Major Holdings
Unidentified Photographer, I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance—Sojourner Truth, 1864
Attributed to Frances Benjamin Johnston, [Calhoun School album], ca. 1902
Unidentified Photographer, [Nora Douglas Holt], ca. 1930
Unidentified Photographer, [11th Patriarchie Regiment Band, GUOOF], ca. 1900
Cowin Collection of African American History
This important collection of about 1,600 photographs, in a variety of vernacular formats from tintypes to photographic albums, comprises a comprehensive view of everyday African American life from 1860 to 1930.