The Kinsey Collection includes African American artistic and historical treasures collected by California residents, Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, that reflect a rich cultural and historical heritage which they hope to preserve for future generations.
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Diocese has rare African-American artifacts
Collection opened to Kinseys, who may bring their own historic treasury to city for 450th
By Emily Morrow, from The St. Augustine Record July 23, 2012
“The owners of one of the most extensive collections of African-American culture in the United States got to view Monday a piece of history few have ever seen.”
Sister Catherine Bitzer, archivist of the Diocese of St. Augustine, shows Bernard and Shirley Kinsey and their son Khalil Kinsey an African-American baptism record from 1606 during a visit to the archives on Monday, July 23, 2012. The Kinseys are owners of a national recognized collection of African American art, which they are going to display in St. Augustine during the city's 450th celebration in 2014. Photograph by Peter Willott of The St. Augustine Record
“Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, owners of the Kinsey Collection, and their son, Khalil, toured the Archives of the Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine at the Sisters of St. Joseph Convent where they were shown the oldest Catholic documents in the continental U.S. Among the documents they looked at were a marriage registration from 1594 and an African-American baptism record from 1606.”
The Archives of the Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida. Photograph by Peter Willott of The St. Augustine Record
“The Kinsey Collection is coming to St. Augustine from Jan. 20, 2014, through July 15, 2014, for the city’s 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. It will be housed in the new exhibition space at the Visitor’s Information Center as part of the city’s three-year celebration for St. Augustine’s 450th anniversary, that will begin in 2013.”
Khalil and Shirley Kinsey observe a rare document presented by Sister Catherine Bitzer; Photograph by Peter Willott of The St. Augustine Record
“The collection includes sculptures, paintings, documents, manuscripts and photographs related to African-American history from the 1600s to present. It is one of the largest private collections tracing African-American history.”
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