African American businesspeople
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
National Insurance Association records
Collection
Identifier: 718
Content Description
The National Insurance Association (NIA) was established as the National Negro Insurance Association in Durham, North Carolina, in 1921. Charles Clinton Spaulding, President of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, the nation’s largest African American business, was its inaugural president. The NIA was recognized as the nation’s most effective economic organization for most of the twentieth century, committed to racial uplift and a broad economic and social agenda. It grew to as many...
Dates:
Other: 1971-1991
National Negro Funeral Directors Association photograph
Collection — 1 item
Identifier: 2457
Scope and Contents
This panoramic photograph includes members of the National Negro Funeral Directors Association, which met in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during August 11-15, 1946. The photograph is by Fred Hess & Son of Atlantic City and was taken in front of the West Side All Wars Memorial.
Dates:
Created: 1946 August; Other: Date acquired: 02/04/1999
Robert B. Pitts papers
Collection
Identifier: 677
Content Description
Robert B. Pitts helped organize what is now known as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and was the first Black man to be appointed to the position of federal regional administrator. His papers include biographical information in the forms of resumes, articles, and tributes. Also included are reports on urban housing and writings by Robert B. Pitts on minority and housing affairs in California.
Dates:
Other: 1950-1973
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Robert B. Pitts papers
O.C.W. Taylor papers
Collection
Identifier: 360
Scope and Contents
The papers of Orlando Capitola Ward Taylor outline Taylor’s career as a New Orleans Public School teacher and principal, print and broadcast journalist, public relations professional, and freemason. The correspondence and clippings within the collection concern Reconstruction-era Superintendent of Education for Louisiana William G. Brown, and other collected materials. Many of the photographs in the collection mainly depict Taylor’s masonic ties and work in broadcasting. Taylor’s writings...
Dates:
Created: 1876-1979; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1971; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1972
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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O.C.W. Taylor papers
Warren Barrios Wilson papers
Collection
Identifier: 594
Scope and Contents
The papers document the life of Warren Barrios Wilson, attorney and former CEO of Thomas Bros. Maps in Oakland, California. The papers encompass 3.0 linear feet of personal papers, items from his legal career, as well as collected items from Thomas Bros. Maps and the Thomas Bros. Maps Educational Foundation. The personal papers include writings, journals, correspondence, photographs, audiovisual materials, and collected news clippings. Of particular note, the portraits and...
Dates:
Created: 1965-2002; Other: Date acquired: 03/01/2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Warren Barrios Wilson papers
Estemore Alvis Wolfe papers
Collection
Identifier: 394
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...
Dates:
Other: 1929-1982
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Estemore Alvis Wolfe papers
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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Dorothy E. Yepez papers