<I>A Prospectus</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1994
name: label: Written by
content: LaVerne Wells-Bowie, American
label: Subject of
content: Lily Simmons, American, born 1925
label: Subject of
content: Sarah Corbette, American
label: Subject of
content: Agnes Simmons, American, born 1903
notes: label: Description
content: A pamphlet composed of a single rectangular sheet, printed on both sides, and divided into three panels by two fold lines. The pamphlet makes a square when folded. The pamphlet is composed of cream paper and printed with brown ink. The front side features a photograph of the entry to Agnes Simmons' house on Daufuskie Island at the top panel with the text [A PROSPECTUS / LaVerne Wells-Bowie] printed at the bottom right corner of the image. The center panel features a photograph of the interior of Simmons' screened-in porch, with an individual on the porch swing and two other individuals at a table. Below the image is cream-colored text reading [How have African-derived peoples applied their knowledge of environment in New World settings?] set into a brown rectangle, along with text about how porches and other transitional indoor/outdoor spaces in the Southeastern United States and Caribbean are cultural expressions of the African diaspora. The text continues on the bottom panel and a photograph of Simmons' house, yard, and outbuildings is along the bottom edge.
label: Description
content: The opposite side features an illustrated map of Sarah Corbette's family settlement in Montserrat at the top and an illustrated map of Lily Simmons' Daufuskie Island settlement at the bottom. The text from the front continues in the center, next to a small inset map of the Southeastern United States and the Caribbean. Along the bottom of the center panel is a copyright notice beginning [Copyright 1994 by LaVerne Wells-Bowie].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Montserrat, United Kingdom, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: West Africa, Africa
title: label: Title
content: Pamphlet on influences of the African diaspora on architecture and landscape
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Black geographies
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Housing
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Professor LaVerne Wells-Bowie
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.102.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: pamphlets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1994 LaVerne Wells-Bowie
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (folded): 6 × 6 in. (15.2 × 15.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (unfolded): 18 × 6 in. (45.7 × 15.2 cm)