ca. 1861-1976
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摘要
This collection consists of 照片 of members of four related African American 家庭, the Asbury, DeGrasse, Downing, and Howard 家庭.
小传
约翰·范·瑟利·德格拉斯(1825-1868) 6月在纽约出生 1825, the youngest son of George DeGrasse and Maria Van Surley. 15岁时,德格拉斯就读于 the Oneida Institute in upstate New York, then traveled to France, where he attended college for 两年. He returned to New York and continued his medical training under the tutelage of Dr. 塞缪尔·R. 蔡尔兹. He received his medical degree as a member of Bowdoin 科尔ege Medical School’s 1849届毕业生. After traveling around Europe working in hospitals, he established a medical practice in 波士顿, where in 1854 he became the first African American elected to membership in 马萨诸塞州医学会. DeGrasse娶了科迪莉亚L. 1852年8月5日 波士顿. During the Civil War, he became the first African American medical officer in the U.S. 军队, serving as an assistant surgeon for the 35th Regiment of U.S. 彩色步兵(第一 Regiment, North Carolina Colored Volunteers). He and his wife had one daughter, Georgenia 科迪莉亚·德格拉斯,生于1855年12月5日. 他于1868年11月25日在波士顿去世.
霍华德·德格拉斯·阿斯伯里(1907-1978) 曾任圣。. 保罗 Methodist Church in Jamaica, New York and the great-grandson of John Van Surley DeGrasse. Interested in African American history, he actively collected information and manuscripts about his ancestors, who included members of the DeGrasse, Howard, Downing, Gardner, and Asbury 家庭. He frequently loaned materials to institutions (including the Brooklyn Public Library, New York Cultural Center, and Museum of Afro American History in 波士顿, Mass.)进行展览 og体育平台非裔美国人. He was a member of the Negro History Associates.
og体育官网描述
This collection comprises portraits of 波士顿 physician John Van Surley DeGrasse, his wife 科迪莉亚L. Howard DeGrasse, and their daughter Georgenia Cordelia DeGrasse Asbury; and 后代牧师. 霍华德·德格拉斯·阿斯伯里等等. 还包括一张照片的一个 Rev肖像画. Isaiah George Howard and a carte de visite of Frederick Douglass. 的 collection also includes 照片 of memorials to Isaiah George Howard and abolitionist 乔治T. Downing, as well as 照片 taken during exhibitions of family papers and 工件. 照片graphers include James Wallace 黑色的 and John A. 听说过波士顿,还有 宾夕法尼亚州费城的约翰·怀特·胡恩.除其他外. 包括参观套餐和彩色套餐 照片.
安排请注意
Portraits are arranged alphabetically by subject, followed by views and exhibit 照片.
获取信息
Robert Downs的礼物,2012年11月.
保管的历史
这批收藏品的主人是史密斯夫人. Shirley Asbury Downs and placed on deposit with the Museum of Afro American History, who in turn deposited the collection at the MHS in 1998. 夫人. 波动的 son, Robert Downs, inherited the collection after Shirley's death and donated the collection to 2012年11月,MHS彻底破产.
收集的详细描述
黑色的 and white photograph of Howard DeGrasse Asbury posing next to a portrait of Isaiah 乔治·德格拉斯(1813-1841).
彩色照片 of Howard DeGrasse Asbury at the corner of Downing Street in Newport, R.I.
Polaroid photograph of a portrait of Isaiah George DeGrasse painted ca. 1838.
即席参观 accompanied by a cut-slip autograph, "Yours truly Fredk Douglass."
以美国为例.S. Custom House unveiling of a tablet "To an Unknown Hero."
喜欢引用
DeGrasse-Howard照片, 马萨诸塞州历史学会.
访问条款
This collection is indexed under the following headings in 阿比盖尔的在线目录 马萨诸塞州历史学会. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.