Scope and Contents

Collection contains the 136-page diary (1918-1919) of William Blue that describes his military service in France in World War I and his return to the United States. Collection also includes genealogy materials on the Blue and Mapp families, newspaper clippings regarding William Blue, and Blue’s appointment as assistant band leader in the 350th Field Artillery.

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...