Skip to main content

Box 10

 Container

Staff Only

Contains 16 Results:

Identification cards for Frank Decosta, 1961-1971, undated

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 6
Collection Overview

Contains Department of State; City Jail Board of Baltimore; Charleston County Health Department; passport photo.

Dates: 1961-1971, undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 4: Photographs and Miscellaneous Artifacts / 4.1 Miscellaneous Artifacts

Nigerian hat, circa 1964

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 7
Collection Overview

A traditional kufi, frequently worn by Frank DeCosta in Nigeria. **In worn condition w/dark spots throughout**

Dates: circa 1964
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 4: Photographs and Miscellaneous Artifacts / 4.1 Miscellaneous Artifacts

Date calendar/diary of Frank DeCosta, 1964

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 8
Collection Overview From the Sub-Series:

Contains items collected by Frank and Beautine DeCosta during their lifetime together.

Dates: 1964
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 4: Photographs and Miscellaneous Artifacts / 4.1 Miscellaneous Artifacts

Nigerian magazines, 1961, 1963

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 9
Collection Overview

Journals: "Nigeria Magazine" 71 (Dec 1961) and 78 (Sept 1963)

Dates: 1961, 1963
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 4: Photographs and Miscellaneous Artifacts / 4.1 Miscellaneous Artifacts

Book: from the Phelps-Stokes Fund, 1960

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 10
Collection Overview

"Ladders to Improvement: Report of a Project for the Improvement of Instruction in Secondary Schools

Dates: 1960
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 4: Photographs and Miscellaneous Artifacts / 4.1 Miscellaneous Artifacts

Yearbook: South Carolina State University Bulldog, 1955

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 11
Collection Overview From the Sub-Series:

Contains items collected by Frank and Beautine DeCosta during their lifetime together.

Dates: 1955
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 4: Photographs and Miscellaneous Artifacts / 4.1 Miscellaneous Artifacts

Newspaper clipping: "DeCosta Reunion Starts Today," Aug, 1975

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 12
Collection Overview From the Sub-Series:

Contains items collected by Frank and Beautine DeCosta during their lifetime together.

Dates: 1975
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 4: Photographs and Miscellaneous Artifacts / 4.1 Miscellaneous Artifacts

Notebook, undated

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 13
Collection Overview

Contains lists (content of slide carousels?) and misc. notes.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 4: Photographs and Miscellaneous Artifacts / 4.1 Miscellaneous Artifacts

Notebook: "The Frank A. DeCosta Collection of African Art", 2000

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 14
Collection Overview

Contains documentation and appraisal by Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, Hyattsville, Maryland.

Dates: 2000
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 4: Photographs and Miscellaneous Artifacts / 4.1 Miscellaneous Artifacts

Audio recording tapes-(4) reel-to-reels, undated

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 15
Collection Overview

Unidentified

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Augustus DeCosta papers / Series 4: Photographs and Miscellaneous Artifacts / 4.1 Miscellaneous Artifacts
For more information about our repositories and answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the help page here.