Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of items relating to the life and musical careers of both Joyce Ann Huston and her mother Loyce Huston. Items date from 1974 to 2017 with the following date gaps: 1975 to 1984, 1986 to 1991, 1998 to 2005, and 2007-2016. The collection is arranged alphabetically by name. Items relating to Joyce Ann (Lady J) Huston include preservation photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the Marquette Dancers, the front page of...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials relating to the civic and personal lives of Charles and Marian Oldham and their families. The collection is divided into five series: Family, Civil Rights, University of Missouri, Marian Oldham Scholarship Fund, and The Oaks. The collection spans from circa 1900 to 2006 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1989 to 2006....

Scope and Contents The six scrapbooks in this collection contain newspaper clippings, programs, and handbills collected and mounted by Charles Turner, which reflect his interest in the status and affairs of African Americans in the St. Louis region and across the nation. The scrapbooks all contain overlapping dates and items from assorted sources. Some of the dominant themes in the scrapbooks include lynching, African American Republicans, the A.M.E. Church, Booker T. Washington, fraternal...