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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 361 | Title: | 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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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 362 | Title: | Negro Americans in the Civil War; from slavery to citizenship
| | | | Creator: | Wesley, Charles H. (Charles Harris), 1891-1987 | | | | | Romero, Patricia W. | | | | Publication: | Publishers Co, New York,[1968] | | | | Notes: | Published under the auspices of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Bibliography: p. [263]-275. | | | | Call #: | E540 N3W513 | | | | Extent: | xi, 291 p. illus., facsims., maps, ports. 29 cm. | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Civil rights | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 364 | Title: | Charles Herbert Garvin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Garvin, Charles Herbert | | | | Dates: | 1909-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Herbert Garvin (1890-1968) was an African American physician, civic leader and author in Cleveland, Ohio. He worked for the advancement of Blacks in the medical profession and in Cleveland social structure. the collection consists of letters, speeches, magazine articles, newspaper clippings and research notes relating to Dr. Garvin, Black physicians in Cleveland and the United States, and various medical subjects. | | | | Call #: | MS 3328 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Garvin, Charles Herbert, 1890-1968. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American physicians -- United States. | Medicine.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 365 | Title: | William Sanders and Sarah Cordelia Bierce Scarborough Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Scarborough, William Sanders and Sarah Cordelia Bierce Family | | | | Dates: | 1850-1920 | | | | Abstract: | William and Sarah Scarborough were educators and writers in Greene County, Ohio, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. William Scarborough migrated to Ohio from Georgia, graduating from Oberlin College in 1875. He spent a year at the Oberlin Theological Seminary before joining the classical department at Wilberforce University in Greene County. In 1878 he received a Master of Arts degree. Sarah Cordelia Bierce was an 1875 graduate of the State Normal School at Oswego, New York. She served as principal of the Normal Department of Wilberforce University from 1877-1887, and for the next twenty-seven years, as principal of the Combined Normal and Industrial Department at Wilberforce. William Scarborough moved up through the ranks of faculty and administration at Wilberforce, eventually becoming president of the University in 1908. During their career as educators, both wrote frequently, Sarah focusing on fiction for women's and Christian magazines, and William on scholarly topics. William joined a variety of professional and race-related organizations, including the Afro-American State League and the American Negro Academy, while his wife pursued her family's genealogy, collecting correspondence and documents for the Abbey and Bierce families. The collection consists of individual photographs of Scarborough, Bierce, Abbey, and Grant family members and other family members, friends and associates. Also included is an album of views of Tretton Place, home of the Scarboroughs. | | | | Call #: | PG 396 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Scarborough, W. S. (William Sanders), 1852-1926. | Scarborough, Sarah Cordelia Bierce, b. 1851. | Scarborough family. | Bierce family. | Abbey family. | Kistler family. | Wilberforce University. | African Americans -- Ohio. | African American teachers -- Ohio -- Greene County. | African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Greene County. | African American authors -- Ohio. | African Americans -- Genealogy. | Authors as teachers. | Education, Higher -- Ohio. | African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Social life and customs.
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 366 | Title: | To be an author: letters of Charles W. Chesnutt, 1889-1905
| | | | Creator: | Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932 | | | | | McElrath, Joseph R. | | | | | Leitz, Robert C., 1944- | | | | Publication: | Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J,c1997. | | | | Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. | | | | Call #: | PS1292 C524 A35 | | | | Extent: | xv, 248 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, -- 1858-1932 -- Correspondence | African American novelists -- 19th century -- Correspondence | African American novelists -- 20th century -- Correspondence | African Americans -- Social conditions
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 372 | Title: | A short history of the African Union Meeting and School-House, erected in Providence (R.I.) in the years 1819, '20, '21: with rules for its future government : published by particular request
| | | | Creator: | Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806 | | | | | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | | | | | Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 | | | | Publication: | Printed by Brown & Danforth, Providence, R.I,1821. | | | | Notes: | Pages 17-20 contain an exchange of letters between Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson. Deed of the lot given by Moses Brown for the use of African-Americans on p. 24-27. | | | | Call #: | Pam. S1526 | | | | Extent: | 32 p. ; 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | African Union Meeting and School-House (Providence, R.I.) | African Americans -- Rhode Island -- Providence | African Americans -- Education -- Rhode Island -- Providence | African American churches -- Rhode Island -- Providence
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 375 | Title: | Alexander Martin Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Martin, Alexander Family | | | | Dates: | 1862-1980 | | | | Abstract: | The Alexander Martin family was a prominent African American family in Cleveland, Ohio. Alexander H. Martin Sr. graduated with a law degree from Western Reserve University in 1897, one of the first African Americans to do so. Martin had a long career as an attorney and was active in Cleveland city politics. His wife, Mary Brown Martin, was a teacher and the first African American to serve on the Cleveland Public School Board. Their son, Alexander H. Martin, Jr. was an attorney and the first African American to run for mayor of Cleveland. Their daughter, Lydia, was a librarian at Western Reserve University. Sarah Martin Pereira, another daughter, was noted for her scholarship and her commitment to education. The collection consists of individual portraits of Alexander H. Martin, Sr., Mary Brown Martin, Alexander H. Martin, Jr., Sarah Martin Pereira, Lydia Jane Martin, and Carol Pereira. Group portraits and views of events important to the Martin family include a Black History Month tribute to the Martin family, the dedication of the Mary B. Martin School, and the wedding of Sarah Martin Pereira. | | | | Call #: | PG 483 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Martin, Alexander H., Sr. -- Photograph collections. | Martin, Alexander H., -- Jr. -- Photograph collections. | Martin, Mary Brown, 1877-1939 -- Photograph collections. | Martin, Lydia Jane -- Photograph collections. | Pereira, Sarah Martin -- Photograph collections. | Martin family -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American educators -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 377 | Title: | Policy of employing Negro troops: speech of H.C. Chambers, of Mississippi, in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the Confederate States, Thursday, November 10, 1864
| | | | Creator: | Chambers, Henry Cousins, 1823- | | | | Publication: | s.n, Richmond?,1864?] | | | | Notes: | Caption title. | | | | Call #: | E585 N3C4 | | | | Extent: | 7 p. ; 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Confederate States of America. -- Army -- African American troops | African American soldiers -- Confederate States of America | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American | Confederate imprints, 1861-1865
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