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Black Folk Culture fan

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division

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Title
Black Folk Culture fan
Names
Fisk University (Creator)
Johnson, William H., 1901-1970 (Artist)
Collection

Material culture collection

Ephemera

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1983
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
Shelf locator: Sc Art (Material culture collection)
Shelf locator: AR.13.001.3
Topics
African Americans -- Social life and customs -- United States
Genres
Ephemera
Notes
Content: This fan was created by Fisk University for its Black Folk Culture Learning Library Program, 1983-1984, funded by the National Endwoment for the Humanities. The front features the illustration "Going to Church," by William H. Johnson, from the Fisk Collection. The back features a Selected Bibliography.
Physical Description
Extent: 19 x 34 cm
Description
A fan created by Fisk University to promote its Black Folk Culture Learning Library Program, 1983-1984, funded by the National Endwoment for the Humanities. Featured is the illustration "Going to Church," by William H. Johnson, from the Fisk Collection.
Type of Resource
Three dimensional object
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11486937
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 37086b50-56e0-013f-6e52-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Item timeline of events

  • 1983: Created
  • 2026: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. "Black Folk Culture fan" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1983. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37a55600-56e0-013f-6436-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. "Black Folk Culture fan" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 20, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37a55600-56e0-013f-6436-0242ac110002

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. (1983). Black Folk Culture fan Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37a55600-56e0-013f-6436-0242ac110002

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Black Folk Culture fan