Printed & Manuscript African Americana

African American Art

Romare Bearden’s Letters to Art Historian Harry B. Henderson, Jr.

Here we take look at letters, postcards and greeting cards from Romare Bearden to his longtime friend and collaborat…

Books & Manuscripts

Old Diaries Tell the Stories of Overlooked Americans

The value of diaries on the market is largely driven by historical content and the quality of the writing. What coul…

Reel-to-Reel tape of interview

Listen to Tapes of a 1961 Interview with Leaders of the Atlanta Student Movement

On June 8, 1961, a journalist for The Protestant Hour, a long-running and widely syndicated weekly radio program out…

Auctions 101

The History of Books & Manuscripts at Swann Galleries

Bibliophiles of every denomination—Americana, a…

Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript African Americana

A Record for The Negro Travelers’ Green Book …

Upcoming Highlights: Printed & Manuscript African Americana

At Auction March 28 Complete Catalogue A highlight is volume one, issue one of the Mirror of Liberty, July 1838–the …

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Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript African Americana

Institutional purchases dominated the buying field at our auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana on M…

Huey Newton’s Portraits & The Founding of the Black Panthers

New findings in our March 29 auction of Printed & Manuscript African-Americana clarify information behind iconic…

A Look Inside the Catalogue: Printed & Manuscript African Americana

On March 29 we will offer Printed & Manuscript African Americana, an array of material that encompasses a wide r…

John Augustine Washington III & Mount Vernon

From the catalogue for our March 30 sale of Printed & Manuscript African Americana. The sale will feature a run …

Significant George Washington Carver Archive Coming to Auction

Among the highlights of our March 2014 auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana is an extraordinary arc…

Notes from the Catalogue: The Emancipation Proclamation

“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal” declares the extraordinary document brough…