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Theodore Roosevelt McLemore oral history interview
Collection
Identifier: 2123
Content Description
This collection contains an oral history interview with Theodore Roosevelt McLemore conducted by Clifton H. Johnson. McLemore, a longtime trustee of LeMoyne College and LeMoyne-Owen College, discusses his life growing up in Tennessee, family history, and the development of the college under various administrators, including Frederick Leslie Brownlee, Frank Sweeney, and Hollis Price.
Dates:
Other: 1988
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Mickle Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 063
Content Description
Reverend John Charles Mickle was a United Church of Christ minister, who retired from his pastorate in 1982. This collection includes correspondence, church bulletins, biographical data, and a photocopy of an article from JET magazine. Also included are biographies and family photographs, as well as degrees and certificates awarded to Mickle. Of special note are oral history interviews with Mickle conducted by Roger Knight on December 10, 1989, and church reports and newspaper articles on...
Dates:
Other: 1936-1996
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Ruth Crawford Mitchell papers
Collection
Identifier: 775
Content Description
The Ruth Crawford Mitchell papers consists of Mitchell's personal papers, including correspondence, press clippings, photographs, and collected items, as well as genealogical materials and materials related to her grandfather, Edward Parmalee Smith. Collected materials concern the centenial of Howard University in 1967. Correspondents include: Harriet G. Gilfillan, Mordecai W. Johnson, James T. Babb, Dorothy Porter, Elizabeth Tenney, William H. Armstrong, Mary Gertrude Smith, Hannah C....
Dates:
Other: 1810-1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Tefft Family papers
Collection — Container: 1 box
Identifier: 687
Scope and Contents
The collection documents members of the Sexton family of Ohio and the Tefft family. Members of the Tefft family were missionaries working with the American Missionary Association (AMA). Of note are documents related to Rebecca Sexton Tefft (1829-1909), who worked at the Mendi Mission in Sierra Leone, Africa, an AMA mission. The American Missionary Association archives contains 92 letters from James Cutler Tefft (1815-1855), which document his being in Africa at the Kaw Mendi Station, the...
Dates:
Created: 1856-1938; Other: Date acquired: 11/04/2009
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Thomas-Jones Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 792
Content Description
The Thomas-Jones Family Papers document four successive generations of an African-American family with ties to New Orleans, North Carolina, and New York City. The collection is comprised of correspondence; legal records, such as marriage, death, and birth records; real estate records; membership certificates; insurance and funeral records; school records; photographs; news clippings; collected ephemera; and art work.
The earliest family members documented are William W. and Elizabeth (nee...
Dates:
Other: 1880-2013
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Tri-Cities Chapter, Friends of Amistad collection
Collection
Identifier: 365
Content Description
Collected materials from the Tri-Cities Chapter of the Friends of Amistad, which was based in Elyria, Lorain, and Oberlin, Ohio, and active in the 1970s and 1980s. Collection includes collected materials on family history, African Americans in the Midwest, and other topics. Includes family histories on descendents of Godfrey Brown; a biographical sketch of Thelma C. Quinn Smith; collected materials on Curtis and Pearletha Nelson and Wanda and Howard O. Jones; memoirs of Esther L. Hassell; a...
Dates:
1822-1981
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Turner Family photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2233
Content Description
Early twentieth century photographs of an African American family. Some depict soldiers in uniform, circa WWI, and some photographs are marked New Iberia, Louisiana.
Dates:
Other: 1900-1918
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Dorothy E. Yepez papers
Collection
Identifier: 399
Content Description
The papers primarily document the career of Dorothy E. Yepez, and significantly highlight the contributions of an African American businesswoman and art gallery owner in the United States. The collection is extremely rich on the subjects of art, Black history, education and the business documentation of Yepez’s career, with collected files from her art gallery and social activities. Yepez’s papers contain business and some personal correspondence; biographical sketches of Yepez and artists...
Dates:
Other: circa 1864-1990, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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