OBERLIN COLLEGE ARCHIVES MARY CHURCH TERRELL
INVENTORY
Series I. Biographical File, 1891, 1901-2004, 2009, n.d. (0.4 l.f.)
Box 1 Articles and clippings “Mary Church Terrell, an Appreciation,” Oberlin Alumni Magazine, June 1936 About Mary Church Terrell, 1901-2004, n.d. (6f) Oberlin Alumni Magazine article, June 1936 About Robert H. Terrell, 1978, n.d. Assorted Articles and Clippings, 1929, 1954, 1985, n.d. Biographical printed matter Booklets, newsletters, and programs, 1980, n.d. Cards and Invitations, 1891, 1921, 1932, n.d. Biographical sketches and timelines about Mary Church Terrell, 1951-1972, 1999-2003, n.d. (see also oversize box 1) Ephemera, ca. 1930s-1950s, 1967, n.d. Mary Church Terrell Elementary School dedication Dedication and anniversary ceremony programs, 1978 and 2003 “Mary Church Terrell: A Tribute,” by Paul Phillips Cooke, with associated correspondence, 1978 Travel documents belonging to Mary Church Terrell European Travel Itinerary prepared by Messrs. Thos. Cook and Son, Ltd., Hazen’s Tours brochure, French Line One Class Cabin Rates, 1929-30 Passports, 1930 and 1937 U.S. Commemorative Postage Stamp, 2009 Other family members Robert R. Church, Jr. (1885-1952), 1928, 1953, 1978 Roberta Church, 1957, 1984, 1989, 1994-95 Church Park and Robert R. Church Statue in Memphis, Tennessee, 1994, 2001
Series II. Correspondence, 1908-2003, n.d. (1.0 l.f.)
Subseries 1. Personal Correspondence (0.8 l.f.)
Box 2 Letters from Mary Church Terrell to Robert Herberton Terrell Washington, D.C., November 3, 1892 (postmark date, envelope) Memphis, TN, December 18, 1897 (envelope) Memphis, TN, December 22, 1897 (envelope)
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Series II. Correspondence (cont.)
Subseries 1. Personal Correspondence (cont.)
Box 2 (cont.) Letters from Mary Church Terrell to Robert Herberton Terrell (cont.) Memphis, TN, December 25, 1897 (envelope) Chicago, Ill., August 22, 1899 (postmark date, envelope) Richmond, VA, November 1, 1899 (postmark date, envelope) Cleveland, OH, June 28, 1900 (envelope) Detroit, MI, August 23, 1900 (postmark, envelope); includes night telegram from Mary Church Terrell, Detroit, MI, August 23, 1900 St. Paul. MN, November 16, 1900 (envelope) St. Louis, MO, November 19, 1900 (envelope) Cambridge, MA, June 21, 1902 (envelope) Cambridge, Mass., June 30, 1902 (postmark date, envelope) Cambridge, MA, July 3, 1902 (envelope); enclosure – photograph of Hiawatha Coleridge-Taylor Newport, RI, July 9, 1902 (envelope) Newport, RI, July 15, 1902 (envelope) Newport, RI, July 16, 1902 (envelope) Newport, RI, July 17, 1902 (envelope) Decatur, Illinois, July 30, 1902 (envelope) Chicago, Illinois, July 31,1902 (envelope) Chicago, Illinois, August 1,1902 (envelope) Chicago, Illinois, August 4,1902 (envelope) Chicago, Illinois, August 4,1902 (envelope) Chicago, Illinois, August 5,1902 (envelope) Chicago, Illinois, August 9,1902 (postmark date, envelope) Hartford, CT, January 10,1903 (envelope) Hartford, CT, January 12,1903 (envelope) Philadelphia, PA, February 3,1903 (envelope) Philadelphia, PA, February 3,1903 (envelope) New York, NY, May 13, 1903 (postmark date, envelope) Tuskegee, Alabama, May 29,1903 (envelope) Aboard the passenger ship Brandenburg, May 25, 1904; additional letter, 9:30 P.M., possibly the prior evening? Aboard the Brandenburg, June 2,1904 (envelope) Berlin, Germany, June 13-14,1904 (envelope) Berlin, Germany, June 16 1904 Berlin, Germany, June 21,1904 (envelope) Berlin, Germany, June 22 1904 Paris, France, June 24,1904 (envelope) Paris, France, June 25,1904 (envelope)
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Series II. Correspondence (cont.)
Subseries 1. Personal Correspondence (cont.)
Box 2 (cont.) Letters from Mary Church Terrell to Robert Herberton Terrell (cont.) London, England, July 11,1904 (envelope) London, England, July 13-14,1904 (envelope) London, England, July 14,1904 (envelope) London, England, July 15, 1904 (envelope) London, England, July 17 1904 (envelope) London, England, July 18 1904 (envelope) Buffalo, NY, January 13,1905 (envelope) Opequon, VA, August 1,1909 (envelope) Opequon,VA August 19, 1909 (envelope) July __, 1913 Oberlin, Ohio, September 26, 1913 (envelope) Oberlin, Ohio, October 2, 1913 (postmark date, envelope) San Francisco, CA, June 12, 1915 Memphis, TN, April 24, 1916 (envelope) Memphis, TN, May 4, 1916 (envelope) Beach, MD, August 9, 1917 (envelope) Hattiesburg, Mississippi, February 23, 1919 (envelope) Paris, France, April 24, 1919 Zurich, Switzerland, May 18, 1919 Marion, Ohio, October 2, 1920 Memphis, Tennessee, March 7, 1922 (envelope) Memphis, Tennessee., March 15, 1922 Memphis, Tennessee., March 18, 1922 (postmark date, envelope) New York, NY (Republican National Committee letterhead), November 4, 1924
Box 2A Letters from Robert Herberton Terrell to Mary Church Terrell Washington, D.C., November 28, 1913 Washington, D.C., December 31, 1913 Washington, D.C., January 7, 1914 Washington, D.C., January 16, 1914 Washington, D.C., January 20, 1914 February 10, 1915 Washington, D.C., December 7, 1916 (envelope) Washington, D.C., July 11, 1918 (envelope) Washington, D.C., January 25, 1919 Washington, D.C., March 6, 1919 (envelope)
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Series II. Correspondence (cont.)
Subseries 1. Personal Correspondence (cont.)
Box 2A (cont.) Letters from Robert Herberton Terrell to Mary Church Terrell (cont.) Washington, D.C., August 4, 1919 Washington, D.C., August 7, 1919 Tampa, Florida, June 5, 1920 Washington, D.C., August 18, 1920 (envelope) Washington, D.C., August 21, 1921 Washington, D.C., September 7, 1921 (envelope) Letters from Mary Church Terrell to Phyllis Terrell Langston Washington, D.C., March 28, 1914 - Phyllis at Oberlin College (envelope) Washington, D.C., May 23, 1914 - Phyllis at Oberlin College (envelope) Cleveland, Ohio, June 21, 1924 New York, NY, September 11, 1924 Chicago, Ill., April 10, 1926 Los Angeles, California, August 11, 1952 Cleveland, Ohio, n.d. (1924?) Letters from Phyllis Terrell Langston to Mary Church Terrell March 15, 1919 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1919 (envelope) Washington, D.C., July 10, 1947 (envelope) n.d. Letters received by Phyllis Terrell Langston From a male friend to Phyllis, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1913 (envelope) From a female friend to Phyllis, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1913 (postcard) From Robert Herberton Terrell, Washington, D.C., November 2, 1913 October 1, 1930 From Richard Krishna Sobrian New York City, January 25, 1934 (envelope) New York City, February 6, 1934 (envelope) Letters from Mary Terrell Beaudreau to Mary Church Terrell February 13, 1939 May 2, 1939 February 22, 1954 From “Devotedly, Mary,” [fragment] n.d. Letters from Anna Wright Church to Mary Church Terrell Memphis, Tennessee, October 19, 1913 Memphis, Tennessee, December 19, 1913 Memphis, Tennessee, January 3, 1914 (envelope)
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Series II. Correspondence (cont.)
Subseries 1. Personal Correspondence (cont.)
Box 2A (cont.) Letters from Anna Wright Church to Mary Church Terrell (cont.) Memphis, Tennessee, December 21, 1914 (envelope) Memphis, Tennessee, January 6, 1916 (envelope) Memphis, Tennessee, January 2, 1919 Letters from the Wells family From H.G. Wells to Mary Church Terrell Kent, England, September 27, 1907 (postcard) February 28, 19? From Catherine Wells to Mary Church Terrell, June 7, 1919? Robert Terrell to Robert Reed Church, Washington, D.C., January 6, 1891 Thomas Ayers Church, Sr. to Robert Reed Church, Sr., December 3, 1911 Charles Jones, M.D. to Mary Church Terrell, receipt for services, Philadelphia, PA, April 10, 1898 (receipt for delivery of daughter Phyllis) John L. Minor to Robert Terrell, New Orleans, LA, May 11, 1899 Robert Reed Church to Mrs. Louisa (Lou) Ayres Church Martel, Memphis, Tenn., December 18, 1905 (envelope) A.L. Guest ? to Mary Church Terrell, Paris, Texas, October 8, 1909 Robert Reed Church, Jr. to Mary Church Terrell, Memphis, Tennessee, January 18, 1913 Laura Ayres Parker to Mary Church Terrell, St. Louis, Missouri, May 25, 1913 (envelope) P.P. Burton Hynson to Mary Church Terrell, Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, April 3, 1916 (copies and incomplete) P.P. Burton Hynson to Robert Reed Church, February 17, 1901 (copy and incomplete) M. Russell Nelson to Mary Church Terrell, Philadelphia, PA, March 3, 1919 (postmark date, envelope) William (Billie) Goines to Mary Church Terrell, March 6, 1919 Jessie Coleridge-Taylor to Mary Church Terrell, Croydon, June 9, 1919 (envelope) Addressed to “My dear Sister,” New York, September 4, 1923 (1 page, fragment) Addressed to “My dear Sister,” New York, October 7, 1923 (1 page, fragment) Blanche Armwood Beatty to Mary Church Terrell New Haven, Connecticut, October 4, 1924 New York City, February 25, 1926 Long, Pritchard and Long to Mary Church Terrell, Memphis, Tennessee, September 30, 1937 Thomas Ayers Church, Jr. to Mary Church Terrell, 1942-44, 1946, 1963
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Series II. Correspondence (cont.)
Subseries 1. Personal Correspondence (cont.)
Box 2A (cont.) Mrs. C.J. Swift “Nettie” (Janet McKelvey Swift) to Mary Church Terrell Bronxville, New York, January 8, 1947 (envelope) Bronxville, New York, January 19, 1947 (envelope) Alan Barth to Mary Church Terrell, Washington, D.C., September 6, 1948 Annie Stein to Mary Church Terrell, Brooklyn, New York, May 20, 1953 Alice Smith Allen to Mary Church Terrell, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 13, 1953 Letter received by Roberta and Annette Church, November 10, 1974
Subseries 2. Professional Correspondence (0.15 l.f.)
Box 2B Professional correspondence – general, 1917, 1919, 1924-25, 1931, 1936, 1942, 1948, 1950, n.d. Ethel Snowden to Mary Church Terrell, June 8, 1919 Emily Greene Balch to Mary Church Terrell, n.d. Letters to editors, 1932, 1947, n.d. Regarding A Colored Woman in a White World, 1940, 1967-68, 1972
Subseries 3. Other Correspondence (0.05 l.f.)
Box 2B (cont.) Regarding donation of Terrell papers to the Library of Congress, Howard University, 1946, 1969-77, 2001-03 Regarding a gift to the National Portrait Gallery, 1971-73 Hate mail, April 3, 1953 Unidentified, 1908, n.d
Series III. Diaries and Appointment Calendar of Mary Church Terrell, 1916-1952 (0.4 l.f.)
Box 3 Diaries, 1916, 1922; 1921; 1940; 1946; 1948; 1949 Oberlin College Appointment Calendar with daily entries, 1952
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Series IV. Legal and Financial Documents, 1908-1998 (0.2 l.f.)
Box 4 Deeds of gift, 1972-98 Deeds of trust and other property documents, 1908-28 (3f) Tax Records – Memphis, Tennessee, 1928 (?), 1932-34 Stockholder account records, 1913-51 Will of Robert R. Church, 1912 Correspondence regarding Laura Napier contesting the will of Robert Reed Church, Sr., 1913 Correspondence regarding the estate of Thomas Ayers Church, Sr., 1930, 1937 Correspondence regarding the guardianship of Thomas Ayers Church, Jr. 1937 Documents regarding the guardianship of Thomas Ayers Church, Jr., 1937 Will of Mary Church Terrell, 1954, 1957 Records of the Estate of Mary Church Terrell, 1954 Certificate of registration of a claim to renewal copyright for A Colored Woman in a White World, 1940
Series V. Organizations, 1899-1970, n.d. (0.2 l.f.)
Box 4A Coordinating Committee for Enforcement of D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws, 1950-53 (2f) Delta Sigma Theta, 1915, 1945, 1961-ca.63 National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (formerly National Association of Colored Women), 1899-1970 Other organizations contained in one folder, 1924-65, n.d. American Association of University Women, ca. 1924, 1953, n.d. Board of Directors of the Association for Community Service, meeting minutes, n.d. National Association of College Women (formerly College Alumae Club, currently National Association of Unversity Women), n.d. National Baptist Convention, Women’s Auxiliary, ca. 1932 National Council of Negro Women, 1944 National Women’s Party, 1965 Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, ca. 1933 Women’s Joint Legislative Committee for Equal Rights, 1946 NAACP Twelfth and Seventeenth Annual Reports, 1921, 1926
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Series VI. Printed Matter, 1904-2003, n.d. (0.6 l.f.)
Box 5 (cont.) Baker, Brister, discharge papers signed by George Washington, facsimile, n.d. Booklets and magazines, 1922-78 Invitations, 2002-03 Lecture notices and fliers, 1905, ca. 1950s, 2003, n.d. (see also oversized box 1) Pamphlets and advertisements, 1937-ca. 1959 [span] Programs, 1904-2003 (2f) Publication listings, A Colored Woman in a White World, ca. 1980s, n.d. Clippings, 1936, 1919, 1949, 1952, 1960, n.d. Negro History Bulletin, “Mary Church Terrell’s Letters from Europe to her Father,” fall 1976 Washington Business Journal, “Terrell Place: A Name that Actually Means Something,” April 2004 Patterson, William L., “A Negro Looks at the Amended Constitution,” addressed to Mary Church Terrell, ca. 1951 Papers and bibliography “The Negro and His Achievements in America,” 1940 Papers of the American Negro Academy, 1915 Beard, A.F., “The Providence of God in the Historical Development of the Negro,” n.d. Nell, William C., “Services of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812,” 1852 Printed addresses Minton, Henry M., “Early History of Negroes in Business in Philadelphia,” 1913 Moton, Robert R., “Racial Good Will,” 1916 Storey, Moorfield, “The Negro Question,” 1918 Proceedings of meetings “Proceedings of the Anti-Slavery meeting held in Stacy Hall, Boston, on the twentieth anniversary of the mob of October 21, 1835,” 1855 “Proceedings of the Second Annual Convention of Colored Citizens of the State of California,” 1856 The North American Review, June 1904
Box 5A The Journal of Negro History, 1941, 1954, 1976, 1980 (2f) Greene, Lorenzo J. and Myra Colson Callis, “The Employment of Negroes in the District of Columbia,” n.d. Stationery, ca. 1900s-50s
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Series VII. Speeches by Mary Church Terrell, 1906, 1951, 1953, n.d. (0.1 l.f.)
Box 6 [Anti-slavery and Noted Abolitionists], n.d. Remarks at farewell reception for Annie Stein, Executive Secretary for The Coordinating Committee For Enforcement of D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws, 8 March 1953 “The Progress of Colored Women,” 1900 Speech at Rosenberg Clemency Dinner, March 18, 1953 Tribute to Miss Valerie Chase, Principal of Terrell Junior High School, 10 December 1951 “What it Means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States,” United Women’s Club, 10 October 1906
Series VIII. Writings, 1893-1953, n.d. (1.7 l.f.)
Subseries 1. Writings of Mary Church Terrell, 1898-1953, n.d. 0.6 l.f.)
Box 6 (cont.) Published writings Pamphlets written by Terrell, 1911, 1932, n.d. A Colored Woman in a White World, incomplete draft, ca. 1930s (3f) A Colored Woman in a White World, Chapters 1, 6, and preface, ca.1930s
Oversize box 1 Americans Black and White, 24 February 1923
Box 6 (cont.) A Mighty Rocky Road, or, A Colored Woman Carries On, 11 August 1939
Oversize box 1 (cont.) An If or Two, 15 January 1898
Box 6 (cont.) A Son of Howard Scales the Heights, 10 February 1929 Aunt Dinah and Dilsey Discuss the Problem, 1923 The Black Mammy Monument, 1923 Chemistry Held Means of South’s Salvation, 1931 Colored Soldiers Proved Mettle in War of 1776, and draft with alternate title, “George Washington’s Colored Soldiers), 1932, n.d. Crispus Attucks, March 3, 1930
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Series VIII. Writings (cont.)
Subseries 1. Writings of Mary Church Terrell (cont.)
Box 6 (cont.) Published writings (cont.) District Schools for Colored Preceded Emancipation, 21 March 1939 Dr. George Washington Carver of Tuskegee, March 31, 1929 Dr. George Washington Carver, the Man Who Can Make 200 Products from the Peanut, 1929 Ernest Everett Just, 1929 History of the High School for Negroes in Washington, 1917 The History of the Women’s Club Movement, 1940 How and When the College Alumnae Club was Founded, 1 March 1935
Oversize box 1 (cont.) I Remember Frederick Douglass, 1953
Box 6 (cont.) Lynching (incomplete), 1923 Miracles Among Needy Worked by Rosenwald, 1935 Noted Race Advocate Gives Interesting Reminiscences, 17 September 1938 Phillis Wheatley Booklet, “Phillis Wheatley: Life and Works” by Jane Edna Hunter, 1948 “Phillis Wheatley, The African Poetess Who Called George Washington ‘First in Peace,’” by Mary Church Terrell, 1929 Programs from performances of Phillis Wheatley: A Bicentennial Pageant, by Mary Church Terrell, 1932-33 Some Facts for Colored People to Think About, ca. 1924 Susan B. Anthony, the Abolitionist, June 1906 Taft Befriended Disgraced Troops, with draft, 1930 Uncle Sam and the Sons of Ham, 15 March 1914 Up To Date, 12 January 1929 Venus and the Night Doctors, ca. 1901 What Countries Have Done for Emancipated Slaves, 3 March 1930 Why, How, When and Where Black Becomes White, 1905
Box 7 A Colored Woman in a White World, Galley proof, ca. late 1930s A Colored Woman in a White World, Randsell Inc., 1940
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Series VIII. Writings (cont.)
Subseries 1. Writings of Mary Church Terrell (cont.)
Box 8 Unpublished writings A Conversation with the Secretary of Oberlin College, ca. 1914 The Apostasy of Aunt Ann, n.d. Being a Colored Woman in the United States, n.d. Betsey’s Borrowed Baby, n.d. The Composer of the First Negro Folk Symphony Ever Written, 1935 [Coordinating Committee] ca. 1951 Did Jeff Jackson Hear Caruso? n.d. [During the course of the election campaign…], n.d. How the Public Schools for Colored Children Were Started, 1937 Jane, the Cook, Scores One, n.d. Jeff Jackson of Atlanta, Georgia, Hears Caruso, n.d. Jeff Jackson’s Camouflage (incomplete), n.d. Launching of the Liberty Ship, Harriet Tubman, 3 June 1944 Not Always What They Seem, n.d. One Woman Banker Among Fifteen Million People, n.d. [Our great Amer. General], n.d. The Scottsboro Case, 1936 The Silent Voter of the Solid South, n.d. Statement of the Treatment Received by Mary Church Terrell at the Hands of Howard West, Ticket Agent at Dover Delaware, October 13, 1920 Unidentified fragments, n.d. (2f)
Subseries 2. Writings of Thomas Ayers Church, 1893-ca. 1932, n.d. (1.0 l.f.)
Box 8 (cont.) Attorney General Cummings, n.d. A Very Close Finish n.d. Baseball Story, with notes, ca. 1910s Capital and Labor, n.d. [Castle Garden], ca. 1900s The Chase, Capture, and Confession n.d. Citizens of the United States or Convict, Which?, 1913 (3f) Commissioner, ca. 1895 The Commissioner and the Crime Wave, n.d. Crime Publicity, ca. 1900s [The Criminal Code of this case…], n.d.
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Series VIII. Writings (cont.)
Subseries 2. Writings of Thomas Ayers Church (cont.)
Box 8 (cont.) Criminal Law, ca. 1926-27 (3f) Criminal Law (incomplete), n.d. Cummings Crime Prevention, n.d. Defective Laws, ca. 1900s Editors Arm Chair – Current Events, ca. 1895 Evidence, ca. 1932 (2f) The Evolution of Crimes, n.d.
Box 9 The Exclusive Opportunity n.d. Extradition, n.d. [Extradition and Constitutional Law], ca. 1932, n.d. [Fellow citizens…], (incomplete), n.d. Hey Rube, n.d. Home Run Hogan, n.d. [In his first inaugural address…], n.d. The Invisible Octopus, ca. 1895 Joe Brown’s First Speech to the Jury, ca. 1895 Labor’s Might vs. Capital’s Right, n.d. The Lady and the Leech n.d. Lawlessness, n.d. The Law of Political Gravitation, ca. 1920s Lecture on the Race Problem n.d. The Lemon: A Story of the Race Track, ca. 1920s (2f) The Lion’s Share: The Calhoun Estate, ca. 1895 Little Cupid’s Double Play: A Story of the Diamond, n.d. Lynching, n.d. Magistrates’ Courts, ca. 1917 Practice and Procedure in Magistrates’ Courts (incomplete) Removal of Justices, City Magistrates and Clerks (incomplete) [The Personnel of the Court…] (incomplete) New Deal in Crime and Notes on New Deal for Criminals, ca. 1900s [Notes on criminal cases], n.d. Outlines (incomplete), ca. 1910s [The people of this city…], ca.1895 Philosophy, Theory, and Practice of Penal Laws and Criminal Procedure: A Handbook for Preparation of Court Clerks, Court Attendants, Stenographers and Interpreters, Law Students and Lawyers, ca. 1930s
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Series VIII. Writings (cont.)
Subseries 2. Writings of Thomas Ayers Church (cont.)
Box 10 Pig Ankle Club, ca. 1895 Poor Ignatz, n.d. Publicity, n.d. The Race, pp. 30-34, ca. 1900s Recommendations, n.d. The Red Cross Handicap, ca. 1920s (2f) The Red Dragon n.d. The Red Letter, n.d. The Regimentation of Organized Crime, ca. 1900s Rights of the Accused Defendant, post-1913 The Rise and Fall of Judge Spooks, n.d. The Roller, 1921 Special Session, n.d. The Straw Man, ca. 1920s (2f) Thesis on Original Judiciary Act of 1789, April 7, 1893 [This is a complaint…], post-1906 [Toastmaster. Ladies and Gentlemen…], n.d. Unidentified fragments, n.d. Notes, n.d.
Subseries 3. Writings by Church or Terrell, n.d. (0.1 l.f.)
Box 10 (cont.) [Conclusion], n.d. The Devil and Democracy (incomplete) n.d. Loyal Black Friends Versus Lawless White Enemies, n.d.
Series IX. Artifacts, 1884-1954 (1.86 l.f.)
Oversized box 1 (cont.) Diploma from Oberlin College, Mary Church Terrell, 1884 Copper printing plate for wedding invitations for Mary Louise Terrell and Dr. Leon Algernon Tancil, 1923 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters, Wilberforce University, 1946 “Mary Church Terrell’s Carved Chair”
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Series IX. Artifacts (cont.)
Box 2 Plaque, “For Outstanding Endeavors, Human Relations, Mary Church Terrell, Mecca Temple no. 10, 1954”
Series X. Exhibit Materials, ca. 1917-52 (0.4 l.f.)
Box 11 “Mrs. Mary Church Terrell,” pamphlet advertising her as a lecturer, ca. 1917 Cover of “Segregation in Washington,” published by National Committee on Segregation in the Nation’s Capital,” 1948 Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws fliers, ca. 1951-52 (4 items) The Mary Church Terrell Fund, ca. 1952
Series XI. Photographs, ca. 1880s-1950s (0.6 l.f.)
Box 12 Framed photographs, ca. 1930-1950s
Box 13 35 mm film negatives, ca. 1950s Photographs, ca. 1880s-1950s, n.d. (3f) Mary Church Terrell and family, Highland Beach, MD, n.d. (reprints/copies from Ray and Jean Langston)
Oversized box 1 (cont.) Framed photographs, ca. 1904, 1950s
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