Viola Muse and Caledonia Simpson posing outdoors. The handwritten caption at the bottom reads "Vie & Callye Simpson" and "Vie & Caledonia" is written on the back.
This item appears to be a photographic postcard featuring (counter-clockwise from lower left) Viola Muse; Dr. Priestly Mullins, her first husband; Lorenzo Graham; and an unidentified woman. The boat showing the name Grey Eagle in the background…
Version of the Lindsay Moore narrative published in Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, vol. 3, Library of Congress, 1941, pp.…
Mathematical calculations related to the Charles Coates Interview Notes and Irene Coates Interview Notes.
Because these calculations do not occur within the flow of either set of notes, and because they relate to both, we have present them here as a…
A note about the artist Smart P. Livingston.
This item consists of one sentence, struck entirely in the original and which appears to be another attempt at starting Smart P. Livingston (3 of 4). The remainder of the page corresponds to the document…
An incomplete version of page 4 of the Charles Coates Narrative (1 of 2).The text that begins this page ("somewhat like a collar") follows directly the text that ends page 3 of that document ("It fitted around the neck tightly"), while the text that…
An alternative version of page 4 of "Early Jacksonville History: Introduction" (3 of 3). This version is similar but not identical to the page 4 present in that item.Another copy of this same alternative page 4 exists in the archive. We have not…
The section "All Dye Together" found on p. 31 of the manuscript copy of The Florida Negro housed in the State Archives of Florida (S1585) and available through the Florida Memory website of the State Library and Archives of Florida. This text…
A handwritten partial draft of Muse's early history of Jacksonville, three versions of which are found in JHS Folder 18: Jax History. This is written by hand on the same page as Alternate page 4 (2 of 2) of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4), inverted…