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1Title:  David Rankin and Mattie Martin Perkins Papers     
 Creator:  Perkins, David Rankin and Mattie Martin 
 Dates:  1893-1919 
 Abstract:  David Rankin Perkins (1868-1937) was an African American teacher and businessman in Wilmot, Ashley County, Arkansas. A graduate of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College (Alcorn State University) in Mississippi, Perkins was the co-owner of Douglass and Perkins Dry Goods and Groceries with H. D. Douglass. His wife, Mattie Martin Perkins (1872-1964) was also a graduate of Alcorn and a teacher. Her father, John Adams Martin, was a college professor and the president of Alcorn State University in Mississippi from 1911-1915. The collection consists correspondence exchanged by David Perkins and Mattie Martin while they were courting in the 1890s and a 1919 yearbook for the Tuskgegee Institute. 
 Call #:  MS 5277 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  African American businesspeople. | African American teachers | African American universities and colleges. | Courtship -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
 
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