Chicago Public Library
Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of
Afro-American History and Literature

Chester Commodore Papers, 1914-2004

36 linear feet (70 boxes)

Provenance | Biographical Note | Scope and Content Notes
Correspondence | Photographs  | Cartoons by Commodore
Cartoon Photocopies | Cartoon Newsclippings | Memorabilia | Biographical

 

Collection Number:	2007/01
Provenance:	Papers of Chester Commodore, African-American cartoon artist and Chicago Defender cartoon editor, were donated to the Harsh Collection by Lorin Nails-Smooté, step-daughter of Chester Commodore, and other family members, July 2007.
Size:	36 linear feet (70 boxes)
Repository:	Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library (Chicago Public Library), 9525 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois  60628
Access to Collection	The materials in this collection are not restricted.
Citation:	When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Chester Commodore Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Chicago Public Library
Processed by:	Beverly Cook, Assistant Curator; Jeanie Child, intern

 

Note on the Provenance 

Nearly all the materials in this collection were created or collected by Chester Commodore as he carried out his work and family life.  A few items were added by Lorin Nails-Smooté after Commodore's death (i.e., obituary information, materials relating to a Commodore biography).  Also added were few original cartoons accessioned in other archival collections held at the Chicago Public Library. During processing of this collection, copies of published Commodore cartoons whose originals are no longer available (primarily 1948-1968) were produced from digital images and added to the papers at the request of the donor.

Biographical Note

Chester Commodore was one of the most influential and acclaimed African-American cartoonists of the twentieth century.  During the nearly 50 years his cartoons appeared in the Chicago Defender, Commodore used his art to advocate for racial justice, human rights, and equality of opportunity.  From the 1954 appearance of his world-famous first editorial cartoon (on the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education, featuring a hammer breaking chains); his work reached an international audience.  More than that, his widely-seen cartoons helped to bridge the gulf between the two "parallel universes" representing the separate worlds of Blacks and Whites in the twentieth century.  Through his realistic and non-stereotyped depiction of human subjects, Commodore helped to end the "eight-ball" caricature that white cartoonists had used to depict African-Americans.

Chester Commodore was born in Racine, Wisconsin, on August 22, 1914, to Pascal and Elizabeth (Bessie Fite) Commodore, along with five siblings-- Aletha (a half-sister), Blanche, Josephine, Louis, and Ruth.  His parents and sisters moved to Chicago in 1923, but Chester and his older brother, Louis stayed with his maternal grandmother, Della Fite, in her Racine boarding house.  His earliest memories centered on his love of drawing, and he was encouraged by John Prophet, who boarded at the house.  In Grandmother Fite's music room Commodore mingled with notable African-American musicians, artists, and other cultured travelers who were denied accommodation in white-owned establishments in Chicago and Milwaukee. Always the boy observed and watched the living panorama he would later reproduce so effectively.

In 1927 Commodore joined his family in Chicago.  He enrolled in Tilden Technical High School with the intention of studying drawing but instead found most art classes already filled.  He needed no permission to practice drawing whenever he could, but he found few buyers for his work.  Frustrated, he took his portfolio to Robert Abbott, publisher of the Chicago Defender--but Abbott sternly told him to finish his schooling first.  Commodore didn’t finish high school. He sought work, and wound up in jobs as a car washer, chauffeur and truck driver, in Chicago and in Minneapolis. Returning to Chicago in 1940, Commodore was hired the next year by the famed Pullman Company. He began as a Pullman railroad car cleaner, but was soon promoted to maintenance mechanic for cars on the New York Central line.

Commodore was still working at Pullman when he got a call from Charles Browning, a Defender editor, offering Commodore a job for advertising layout work. The paper desperately needed staff, as it sought alternative production methods during the 1948 printers strike. Browning had been a schoolmate of Commodore’s sister Ruth, and knew about his artistic abilities. He was hired on August 1, 1948, and rapidly advanced to photo layouts, story illustrations, and then to cartoons.  On October 30, the Defender published the first humor or “gag” cartoon by proud new employee Chester Commodore.

In 1948 the Defender challenged its readership to provide a title for a "nameless" comic strip drawn by Commodore.  After a five month contest, Commodore’s inaugural strip was named "The Sparks." Commodore took over cartoonist Jay Jackson's strip "Bungleton Green" in the early 1950s. He also contributed substantial stints drawing the cartoon features "The Ravings of Professor Doodle" and "So What?" while simultaneously providing art copy for the advertising department. 

Jay Jackson died weeks before the landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Commodore was thrust into the position of Defender editorial cartoonist. His opening effort became the universal iconic depiction of the U.S. Supreme Court's hammer smashing the chains of separate and unequal education.  Commodore worked prodigiously as editorial cartoonist for the next three decades, with just a brief hiatus away from the Defender in the 1960s.  During one period he was responsible for producing no less than seven cartoons or strips at the same time. Many of the editorial cartoons he created during this period impacted public opinion with their sharp depictions of lynching, denial of suffrage, and other injustices to African-Americans.  Other publications began to reprint Commodore’s cartoons on their op-ed pages, and he joined the wider community of political cartoonists.

After the 1968 assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commodore turned a more penetrating eye and a wider scope on life in the African-American community.  His canvas expanded to broader social problems created by injustice--poverty, false democracy, denial of government services.  Commodore especially decried Black-on-Black crime as feeding upon the injustices meted out to the community.  His clear eye could thus portray the complex effects of policy wheel operations upon community life.  He focused upon those often ignored by other media:  during a bull market period in the 1950s, for example, he chose to depict the hardships endured by striking steel workers who had not enjoyed stock market benefits. It was not at all easy for Commodore. He suffered greatly from assignments that required him to illustrate sensationally heinous crimes.

In 1974 the Defender launched its weekly arts supplement, "Accent."  Each "Accent" cover featured a full-page Chester Commodore caricature of a current local or national celebrity—an artist, producer, writer, or other famed professional.  The series continued for over five years.  Many of Commodore's famous subjects requested and received their original Commodore caricature drawing as a memento.

Commodore's work brought him numerous awards:  the National Newspaper Publishers Association's Best Cartoon Award in 1972 and in six years that followed; Cartoonist Profiles' Best Editorial Cartoon; and numerous awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild.  Meanwhile he received the National Conference of Christians and Jews' Brotherhood award in 1976; the Lu Palmer Foundation award (1980); and a Golden Medallion Award from the Pulitzer Prize Committee. But despite twelve Pulitzer nominations, Chester Commodore was never awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his work.  Commodore cartoons appeared in several exhibits, including the Chicago Public Library (1971), the Turbeville cartoon exhibit (1974); the Chicago Police Department (1977); the Colorado Pioneers Museum, and the Chicago City Bank & Trust (1978 and 1981).

It was Chester Commodore's great strength that he could integrate his enormous artistic output with his central role in a large family to create a seamlessly full life.  He wholeheartedly joined the Defender staff "family" and remained close to co-workers for the rest of his life. He also participated in the larger journalistic community as one of its few African-American representatives.  Chester Commodore married three times, first in the 1930s to Marie (Ruby) Bazel.  The two sons born to this union, Chesterfield Jr. ("Butch") and Phillip Joseph ("Flip"), remained close to him during their adult lives.  At the Defender Commodore met his third wife, Mattye Marcia Buchanan Hutchins Nails.  They were married in 1955 and remained extremely devoted until her death in 1990.  He called Marcia his inspiration and became a dedicated stepfather to her daughter Lorin as well as to her son William Hutchins.  Commodore’s papers show his close ties to both the Commodore and Buchanan extended families.  He shared his humor, guidance, artistic gifts, and material wealth with his stepchildren, grandchildren, nieces and nephews.  His stepdaughter recalled seeing him create the next day's cartoons at his dining room table--able to focus efficiently yet fully participate in current family endeavors.

Always creative, Commodore in retirement had more time to indulge his hobby of model train building by producing detailed replicas of early steam trains from found objects such as coffee cans.  He also built scale replicas of historic buildings and expertly carved wood into exquisite miniatures.  Chasing his dream of flying, he attended Chicago's Coffey School in the 1930s and piloted a number of aircraft until 1957 when his wife discovered he did not fly with a parachute.  The physically fit Commodore also learned speed skating while a young man.

Chester Commodore consistently looked out for "the little guy" (his own words) who had no other spokesperson.  Accordingly, he often donated his work to special causes, such as the Neediest Children's Christmas Fund (1970s), and he visited local grammar schools, high schools and colleges to speak with the students and offer guidance.  Entries in the Girl Scouts' annual city art contest received Commodore's expert evaluation.

By 1980 the U.S. political landscape turned markedly more conservative, and Commodore's efforts to improve the world through his art had engendered symptoms of burnout.  He decided to retire from the Defender and moved with Marcia to Colorado Springs, Colorado.  While he quickly made a place for himself in this new community he was eventually enticed back to working for the Defender in 1992.  From Colorado Springs he sent the Defender at least one cartoon per week for the next 12 years. Chester Commodore continued creating these cartoons until a few days before his death on April 10, 2004.

More information about Chester Commodore and the Chicago Defender during the Commodore years can be found in the following archival collections held at the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature:

• Abbott-Sengstacke Family Papers
• Barbara Allen Papers
• Ben Burns Papers
• Charles A. Davis Papers
• Tim Jackson Papers
• Marjorie Stewart Joyner Papers

Researchers should also consult Tim Jackson’s “Pioneering Cartoonists of Color” website, the most comprehensive source for information about African American cartoonists nationally.
           
Scope and Content Note

The Chester Commodore Papers include his personal correspondence, photographs, original cartoon drawings, cartoon photocopies, newsclippings of Commodore cartoons, other clippings, and varied memorabilia.  These materials (1914-2004) pertain to Commodore's nearly fifty years at the Chicago Defender newspaper, most of that time having been spent as editorial cartoonist.  They also reflect his relationship to his colleagues at the Defender, to members of other local and national media, and to his extended family.

The papers were in Commodore's possession at the time of his death, and became the property of Lorin Nails-Smooté as his literary executor.  They were received by the Harsh Research Collection in a state of little intrinsic order. The papers have been arranged into seven series:  Correspondence, Photographs, Original Cartoons, Cartoon Copies, Cartoon Newsclippings, Memorabilia, and Biographical material.  A few items dating from Commodore's death or later include materials for his funeral, historical U.S. census data, and other records providing historical context that were obtained during the preparation of an exhibit in 2007. 

Correspondence (1939-2004) falls into personal, business and social greeting categories, intermingled.  Chester Commodore's personal correspondence includes many letters from national and local media notables, politicians, and other cartoonists, or correspondence inviting him to participate in an exhibit, TV program, or other event.  Accompanying publicity material or newsclippings are included with attached correspondence.  Interfiled with these types of professional correspondence are letters from family members and friends, some of whom were Commodore's colleagues, especially in materials dating from 1939 to 1968.  Few copies of correspondence sent by Commodore are included; it appears that he rarely made copies of his letters.  The correspondence series is arranged chronologically, within general categories of correspondence and greeting cards.  Greeting cards saved by his wife Marcia, with little or no written message, have been foldered separately in chronological order.  Included here are a few cards hand made by Chester Commodore, mostly for Marcia.

The Correspondence series includes communications from Commodore's colleagues at the Defender, such as Charles Browning, Dr. Metz Lochard, Ethel Payne, Lu Palmer, and letters from other cartoonists, including John Fischetti and Dick Locher.  Both President Richard Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover thanked him for cartoons in which they were featured.  Letters and notes are found from other notables from the African-American community including Harold Washington, Dempsey Travis, A.A. (“Sammy”) Rayner, and Cecil Partee.

Photographs (1915-1994) are arranged chronologically, and are mainly of family members but also include artwork and community events.  Current family members have identified as many of the photographs as possible, but some remain unidentified.

Original Cartoons (1948 to 2004) have been subdivided into Chicago Defender "Accent" caricatures and Chicago Defender cartoons, mostly editorial.  The "Accent" caricatures (1974-1979) were finished in ink [with black/white wash].  Many of the originals were presented as gifts to their famous subjects and therefore are not part of the collection.  Unfortunately Commodore destroyed much of his pre-1969 original cartoon work before he moved to Colorado in 1981. The bulk of the original editorial cartoons date from 1970 to 1981 and from 1991 to 2004.  They are arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by caption.

The Cartoon Photocopies series consists of copies of original cartoons, made by Commodore. Harsh Collection staff added photocopies made from the Proquest serials database reproducing Commodore cartoons that appeared in the Defender for the years 1948-1968, arranged chronologically.  All other cartoon photocopies (1950s-2000s) are stored in chronological order.

News clippings (1950s -2004) include thousands of Commodore's published cartoons clipped by his wife, Marcia, from both the Chicago Defender and also from approximately thirty other publications.  They are stored by publication (Chicago Defender or other press), arranged chronologically.

Memorabilia (1920-2004) include awards (and event programs) awarded to Chester Commodore, and exhibit programs in which his work was shown.  There are broadsides and other small printed materials that contain Commodore cartoons.  Scrapbooks and other materials used to prepare his Pulitzer nominations are also included.  There is a small amount of miscellaneous original artwork, usually unidentified.  The researcher can also find two manuscripts:  "What Comes First," a children's story by Jerry Drain illustrated by Commodore; and "The Other Side of the Coin," 14 chapters consisting mostly of Commodore's own work, prepared in the 1990s but never published.

A significant amount of memorabilia consist of serial publications dating from the 1960s to 2002, found with Commodore's other papers and occasionally containing articles about him and/or cartoons created by him.  Several memorabilia folders contain varied materials relating to Commodore's hobbies, such as model railroading, aviation, and travel.  Memorabilia are organized by format and subject, then chronologically.  A separate box contains three-dimensional objects found with his papers.

Biographical material gleaned during preparation of an exhibit of Commodore's work at the Harsh Research Collection (2008) was placed in a separate series in order to aid researchers.  These materials include photocopies of published articles, news items, and PR materials relating to Commodore and his work.  They also include a few items of correspondence, some vital records, and short biographical sketches prepared by Commodore for various Pulitzer Prize entries he submitted.  Original copies of these materials are stored in their respective series.

Chester Commodore Papers Series Box List

Series 1	Correspondence	01-09
Series 2	Photographs	10-20
Series 3	Cartoons by Commodore (original)	21-51
Series 4	Cartoon Photocopies	52-53
Series 5	Cartoon Newsclippings	54-59
Series 6	Memorabilia	60-68
Series 7	Biographical	69-70

 

Container List

Series 1  Correspondence		Back to Top
Box 1
FOLDER	DESCRIPTION
001	Correspondence  1939
002	Correspondence  1947
003	Correspondence  1949
004	Correspondence  1951
005	Correspondence  1953
006	Correspondence  1954
007	Correspondence  1955
008	Correspondence  1956
009	Correspondence  1957
010	Correspondence  1958-1959
011	Correspondence  1960
012	Correspondence  1961
013	Correspondence  1962
014	Correspondence  1963
015	Correspondence  1964
016	Correspondence  1965
017	Correspondence  1965  (Harold Platt)
018	Correspondence  1966
019	Correspondence  1967
020	Correspondence  1968
021	Correspondence  1969  (January-June)
022	Correspondence  1969  (July-December)
Box 2
001	Correspondence  1970
002	Correspondence  1971
003	Correspondence  1972
004	Correspondence  1973  (January-June)
005	Correspondence  1973  (July-December)
006	Correspondence  1974
007	Correspondence  1975
Box 3
001	Correspondence  1976
002	Correspondence  1977
003	Correspondence  1978
004	Correspondence  1979
005	Correspondence  1980  (January-June)
006	Correspondence  1980  (July-December)
007	Correspondence  1981
Box 4
001	Correspondence  1982
002	Correspondence  1983
003	Correspondence  1984
004	Correspondence  1985
005	Correspondence  1986
006	Correspondence  1987
007	Correspondence  1988
008	Correspondence  1989
009	Correspondence  1990
010	Correspondence  1991
011	Correspondence  1992
012	Correspondence  1992-1997  (Retirement Correspondence)
013	Correspondence  1993
014	Correspondence  1994  [no 1995 correspondence]
015	Correspondence  1996
016	Correspondence  1997
017	Correspondence  1998
018	Correspondence  1999
Box 5
001	Correspondence  2000
002	Correspondence  2001
003	Correspondence  2002
004	Correspondence  2003
005	Correspondence  2004
006	Correspondence  [n.d.]
007	Correspondence  [n.d.]
008	Correspondence  [n.d.]
009	Correspondence  [n.d.]
010	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards:  Children’s Art  [n.d.]
011	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards:  Chester Commodore Art  [1950-2002]
012	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards:  Chester Commodore Art  [1950-2002]
013	Correspondence:  Greeting cards:  Gift cards, notes, invitations, announcements  [n.d., 1981]
Box 6
001	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  1950-1959
002	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  1960-1969
003	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  1970-1979  1 of 2
004	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  1970-1979  2 of 2
005	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  1980-1989  1 of 4
Box 7
001	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  1980-1989  2 of 4
002	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  1980-1989  3 of 4
003	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  1980-1989  4 of 4
Box 8
001	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  1990-1999
002	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  2000-2003
003	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  [n.d.]  1 of 3
Box 9
001	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  [n.d.]  2 of 3
002	Correspondence:  Greeting Cards, unsorted  [n.d.]  3 of 3
003	Correspondence:  Oversized Commodore cards to wife  1979
004	Correspondence:  Oversized Commodore get-well card to wife  [n.d.]
005	Correspondence:  Oversized Children’s Art  [n.d.]
006	Correspondence:  Oversized Greeting Cards  [n.d.]
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Series 2    Photographs
Box 10 (001-102)
Photo #	Year	Subject
001	1915	Chester Commodore
002	Unknown	Unknown
003	1919	Chester Commodore
004	1932	Josephine Commodore, Pascal and Elizabeth Commodore, Blanche Garland, and Ruth Commodore
005	1938	Chesterfield Commodore Jr (Butch)
006	1939	Chester Commodore
007	1940	Nancy Smithson
008	1945	Chesterfield Commodore, Jr
009	1946	Philip Commodore (Flip)
010	1947	Chester Commodore
011	1947	Unknown
012	1948	Philip Commodore (Flip)
013	1949	Unknown
014	1949	Unknown
015	1949	Unknown
016	1949	Unknown
017	1949	Pascal and Philip Commodore
018	1949	Nancy and George Smithson
019	1953	Chester Commodore
020	1953	Chester Commodore
021	1953	Chester Commodore
022	1953	Chester Commodore
023	1953	Chester Commodore
024	1953	Chester Commodore
025	1953	Chester Commodore
026	1953	Unknown
027	1953	Patricia (Patsy) Garland
028	1953	Unknown
029	1953	Pascal and Elizabeth Commodore, Blanch Garland, Chester and Lewis Commodore
030	1953	Chester Commodore and Blanche Garland
031	1954	Patricia Garland
032	1954	Patricia Garland
033	1954	Chesterfield Commodore,  Jr.
034	1954	Chesterfield Commodore, Jr
035	1954	Chester Commodore
036	1954	Chesterfield Jr and Philip Commodore
037	1954	Philip Commodore and Anita Barnes
038	1954	Chester and Marcia Commodore, Anita and Bill Barnes
039	1954	Patricia Garland
040	1954	Patricia Garland
041	1954	Patricia Garland
042	1954	Patricia Garland
043	1954	Patricia Garland
044	1954	Lewis Commodore
045	1954	Philip Commodore
046	1954	Pet Bird
047	1954	Chris Commodore
048	1954	[White House]
049	1955	Chester Commodore
050	1955	Chester Commodore
051	1955	Blanche Garland
052	1956	Chester and Marcia Commodore
053	1957	Chester and Marcia Commodore, Walter Biggs, Millie Humphries, James Buchanan and Blanche Garland
054	1957	Anita Barnes, Gloria Evans and Barbara Smithson
055	1957	Chester Commodore (Just a cake for CC)
056	1957	Esperance (Pat) Buchanan, Blanche Garland and Cora Lee Young
057	1958	Pascal Commodore and Patsy Garland
058	1958	Pascal Commodore and Patsy Garland
059	1958	Pascal Commodore and Patsy Garland
060	1958	Pascal Commodore
061	1958	Pascal Commodore
062	1950	Patsy Garland
063	1950	Pascal Commodore and Patsy Garland
064	1958	Patsy Garland
065	1959	Patsy Garland, Chester Commodore and Beverly Smoote
066	1959	Patsy Garland and Beverly Smoote
067	1959	Blanche Garland and Lorin (Bunnye) Nails Smoote
068	1959	Blanche Garland and Lorin (Bunnye) Nails Smoote
069	1959	Blanche Garland and Lorin (Bunnye) Nails Smoote
070	1959	Chester Commodore
071	1959	Chester Commodore, Lorin Nails Smoote, and Beverly Smoote
072	1959	Barbara Smithson
073	1959	Chester Commodore, Gloria Evans and Pascal Commodore
074	1959	Chester Commodore and Lorin Nails Smoote
075	1959	Chester Commodore and Lorin Nails Smoote
076	1959	Lorin Nails Smoote
077	1959	Lorin Nails Smoote
078	1955	Chester Commodore and Spot
079	1955	Chester Commodore and Spot
080	1955	Chester Commodore and Spot
081	1955	Chester Commodore
082	1955	Ruth Commodore
083	1955	Elizabeth (Bessie) Commodore
084	1955	Patsy Garland
085	1955	Josephine Commodore, Blanche Garland, Ruth Commodore, Chester Commodore and Patsy Garland
086	1955	Marcia Commodore and Blanche Garland
087	1955	Blanche Garland
088	1955	Chester and Marcia Commodore, and Blanche Garland
089	1955	Marcia Commodore, Blanche Garland and Patsy Garland
090	1955	Chester Commodore
091	1955	Chester Commodore and Beverly Buchanan
092	1955	Patsy Garland
093	1955	Patsy Garland
094	1955	Patsy Garland
095	1955	Patsy Garland
096	1955	Patsy Garland
097	1955	Patsy Garland
098	1955	Philip, Chesterfield Jr and Marcia Commodore
099	1955	CC, Philip (Flip) and Chesterfield (Butch) Commodore
100	1955	Philip (Flip) and Chesterfield (Butch) Commodore
101	1955	CC and Marcia Commodore
102	1956	CC
Box 11 (103-200)
103	1960	Nancy Smithson
104	1960	Nancy Smithson
105	1960	Barbara Smithson, Nancy Smithson and Beverly M. Smoote
106	1960	CC and Beverly (Beaver) Marcia Smoote
107	1960	Beverly (Beaver) Marcia Smoote
108	1960	Beverly Smoote
109	1960	Beverly Marcia Smoote and Nancy Smithson
110	1960	CC, Beverly Marcia Smoote and Nancy Smithson
111	1960	Beverly Marcia Smoote and Nancy Smithson
112	1960	CC and Beverly Marcia Smoote
113	1960	CC and Beverly Marcia Smoote
114	1960	Pascal Commodore
115	1960	Pascal Commodore and Patsy Garland
116	1960	Patsy Garland
117	1960	Ralph Smithson
118	1960	Nancy Smithson and Frank Smoote
119	1960	Martha Buchanan and Gladys Crucheon
120	1960	Blanche Garland and Elizabeth Commodore
121	1960	Elizabeth Commodore, Philip Commodore, and Blanche Garland
122	1960	Elizabeth Commodore and Blanche Garland
123	1960	Blanche Garland
124	1960	Blanche Garland
125	1960	Blanche Garland
126	1960	Nancy, Nipper I Smithson
127	1960	Nancy, Nipper I Smithson
128	1960	Unknown
129	1961	Nancy Smithson and Beverly Smoote
130	1961	Nancy Smithson, Kimberly and Beverly Smoote
131	1960	Nancy Smithson and Beverly Smoote
132	1960	Nancy Smithson and Barbara Smithson
133	1960	Nancy Smithson
134	1960	Nancy Smithson
135	1960	Beverly Marcia Smoote and Elizabeth Commodore
136	1960	CC
137	1960	CC
138	1960	CC
139	1960	Unknown
140	1960	CC
141	1961	Blanche Garland
142	1961	Pascal Commodore
143	1961	Chesterfield Commodore
144	1961	CC and Marcia Commodore
145	1961	CC
146	1961	CC
147	1961	CC
148	1962	Marcia Commodore and Blanche Garland
149	1962	Barbara Smithson and Blanche Garland
150	1962	Pascal Commodore
151	1962	Pascal Commodore and Barbara Smithson
152	1962	Philip Commodore and Marion Campfield
153	1962	Philip Commodore and Lorin Nails-Smoote
154	1962	Philip Commodore, Marica Commodore, Esperance Buchanan and Kimberly Smoote
155	1962	Barbara Smithson and Beverly Marcia Smoote and Nipper 1
156	1962	Chesterfield Commodore Jr
157	1962	Beverly & Kimberly Smoote, Pascal & Chesterfield Commodore
158	1962	Beverly and Kimberly Smoote, Chesterfield Commodore, Jr
159	1963	CC, Chesterfield Commodore, Jr and Barbara Smithson
160	1964	Marcia Commodore
161	1964	Blanche Garland
162	1964	CC, Marcia and Elizabeth Commodore, Blanche & Patsy Garland
163	1964	Marcia Commodore, Ruth Commodore
164	1964	Elizabeth (Bessie) Commodore
165	1964	Elizabeth Commodore and Blanche Garland
166	1964	Patsy Sampson nee Garland, Jemi Garland
167	1965	Chesterfield Commodore Jr, and Lorin Nails-Smoote
168	1965	Chesterfield Commodore Jr and Marcia Commodore
169	1965	Marcia and Chesterfield Commodore, Lorin Nails-Smoote
170	1965	Herbie Commodore
171	1965	Ruth Commodore
172	1966	Philip (Flip) Commodore
173	1966	Patsy Garland, Ada Garland, Marcia Commodore
174	1967	Marcia Commodore, Pascal Commodore
175	1967	Pascal Commodore
176	1967	CC
177	1967	CC and Pascal Commodore
178	1967	CC, Marcia and Philip Commodore
179	1967	Unknown
180	1968	Pascal Commodore, Kimberly and Kelly Smoote, Bill Hutchins
181	1968	Marcia Commodore, Pascal Commodore, Blanche Garland -
182	1969	Patsy Garland, Ada Jemie
183	1969	Patsy Garland, Ada Jemie
184	1969	Patsy Garland, Ada Jemie
185	1969	Marcia Commodore, Ada Jemie, Patsy Garland
186	1969	Ada Jemie, Patsy (Jemie) Garland
187	1969	Ada Jemie, Patsy Garland
188	1969	Pascal Commodore, Blanche and Patsy Garland, Ada Jemie
189	1969	Pascal Commodore, Blanche and Patsy Garland, Ada Jemie
190	1969	Pascal Commodore, Blanche and Patsy Garland, MC
191	1969	MC, Patsy Garland, Ada Jemie,
192	1969	MC, Patsy Garland, Ada Jemie,
193	1969	Pascal Commodore, Blanche and Patsy Garland, Ada Jemie
194	1969	CC, MC, PC, Patsy Garland, Ada Jemie
195	1969	CC, MC, Patsy Garland, Ada Jemie
195a	1969	CC, Ada Jemie, Patricia Jemie
196	1969	CC, Ada Jemie
197	1969	CC, Ada Jemie, PC
198	1969	Ada Jemie
199	1969	PC
200	1969	PC
Box 12 (201-300)
201	1969	MC, PC
202	1969	MC, PC
203	1969	PC, pet
204	1969	PC, Blanche Garland, pet dog
205	1969	Blanche Garland
206	1969	Blanche Garland
207	1969	CC
208	1969	Patricia Jemie
209	1969	CC
210	1969	CC
211	1969	CC
212	1969	CC
213	1969	CC
214	1969	CC
215	1969	CC
216	1969	CC
217	1969	CC, MC
218	1969	Louie Reynolds
219	1969	Unknown
220	1969	Patsy Garland
221	1969	Chesterfield Commodore, Jr
222	1969	CC
223	1969	CC
224	1969	CC
225	1969	CC
226	1969	CC
227	1970	Blanche Garland, PC
228	1970	CC,  Blanche Garland
229	1970	Patsy Garland
230	1905	CC
231	1971	Myrtle Reynolds, Louie Reynolds, CC, MC
232	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
233	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
234	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
235	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
236	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
237	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
238	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
239	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
240	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
241	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
242	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
243	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
244	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
245	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
246	1971	Pulitzer Prize entry
247	1971	Dinah Shore
248	1971	Uchindu Jemie, Ada Jemie
249	1971	Ada Jemie
250	1971	Uchindu Jemie
251	1971	Darlene Commodore, Sharlene Commodore
252	1971	CC, MC
253	1971	MC
254	1971	CC, Lorraine Wright
255	1971	Philip Commodore
256	1971	MC, PC, Ralph Smithson
257	1972	Unknown
258	1972	CC
259	1972	MC
260	1972	CC, Blanche Garland, PC
261	1972	CC
262	1972	CC, MC
263	1972	CC, MC, Blanche Garland, PC
264	1972	PC
265	1972	MC, CC
266	1972	MC, CC
267	1972	PC
268	1972	PC
269	1972	CC
270	1972	CC
271	1972	Unknown
272	1972	CC
273	1973	CC, John Lipscomb
274	1973	CC, John Lipscomb, MC
275	1973	CC, Burcey Lipscomb
276	1973	PC
277	1973	CC
278	1973	CC
279	1973	Patricia (Patsy) Jemie, Sampson Jemie
280	1973	PC, Patricia Jemie, Blanche Garland
281	1973	Blanche Garland
282	1973	PC, Uchindu Jemie
283	1973	Uchindu Jemie, Ada Jemie
284	1973	Uchindu Jemie, Ada Jemie
285	1973	CC, Uchindu Jemie, Ada Jemie
286	1973	Uchindu Jemie
287	1973	Ada Jemie, Uchindu Jemie
288	1973	Uchindu Jemie, CC
289	1973	Uchindu Jemie, CC, Uchindu Commodore
290	1973	CC, Uchindu Jemie, Ada Jemie
291	1973	Uchindu Jemie, CC, Ada Jemie
292	1974	Barbara Smithson, MC
293	1974	CC
294	1974	PC
295	1974	MC, Charlotte Commodore(?), PC
296	1974	PC
297	1974	Blanche Garland, Chris Commodore(?),CC, PC
298	1974	Unknown
299	1974	Unknown
300	1974	Unknown
Box 13 (301-400)
301	1975	Pet dog
302	1975	Pet dog
303	1975	Blanche Garland
304	1975	Barbara Garland
305	1975	Chris Commodore
306	1975	Unknown
307	1975	Ada Jemie, Uchindu Jemie
308	1975	Uchindu & Ada Jemie, PC, CC, Chesterfield Commodore
309	1975	Ada Jemie, Uchindu Jemie
310	1975	Uchindu Jemie, Ada Jemie
311	1975	Chesterfield “Butch” Commodore
312	1975	Uchindu Commodore
313	1975	Chris Commodore, Unknown
314	1975	MC, Patricia (Patsy) & Uchindu Jemie, Blanche Commodore, --
315	1975	Blanche Garland, Tashema(?) Smithson
316	1975	Tashema(?) Smithson
317	1975	Tashema(?) Smithson
318	1976	CC
319	1976	CC
320	1976	Unknown
321	1977	CC
322	1977	Herbert “Herbie” Commodore
323	1977	CC
324	1977	CC
325	1977	PC
326	1977	CC
327	1977	CC
328	1977	CC
329	1977	CC
330	1977	CC
331	1977	Uchindu Jemie, pet dog, Ada Jemie
332	1977	(Unknown) Jemie
333	1977	Uchindu Jemie, Ada Jemie
334	1977	Blanche Garland
335	1977	Philip (Flip) Commodore
336	1977	Philip (Flip) Commodore
337	1977	Rita Commodore
338	1977	Judy (unknown), Aunt Cele, Rita (unknown)
339	1977	Ada Jemie
340	1977	Uchindu Jemie, Patricia (Patsy) Jemie
341	1977	Rita (unknown)
342	1977	Groomsmen
343	1977	Aunt Cele
344	1977	Unknown
345	1977	CC
346	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
347	1977	Ginger Commodore
348	1977	Ginger Commodore, Rita (unknown)
349	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
350	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
351	1977	Wedding party
352	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
353	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
354	1977	Bobby Commodore
355	1977	Ginger Commodore
356	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
357	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
358	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
359	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
360	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
361	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
362	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
363	1977	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore
364	1977	PC
365	1977	CC, Myrtle Reynolds (playmate), MC
366	1977	CC
367	1977	CC
368	1978	CC
369	1978	CC
370	1978	Unknown
371	1978	CC
372	1978	Chesterfield Commodore, Jr. “Butch”
373	1978	Chesterfield Commodore, Jr. “Butch”
374	1978	Chesterfield Commodore, Jr. “Butch”, CC
375	1978	CC
376	1978	PC, Patricia “Patsy” Garland, Blanche Garland, Sampson & Ada & Uchindu Jemie
377	1978	PC, Patricia Jemie, Sampson, Ada & Uchindu Jemie, Blanche  Garland
378	1978	PC, Patricia Jemie, Sampson & Ada & Uchindu Jemie, Blanche Garland
379	1978	PC, Patricia Jemie, Blanche Garland, Sampson & Ada & Blanche Jemie, Chesterfield “Butch” Commodore
380	1978	Unknown
381	1978	John Wright, CC
382	1978	Carl Richards, CC
383	1979	Tashema Smithson(?), Tameka Smithson(?)
384	1979	Kelly (Unknown)
385	1979	Kelly (Unknown)
386	1979	Baby (Unknown)
387	1979	PC
388	1979	PC
389	1979	Blanche Garland
390	1979	Blanche Garland
391	1979	Blanche Garland
392	1979	Baby (Unknown)
393	1979	Baby (Unknown)
394	1979	Baby (Unknown)
395	1979	Blanche Garland
396	1979	Blanche Garland
397	1979	Blanche Garland
398	1980	CC, Cassiopeia (Cassie) Sledge
399	1980	MC
400	1980	MC, CC
Box 14
401	1980	MC, CC
402	1980	Unknown
403	1980	MC, CC
404	1980	MC, CC
405	1980	MC, CC
406	1980	MC, CC
407	1980	MC, CC
408	1980	CC
409	1980	Lorin (Bunnye) Nails-Smoote’; Kelly, Cydney, Beverly, Whitney, & Kimberly (Kim) Smoote’
410	1980	Cards
411	1980	CC; Cydney, Kelly, Whitney, Kimberly (Kim) Smoote’
412	1980	CC; Kelly & Whitney Smoote’
413	1980	CC; Beverly (Beaver), Kimberly (Kim), & Whitney Smoote’
414	1981	CC
415	1981	CC
416	1981	William (Bill) Nails; CC
417	1981	William (Bill) Nails; CC
418	1981	MC; William (Bill) Nails; CC; Whitney & Kimberly Smoote’
419	1981	MC, William (Bill) Nails, CC, Whitney & Kimberly (Kim) Smoote’
420	1981	William (Bill) Nails
421	1982	CC
422	1982	CC, Mort Monroe
423	1982	Lee (Unknown)
424	1982	Self-portrait (unknown)
425	1983	CC
426	1983	CC
427	1983	Beverly (Beaver) Griffith, CC, Natalie Payne
428	1983	CC, Patty Maiurro
429	1983	Isabel (Bugs) Zarate, CC
430	1984	Unknown
431	n.d.	Blanche Garland, MC
432	n.d.	Ralph Smithson
433	n.d.	PC
434	n.d.	Lorraine Wright, MC, Beverly (Beaver) Smoote’
435	n.d.	CC, Elizabeth (Bessie) Commodore
436	n.d.	Unknown
437	n.d.	Unknown
438	n.d.	Unknown
439	n.d.	Unknown
440	n.d.	Unknown
441	n.d.	Unknown
442	n.d.	Unknown
443	n.d.	CC
444	n.d.	CC, MC
445	n.d.	Blanche Garland
446	n.d.	Unknown
447	1998	Beverly (Beaver)Griffith, CC, Ashley Griffith
448	1998	Kelly Eichman, CC, Frank Smoote’
449	n.d.	Bobby Commodore, Ginger Commodore, --
450	n.d.	Unknown
451	n.d.	Unknown
452	n.d.	Unknown
453	n.d.	Unknown
454	n.d.	Unknown
455	1995	Cydney, Kimberly (Kim), Whitney, Jordan, Asher, Sheldon, & Lorin (Bunnye) Smoote’; Beverly (Beaver) & Ashley Griffith
456	1994	1st House
457	1994	1st House
458	1991	Cake
459	1991	Ashley Griffith
460	1991	Kelly & Jordan Smoote’; Ashley Griffith
461	1991	Cake
462	1991	Pet bird
463	1991	CC
464	1991	CC
465	1991	CC
466	1991	Plane
467	1990	Mural
468	1990	Mural & train
469	1990	Pet bird
470	1990	Pet bird
471	1990	Pet bird
472	1990	Pet bird
473	1990	Pet bird
474	1990	Pet bird
475	1984	Robert Brandon Commodore
476	1984	Ginger Commodore
477	1983	Bush (Unknown)
478	1983	Bush (Unknown)
479	1983	CC
480	1983	Pet bird
481	1983	Unknown
482	1983	Unknown
483	1981	Unknown
484	1981	Unknown
485	1981	Unknown
486	1981	CC
487	1981	CC
488	1981	CC
489	1981	CC
490	1981	CC
491	1981	CC
492	1981	CC
493	1981	CC
494	1981	CC
495	1981	CC
496	1981	CC
497	n.d.	Unknown
498	n.d.	Unknown
499	n.d.	Unknown
500	n.d.	Unknown
Box 15
501	n.d.	Unknown
502	n.d.	Unknown
503	n.d.	Unknown
504	n.d.	Ashley Griffith
505	n.d.	Ashley Griffith
506	1977	CC
507	1977	Unknown
508	1977	Unknown
509	1977	Unknown
510	1977	Unknown
511	1977	Unknown
512	1977	Unknown
513	1977	Unknown
514	1977	Unknown
515	1977	Unknown
516	1977	Unknown
517	1977	Unknown
518	1977	Unknown
519	n.d.	Unknown
520	1989	Kelley Marie Commodore
521	1982	Judi Commodore, Kelly Commodore
522	1982	Kelly Commodore
523	1996	Ashley Commodore
524	1975	Judi Commodore
525	n.d.	Judi Commodore
526	1961	Patricia “Patsy” Garland
527	n.d.	Patricia “Patsy” Garland
528	n.d.	Patricia “Patsy” Garland
529	n.d.	CC
530	n.d.	CC, Blanche Garland, Josephine & Ruth Commodore,
531	n.d.	Unknown
532	n.d.	Unknown
533	n.d.	Unknown
534	n.d.	William (Bill) Commodore
535	1971	Herbert (Herbie) Commodore
536	1972	Unknown
537	1962	Susan Smithson
538	1958	Nancy Smithson
539	1971	Susan Smithson
540	1970	Unknown
541	1970	Unknown
542	1969	Kevin Chesterfield
543	1970	Kevin Chesterfield
544	1970	Mark Commodore
545	1969	Mark Commodore
546	1956	Herbert (Herbie), Bobby, Rita, Michael Commodore
547	n.d.	Bobby Commodore
548	n.d.	Unknown
549	n.d.	Unknown
550	1961	Mary Jo Smithson
551	1967	Whitney Smoote’
552	n.d.	Susan Lee Smithson
553	1956	Philip (Flip) Commodore
554	1979	Ada Jemie
555	1977	Tashema Marie Smithson
556	1977	Takema Rae Smithson
557	1975	Tashema Marie Smithson
558	1979	Takema Rae Smithson
559	1979	Takema Rae Smithson
560	1979	Tashema Marie & Takema Rae Smithson
561	1979	Tashema Marie & Takema Rae Smithson
562	n.d.	Susan(?), Shelly, Tashema Marie, & Takema Rae Smithson
563	n.d.	Ada & Uchindu Jemie
564	n.d.	Patricia (Patsy) & Sampson Jemie
565	n.d.	Patricia, Sampson, Ada, & Uchindu Jemie
566	n.d.	PC, Blanche Garland
567	1979	Uchindu Jemie
568	1974	Ada Jemie
569	1972	Ada & Uchindu Jemie
570	1969	Ada Jemie, --
571	1982	Unknown
572	n.d.	Uchindu Jemie, Brenda(?) Commodore
573	1965	Patricia (Patsy) Jemie, Sampson Jemie
574	1981	CC
575	1981	CC
576	1981	CC
577	1973	CC
578	1973	CC
579	1966	CC
580	1965	CC, Pet bird
581	n.d.	CC
582	n.d.	CC
583	n.d.	CC
584	n.d.	CC
585	n.d.	CC
586	n.d.	CC
587	n.d.	CC
588	n.d.	CC
589	n.d.	CC
590	n.d.	CC
591	n.d.	CC
592	n.d.	CC
593	n.d.	CC
594	n.d.	CC
595	n.d.	CC
596	n.d.	CC
597	1980	CC
598	1976	CC, MC
599	1969	CC
600	n.d.	CC
Box 16
601	n.d.	Unknown
602	n.d.	Unknown
603	n.d.	Unknown
604	n.d.	Unknown
605	1997	Unknown
606	1997	Unknown
607	1997	Unknown
608	n.d.	Unknown
609	n.d.	Unknown
610	1995	Unknown
611	1995	Unknown
612	1995	Unknown
613	1995	Unknown
614	1995	Unknown
615	1995	Unknown
616	1991	Unknown
617	1991	CC
618	1991	Unknown
619	1990	Unknown
620	1990	Unknown
621	1987	Unknown
622	1987	Unknown
623	1981	Unknown
624	1978	Unknown
625	1976	Unknown
626	1976	Unknown
627	1976	Unknown
628	1976	Unknown
629	1967	Unknown
630	1966	Unknown
631	1961	Unknown
632	n.d.	Unknown
633	n.d.	Unknown
634	n.d.	Unknown
635	n.d.	Unknown
636	n.d.	Unknown
637	n.d.	Unknown
638	2000	Carol (Unknown)
639	1999	Jamie, Kaysie, Erin, & Sarah
640	1997	Cathy (Unknown), CC
641	1997	Unknown
642	1983	Kimberly (Kim) Smoote’
643	n.d.	Justin (Unknown)
644	n.d.	Danette, Rachael, & Melissa (all Unknown)
645	n.d.	Sammi Herman
646	n.d.	Unknown
647	1996	Unknown
648	1996	Unknown
649	n.d.	CC
650	n.d.	CC
651	n.d.	Unknown
652	n.d.	Unknown
653	n.d.	Unknown
654	n.d.	Unknown
655	n.d.	Unknown
656	n.d.	Unknown
657	n.d.	Unknown
658	n.d.	Unknown
659	n.d.	Unknown
660	n.d.	Unknown
661	n.d.	Unknown
662	n.d.	Unknown
663	n.d.	Unknown
664	n.d.	Unknown
665	1990	CC; Lorin (Bunnye) Nails-Smoote’; Beverly (Beaver) Griffith; Asher, Whitney, Jordan, Cydney, Kelley, & Kimberly (Kim) Smoote’; Christopher Pratts; Ashley Griffith
666	n.d.	Unknown
667	n.d.	Unknown
668	n.d.	Unknown
669	1960	Unknown
670	1920s	Unknown
671	1969	Unknown Jackson
672	1969	Unknown
673	n.d.	Unknown
674	n.d.	Unknown
675	n.d.	Unknown
676	n.d.	MC, CC
Box 17
677	n.d.	Unknown
678	1973	Mrs Arnold Newberger and  Frederic Seidner
679	n.d.	Unknown
680	n.d.	Unknown
681	n.d.	Flip Wilson
682	n.d.	Don Cornelius
683	n.d.	Don Cornelius
684	n.d.	Muhammad Ali
685	n.d.	Redd Foxx
686	n.d.	Count Basie
687	n.d.	Unknown
688	n.d.	Unknown
689	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade Ball/Pershing Ballroom
690	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade Ball/Pershing Ballroom
691	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade Ball/Pershing Ballroom
692	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade Ball/Pershing Ballroom
693	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade Ball/Pershing Ballroom
694	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade Ball/Pershing Ballroom
695	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
696	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
697	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
698	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
699	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
700	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
701	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
702	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
703	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
704	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
705	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
706	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
707	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
708	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
709	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
710	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
711	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
712	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
713	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
714	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
715	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
716	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
Box 18
727	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
728	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
729	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
730	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
731	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
732	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
733	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
734	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
735	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
736	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
737	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
738	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
739	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
740	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
741	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
742	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
743	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
744	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
745	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
746	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
747	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
748	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
749	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
750	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
751	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
752	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
753	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
754	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
755	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
756	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
757	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
758	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
759	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
760	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
761	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
762	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
763	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
764	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
765	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
766	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
767	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
768	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
769	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
770	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
771	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
772	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
773	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
774	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
775	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
776	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
777	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
778	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
779	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
780	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
781	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
782	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
783	1951	Finnie’s Club 13th annual Halloween Masquerade
784	1968	Grove Press presents The Queen
785	n.d.	Robert Hermanosici
786	n.d.	model train (negative)
Box 19
787	1986	[unidentified] “Photo from Blanche”
788	1986	Anton Eric Commodore
789	1986	[unidentified] “Photo from Blanche”
790	1986	[unidentified] “Photo from Blanche”
791	1986	[unidentified] “Photo from Blanche”
792	1986	[unidentified] “Photo from Blanche”
793	1986	[unidentified] “Photo from Blanche”
794	1986	[unidentified] “Photo from Blanche”
795	n.d.	CC
796	1993	Cake
797	2001	Jemie family
798	2001	Pet dog
799	1997	Jemie family
800	2002	Robert B. Commodore
801	2002	Robert B. Commodore
802	1997	Hutchins family
803	1991	Unknown
804	1989-1990	Takema Smithson
805	n.d.	Unknown
806	1999	Monique Bouchy [?]
807	1999	Logan Bouchy [?]
808	1999	Wayne Hicks [?]
809	1999	Michelle & Nicholas Hicks [?]
810	n.d.	Unknown
811	1962	Model train
812	1962	Lt. Robert Roane
813	n.d.	Unknown
814	1978	CC Self-portrait
816	1941-48	CC-- Pullman Co. work record
817	1941	Pullman Co. social security record (CC)
818	1948	“Nameless” cartoon by CC
819	1948	Chicago Defender notice of 1948 printers’ strike
822	1916	“The Awakening,” cartoon by Fon Holly
823	1916	“Cattle Cars Next,” cartoon by Fon Holly
824	1918	“Open Door Policy,” cartoon by Lon Hoggatt
825	1919	“A Perfect Fit,” cartoon by Leslie Rogers
826	1921	“People We Can Get Along Without,” cartoon by Henry Brown
827	1932	“Southern College Professor,” cartoon by Henry Brown
828	1832	“Awaiting Him,” cartoon by Henry Brown
829	1980	Peter D. Thomas portrait drawn by CC
831	1940s	Chicago Defender photo of CC “Nameless” cartoon signing ceremony
832	1950	Dr. Benjamin Mayes portrait by CC
834	1962	“Her Slip Is Showing” cartoon by CC
835	1954	“Supreme Court Decision/Brown v. Board of Education” cartoon by CC
836	1955	“Shame of Mississippi” cartoon by CC
837	1961	“Jim Crow/Whitewash” cartoon by CC
838	1960	“Lunch Counter Sit-In” cartoon by CC
389	1954	“Trumbull Park” cartoon by CC
840	1956	“Investigation Completed” cartoon by CC
841	1957	“Eisenhower Sees Nothing” cartoon by CC
850	1974	“Community Cleanser” cartoon by CC
860	2004	“Victims of Outsourcing” cartoon by CC
861	n.d.	CC photo
Box 20 (Oversize)
815	1992	Sketch of 934 10th St., Racine  WI
829	1954	“Girligags” cartoons by Jay Jackson
821	2007	Chicago Defender editorial cartoonists incl. CC, drawn by Tim Jackson
830	n.d.	“Bungleton Green” cartoon by CC
833	n.d.	“Bungleton Green through the Years” cartoon by CC
842	n.d.	CC
842a	1957	“So Long, Fay” cartoon by CC
843	1959	“Mississippi Monster” cartoon by CC
844	1962	“Deliberate Speed” cartoon by CC
845	1962	“Wall in South Africa” cartoon by CC
846	1962	“Automation” cartoon by CC
847	1977	“Many Get Pressured” cartoon by CC
848	1978	“Little Guy” cartoon by CC
849	1973	“NNPA/Power to the Black Press” cartoon by CC
851	1971	“Build Black Pride” cartoon by CC
852	1974	Vernon Jarrett & Daddio-Daylie “Accent” caricature by CC
853	1980	“Poor & Minorities/American Oppressed Card,” cartoon by CC
854	2001	“Costs More to Be Poor” cartoon by CC
855	n.d.	CC Pulitzer Prize nomination [pasteup]
856	2002	“Homeless/Homeland Security” cartoon by CC
857	2003	“Saddle Up, Iraq” cartoon by CC
858	2004	CC last cartoon “Turtle/Income”
859	2004	“Silent Treatment/C. Rice” cartoon by CC
860a	2004	“Victim of Outsourcing” cartoon by CC
862	2008	Cartoonists group portrait by Tim Jackson
863	2008	Cartoonists group portrait index by Tim Jackson
864	n.d.	CC signing card
865	2000	“Amadou Diallo/NYPD” cartoon by CC
866	1950s	“Bungleton Green” cartoon strips by CC
871	2000	“Amadou Diallo/NYPD” cartoon by CC
872	1950s	“Bungleton Green” cartoon strips by CC
873	[1970s]	CC inscribing drawing
874	[1970s]	CC inscribing drawing
875	[1950s]	Chicago Defender editorial office staff (incl. CC)
856	[1981]	CC
877	n.d.	Unknown
878	n.d.	“Stereoland” sign
879	n.d.	Wedding couple (unknown)
880	n.d.	Pet dog/guinea pig “Missy the Giant (Guinea) Pig”
881	n.d.	Slide [Jesse Owen, 1936 Olympics]
882	n.d.	Slide [Jesse Owen, 1936 Olympics]
883	n.d.	High-rise building (unknown)
884	n.d.	Negatives in envelope (unidentified)
885	n.d.	Photocopy of scrapbook with CC photos, 1920s-1980s [original not available]

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