Good Fairy Thrift. In Three Scenes.
This curious woman-authored play does not appear within OCLC, but we do find it discussed and/or cited within Tucker’s The Decline of Thrift in America..... Read More about Good Fairy Thrift. In Three Scenes
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The Realization of An Ideal [Masonic ritual book with manuscript emendations and corrections].
Secret masonic ritual book providing the complete scripted dialogues for the opening and closing of a “Council” to confer degrees of membership and a “Royal..... Read More about The Realization of An Ideal [Masonic ritual book with manuscript emendations and corrections
Pitchfork Ben Tillman, South Carolinian.
A biography of one of the most divisive figures in South Carolina’s history: Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847–1918) a.k.a. Pitchfork Ben, white supremacist governor of South..... Read More about Pitchfork Ben Tillman, South Carolinian
Pocket Map of Greater New York. [1896 Chicago Imprint]
Double-sided map of New York City advertising bicycle machinery, milling machines and machine tools manufactured by The Garvin Machine Co. of New York and Philadelphia..... Read More about Pocket Map of Greater New York. [1896 Chicago Imprint
Cypress Gardens Plantation Spirituals Saturday and Sunday Afternoons [opening lines of South Carolina broadside].
Broadside advertising regular performances of African American “Plantation Spirituals” at South Carolina’s Cypress Gardens and sung “...entirely by local colored people connected with Dean Hall..... Read More about Cypress Gardens Plantation Spirituals Saturday and Sunday Afternoons [opening lines of South...
Words & Wisdom of Martin Luther King. [Copy No. 1]
Memorial anthology of aphorisms and sayings by assassinated American civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., printed by a small private press in England..... Read More about Words & Wisdom of Martin Luther King. [Copy No. 1
Tenth Montague Burton Lecture on International Relations, “Peace and the United Nations” [signed by the author and Nobel Peace Laureate, Ralph Bunche, and with a TLS by him].
Separate 1952 publication of Nobel Peace Laureate, American diplomat, and civil rights activist Ralph J. Bunche’s lecture “Peace and the United Nations,” signed by Bunche..... Read More about Tenth Montague Burton Lecture on International Relations, “Peace and the United Nations”...
Negro History Week Beginning February 9, 1969. [cover title]
Promotional booklet for Negro History Week 1969 issued by The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). The cover illustration “Ethiopia Appeals..... Read More about Negro History Week Beginning February 9, 1969. [cover title
Constitution et Règlements ou By-Laws de la Société Française de Bienfaisance de Philadelphie, Précédés d’une Esquisse Historique sur Son Origine et sa Marche.
Civil War-era Constitution for this Franco-American society promoting philanthropy and including a brief account of its history. Pages 14 to 27 print the Constitution in..... Read More about Constitution et Règlements ou By-Laws de la Société Française de Bienfaisance de...
Rev. C. C. Dunlap, D. D. [African Methodist Episcopal Church pastor]
Rev. C.C. Dunlap was born in 1860 in Clinton, South Carolina. He attended Allen University in Columbia for six years and eventually served in Abbeville..... Read More about Rev. C. C. Dunlap, D. D. [African Methodist Episcopal Church pastor
Slave Religion, Spirituals, and C.G. Jung.
An unusual self-published work, inscribed and signed by the author, intersecting the culture, music, and life of African Americans with the world of Jungian psychology..... Read More about Slave Religion, Spirituals, and C.G. Jung
The Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Exhaustive and important study of the numerous Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church by the church’s historian. A lovely copy and scarce to commerce..... Read More about The Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Crime and Punishment in Early Maryland.
An overview of crime and punishment in 17th-century colonial Maryland. An exhaustive study: the gamut runs from homicide and assault to livestock theft and witchcraft..... Read More about Crime and Punishment in Early Maryland
The Negro and the White Man. [Association Copy]
Association Copy of the author’s second book; this copy belonging to Levi Jenkins Coppin (1848–1924), missionary and educator, with his signature and dated by him..... Read More about The Negro and the White Man. [Association Copy
The Supreme Fight Sensation of All Time! Sugar Ray Robinson vs Randolph Turpin… [opening lines of poster]
In this boxing rematch, Georgian-native Sugar Ray Robinson defeated England’s Randy Turpin a.k.a. “The Leamington Licker” on September 12, 1951 at the Polo Grounds in..... Read More about The Supreme Fight Sensation of All Time! Sugar Ray Robinson vs Randolph Turpin… [opening lines...
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Scottish Institution for the Education of Young Ladies [1836 broadside caption title].
STEM in 1836; a broadside prospectus for the Scottish Institution for the Education of Young Ladies, conducted by “Miss Murray, Lady Superintendent.” The school curriculum..... Read More about Scottish Institution for the Education of Young Ladies [1836 broadside caption title
[Signed by Rosa Parks et al.:] West Chester School District Committee for Black History Month / Bicentennial Constitution presents Past, Present & Future with Mrs. Rosa Parks, Mr. Fred D. Gray, Mr. Martin Luther King, III… [original hand-lettered poster].
Entirely hand-lettered promotional poster for a Black History Month school program celebrating civil rights, signed by leading African American activists, Rosa L. Parks, Fred D...... Read More about Signed by Rosa Parks et al.:] West Chester School District Committee for Black History Month /...
[Signed by Rosa Parks et al.:] West Chester School District Committee for Black History Month / Bicentennial Constitution presents Past, Present & Future with Mrs. Rosa Parks, Mr. Fred D. Gray, Mr. Martin Luther King, III… [original hand-lettered poster with silkscreen illustration proof].
Entirely hand-lettered promotional poster for a Black History Month school program celebrating civil rights, signed by leading African American activists, Rosa L. Parks, Fred D...... Read More about Signed by Rosa Parks et al.:] West Chester School District Committee for Black History Month /...
List of Valentines Manufactured by A.J. Fisher… [publisher’s catalog]
Catalog of commercially printed Valentines manufactured by New York City firm, A.J. Fisher. Established in 1834, this firm claimed to be “The Oldest Valentine House..... Read More about List of Valentines Manufactured by A.J. Fisher… [publisher’s catalog
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[Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine 19th Century Engraved Certificate of Deposit].
Intact 19th-century certificate of deposit from the Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine in Wilmington, Delaware. The certificate was engraved by Danforth, Bald. & Co. and..... Read More about Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine 19th Century Engraved Certificate of Deposit
Shadow and Sunshine. [cover title: Shadows and Sunshine]
Memoir of African American author, poet, and temperance lecturer, Eliza Suggs of Nebraska. Physically disabled, Suggs writes about her impairment and stunted growth from brittle..... Read More about Shadow and Sunshine. [cover title: Shadows and Sunshine
Capt. Levi M. Hood Lodge. Lift Every Voice and Sing (National Negro Hymn).
Rare, unrecorded broadside or song sheet for “Lift Every Voice and Sing” with the poem/lyrics written by Jacksonville, Florida native James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), African..... Read More about Capt. Levi M. Hood Lodge. Lift Every Voice and Sing (National Negro Hymn
Prison Life During the Rebellion. Being a Brief Narrative of the Miseries and Sufferings of Six Hundred Confederate Prisoners Sent from Fort Delaware to Morris’ Island to be Punished.
CWB I:190: “An early example of Southern-style prison propaganda; basically a diatribe against Union officers and Negro guards.” Six hundred Confederate soldiers with their rank..... Read More about Prison Life During the Rebellion. Being a Brief Narrative of the Miseries and Sufferings of Six...
City of New York Department of Public Parks. Central Park. Central Park Carriage Service, Organized 1869. [two circulars dated 1883 and 1894]
Pair of New York Central Park advertising circulars promoting the now iconic horse-drawn Central Park Carriage Service. For a fee of 25¢, park visitors were..... Read More about City of New York Department of Public Parks. Central Park. Central Park Carriage Service,...
[1922–1948 African-American Church Programs for Annual Women’s Days etc.].
Five programs from African-American churches in Chester, Marcus Hook, and Linwood in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Four of the programs are for the “Annual Women’s Day”..... Read More about 1922–1948 African-American Church Programs for Annual Women’s Days etc