Box 7

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Includes photographs of the descendants of William Craft II (b. 1855), son of William and Ellen Craft, who remained in England when his family relocated to the United States.

Scope and Contents note From the Series: This series includes photographs, correspondence, legal documents, autograph and tribute books, artifacts, and other materials relating to William and Ellen Craft and their descendants. Materials relating to William and Ellen Craft include photographs, correspondence, and a tribute book collectively containing images, letters, and notes of family and friends, including well-known abolitionists and other historical figures; deeds for Woodville Plantation, on which the Woodville...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: This series includes photographs, correspondence, legal documents, autograph and tribute books, artifacts, and other materials relating to William and Ellen Craft and their descendants. Materials relating to William and Ellen Craft include photographs, correspondence, and a tribute book collectively containing images, letters, and notes of family and friends, including well-known abolitionists and other historical figures; deeds for Woodville Plantation, on which the Woodville...

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Includes photographs taken in London (likely collected by Bernice DeCosta and Albert Miles Davis on a trip to visiting the English descendants of William and Ellen Craft), New Orleans, and other places with friends and family.

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Includes photographs, correspondence, autograph book, scrapbooks, programs, and other materials relating to Charles and Emeline Craft and their descendants. Materials relating to Charles and Emeline Craft include a family bible, autograph book containing the signatures of family and friends, including prominent members of African American society, correspondence and postcards, photographs, and other materials. In addition to photographs of family and friends, materials collected...

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Includes images of Bernice DeCosta as a young adult.

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Includes photographs, correspondence, autograph book, scrapbooks, programs, and other materials relating to Charles and Emeline Craft and their descendants. Materials relating to Charles and Emeline Craft include a family bible, autograph book containing the signatures of family and friends, including prominent members of African American society, correspondence and postcards, photographs, and other materials. In addition to photographs of family and friends, materials collected...

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Includes materials relating to loaning family artifacts for an exhibit entitled Land of Promise: America in the 19th Century.

Scope and Contents note From the Sub-Series: Includes photographs, correspondence, autograph book, scrapbooks, programs, and other materials relating to Charles and Emeline Craft and their descendants. Materials relating to Charles and Emeline Craft include a family bible, autograph book containing the signatures of family and friends, including prominent members of African American society, correspondence and postcards, photographs, and other materials. In addition to photographs of family and friends, materials collected...