This exceptionally dense technical archive documents U.S. Army rocket and missile development during the height of the Cold War and Vietnam War, originating from the estate of a retired aerospace engineer, Thomas T. Howell, affiliated with the U.S. Army Missile Command, with direct work conducted at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and.....
[Cold War] [U.S. Defense] Official U.S. Army intelligence and doctrinal publications on Soviet equipment and artillery produced at key Cold War moments when Soviet conventional forces, missile technology, and weapons systems were undergoing rapid modernization. These publications illustrate how American military institutions trained analysts and officers to identify Warsaw Pact.....
[Women's Sports] Women’s wrestling photograph archive documenting amateur competitions, gymnasium training, and professional wrestling performers between the 1940s and the 1970s. The images record women participating in a sport historically dominated by men, illustrating the gradual emergence of female wrestling as both an amateur athletic activity and a professional entertainment.....
King Jr., Martin Luther. Original silver gelatin press photograph, 1965, depicting Dr. King addressing a large crowd of demonstrators at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery march, one of the pivotal public actions of the modern Civil Rights Movement. The march formed part of a coordinated campaign to secure.....
Partially identified Black Airmen photographs and Tuskegee Airmen signatures. African American airmen associated with the United States Army Air Forces during the World War II era document the struggle the struggle of entry into military aviation during a period when the armed forces remained racially segregated. This archive contains sixteen.....
Moore, Lewis B. correspondence, 1916 to 1923, documents the role of a leading African American educator in shaping professional pathways for Black teachers within segregated educational systems and wartime conditions. Lewis Baxter Moore, founding dean of the Teachers’ College at Howard University and among the earliest African Americans to earn.....
Seven photographs of Nat King Cole, circa 1950s, document the expansion of African American presence in film and television during the mid twentieth century, including Cole’s role as the first Black host of a nationally broadcast variety program, The Nat King Cole Show. Emerging from the jazz and popular music.....
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The Lynching of Claude Neal, 1934, documents one of the most widely publicized acts of racial violence in the Jim Crow South and provides direct investigative evidence used in national anti lynching advocacy campaigns. Issued in the immediate aftermath of the October.....
King, Coretta Scott. Typed statement recalling her meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. and the origins of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Coretta Scott King’s signed reflection recounts her early relationship with Martin Luther King Jr. and her first experiences in the Civil Rights Movement, situating their marriage and ministry within.....
Press photograph archive, 1965–1970, documents key moments of civil rights protest, state intervention, and radical political organizing across the United States during a period of sustained social unrest. The group includes images tied to the Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches, the aftermath of urban uprising in Los Angeles, mass.....
Broadside, 1964, announcing the “Second Giant March Up Market Street” in San Francisco, documenting West Coast civil rights mobilization in advance of the July 12, 1964 Human Rights March and the opening of the Republican National Convention. Issued during a period of national debate over the Civil Rights Act of.....
William E. Anderson. “Thesis Writing: A Guide for the Preparation of the Master’s Thesis”. Montgomery Alabama: The Paragon Press, 1947. Paper wrappers, 56 pages, 9 x 6 in. First edition. Stapled blue wrappers; small name stamp in center and all four corners on front and back wrappers. Pamphlet outlines basic.....
Unidentified photographers, two photographs of African American adult education settings, circa 1940s, documenting literacy training and continuing education among Black adults in both Southern and Northern urban contexts. The material provides primary visual evidence of adult education initiatives addressing limited formal schooling opportunities, supporting research into African American educational access.....
Unidentified photographers, Industrial High School class photographs and related images, 1911–1936, document African American secondary education in Birmingham, Alabama during the era of legally enforced segregation, supporting research into Black educational institutions, student life, and community formation under Jim Crow. These photographs provide direct visual evidence of organized schooling for.....
[African American Education] Tuskegee University felt pennant. Measuring 28' in length. Tuskegee Institute, now known as Tuskegee University, is a private historically Black University, founded by notable Black educator, Booker T. Washington in Alabama. Washington gradually attracted notable scholars to Tuskegee, including the botanist George Washington Carver, would become President.....
[AFRICAN AMERICAN Education] Robert R. Morton, President of Tuskegee Institute, Typed Letter Signed on official Tuskegee Institute letterhead. 1 page Dated March 9, 1917. Robert R. Morton, writes to W. A. Holmes of Virginia regarding funding for the school and to “help in the perpetuation of the Tuskegee Work” for.....
[African American- Film] Nothing But A Man. Archive of 7 Original Lobby Card Photographs. DuArt Film, 1964. Each measure 10" x 8.25". Archive includes seven black and white movie stills. Nothing But A Man All photographs are bright and clear, in very good condition. Nothing But A Man is a......
[African American] [Education] Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College. Normal, Alabama. Announcement for 1957-1958 Session. September 5 – May 26. “The aim of the college is to provide students an opportunity to secure a functional education in terms of individual an social needs. This includes the preparation of workers in Home.....
