African American Collecting Initiative, 2013-
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Subject applied to objects, photographs, moving images and sound, and archival materials accessioned as part of the Missouri Historical Society's African American Collecting Initiative. This subject should be applied only to items collected after 2013 and specifically as part of the initiative.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Elliot Washington, Sr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3282
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence, mostly from Washington’s service during WWII, a pocket diary, military personnel documents, a small number of documents from Washington’s life after the war, a photograph of John E. Washington, and his funeral program. The collection is arranged alphabetically by type of document. Items date from 1943 to 2007, with the largest gaps from 1954 to 1956, from 1961 to 1971, and from 1976 to 2001.
Most of the...
Dates:
1943-2007; Majority of material found within 1943-1945