W. E. B. Du bois letter to Trustees of John F. Slater Fund
Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University
W. Llewellyn Wilson Conducts City Colored Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor, cellist, music critic, and music educator W. Llewellyn Wilson (center) conducted the Baltimore City Colored Orchestra and Chorus and was a leader in Baltimore’s classical music community in the early 20th century.
W. Llewellyn Wilson Conducts City Colored Orchestra and Chorus, Folder 12, Box 11, Sounds and Stories collection, PIMS.0091, Arthur Friedheim Library Archives, Peabody Institute, The Johns Hopkins University.
A replica of a wallet fashioned out of tin containing “Freedom Papers.” It belonged to Joseph Trammell, a free Black man who lived in the state of Virginia in 1852. Trammel’s papers guarded him against becoming someone’s property but did not guarantee him an authentic freedom
William H. Welch, seated portrait in military uniform
1 photographic print : platinum ; 8 x 10 in.
William Sedgwick, sketch in the New York Times
William Welch, Diary 11, military camp inspection trips, January, 1918
In 1917 as a Major in the US Army Medical Corps , William Welch was assigned the task of medical inspector general. Welch’s military work involved examining infectious disease incidence and control in the US military posts where soldiers were training for overseas duty. At each of the camps he visited, Welch recorded the incidence of epidemic disease, looked at patient isolation procedures, assessed medical staff, inspected laboratory facilities and autopsy work. This portion of Diary 11 includes his inspection of Camp Hancock in Augusta, Georgia, and Camp Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, from January 7-10, 1918.
William Welch, Diary 12, military camp inspection trips, September, 1918
In 1917 as a Major in the US Army Medical Corps , William Welch was assigned the task of medical inspector general. Welch’s military work involved examining infectious disease incidence and control in the US military posts where soldiers were training for overseas duty. At each of the camps he visited, Welch recorded the incidence of epidemic disease, looked at patient isolation procedures, assessed medical staff, inspected laboratory facilities and autopsy work. Diary 12 includes his September 4-21, 1918 inspections of the following camps: Camp Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina Camp Sevier in Greenville, South Carolina Atlanta Army Laboratory in Georgia Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia Camp Gordon in Atlanta, Georgia Camp Wheeler in Macon, Georgia Kenilworth General Hospital No. 12 in Biltmore, North Carolina Azalea Tuberculosis Hospital in Oteen, North Carolina Waynesville Tuberculosis Hospital in North Carolina
Vernacular photography refers to photos that focus on everyday life and people and makes the ordinary and familiar matter. In the case of African American servicemen, vernacular photography visually turned the uniformed soldier into both an everyday-man and first-class citizen. Photographs of Black men standing strong and dressed in military uniform showed them as loyal and patriotic, but most importantly, as American citizens.