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Creator:

Bryan, Percival  Search this

Names:

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955  Search this

Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972  Search this

Collection Creator:

Bryan, Percival  Search this

Extent:

4.6 Linear feet (17 boxes)

Type:

Archival materials

Autograph albums

Place:

Washington (D.C.)

Date:

1941 to 1993

Scope and Contents:

This description is for Series 3 of the Percival Bryan collection.

The collection contains 298 autograph albums. Mr. Bryan collection started in 1941 with book 1. At this time he obtained the autographs of Attorney General Homer S. Cummings and several other members of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's cabinet. From that point Byran collected over 160,000 autographs from average people and celebrities alike. Within the pages of these books are general greetings, expository, poems, sketches, and even a few watercolors.

Local number:

ACMA 06-001.2

Collection Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

Collectors  Search this

Jamaican Americans  Search this

Signatures  Search this

Politicians  Search this

Genre/Form:

Autograph albums

Collection Citation:

Percival Bryan collection, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Rose Dyke.

Identifier:

ACMA.06-001, Series 3

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Percival Bryan collection

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

EDAN-URL:

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