Object Details
- Creator
- Boaz, Joyce
- Hoffman, David
- Hoffman, Iris
- Provenance
- The collection was donated by David and Iris Hoffman in December 1987.
- Creator
- Boaz, Joyce
- Hoffman, David
- Hoffman, Iris
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- Hoffman/Boaz Postcard Collection
- Summary
- Collection documents both negative and positive images of African Americans, primarily on postcards, as drawings, cartoons, and similar art forms collected mostly during the Civil Rights Movement in America.
- Biographical / Historical
- Materials were collected between 1946 and 1970 by David and Iris Hoffman and Iris's sister Joyce Boaz. Most of these materials were purchased in antique shops during the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement was an effort led by black Americans to end institutionalized racial discrimination, disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and the negative portrayal of them in American society. It was the intention of the donors to create a collection that would visually document the historical changes in the way African Americans were treated and perceived in the United States. The Hoffmans and Boaz were able to amass 932 postcards depicting both positive and negative images of African Americans in drawings, cartoons, and similar art forms.
- Extent
- 0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Date
- 1898-1920
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0281
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Picture postcards
- Citation
- Hoffman/Boaz Postcard Collection, 1898-1920, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, box X, folder XX, digital image file XXXXXXX.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged in one series.
- Processing Information
- Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, 1988.
- Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Postcards -- 1900-1950
- Picture postcards -- 20th century -- United States
- Scope and Contents
- Collection consists of 932 postcards documenting African American life and culture in American society beginning in the late nineteenth century.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research use.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562714418934-1562714418941-0
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