Month: July 2014

Audio Cassette Tapes from the Geneva H. Southall Papers

Geneva H. Southall papers: Audiovisual material

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 “Revealing Her Story: Documenting African American Women Intellectuals” is a two-year project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to arrange and describe the personal papers of nine African American women writers, artists and musicians. Collections included in the project are the Pearl Cleage papers; additions to the Delilah Jackson papers; the Samella Read More …

Before and after the final page of the scrapbook was reattached to reunite the two halves of Howard’s collage.

Preserving Civil Rights History: The Mary Dalton Howard Scrapbook

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Rare scrapbooks that document African American life in the United States from 1890-1975 are being preserved with support through a “Save America’s Treasures” (SAT) grant. The project is a collaborative effort with Emory University Preservation Office, Digital Curation Center, and the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). The SAT grant is awarded through the Read More …