San Antonio: 1938. Two black-and-white photographs, each 2.75 x 4 inches. Light edge wear. Developer's stamp on verso of each. A pair of contemporary photographs featuring a neatly-dressed young Black woman with eight of her pupils. The first pictures the teacher and her students seated on the steps of a......

New York: Alfred Scott, [1951]. 16pp. Publisher's pictorial self wrappers, stapled. Minor wear. Very scarce program for Anderson's March 25, 1951 performance at Carnegie Hall. The great contralto is pictured on the cover and her schedule of songs is listed on three different pages interspersed with advertisements and other information.....

Nashville: February 29, 1920. 6pp., on plain paper, with original transmittal envelope. Original mailing folds, light wear. A friendly and informative correspondence written by Georgia Blakemore (later Georgia Blakemore Williams), while studying at the famed Meharry Medical College in Nashville. Georgia Blakemore Williams was born in Tennessee in 1883. She.....

[N.p., likely Newark: 1942]. [8]pp. Original printed self wrappers. Minor wrinkling, light toning. A very rare program for a performance by Marian Anderson in Newark on December 9, 1942. The program prints twelve classical pieces performed by Anderson that night, authored by the likes of Haydn, Handel, Schubert, Bellini, and.....

[Ann Arbor, Mi. October 23, 1940]. [4]pp. on a single folded sheet. Light wear, several contemporary ink emendations. A rare program for a concert presented by the University Musical Society at the University of Michigan featuring famed African American contralto singer Marian Anderson. The first page prints the songs sung.....

[N.p. n.d., ca. early-20th century]. Pastel portrait in black and white, on backing board, 19.75 x 16 inches. Removed from frame, with some edge wear, surface wear, and dust-soiling. A substantial and stunning portrait of an African-American woman standing amidst a flower garden in a white dress. A piece of.....

New York: YIPPY, 1971. Pictorial poster, 28 x 22 inches, printed in black and white. Old soft creases, minor edge wear. A rare poster parodying Grant Wood's American Gothic by photomechanically superimposing the heads of Shirley Chisholm and George Wallace onto the original subjects of the painting. The artist responsible.....

[Savannah, GA: ca. 1910]. Cabinet card photograph, 4.75 x 6.75 inches, on a slightly larger plain cardboard mount, "Haven Home" in faint pencil on verso. Bottom left corner chipped, mount creased and a bit bowed, noticeable surface wear, soiling, and staining, substantial fading to image. Good only. A striking image.....

[Shreveport, La. 1978]. [56]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Moderate foxing, creasing, light edge wear, with a few pen notations to rear wrapper. Light occasional foxing to text. A wonderful combination of souvenir program for a notable women's religious organization and overall celebration of African-American church life in Shreveport in the.....

[Monroe, La. 1973-1991]. Two large folio scrapbooks: First scrapbook: [63] leaves, illustrated with seventy-seven original photographs, plus numerous programs, certificates, newspaper clippings (including many photographically illustrated), and other ephemeral items. Large square folio. Contemporary green cloth with white vinyl laid down to boards, the front board titled with green wooden.....

[St. Louis: 1934]. [34] leaves, illustrated with fifty-one mounted photographs (most inscribed), with 4 loose photographs laid in, plus numerous pages containing manuscript messages by fellow students, various ephemeral items pasted in throughout, and with some ephemera laid in. Original pre-printed Girl Graduate's Journal published by Reilly & Lee of.....

Pacoima, CA: [mainly 1969-1970]. Assortment of manuscript notes, typescripts, mimeographs, flyers, and ephemera, totaling approximately [80]pp. Overall minor wear, with some chipping to the largest flyer. Overall very good. An informative file of notes and documents relating the activities of the San Fernando Branch of the NAACP, which covered the area.....

[Mainly Tyler and Marshall, TX: 1928-1966]. [24] leaves, illustrated with thirty-two original photographs, plus two manuscript letters with original transmittal envelopes, numerous periodical clippings, some printed photographs, programs, and assorted ephemera. Quarto. Contemporary photograph album bound in crimson leatherette, comb-bound, with "Photographs" in white ink on front cover and the.....