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On the back it reads: 'Easter Greetings D Campbell.'

1. African-American Man

IDNO:
027117
Title:
African-American Man
Date:
ca. 1900-1915
Description:
On the back it reads: 'Easter Greetings D Campbell.'

2. African-American Man

IDNO:
027121
Title:
African-American Man

3. Two African-American Men

IDNO:
027124
Title:
Two African-American Men
Date:
ca. 1905-1915
Washington spent his boyhood in Malden, West Virginia, where his began his education through self teaching and attending school during the winter. Washington subsequently established the Tuskegee Institute for "Colored Students" in Alabama (now Tuskegee University) and was an adviser to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft regarding racial matters.

4. Portrait of Booker T. Washington

IDNO:
031546
Title:
Portrait of Booker T. Washington
Description:
Washington spent his boyhood in Malden, West Virginia, where his began his education through self teaching and attending school during the winter. Washington subsequently established the Tuskegee Institute for "Colored Students" in Alabama (now Tuskegee University) and was an adviser to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft regarding racial matters.

5. Portrait of an Unidentified African-American

IDNO:
031554
Title:
Portrait of an Unidentified African-American
Date:
1960-1970
Crawford, an educator, stands beside what appears to be a buffet table.

6. Everette Crawford, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
047529
Title:
Everette Crawford, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1965
Description:
Crawford, an educator, stands beside what appears to be a buffet table.
Crawford retired as a Colonel and the highest ranking African-American military officer from Summers County.

7. Major Theodore Crawford from Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
047530
Title:
Major Theodore Crawford from Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1966/02/19
Description:
Crawford retired as a Colonel and the highest ranking African-American military officer from Summers County.
Black Mason members pose on the stairs outside a church. Some of the men are wearing medallions that hold the Free Mason symbol.

8. Black Mason Group in Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048346
Title:
Black Mason Group in Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1979
Description:
Black Mason members pose on the stairs outside a church. Some of the men are wearing medallions that hold the Free Mason symbol.
In the front row, from left to right, is Clarence E. Long, his brother-in-law H. W. Dodrill, unkown, and Elery C. Long, Clarence's brother.Second from left of the men on the tracks is Walker Jim Adams. The rest of the men are unidentified African-American men.

9. Section Crew at Backbone, Va.

IDNO:
048577
Title:
Section Crew at Backbone, Va.
Date:
ca. 1916
Description:
In the front row, from left to right, is Clarence E. Long, his brother-in-law H. W. Dodrill, unkown, and Elery C. Long, Clarence's brother.Second from left of the men on the tracks is Walker Jim Adams. The rest of the men are unidentified African-American men.
John Jackson plays a guitar and sings while seated behind a microphone. This photograph comes from a series of photos from Appalachian Folk Music Festivals, including the Ivydale and John Henry festivals.

10. A Folk Musician Performs at the Second John Henry Festival near Talcott, W. Va.

IDNO:
050259
Title:
A Folk Musician Performs at the Second John Henry Festival near Talcott, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1968-1972
Description:
John Jackson plays a guitar and sings while seated behind a microphone. This photograph comes from a series of photos from Appalachian Folk Music Festivals, including the Ivydale and John Henry festivals.
A man, potentially a broom maker, sits in a log cabin with a shotgun.

11. African American Man With Shotgun

IDNO:
052507
Title:
African American Man With Shotgun
Date:
undated
Description:
A man, potentially a broom maker, sits in a log cabin with a shotgun.
Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

12. Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.

IDNO:
053214
Title:
Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.