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17180Club teaches African-American girls about Home Economics Gardening Social and Civic Responsibility. C. 1920s. Negro Girls' Club Record Book. Published by Georgia State College of Agriculture in Athens Georgia. 20 pages. 9 x 5.75 in. Original printed wrappers. "Use this book to keep a record of al the club work done during the entire year." Printed as workbook with pages to take notes on numerous domestic projects including planning a garden canning produce cooking sewing and balancing a budget. Includes a rubric where a member's annual work will be evaluated. "Each club member is expected to make an exhibit at some fair or public meeting." Most of the pages are not filled in. 5 pages have child-like scribbles and doodles in pencil. Originally belonged to Sarah G. Daniel a girl in 6th Grade. Thumb-soiling to wrappers. In good condition. unknown books
192782185Washington: ASNLH 1927. Paperback. Very Good. 16p. Pamphlet. No Separate wrapper. 23cm. Outer leaf has some light chipping and is pulled at staples. Their Home Study Dept. was established in 1927 which is when we think this pamphlet was written since the textbook for the study of "The Negro in History was to be the 4th ed. of Woodson's "The Negro in Our History" See p. 13. The 5th edition was published in 1928. <br/><br/> ASNLH paperback books
194375490Washington 1943. Paperback. Very Good. 8p. No separate wrapper. 23cm. Mary McLeod Bethune is listed as President a position she filled from 1936 to 1951. <br/><br/> paperback books
196753742Washington 1967. Paperback. Very Good. 87p. Wrapper. 25cm. The most important periodical on African American history and culture. It began publication in 1916 and was edited for over thirty years by Carter G. Woodson. One of the articles in this issue is "Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Rejected Symbol" by Darwin T. Turner. pages 1-13. <br/><br/> paperback books
198053718Washington 1980. Paperback. Very Good. 93-184p. Wrapper. 25cm. Paper clip mark on some interior leaves. The most important periodical on African American history and culture. It began publication in 1916 and was edited for over thirty years by Carter G. Woodson. One of the articles in this issue is "From Slavery to Freedom in Mississippi's Legal System" by James T. Currier. pages 112-125. <br/><br/> paperback books
192853738Washington 1928. Paperback. Good. 225-401p. Wrapper edges ragged. 25cm. The most important periodical on African American history and culture. It began publication in 1916 and was edited for over thirty years by Carter G. Woodson. One of the articles in this issue is "The Negro in the History of the Pacific Northwest" by W. Sherman Savage. pages 255-264. <br/><br/> paperback books
195553717Washington 1955. Paperback. Very Good. 305-397p. plus index. Wrapper. 25cm. The most important periodical on African American history and culture. It began publication in 1916 and was edited for over thirty years by Carter G. Woodson. One of the articles in this issue is "Booker T. Washington and the French" by Mercer Cook. pages 318-340. <br/><br/> paperback books
195353716Washington 1953. Paperback. Very Good. 257-365p. Wrapper. 25cm. The most important periodical on African American history and culture. It began publication in 1916 and was edited for over thirty years by Carter G. Woodson. One of the articles in this issue is "Frederick Douglass and Scotland" by George Shepperson. pages 307-322. <br/><br/> paperback books
2213Robinson was a baseball fan cofounder of the New York Black Yankees ball team which played in the Negro National League between 1936 and 1948. Co-founded by Robinson as the Harlem Black Bombers the team adopted the name Black Yankees in 1936. It wasn't until 1948 that Major League Baseball was officially desegregated. <br/><br/>The photograph Robinson mentions in this letter measures 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches and shows the famed dancer possibly dancing up the steps from the dugout. The dugout may be that of the Black Yankees. He thanks his correspondent for the photo. "I shall keep it for my private album - Well it looks as if we will have the World's Series right here again. Do hope I can be near enough to see one or two games." He signs "'Copesetically' Bill Robinson." With printed personalized transmittal envelope. The third game of the 1942 National Negro Leagues World Series was played in Yankee Stadium between the Kansas City Monarchs and the Homestead Grays. unknown books
1890WRCLIT69506London New York Melbourne & Toronto: International Headquarters of the Salvation Army 1890. 2851xxxi7pp. Large octavo. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Elaborate color folding plate. Some rubbing to extremities December 1890 gift inscription on half-title; a few stray marks to cloth; a good sound copy. First edition later printing with the McCorquodale & Co. printer's imprint on the verso of the half-title and at the end and with the last line of the dedication in the proper font size. Booth founded the Salvation Army in 1878 and published this work the same year that Stanley published IN DARKEST AFRICA. "In this book he analysed the causes of the pauperism and vice of the period and proposed a remedy by ten expedients. These included land settlement emigration rescue work among prostitutes and at the prison-gate the poor man's bank and the poor man's lawyer. Money was liberally subscribed and a large part of the scheme was carried through"- PMM. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 373. International Headquarters of the Salvation Army hardcover books
1994120094Toulouse: Galerie municipale du château d'eau 1994. First edition. Softcover. Text in French. Includes images by Luc Choquer Thibaut Cuisset Barnard Descamps Pascal Dolemieux Didier Hubert Xavier Lambours Marie-Paule Negre Max Pam Michel Semeniako and Martine Voyeux. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. Galerie municipale du château d'eau unknown books
1897751961897. Leaflet. Very Good. Single sheet folded to make a small 8-page booklet. 16cm. Written by C. C. Smith Corresponding Secretary of the Board. The Board supported the Southern Christian Institute near Edwards Mississippi the Louisville Christian Bible School and the School at Mt. Willing Alabama as well as three African American evangelists in Missouri Florida and Mississippi. <br/><br/> unknown books
194175372Chicago 1941. Paperback. Very Good. 60p. Wrapper. 23cm. <br/><br/> paperback books
1942821491942. Cooperating Council of Agencies Serving Negro Youth. What Makes Johnny Bad A Statement on Juvenile Delinquency among Negroes in Philadelphia. Philadelphia: February 1942. 15p. Wrapper included in pagination. Softcover pamphlet. 17cm. Lightly browned. Very Good. <br/><br/> paperback books
1951215511Decatur AL: Decatur Negro High School 1951. 3.75x5 inch folded invitation card and card-holder smaller 4-panel invitation bound-in with the invitation printed in script on cover school motto roll flower and color on inner panel tiny name plate printed with the name Vendetta Jackson Marks set in die-cut fold embossed cover bound with wide blue satin ribbon very good. Decatur Negro High School unknown books
1975181346Emeryville CA: the Club 1975. 36p. lighty worn wraps 8.5x11 inches. Program booklet with many ads for local businesses. the Club unknown books
192466372Nashville 1924. Paperback. Good. photos 246p. Wrapper. 23cm. Moderate cover soil and wear. <br/><br/> paperback books
187752662Kinsale Ireland: printed at the 50th Regimental Press 1877. Bifolium program 8.5 x 13 cm pp. 4 the last blank; minor foxing previous fold formerly from an album the remains of a card and an engraved illustration on the final blank. Also a manuscript caption: "Programme Garrison Nigger Troupe Camden Fort Feb. 9 1877." With manuscript notes and corrections in a contemporary hand. The Negro Troupe was led by Lieutenant Yaldwyn. Provenance: Major-General Sir Francis Walter de Winton 1835-1901. <br/><br/> printed at the 50th Regimental Press unknown books
190775770Hampton 1907. Paperback. Fair. 109p. Wrapper. 23cm. Lacks cover and title-page. Outer leaves chipped. Large "Withdrawn" stamp on a few pages. This was 11th Annual Conference. <br/><br/> paperback books
1970173327Washington DC: Frederick Douglass Institute Museum of African Art 1970. Paperback. VG. Illustrated stapled paper wraps with white lettering. 23 pp. BW illustrations. "This brochure which supplements a permanent exhibition at the Frederick Douglass Institute surveys and highlights the contributions of some fifty selected persons. In such brief form its purpose is merely to suggest the scope and the depth of the Afro-American role. The extent to which its information is new to the reader will make clear for him. we hope how much is yet to be told of the Afro-American story." -Introduction. Includes Ben Shahn drawing of Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass Institute, Museum of African Art paperback books
19761325591New York: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 183 pages; VG/VG; spine blue with white lettering navy blue pictorial front cover with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering very mild shelfwear to DJ; "BOOK CLUB EDITION" stated to bottom of front flap; The first edition was issued as a book club edition; shelved Case 8. A Novelization of the 1977 film released six months prior to the movie's release.;. 1325591. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Del Rey/Ballantine Books hardcover books
184834983Hinds County MS 1848. Folio 8" x 13" blue unlined paper completely in ink manuscript. Very Good. <br/><br/> In addition to the slaves the inventory lists many household items The verso is a sworn statement from C.R. Clifton that he posted notices of the Sale. Attested to and signed by J.T. Aldham as Justice of the Peace. Docketed: "Exhibit B - Administrators Sale/ Filed February 13th 1849 W.H. Hampton Clk."<br/> Col. William Campbell Demoss 1790-1845 born in Virginia owned plantations simultaneously in Madison County Louisiana and Hinds County Mississippi. He was appointed Associate Justice of the Hinds County Court in 1830 elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1833 and was county sheriff. He was a partner in the mercantile firm of A. Coleman & Co. D.M. Dancy was a physician in Raymond Hinds County Mississippi. The Clerk of the Probate Court William H. Hampton was 2nd Lieutenant with the "Raymond Fencibles" Company G of the First Regiment Mississippi Rifles at the Battles of Monterey and Buena Vista during the Mexican American War. Caswell R. Clifton became Judge of the Circuit Court and Clerk of the High Court of Appeals. unknown books
186035027Hinds County Miss. 1860. Folio three sheets attached end to end 7 1/4" x 31". First two sheets white and unlined third sheet blue and lined. Completely in ink manuscript. The top section is an "Account of Sale of the Balance of Estate of Wm. B. Mower." the second is "Copy of Notice of Executors Sale" with certification at bottom by Justice of the Peace J.W. Welborn that the notice was posted by Robert P. Paris in two public places. The third attests to the posting of the notice. Other names mentioned within this document are G.H. Jones R.P. & C. Parish Clerk. Signed at end by S.J. Thigpen as Clerk of the Probate Court. <br/><br/> William B. Mower 1810-1860 was born in New York. He worked as a saddler in Hinds County and owned at least eight slaves by 1850 as noted in the U.S. Federal Census Slave Schedule. Justice of the Peace Johnson W. Welborne 1824-1872 was a merchant and planter in Clinton Hinds County. At one time he owned about 2000 acres of land and 90 slaves. He was a Trustee of the Central Female Institute of Clinton as of 1871 and the Mississippi College in Clinton. During the Civil War he was Captain of the Mississippi College Rifles Company E 18th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers C.S.A. He received a wound to his neck on October 21 1861 during the Battle of Ball's Bluff.<br/> Clerk S.J. Thigpen was likely Samuel James Thigpen 1833-1884. A Samuel Thigpen was elected as judge of the probate court of Rowland Hinds County Mississippi during the 1859 elections. Olsen: POLITICAL CULTURE AND SECESSION IN MISSISSIPPI. 2002 page 107 accessed at Google books on 6/11/2018. unknown books
19281336225New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1928. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 318 pages; VG-/G-; spine beige with black titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price cut chipping to extremities head of spine missing rubbing and staining to covers; binding weakening with some parts of gutter loosening; name in ink to front pastedown; scarce with jacket; shelved case 5. The book was mainly aimed at readers in the U.S. It was a paid work of propaganda and remained unpublished in Italy until 1971 wikipedia;. 1336225. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1993107446Oakland: the Council 1993. 20p. scattered illus. 8.5x11 inches slightly worn wraps. Northern California chapter officeholder's rosters Bethune's last will and testament and more. the Council unknown books
