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"Dull dejection in the countenances of all of them" : children at work in the Rhode Island textile industry, 1790-1938 / Ruth Macaulay

Title:
Children at work in the Rhode Island textile industry, 1790-1938
Author:
Macaulay, Ruth  Search this
Physical description:
12 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Rhode Island
Slater Mill Historic Site (R.I.)
Date:
1987
Topic:
Child labor--History  Search this
Textile workers--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1073874

"I do!" : courtship, love, and marriage on the American frontier : a glimpse at America's romantic past through photographs, diaries, and journals, 1715-1915 / Cathy Luchetti

Title:
Courtship, love, and marriage on the American frontier
Author:
Luchetti, Cathy 1945-  Search this
Physical description:
308 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
1996
©1996
Topic:
Courtship--History  Search this
Marriage--History  Search this
Frontier and pioneer life  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1073404

"Immagine antica" : Madonna and Child of Santa Maria Maggiore in Florence : studies and restoration / edited by Marco Ciatti and Cecilia Frosinini

Author:
Ciatti, Marco  Search this
Frosinini, Cecilia  Search this
Subject:
Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint  Search this
Santa Maria Maggiore (Church : Florence, Italy)  Search this
Physical description:
182 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Art
Place:
Italy
Tuscany
Florence
Date:
2003
©2003
13th century
Topic:
Panel painting, Italian  Search this
Panel painting, Italian--Conservation and restoration  Search this
Relief (Sculpture), Italian  Search this
Relief (Sculpture), Italian--Conservation and restoration  Search this
Art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1063543

"Real" Indians and others mixed-blood urban Native peoples and indigenous nationhood Bonita Lawrence

Author:
Lawrence, Bonita  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 303 pages 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
Canada
Kanada
USA
Indianer
Date:
2004
Topic:
Mixed descent  Search this
Tribal citizenship  Search this
Métis  Search this
Urban Indians  Search this
First Nations--Band membership  Search this
Indiens d'Amérique--Habitat urbain  Search this
Indiens d'Amérique--Nationalité ethnique  Search this
Indians of North America--Mixed descent  Search this
Indians of North America--Tribal citizenship  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Social policy  Search this
Stadtbevölkerung  Search this
Ethnische Beziehungen  Search this
Canada  Search this
Indigenous peoples  Search this
National identity  Search this
Relations raciales  Search this
Politique sociale  Search this
Politique et gouvernement  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_759267

'He is my king, but he is also my child' : Inkatha, the African National Congress and the struggle for control over Zulu cultural symbols / S. Klopper

Title:
Inkatha, the African National Congress and the struggle for control over Zulu cultural symbols
Author:
Klopper, Sandra  Search this
Subject:
Inkatha Freedom Party  Search this
African National Congress  Search this
Physical description:
p. 53 - 66 : ill., ports. ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
South Africa
Date:
1996
Topic:
Cultural policy  Search this
Call number:
DT1768.Z95 K56 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_526569

1440 early American portrait artists (1663-1860) : (preliminary volume) / compiled by the New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Research and Records Section, Work Projects Administration ; sponsored by New Jersey State Planning Board

Author:
New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project  Search this
Child, Sargent B (Sargent Burrage) 1900-  Search this
Bostelmann, Carol J  Search this
Groce, George C (George Cuthbert) 1899-  Search this
Rockafeller, Lois G  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 305 leaves ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1940
Topic:
Portrait painters  Search this
Painters  Search this
Call number:
N40 .H67
N40.H67
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_65850

1930 - 1940 Flossie Haggards's "Butterfly" Child's Quilt

Maker:
Haggard, Flossie  Search this
Physical Description:
cotton fabric (overall material)
Measurements:
overall-folded: 3 1/2 in x 16 3/8 in x 20 1/8 in; 8.89 cm x 41.5925 cm x 51.1175 cm
overall: 64 in x 76 in; x 162.56 cm x 193.04 cm
Object Name:
book
quilt
Date made:
ca. 1930s
Credit Line:
Gift of James Lowell Haggard, Jr. Merle R. Haggard and Lillian Haggard Hoge
ID Number:
2003.0183.09
Accession number:
2003.0183
Catalog number:
2003.0183.09
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-154b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1315852
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200 years of American business / Thomas C. Cochran

Author:
Cochran, Thomas Childs 1902-  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 288 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1977
C1977
Topic:
Industrial management--History  Search this
Business--History  Search this
Big business--History  Search this
Call number:
HD70.U5 C55X
HD70.U5C55X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_85605

200 years of children / Edith H. Grotberg, editor

Author:
Grotberg, Edith H (Edith Henderson) 1918-2008  Search this
United States Office of Child Development  Search this
Physical description:
x, 486 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
1977
[1977?]
Topic:
Child welfare--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1037606

6th National Schools' Art Contest and prize presentation ceremony, July 2-9, 1977 / National Council for Arts and Culture

Title:
Sixth National Schools' Art Contest and prize presentation ceremony
Author:
National Council for Arts and Culture (Nigeria)  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
National Schools' Art Contest (6th : 1976-1977)  Search this
Physical description:
10 p. : ill
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1977
1977]
Topic:
Art--Competitions  Search this
Child artists  Search this
Call number:
VF--Children as Artists
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_662720

"Ode to the Evening" in Juvenile Letters: Being a Correspondence Between Children, from Eight to Fifteen Years of Age

Written by:
Caleb Bingham, American, 1757 - 1817  Search this
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Printed by:
David Carlisle, American, 1771 - 1835  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with leather
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 5 11/16 × 3 9/16 × 1/2 in. (14.5 × 9 × 1.3 cm)
Type:
books
Place printed:
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1807
Topic:
African American  Search this
Education  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.15
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58205ae7f-b530-43da-a4f4-d0361ec9fb83
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.15
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Argument of John Quincy Adams, before the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of the United States, Appellants, vs. Cinque, and others, Africans, captured in the Schooner Amistad

Subject of:
John Quincy Adams  Search this
Sengbe Pieh, Sierra Leonean, 1814 - 1879  Search this
Supreme Court of the United States, American, founded 1789  Search this
Published by:
S. W. Benedict, American  Search this
Signed by:
John T. Bradlee, American  Search this
Medium:
ink on wove paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 8 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (22 × 14.5 cm)
Type:
books
manuscripts
Place printed:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
Date:
1841
Topic:
African American  Search this
Illegal slave trade  Search this
International affairs  Search this
Law  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Trans Atlantic slave trade  Search this
U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2018.46.6
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c555f537-deaf-49ec-9815-af12ef6b8a36
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2018.46.6
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Ex. doc. (United States. Congress. House), 40th Congress, 2d session, no. 329

Written by:
William Passmore Carlin, American, 1820 - 1903  Search this
Published by:
United States Congress, American, founded 1789  Search this
Subject of:
Freedmen's Bureau, American, 1865 - 1872  Search this
Ku Klux Klan, 1st, American, 1865 - 1872  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 8 9/16 × 5 1/2 × 3/16 in. (21.7 × 14 × 0.5 cm)
Type:
documents
books
Place depicted:
Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
Date:
Printed July 8, 1868
Topic:
African American  Search this
American South  Search this
Emancipation  Search this
Freedom  Search this
Government  Search this
Military  Search this
Politics  Search this
Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877  Search this
Slavery  Search this
U.S. History, 1865-1921  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Stanley Turkel's Collection of Reconstruction Era Materials
Object number:
2012.160.96
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ff0a314b-f1db-432a-b053-55b43b0236d0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.160.96
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written By Herself

Written by:
Harriet Ann Jacobs, American, 1813 - 1897  Search this
Edited by:
Lydia Maria Child, American, 1802 - 1880  Search this
Published by:
Lydia Maria Child, American, 1802 - 1880  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper; cardboard and leather
Dimensions:
H x W (Closed): 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (19.7 × 14 cm)
H x W (Open): 10 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (26 × 14 cm)
Type:
books
Place printed:
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1861
Topic:
African American  Search this
Activism  Search this
Antislavery  Search this
Children  Search this
Families  Search this
Fugitive enslaved  Search this
Gender  Search this
Identity  Search this
Motherhood  Search this
Self-liberation  Search this
Slavery  Search this
U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this
U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865  Search this
Women  Search this
Youth  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2015.97.6
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51b134135-79f6-45b5-af3e-a2dd56a31801
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.97.6

Negro Boys and Girls (The Negro American Series Book One)

Published by:
Harlow Publishing Corporation, American, founded 1915  Search this
Written by:
Emma E. Akin, American, 1887 - 1975  Search this
Photograph by:
That Man Stone Company, American, founded 1909  Search this
Subject of:
Dunbar School, American  Search this
Medium:
ink on cloth and paper with cardboard and thread
Dimensions:
H x W: 7 1/2 × 5 11/16 × 11/16 in. (19.1 × 14.5 × 1.7 cm)
Type:
books
Place printed:
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Drumright, Creek County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1938
Topic:
African American  Search this
Children  Search this
Education  Search this
Literature  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Drumright Historical Society Museum, Drumright, Oklahoma
Object number:
2015.214.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55e1a3cc4-3178-44f9-a883-ca350ae8feec
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.214.1
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral By Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston, in New-England

Written by:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Published by:
Barber and Southwick  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with leather
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 5 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 3/8 in. (14 × 10.5 × 1 cm)
Type:
books
Place printed:
Albany, Albany County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1793
Topic:
African American  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.12
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5420edab2-8c84-4989-8fd0-9041e42d4658
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.12
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral By Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston, in New-England

Written by:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Printed by:
David Newhall, American  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with leather and wood
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 5 9/16 × 4 × 1/2 in. (14.2 × 10.2 × 1.2 cm)
Type:
books
Place printed:
Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1802
Topic:
African American  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.14
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd559edab31-fc7f-486a-89c2-edaabe74efbd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.14
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England

Written by:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Printed by:
Joseph James, American  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 6 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 3/16 in. (16.5 × 10.5 × 0.5 cm)
Type:
books
Place printed:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1787
Topic:
African American  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.8
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f064ddca-7915-4489-a65c-84ae86f9ec30
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.8
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England

Written by:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Printed by:
Joseph Crukshank, died 1836  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 6 1/2 × 3 15/16 × 3/16 in. (16.5 × 10 × 0.5 cm)
Type:
books
Place printed:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1789
Topic:
African American  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.9
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58f03581a-7d5a-48be-a1f4-a939fcfb1667
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.9
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference Citizenship Workbook

Created by:
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957  Search this
Owned by:
Kitt E. Kennedy Sr., American, 1916 - 1988  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W x D (Closed): 11 × 8 1/2 × 1/4 in. (27.9 × 21.6 × 0.6 cm)
H x W x D (Open): 11 × 17 × 1/4 in. (27.9 × 43.2 × 0.6 cm)
Type:
books
Date:
ca. 1962
Topic:
African American  Search this
Activism  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Education  Search this
Suffrage  Search this
U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fay Allen Kennedy in memory of Kitt E. Kennedy, Sr.
Object number:
2012.132
Restrictions & Rights:
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Classification:
Documents and Published Materials
Movement:
Civil Rights Movement
Exhibition:
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
On View:
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f7cbc7eb-25d0-483c-9d37-f141d0084a3a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.132
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