African American businesspeople -- Mississippi

Scope and Contents The collection of Clarie Collins Harvey consists of a nine-part series arranged according to the various activities in which she was involved. Correspondence is interspersed throughout the first five series; the largest amount is in the first series , her personal papers, and is arranged chronologically. Church activities, civic activities, higher education, and business ventures comprise the next four series arranged alphabetically. The next two series are collected writings and collected...

Content Description The papers of Detroit educator and businessman Estemore Alvis Wolfe document his work both in Detroit, Michigan, and in Jackson, Mississippi. He was vice president and secretary of the Wright Mutual Insurance Company, which he co-founded; president of the Detroit chapter of Friends of Amistad; and president of the National Alumni Association of Jackson State University, and president of its Detroit chapter. His papers contain biographical and genealogical materials, as well as materials...