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Open book The Negro in the city

Title The Negro in the city

Creator Reid, William Watkins, 1890-1983

Date 1922

Subjects African Americans, Great Migration, ca. 1914-ca. 1970, Lantern slides, Methodist Episcopal Church

Description This item contains language or imagery that is offensive because of content relating to: ability, gender, race, religion, culture, sexuality/sexual orientation, or other categories. Library staff have retained the original language in order to present the item in the context in which it was created and to facilitate historical research.

Summary Catalog of "The Negro in the city", a set of 44 lantern slides created by the Committee on Conservation and Advance of the Methodist Episcopal Church recording the daily life of African Americans during the early years of the Great Migration from the rural American South. The entry for each slide in the catalog includes a negative number and descriptive text, covering the role that African American Methodist Episcopal churches were taking to assist migrants and highlighting specific churches.

Extent 20 unnumbered leaves ; 22 cm

Format Annotations, Catalogs

Archival Collection Title Society of Collectors

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Call Number E185.6 .M48 1922 Suppl.

BibID 9911633034005867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2953px × 4366px 73.81 MB

Filename 9911633034005867_case_e185_6_ m48_1922_suppl_000001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11C45V

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