Agnes Kane Callum Collection

MSA SC 1090
Dates	1979
Medium	Originals, Color Negative, Color Transparencies
Restrictions	No restrictions
Storage	00/25/02/72 [originals], 33/01/03 [negatives]; 33/3/1/17 [photographs]
Description
Kane-Butler Genealogy, History of a Black Family, by Agnes Kane Callum, 1979; St. Mary's College of Maryland, Class of 2008 Commencement Program listing Agnes Kane Callum's honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters (see p. 4); photographs of US Colored Troops medal (obverse, reverse, side views depicting name of awardee).
History
The medal was in the possession of an acquaintance of Ms. Callum's whose ancestor, a Gilbert Harris, SGT, USCT, 2nd Cavalry, Company F, had been awarded it. The Latin verse reads: "Ferro Iis Libertas Perveniet". It may be translated perhaps as, "Liberty came to them by the sword."