The Bell Index

Items

• Portrait of Bessie Smith holding feathers
  A 1936 photograph of Bessie Smith
• Blues
  Collected poems about the blues by Langston Hughes
• Three Steps in Negro Eduction in One of the Country Districts of the South
  This document is an advertisement asking for donations from the Trustees of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute towards their Endowment Fund. The advertisement shows images of work being done by Tuskegee graduates and former students to show the results of their education. They convey the message of graduates spreading “the Tuskegee influence.” The images depict steps of building a school, starting with a small shack, following with students raising cotton on the school farm to support the school, and ending with a well-built building. The advertisement explains that they are making an effort to add $300,000 to its endowment fund and are gladly accepting contributions. This advertisement shows the impact of these schools and how they made a difference in not only graduates' lives but also children's and future students' lives.
• Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts Exhibition
• Meta Warrick in her Philadelphia Studio
• Philadelphia Studio
• Exposition de Sculptures de Mlle Meta Warrick
• "Philadelphia Mulatto Girl's Statuary Weird as Rodin's"
  The North American Sunday
• Scrapbook Pages
• Scrapbook Pages
• Scrapbook cover
• Open Storage with Open Drawer
• Lydia Stow Portrait
  Portrait of Lydia Stow
• Northampton
  Page 89: “Had a talk in Northampton, MA. Stayed at Columbia hall.”
• Boston
  Page 87: “Henry gave me an invite to take a sleigh ride which I gladly accepted. I went through Roxbury, MA, and Boston MA.”
• Fall River
  Page 84: "Ellen and myself left Dedham for Fall River MA. Went to visit Sophia’s school."
• Dover
  Page 84: "Went to Dover, Ma to spend a few days,"
• Boston
  Page 62: “So I passed on to the Normal House & there stopped a minute & then went with Mary (who has been with me all day) to the place where we stopped in the morning and collected our things as we return to Boston [Boston, MA] in a carriage with Mrs Morton Mary Swift E. Rogers & S. Wright.”
• Lexington
  Page 58: "The ride seemed quite short as before we reached L [Lexington, MA] we were joined by S.E. Locke & H. Mr. Damon the old standards – The pleasure of meeting I can always remember so I will not write as I cannot express it in appropriate words. Hannah has has full a flow of spirits as ever. About eight we were riding into old Lexington [Lexington, MA] I did not at first see much but anticipated much”
• South Dedham
  Page 53: “Emily kindly offered to carry me to S.D.[South Dedham, MA] this morn”
• South Dedham
  Page 51: “About seven this morning Mary & myself set out to walk to Aunt Smith’s from which place we were going to take some of them to transport us to South Dedham [South Dedham, MA]”
• South Dedham
  Page 47: “Monday morning Emily was so kind as to see me a good portion of the way to South Dedham[South Dedham, MA]”
• Fall River
  Page 46: “This day has been spent as one of recreation went to Aunt Smith’s in the P.M. had a little chat then Ellen came home with me by Aunt Stow’s where we stopped to feast upon cherries. had quite a social time in F.R.[Fall River, MA]”
• South Dedham
  Page 40: “At an early hour in the morning Aunt Smith and myself were on our way to S.D. (South Dedham, MA) We stopped at Dr. Brigg’s where we were directed to find a boarding place.”
• Fall River
  Page 3: “Since returning from Fall River [Fall River, MA] we have had to preach for us Rev Kimball Samson White & Samson Emily & myself have met our class of little girls Sunday noon”