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PITTSBURGH COURIER, WASHINGTON BUREAU Collection 190-1 to 190-17
Prepared by: Katie Salzmann Assisted by: Raul Gordon July, 1998
MANUSCRIPT DIVISION Scope and Content
The Papers of the Pittsburgh Courier Washington Bureau span the years 1946-1968 and measure approximately 13 linear feet. The manuscript portion of the collection documents the relationship between the Washington branch and the main office of the Courier in Pittsburgh. Correspondence forms the bulk of this portion and documents the inter-departmental relationships of the Washington Bureau. Primary correspondents include Washington Bureau Chiefs, Levi Jolley and Hugo Warren, as well as Bookkeeper Josephine E. Lowery. Correspondents are listed alphabetically. The remainder of the manuscript portion of the collection includes material documenting the roles of the advertising, circulation, and financial and legal departments of the Washington Bureau. The bulk of the collection (9 1/2 linear feet) consists of approximately 3,500 photographs from the 1940's to the 1960's documenting all aspects of African-American life in Washington and across the Nation. Primary photographers include Blackburn, Cabell, Harris, Pease, and Scurlock. The photographs are arranged by subject including People, Business, Education, Entertainment, Social Events, and Sports. The bulk of the photographs are of entertainment figures and include images of such notable performers as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, The Edward Sisters, Katherine Dunham, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holliday, Dinah Washington, and Muddy Waters. The Moor land-Spingarn Research Center purchased the collection after the Washington Bureau closed in the 1970's. Series Description
Box 190-1 A Correspondence, 1948-1968 to 190-3 The correspondence document the inter-departmental functioning of the Washington Bureau, as well as its relationship with the main office in Pittsburgh, and with its subscribers. The bulk of the correspondence are from the offices of Levi Jolley, E. Josephine Lowery, Robert Robinson, and Hugo Warren. Their correspondence are arranged alphabetically. Other significant correspondents include Trezzvant Anderson, George F. Brown, J. Walter Carroll, W, Beverly Carter, Jackson Lowe, John C. Moore, George Nunn, and Willard Savoy. The subseries, Metropolitan Police Department, is a collection of letters documenting the Courier1s role in the D.C. police department’s "Award of Merit." The subseries, Other Correspondence, includes both internal and external communications. B Advertising Department, 1956-1958, n.d. Box 190-3 Insertion orders, weekly reports, bills and purchase to 190-4 orders document the daily activities of the advertising department of the Pittsburgh Courier's Washington Bureau. C Circulation Department, 1953-1958, n.d. Reports, route sheets, and files of distributors document Box 190-4 the circulation department of the Washington Bureau of the to 190-5 Pittsburgh Courier. D Financial/Legal Department, 1946-1958, n.d. Business licenses, certificates, bank books, and legal Box 190-6 documents highlight the financial and legal activities of the Washington Bureau. Of note are legal summons’ for court cases involving the Pittsburgh Courier. The bulk of this series consists of the proof of publication of numerous legal notices from 1951-1958. E Press Releases, 1952-1968, n.d. Arranged by issuing organization or office, this series documents the variety of press releases received by the Box 190-6 Washington Bureau of the Pittsburgh Courier. to 190-8 Box 190-8 F Reports, 1955-1968, n.d.
This series contains a number of reports sent to the Washington Bureau of the Courier. They are arranged alphabetically by title. Box 190-8 G Subject Files, 1956-1963, n.d. This series contains printed material documenting a variety of subjects such as the 1963 March on Washington, the NAACP, and travel in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. H Blank Forms, n.d. Box 190-8 This series contains blank forms used for the daily operation of the Washington Bureau of the Courier. I Photographs, 1940’s - 1960's Box 190-9 This series forms the bulk of the collection and consists to 190-17 of approximately 3,500 photographs documenting all aspects of African-American life in Washington, D.C. and across the nation. The photographs are arranged in the following subseries’: Men, Women, Groups, Children, Buildings, Business, Education, Entertainment, Organizations, Professions, Protests, Religion, Social Events, Sports, Street Scenes, Transportation, and Travel. The bulk of the series is comprised of entertainment photographs documenting local and national performers including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, The Edward Sisters, Katherine Dunham, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holliday, The Orioles, Muriel Rahn, Dinah Washington, and Muddy Waters. Other subseries of note include those of Businesses, highlighting African American owned businesses in the District; Social Events, including anniversaries, banquets, beauty pageants, birthdays, debutantes, embassies, fashion, formal occasions, funerals, parades, parties, presentations, and weddings; and Sports, including images of local and national athletes participating in baseball, basketball, boating, bowling, boxing, equestrian, football, golf, tennis, track and field, weight-lifting, and wrestling.
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A Correspondence, 1948-1968 Anderson, Trezzvant W. - Editor, Washington 1 Edition 2 Brown, George F. - Manacrina Editor 3 Carroll, J. Walter - Director. Advertisina 4 Carter, W. Beverly - Publisher 5 Gaither, A.D. - Manaqer, Circulation Jolley, Levi - Chief, Washington Bureau 6 A 7 Ba-Bo 8 Br-By
Brown, George F. (Magazine Editor) 9 1955-1956 1957 10 11 12 C 13 Cabell, Clifton Carroll, J. Walter (Advertising Director) 14 Carter, W. Beverly (Publisher) Cobb, James 15 W. 14 Coveil, Howard V. 17 Crawford, Theodore 18 D 19 Dawson, William L. (Congressman) Diggs, 20 Charles C. 21 E 22 Evans, James C. 23 F 24 G 25 Gaither, A.D. (Circulation Director) 26 H 27 Hill, Lorenzo A. (Auditor) 28 Hord, Earl V. (General Manager) Box Folder
A Correspondence Jolley, Levi, continued Humphrey, Hubert H. 190-1 29 30 I-K 31 Klipstein, Abner D. 32 L 33 34 M 35 Mitchell, Clarence Morrow, Corienne R. 36 N 37 Nunn, William (Managing Editor) 38 O-Q 39 Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. 40 R 41 42 S 43 Schulyer, George C. (New York Editor) Scott, 44 Hon. Arnold Sewell, Joseph B. 45 Shipley, Ruth Somerville, Wendell C. 46 Stanley, J. Edgar 47 48 T 49 W 50 West, William B. 51 Y 52 Zephirin, Mauclair 53 Unidentified - relating to organizational structure 190-2 1 Lowe, Jackson - Sales Manager Lowery, E. Josephine - Bookkeeper 2 B-G 3 H-M 4 Haines, Malcolm (Advertising Dept.) Hill, 5 Lorenzo A. (Auditor) Box Folder A Correspondence
Lowery, E. Josephine, continued Houston, (Mrs.) W.O. (Subscription
190-2 6 Superviser) 1952-1953 7 1955-1956 a Lampkin, Daisy E . (Vice President) 9 Lavelle, Robert (Advertising Department) 10 Moore, Esther M. (Collection Department Manager) n Nunn, William G. (Managing Editor)
12 R-S 13 Vann, (Mrs.) Robert L. (President and Treasurer) 14 Washington, Russell T. (Assistant Business Manager)
Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D. C. "Award of Merit" 15 1955 16 1956 17 1957-1958 18 Moore, John C. - Assistant Auditor
19 Nunn, William G., Sr. - Editor Robinson, Robert F. - Representative, Washington Bureau 20 Coveil, Howard V. 21 E-H 22 Hill, Lorenzo A. (BusinessManager) 23 J-N 24 P-T 25 Prattis, Percival (Executive Editor) 26 Savoy, Willard - Advertising Representative
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A Correspondence, continued Warren, J. Hugo - Manager, Washington Bureau A Anderson, Trezzvant, W. (City Editor) 190-2 27 28 29 B 30 Brown, George F. (Magazine Editor) Brown, 31 Ralph B. (Promotion Dept.) 32 C 33 Carroll, J. Walter (Advertising Director) 34 Carter, W. Beverly, Jr. (Publisher) Coveil, 35 Howard V. 36 D 37 E 38 Entwistle, Forest R. 190-3 1 F n G 3 Gaither, A.D. (Circulation Director) 4 H 5 Haines, Malcolm (Advertising Dept.) Height, 4 —r Dorothy I. t Hill, Lorenzo A. (Auditor) 8 Hord, Earl V. (Business Manager) 9 J 10 Johnson, John W. (Advertising Dept.) 11 K-L 12 Lampkin, Daisy (Vice-President) Lindsey, 13 Henry (Comptroller) 14 M 15 Moore, John C. (Asst. Auditor) 16 Morris, Arthur (Asst. Circulation Manager) 17 N-O 18 Nunn, William G. (Managing Editor) 19 P 19 Page, Wm. Clyde (Promotion Manager) Prattis, 21 Percival (Executive Editor)
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Warren, J. Hugo, continued
190-3 22 R 23 S 24 T 25 Vann, (Mrs.) Robert L. (President and Treasurer) 26 W Washington, Russell T. (Assistant Business Manager) 27 1948, 1951-1952 28 1953 Other Correspondents 29 Internal 30-31 External
B Advertising Department, 1952-1958, n.d.
190-3 32 Rates and Instructions, 33 Insertion Orders, 1957 34 Layout Cards, n.d.
Weekly Reports 190-4 1 1956 2 1957 3 1958 4 Advertising Bills, n.d 5 Purchase Orders, 1954-: 6 Home Fairs, 1952-1958 C Circulation Department, : 7 Circulation Reports, 1' 8 Route Sheets, 1953 9 Auditor's Report, 1962 190-5 1 Circulation Statistics 2-5 Distribution Cards, n.'
8 Box Folder D Financial/Legal Department, 1946-1958, n.d. 190-6 1 Business Licenses, Certificates, 1950-1957 2 Bank Books, 1946-1957 3 Lease Agreements, 1945, 1953 4 Legal Summons’, 1952, 1956 5 Legal Notes, n.d. 6-8 Legal Notices and Proofs of Publication, 1951- 1958
E Press Releases, 1952-1968, n.d. 9 American Veterans Committee, 1955, n.d. 10 Case, Clifford (R-N.J.), 1964 11 Commissioner's Council on Human Relations, 1961 12 Department of Defense, 1953 13 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1956 14 Department of Justice, 1962, 1965-1966 15 Department of State, 1955, 1961 16 Embassy of Liberia, c.l950's 17 Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department, UAW-CIO, 1955 18 Federal Housing Administration, 1954
190-7 1 Georgetown University, 1956 2 Howard University, c.1952 3 Humphrey, Hubert H, 1968 4 International Cooperation Administration, 1955 5 Javitz, Jacob K. (R-N.Y.), 1962 Metropolitan Police 3 Department. 1962 National Committee Against 7 Discrimination in Housing, 1955 National Foundation of the March of Dimes, 1962 8 National Labor Relations Board, 1966 Pittsburgh 9 Courier Powell, Adam C., Jr., 1963 9 President's Committee on Employment of the 11 Handicapped, 1966 12 President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, 1963 13 Republican National Committee, 1955 Roosevelt, James (CA.), 1955 Secretary of Defense, 1955 14 Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, 1957 15 Tobriner, Walter N., 1962 14 U.S. Air Force Home Town News Center, c.l960's U.S. 17 Civil Service Commission, 1955, 1965 18 ) 19 20
9 Box Folder E Press Releases, continued 190-7 21 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1966 22 U.S. Department of Labor, 1961-1962 23 U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, 1962, 1965 24 Veterans Administration, 1955, 1962 25 Washington Urban League, 1962 26 White House, 1955 27 White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1960 28 White House Conference "to Fulfill the Rights," n.d. 190-8 1 WMAL Editorials, 1964-1965 2 WWDC Editorials, 1962, 1966 F Reports, 1955-1968, n.d. 3 "Challenge and Change: A Brief History of the 190-8 U.S. Department of Labor, 1913-1963" 4 "A Future for Freedmen's Hospital," 1955 5 "Hunger U.S.A.: A Summary," 1968 6 "Public Health Service Technical Report on Salk Poliomyelitis Vaccine," 1955 7 "Report of City Council Public Hearings on the Rebuilding and Recovery of Washington, D.C. from the Civil Disturbances of April, 1968," 1968 8 Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights", 1963 9 "Separate Opinion by Walter P. Reuther on Certain Aspects of the Report of the Panel on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy," 1956 10 "A Study of the Intelligence of Congressmen Who Signed the 'Southern Manifesto,' as Measured by 'I.Q. Tests' Administered by the Army to Them and to Their Constituents, and by the American Council on Education," n.d. 11 "Survey of School Desegregation in the Southern and Border States," 1965-1966
G Subject Files, 19656-1963, n.d. 190-8 12 Colorado River, 1956 r 13 Haiti, Dominican Republic, 1959 14 March on Washington, 1963
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G Subject Files, continued
190-8 15 NAACP, 1957 16 Pigskin Club of Washington, 1958 17 Vacations, n.d.
18 H Blank Forms, n.d. I Photographs Men 190-9 1 A - M Atkins, Floyd L Catefois, Basil Davis, David H. Draper, Edgar Flamer, John Greene, Alexander Greene, Clarence Halbert, Dr. Leroy "Pop" Hicks, George E. Hoffler Hogge, Bill Jackson, Stanley E. Latham, Wiley J. Lee, Robert McClain, John McRae, Dr. Vincent Mathews, Edward Morgan, Shep
Oglesby, Jacob C. Palmer, Alvin Rakoczy, Richard A. Smith, Dr. L. Brown Soper, David Stahl, Per Terrence, Dr. August C. Waddy, Herbert E. Walsh, William B. Washington Weaver, Robert C. Wharton, Clifton R. f Wilkinson, Frederick D.
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Men A - Z, continued 190-9 2 Wilson, Frank T. Winters, Lawrence Young, Phillip Cook, Mercer 3 Dyson, Charles A., Jr. 4 Henderson, E.B. 5 Manly, Albert Thurman, 6 Howard 7 Unidentified 8
Women 190-9 9
Adams Adams, Hazel Adams, Ruth R. Aden Adkins, Bertha S. Allen, Naomi [Ancre], Julie Anderson Anderson, Jeanne Anderson, Mary T. Anderson, Rose Arnold, Murial Atwood, Albert W. Ba - Bo
10 Baile, Mary Bailey, Josephine McGhee Banks Barber, Gloria Barbou, Constance Barbour, Joan Barnes, Cecilia Barnwell Beckett, Rose Belcher, Jeanne Andreas
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Women Ba - Bo, continued 190-9 10 Bell Bevill, Vivian Biddle Bland, Bernice Bluitt, Marion Boggess, Dorothy Bollins, Edna Booth, Gladys Boston, Frances 11 Br ~ By Bradley, Lillie Broadrax, Maxine Brooks, Edna S. Brooks, Mary Brown, Barbara Brown, Earline Brown, Flossie Procter Brown, Harriet Brown, Marian Brown, Shelia Brown, Thelma Bullock, E. Francis Burke, Vivian Burnett, Sylvia Burnton, Mary Burrell, Pat Burroughs, Nannie Butler, Evelyn Butler, Marie Byrd, Edwina 12 C
Carlton, Millett Carnegie, Ethe1 Carpenter, Mary E. Catchings, L. Mynard Chatman Chellenham
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Women C, continued 190-9 12 Church Clarke, Aileen Click, Doris Coates, Rose Coffield, Charlene Collings, Vera Collins, Alycedale Compton, Mary Cook Cook, Marlene Cooper, Atley Cordy, Bette Corley, Ruth Cowherd, Ethel Elizabeth Cunningham Cunnigham, Mrs. Robert
13 D Daly, Maxine Daniels, Jennsye Davis, Adelaide Davis, Agnes Davis, Ruth Davis, Serena Dawson, Cardwell DeVega, Delores Devone, Ophelia Diane, Elaine J. Dickens, Marjorie Dickerson, Mahala Ashley Dixon, Delores Dobbins, Shirley H. Douglass, Helen G. Dove, Julian Dudley, Shirley Duncan, Lena Duncan, Todd
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Women, continued 190-9 13 E Easter Ebone, Eugenie Tell Edmonds, Florence Elder, Dorothy Ellis, Shirley Elliott, Geraldine D. Ellison, Dorothy Elmore, Audrey Elmore, Thelma English, Margaret Evans 14 F Faucett, Frances Featherstone Felton Femister, Pauline Fisher, Nan E. Flagler, Raquel Flanagan, Elaine Fletcher, Gennie Fletcher, Summer [Flilihie], Janet 15 G
Gainer, Louise Gertchfield, Ann Gillison, Doris Gilmore, Carol Glover Golden Gragg, Rosa L. Graham, Daisey Gray, Helsa Green Green, Lenora Green, Momie Greenfield, Gertrude Grey, Francis White Griffiths, Martha W. Gussom. Jean
15 Box Folder I Photographs Women, continued 190-9 17 Ha [Hakle] Hale, Grace A. Hampton Hampton, Merle Harding, Beulah Harley, Ruby Harper, Sylvia Harrell Harris, Betty Harris, Evangeline Harris, Jean Louise
Harvey, Ophelia Hasher, Patricia Hawk, Daniela Hawkins, Bernice [Haynes], Doris 13 He - Hu
Heart, Alma Helms, Dr. Winifred G. Henderson, Lottie Henderson, Louisa Henson, Shirley Hicks, Daisy Hill, Eldean Constance Hill, Mary Hockaday, Florence C. Hockney, Norma Hoffman, Maybelle Holmes, Yvonne Horton, Luciele Hughes, Catherine Hunter, Alice
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Women, continued 190-9 19 I - J Ireland Jackson, Doris Jackson, Minnie Jackson, Virginia Jallivette, Clarice R. James, Hilda James, Vivaie John, Alma [John] Emily M. Johnson, Anita Johnson, Ann Johnson, Cernoria D. Johnson, Mrs. Chuck Johnson, Doris P. Johnson, Gwendolyn Johnson, Ilene Johnson, Velma L. Jones Jones, Doris Jones, Josephine Juander, Nellie M.
20 K Kay, Mrs. J.B. Kellum, Lorraine Kelly, Dolores Kendrich Kenney, Alice O. Kent, Katie Keys, Winfred V. Killing[inor], Dr. L.A. King, Elouise King, Ernestine King, Wilma Kitt, Carrie L. Kyles
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190-9 21 L Langley, Ruth Lauanze Lawrence, Sylvia Lee, Frances Lewis, Cleomine Lewis, Jean Lewis, Louise L. Lightfoot, Jean D. Little, Rosetta Lomack Lyons, Mildred 22 Mac - Me McCain, Doris McCave, Charlotte A. McDaniel MacDonald, Elaine McDuffie, Pericles McElroy, Yvonne McGill, Mary McGraw, Della McHourie, Bettie McRae McWi 11 iams, Ruth 23 M
Mann Martin Martin, Catherine Martin, Ruth Masely, Christine Matthews, Florence Matthews, Onez Matinchek Mayle, Bessie Melvin, Thelma [Michie] Miller, Ester
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Women 190-9 23 M, continued Miller, Mary Milliner, Daisy Minor, Mary Ann Monn, Dorothy Montgomery, Joan Montgomery, Velma Moore, Mrs. Charles Mosbey, Ethel Murphy, Carmen Murray, Rose Myers, Dorethea 24 N - O
Narain Neusome, Rosemary Nichols, Delois Norman, Ruth Oden, Verne Olden, Courtenaye Olieas, Mary Owen, Helen Y.
25 g-_-Q Palmer, Ada Parham, Louise Parker Patterson, Francis Pegues, Frankie Perryman, Maxine Peterson, Gladys T. Phillips, Bettye Jeanne Phillips, Earlene Phillips, Marian Pinkett, Barbara Pittmore Pitts Polite, Ruth Purnell, Normetha Quander
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Women, continued 190-9 26 R Randolph, Juletta Reeves, Elizabeth Walker Reeves, Mrs. Frank Reynolds, Barbara Reynolds, Goldie M. Rhea, Blanche Richardson, Clara Richardson, Frances Richardson, Gwendolyn Roberson, Franira Roberts Robinson Robinson, Dollie L. Robinson, Thelma Robinson, Yvonne Rollins, Virginia Roly, Ambia Goodloe Roscoe Rucket, Helen Russell, Bernice Ryan, Henry A. 27 S
Samuels, Jean Saunders Savage, Frances Simms, Florence Senkford, Jeanne Seymour, Marian B. Smith, Christine Smith, Lilly Mae Smith, Nancy Smith, Rose Smith, Yvonne Spaulding, Jane Morrow Spearman, Shirley Spellers, Ruty St. Louis, Ena M. Stevenson, Delores Stewart
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190-9 27 I Photographs Women S, continued Stewart, Beatrice Stewart, Ida Stoney, Delores Strong, Ethel Sullivan Sullivan, Ann Sutton, Johnnie Sylvester, Thelma
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T Talbert, Elizabeth Talbert, Jean Tayer, Aurelia Terry, Janie Therelkeld, Theodora Fouche West Thomas, Lenora Thompson Thompson, Martha Thornhill, Frances Tildon, Juanita Tinsley, Naomi Tuppett, Lucille Barbour [Tolsor], Ethel V. Travis, Mollie Tucker Tucker, Nora Turner
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V - W Valentine Walers, Florence Walker Ward, Lois Waring Warren, Beverly Washington, Dorothy Washington, Virginia Watson ►
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Women 190-9 29
V - W, continued Watts, Mayoui Weaver, Jean Welch Wei[Is], Harriet Wesley, Mattie Belle Wesson, Verna Whitaker Whitaker, Helen White, Emma H. Wilkinson, Antoinette Williams, Dorothy Williams, Pearl Verna Williams, Ruth Armstead Wills, Yvonne Wingo, Laverne Wolfe Wood, Gloria Wood, Peggy Woody Wormley, Alcibia
30 Y Yates, Bessie Youncey, Mildred Young, Lois A. Young, Mrs. Othello
31 32 33 Bolden, Hilda Butcher, Gola 34 Dunnigan, Alice A. 35 Egypt, Ophelia Ferebee, Dorothy 36 B. Helms, Janet 37 Johnson, Georgia Douglas 38 Kittrell, Flemmie P. Nickerson, 39 Camille Warren, Mrs. Hugo 40 Woolridge, Dr. Nancy B. 41 190-10 1-5 Unidentified ►
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190-10 6 Men 7-12 Women 13-15 Men and Women 16 Children 17 Families
Children 190-11 1 A - Z
Davis, Virgil A., Jr. Freeman, Louis and Lorain Hymes, Vivian Jackson, Ronald Peters, Brenda Staley, Joan Taylor, Dwight
2 Unidentified
Events/Activities 3 Babies 4 Blind 5 Cadet Drill Team 6 Christmas 7 Dancing 8 Freedmen’s Hospital 9 "German Brown Babies" 10 In Costume 11 March of Dimes 12 May Day 13 Newspaper Carriers 14 Pageants 15 Parties 16 Science Fairs 17 Singing 18 Soap Box Derby 19 Swimming 20 Teen-Agers 21 Tom Thumb Wedding
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Children, continued Youth Clubs 190-11 22 Identified Clubs 23 Boy Scouts Boys1 24 Club Campfire Girls 25 4-H 26 Girl Scouts Police 27 Boys Clubs 28 Buildings 29 Architectural Drawings/Models 30 Unidentified Buildings 31 Identified Buildings Business
32 Appliance Stores 33 Barber Shops Bars 34 Beauty Salons 35 Black Press 36 Breweries 37 Dairies 38 Dry Cleaners 39 Florists 40 Funeral Homes 41 Liquor Stores 42 Pharmacies 43 Real Estate 44 Restaurants 45 Technology 46 Trade Shows 47 Education \ ^0- W P&9-12 1 Buildings - Schools 2 Classrooms/Teachers 3 Graduation High 4 Schools
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Education, continued Universities/Colleges 190-12 5 Fisk University 6 Gallaudet College Howard University Buildings Biology-Greenhouse 7 College of Dentistry 7 Crandall Hall 9 People Groups 10 Dean of Women's Garden Party 11 Howard Players 12 Howard University School of Law 13 Howard University Symphony 14 Orchestra and Officers Johnson, Mordecai and others 15 Nabrit, James and others 16 ROTC 17 Sports 18 Tate, Merze and others 19 Miner's Teachers College 13 Morgan State 21 Entertainment
Film 22 "The Egyptian" 23 "Tobacco Road," 1950 24 "The Well," 1951 25 Nightlife/Clubs
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Entertainment, continued Opera 190-12 26 Groups 27 National Negro Opera Company, Inc. Radio
28 Unidentified Broadcasts
Identified Broadcasts 29 WEAM 30 WOL 31 WOOK 32 WUST 33 WWDC
Disc Jockeys 34 A - Z
Conover, Willia Hutchins, Vernon Keyes, Bobby Lipscomb, Joe Wheeler, Doc 35 Graham, Michael 36 Jackson, Harold (WOL) 37 Massey, Jon (WWDC) 38 Roberts, Pinky 39 Steele, Larry 40 Unidentified 41 Groups 42 Television Theater 43 "The Silas Green Show" 44 USO
26 Box Folder I Photographs Entertainment, continued Performing Artists 190-12 45 A - L Bell, Theresa Brown, Charles Brown, Nappy Buchner, Milt Cornell, Don Galloway, Gloria Garrett, John Greenae, Rita Harris, Ruby Hedgeman, Merrit Jackson, Al James, Joni Kenny, Herb Lee, Theodrae Little Willie John Lucas, Bobby
46 M - W Mack, Wilton Marshall, Patricia Rae Mayo, Jessey Medlin, Joe Quinchitte, Paul Rahn, Muriel Richardson, Lee Slater, Ralph Smith, Gloria Smith, Johnny South, Eddie Thigpen, Amanda Towles, Dorothea Watson, Deek Williams, Camilla Unidentified Performing Artists
47 Men 48 Women
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Entertainment Performing Artists, continued Actors 190-12 49 A - Z Hope, Bob Jackson, Mildred Johnson, Flink Lindsay, Powell Patterson and Jackson Phillips, Claire Riley, Gloria Russell, Jane Thompson, Charles Cooley, Isabelle Edwards, James 50 Hatchett, Starling 51 Hernandez, Juano Layba, 52 Claire McKinney, Nina 53 Mae Stewart, Carolyn 54 Hill Tate, John 55 Thompson, Slim 56 Warfield, William 57 58 Groups 59 Dancers 60 A - Z
61 Alexander, Larry Boyd and Chapman Congaroo Dancers Conrad and Estelle Earls Edward Sisters King, Harold "Rhythm" de Lavallade, Carmen Little Flash McKayle Marshell, Glora r
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Entertainment Performing Artists Dancers 190-12 61 A - Z, continued Muller, Harrison and Patricia Nyoka, Consuela Pernease and Katherine Rector, Eddie Rogers, Jimmie Walker and Walker Bryant, Stubby Davis, Shorts Dunham, Katherine Fontaine Brothers Hot Chocolates Moore, 62 Elaine Peg Leg Pete 63 64 Smith, Jimmy Stump and Stumpy 65 66 Unidentified Dancers Exotic 67 Dancers 68 190-13 1 2 3 4
Musicians B 5 - G Bagby, "Doc" Barnet, Charlie Bonhumme Bradshaw, Terry Candido D'Albert, Marc Ellis, Herb Evans, Uncle Bill Ferguson, Maynard Fields, Herbie Flanagan, Ralph Goodman, Benny Grimes, Terry
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Entertainment Performing Artists Musicians, continued 190-13 6 H - L Harris, Bill Hawkins, Erskine Heywood, Eddie Hinderas, Natalie Hope, Lynn Hunter, Ivory Joe Igoe, Sonny Jackson, Bill Moose James, Henry "Hank" Kari, Sax Kirby, George Krupa, Gene Lemaus, Marian 7 M - W Malachi, Johnny Manne, Shelly Merrelll, Bob Mitchell, Howard Mulligan, Gerry Napoleon, Marty Powell, Austin Rabbit, Peter Rogers, Shorty Rugolo, Pete Russell, Luis Sears, Al Shaw, Arvel Smith, Tab Solomon, King Stitt, Sonny Thomas, Joe Ventura, Charlie Williams, Cootie Williams, Paul Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet) Autry, Herman (Trumpet)
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Entertainment Performing Artists Musicians, continued
190-13 10 Basie, Count (Piano, Band Leader) 11 Davis, Bill (Piano) 1 Diddley, Bo (Guitar) 2 Domino, Fats 13 Ellington, Duke (Piano, Band 14 Leader) Hampton, Lionel (Xylophone) 15 Handy, W.C. (Composer) 16 Heard, J.C. 17 Herman, Woody (Clarinet) Hines, 18 Earl 19 Jacguet, Illinois (Saxophone) 13 Jacquet, Russell (Trumpet) 21 Johnson, Buddy (Piano) 22 Jordon, Louis (Saxophone) 23 Kenton, Stan 24 Knight, Marie 25 Little Richard 26 Morton, Jelly Roll (Piano) 27 Phillips, "Flip" (Saxophone) 28 Rich, Buddy (Drums) 29 Tatum, Art (Piano) 30 Teagarden, Jack (Trombone) 31 Tharpe, Rosetta (Guitar) 32 Thornton, Betty (Piano) Waller, 33 "Fats" 34 Young, Lester (Saxophone) 35 36 Unidentified Musicians
Musical Groups 37 B - H B. Booker Trio Hillard Brown Orchestra Cabineers Cadillacs Cardinals
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Entertainment Performing Artists Musical Groups 190-13 37 B - H, continued A1 Casey Trio Charioteers Charlie and Ray Charms Daisy Mae's Dixie Hummingbirds Billy Fair Combo Gentle-Men of Jazz Five Keys Five Kings Four Cats and a Kitten Gaylindon Trio Renee Hall Trio Harmonizing Four Erskine Hawkins Orchestra
38 J - W Jolly Jax Andy Kirk and His Orchestra Machito Madhatters Mambo Aces Mills Brothers Moderne Musical Modes Loumell Morgan Trio Jackie Paris Van Perry Band Real Sax Appeal Sauter-Finegan Orchestra Slate Brothers Ben Smith Quintet Soul Stirrers Southernaires Starlings Sunset Harmonizers Three Arnauts f Three Cleffs
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Entertainment Performing Artists Musical Groups, continued 190-13 38 J - W, continued Three Musical Riffs Three Strikes and a Miss Skeets Tolbert Quartet Trio Tones Turbans Eddie Vinson Orchestra Henry Wells Quintet All Star Girls Band 39 Dave Brubeck Quartet 40 Cats and the Fiddle 41 Clovers 42 Doles Dickens Quartet 43 Drifters 44 Four Notes 45 Four Tunes 46 Golden Gate Quartet 47 Inkspots 48 Louis Jordan and his Tympany 49 Five Lucky Millender Orchestra 50 Moonglows 51 Musical Belles 52 Orioles 53 Ravens 54 Ray-O-Vacs 55 Three Bs and Honey 56 Three Flames 57 Jimmy Tyler's Orchestra 58 Ward Singers 59 Cecil Young Quartet 60 Unidentified 61-62 t
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Entertainment Performing Artists, continued Vocalists 190-14 1 A-C Adams, Faye Angel Face Bee, Hope Bishop, Ola Bow, Clara Brock, Frances Brooks, Hadda Bruce, Marian Cain, Jackie Carpenter, Thelma Carter, Bobbie Christy, June Churchill, Savannah Cooper, Isadore Cornell, Ann
2 D - J Davis, Kay Davis, Lottie DeVore, Ophelia Dixon, Tina Eades, George Easley, Paulette Foley, Mary Ann Fulson, Lowell Graves, Katherine Green, Rose Marie Hall, Mary Harts, Ruby Hines, Babie James, Ida Jefferson, Mary Johnson, Elaine Jordan, Mary
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K - W Kelly, Pat Kirby, Elaine Laine, Frankie Laurie, Annie Lee, Peggy Lewis, Ann McCall, Mary Ann McPhail, Jimmy Marshall, Jimmy Mays, Bettie Morse, Ella Mae Norton, June Perry, Rosetta Sasche, Carmella Short, Martha Smith, Buddy Smith, Dorothy Staythe, Vanita Sullivan, Maxine Tajja, Lolita Veronnee Walker, Jennie Ward, Helen Warren, Kitty
Bailey, Pearl Big Maybelle 4 Bragg (National Negro Opera) 5 Brown, Anita 6 Brown, Ruth 7 Cole, Nat King 8 Collins, Vivian 9 Eckstine, Billy 4 11 12 Edward Sisters 13 Fitzgerald, Ella 14 Fletcher, Dusty 15 Green, Hattie ►
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Entertainment Performing Artists Vocalists, continued
190-14 16 Harris, Wynonie 17 Harrison, Ida 18 Hart, Peggy 19 Holliday, Billie 20 Horne, Lena 21 Jefferson, Viola 22 Johnson, Ella 23 Jones, Elsie 24 Lewis, Dolly 25 Lewis, Nolan 26 Maynor, Dorothy 27 Middleton, Velma Rahn, Muriel (National Negro 28 Opera) 29 Ramirez, Carlos 30 Scott, Hazel 31 Sissle, Noble (National Negro Opera) 32 Thigpin, Helen 33 Toma, Peggy 34 Tynes, Gwen 35 Vaughn, Sarah 36 Vinson, Eddie 37 Washington, Dinah 28 Waters, Ethel 39 Waters, Muddy 40 Unidentified 41 Groups
Organizations 42 A - Z Friends of Liberia Links, Inc. National Beauty Culturists League National Epicureans, Inc.
36 Box Folder I Photographs Organizations 190-14 42 A - Z, continued Tall Girls, Inc. UCS Volunteer Department Winsonettes, Inc. Young Women's League, Inc. AFL-CIO 43 American Red Cross 44 American Veterans Committee 45 Baker’s Dozen Youth Center 46 Barrister's Wives 47 Capital Press Club 48 Fides House, Inc. 49 Iona Whipper 50 John Massey Club 51 Maharajahs Social Club 52 Maryland's Gay Northeasterner's 53 Masons 54 National Association for the Advancement 55 of Colored People National Association of Colored Women 56 National Council of Negro Women 57 National Medical Association 58 Order of Business Proficieny 59 Po Monkey 43 United Nations 61 Washington Educational Touring Club 62 Washington Urban League 63 YMCA/YWCA 64 Fraternities/Sororities
Identified 65 Alpha Eta 66 Alpha Gamma Chi 67 Alpha Kappa Alpha 68 Chi Delta Mu 69 Chi Eta Phi 70 Delta Sigma Theta 71 Iota Phi Lambda 72 Osi Chi
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I Photographs Organizations Fraternities/Sororities Identified, continued Phi Beta Kappa Phi 190-14 73 Delta Kappa Psi Phi 74 Sigma Gamma Rhu Sigma 75 Xi Zeta Phi Beta 76 77 78 79 Unidentified Professions 190-15 1 Legal Medical
2 Dentistry Doctors/Nurses 3 Freedmen's Hospital Patients 4 5 Military
6 A-Z Brooks, Charles W. Brooks, Jewell Gibson Green, Albert McGill, Robert, Jr. Murray, George D. Philpot, Calvin Washington, Reginald Wilson, Robert E.
7 Unidentified Awards/Medals 8 Band 9 DePaul’s Infantry Chorus 9 11 Training Box Folder I Photographs
Professions, continued Police 190-15 12 Crime Scenes Fairmont 13 Heights, MD Officers 14 Police Beatings 15 Political
Politicians 16 Diggs, Charles 17 Humphrey, Hubert H. and Masons 18 Kennedy, John F. 19 Nixon, Richard M. 20 Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.
21 Unidentified 22 Campaigns 23 Elections 24 Votemobile
25 Protests, Boycotts, Picketts Religion Church Buildings 26 A-Z Antioch Baptist Bethesda Baptist Campbell A.M.E. Deleware Avenue Baptist Emanuel Baptist Galbraith A.M.E. Zion Isle of Patmas New Bethel Baptist Morning Star Mt. Caramel Baptist Mt. Pleasant Baptist Queen Esther Baptist r
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Religion Church Buildings 190-15 26 A. Z, continued Russel Temple C.M.E. Second Baptist Shiloh Simms Memorial M.E. Springfield Baptist St. Luke's Parrish House St. Paul Baptist St. Phillips Baptist Turner Memorial A.M.E. Union Wesley A.M.E Zion 27 Unidentified
Clergy 28 A - Z Burke, N.S. Catchings Foy, J.D. Harrison, J.M. Jones, Fair K. Lone, Edgar A. Rooks Smith, E.C. Thomas, Edward Trent, Theodore Williams, R.M.
29 Unidentified
Events/Activities 30 Baptisms 31 Choirs 32 Confirmation 33 Congregations 34-35 Groups 36 Pageants 37 Sacrifices
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I Photographs, continued Social Events
190-15 38 Anniversaries 39 Banquets 40 Beauty Pageants 41 Birthdays 42 Debutants 43 Embassies 44-45 Fashion 190-16 1-2 3 Formal Occasions 4 Funerals 5 Parades 6-7 Parties 8-13 Presentations Weddings Sports 14 Baseball Becquer, Julio Doby, Larry Unidentified Philadelphia Star Unidentified Players Basketball 15 Teams Albany Clowns Lichman Bears New York Rens Washington Brewers
16 Military Teams Women’s Teams 17 Youth Teams 18 19 Unidentified 20 Awards
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I Photographs
Sports Basketball, continued Collegiate Howard University Tennessee 190-16 21 22 State Virginia State Virginia 23 Union 24 25 High School Banneker Generals Kelly Miller "A" Champions Parker Gray Parkside Randalls Swans Unidentif ied Boating 190-17 1 Regatta '■'i Speed Boat Racing Z 3 Bowling
Boxing Boxers 4 5 Bell, Jimmy Brothers, Elkins 6 Louis, Joe Moore, Howard Unk, 7 Billy 8 9 Unidentified
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Sports Boxing, continued 190-17 10 Military Boxers Abrams, Dave Hendricks, William "Scuffin" Lewis, Richard Parker, John W. Phelps, John Somers, John
11 Youth Boxers
12 Eguestrian Football
13 Players Banks Bryson, James - Hampton Chase - Hampton Davis Dillard, James - Hampton Dillard, L.R. Folkes Goodall, Luther - Hampton Hardwick, Thomas Motley, Marion - Cleveland Brown Joseph, Jesse Lewis, Scop - Hampton McKinley, Lewis Reed, Billy Rhodes, John - Tennessee State Scott, Alvin Scott, Art Sellars, Walt - Wilberforce Simmons, Frank - Tuskegee Singleton, Quentin Young, Buddy - New York Yankees 14 Unidentified
43 Box Folder I Photographs Sports Football, continued 190-17 15 Teams Dunbar Howard University St. Augustine Simpsons Tennessee State Wilberforce Military Teams Youth 16 Teams 17 Unidentified Hampton-Tuskeqee Classic 17 19 Golf Golfers 20 Identified Cliff Brown, Clarence Watson, and Vernon [Ferrell] Frank Howard, Leroy Harris, and William C. Butler Unidentified 21 Men 22 Women 23 Awards 24 Miniature Golf
Tennis
25 Unidentified Men 26 Unidentified Women > 44
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Sports, continued Track and Field 190-17 27 Owens, Jesse 28 Unidentified Runners Weight Lifting 29 UnidentifiedWeightlifters Wrestling 30 Brazil, Bobo 31 Street Scenes Transportation 32 Airplane 33 Automobile 34 Helicopter Travel 35 Columbia Beach 36 Unidentified
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