Object Details
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- Collection Creator
- Byrd, Charlene Hodges, 1929-2009
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- Charlene Hodges Byrd collection
- Sponsor
- This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
- Extent
- 3.34 Linear feet
- Date
- 1860-2002
- Container
- Oversize 1
- Box 20-24
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Identifier
- NMAAHC.A2010.26, Series 6
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Charlene Hodges Byrd collection, circa 1750-2009. National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Books, Pamphlets, and Periodicals are arranged chronological by format. Clippings are arranged chronological by subject. Invitations and Programs are arranged chronological by subject. Other Printed Material are arranged by subject.
- Collection Rights
- This collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Scope and Contents
- Printed materials includes books, pamphlets, newspapers, newsletters, clippings, invitations and programs. The books and pamphlets are chiefly school yearbooks and newspapers and other texts related to religion, politics, music, and poetry. Also included is a copy of Frederick Douglass's autobiography and a printed copy of his speech "The Race Problem." The clippings include obituaries, articles about Charlene Hodges Byrd and her husband Charles R. Byrd, essays by Sarah A. Shimm under the name Faith Lichen, and articles on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. The invitations and programs are primarily for school graduations, weddings, social events, and funerals. Other printed material includes newsletters; business cards; calling cards; postage stamps, chiefly from Liberia; and blank postcards. The binder on Frederick Douglass was prepared by Byrd and her goddaughter for the West Virginia School Studies Fair, and includes copies of Byrd family artifacts.
- Restrictions
- Some items are in fragile condition. Please seek assistance with the following: Periodical: Northfield Alumnae Chronicle, 1946 August; Program: Howard University,1895.
NMAAHC.A2010.26_ref7
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NMAAHC.A2010.26
NMAAHC
- Record ID
- ebl-1628789459238-1628789459301-0