Spencer R Crew

Biographic Data

ID680299
NAMESpencer R Crew
GIVEN NAMESSpencer R
FAMILY NAMECrew
SIGNATURECREW S R
AFFILIATIONSNational Museum of American History
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS14
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1983
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
H-INDEX2

  • Underground Railroad

    Open AccessSpencer R Crew, Spencer CrewCHAPTERWiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of…2015

    The operation of the Underground Railroad depended upon the dedication of a panoply of individuals who believed that slavery was morally wrong and that the enslaved had the right to be free. In support of that belief they were willing to take the actions necessary to destabilize that institution when the opportunity presented itself. They did this despite the fact that they were breaking federal fugitive slave laws put in place to protect the pro…

  • Memories of the Enslaved

    Spencer R Crew, Lonnie G Bunch et al.BOOKMemories of the Enslaved2015

    This book offers a first-person perspective on the institution of slavery in America, providing powerful, engaging interviews from the WPA slave narrative collection that enable readers to gain a true sense of the experience of enslavement. Today’s students understandably have a hard time imagining what life for slaves more than 150 years ago was like. The best way to communicate what slaves experienced is to hear their words directly. The materi…

  • Andrea A. Burns. From Storefront to Monument

    Spencer R CrewARTICLEThe American Historical Review2014

    Journal Article Andrea A. Burns. From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement. Get access Andrea A. Burns. From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement. (Public History in Historical Perspective.) Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2013. Pp. x, 249. $24.95. Spencer R. Crew Spencer R. Crew George Mason University [email protected] Search for other works by this a…

  • First Freed

    Spencer R CrewARTICLEThe Public Historian2003

  • "All the World Is Here!" The Black Presence at White City

    Spencer R Crew, Spencer Crew et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2001Cited by: 2

    The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was a significant event for all Chica goans. For city fathers it offered an opportunity to showcase the city and to illustrate its growth. African Americans hoped to use the exposition as a platform to illustrate their progress in the aftermath of enslavement and emancipation. While civic leaders felt in the end the exposition served them well, African Americans had mixed feelings as to whether the…

  • "A Museum Perspective on "The Presence of the Past

    Spencer R CrewARTICLEThe Public Historian2000

    Research Article| January 01 2000 A Museum Perspective on "The Presence of the Past" Spencer R. Crew Spencer R. Crew Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2000) 22 (1): 23–26. https://doi.org/10.2307/3379327 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search S…

  • New Raiments of Self

    Spencer R Crew, Spencer Crew et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1998

    Journal Article “New Raiments of Self”: African American Clothing in the Antebellum South. By Helen Bradley Foster. (New York: Berg, 1997. x, 359 pp. Cloth, $46.00, ISBN 1-85973-184-8. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-85973-189-9.) Get access Spencer Crew Spencer Crew National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85,…

  • The Great Migration in Historical Perspective

    Spencer R Crew, Joe William TrotterARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1993

  • Field to Factory

    Spencer R Crew, Spencer CrewARTICLEJournal of American History1990

    Journal Article Announcements Get access Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 4, March 1990, Page 1380, https://doi.org/10.2307/2936769 Published: 01 March 1990

  • Field to Factory

    James Borchert, Spencer R Crew et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1989Cited by: 2

    Journal Article “Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration, 1915–1940.” National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Constitution Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20560 Get access James Borchert James Borchert Cleveland State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 1, June 1989, Pages 224–228, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908371 Published: 01 June 1989

  • They, Too, Were Here

    Open AccessThomas J Davis, Spencer R Crew et al.ARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1989Cited by: 1

  • Black Milwaukee

    Spencer R Crew, Spencer Crew et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1987Cited by: 1

  • Archival Sources for Business History at the National Museum of American History

    Open AccessSpencer R Crew, John A Fleckner et al.ARTICLEThe Business History Review1986

    The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History offers rich opportunities for business historians. In this essay, Mr. Fleckner and Mr. Crew describe the holdings and facilities of the recently established Archives Center and examine in detail the museum's extensive and extremely valuable holdings in advertising history

  • George Washington Carver

    Spencer R Crew, Linda O McmurryARTICLETechnology and Culture1983