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Electra Kimble Price Collection http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8zc84b5 No online items Guide to the Electra Kimble Price Collection Mia Jaeggli African American Museum & Library at Oakland 659 14th Street Oakland, California 94612 Phone: (510) 637-0198 Fax: (510) 637-0204 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/locations/african-american-museum-library-oakland © 2013 African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved. Guide to the Electra Kimble Price MS 67 1 Collection Guide to the Electra Kimble Price Collection Collection number: MS 67 African American Museum & Library at Oakland Oakland, California Processed by: Mia Jaeggli Date Completed: 9/20/2013 Encoded by: Mia Jaeggli © 2013 African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Electra Kimble Price collection Dates: circa 1920-2005 Collection number: MS 67 Collector: Price, Electra Kimble. Collection Size: 1.5 linear feet(3 boxes) Repository: African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.) Oakland, CA 94612 Abstract: The Electra Kimble Price collection consists of a range of materials related to the Kimble and Price families, including photographs, a genealogy report on the Kimble family and ancestry, military papers, articles on family activities, educational and professional papers, and official records and certificates. The collection is arranged into four series: biographical, photographs, professional activities and Kimble and Price family. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Access No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public. Access Restrictions Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating. Publication Rights Permission to publish from the Electra Kimble Price collection must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. Preferred Citation Electra Kimble Price collection, MS 67, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California. Processing Information Processed Mia Jaeggli, Volunteer, September, 2013. Biography / Administrative History Electra Kimble Price was born February 21, 1926 in Oakland, California to Thomas Nathaniel Kimble and Clyde Kimble (née Hill). Thomas and Clyde met in Arkansas and married in 1918. Both worked as laborers on a rice farm. The couple migrated to California in 1924 where they established a shoe repair shop and beauty salon on 3215 Peralta St, Oakland, CA 94608. In 1944 they sold their shops and house to build and run a ranch in San Martin, California. Electra Kimble Price attended Holy Names College in Oakland, CA, receiving a Bachelor’s in Psychology (1973) and Master’s in Education (1975). In 1977 she earned her State of California Teaching Credential. In the course of her career in public education, she worked as an instructor, director, consultant, administrator and assistant dean, as well as a public speaker. She earned numerous certificates of appreciation and awards throughout her career. Upon retirement, Price became a professional genealogist, specializing in African American ancestry. She was a member of the California Genealogical Society since 1994 and one of the founding members of the African American Genealogical Society of Northern California (AAGSNC). In 1944 Electra Guide to the Electra Kimble Price MS 67 2 Collection Kimble Price married John Lewis Price, Jr. in Oakland, California. They had two daughters, Wanda Jean Price and Teryl Leah Price, born in 1946 and 1951 respectively. John Lewis Price, Jr. (1920-1982) served in the military from 1945 to 1947, and graduated with a Master’s in in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley in 1952. He worked as a probation officer for Alameda County, California. Scope and Content of Collection The Electra Kimble Price collection consists of a range of materials related to the Kimble and Price families, including photographs, a genealogy report on the Kimble family and ancestry, military papers, articles on family activities, educational and professional papers, and official records and certificates. The collection is arranged into four series: biographical, photographs, professional activities and Kimble and Price family. Photographs are arranged into nine subseries: Electra Kimble Price; John Lewis Price, Jr.; Kimble Price family; Kimble family; professional activities; Leona Naomi De Bique; World Airways; Oakland, California; and assorted. The majority of photographs document events in the Kimble Price families, including portraits of extended family and ancestors. Photographs of Oakland, California feature downtown Oakland in the 1970s, including the demolition of the T & D Theatre. The biographical and professional activities series include the genealogy for Electra Kimble Price and the Kimble family ancestry, with highlights of activities, migrations and family lore. Also included are articles describing Price’s work and influence in the field of genealogy. The professional activity series contains educational papers, correspondence, certificates, and resume for Price’s career in education from 1950 to 1988. The Kimble and Price family series are arranged in three subseries: John Lewis Price, Jr., Kimble family, and Leona Naomi De Bique. These subseries contain a range of papers from official birth and death records, military papers for John Lewis Price, Jr., certificates, articles, newspaper clippings and programs. Arrangement Series I. Biographical Series II. Photographs Series III. Professional activities Series IV. Kimble and Price family Series V. Assorted printed material Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Oakland Unified School District (Calif.). African Americans--California--East Bay--History. African Americans—Families. African Americans—Genealogies. Oakland (Calif.)--History. Photographs. Biographical Physical Description: 4 folders Series Scope and Content Summary Includes genealogy chart and report, official documents and government issued cards, high school yearbooks and programs. Arrangement Arranged by format Box 1:1 Legal documents 1926-1993 Box 1:2 Genealogy chart and report 2002 Box 1:3 High school yearbooks and reunion program 1943-1970 Box 1:5 Commencement invitations and grade reports 1943-1970 Photographs Physical Description: 173 photographs Series Scope and Content Summary Includes Kimble family and ancestors, Kimble Price family, aerial views of downtown Oakland, houses in Oakland, professional functions that Electra Kimble Price attended. Arrangement Arranged by subject series and thereafter by photograph identification number. Guide to the Electra Kimble Price MS 67 3 Collection Photographs Assorted Assorted Box 2:1 Unknown couple standing in front of house and car [112] circa 1941 Box 2:1 Wedding of Anneral Blackman Sharp and William Sharp at the Beth Eden Baptist Church, bride and groom [015] 1943 Box 2:3 Portrait of Carter family standing in front of WJ Carter Box Dealer warehouse. Reverse: "To the Kimball's (sic), from "The Carters" Willie, Colin and Letitia" [037] circa 1940s Box 2:4 Clawson Elementary School, Oakland, California, class of 1939-1940. Reverse: "2nd row from back 4th person from left, Edna DeBique" [051] circa 1940 Box 2:4 Boxers Henry Armstrong and Terry Gibson with trainer Norman Saunders. Caption: Best wishes to a friend. Sincerely, Norman Saunders." [052] circa 1930s Box 2:4 David Bowick, Oakland Athletics' Rickey Henderson and unknown woman on baseball field, exchanging award [056] circa 1979 Box 3:1 James Sodsons standing in front of house [102] circa 1950s Box 3:1 Linetta Sweeney, Electra Kimble Price and Wilmot Sweeney, seated on couch [106] circa 1940s Box 3:1 Wilmot Sweeney with group of men seated in living room, with one woman [107] circa 1940s Box 3:1 Landscape with driveway and barn [108] 1990 Box 3:1 Two men with young boy and girl standing in front of tree and picnic table [115] 1932 Box 3:1 Man with group of 5 children of various ages standing in front of a tree and picnic table [117] 1932 Box 3:2 Two girls and a female toddler standing on lawn in front of house [121] circa 1940s Box 3:2 Young girl and female toddler. Girl is standing and toddler is running toward outstretched arm holding a rose [122] circa 1940s Box 3:2 High school class photo of men and women with instructor [123] 1966-1967 Box 3:2 Unknown man standing in front of house [124] circa 1940s Box 3:2 Two men and two women in bathing suits standing by and seated on a car [125] 1932 Box 3:2 Family standing on sidewalk in front of house [127] circa 1960s Box 3:2 Man with toddler and girl in front of steps. Woman in background with hand on hip [129] circa 1930s Box 3:2 Charles Aikens with Betty “Boo” outdoors. Reverse: “ My twin Charles Aikens and my sister’s kid Betty Boo.” [132] 1947 Box 3:2 Four women on a bench, one hanging over the edge upside down [133] circa 1940s Box 3:2 Man standing in front of car on residential street [134] 1947 Box 3:2 Three women seated on the trunk of a car [135] 1947 Box 3:2 Girl and male toddler on porch of house. Reverse “ My dancing nephew?” [136] circa 1940s Box 3:3 Two girls seated on the trunk of a car. Reverse: "Fine brown legs" [137] 1947 Box 3:3 Man standing in front of car on residential street [138] 1947 Box 3:3 Toddler seated on porch stairs [ 139] circa 1940s Box 3:3 Two women and three men lounging on grass [140] circa 1940s Box 3:3 Group of seven women and one baby [141] circa 1920s Box 3:3
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