African-American Family and Community Collection

MUM00775

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Administrative Information

Controlled Access Headings

PURL

Collection Inventory

Box 1

Box 2

PURL

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00775/

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Summary Information

Repository

University of Mississippi Libraries

Title

African-American Family and Community Collection

ID

MUM.00775

Date [inclusive]

1863-1996

Extent

2 boxes, 2 Linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Consists primarily of photographs and personal histories of several African-American families from North Mississippi (specifically Lafayette Co. and Oxford). Alongside information about the lives and history of these families, this collection also contains information about the churches, businesses, and organizations that currently exist and have existed in the area.

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Biographical Note

In 1993, Mrs. Susie Marshall received a Mississippi Humanities Council Grant for her coordinated project “Changes in the Senior Sewing and Savings Club, the Oxford Development Association, and the Mississippi Humanities Council", the project consisted of three public presentations held in the spring of 1996.

From this initial grant project, the idea to chronicle the history of the African-American community developed. Participants were asked to write a short family narrative and give artifacts when possible. These materials form the nucleus of the collection.

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Scope and Content

This collection primarily contains photographs, correspondence, programs, and handwritten or typed histories of families and community members which were collected by Susie Marshall and Niler Franklin.

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Arrangement

Material is arranged by topic.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries 2018

Access Restrictions

The African-American Family and Community Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Information

Susie Marshall and Niler Franklin

Processing Information

Collection processed by Special Collections Staff. Finding aid encoded by Amanda M. Williams.

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Controlled Access Headings

Geographic Name(s)

• Oxford (Miss.)

Subject(s)

• African-American women musicians

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Collection Inventory

Box 1
1.1 Cook-Herod, 1928-1950s  Scope and Content Photo of Russel, Magnolia Cook, and their baby Charlie Mac Cook Herod in 1928. Photo of James E. Herod, in front of their store in the 1950s.
1.2 Reverend J.C. Brown, 1909-1950s  Scope and Content Photo of a group of people (names not listed) in the 1950s. Photo of Rev. J.C. Brown with Timmie Pearson Brown [?] from 1909[?].
1.3 Coleman/Johnson, 1941  Scope and Content Photo of “Our Grandmother”, Anna Augusta Coleman, mother of Caldia[?] Coleman Johnson, 1941. Two photos - one photo of Dovie Johnson and one photo of Harry M. Johnson.
1.4 George Washington Fox - Negatives, Undated  Scope and Content Negatives of three photos of an unnamed man [George Washington Fox?], undated.
1.5 Mitchell, 1910-1998  Scope and Content Photo of Mitchell Ruben, father of William Mitchell, and extended family at Bacon Farm, 1910. Photo of a family (names for most written on the photo); Letter on back of the photo from Lampton to Robert Johnson, photo from 1910 and the letter 25 November 1984.
1.6 Thompson, Photograph, 29 September 1998  Scope and Content Photo of Gladys Thompson and Anne Mae Thompson Brassell
1.7 Oxford High School/W. Johnson - Photographs, 29 May 1901  Scope and Content Photo of Augustus and Walter Johnson, undated. Photo of “My Graduation Class” from Oxford High School (names not listed), 29 May 1901.
1.8 Johnson - Photographs, 1930s-1950  Scope and Content Photo of Dovie Wilburn Johnson (to Augustia on St. Valentine’s Day), 14 February 1950. Photo of Augusta Johnson Carothers, 1930s. Photo of A.C. Johnson, son of Augustus Johnson, undated.
1.9 Johnson (2) - Portraits, undated  Scope and Content Drawing of Walter Marcarl Johnson, Sr., married to Callie Coleman; they had two sons, Walter Jr. and Augustus Johnson. Drawing of Anna Augusta Coleman, mother of Callie Coleman Johnson.
1.10 Sewing and Savings Club - Photographs, undated  Scope and Content Photo of a group of women (names not listed). Photo of the Junior Sewing and Savings Club Members with names listed on the back: Hickie Mae Casey, Mable Thompson, Willie May Slack, Susie Marshall, Adel[a?] Crockette, Mae Francis Buford, Ruth [Johnson?], Johnnie McG[rawn?], Emma Harvey, Sallie B. Campbell, Rosa Lee Wilkins, Isabell Herod, Juanita Ivy, Bertha Harvey. Photo of the Junior Sewing and Savings Club Christmas Party.
1.11 Cook-Harvey - Photographs, 1930s-1950s  Scope and Content Photo of Mary Francis cook (front row), daughter of Litisha and Harvey Cook; Back Row - grandparents George Harvey and Emily Harvey Cook, 1930s. Photo of Bishop and Litisha Cook Harvey, 1940s. Photo of the “children of Bishop and Litisha Harvey Cook, grandchildren of Ann and Henry Cook; names listed on back: Back Row - Ulysses, Neil, Bertha, Emily, Maurice, “Fatty”; Front Row - Corabelle, Thelma, Litisha, Bishop, 1950s.
1.12 Carothers- Photographs, 1930s-1960s  Scope and Content Photo of Chester and Augusta Carothers, Rosa Lee’s brother and his wife, undated. Photo of Chester Carothers, undated. Photo of Edward Carothers, undated. Photo of Charles and wife Carol Carothers (only grandchild of the Carothers family), undated. Photo of Jessie Carothers, undated. Photo of Mr. Harold Bennett and Mrs. Rosie Carothers Bennett and “Aunt” Alice Carothers, 1900[?]. Photo of Rosa Lee Carothers, 1930s.Photo of Carothers Family Members: Left to right, Rosa Lee, George Jr., Augusta, Edna (Edward’s wife), and Edward, 1940s. Photo of Chester Carothers (“Ches”, a WWI veteran and an auto repair mechanic. First African-American to own a 1924 T Model Ford in Oxford), 1953. Photo of Chester and Augusta Carothers, 1960s.
1.13 Oxford Training School, 1961-1963  Scope and Content Oxford Training School photos - one photo of Samantha Ghist Redmond and Mrs. Susie Marshall, 1961-1963. Oxford Training School Community Birthday Calendar with photos with Mrs. Lena Peterson and Mrs. Dovie E. Johnson, 1961.
1.14 Roberts – Photograph, undated  Scope and Content Photo of Everett Roberts.
1.15 Buford - Photograph, undated  Scope and Content Photo of Buford family; names listed on separate sheet of paper – left to right: Bessie Buford Blake, Elnora[?] Buford Young, Mrs. Roxie[?] Brown Buford, Alberta Buford Campbell, George Buford, undated.
1.16 Couch- Photographs, undated - 1967  Scope and Content Photo of two unnamed men, undated. Photo of unnamed woman and boy, undated. Photo of Ed and Euerlin CouchPhoto of Ed and Euerlin Couch, January 1967.
1.17 Taylor- Photographs, undated  Scope and Content Photo of unnamed man and woman. Photo of an unnamed man. Photo of an unnamed man. Photo of unnamed woman – born 1 April 1868 and died 1964 at age 96.
1.18 Delmount Seminary Grammar School - Photograph, undated  Scope and Content Photo of women of the Delmount Seminary Grammar School; names listed on back of photo (left to right)(first row): Mary Price (teacher), Erma Brooks (teacher), Bettie Dickens (teacher), Dovie E. Johnson, Ester Goolsby; (2nd row):Rosie B. Owens, Katie Cobran[?], Alberda Nelson, E. Goolsby.
1.19 Organizations, 1947-1987  Scope and Content Photo of Oxford Community Chorus; (left to right) 1st row: Willie Mae Means, Gertrude Buford, Macie Lee Goff, Zettie B. Isom, Mamie Bankhead, Susie Marshall, Samantha Redmond, Edna Uccley[?], Eddie Johnson, James Buford; 2nd row: Russel Wiley, W.H. Hamp Davidson, Zula Jackson, Evelene Calloway; Director: Della R. Davison, 1947. Photo and letter from Leonard E. Thompson, chairman of Committee of Minority Association and Clubs, and Cornelia Fondren, secretary of Committee of Minority Association and Clubs, to “Dear North Seventh Street Resident,” 1987.
1.20 Churches and Businesses - Photographs, undated  Scope and Content Photo of unnamed people in a church service. Photo of unnamed church.
1.21 Ingram - Photograph, undated  Scope and Content Photo of Ingram family – Jerry Ingram (son of Robert and Euclene[?] Ingram’s father), undated.
1.22 Freedman Town Marker - Photograph, undated  Scope and Content Photo of unnamed woman beside Freedman Town Marker (erected 5 August 1996).
1.23 Background Info, 2002  Scope and Content Background info on the African-American Families of Lafayette County coordinated by the Senior Sewing and Savings Club, the Oxford Development Association, and the Mississippi Humanities Council, in coordination with the Department of Special Collection at the J.D. Williams Library.
Box 2
2.1 Cook-Herod Family - Papers, undated  Scope and Content Paper that photos used to be on with labels of “Russel and Magnolia Cook with baby – Charlie Mae Cook-Herod (now wife of Rev. Arthur Herod)” and “James E. Herod in front of store in Abbeville MS. (eating skins).
2.2 C.M. White Family - Booklet, 2-6 July 1996  Scope and Content “The White Family Unification in God Reunion in honor of our parents Connell Matthew and Thelma Ree,” booklet.
2.3 Reverend Jessie Brown Family - Description, undated  Scope and Content Handwritten History of Rev. Jessie Brown Family.
2.4 Penamon Family, undated  Scope and Content Original and copy of newspaper article discussing Mary Penamon’s 113th birthday. Original and copy of newspaper article discussing Mary Penamon’s 107th birthday. Typed History of Mary Penamon. Handwritten History of Mary and Andrew Penamon.
2.5 Mitchell Family - Description, undated  Scope and Content Handwritten Berkley Mitchell Family History.
2.6 Rogers Family, undated  Scope and Content Copy of newspaper article discussing Rev. Will Rogers 100th birthday. Typed History of the Rogers Family.
2.7 Blind Jim Ivy, undated - 1975  Scope and Content Typed history of Rev. Blind Jim, undated. Copy of The Oxford Eagle newspaper article “Letter from Blind Jim recalls ’36 prediction,” 19 September 1975.
2.8 Solomon Morgan and Family – Notes, undated  Scope and Content Handwritten notes about Solomon Morgan and of the Morgan Family.
2.9 Martin Family – Notes, undated  Scope and Content Handwritten Martin Family History by Orusta Martin. Handwritten notes about Commodore Martin History Alex Martin Family Unit.
2.10 Coleman Family – Notes, undated  Scope and Content Handwritten notes for Black History Lafayette County.
2.11 George Washington Fox – Description, undated  Scope and Content Typed George Washington Fox Family Unions.
2.12 W.T. Houston, undated  Scope and Content Typed History of Wilmer T. Houston. Handwritten notes for History of Wilmer T. Houston.
2.13 Mitchell Ruben - Notes, undated  Scope and Content Typed notes about Mitchell Ruben.
2.14 Correthers Family - Description, undated  Scope and Content Typed Correthers Family History.
2.15 Nick Tyson – Notes, undated  Scope and Content Handwritten notes about the Nick Tyson Family.
2.16 Thompson Family, undated- 1982  Scope and Content Handwritten notes about Thompson Family History, undated. Program for The Descendants of Carter Braxton and Beulah Davis Thompson Family Reunion Banquet (2 copies), 2 July 1982.
2.17 Johnson, undated - 1975  Scope and Content Copy of photo and notes about Anna Augusta Coleman (grandmother of Walter M. Johnson), undated. Copy of photo and notes about Callie Coleman Johnson (mother of Walter M. Johnson), undated. Paper with label “Walter and Augustus Johnson 1924,” undated. Typed notes about “Oxford-Lafayette African-American Education,” undated. Typed Burl Roberson/John Wesley Johnson Family History, undated. Original newspaper article “Oxford Elementary students remember others at Christmas” from The LafaShopper News, 14 October 1975.
2.18 Sewing and Savings Club, undated - 1988  Scope and Content Original newspaper article “Club continues long-time service,” undated. Original newspaper article “Senior Savings,” undated. Paper with labels for a photo (photo separated from paper and in a different box) of the Children’s Picnic sponsored by the Senior Sewing and Savings Club, undated. Paper describing the Senior Sewing and Saving Club amongst other African-American Organizations, undated. Paper with labels for a photo (photo separated and in a different box) of the Junior Sewing and Savings Club Members, undated. Original newspaper article “Club” from The LafaShopper News, undated.
2.19 Harvey Cook Papers, undated  Scope and Content Paper with labels for photos (photos separated and in a different box) of Mary Francis Cook and daughter and Emma Harvey.
2.20 Carothers Family - Description, undated  Scope and Content Handwritten History “Carothers Family Photographs,” undated.
2.21 Oxford Training School, 8-10 July 1994  Scope and Content Original newspaper section “OTS Reunion Section” from The Oxford Eagle, 8 July 1994. Program for the Oxford Training School Alumni 20th Year Anniversary, 8-10 July 1994.
2.22 Boy Scouts - Small Poster, undated  Scope and Content Small poster “Soul Force Boy Scouts and Black History Week” with photo of Troup 55.
2.23 Roberts Family, undated  Scope and Content Completed draft interview for Field Committee Members - Myrtle Parker. Blank draft interview for Field Committee Members. Scans of a Family Memories book for the Roberts Family from Myrtle Parker (3 scans).
2.24 Famiy Histories - Descriptions, undated  Scope and Content Typed information about the Stella Mayes Alexander Family. Typed Tidbits from the Countryside (3 pages clipped together). Typed information about the Stella Mayes Alexander Family. Typed information about the Nathaniel Cook Family. Typed information about the Mitchell and Fox Families. Typed information about the different families. Typed information about Frank Chalmers Neilson, Educator. Typed information about the Boles, Wiley, and Johnson families. Typed information about the different families.
2.25 Jim Owens, undated  Scope and Content Handwritten family history “The Late Jim Owens and Callie Family History.” Printed graphic depicting the Owens Family Tree.
2.26 Roberson and Johnson Family - Photograph and Description, undated  Scope and Content Copy of photo from a newspaper article of Nettie Cannon (103) and daughter Ella Flowers (80) with handwritten info about the Burl Roberson/John Wesley Johnson Family. Copy of photo from a newspaper article of Nettie Cannon (103) and daughter Ella Flowers (80) with typed info about the Burl Roberson/John Wesley Johnson Family (2 copies).
2.27 Dan Avant, undated - 28 July 1996  Scope and Content Handwritten notes about the history of the Avant Family, undated. Program for the Avant-Joiner Family Reunion, 28 July 1996.
2.28 Edna Dickens, undated - 16 July 1996  Scope and Content Typed “Tribute to Mrs. Susie L. Marshall Affectionately Known as ‘Auntie’!”, undated. From Mrs. Susie Marshall (project director and co-sponsor of the Senior Sewing and Savings Club and the Oxford Development Association) to the Project Field Research Committee Members about the Mississippi Humanities Council Project Number 2076, Re: Collecting 3 or/more Families Histories (2 copies), 16 July 1996.
2.29 Taylor Family - Description, undated  Scope and Content Handwritten history “Saga of Thomas Taylor and Mary Avant Taylor.” Typed history “A Talk with Tommie Wendell Taylor - The Taylor Family Saga” written by Richard S. Griffin.
2.30 Delmount Seminary Grammar School - Papers, undated  Scope and Content Paper with labels for a photo (photo separated and in a different box) for the Delmount Seminary Grammar School with names listed at the bottom of the page.
2.31 Organizations, undated - 29 September 1978  Scope and Content Typed description of several different groups from the Oxford-Lafayette area, undated. Copy of program photo and handwritten information about William E. Peterson, Judge of Circuit Court of Cook County, undated. Typed and handwritten information about Nolia Banks, founder of the Oxford Consistory, undated. Typed information about different associations in the Oxford-Lafayette area, undated. Program for the Oxford Lodge No. 16 100th Anniversary at the Oxford Junior High School, 29 September 1978.
2.32 Churches and Businesses - Description, undated  Scope and Content Typed information about churches in the Oxford-Lafayette area.Typed information about businesses and occupations in the Oxford-Lafayette area.
2.33 Personalities, undated - September 1978  Scope and Content Typed information about Freemantown, undated. Copy of photo of Mrs. Susie Marshall standing in front of Freedman Town Marker and typed information of the sign erection, undated. Typed information about “Notable People” (2 copies), undated. Copy of a photo of Mrs. Lena Mae Peterson and Copy of the Commemoration Service information, undated. Copy of a photo of Mrs. Lena Mae Peterson and Commemoration Service information, 30 November 1959. Copy of program for the Oxford Lodge No. 16 100th Anniversary at the Oxford Junior High School, 29 September 1978.
2.34 Ingram Family - Description, undated  Scope and Content Typed history of the Ingram Family.
2.35 Reconstruction, undated - 1986  Scope and Content Handwritten information “An Incident of Reconstruction Days,” undated. Copy of a newspaper article “An Incident of Reconstruction Days” in The Oxford Eagle, 28 February 1986.
2.36 Mrs. Lena M. Peterson - Photograph and Commemoration, 30 November 1959  Scope and Content Copy of a photo of Mrs. Lena Mae Peterson and Copy of the Commemoration Service information.
2.37 African-American Family Project - Description, undated  Scope and Content Typed information about “African-American Family Project Funded by MHC” by Niler P. Franklin.
2.38 Thirkield Family, undated - 1994  Scope and Content Typed “Rules of the Thirkield Family,” undated. Typed prayer and mission “The Thirkield Sisters and Brother of Tender Loving Care,” undated. From Ida Fay Campbell to unknown (2 copies), undated. Blank Scholarship Program form for Thirkield Descendants, undated. Thirkield Family Directory from 1993 and 1994.