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(Part 2)

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
Jan. 1867–May 1868
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M869, File 7.2.2
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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 7: Reports / 7.2: Reports of Conditions and Operations
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
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1912-1999

Author:
Sumberg, Barbara  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Côte d'Ivoire
Date:
2001
Topic:
Textile fabrics, Guro  Search this
Industries  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Cotton growing  Search this
Guro weaving  Search this
Colonization  Search this
Economic policy  Search this
Call number:
TT848 .S86 2001a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_756505

P-V2091 Cars Loaded with Cotton Bales on Levee, Near Cotton Growing District, Texas

Published by:
Keystone View Company, American, 1892 - 1972  Search this
Photograph by:
Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s  Search this
Subject of:
Unidentified Man or Men  Search this
Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 6 1/16 in. (8 × 15.4 cm)
H x W (sheet): 3 7/16 × 7 in. (8.8 × 17.8 cm)
Type:
stereographs
Place depicted:
Texas, United States, North and Central America
Date:
ca. 1900
Topic:
African American  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
American South  Search this
Cotton  Search this
Labor  Search this
Photography  Search this
Transportation  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2015.248.4.11
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fe3d13a7-bdc7-4219-ad0a-83e3be060fb7
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The Crisis Vol. 13 No. 4

Published by:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909  Search this
Edited by:
W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963  Search this
Subject of:
Richard T. Greener, American, 1844 - 1922  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
9 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 1/8 in. (24.8 x 17.1 x 0.3 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Place printed:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
February 1917
Topic:
African American  Search this
Advertising  Search this
Associations and institutions  Search this
Black Press  Search this
Business  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Education  Search this
Literature  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Politics  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Social reform  Search this
Women's organizations  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbie Ross in memory of Elizabeth Dillard
Object number:
2012.84.9
Restrictions & Rights:
Public Domain
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Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Women's Club Movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50b650817-b743-4378-bfc4-d5dc91c485f8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.84.9
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The Crisis Vol. 9 No. 5

Published by:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909  Search this
Edited by:
W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
9 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 1/8 in. (24.8 x 17.1 x 0.3 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Place printed:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
March 1915
Topic:
African American  Search this
Advertising  Search this
Associations and institutions  Search this
Black Press  Search this
Business  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Education  Search this
Literature  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Politics  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Social reform  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbie Ross in memory of Elizabeth Dillard
Object number:
2012.84.16
Restrictions & Rights:
Public Domain
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Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58bc64d58-cb0f-40ab-ba98-6f24d2815ef2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.84.16
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The Negro Worker Vol. 4 No. 5

Published by:
The Negro Worker, 1928 - 1937  Search this
Edited by:
Charles Woodson  Search this
Subject of:
Communist International, 1919 - 1943  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 7 15/16 x 5 7/8 in. (20.2 x 15 cm)
Type:
pamphlets
Place depicted:
Africa
Japan, Asia
Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, Africa
Ethiopia, Africa
Date:
1934
Topic:
African American  Search this
Colonialism  Search this
Decolonization  Search this
International affairs  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Photography  Search this
Political organizations  Search this
Politics  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
Object number:
2010.55.34
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Movement:
Pan Africanism
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b2ac91e6-97e3-4b5b-99c4-17b0b2c8f9ac
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.55.34
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Twelve Years A Slave

Written by:
Solomon Northup, American, 1808 - 1875  Search this
Published by:
Derby and Miller, American, 1848 - 1853  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with gold, cloth, and cardboard
Dimensions:
H x W x D (Closed): 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 1 5/16 in. (19.7 × 14 × 3.4 cm)
H x W x D (Open): 7 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (19.7 × 29.2 × 10.5 cm)
H x W x D (open at 90 degrees): 7 3/4 × 6 × 6 1/4 in. (19.7 × 15.2 × 15.9 cm)
H x W x D (open at 60 degrees): 7 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (19.7 × 14.6 × 14.6 cm)
Type:
narratives
hardcover books
Place printed:
Auburn, Cuyahoga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1853
Topic:
African American  Search this
American South  Search this
Antislavery  Search this
Domestic slave trade  Search this
Free communities of color  Search this
Law  Search this
Literature  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:
2014.262
Restrictions & Rights:
Public Domain
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Classification:
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Abolitionist movement
Exhibition:
Slavery and Freedom
On View:
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd537167978-c6a5-4b5c-8aad-8b8ccdd82f33
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edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.262
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A

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
May–Aug. 1866
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M752, File 2.6.1
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Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 2: Letters Received / 2.6: Entered in Register 6
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io311b8b25b-af28-42dd-8251-bdcfcb5fe9fa
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A

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
Jan.–June 1868
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M752, File 2.12.1
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Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 2: Letters Received / 2.12: Entered in Register 12
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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A compendious history of the cotton-manufacture; with a disproval of the claim of Sir Richard Arkwright to the invention of its ingenious machinery. By Richard Guest

Author:
Guest, Richard  Search this
Subject:
Arkwright, Richard Sir 1732-1792  Search this
Physical description:
2 p. l., [3]-70, 3 p. 12 pl. 28 x 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1823
Topic:
Cotton growing  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Call number:
TS1565.G7 G93
TS1565.G7G93
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_91317

A cotton fabrics glossary

Author:
Bennett, Frank P., & Co  Search this
Physical description:
1 p. l., [5]-738 p. illus. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1914
[c1914]
Topic:
Cotton growing  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Call number:
TS1575.C6 1914X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_356951

A cotton fabrics glossary : containing instructions for the manufacture of every known grade and variety of cotton fabrics

Author:
Frank P. Bennett & Company  Search this
Physical description:
348 p. illus. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1914
[c1907]
Topic:
Cotton growing--Dictionaries  Search this
Cotton manufacture--Dictionaries  Search this
Call number:
TS1575 .C85 1914
TS1575.C85 1914
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_402205

A general description of the State of Alabama : with reference to the character of its various soils, the vegetable, arboreal and horticultural products, and its general agricultural advantages ... / compiled by the Department of Agriculture-Auburn, Ala

Author:
Alabama Department of Agriculture  Search this
Physical description:
143 p. : ill., col. map ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Alabama
Date:
1884
Topic:
Mines and mineral resources  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Cotton growing  Search this
Manufacturing industries  Search this
Call number:
F326 .A43 1884
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_515957

A journey in the back country in the winter of 1853-4, by Frederick Law Olmsted ...

Author:
Olmsted, Frederick Law 1822-1903  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Southern States
Date:
1907
1860
Topic:
Slavery  Search this
Cotton growing  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F213 .O47X
F213.O47X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_87306

A story of cotton / by W. G. Turner

Author:
Turner, W. G  Search this
Physical description:
63 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
United States
Date:
1919
Topic:
Cotton growing  Search this
Call number:
SB249 .T95
SB249.T95
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_49829
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A visit to a cotton mill / by Arthur O. Cooke

Author:
Cooke, Arthur O (Arthur Owens) 1867-1930  Search this
Physical description:
87 p., [6] p. of plates ill. (some col.) 18 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Date:
1912
[1912?]
Topic:
Cotton growing--Juvenile literature  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Call number:
TS1576 .C77 1912
TS1576.C77 1912
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_402879

A worn insecurity : textiles, industrialization and colonial rule in Eritrea during the long twentieth century / Steven Serels

Author:
Serels, Steven 1982-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Eritrea
Italy
Date:
2018
Topic:
Textile industry--History  Search this
Textile trade  Search this
Cotton textiles  Search this
Cotton growing  Search this
Textile fabrics--Marketing  Search this
Commerce  Search this
History  Search this
Colonies  Search this
Call number:
TS1402.9 .T49 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1098787

A – C

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1867
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M999, File 8.3.1
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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 8: Registered Letters Received / 8.3: Entered in Register 2 and 3
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io335111aeb-f431-4f3b-aff3-44955c2e2c63
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ead_component:sova-nmaahc-fb-m999-ref44
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A – F

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
Jan. 1866–Feb. 1867
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M826, File 4.2.1
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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 4: Letters Received / 4.2: Entered in Volume 2
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3276ff1f9-ccc2-40b5-9377-25905960b0a8
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A – G

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
Oct. 1867–Jan. 1869
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M869, File 4.4.1
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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 4: Registered Letters Received / 4.4: Entered in Registers 6 and 7
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io31df21ca2-f4cc-40c8-93ab-b0a379ec6c3d
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ead_component:sova-nmaahc-fb-m869-ref42
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