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Finding Aid to the Carlton A. Funn, Sr. Display Boards Collection, 1950-2012 Quantity: 1,422 display boards, 53 unmounted posters, 7 framed pictures, 6 documents, 3 memorabilia, 2 card signs, 1 newspaper, 1 scrapbook, and 1 storage crate. Biographical information: Carlton A. Funn, Sr. (1932-2012) was working as a 7th Grade History teacher, in the Alexandria Public School System in the 1950s, when he began collecting material to supplement his school’s history books to teach his class of 30 African American children. Born in Alexandria, Virginia on January 29, 1932, Funn was a Parker-Gray High School alumni. He received a B.A. from Storer College and an M.A. in Education from Virginia State University, before returning to his native Alexandria to teach in the public school system. The material he amassed grew into Funn’s first exhibit, entitled, “The Afro-American Experience” and took his collection beyond his classroom. Funn conducted seminars on black history for Alexandrian policemen and presented his collection to the Virginia General Assembly. Funn’s collection was used in a six week pilot black studies program in Alexandria in 1968, attended by 91 students and with Funn as one of the instructors. Alexandria Public Schools went on to provide further black studies courses at T.C. Williams High School for Juniors and Seniors. The collection continued to grow and expand its remit to include the achievements of all minorities, changing its name to “The History and Culture of Minorities”, and then eventually to “National/International Cultural Exhibits (NICE)”. Funn continued to collection material until his death in 2012. Display Boards, Posters, Prints, Documents Display boards physically organized by size (1,422 boards) Unmounted posters, prints, signs and documents physically housed in archival boxes by size (53 unmounted posters, 6 documents, 3 memorabilia, 2 card signs, 1 newspaper) Framed pictures physically organized by size (7 framed pictures) Summary: The boards, posters, prints, signs and documents cover a wide range of subject matters and each board can address multiple issues. For the purposes of this finding aid each object has been assigned a main subject area. In two cases a board has been listed in two categories. The objects have been individually catalogued into the Museum’s collections database, PastPerfect, and multiple relevant subject headings have been assigned to each record. At the end of this finding aid is a listing of the subjects assigned in PastPerfect. These records are available for public searching on the Museum’s online database. The themes: African Americans, Famous; Asian-Pacific Americans, Famous; and Latinxs, Famous have been assigned when the object contains information about multiple people from different professions, etc. The display boards use materials created from the 1950s to the 2010s and some of the information and language used is outdated and/or incorrect. Theme Catalog Number Title Abolitionists B2019.01.0436 Reflections on 1895: Douglass, Du Bois, Washington B2019.01.0448 Frederick A. Douglass: Golden Trombone of Abolition B2019.01.0449 Frederick Douglass B2019.01.0450 Frederick Douglass: 1817-1895: Abolitionist Addiction B2019.01.0970 Get Your Kids Addicted to Something That Costs Just 35c an Ounce B2019.01.0971 CARES B2019.01.0972 Drug Vocabulary B2019.01.0973 Live the Dream. Say no to alcohol and drug abuse B2019.01.0974 A Proud Future - Drug Free B2019.01.0975 Wanted dead or alive.... marihuana B2019.01.0976 Smoking Spoils Your Image B2019.01.0977 Think Of It As A Boomerang / To Order Yours, Just Get Involved With Drugs B2019.01.0978 Say No to Drugs! African American Women's History B2019.01.0787 I Dream A World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America B2019.01.0788 [I Dream A World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America] B2019.01.0789 Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia B2019.01.0792 Do You Know These Notable Black Women? / Did You Tell The Children About These African Americans? B2019.01.0805 1996 African American Women: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow B2019.01.0806 1996 African American Women: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow African American History B2019.01.0052 A Ballad of Black History / Shooting for Gold B2019.01.0122 The Society for the Preservation of Black Heritage Inc. B2019.01.0170 It Takes More Than a Month - African-American Heritage B2019.01.0171 The "Mighty Current" of Protest Unleased B2019.01.0172 Black History Calendar: Tuskegee Airmen B2019.01.0173 O, Freedom Underground Railway: 2001 Black History Calendar B2019.01.0174 2003 Black History Calendar: Carter G. Woodson, The Man Behind the Legacy B2019.01.0175 2003 Black History Calendar: Carter G. Woodson, The Man Behind the Legacy B2019.01.0176 2004 Black History Calendar: The Pearl, A Washington D.C. Story B2019.01.0177 From the Steel Mill to the Baseball Diamond: The Negro League's Homestead Grays B2019.01.0178 From Slavery to Freedom, Africans in the Americas / The Mis-Education of the Negro B2019.01.0179 The Afro-American Family B2019.01.0180 The Afro-American Family B2019.01.0181 National Afro-American History Month, 1977 B2019.01.0182 American Revolution B2019.01.0183 Slave Resistance B2019.01.0184 Abolitionism B2019.01.0185 Civil War B2019.01.0186 Emancipation B2019.01.0187 Southern Reconstruction B2019.01.0188 Pathfinders B2019.01.0189 The Last Frontier B2019.01.0190 Inventors and Scientists B2019.01.0191 Labor in an Age of Industrial Growth B2019.01.0192 World War I B2019.01.0193 1930's B2019.01.0194 World War II B2019.01.0195 Twentieth Century Writers B2019.01.0196 Civil Rights Crisis B2019.01.0264 The African American Experience: A History B2019.01.0265 10 days in Black History that changed our Nation B2019.01.0266 African-American History Overview B2019.01.0267 African-American History Overview B2019.01.0268 Classic Press Celebrates Black History B2019.01.0269 African-American History B2019.01.0270 [African-American History] B2019.01.0271 African-American History B2019.01.0272 African-American History B2019.01.0273 African Slaves are Brought to the Americas B2019.01.0274 Abolitionists Work to End Slavery B2019.01.0275 Black Americans Live Under "Separate But Equal" Laws B2019.01.0276 African-Americans Gain Equal Rights Under The Law B2019.01.0277 I Sought My Soul... B2019.01.0278 Color Strip Film B2019.01.0279 Crispus Attucks and the "Boston Massacre" B2019.01.0371 The Old West B2019.01.0372 John Henry / South Carolina Rice Song / Every Man Can Sing "The Blues" B2019.01.0373 Jocko B2019.01.0374 Power in Unity: The Family B2019.01.0375 Hamitic Expressions Historical Chart: Black History from Gods Perspective B2019.01.0376 A Salute to Historic Black Firsts B2019.01.0377 Black History B2019.01.0378 Two Hundred Years to Glory, 1776-1976 B2019.01.0404 A Salute to Historic Black Pioneers B2019.01.0410 African Roots Explore New Worlds: Pre-Columbus to the Space Age B2019.01.0414 Lest We Forget B2019.01.0415 We the People B2019.01.0416 Emancipation B2019.01.1047 A Picture History of the American Negro B2019.01.1059 Important Events and Dates in Negro History B2019.01.1488 The Plan of the Master Weaver B2019.01.1489 We The Children African American Women's History B2019.01.0475 Tribute to Living Legend - Dorothy J. Height B2019.01.0476 [National Council of Negro Women] African Americans (unidentified image) B2019.01.0578 [unidentified African American man] African Americans, Famous (multiple people) B2019.01.0407 Outstanding Black Americans of the Past B2019.01.0408 Outstanding Black Americans of the 20th Century: Public Service, Education, and Science B2019.01.0409 Outstanding Black Americans of the 20th Century: Literature, Entertainment, and Sports B2019.01.0411 68th National Celebration of Afro-American History: Afro-American Scholars: Leaders, Activists, and Writers B2019.01.0412 Famous African Americans B2019.01.0413 Famous African Americans B2019.01.0417 Famous Black Americans B2019.01.0419 Persistence, Pride, Perseverance and Perception... B2019.01.0420 Black History B2019.01.0421 Leaders / Inventors / Scientists B2019.01.0422 Black American Lives B2019.01.0423 What can Black Americans achieve? Everything B2019.01.0424 Read the stories about these historic Blacks... Who are they?... Why are they famous? B2019.01.0425 [African American Biographies] B2019.01.0426 The Founders B2019.01.0427 The Promoters B2019.01.0428 Great Americans Past and Present B2019.01.0429 [African American portrait photographs] B2019.01.0430 Seafarers / Artists / William Alexander Leidesdorff / Blanche K. Bruce B2019.01.0431 Harriet Tubman / Mary McLeod Bethune B2019.01.0432 Harriet Tubman / Madam C. J. Walker B2019.01.0434 Heroes and Martyrs of the Twentieth Century B2019.01.0437 [Associated Publishers Inc. 1986 Kit] B2019.01.0438 Who Is This? B2019.01.1060 Save The Children / Famous Black Americans B2019.01.1063 Clara Brown / Nat Love / Jim Beckwourth / York African Art B2019.01.1030 [African woman] B2019.01.1031 Old Man B2019.01.1032 Maasari African History and Culture B2019.01.0384 African Traditions Thrive in Suriname B2019.01.0385 Muntu Speaks for Black Americans Whose Roots are in Africa B2019.01.0386 Nguzo Saba B2019.01.0387 Your Favorite African Adinkra Symbols B2019.01.0388 and celebrate B2019.01.0848 Map of African Kingdoms B2019.01.0849 African Cities B2019.01.0850 A Day in the Life of Africa B2019.01.0851 A Rain Forest / A Bushman Village / A Safari in the Congo / A Coffee Plantation in Kenya / A Mission School in Ghana / The University of Khartoum B2019.01.0852 African Cities / A Zulu Mother and Child / Plowing a Field in Ghana / Decorating Pottery / A Research Laboratory / Hauling Logs in the Congo / Building a House / Nigeria's Parliament / The Temple of Karnak B2019.01.0853 Africa: Customs, Cultures, Legends, and Love B2019.01.0854 People / Homes B2019.01.0855 Land / Animals B2019.01.0856 South Africa: A World In One Country B2019.01.0857 from Anti-Apartheid to Pro-Democracy B2019.01.0858 N.
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