Johns Hopkins University
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Johns Hopkins University collection of African American history and culture
Collection
Identifier: MS-0845
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins University collection of African American history and culture is an artificially assembled collection of printed materials, diaries, photographs, and other items created from 1800 to 1988.
Dates:
1800 - 1988
Johns Hopkins University collection of Black Americana materials
Collection
Identifier: MS-0844
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins University collection of Black Americana materials spans from approximately 1870 to the 1950s. It is an artificially assembled collection of materials purchased and selected by the curators of Special Collections. The collection primarily consists of postcards, broadsides, and other printed ephemera that depict African American people in ways that are often racist and caricatured.
Dates:
approximately 1870-1950s
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- Subject
- African American entertainers 1
- African American farmers 1
- African Americans--Collectibles 1
- African Americans--Social life and customs 1
- Airmen 1
- Armed Forces 1
- Armed Forces--African American officers 1
- Cosmetics 1
- Personal narratives 1
- Popular culture 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Racism 1
- Segregation in education 1
- Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) 1
- World War (1914-1918) 1
- World War (1939-1945) 1
- advertisements 1
- booklets 1
- cabinet photographs 1
- card games (game sets) 1
- caricatures 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- collecting cards 1
- fliers (printed matter) 1
- greeting cards 1
- leaflets (printed works) 1
- ledgers (account books) 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- military records 1
- muster rolls 1
- photographs 1
- postcards 1
- promotional materials 1
- scrapbooks 1
- sheet music 1 ∧ less
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