[Hampton: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, 1900]. 12pp. Original printed light green wrappers, stapled. Split to bottom half of spine, two small dampstains to wrappers, minor edge wear, small chip to lower corner of rear wrapper. Internally clean. Good plus. A scarce address delivered by C.P. Huntington at the Hampton.....
Richmond, Va. Presses of the Virginia Press, [1908]. 400pp., including scores of photographic plates and illustrations within the text. Publisher's light blue cloth stamped in black. Minor wear and rubbing to boards. A profusely-illustrated historical treatment of African American industrial history intended as a textbook for teaching Black youth. The.....
Richmond, Va. H.H. Price, 1921. [8],151pp. Original printed wrappers. Light wear and minor even toning. An early publication by an important Virginia African-American insurance cooperative. The present work is a compendium of reports for the annual conventions from 1913 to 1921 for the National Ideal Benefit Society, an African American.....
![Item #4316 [Pair of Canvassing Items from the Research Committee of the Crusade for Voters]....](https://thejoefaycompany.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4316.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761715716)
[Richmond, Va. 1961]. [4]; [2]pp. Both printed on yellow paper. Old folds, minor overall wear. A pair of direct mail flyers issued by the Crusade for Voters, a vital organization dedicated to increasing the political power and strengthening voting rights for African Americans in Virginia. The Crusade for Voters was.....
Hampton, Va. Normal School Press Print, 1886. viii,75pp. Original green printed wrappers. Some chipping to spine and edges of wrappers, a handful of earnest cello tape repairs. Internally rather clean. A rare session catalogue for the Hampton Institute printed at the school during the middle portion of the school's second.....
Warrenton, Va. 1969. 54pp. Original light blue front wrapper, stapled (rear wrapper lacking). Minor wear and dust-soiling. A rare conference report sponsored by the Scholarship, Education & Defense Fund for Racial Equality in New York. The conference took place over three days in early 1969 in Warrenton, Virginia. The specific.....
Alexandria, Va. [1950s]. Four programs, each a single sheet folded to make [4]pp., each printed in a different monotone color. Only two folded, minor ink notations to one example, minor even toning. A small but notable collection of advertising ephemera from the segregated Carver Theater in Alexandria, Virginia. The Carver.....
[Hampton, Va. ca. 1910]. [16]pp. Slim octavo. Original tan wrappers stamped in black, stapled. Minor edge wear and spotting to wrappers, scuffing to rear wrapper. Light foxing to text. A handsome fundraising promotional touting the many advantages of the Hampton Institute in Virginia. The text is generally arranged with two.....
Washington DC: January 9, 1847. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Original mailing folds, light overall wear. A well-preserved letter. A unique correspondence in which a businessman named William writes home to his wife Mary in Ohio regarding a number of matters. The letter opens with information on recent contractual.....
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[Hampton, Va. The Press of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, January, 1924]. [8]pp. 16mo. Original self wrappers, stapled. Very minor wear. A very rare fundraising brochure printed and issued by Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute during the Roaring Twenties. The short, pocket-sized work includes sections titled, "What Hampton Is,".....
New Haven: October 31, 1927. Photographically-iIlustrated broadside, 16 x 19 inches. Moderate edge wear, a few short, closed edge tears. An advertising broadside for the Illustrated Current News of New Haven, Connecticut, featuring the infamous Muse Brothers of Roanoke, Virginia. In the early-20th century, George and Willie Muse disappeared from.....
[Mainly Richmond and Norfolk, Va. 1922-1932]. Fifteen documents, two printed publications, one 8-x-10-inch photograph, and a handful of ephemeral items. Varying levels of toning and wear, old folds, minor occasional chipping. An informative archive of over thirty items providing a snapshot into the activities of the National Ideal Benefit Society.....
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[Portsmouth, Va. 1945]. [4]pp. plus text on inner front wrapper and both sides of rear wrapper. Quarto. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor edge wear, light toning around edges. Text a bit toned. One blue ink correction to text. A rare program of activities planned to celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of.....
[Various locations in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC: 1862-1864]. Occasionally soiled, foxed, and toned. Minor closed tears along old folds. One letter separated along central horizontal fold. Overall very good. An extensive archive of approximately ninety letters, consisting of sixty-four letters from Dr. Charles T. Simpers (occasionally signed "Sempers") to.....
[Southampton, Va. ca. 1793-1835]. [8]pp. of manuscript, plus a loose sheet of manuscript measuring 12.5 x 4 inches, written within a book on family medicine. Book disbound, lacking title page and first text leaf, some gatherings and leaves loose or detached. Some age toning to manuscript leaves. A unique manuscript.....
[Virginia and Alabama: 1819-1820]. Eight manuscript documents, totaling sixteen pages. Typical mailing folds and handling wear. Very good. Manuscript records from an extraordinary court case in modern-day West Virginia, in which a free person of color named Caesar Freeman (also known as Ceasar, Cesar, or Black Cesar) and his family.....
Houston: Gray, Dillaye & Co., 1909. viii, 230pp. Contemporary black limp leatherette, with gilt titles on front cover and "Alice Gray Sears McGee" stamped at the bottom. Title page a bit chipped, with two brown cello repairs to both title and the first leaf of the Preface, the latter of.....
![Item #2445 Troop "C" 1st Virginia Cavalry, Brownsville, Texas. Dec. 2nd 1916 [caption title]....](https://thejoefaycompany.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2445.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1762133156)
Brownsville: 1916. Panoramic photograph, approximately 7.5 x 39.5 inches. Mounted on card, manuscript identifications along foot. Light wear, minor soiling. A large, formal portrait of Troop C of the 1st Virginia Cavalry in camp at Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas. National guard units were called up in 1916 to guard the.....