Climbing Jacob's Ladder: the Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American cities, 1740 - 1877 Exhibition Records
Object Details
- Date
- 1987 October - 1988 October
- Extent
- 27.63 Linear feet (63 boxes)
- Citation
- Climbing Jacob's Ladder: the rise of Black churches in Eastern American cities, 1740 - 1877 exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographic prints
- Catalogs
- Exhibit scripts
- Correspondence
- Exhibition records
- Brochures
- Topic
- Museum exhibits
- African American churches
- Identifier
- ACMA.03-036
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