TALLADEGA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS SAVERY LIBRARY, TALLADEGA, 35160

ALABAMA CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION BROCHURE

Principal Subjects: Historical Sketch; Brief sketch of ACHE’s Institutions; Community Out Reach programs; Cooperative Cultural Enrichment Programs; Innovative Academic Focuses; Ethnic Heritage and Supportive Services.

Inclusive Dates: 1971-1979

Restrictions Permission of the Archivist

Year of Deposit:

Locations: Bookcase 5 Shelf 7; Box 1

THE EUGENA G. BROWN PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Negro rural improvement, farm demonstration work, Negro education, Westside High School in TALLADEGA, Alabama.

Inclusive Dates: 1908-1961

Biographical Data: Born, Wilcox County, Alabama, November 24, 1880, to Lindsay and Delia Brown; educ., Selma , , B.A., 1914; teacher, Dallas County, Alabama, and Montgomery, Alabama, 1914-1917; farm demonstration agent for Talladega County, 1917-1920; principal, Westside School, Talladega, 1920-1949; organizer and first president of City Teachers Association; married Lillian H. Harris, 1932; no children; died, June 17, 1963.

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections.

Year of Deposit: Copies of originals retained by Mrs. E. G. Brown deposited by Mrs. E. G. Brown, 1971.

Location: Book Case 7/Shelf 4: Box 1

THE FRED R. BUNKER PAPERS

Principal Subject: Correspondence, papers, diaries, extracts and clipping of missionary activities, work in Southern Africa and Mozambique mission stations, as well as daily activities in the United States.

Inclusive Dates: 1835-1975

1 Biographical Data: The Reverend Fred Robert Bunker (1859-1946) was a Congregational minister and a missionary to Africa. Rev. Bunker was graduated in 1887 from , Olivet, Michigan, and was ordained in 1889. Through his involvement with the Students Volunteer Movement of the Young Men's Christian Association, Bunker met Isabel Helen Richards (1865-1950), a student volunteer for the Young Women's Christian Association. They were married in 1891. Under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the Bunkers immediately sailed to Africa to serve as missionaries. The Bunkers were initially stationed at Mt. Silinda, Southern Rhodesia, where they remained for many years. Following their assignment at Mt. Silinda, the Bunkers relocated in 1904 to Beira, Mozambique and in 1911 to Durban, South African. In 1917, after nearly three decades of service at various mission stations in Southern African and Mozambique, the Bunkers returned to the United States. The Bunker family resided in Oberlin, Ohio and Wilton, Connecticut, as well as various U.S. and other locations throughout New England. After his return to the U.S. And even after his retirement in 1940, Fred Bunker continued to work with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to promote and to fund mission work in Africa. After his death in 1946, his daughter, Edith Bunker Davis (1900-1991), carried on the family's commitment to mission work. Davis, with help from several other family members, created the Bunker Family Scholarship Fund which provided financial assistance to young scholars in Africa. She also became involved ion supporting African students who had come to the U.S. to pursue their education. The evolution of missionary work in Southern African, due greatly to the efforts of the Bunker family and others similarly focused, is traced through the correspondence and writings of the Bunker family.

Restrictions: Permission of the archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by Mrs. Edith Bunker Davis in 1975

Note: This Collection has been microfilmed, please use the microfilm copy. See finding aid with microfilm

Location: Book Case 7/Shelves 5,6,7: Boxes 1-16

THE SAMUEL BRACY COLES PAPERS

Principal Subject: Correspondence from Coles to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (A.B.C.F.M) to Dr. John H. Reisner of the Agricultural Mission Foundation, and others. Records and reports on Golden Jubilee and the Pestalozzi Children's Shelton of Angola.

Inclusive Dates: 1923 - [1955?]

Restrictions: Permission of the archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the TALLADEGA College Historical Collections.

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Year of Deposit: Deposited by Mrs. Coles in 1971.

Location: Book Case 7/Shelf 7: Box 1

RECORDS OF BLACK ORGANIZATION: A GUIDE TO PRESERVATION BROCHURE

Principal Subjects: This brochure emphasizes the organization of archival materials. Items used as examples in this brochure are from the Talladega College Archival Collection.

Inclusive Dates: 1978

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Year of Deposit:

Location: Book Case 5/Shelf 7: Box 1

THE RECORDS OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF TALLADEGA

Principal Subjects: First Congregational Church of Talladega, Negro Congregationalism in Alabama, Talladega College. Church registers, with lists of pastors, deacons, and communicates; minutes of church meetings (1882-1889, 1912-1920); the Congregational Church Informer (1920-1927), a type of bulletin published by the TALLADEGA church.

Inclusive Dates: 1868-1964

Descriptive Data: Founded, 1868; supported by the American Missionary Association; associated with Talladega College. Often pastured by presidents of the College, the Church together with the College formed the focal point for Congregational activity in Alabama

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the TALLADEGA College Historical Collections Year of Deposit: Copies of originals retained by the Church, deposited 1970

Location: Book case 7/Shelf 7: Box 1

THE DONALD P. COTTRELL PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Records and minutes of the Talladega College Board of Trustees, Reports on campus government structures at other , Resignation of Dr. Gray; Sit-in demonstrations in Talladega, Student disciplinary policy, Inauguration of Herman Long, dormitory construction.

Inclusive Dates: 1948-1972

Restrictions Permission of the archivists; certain files may remain closed.

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Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the TALLADEGA College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by Dr. Cottrell in 1975

Location: Book Case 7/Shelf 7: Boxes 1-5

THE HENRY N. DREWRY PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Civil rights activities, esp. in Princeton, New Jersey; education, esp. the teaching of history; black studies.

Inclusive Dates: 1952-1976

Biographical Data: Born, Topeka, Kansas, Feb. 8, 1924, to Mr. and Mrs. L. Emmett Drewry; educ., Talladega College, B/A., 1948, Teachers College of , M.A., 1949, Rutgers University, Stanford University, and Yale University, further study; military service, World War II; history instructor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College, 1949-51; claims assistant, Social Security Administration, Trenton, N. J., 1952-54; history teacher, 1954-68, and chairman of the Social Studies Department, 1960-68, Princeton (N.J>) High School; faculty, Summer Institute for Teachers of History, Princeton University, 1965-67; Director of Preparation and Placement, Professor of History, and sometime Master of Woodrow Wilson College, Princeton University, 1968- ; sometime president of the Princeton Association for Human Rights, trustee of Mercer County Community College, Talladega College, and the Choate School, a director of the Princeton YMCA, member of the Human Rights Committee of the N.J. Education Association, the Executive Committee on Teaching; awards, the William Robertson Coe Fellowship, Institute of American History, Stanford; the Eagleton Institute-New Jersey Society Fellowship; the John Hay Fellowship; Distinguished Secondary School Teacher Award, Harvard University; pub., with Frank Freidel, America: a Modern History of the United States (1969), and with Cecelia H. Drewry, Afro-American History: Past to Present (1971); married, Cecelia Hodges, 1952.

Restriction: Written permission of the donor

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by Mr. Henry N. Drewry in 1975ff

Location: Book Case 8/Shelves 5, 6: Boxes 1-5

THE REV. A. L. EDMINSTON PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Diaries of daily act ivies from 1916-1941; Include itinerary reports; Includes accounts of agricultural school, Luebo, for 1918; statistics, 1919-1930; and record of rains.

Inclusive Dates: 1916-1941

Restrictions: Permission of the archivist

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Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Microfilm of originals retained by Mrs. Lucille Edmiston Moore in 1973.

Location: Book Case 9/Shelf 3

RECORDS OF THE FOOD RELIEF COMMITTEE OF THE TALLADEGA CHAPTER OF THE ALABAMA COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS

Principal Subject: Correspondence and reports and clippings regarding the initiation of a Food Stamp Program in Talladega County.

Content: Personal file of Leon P. and Marilyn D. Spencer documenting public protest and pressure seeking the establishment of a food stamp program and the end to the commodity distribution program in the county.

Inclusive Dates: 1969-1975

Restrictions Permission of the archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit:

Location: Book Case 10/Shelf 7: Box 1

THE LISTER L. FRANKLIN PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Texts of speeches, including "Christian Maturity;' faculty bulletin for Talladega County Training School; funeral notices.

Inclusive Dates: 1949-1969

Biographical Data: Franklin (d. 1969) served for twenty-two years as principal of Talladega County Training School. His papers include several speeches, clippings, and his master’s thesis, "Trends in Superstitious Belief among Junior High School Students in Talladega County" (1949).

Restrictions: Permission of the archivists

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit:

Location: Book Case 10/Shelf 7: Box 1

THE NETTYE G. GODDARD PAPERS

5 Principal Subjects: Draft of manuscript of collections of writings concerning the black experience; proposed collection of writings; Contemporary English

Inclusive Dates: 1967-1976

Restrictions: Permission of the archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: 1977

Location: Book Case 8/Shelf 6: Boxes 1-2

THE REVERENDS JOHN WASHINGTON GOODGAME PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Obituaries; a collection of sermons, addresses, and photographs

Inclusive Dates: 1925-1962

Biographical Data: John Washington Goodgame (d. 1937) and his son, John Washington Goodgame, Jr. (d. 1962) served successively as pastors of the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama (1918[?]- 1937 and 1938-1962). Among miscellaneous clippings and programs, the most noteworthy item is a locally-published collection of sermons and addresses (n.d.) by the father. It includes an address, "The Growth of Adverse Public Opinion towards the Negro."

Restrictions: Permission by the archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by Miss Fannie Goodgame in 1972

Location: Book Case 10/Shelf 7: Box 1

THE HILTON E. HANNA PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Consists of texts of addresses. Topics include "The Black Backside,' a convocation address (1969); "The Road We Forgot," an address concerned with the divisions in American society (1969); and "India and the U.S.A. in the Seventies" (1970)

Inclusive Dates: 1959-1972

Biographical Data: Hanna (1907- ) has become in recent years a nationally-known figure in the trade union movement. He has been associated with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America for over a quarter of a century, and served as executive assistant at international headquarters.

Restrictions: Written permission of the donor

6 Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by Mr. Hanna in 1972

Location: Book Case 10/Shelf 7: Box 1

THE DR. WALTER JUDSON HEACOCK PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Copies of diplomas, newspapers clippings, 1943 Furman University Class Day Exercises and Commencement programs, plaque and various awards; Slides of Norway, Sweden, Denmark; Book- Ancestors of Charles Clement Heacock, compiled by Roger Lee Heacock, 1950: Theses, Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, Southern Legislation Concerning Education During Reconstruction; Doctor of Philosophy, William Brockman Bankhead. Diaries, 1956-1963 outlining his daily life.

Inclusive Dates: 1943 – 1992

Biographical Data: A native of Talladega, Alabama, Walter Judson Heacock earned the Bachelor of Arts degree from Furman University and the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees, in History, from the University of Wisconsin. While a commissioned officer of the United States Navy during World War II, he attended Harvard University School of Business. 1983, Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Delaware. Served as Assistant Professor of History, Furman University, and Director of Exhibition Buildings, Williamsburg, . “He was the intellectual conceiver and guiding spirit in the creation and development of the Hagley Museum, Wilmington, Delaware. He also served as General Director of The Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation of Wilmington, Delaware”.

Restrictions: Permission by the archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Location: Books Case 6/ Shelf 6: Boxes 1-4

THE WILLIAM H. HOLLOWAY PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Biographical sketches, sermons, notes, addresses, and clippings.

Inclusive Dates 1905-1970

Biographical Data: Holloway was born in Goldsboro, N.C., the only son of Annie and William H. Holloway. The family moved to Raleigh, N.C. He graduated from Talladega College in Alabama, with the A.B. degree and ordination to the Gospel Ministry in 1899. He received his B.D. Degree from Yale Divinity School. He taught at Talladega College College in the field of sociology . In 1930 he became Pastor of the Washington Street Presbyterian Church in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Restrictions: Written permission of the donor

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Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by Mrs. Holloway in 1971

Location: Book Case 8/Shelves 6,7: Boxes 1-11

THE MARY W. HURLBUT PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Angola, West Africa Mission, Photographs of Portugal, Clippings, letters from home, correspondence from Portugal and Angola.

Inclusive Dates: 1922-1953

Restrictions: Written permission of the donor

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by Miss Hurlbut in 1977

Location: Book Case 8/Shelf 7: Box 1

THE ISH FAMILY PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Excerpts, undated, from a diary of J.C. Ish concern his youth and education; clippings and other items, including the golden anniversary program of the Pulaski County [Arkansas] Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association (1955), relating to the medical work of G. W. Stanley Ish, Sr. and Jr., correspondence and clippings concerning J. G. Ish, Jr.'s appointment to the Illinois Public Aid Commission (1955-19062; and miscellaneous photographs.

Inclusive Dates: 1880?-1970

Biographical Data: The Ish Family Papers pertain principally to Jefferson G. Ish; his two sons, Jefferson G. Ish, Jr. (d. 1962, and G. W. Stanley Ish (d. 1970); and the latter’s son, G. W. Stanley Ish, Jr. (d. 1965). Originally from Tennessee, J. G. Ish settled in Little Rock, Arkansas, probably in the 1880s, and his family has for the most part remained in that state. J. G. Ish and his namesake were both involved in education, the son also entering the business world. G. W. S. Ish and his namesake both had careers in medicine.

Restrictions: Written permission of the donor

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by Mrs. Earl R. Jones and Mrs. Harriett Ish Walker in 1971 and 1972

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Location: Book Case 10/Shelf 7: Box 1

THE DR. E. PAUL JONES PAPERS

Principal Subject: Education

Inclusive Dates: 1927-1969

Biographical Data: Born, , La., Feb. 3, 1904, to Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Paul Jones, Sr.; educ., Talladega College, B.A., 1927, University of Cincinnati, M.A., 1944; hon., , D.Lit., 1954, Daniel Payne College, Ll.D., 1964; edu. certificates, Yale University, 1955, , 1959; teacher, Dallas County Training School, Ala., 1927-29; principal, Carver High School, Bessemer, Ala., 1929-33; supervisor of Negro schools, Bessemer, 1933-7; supervisor of Negro schools, Jefferson County, Ala., 1937-47; director, Negro division of Education, Jefferson County, 1947-66; retired, 1966; publications, Stateus of Public Education for Negroes in Jefferson County, Alabama, 1948; married, Erma Gaillard, Hawkinsville, Ga., 1930; one daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Jones Porter; died, Birmingham, Ala., June 22, 1969. (See Who's Who in American Education.)

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: 1970

Location: Book Case 9/Shelf 6: Boxes 1-2

THE RECORDS OF KING'S CHAPEL (CONGREGATIONAL, KYMULGA, ALABAMA)

Principal Subjects: History of the church

Inclusive Dates: 1873-1970s

Descriptive Data: Founded, 1873; supported by the American Missionary Association; associated with Talladega College

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Deposit: Gift of L. Zenobia Coleman, 1977

Location: Book Case 10/Shelf 7: Box 1

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THE HENRY C. McDOWELL PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Christian missions in Angola and in Africa generally; the Congregational church; Lincoln Academy, Kings Mountain, North Carolina; Department of Race Relations, American Missionary Association

Inclusive Dates: 1910ff

Biographical Data: Born, Epes, Alabama, Feb. 7, 1894, to Lorenzo and Louvenia M. McDowell; educ., Talladega College, B.A. and B.D., 1915, 1917, and D.D. (Hon.), 1937, and Hartford Seminary, 1930; pastor, First Congregational Church of Chattanooga, 1917-18, Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church, New Haven, 1944-47, and Church of the Open Dodior, Miami, 1959-67; missionary to Angola with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1919-37, 1947-59; principal, Lincoln Academy, 1937-44; visiting lecturer, Hartford Seminary, 1944-47, 1952-53; recipient of the Harmon Award, 1930; married, Bessie Fonvielle, 1918 (d. 1942), Ruth Elaine Alexander, 1944; two sons by first marriage.

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Deposit: Deposited by Henry C. McDowell, 1971ff

Location: Book Case 9/Shelves 6, 7: Boxes 1-8

THE AARON M. McMILLAN COLLECTION

Principal Subject: Correspondence, much of which is with medical colleagues in the mission field in Angola; hospital records, medical reports, clippings, and health conditions in this Portuguese colony

Inclusive Dates: 1933-1946

Restrictions: Written permission of the donor

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by Dr. McMillan in 1972

Location: Book Case 9/Shelf 7, 8: Box 1-6

THE JOHN S. MARSH PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Christian mission in southern Rhodesia (Rhodesia, Zimbabwe); political developments in Central Africa.

Inclusive Dates: 1893-1977

Biographical Data: Born, Schroon Lake, New York, July 16, 1898, to William D. and

10 Lillian A. Sawyer Marsh; educ., Mt. Hermon School, 1917, Oberlin College, 1917-19, Yale College, grad. 1922, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1922-25, Yale University, M.A., 1926; ord. at the Congregational Church, Oxford, Conn., 1925; commissioned with wife as missionaries with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, from the Congregational Church, Naugatuck, Conn., 1926; missionary in Rhodesia, 1926-1955; mission positions included supt. of village schools, supt. of churches, mission chairman, secretary, and treasurer; involved in Scouting movement for Africans, sometimes chairman of Southern Rhodesia Missionary Conference; pastor, Yoked Parish of Wentworth and West Rumney, N. H., 1956-59, Lake Region Parish, Vermont, 1959-63, west Newbury Congregational Church, Vt., 1963-72; retired, 1972; married, Dorothy L. Van Wie, June 1, 1926; children, Louise Adelaide, 1927, Dwight Lewis, 1929, William Van Wie, 1934

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by the Rev. John S. Marsh, 1977ff

Location: Book Case 9/Shelf 8: Box 1

THE LESLIE RICHARD MAYE PAPERS

Principal Subject: Religion

Inclusive Dates: 1886-1943

Biographical Data: Born, Sedalie, N.C., Jan. 15, 1886; educ. Talladega College, B. D., 1911, Oskaloosa College, B. S., 1926; ordained, Congregational church, Talladega, Ala., June 3, 1911; pastor, Shelby, Ala., 1911-13, Corpus Christi, Tex., 1913-16, Plymouth church, Dallas, Tex., 1916-28, 1939-43, Peoples church, Dallas, Tex., 1916-24; A.M.E. pastorates at Greenville & Foreston, Tex., 1929-30, Hubbard, Tex., 1930-31, Waco, Tex., 1931-35, Bastrop, Tex., 1935-36, Denton, Tex., 1936-37, Ft. Worth, Tex., 1937-38, Terrell, Tex., 1938-39; pres., Community Improvement Assoc., Dallas, 1916-28; secy, Interdenominational Alliance, Dallas, 1917-28; treas., Plymouth Congregation Conference of Texas and Okla., 1922-25; married, Susie Anna Mitchell, Cusseta, Ga., 1913; one son, Leslie Richard, Jr.; died, Dallas, Tex., May 29, 1943.

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by Mrs. Maye in 1970

Location: Book Case 9/Shelf 8: Box 1

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THE JOHN M. P. METCALF PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Correspondence, letters to his parents, excerpts from Metcalf family genealogy, letters to his brothers and sisters regarding the severance of his ties with the College.

Inclusive Dates: 1902-1916?

Biographical Data: Metcalf (1864-1941) was associated with Talladega College from 1897 to 1916 as Professor, Dean, and during the last eight years, President.

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit:

Location: Book Case 10/Shelf 7: Box 1

THE ELLA PEARSON MITCHELL PAPERS

Principal Subject: Miscellaneous correspondence and material, including programs and speaking arrangements, Talladega College, and teaching responsibilities

Inclusive Dates: 1969-1975

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit:

Location: Book Case 10/Shelf 7: Box 1

THE JOSEPH SOLON MITCHELL PAPERS

Principal Subject: Scrapbook covering Mitchell's career from 1933 to 1966, and miscellaneous documents, text of six plays

Inclusive Dates: 1910-1966

Biographical Data: Born, Auburn, Alabama, Aug. 25, 1891, to Elizabeth and Solon Mitchell; educ., Talladega College, B.A., 1913; Harvard University School of Law, 1913-15; Boston University School of Law, Ll.B., 1917; Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, 1917; law practice, Boston, 1917-66; married Lucy miller, September 8, 1923, children, Laura Mitchell Holland, Joseph S. Mitchell, Jr.; died, April 26, 966

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

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Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Gift of Mrs. Lucy M. Mitchell, 1967, Additions, 1978

Location: Book Case 9/Shelf 8: Box 1

THE MARGARET MONTGOMERY PAPERS

Principal Subject: Correspondence, program and notes

Inclusive Dates: @1865-1972

Restriction: Permission from the Archvits

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year Deposited

Location: Book Case 8/Shelf 3: Boxes 1-4

THE ERNEST E. NEAL PAPERS

Principal Subject: General papers on various subjects that he published.

Inclusive Dates: 1938-1962

Biographical Data: Born, Chattanooga, Tennessee, June 21, 1911. Education: 1930, High School diploma, Academy, Knoxville, Tennessee. 1935, B.S., Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tennessee; 1938, M.A., in Sociology, , Nashville, Tennessee; 1942-43 and 1947-48, two years of additional graduate study, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Occupations: 1039-1944, Chairman, Department of Sociology, , Tyler, Texas. 1944-1945, Regional Information Specialist, Regional Office of Price Administration, Dallas, Texas. 1945-1946, Professor of Sociology and Economics, North Carolina College, Durham, N.C. 1946-1948, Director, Applied Education, , Marshall, Texas 1948- , Director, Rural Life Council, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.

Restriction: Permission from the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Location: Book Base 8/Shelf 8: Boxes 1-4

THE VENUS RAGLAND PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Correspondence, Bulletins, Programs for Church Services,

13 General information relevant to the congregational church, photographs

Inclusive Dates: 1901-1970

Restriction: Permission from the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections Location: Book Case 10/Shelves 5,6: Boxes 1-6

THE ARTHUR D. SHORES PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Transcripts and records of appeal to the Court of Appeals of Alabama, Seventh Division, Judicial proceedings, etc.

Inclusive Date: 1945-1962

Restrictions: Written Permission of the donor

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by Mr. Shores in 1976

Location: Book Case 10/Shelf 6: Boxes 1-2

THE EDWIN CHALMERS SILSBY PAPERS

Principal Subjects: Talladega College, Congregational churches in Alabama, Burrell Academy

Inclusive Dates: 1851-1937

Biographical Data: Born, Bangkok, Siam, Aug. 25, 1851, to Rev. and Mrs. John Silsby; educ., Bryant and Stratton's Business College, 1868, Oberlin College, 1871-3, law student, 1873-5, Talladega College, M.A., 1907, , Ll.d., 1913; compositor for Mobile Nationalist 1866; teacher, Negro schools, Montgomery, Selma, and Marion, Alabama, 1866-7; clerk to U.S. commissioner, Selma, 1867; hospital steward, Freedman's Hospital, Selma, 1868; asst. engrossing clerk and asst.; clerk of House of Representatives, Montgomery, 1868-9; sub. asst. registrar of voters, Dallas County, 1869; bus. mgr., Selma Press, 1869, 1871; asst. U.S. Marshall, census, 1870; dep. clerk of circuit court, Dallas County, 1869-72; principal, Burrell Academy, Selma, 1875-85; secy and treas., 1885-1907, dean and registrar, 1907-112, professor of economics, civics, and ethics, 1907-16, emeritus professor of history and political science, 1916-22, Talladega College; married, Nettie Brewster, Madison, Ohio, 1877; children, Mrs. Harriet Kneeland, Miss Laura J. Silsby (2 others died in childhood); died, Nov. 26, 1922.

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Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Deposited by E. C. Silsby during tenure at Talladega College

Location: Book Case 10/Shelf 6: Boxes 1-3 RECORDS OF THE SNOW HILL INSTITUTE

Principal Subjects: History of Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute, financial records, catalogues, and some photographs

Inclusive Dates 1899-1958

Restrictions: Permission of the archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Microfilm of originals retained by the Snow Hill Institute in 1973.

Location: Book Case 9/Shelf 3

RECORDS OF THE TALLADEGA COLLEGE HILLS APARTMENTS

Principal Subject: Housing in Talladega

Inclusive Dates: 1969-1971

Background: Housing project developed by Talladega College to meet needs of low- income families. The Talladega College Hills Apartments opened in 1970.

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: 1979

Location: Book Case 10/Shelf 7: Boxes 1-4

THE MATTIE RIVERS TRAMMELL PAPERS

Principal Subject: Program and minutes of the Alabama Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. Minutes of annual sessions cover twenty-four of the forty-one years between 1924 and 1965.

Inclusive Dates 1910-1965

Biographical Data Mattie Rivers Trammell, a graduate of Talladega College in 1915, was long active in women's clubs in Alabama, as was her mother before her.

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Restrictions Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit:

Location: Book Case 10/shelf 7; Box 1 THE DALE ROSEN COLLECTION

Principal Subject: Thesis on "The Alabama Share Croppers Union"

Inclusive Dates: 1865-1955

Restrictions: Copyright Reserve by the Author

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit: Donated by Ted Rosengather & Dale Rosen

Location: BC6/S7 Box 1

THE CHARLES HENRY HAYNES & FOREST LEROY SHOEMAKER COLLECTION

Principal Subject: Dissertations: "Why did Free Negroes own Slaves? by Haynes. "The University of Centralization in Ohio" by Shoemaker

Inclusive Dates: 1670-1830; 1803-1914

Restrictions: Permission from the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit:

Location: BC6/S7 Box 2

FANNIE KATHERINE TAYLOR

Principal Subject: Diploma: Bachelor of Arts

Inclusive Date: May 1948

Restrictions: Permission from the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit:

Location: BC6/S7 Box 2

16 THE JOE A LEE COLLECTION

Principal Subject: Doctor of Philosophy - "A Description of the Influences of Corporate Support on Private, Historically Black Four - Year College and during the period 1980-1986"

Inclusive Dates: 1980-1986

Year of Deposit: February 15, 1991

Location: BC6/S7 Box 2

THE GEORGE W. CRAWFORD COLLECTION

Principal Subjects: Books entitled: To George W. Crawford in Tribute for Fifty years of service to Talladega College", consisting of a collection of letters regarding the service of Crawford. Law Degree Diploma, Book entitled "The Talladega Manual of Vocational Guidance (The Red Book) written and compiled by George W. Crawford.

Inclusive Dates: 1937-1954

Restrictions: Permission from the Archivists

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit:

Location: BC6/S7 Box 1

THE MARGARET HELEN SCOTT COLLECTION

Principal Subject: Book: "The Miracles of Dixie, Story of my Life in Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky". Congregational school for Negroes is Marion, Alabama. Pictures of Lincoln normal, Marion, AL. Talladega College. 1891 picture of school served by the bookmobile from Talladega College.

Inclusive Dates: 1936-1944; 1947-1967

Restriction: Permission from the Archivists

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit:

Location: BC6/S7 Box 3

THE TALLADEGA CHAPTER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Principal Subject: A Plaque donated in remembrance of Stone Hall, built in 1881. Mrs. Valaria G. Stone of Malden, Massachusetts give the money to erect Stone Hall, which bears her name.

Inclusive Dates: 1881-1980

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Restrictions: Permission from the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Year of Deposit:

Location: BC6/S7 Box 3

TALLADEGA COLLEGE PRESIDENT MISCELLEOUS COLLECTION

Principal Subjects: New clippings, committee reports, restoration report, and proposals

Inclusive Dates: 1991 –

Restrictions: Permission from the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, Established by the Talladega College Historical Collections

Contents: Dr. Joseph B. Johnson, 1991-1997 • Program “ Honoring Talladega College 1994 Golden Diploma Recipients,” May 6, 1994 • Press release – ”Talladega President Submit Resignation Amid Commendation For College’s Progress”, October 23, 1997 • Newspaper clipping, “Ex-Talladega Trustee Suing Board for $6.5 million” The Daily Home, September 28, 1995 • Letter & Response, report to Review Team, which conducted an on-site review at Talladega College on January 21-24, 1996. March 12, 1996 • A proposed five year plan 1992-97

Dr. Marguerite Archie-Hudson, 1998-1999 • The Inauguration of Dr. Archie-Hudson, November 17, 1999 • New Clippings, 1998-1999 • Report of the Reaffirmation Committee, February 1-4, 1999 • Letter from Southern Association of college & Schools Commission on College, March 24, 1999 • Restoration Report to the Council on Social Work Education, April 15, 1998 • Web Page, 10/22/01

Dr. Henry Ponder, 2000 – • Program. “A Community Reception Honoring Dr. Henry Ponder, President, Talladega College”, January 13, 2002 • Newspaper clippings

Year of Deposit: 2000

Location: Book Case 6/Shelf 7 Box 1

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THE OLIVE MARGUERITE WALLACE PAPERS

Principal Subjects: 1926 Junior Senior Banquet Program, 1927 Talladega College Year Book, 1929 Commencement Exercise Program (2 Copies), 1929 School day Memories Book, 5/1930 The Talladegan, 10/1936 Sunrise O’er Alabama. Photographs: Talladega College Buildings, Olive M. Wallace, McIntyre, Charlton Hamilton, 1927-28 Choir, Mayme Evelyn Lawhatt—all class of 1929.

Inclusive Dates: 1872-2001

Biographical Data: Born, Monticello, Arkansas, December 10, 1907, to Rev. Oliver and Mary C. Wallace; educ., Monticello Academy, M. W. Gibbs High School, 1924, , Talladega College, A.B., 1929; Teacher, Blount County schools-1928-1929, Hale High School, Maryville, TN; married Fred Henry 1943 and Parris Hannum, 1974; No children; died, November 6 2001.

Restrictions: Permission from the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, Established by the Talladega College Historical Collections.

Year of Deposit: February 26, 2001

Location: Book Case 6/S7: Box 1

THE LUCY (MILLER) MITCHELL PAPERS

Principal Subject: 1/24/2002 obituary and picture from the Bay State Banner.

Inclusive Dates: 1900-2002

Biographical Data: Born, 1900 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Education: Daytona Normal And Industrial School for Girls, 1922 graduate from Talladega College, Alabama, Master’s degree in education from Boston University. Director, of the Robert Gold Shaw Nursery School, Roxbury, MA. An Oral history of her life was recorded for the Black Women Oral History Project at Radcliffe College’s Schlesinger Library. Married Joseph S. Mitchell, one daughter, Laura Holland, one son, Superior Court Judge Joseph S. Mitchell, Jr.

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

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Year Deposit: 2002

Location: Book Case 6/S7: Box 1

BLACK COWBOYS COMIC BOOK

Principal Subjects: Golden Legacy: Illustrated History Magazine. Black Cowboys history written so that young people can understand easily.

Inclusive Dates: 1976, (Issued quarterly)

Brief Synopsis: Black Cowboys: “When the gun smoke and the dust of the cattle herds lifted, somewhere along the trail some 5,000 Black Cowboys were lost by our historians. Writers of western fiction along with the producers of western movies had ignored the Black Cowboy. However, the facts show that Black men also rode the cattle trails and were heroes and villains too, as they faced all the dangers and hardships of a cowboy’s life.” These comic books tell the stories of only a few of these men.

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, Established by the Talladega College Historical Collections.

Year of Deposit:

Location: Book case 6/S7 – Box 1

VIRGINIA FOOTE ANDERSON – LETTER

(Amorette E. Foote – Matron Foster Hall – 1892-1899)

Inclusive Date: 29 October 2002

Restrictions: Permission of the Archivist

Regulations: Subject to all general regulations, including publication requirements, Established by the Talladega College Historical Collections.

Year of Deposit: 2002

Location: Book Case 6/S7: Box 1

20 STATEWIDE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

Author: Alabama Center For Higher Education Title: Statewide Oral History Project 9/1972-10/1974 Description: An Analytical and Description Report ii, 36 page; Transcriptions of Interviews Vols. I-X; Phonotapes: 56 5” reel tapes. Notes: Transcripts of 230 interviews completed under the auspices of the Alabama Center For Higher Education, administered and coordinated by the Division Of Behavioral Science Research Carver Research Foundation, Tuskegee Institute. The Alabama Center for Higher Education (ACHE) was composed Of eight predominately black senior colleges in Alabama and incorporated Under the laws of the State of Alabama as an agency to promote cooperation among the institutions. The Statewide Oral History Project was conceived and implemented to supplement the “Collection and Evaluation of Material on Black Americans” (CEMBA). It was the first oral history program in Alabama primarily concerned with gathering information in the black Community. The first purpose was to record the experience of Black Alabamians in their attempts to cope with racial discrimination and in their struggle to achieve equality of opportunity. J The second purpose of the Project was to make the data available for instructional and research use and to demonstrate methods for utilization. The third purpose was to train faculty associates, archivists, staff employees, and students in the methodology and procedures associated with oral history. Insitutions involved: Alabama A & M University, , Daniel Payne College, Miles College, Oakwood College, , Talladega College, and . Subjects: William Heart, Ruby Kimble, Odessa woody, Mr. & Mrs. Brewer Findley, Teddy Wilson, Dr. Everett W. McNair, Laura R. Daley, Dr. Arthur Bacon, Dr. J. Roland Braithwaite, Milton S. Hurst, Demus Frazier, M. J. Edwards Terry, Harold A. Franklin, Michael Phipps, Thomas Hardy, and Robert Strickland. Subject Headings Alabama – Sharecroppers Alabama – Talladega - Civil Rights Talladega College Farm Race Relations Alabama – Talladega County – NAACP Alabama – Talladega – Oral histories

Location: Book case 9 Shelf/3

TALLADEGA COLLEGE HISTORICAL COLLECTION ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

Author: Talladega College Title: Oral History Project continuation Description: See the Statewide Oral History Project for the description. Talladega college representatives Continued gathering information in the Talladega black community and at Talladega College.

Subjects: Walter Baker, April, 1971, November 11, 1994; Essie Barclay, May 14, 1971; Edith Bunker Davis, 28 February 1975 – The Fred Bunker Collection; `Adolphus Coleman, December 7, 1974; Aarao Cornelio-January 11-13, 1977; Davis-FRB/Gen. 5/1/2; Attorney Armard Derfner, May 7, 1979; Henry Drewry, “Black Studies”, Some Good News, Some Bad News”, 1/25/78; Foster, November 11-12, 1977; A Symposium: “Facets of Black Music”, April 21-22, 1972, John Patton, Black Music for Concert Stage; Teddy Wilson, The Maturing of Jazz; Edwin Hogan, “The Music of the Black Churches; Eileen Southern, “The Afro-American Heritage”; Willie Frazier, April 12, 1971;

21 Rev. Edward Gardner, November 9, 1977; Daniel Glass, February 18, 1975; Dr. Arthur Gray, May 14, 1977; Harrison Frank, April 8, 1973, sides 1,2 and 3; Holloway, W.H. (Mrs.) August 27, 1971; Holloway, William, Papers; Rev. Robert King, November 9,1977; Phillip Long, Mr. And Mrs., April, 1971; Prof. Sam Ntiro, December 8, 1977; Henry McDowell, June 12-13, 1975, sides 1,2&3, June 13, 1975; Eunice Pitts Meadows, April, 1971 And April 15, 1971; Benjamin Swain, May 11, 1971; William Taylor, April, 1971.

Location: Book case 9 Shelf/3

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