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Constance L. Myles School Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3177

Scope and Contents

The collection includes materials collected by Constance Myles during her time in elementary school and during her senior year of high school. Items are arranged chronologically. The entries in the Constance Myles elementary school autograph album are dated June 1958, when she graduated from Banneker Elementary School. There are several blank pages at the end of the album. Most of the friends and teachers writing in Myles’ album included a sentiment or verse along with their full names. For example, Carl Mosley wrote: “In climbing the ladder to success don’t take time out to rest.” Other verses included references to rival schools in variations on: “When you marry / don’t marry no fool / marry a boy from Vashon High School.” Teachers and administrators signed the album, including Samuel Shepard, Jr. (1907-1986), who served as administrator in the Banneker District of the SLPS from 1957 to 1976. There are three items from Myles’ senior year at Vashon High School which include a graduation invitation from Jerry Lee Williams, a program and ribbon from the Colors Day which celebrated the senior class, and a 1962 commencement program.

Dates

  • 1958-1962

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, quote from, or reproduce material in this collection, please contact the Archives Reference Desk at archives@mohistory.org. Copyright restrictions may apply. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright.

Biographical Sketch

Constance L. (Connie) Myles was born in St. Louis on June 4, 1944, to Damon and Alma Trout Myles.She attended Duvoll Elementary School from 1950 to 1955 and then Banneker Elementary School from 1955 to 1958. In 1962, Myles graduated from Vashon High School where she participated in the NAACP Youth Council and its student protests.

Extent

0.03 Cubic Feet ( (2 folders))

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Items are arranged chronologically.

Physical and Technical Requirements

There are no physical or technical restrictions.

Donor Information

The collection was donated by Constance L. Myles in 2005 (acc. no. 2005-075).

Related Materials

For more information on Myles, see Unknown Soldiers / Unsung Heroes: Youth Activism in the St. Louis Civil Rights Movement Oral History Project Transcripts (A3175). For photographs of Vashon High School students donated by Myles, contact the Photo and Prints Department.

Processing Information

Processed with funding from The Stuart Foundation, Inc. by Kristina Perez, 2021 (updated in 2024).

Creator

Title
Inventory of Constance L. Myles School Collection
Status
Completed
Author
EAD by Kristina Perez using ArchivesSpace
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository

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