Program for "Slave Songs of the South" by the Hampton Colored Students
date: label: Date
content: 1873
name: label: Created by
content: Hampton Singers, American, founded 1870
label: Subject of
content: Hampton University, American, founded 1868
label: Subject of
content: Henry Ward Beecher, American, 1813 - 1887
notes: label: Description
content: This song program is a bifolio sheet with text and images on all four pages. The front page has text at the top that reads "Slave Songs of the South by the Hampton Colored Students." The page is divided into three sections of text. The middle section is titled "PROGRAMME -Part First” and the last section "PART SECOND." Under first and second parts are numbered lists of songs, some with notations. The entire text is surrounded by a thin line border with decorative corners. The two inside pages are covered with printed text in the form of handwritten script. The back page has text at the top that reads "HAMPTON / Normal and Agricultural Institute." Underneath is a lithographed image of a large building with the caption "VIRGINIA HALL- Now being erected."
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Hampton, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Spirituals (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.48
objectType: label: Type
content: programs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (folded): 9 3/4 × 6 7/16 in. (24.8 × 16.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 9 3/4 × 12 9/16 in. (24.8 × 31.9 cm)