African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Social Planning Council Board of Directors Minutes
Collection
Identifier: A2300
Scope and Contents
The collection contains monthly typescript minutes and financial statements of the Board of Directors of the Social Planning Council, dated October 1941 to December 1945. These minutes include reports of hospitals, orphanages, nursing homes, camps and several other types of institutions in St. Louis City and County. The following individuals served as officers of the organization: Dr. Llewellyn Sale (president), Dr. Walter B. Bodenhafer, R. Walston Chubb, John L. Bracken, Rev. Fr. John J....
Dates:
1941 Oct-1945 Dec
Lucy P. Stewart Photograph Album Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1287
Scope and Contents
The Lucy P. Stewart Photograph Album documents the life and career of Lucy's father, William J. Stewart. William Stewart was a minister in the Spiritualist church who rose to prominence as a Bishop in the national organization. The album provides a glimpse into the history of an early Spiritualist church founded by African Americans, as well as middle-class Black life in St. Louis during the period of the First Great Migration. Most of the photos appear to date from the 1910s, 1920s, and...
Dates:
1910-1939
Top Ladies Of Distinction Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1068
Scope and Contents
The Top Ladies Of Distinction Collection contains photographs related to a 1983 Unsung Heroines banquet and a 1984 unidentified dinner event, possibly with the Top Teens of America. Photos related to the Unsung Heroines banquet consist of three pages of portraits titled "Unsung Heroines." Each page features small portraits of multiple women, with each woman identified beneath her photo. Seven photographs of the 1984 dinner event show group portraits of young men wearing white tuxedos, adult...
Dates:
1983-1984
Charles Turner Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: A1657
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...
Dates:
1882-1918
Dr. James M. Whittico Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1168
Scope and Contents
The Dr. James M. Whittico Photograph Collection documents Dr. Whittico’s career as one of the most prominent African American physicians in St. Louis, as well as his involvement in a variety of fraternal and civic organizations. The collection also documents the personal lives of Dr. Whittico and his wife Gloria Thompson Whittico. The collection includes formal studio portraits, candid shots by professional photographers, informal snapshots, slides, and albums.Dr. Whittico ran a...
Dates:
Majority of material found in ca. 1899-2010