African American Collection of Maine
Anchor of the Soul Collection
Material regarding the video production and exhibition, "Anchor of the Soul," a history of Maine's African American community. ca. 1991-1992 7 ft.
Robert Bailey Poster
Framed poster, signed by 13 of the Tuskegee Airmen, of Robert Bailey's painting "Red Tail Pass." 3 ft.
Eastern Real Estate Company
Records of an association of African-Americans who bought and sold real estate in the Portland area from 1912-2001. Includes articles of association, minutes, financial records, stock records, listings of stockholders, tax records, bank books and legal documents. 1912-2001 1 ft.
Flynn Seal Press
2 seal presses from the women's Ku Klux Klan organization of Augusta and Bath, Maine. 1 ft.
Lee Forest Figurines
Household notions in the shapes of Aunt Jemima and an African American male. ca. 1930s-1950s 3 ft.
Home Is Where I Make It - Oral History Collection
Transcripts and photographs from an oral history project which documented African American community and activism in the Greater Portland area. ca. 2001-2002 0.5 ft.
Ku Klux Klan Photograph
Photograph of 1927(?) Ku Klux Klan march in Lincoln, Maine. Typescript "An Effort to Reveal History: The African-American Experience in Rural New England: 1780-1850" 0.25 ft.
Maxfield Photograph
16x12 framed daguerrotype of the Maxfields, an African American family. 1 ft.
N. T. Swezey's Son & Co. Tin Sign
Metal reproduction of sign advertising the Northwest Consolidated Milling Company, which used an African American stereotype image. ca. 1980s 1 ft.
George Neavoll Collection
Collection of items regarding African Americans and Africans, donated by a long-time Portland resident and friend of Gerald E. Talbot. Consisting of souvenir cup from W.E.B. Dubois's home in Accra, Ghana; photocopies of newspaper articles from the Topeka Capital Journal (KS) series on Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (April 18-25, 1993) and subsequent court action (June 22, 1993); Nelson Mandela poster; 2003 Ebony calendar - Great Black Americans. 2 ft.
Harold E. Richardson Papers AA MS 3
Richardson was one of the first African Americans elected to public office in Maine. The Papers contain his scrapbook, documenting his many contributions to the Portland community, including serving on the Portland Water District Board, photographs, and a 1949 certificate of membership in the Mt. Lebanon Masonic Lodge. ca. 1931-1991 2.25 ft.
Slave Quilt
76" x 91" quilt, primarily red and white. 1 ft.
Gerald E. Talbot Collection
Assembled by Gerald E. Talbot, the first African American to be elected to the Maine State Legislature, the Collection includes his personal papers, records of his term in the Maine House of Representatives (1972- 1978), and his work with the NAACP in Maine and the State Board of Education. The Collection contains books, serials, posters, artifacts, and photographs documenting African Americans in the United States, with an emphasis on Maine. ca. 1800s-1990s 170 ft.
Visible Black History Archives
Visible Black History is a partnership of H.H. Price and Gerald E. Talbot to make accessible the history of African Americans in Maine. The Archives contains research materials and published writings on African Americans in Maine and New England. 1996-2006 4 ft.
Frederick D. Williams Papers
An attorney and long-time Maine resident, Williams has served as President of the Cumberland Bar Association. The Papers contain books, undated clippings and a photograph dealing with Williams’s legal career, 3 vinyl records produced by the U.S. Dept. of Education on the Negro in the U.S., and a 1971 letter from Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis congratulating him on his election to Selectman of Windham. 1 ft.
Gary Woolson Collection
2 issues of The Oracle (1903, 1939), a monthly student publication of Bangor ( Maine) High School. 1903,1939 0.25 ft.
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