Residential: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pamphlet titled Residential. The pamphlet is one of eight found in a portfolio titled Soul City. The pamphlet is printed using orange and black ink. It describes the types of homes that will be found in Soul City and features maps of the community and images of neighborhoods.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca.1976
• Published by: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, American, founded 1965
• Subject of: Floyd McKissick, American, 1922 - 1991
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: L x W: 5 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (14 x 31.1 cm)
• Place used: Soul City, Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Black geographies
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Housing
• Topic: Rural life
• Object number: 2011.109.13.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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