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Atlanta School of Social Work collection
Collection
Identifier: 028
Content Description
This small collection consists of a certificate for Mayme Reed Barnes, a photograph of graduating class (1928) of seventeen women, a photograph of an unidentified graduation class, and a scrapbook page containing items on both sides. Names within the materials include Bishop Willis J. King and Forrester B. Washington, chairman of the board and director of the school, respectively.
Dates:
Other: 1928
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid papers
Collection — Container: 25 Volumes
Identifier: 047
Scope and Contents
The papers document the professional life of African American mathematician and researcher Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid and include correspondence, writings, research materials, and documentation on his involvement in professional conferences and organizations, as well as his work as a university professor spanning from the early 1950's to 1985. The papers contain general correspondence with mathematicians around the world and correspondence related to his role as editor and associate editor...
Dates:
Created: 1950-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1985; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/1985
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Henderson Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 177
Scope and Contents
The Henderson Family Papers (2.0 linear feet) contain documentation on the life and work of Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (1857-1943); his wife, Ozie Lee Chapman Henderson (1865-1937); their children, Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. (1897-1952); Irma Henderson Jacobs (1900-1976); and Horace Wade Henderson (b. 1903); and their only grandchild, Ozie Teresa Henderson Burroughs (b. 1928). The papers are principally non-correspondence, including contracts, a variety of diplomas and certificates,...
Dates:
Created: 1877-1988; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Homer C. McEwen papers
Collection
Identifier: 238
Scope and Contents
The Homer Clyde McEwen papers encompass 15 linear feet of material extensively covering the subject areas of civil rights in the South and ministerial work particularly in relation to school segregation; the discrepancies of funding allocation for African American education; voting rights in Georgia; local organizational history; and the history of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Atlanta, Georgia. The collection is arranged into seven groups of materials that are extensively...
Dates:
Created: 1930-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1937-1979; Other: Date acquired: 06/07/1987
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Ronald E. Mickens papers
Collection
Identifier: 699
Scope and Contents
The Ronald E. Mickens papers document the professional life of African American physicist and university professor Ronald E. Mickens and include his correspondence, writings, research materials, conference and professional organization materials, and university activities spanning the early 1960s to 2013. The papers contain extensive correspondence, mainly related to communication with scientists and students from around the world, and peer-review correspondence. Also included...
Dates:
Created: 1950-2013; Other: Majority of material found in 1963-2013; Other: Date acquired: 06/24/1994
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Carrie B. Pope diploma
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2468
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of a diploma for the Higher Normal Course of Study from Atlanta University awarded to Carrie B. Pope on June 24, 1880.
Dates:
Created: 1880; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/1983
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
John A. Rockwell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 315
Scope and Contents
The John A. Rockwell Papers consist of approximately 250 letters, dating from 1865-1867. The letters are from the period when Rockwell served as Superintendent of the American Missionary Association's (AMA) Lincoln School in Macon, Georgia, and record his efforts on behalf of the freedmen population in the area of education. The correspondence deals almost exclusively with the problems of administering and supplying a school for freedmen in the heart of the former Confederacy....
Dates:
Created: 1865-1867; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1970
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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