This collection is comprised of glass plate negatives and black and white photographs. The collection is largely family-centric, documenting the home and social life of the Slaymaker family in Virginia’s Albemarle County during the years leading up to the Civil War. The collection includes 31 black and white prints and 39 glass plates negatives featuring members of the Slaymaker family, African American children and families, and buildings in Clarke’s Gap, Virginia. Dates: ca. mid-late 19th…

In 1994, Otis Anthony donated a collection of oral histories conducted between 1977 and 1978 to the USF Department of Anthropology. The oral histories were sponsored by the Tampa Urban League and Hillsborough County Museum as part of the black History of Tampa Project. More than 50 oral histories with prominent members of the Tampa community are included in the collection. Dates: 1977 – 1978 Click here to listen to oral histories »