The Givens Ephemera Collection contains diverse subject files on African American figures, with a focus on those in the performing and creative arts. This folder contains a photograph of Thomas Wiggins (May 25, 1849 – June 14, 1908, age 59), an African American virtuosic pianist who was billed under the name ""Blind Tom."" Wiggins was born int...
Created:
1861
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
The Givens Ephemera Collection contains diverse subject files on African American figures, with a focus on those in the performing and creative arts. This folder contains the sheet music for ""Who Knows?"" music by Ernest Ball, words Paul Lawrence Dunbar; ""Back, Back, Back to Baltimore,"" music by Egbert Van Alstyne, words by Harry H. Williams,...
Created:
1901; 1904; 1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
The Givens Ephemera Collection contains diverse subject files on African American figures, with a focus on those in the performing and creative arts. This folder contains an autographed headshot of astronaut Guion S. Bluford, Jr. Bluford was one of 35 astronaut candidates selected by the National Aernatuics and Space Adminstration in early 1978 ...
Created:
1978
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
The Givens Ephemera Collection contains diverse subject files on African American figures, with a focus on those in the performing and creative arts. This folder contains a portrait photograph of an African American woman, labeled 'Annie Crosby."" The photograph shows a woman looking directly at the camera, in a button-front dress, and most like...
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
The Givens Ephemera Collection contains diverse subject files on African American figures, with a focus on those in the performing and creative arts. This folder contains ephemera surrounding a 1987 performance by actress Rudy Dee at the University of Minnesota's Sixth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Concert. Ruby Dee (October 27, 19...
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
The Givens Ephemera Collection contains diverse subject files on African American figures, with a focus on those in the performing and creative arts. This folder contains a postcard address to John W. Fentress, a graduate of the Tuskegee Institute who would later go on to teach. The postcard was sent from Port au Prince, Haiti and discusses musi...
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.