Stationery Materials

Object Details

Scope and Contents
This subseries also contains many postcards that have images of stereotyped black children and adults printed on them. Others use photographs as a sort of documentary tool to show its recipient the economic circumstances faced by African--mericans in the South. The series also contains three postcards from France and one postcard from England which display stereotyped and caricatured images of African--escended people. Additionally, greeting cards and birthday cards that feature Black males gambling and serving food are also in the Diane Isaacs Collection of Black Memorabilia. These cards and postcards date from 1893 until 2000.
Date
1907-2000; undated
Extent
0.36 Linear feet
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
The Diane Isaacs Collection of Black Memorabilia was donated to the Anacostia Community Museum in 2003 by Diane Isaacs.
Identifier
ACMA.06-020, Subseries 1.4

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  • Diane Isaacs Collection of Black Memorabilia
    Scope and Contents note
    This collection documents various elements of African American history. The Diane Isaacs Collection of Black Memorabilia is arranged into three series: Printed Materials, Audio Visual Materials, and Miscellaneous. Material in each folder is arranged in chronological order from 1800 through 2002.
    Biographical/Historical note
    Diane Isaacs was a professor of English and a collector of black memorabilia. She earned her Ph.D. from Teachers College at Columbia University in 1982 after she wrote a doctoral thesis entitled "Ann Petry's Life and Art: Piercing the Stereotypes." As a professor at Fordham College, the University of Maryland, and the University of Minnesota, Isaacs taught English courses throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She was a scholar of the Harlem Renaissance and published essays and articles pertaining to the contributions that African-American writers made to U.S. culture. Isaacs married Professor Jay Leon Halio, another professor of English at the University of Delaware, on May 26, 2002 at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
    Date
    1800 - 2002
    Extent
    14.75 Linear feet (17 boxes)
    Citation
    The Diane Isaacs Collection of Black Memorabilia was donated to the Anacostia Community Museum in 2003 by Diane Isaacs.
    Type
    Collection descriptions
    Archival materials
    Correspondence
    Postcards
    Clippings
    Periodicals
    Photographic prints
    Sheet music
    Audiovisual materials
    Books
    Topic
    Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising
    African Americans
    African American authors
    Children's stories
    Identifier
    ACMA.06-020
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