Hoffman/Boaz Postcard Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Boaz, Joyce
label: Creator
content: Hoffman, David
label: Creator
content: Hoffman, Iris
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by David and Iris Hoffman in December 1987.
creator: label: Creator
content: Boaz, Joyce
label: Creator
content: Hoffman, David
label: Creator
content: Hoffman, Iris
setName: label: See more items in
content: Hoffman/Boaz Postcard Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents both negative and positive images of African Americans, primarily on postcards, as drawings, cartoons, and similar art forms collected mostly during the Civil Rights Movement in America.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Materials were collected between 1946 and 1970 by David and Iris Hoffman and Iris's sister Joyce Boaz. Most of these materials were purchased in antique shops during the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement was an effort led by black Americans to end institutionalized racial discrimination, disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and the negative portrayal of them in American society. It was the intention of the donors to create a collection that would visually document the historical changes in the way African Americans were treated and perceived in the United States. The Hoffmans and Boaz were able to amass 932 postcards depicting both positive and negative images of African Americans in drawings, cartoons, and similar art forms.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1898-1920
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0281
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Picture postcards
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, 1988.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Picture postcards -- 20th century -- United States
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of 932 postcards documenting African American life and culture in American society beginning in the late nineteenth century.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History


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