Spotts, Roger Hamilton

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, speeches, notes, photographs and other documents, mostly related to the Cincinnati Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs and its parent organizations—the Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs and the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. Notable materials include drafts of the History of the Cincinnati Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs which gives a detailed history of the organization and information about the member organizations. Other items of...

Content Description This collection consists mainly of photographs related to the life of musician and composer Roger Hamilton Spotts. Original photographs in the collection include images of Spotts; his wife, Betty (nee Mosley); and their daughter, Woni, during the late 1950s through the 1980s. Also present are two hand-colored portrait photographs of Spotts’ parents, Marian H. and Hardin A. Spotts. The majority of the collection is comprised of reprints of original photographs that were subsequently lost in a...