National Museum of African American History and Culture

This letter was written in Freetown, Sierra Leone, May 8th, 1842 by Joseph May to a Mrs. Mary Denham in London, England. From the Wesleyan Mission House, May writes of his sea and land travels to and throughout Western Africa. He recounts the weather, the towns he preached Christianity to, having taken over a school, and his plans to establish a Methodist school. The wove paper letter has several

This letter was written in Old Calabar, Nigeria by King Eyo Honesty II to Captain William Turner in Liverpool, England. The relationship between Eyo and Captain Turner developed as a result of the British banned slave trade. The letter is dated 23 February 1845. An excerpt of this letter reads: “Captain Turner / My old friend & brother for Egbo … After next year I am very glad to see you for first

A one-page handwritten letter to Robert Bell from the Freedmen's bureau regarding a dispute with a woman identified as "Eliza." On recto, on the top right side of the letter in decorative print is: [Headquarters Office Assistant Superintendent, / BUREAU OF REGUEES FREEDMAN AND A. L. / Salisbury, N. C., Nov 15 1865.]. The letter reads: [Mr. Robert Bell / You will please / settle justly with the col

This handwritten, one page, single-sided document is titled "Hands to be brought from N. Ca." at the top. The document consists of a list of men in the lefthand column, totaled "8 males" at the bottom, and a list of women and children in the righthand column, totaled "9 females + 4 children" at the bottom. In the middle is the note "From Richmond / 2 children" above some numerical notations, possi

H x W: 10 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. (26.7 x 21.3 cm)

This handwritten one page, double-sided document is titled "Slaves Belonging to E. Westmore / for June 1860." On one side of the document is a list men's first names and their ages, with dark diagonal slash marks crossing out last names and birthdates. A few names have additional notes of "Mulatto" or "Indian." There are 25 men total. The other side of the document is titled "Women + female Childr

A magazine clipping of a black-and-white portrait of Dizzy Gillespie. The portrait shows Gillespie later in life, with grey and white hair. His eyes are closed and his cheeks are puffed out with a finger held to his lip. The bottom right corner of the clipping, where a caption would likely be, has been cut away. The clipping is mounted on to a thick stock paper. No inscriptions, front or back.

A handwritten American Revolution muster roll listing the names of seventeen soldiers from Falmouth, Massachusetts. The top of the list has information addressed to the Commissioner Justin Ely from the Superintendent Nathan Freeman. The list is drawn up as a table with seven columns: [Names / Description of Persons / Ages / Stature, feet, inches / Place of Abode / Regiment from which procured / Co

A newspaper clipping announcing the beginning of the Citizen Education Project taped to a sheet of white paper with “Citizenship Education Project: First Phase" typewritten at the top of the page. The word "newsitems" is typewritten inside a square box in the center of the page. The clipping headline reads: "NCNW Begins City-Wide Poject [sic] For Citizenship Education." The sheet is taped to page

This brief newspaper clipping, published by the San Francisco Independent, announces the opening of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women's headquarters at 1914 Fillmore St. in San Francisco. Multiple phases in the article are underlined in blue ink. The clipping is adhered to the bottom half of page eleven (11) in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).

This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Sun-Reporter describes the reasons the 1,750 people who were registered during the San Francisco NCNW drive had not registered before. Multiple phrases are underlined in blue ink throughout the clipping. The clipping is adhered to the bottom half of page fourteen (14) in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).

H x W: 22 1/2 × 6 in. (57.2 × 15.2 cm)