Odd Fellows Hall, recital broadside, April 19, 1917 |
| 37 | 8 | The Affiliate Choral Society of Los Angeles, Chorus of Five Hundred Voices, program, August 2, 1931 |
| 29 | 41 | American Jubilee Singers (Successors to the Original Fisk Co.), 2 postcards, undated |
| 29 | 42 | Anderson, Marion, Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), concert flyer, April 21, no year |
| 29 | 43 | Anderson, Marion, Contralto Concert program (Kansas City, Missouri), February 16, 1937 |
| 37 | 11 | The Anderson Memorial Symphony Orchestra, concert program, November 26, 1939 |
| 29 | 44 | Anglin, John, tenor, concert to benefit Opera Fund (Washington, D.C.), November 19, 1948 |
| 53 | 31 | Artist Publications (Cincinnati, Ohio), promotional brochure for "Rhythm and Blues Jazz Scrapbook," circa 1950s |
| 49 | 26 | Belafonte, Harry, programs, 1969 |
| 29 | 45 | Bells of Zion (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), advertising card, undated [includes image of Marie Howard Burns, booking agent] |
| 33 | 17 | Black Music Association, Third Annual Tribute to Outstanding Black Performers, "The Godfather...A Tribute to James Brown," Washington, D.C. Convention Center, September 23, 1984 |
| 49 | 8 | Black Patti Troubadours, songbook, 1898 |
| 44 | 24 | Blind Boone Concert Company handbill advertising the company's program, no date |
| 29 | 46 | Blind Tom, promotional flyer for concert at Smith's Opera House, [1920s] |
| OP44 | 1 | Blue Goose Records, Bill Williams, The Late Bill Williams: Blues, Rags and Ballads, album cover proofs, 1974 |
| OP44 | 2 | Blue Goose Records, Bill Williams, Low and Lonesome, album cover proofs, undated |
| OP44 | 3 | Blue Goose Records, Larry Johnson, Fast and Funky, album cover proofs, undated |
| OP44 | 4 | Blue Goose Records, Shirley Griffith, Mississippi Blues, album cover proofs, 1973 |
| OP44 | 5 | Blue Goose Records, Son House, The Real Delta Blues, album cover proofs, 1974 |
| OP44 | 6 | Blue Goose Records, Tom Shaw, Blind Lemon's Buddy, album cover proofs, undated |
| OP44 | 7 | Blue Goose Records, Yank Rachell, Yank Rachell, album cover proofs, 1973 |
| 29 | 47 | Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham, Alabama, brochure and advertising card, undated |
| 29 | 48 | Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham, Alabama, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church (Downsville, Tennessee), April 25, 1939 |
| 53 | 32 | Blue Rhythm Boys and Fletcher Henderson Orchestras, "Cabaret Dance" promotional flyer for dance at the Third Regiment Armory (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1931 |
| 29 | 49 | The Boggans, broadside advertising concert, undated |
| 29 | 50 | Boston Jubilee Singers, flyer, undated |
| 29 | 51 | Brown, Anita Patti, palm card, undated |
| 29 | 52 | Buckeye Harmonizers (Columbus, Ohio), promotion card |
| 29 | 53 | Byrdettes Gospel Singers (Detroit, Michigan), promotion card |
| OP34 | - | Caesar, Shirley and others, Big Gospel Benefit Concert (Atlanta, Georgia), poster, circa 1970s |
| 29 | 54 | Calvarett Gospel Singers [female quintet], advertising card, undated |
| 29 | 55 | C.B.S. Trumpeteers, advertisement, undated |
| 29 | 56 | Celebrity Club (New York City), Victoria Spivey presents Buddy Tates Band and a cavalcade of Blues Kings and Queens, broadside, January 27, 1964 |
| 29 | 57 | Chambers on the Air, Broadcasting Gospel Sandwiches, Radio Station KWBE (Ft. Worth, Texas), undated |
| 33 | 18 | Citizens' Committee of Allied Organizations Academy of Music, 26th Annual Emancipation Celebration, program, January 1, 1927 |
| 40 | 27 | Claflin University Jubilee Singers, program for performance in Marshall, Illinois, June 11, 1902 |
| 29 | 58 | Cleveland Colored Quintet, advertising card for Seattle area appearances, undated |
| 29 | 59 | ColoJuba Quartet, "Jubilee Singers from the South," Observatory Auditorium (Los Angeles, California), undated |
| 29 | 60 | Colored Republican Club (Greenwich, Connecticut), Mid-Summer Dance, advertising cards, August 3, 1939 [with various signatures] |
| OP4 | 9 | Crisp, Willie and his Orchestra, broadside for performance at Ridgeview High School (city unknown), March 21, no year |
| 29 | 61 | Crisp, Willie and his Great New Orchestra, broadside for concert (Charlotte, North Carolina), March 18, [1941?] |
| 53 | 33 | Dabney, Wendell Phillips, testimonial dinner and 84th birthday party program (Cincinnati, Ohio), 1949 |
| 29 | 62 | Davis Sisters of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, advertising card, undated |
| 30 | 1 | de Paur's Infantry Chorus, program; souvenir program, undated |
| OP5 | 14 | Delphin and Romain, recital, Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia), poster, 1984 |
| 53 | 34 | Detroit Musicians' Association, Incorporated, "Annual Scholarship Music Festival" at New Light Baptist Church (Detroit, Michigan), souvenir program, 1952 |
| 30 | 2 | Dixie Choral Singers, advertising card, undated |
| OP1 | 12 | Dixie Hummingbirds, poster for performance, Ebenezer Baptist Church (Newburgh, New York), June 21, 1969 |
| 30 | 3 | Dixie Melody Masters, promotional flyer, undated |
| 30 | 4 | Dixon, Dean, conductor, Negro Symphonic Music, program notes, May 21, 1950 |
| 30 | 5 | Eason Gospel Singers of Philadelphia, advertising card, undated |
| OP2 | 14 | Eckstine, Billy, and his orchestra, poster for performance at Cole McElroy's Spanish Ballroom (Portland, Oregon), circa 1940s |
| 30 | 6 | Ellington, Duke, Black, Brown and Beige, advertising card, undated |
| 30 | 7 | Ellington, Duke, Metropolitan Opera House (New York, New York), concert program, January 21, 1951 |
| 45 | 22 | Eureka Jubilee Singers, concert flier, St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church (Columbus, Georgia), 1954 |
| OP2 | 14 | Fields, Ernie, and his orchestra, poster for performance at McElroy's Ballroom (Portland, Oregon), August 5, 1940 |
| 30 | 8 | Fisk Jubilee Singers, broadside advertising concert in Middletown, Connecticut, November 21, 1872 |
| 30 | 9 | Fisk Jubilee Singers, brochure [in French] advertising sale of recording by Pathé, undated [includes William L. Dawson pieces] |
| 30 | 10 | Fisk Jubilee Singers, "Loudin's original Fisk Jubilee Singers after a Six Years Tour Around the World," broadside advertising availability for concerts, F.J. Loudin (Ravenna, Ohio), circa 1893 [also includes ad for the Loudin key locker and window locker which Loudin invented] |
| 30 | 11 | Fisk Jubilee Singers, postcards, undated |
| 30 | 12 | Fisk Jubilee Trio, postcard, undated |
| OP10 | - | Five Kentucky Singers, poster for performance, Folkets Park, undated |
| OP71 | - | Five Kentucky Singers, poster for performance, "Day, Dawn, and Dusk," Folkets Park, undated |
| 39 | 10 | Georgia Sea Island Singers, Walk West Music Academy performer's profile, Minnesota History Center (Saint Paul, Minnesota), no date |
| 30 | 13 | Golden Echoes Female Quartette of Evansville, Indiana, members of McFarland Baptist Church, advertising card, undated |
| 30 | 14 | Golden Gate Female Singers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [includes text to "Sing Praises Unto the Lord"], undated |
| OP77 | Gospel Concert, presented by Greater Harvest Church of Deliverance, poster, August 27, circa 1960s [featuring Gospel Redeemers, Lords of Harmony, The Mayfield Sisters, The Connally Specials, and the Lawrence Gospel Singers] | |
| 53 | 35 | Gospel music popularity contest concert program, 1953 |
| 30 | 15 | Greenwood Four, advertisement card, undated |
| 48 | 39 | Hall, Johnson, "Jubilee Singers," program, undated |
| 30 | 16 | Hall Johnson Negro Choir, flyer, 1933 |
| 33 | 19 | Hampton Institute, Service of Christmas Music, program, December 15, 1935 |
| 30 | 17 | Hampton Institute Quartette, postcard, undated |
| 33 | 20 | Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Spring Concert, program, June 1, 1926 |
| OP1 | 13 | Hancock, Herbie, Taj Mahal, Malo, and Maya Angelou in Concert for Angela, Berkeley Community Theatre, February 28, 19[?] |
| 37 | 13 | Handy, W.C., "Saint Louis Blues," arranged by Pietro Deiro, sheet music, circa 1940 |
| 51 | 17 | Harlem Opera, flier, 1978 |
| 30 | 18 | Harmonizing Four of Richmond, Virginia, advertising card, undated |
| 31 | 17 | Hayes, Roland, program, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 23, 1925[?] |
| 49 | 7 | Hayes, Roland, program for concert at town hall, New York City, New York, 1937 |
| 30 | 19 | Heavenly Four Gospel Singers, price list, undated |
| 53 | 36 | The Imperial Jubilee Sacred Soul Saving and Financial Drive Company of Greater Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri), promotional poster, circa 1930 |
| 40 | 28 | Jackson Jubilee Singers, promotional brochure, no date |
| 30 | 20 | Jackson, Mary Gaddie, National Gospel Singer, Cincinnati, Ohio, advertising card, undated |
| 37 | 9 | Jazz Club of America, The RCA Victor Encyclopedia of Recorded Jazz, mail-order advertisement, no date |
| OP85 | Jazz Messengers, farewell concert poster, Paris Jazz Concerts, Nouvel Olympia Panoramique concert hall, undated | |
| OP4 | 10 | Johnson, George Leon, An Evening of Negro Music, Chorus of 100 Voices featuring Spirituals and Southern Melodies, directed by Johnson, no place, undated |
| 30 | 21 | Johnson, James Weldon, "National Negro Hymn: Lift Every Voice and Sing," printed lyrics |
| OP5 | 13 | Jordan, Robert, pianist, Kennedy Center Concert Hall (Washington, D.C.) performance, poster, no date |
| OP4 | 23 | Ju Ju: a Message from Mozambique, proof for disc recording jacket, 1972 |
| 30 | 22 | Jubilee Gospel Singers (Dallas, Texas), advertising card, undated |
| 48 | 24 | Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters, "A Taste of Sugar, A Horn of Plenty," season program, 1994-1995 |
| 48 | 25 | KCRW (Santa Monica, California), "Reggae Beat," newsletter, 1982 |
| 30 | 23 | Kelly Brothers, advertisement card, undated |
| OP4 | 11 | Kennedy Brothers, program for concert at Holy Trinity Baptist Church (Brooklyn, New York), May 18, 1947 |
| 30 | 24 | Killbrew Chorus proudly presents the Tomlin Chair in Concert, New Light Beulah Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), April 19, 1957 |
| 33 | 21 | King, Coretta Scott, voice recital, program, Parker High School (Birmingham, Alabama), April 25, 1958 |
| OP1 | 14 | King Sunny Ade and His African Beats, promotion for concert, February 24, 1983 |
| 30 | 25 | Latour, Nick, baritone folk singer, program for concert (Montgomery, Alabama), April 22, 1955 |
| 30 | 26 | Lift Every Voice and Sing, lyrics card, compliments of Arthur Johnson |
| 30 | 27 | Lunceford, Jimmie concert, invitation from Luncefordites, [1930s] |
| 30 | 28 | Lunceford, Jimmie, promotional material |
| OP2 | 14 | Lunceford, Jimmie, and his orchestra, poster for performance at McElroy's Ballroom (Portland, Oregon), circa 1940s |
| 30 | 29 | Male Community Gospel Singer of Red Bank and the Zion Knights Boys Choral Club, broadside for concert (Red Bank, New Jersey), June 12, 19[?? ] |
| 30 | 30 | Martin and Martin Singers of Chicago, Illinois, Greater Galilee Baptist Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), concert program, March 27, 1941 |
| OP86 | Maultsby, Portia, poster "The Evolution of African American Music," signed, 1992 | |
| 39 | 11 | Maynor, Dorothy, Rudolph Dunbar and William Still, performance program, Hollywood Bowl Magazine, August 1946 |
| 30 | 31 | Maynor, Dorothy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, concert flyer, March 26, 1956 |
| 30 | 32 | Melody Aires Singers of Kansas City, Missouri, advertisement card, undated |
| 30 | 33 | Midwest Harmonizers, concert program (Kansas City, Missouri), September 15, 1955 |
| 30 | 34 | Mississippi Four, quartette, Ray S. Kneeland Amusement Booking Service (Buffalo, New York), advertising card, undated |
| 30 | 35 | Monroe, Joesph, Jr., Wesley Temple AME Zion Church (Akron, Ohio), program, November 1, 1959 |
| 33 | 22 | Musical Art Society, Hampton Institute (Hampton, Virginia), Jules Bledsoe, baritone, concert program, November 16, 1935 |
| 33 | 23 | Musical Art Society, Hampton Institute (Hampton, Virginia), Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and their Dance Group, concert program, February 15, 1936 |
| 37 | 12 | A Musical History of the Negro People, program, February 1953 |
| 30 | 36 | Nathaniel Dett Choral Society, Metropolitan AME Church (Washington, D.C.), program, October 29, 1935 |
| 30 | 37 | Nathaniel Dett Choral Society, Washington Auditorium (Washington, D.C.), program, April 23-24, 1935 |
| 40 | 19 | National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses, 24th Executive Board Meeting musical, program, 1957 |
| 30 | 38 | National Negro Opera Company, "Aida," at the Coliseum (Chicago, Illinois), program, undated |
| 30 | 39 | National Negro Opera Company, Mary Caldwell Dawson Singers (Washington, D.C.), "The Ordering of Moses," program, June 30, 19[??] |
| 30 | 40 | National Quartette Tournament (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), advertising card, June 1, 1951 |
| 33 | 24 | National Association of Negro Musicians, Second Annual Scholarship Concert, program, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, New York, April 18, 1965 |
| 53 | 37 | "Negro Spirituals vs. Classics," benefit concert at Dreamland Auditorium (California), program, 1929 |
| 30 | 41 | New York Gospel Music Festival (New York, New York), flyer for concert at the New York Coliseum, June 8-9, no year |
| OP1 | 18 | Organetta Club, poster for second recital at the Augusta Street M.E. Church, June 4, 1897 |
| 30 | 42 | Orpheus Jubilee Singers, brochure, 1905-1906 season |
| 47 | 45 |
Panky, souvenir program (China), 1955
Program for a Shanghai appearance of Pankey, the first American to hold a concert in China after the 1949 revolution, with Czech pianist Marie Kenuokewa. |
| 53 | 38 | Paris, Modupe, "The African Baritone," Church of the Good Shepherd, program, 1931 |
| 30 | 43 | Piney Woods School Singers (Braxton, Mississippi), souvenir program, circa 1920s |
| 30 | 44 | Price, Leontyne, Atlanta Music Club, program, March 15, 1967 |
| OP1 | 15 | Purple Moon, promotional poster for concert dedicated to the spirit of John Coltrane, [Washington, D.C.?], September 22-24, 1973 |
| 34 | 23 | Reggae (Chicago, Illinois), fliers and other print ephemera documenting the Reggae scene in the Chciago metropoltian area, including local and international artists, circa 1984-1994 |
| 40 | 20 | Reid's Records (Oakland, California), 16th anniversary concert program, 1961 |
| 32 | 7 | Rockaway Revue, Good Times, program, no date |
| 30 | 45 | Schipa, Tito Opera Recital (Oakland, California), concert program advertising "The Two Distinguished Negro Artists" J. Rosamond Jonhson and Taylor Gordon, March 20, 1927 |
| 30 | 46 | Sedalia Singers, program for concert at Wheat Street Baptist Church (Atlanta, Georgia), April 12, 1959 |
| 30 | 47 | Sewell, Sister L., "Oh Death I Ain't Ready," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, song lyrics, undated |
| 30 | 48 | Simmons, McNair, Caution, Stevenson, and Scott, unknown male quintet, undated |
| 30 | 49 | Sims, Forest, ["musical wonder, the second Blind Tom"], advertisement card, circa 1922 |
| 31 | 18 | Smith, Mamie, Memorial Concert and Dance presented by Victoria Spivey, New York, New York, flier, January 27, 1964 |
| 33 | 25 | Society for the Study of Negro History, Benefit Musical Recital featuring Annette Elizabeth Whitehead, program, December 14, 1935 |
| 30 | 50 | The Southernaires, concert program, Albany [New York?], May 20, 1943 |
| 30 | 51 | The Southernaires, concert program, Albany, New York, December 8, 1947 |
| 53 | 39 |
The Southernaires, concert program, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1945
Sponsored by the Claflin College Club. Program is signed by members. |
| 40 | 21 | The Southernaires, presented by the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (Fort Worth, Texas), 1943 |
| 40 | 22 | Southland Spirituals Jubilee fourth anniversary celebration, program, circa 1955 |
| 37 | 10 | Stamps, C.S. (Reverend), "Sharing in the Blessings of the Lord," sheet music, 1960 |
| 30 | 52 | The Standard Four (Detroit, Michigan), advertising card, undated |
| 49 | 2 | Students Music Class at Phillips Hall, recital program, 1915 November 17 |
| 45 | 9 | Sun Ra and the Intergalactic Research Arkestra, souvenir program from first U.K. performance (London), 1970 |
| 45 | 10 | Sun Ra and His Space Arkestra, flyer, Carnegie Hall (New York, New York) performance, 1968 |
| 30 | 53 | The Sunset Four of New York City, radio and concert artists, printed publicity photograph, undated [photographer Bill Loeser] |
| 30 | 54 | Suwanee River Quartette, flyer, undated |
| 30 | 55 | Tennessee Cabin Singers, Canton M.E. Church, April 15, [?] |
| 30 | 56 | Tharpe, Rosetta, booklet, undated |
| 30 | 57 | Thomas, Walter R., "The Decade of the Twenties in Harlem," in Bubbling Brown Sugar [New York, New York], undated [various signatures by Harlem musicians] |
| 40 | 23 | Thompson, Dick, "Negro Melodies, Plantation Songs, and Southern Refrains," broadside, no date |
| OP5 | 12 | Towles, Lois, pianist, poster, no date |
| 30 | 58 | Triumphant Music Studio (Chicago, Illinois), Song list, undated |
| 30 | 59 | Wandering Boys Quartet, printed publicity photo, undated |
| 30 | 60 | Williams' Colored Singers (Chicago, Illinois), The World's Greatest Harmonizing Octette, advertising brochure, undated |
| OP2 | 30 | Wilson's Jubilee Singers, 39th annual recital poster, no date |
| 40 | 24 | Wings of Grace, 10th anniversary souvenir program, 1961 |
| OP4 | 12 | Wings of Grace [blacked out] of Kansas City, Missouri, concert broadside, Friendship Baptist Church (Minneapolis, Minnesota), September 14, 1958 |
| 30 | 61 | Wings Over Jordan, choir, program, brochure, photograph, song book, circa 1939-1941 |
| 30 | 62 | Wooding, Sam, career sketch brochure, [1970s] |
| 37 | 7 | World Famous Harmonizing Four, souvenir program, 1974 |
| OP44 | 8 | Yazoo Records, album catalog proof, undated |
| OP44 | 9 | Yazoo Records, Bessie Jackson and Walter Roland, album cover proofs, undated |
| OP44 | 10 | Yazoo Records, Blind Willie McTell, 1927-1935, album cover proof, undated |
| OP44 | 11 | Yazoo Records, Frank Stokes, Creator of the Memphis Blues, album cover proofs, undated |
| OP44 | 12 | Yazoo Records, Guitar Wizards, 1926-1935, album cover proof, undated |
| OP44 | 13 | Yazoo Records, Larry Carr and Scrapper Blackwell, Naptown Blues, album cover proofs, undated |
| OP44 | 14 | Yazoo Records, Sam Chatmon, The Mississippi Sheik, album cover proof, undated |
| 30 | 63 | YMCA (Saint Louis, Missouri), Ninth Annual Circus, program, 17-20 April 1944 |
| Dance | ||
| 44 | 12 | Collins, Janet, "Janet Collins and Her Company," no date |
| 44 | 13 | Collins, Janet, performance program, Eastern High School (Baltimore, Maryland), 1952 |
| 52 | 13 | Hampton Institute Creative Dance Group, souvenir program, 1939 |
| Poetry | ||
| 30 | 64 | African American History Week Salute: An Afternoon of James Mercer Langston Hughes, in speech, music, song and dance, February 4, 1968 |
| 30 | 65 | Baraka, Amiri, "Important Sonnet," poem card |
| 42 | 17 | Barnes, T.H., "The Bright Side of a Great Question," no date |
| 37 | 1 | Dunbar, Paul Lawrence, untitled quatrain, no date |
| 30 | 66 | Evans, J.T. (Reverend), "Death is Riding," poem card |
| 30 | 67 | Foreman, Julia B., various poems (relating to Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
| 37 | 53 | Hill, Roy L., program, no date [includes biographical data] |
| 36 | 56 | Hughes, Langston, "What happens to a dream deferred?" 1951 [with drawing by C. Bible, 1970] |
| 42 | 18 | Jamison, Roscoe Conklin, "The Negro Soldiers," 1946 |
| 50 | 16 | Joans, Ted, "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose," manuscript, 1980 |
| 42 | 19 | The Journal of Black Poetry, bulletin, November 1967 |
| OP11 | - | Lewis, Ida, "I am black in the name of the westbound slaveships" poster with drawing by Charles Bible, 1972 |
| 51 | 5 | Ming, Richard E., "Malcolm X: Radical or Martyr?" 1966 |
| OP1 | 16 | Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church (New York), New Years Day Marathon Benefit, 1986 |
| 30 | 68 | Randolph, Reverend T., "You have been a Deacon for 32 years" |
| 30 | 69 | Reed, Cleave, "Questions Why" |
| 30 | 70 | Richardson, Stella, "Out in the Streets!," Temple Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1971 [prepared and circulated by The Greater Philadelphia Black Economic Development Conference] |
| OP4 | 13 | Yardbird Poetry Reading, presented by the Committee for Arts and Lectures and Sponsored by Afro-American Studies and English Department, University of California, April 12 19[?] |
| Sports | ||
| 30 | 71 | 100% Wrong Club, 47th Annual All Sports Jamboree (Atlanta, Georgia), February 13, 1982 |
| 44 | 33 | Fairway Golf Club, Silver Anniversary Yearbook, 1968 |
| OP6 | 16 | Hank Aaron 715 Club membership kit, 1975 [2 copies] |
| OP29 | - | Hank Aaron 715 Club membership kit poster, 1975 [2 copies] |
| 50 | 8 | Harlem Queens Colored World Softball Champions, blank promotionl game poster, undated |
| 33 | 26 | "Roar of the Crowd with the One and Only Joe Louis," boxing match, broadside [1953] |
| OP2 | 9 | Rural Sports, A Milling Match between [Tom] Cribb and [Tom] Molineaux, Rutland County, September 28, 1811 |
| Travel | ||
| 30 | 72 | Harlem Renaissance Walking Tour, map, Ephemera Press, undated |
| 48 | 26 | "The African American Heritage Tour Guide," undated |
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