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John Wesley Dobbs Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 122
Scope and Contents
The papers document the personal and professional lives of the John Wesley Dobbs family of Atlanta, Georgia. The key topics are civil rights, education, integration, race relations, and African American suffrage. The main strengths are the civil rights activities of the family as well as J.W. Dobb's tenure as Grand Master of Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia. The collection encompasses 5.8 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, programs, sound recordings, speeches, and news...
Dates:
Created: 1873-2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974
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Amistad Research Center
Hale Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: 667
Scope and Contents
The Hale Smith papers cover the length of Smith's musical career, documenting his education at the Cleveland Institute of Music; his early career in Cleveland, particularly with the Karamu Theatre; his move to New York where he worked the jazz circuit with Dizzy Gillepsie and Chico Hamilton before he settled into his career as a music editor, an educator, and a copyright specialist; and the relationships he developed over time up to shortly before his death. Hale Smith maintained a...
Dates:
Created: 1840-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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- Butts, June Dobbs, 1928-2019 1
- Clement, Josephine (Josephine Dobbs Clement), 1918-1998 1
- Dobbs, Irene Thompson, 1885-1972 1
- Dobbs, John Wesley, 1882-1961 1
- Dobbs, Mattiwilda (Mattiwilda "Geekie" Dobbs Jazon), 1925-2015 1
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
- Jackson, Irene (Irene "Renie" Dobbs Jackson), 1908-1999 1
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 1
- Jordan, Millicent (Millicent Dobbs Jordan), 1911-1991 1
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 1
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