Zachariah Taylor Shugart surfaces from his family archive with letters and diaries. The central object in the archive is an account book, which displays his uncommon practice of recording the names of runaway persons as an agent of the Underground Railroad.

This fall our Printed & Manuscript Americana auction is on September 26, and includes manuscript diaries and important archives, as well as William J. Stone's "Force printing" of the Declaration of Independence.

Highlights this fall from the African-American Fine Art department: sculptures by Elizabeth Catlett, Sargent Johnson and Augusta Savage, iconic works by Carrie Mae Weems, paintings by Allan Rohan Crite, Henry Ossawa Tanner and Kenneth Victor Young.