| Dates: | 1870-2010 |
| Size: | 10.25 linear feet in 14 boxes, includes 354 photographs, 27 audiotapes, 17 videotapes, 6 oversize folders |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe-nhrc-bnl |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | Much of the material in this collection was assembled by the Looking Backward to Move Forward committee under the sponsorship of Bethel New Life, Inc., in 1984 and 1985. The collection was made possible by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council to “involve the black community of Chicago’s West Side in recovering the recent history of the area.” The grant proposal included the organization’s intent to “deposit artifacts in an appropriate archive where there is public access.” In Spring 1984, a gift agreement was signed designating the Chicago Public Library’s Special Collections and Preservation Division as that archive. Materials were transferred to the library from 1984 to 1986. Throughout the years of the project additional materials have been donated to the archive. Ms. Von Dreele donated additional material in 2010. |
| Conditions Governing Access: |
The bulk of the collection is open without restrictions. Some of the audio cassettes, videocassettes and transcripts in Series 3 are closed to researchers due to legal or privacy reasons. Repository permission is required for access. Please contact Special Collections, specoll@chipublib.org, 312-747-4875 |
| Conditions Governing Use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Bethel New Life, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Finding Aid Author: | Processed by Galen R. Wilson in October, 1988, and in early 1989. In fall, 2002 and throughout 2003, additional materials were added to the processed collection, (Box 3) by Morag Walsh, and transcriptions of the videoed oral history interviews were completed. Additions were processed in 2019 by Johanna Russ. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2022. |
Abstract
Bethel New Life, Inc. is a non-profit community development corporation and social service organization. The organization received an Illinois Humanities Council grant in 1983 to “involve the Black community of Chicago’s West Side in recovering the recent history of the area.” The Looking Backward to Move Forward project from 1984 to1989 focused on the themes of migration, ownership patterns, the church, and community leadership. The historical explorations included a series of oral histories and also gathered a range of documents and photographs that were donated or copied for the archival record.
Biographical/Historical
Bethel New Life, Inc. is a non-profit community development corporation and social service organization founded in 1979 and serving Chicago’s West Side. Originally located in West Garfield Park (367 N. Karlov Avenue), the corporate offices of Bethel New Life relocated to the Austin community in 2001 (4950 W. Thomas Street). Through its holistic approach to community development, Bethel New Life provides a broad array of services and programs, including employment and training, childcare, senior housing and services, education and health care.
Bethel New Life has its origins in Bethel Lutheran Church, which was founded in 1891 to serve the German/Scandinavian populations in the West Side neighborhood of West Garfield Park. The area had been incorporated into Chicago only two years earlier. The community’s focal point, Garfield Park, boasted a lagoon, bandstand, greenhouse, and golf course. A racetrack was built at the corner of Madison and Pulaski (then Crawford Street), and the completion of an elevated train link to the Loop in the 1890s spurred the community’s growth.
There was heavy construction of new homes and apartment buildings in the area in the 1920s, and by 1930 the community reached its population peak of over 50,000 -- principally Irish, but also Russian Jews, Italians who were moving in from neighborhoods to the east, and African Americans who lived along Lake Street, the oldest industrial section of the community.
New housing construction all but ceased after 1930, and additional housing units were acquired generally through the subdivision of larger, single-family homes. In the 1940s and 50s, additional housing conversions were necessitated for residents whose homes were demolished by the construction of the Eisenhower Expressway. By the 1950s, a third of the white population had left West Garfield Park and by the 1960s, more than 40,000 African Americans had moved into the neighborhood. Housing continued to be a problem, and between 1970 and 1980, West Garfield Park lost thousands of residents as housing units fell from 14,500 to 10,000. “Large empty lots, formerly occupied by small and medium-sized apartment buildings, [were] mute evidence of the loss of dwelling space caused by the withdrawal of investment, under-maintenance, and arson.” (Local Community Fact Book, 1980)
In 1979, the median income of West Garfield Park residents was 2/3 the citywide median, and 40% of the population lived below the poverty level. “Several community groups have been formed to do something about deteriorating housing conditions and the erosion of the economic base of West Garfield Park. They faced an uphill struggle against the result of fifty years of neglect.” (Local Community Fact Book, 1980) One of those community groups was Bethel Housing, Inc., formed by the Bethel Lutheran Church in 1979. In 1982, Bethel Housing changed its name to Bethel New Life, Inc., and under this name continued its work in offering housing opportunities--both rehabilitated and new construction—to low and moderate-income community residents. Bethel New Life eventually managed over 100 rental units. In addition, Bethel operated food and sewing cooperatives, daycare and after-school programs for children, a holistic health center and senior citizens programs.
In October 1983, Bethel New Life’s board appointed a historic preservation committee to work with graduate students from the University of Illinois to explore the possibilities for the preservation of West Garfield Park’s history--particularly architectural history. The committee recommended that the board not attempt historic district designation but encouraged grassroots preservation of local tradition and culture. The result was a project titled “Catch the West Garfield Spirit: Look Up, Look Around, and Be Proud.” In 1983, Bethel successfully applied for an Illinois Humanities Council grant to “involve the Black community of Chicago’s West Side in recovering the recent history of the area.” With grant monies supplied by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the project known as Looking Backward to Move Forward was funded.
Looking Backward to Move Forward focused on four themes—migration, ownership patterns, the church, and community leadership--which were seen as essential to West Side African American history. In 1984-1985 there were several programs developed to reclaim and uncover hidden sources of that rich history.
Scope and Contents
The Records of Bethel New Life consist of more than 20 sets of original donated material and three supplements. The majority of the documents were donated or loaned to Bethel New Life’s project, Looking Backward to Move Forward, for archival acquisition or copying. Included among those materials were 221 photographs, 0.5 linear foot of manuscript material, oral histories on video tape, and interviews on audio cassettes.
The photographs form a core part of the collection. These images cover a century of photography from tintypes to color snapshots. They record a wide range of African American history on the West Side of Chicago and include images of individuals, families, churches, and businesses. Most of the photographs were taken in Chicago, but many illustrate Black families from the South who later relocated in Chicago. There are photos of formerly enslaved people (Photographs 5.11 and 15.12); an evangelist active in Underground Railroad work (8.44); African American policemen, including those employed at the World’s Columbian Exposition (Photographs 5.9, 8.4, 8.6, 8.13, and 8.43); African American military units in the Spanish American War (Photographs 8.1, 8.17-8.18, 8.20-8.21, and 8.27); and famous people such as Martin Luther King Jr. (Photographs 4.3-4.4), Mahalia Jackson (Photographs 12.6-12.7, 12.13-12.14) and Langston Hughes (Photograph 15.2).
The accession numbers of the photographs do not follow consecutively. There will seem to be several numbers missing. Bethel assigned accession numbers to photos and manuscripts; these formats are now separated and the accession numbers for the manuscript material has been ignored in the current organizational scheme. The Bethel Accession Register (Oversize Folder 1) contains the complete and original listing of all material in this collection.
Supplement 1 (Box 1, Folders 28-33) consists of items from boxes of miscellany found in Special Collections storage that were inadvertently omitted from the original collection cataloging although they probably arrived with the original accession. Included in this supplement are some administrative records and material concerning neighborhood churches.
Supplement 2 (audio cassettes 23-27) were received in March 1989.
Supplement 3 (Box 3, Folders 1-19) consists of additional materials found in Special Collections that were inadvertently omitted from the original collection cataloging. These items relate to Bethel New Life’s administration, additional video recorded oral histories and complete transcriptions of the video recorded oral histories in the initial collection.
Supplement 4 consists of material donated in 2010 by Linda Von Dreele and other items acquired through various means. Box 3, Folders 20-24, and photographs beginning with prefix 26, comprise this supplement.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series that follow the Looking Backward to Move Forward project organization, resulting donation materials and closed files:
- Series 1: Administrative and Planning Records, 1937, 1983-1989, undated
- Series 2: Historical Materials, 1894-circa 2010, undated
- Series 3: Files Closed to Researchers, 1984-2003
Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Sources
- Austin (Chicago, Ill.)
- Bethel New Life, Inc. -- Archives
- East Garfield Park (Chicago, Ill.)
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972
- West Garfield Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Related Collections
- Brenetta Howell Barrett Papers
- Sylvia Campbell Photograph Collection
- East Garfield Park Community Collection
- O’Quinn Family Papers
- Faith Rich Papers
- Ann Stull Papers
- West Garfield Park Community Collection
- West Side Newspaper Collection
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Administrative and Planning Records, 1937, 1983-1989, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 1 contains the administrative records of Bethel New Life’s Looking Backward to Move Forward project. These include donor files (Box 2, Folders 1-19), files concerning the Illinois Humanities Council grant, program implementation and event planning.
Arrangement
Series 1 is arranged into four subseries:
- Subseries A: Donor Files, circa 1983-1985
- Subseries B: Looking Backward to Move Forward - Project Files, 1937, 1983-1989, undated
- Subseries C: Looking Backward to Move Forward - Project Display, 1985 February 9
- Subseries D: Bethel New Life - Event Photographs, 1986-1989
Subseries A: Donor Files, circa 1983-1985
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by last name.
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | Brown, Archie (donation group 16), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | Chrismon, Mabel (donation group 6), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Clark, Katherine (donation group 3), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | Connie, Wetzel (donation group 10), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | Cunning, Ora (donation group 7), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Dandridge, Rosa (donation group 11), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | Fairfax, Julia (donation group 17), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | Fairmain, Vivian (donation group 13), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | Hampton, Rev. Curtis S. (donation group 12), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | Heflin, Lorraine and Cherry, Willie Mae (donation group 1), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | McGrath, Alice (donation group 9), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | Porter, Annis (donation group 18), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | Ridley, Rachel R. (donation group 19), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | Showers, Pearl Johnson (donation group 2), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | Simons, Obern (donation group 8), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | Smith, Clara Carlos (donation group 14), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | Stone, James M. (donation group 4), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 | Tatum, Elizabeth (donation group 5), circa 1983-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 | Woodley, Fannie (donation group 15), circa 1983-1985 |
Series 1: Administrative and Planning Records, 1937, 1983-1989, undated
Subseries B: Looking Backward to Move Forward - Project Files, 1937, 1983-1989, undated
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by organization name or description.
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Oversize Folder 1 |
Bethel New Life, accession register, 1984-1985 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | Bethel New Life, project proposal draft, 1983 July |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | Every Man’s Daughter, Every Woman’s Son: An Oral History of Chicago’s Black West Side, [narration text], undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | From Survival Toward Promise, research planning worksheet, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | The Great West Side, Purpose, Organization and Boundaries of the Black Westside History Project, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | Home Ownership Patterns Committee, questionnaires and final report, circa 1980s |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | Introducing Bethel New Life, Inc., summary and project overview, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, announcements to community, 1987 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, evaluation by Dr. B.E. Powers, Jr., Northeastern University, undated |
| Oversize Folder 6 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, exhibit poster, Midwest Complex Ballroom (2 copies), 1985 February 9 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, Illinois Humanities Council, grant proposal, 1983 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, dedication program, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, forms, questionnaires, 1984-1985 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, meeting minutes, 1985 June-1987 October 16 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, proposal for Exemplary Award, 1989 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, “Prospectus: A Plan to Continue,” circa 1987 |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, publicity materials: brochures, flyers, newsletters, programs, 1984-1985 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, recruitment plan, circa 1989 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, report (final) to the Illinois Humanities Council, includes all supporting documents such as correspondence, evaluations, flyers, newsletters and programs, 1985 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, sample forms and questionnaires, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | Map of Chicago showing Negro Residential Areas (photocopy), circa 1937 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | “My West Side Encounter,” history by Odessa Barnes Norrington, 1985 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | News clippings, 1984-1987 |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 | Programs, flyers, press releases, circa 1984-1987 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | West Side Arts Council, planning phase report, 1989 June |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | West Side Pride, teachers’ guide, 1987-1989, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 | West Side Voices, exhibit label copy, calendar listing, undated |
Series 1: Administrative and Planning Records, 1937, 1983-1989, undated
Subseries C: Looking Backward to Move Forward Project Display, 1985 February 9
Scope and Contents
Subseries C contains photographs that document the display created for the Looking Backward to Move Forward Project celebration. Some of these images were drawn from the donated content.
Arrangement
Subseries C is arranged by exhibit panel number.
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.1 | Panel 1: Business 1930-1940, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.2 | Panel 2: O’Quinn family, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.3 | Panel 3: Housing, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.4 | Panel 4: West Side Churches, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.5 | Panel 5: Four Generations (Samuella Henderson and descendants), 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.6 | Panel 6: Connie family, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.7 | Panel 7: Education, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photographs 21.8-21.10 | Panels 8-10: West Side Community leaders (3 photographs), 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.11 | Panel 11: Chicago Defender 1913, news clipping, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.12 | Panel 12: Stephens Sisters Quintet, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.13 | Panel 13: Bethel Lutheran Church, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.14 | Panel 14: Transitions: From the South to Chicago, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.15 | Panel 15: Arriving in Chicago, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.16 | Panel 16: Wiley Cherry family [see also Photograph 21.24], 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.17 | Panel 17: Tying the Knot, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.18 | Panel 18: Collecting the People’s History, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.19 | Panel 19: Businesses, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.20 | Panel 20: Churches, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.21 | Panel 21: Andrew Jackson family, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.22 | Panel 22: Steppin’ Out, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.23 | Panel 23: In uniform, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 21.24 | Panel 24: Wiley Cherry family [see also Photograph 21.16], 1985 February 9 |
Series 1: Administrative and Planning Records, 1937, 1983-1989, undated
Subseries D: Bethel New Life - Event Photographs, 1986-1989
Arrangement
Subseries D is arranged alphabetically by organization name or description.
| Box 9 | Photographs 26.45-26.69 | Bethel New Life, community meeting, Union Park (25 photographs), 1989 February 12 |
| Box 9 | Photographs 26.70-26.96 | Bethel New Life, Every Man’s Daughter, Every Woman’s Son, exhibit and event (27 photographs), 1986 October 18 |
| Box 9 | Photographs 26.2-26.44 | Bethel New Life, Gumbo Gala event (43 photographs), 1986 or 1987 February |
| Box 9 | Photographs 26.97-26.98 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, includes Rosa Dandridge, Dora Glasco, Esther Richardson and Lorraine Steele (2 photographs), 1986 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Photographs 26.99-26.103 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, includes Mary Legree (5 photographs), 1986 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Photographs 26.104-26.107 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, includes John Houston (4 photographs), 1986 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Photographs 26.108-26.109 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, includes Mabel Chrismon (2 photographs), 1986 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Photographs 26.110-26.111 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, includes Esther Richardson and Linda Von Dreele (2 photographs), 1986 November 21. |
| Box 9 | Photographs 26.112-26.113 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, includes Venice Johnson (2 photographs), 1986 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 26.114 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, includes Lorraine Heflin and Alice McGrath, 1986 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 26.115 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, includes Esther Richardson, 1986 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 26.116 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, includes Mabel Chrismon, Rosa Dandridge, Dora Glasco, Lorraine Heflin, John Houston, Mary Legree, Alice McGrath, Esther Richardson and Lorraine Steele, 1986 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 26.117 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, includes Ruth Jarrett, 1986 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 26.118 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, includes Mabel Chrismon and Mary Legree, 1986 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 26.119 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, includes Linda Von Dreele, 1986 November 21 |
| Box 9 | Photographs 26.120-26.122 | West Side Pride, Malcolm X College, unidentified persons (3 photographs), 1986 November 21 |
Series 2: Historical Materials, 1894-circa 2010, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 2 contains documents, photographs and oral histories that were donated or created as part of the Illinois Humanities Council grant-funded project, Looking Backward to Move Forward. Between 1984 to 1989, Bethel New Life worked with West Side residents to chronicle the community’s history. Their focus was on the themes of migration, ownership patterns, the church, and community leadership. The materials gathered reflect the lives of the project participants and include family portraits, business documents and selected community groups and events.
Arrangement
Series 2 is arranged in four subseries:
- Subseries A: Biographical Data, 1894-circa 2010, undated
- Subseries B: Oral Histories, 1986-2003
- Subseries C: Community Establishments, 1908-1997, undated
- Subseries D: Photographs, 1870-1990, undated
Subseries A: Biographical Data, 1894-circa 2010, undated
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by last name.
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | Burrows, Darryl, memorial account, circa 2010 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Calhoun, Catherine Griffin (died 1948), handwritten obituary, photocopy, 1948 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Cherry, Willie P. (died 1959), funeral program, 1959 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Crosby, Joseph, friendship greeting, 1952 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Dandridge, Coy, biographical note, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 | Heflin, Lorraine (died 2000), funeral program, 2000 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Henderson, Samuella (1885-1983), funeral program, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Jackson family, postcard, examination of title (photocopy), news clippings, 1894, 1922, 1975 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6a | Love, Marjorie, autobiography (handwritten and typed), family newsletters, circa 1987-1994 |
| Oversize Folder 2 | Marshall, John R. to H. D. Jackson, appointment as corporal, Company D, 8th Illinois Infantry, autographed document, 1898 August 5 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Mitchell, James M., correspondence, 1943 |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 | Richardson, Ester M. Wells (died 2009), funeral program, 2009 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Ridley, Rachel Rebecca (1911-), biography, resume, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | South, Eddie (born 1904), biography, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | Woodley, Robert G. and Fannie, wedding invitation, property deeds, 1944-1953 |
Series 2: Historical Materials, 1894-circa 2010, undated
Subseries B: Oral Histories, 1986-2003
Scope and Contents
In fall, 2002, Linda Von Dreele, coordinator of Looking Backward to Move Forward approached Special Collections with a proposal to transcribe the video interviews with funding from Loyola University’s Center for Urban Research and Learning; from Bethel New Life, Inc.; and from Columbia College. The funding supported an intern to systematically transcribe the interviews and create full scope notes and indexes for each interview. These transcriptions are in Box 4.
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by last name.
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | Braxton, Hattie (Video 8), oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | Chrismon, Mabel (Video 4), oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 | Clark, Katherine (Video 9), oral history in [1989] transcript, [2003] |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Dandridge, Rosa (Video 2), oral history in 1989, transcript, [2003] |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 | Every Man’s Daughter, Every Woman’s Son, narrated by Patrick Keen (Video 10), oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 11 | Video 10 | Every Man’s Daughter, Every Woman’s Son, oral history, videocassette, circa 1989 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | Glasco, Dora (Video 5), oral history on 1986 October 22, transcript, [2003] |
| Box 11 | Video 5 | Glasco, Dora, oral history, videocassette, 1986 October 22 |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 | Griffin, Barbara (Video 9), oral history in [1989] transcript, [2003] |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 | Griffin, Barbara (Video 10), oral history in [1989] transcript, [2003] |
| Box 11 | Video 9 | Griffin, Barbara and Katherine Clark, oral history, videocassette, circa 1989 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | Houston, John (Video 1), oral history on 1896 July 16, transcript, [2003] |
| Box 11 | Video 1 | Houston, John, oral history, videocassette, 1986 July 16 |
| Box 4 | Folder 34 | Husdon, John Wesley (Video 16), oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 4 | Folder 36 | Hudson, William J. (Videos 18, 19), oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 11 | Video 18 | Hudson, William J., oral history, videocassette, circa 1989 |
| Box 11 | Video 19 | Hudson, William J. and Elizabeth Hudson Tatum, oral history, videocassette, circa 1989 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | Legree, Mary (Video 4), oral history in 1985, transcript, [2003] |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 | Legree, Mary (Video 10), oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 11 | Video 17 | Looking Backward to Move Forward, dub of master (no transcription available), 1988 September 29 |
| Box 4 | Folder 33 | Tatum, Elizabeth Hudson (Videos 16, 19, 20), oral history transcript, circa 1989 |
| Box 11 | Video 20 | Tatum, Elizabeth Hudson, oral history in [1989], videocassette, [2003] |
| Box 4 | Folder 28 | Woodley, Fannie (Video 14), oral history in [1989] transcript, [2003] |
Series 2: Historical Materials, 1894-circa 2010, undated
Subseries C: Community Establishments and Resources, 1908-1997, undated
Arrangement
Subseries C is arranged alphabetically by type of community establishment or resource, and then alphabetically within.
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Business - Boulevard Hotel, historical note, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | Clubs and Organizations - Lawndale Civic and Educational Club, Negro History Week program with Langston Hughes, 1960 February 7 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | Clubs and Organizations - The Lively Set, dance cards noting date with John McGrath, 1925 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | Clubs and Organizations - Midwest Community Council, 15th annual meeting program and annual report, 1961 May 22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 | Clubs and Organizations - West Side Cultural Arts Council, Artist Resource Directory, circa 1989 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | Clubs and Organizations - West Side Women’s Civic and Charity Club, 70th anniversary program, 1976 May 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | Clubs and Organizations - Wolves’ Athletic Club, Spring Prom invitation, 1935 |
| Oversize Folder 3 | Chicago Inter-Community News, vol. III, no. 3, 1944 August | |
| Oversize Folder 4 | Chicago Inter-Community News, vol. III, no. 10, 1945 March | |
| Oversize Folder 5 | Chicago Inter-Community News, vol. III, no. 12, 1945 May | |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 | Historical Sketches - articles (includes information on resort Idlewild, Michigan), 1993, 1997 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | Religious Institutions - Central Memorial, letter regarding Photographs 6.1-6.4, 1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | Religious Institutions - Emmanuel Temple A.M.E., information card, circa 1980s |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Religious Institutions - First Baptist Congregational, centennial program, photocopy, 1951 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Religious Institutions - First Baptist Congregational, event flyers, photocopies, 1914, 1918 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Religious Institutions - First Baptist Congregational, historical accounts and notes, (photocopies), 1908, 1974, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Religious Institutions - First Baptist Congregational, programs (2), 1957 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 | Religious Institutions - First Immanuel Lutheran, history, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | Religious Institutions - Friendship Missionary Baptist, program cover and exterior view, photocopies, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 | Religious Institutions - Friendship Missionary Baptist, 75th anniversary booklet (photocopy), historical note, 1972, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | Religious Institutions - Lawndale Ministers’ Civic League, dinner invitation, 1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | Religious Institutions - Lawndale Ministers’ Civic League, recognition dinner program, 1970 March 16 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | Religious Institutions - Lawndale Ministers’ Civic League, testimonial dinner program, photocopy, 1967 February 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Religious Institutions - Lawndale Interracial Missionary Baptist, Easter souvenir program, 1959 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Religious Institutions - Lawndale Interracial Missionary Baptist, dedication service for Benjamin F. Lewis, flyer, 1963 March 24 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Religious Institutions - Lawndale Interracial Missionary Baptist, annual booklet, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Religious Institutions - Lawndale Interracial Missionary Baptist, Holy Land trip correspondence, 1963 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | Religious Institutions - New Morning Star Missionary Baptist, histories, circa 1980s |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | Religious Institutions - New Morning Star Missionary Baptist, Memorial Service for Rev. David B. Bishop, 1984 November 11 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Religious Institutions - New Morning Star Baptist, Women’s Day program, picture clipping, 1984, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | Religious Institutions - Original Providence Baptist, histories, 1974-1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 | Religious Institutions - St. Agatha’s Roman Catholic, history, circa 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 | Religious Institutions - St. Mary’s House of Prayer Spiritual, history, circa 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Religious Institutions - St. Stephen African Methodist Episcopal, centennial souvenir program, 1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Religious Institutions - St. Stephen African Methodist Episcopal, choir program, 1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Religious Institutions - St. Stephen African Methodist Episcopal, histories, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | Religious Institutions - Stone Temple Baptist, [newsletter] includes contribution list, 1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | Schools - McKinley High School, classes of 1947 and 1948 reunion program, 1985 |
Series 2: Historical Materials, 1894-circa 2010, undated
Subseries D: Community Photographs, 1870-1990, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 3 contains photographs that span a century from tintypes to color snapshots. They record a wide range of African American history on the West Side of Chicago and include images of individuals, families, churches, and businesses. Most of the photographs were taken in Chicago, but many illustrate Black families from the South who later relocated in Chicago. There are photos of formerly enslaved people (Photographs 5.11 and 15.12); an evangelist active in Underground Railroad work (Photograph 8.44); African American policemen, including those employed at the World’s Columbian Exposition (Photographs 5.9, 8.4, 8.6, 8.13, and 8.43); African American military units in the Spanish American War (Photographs 8.1, 8.17-8.18, 8.20-8.21, and 8.27); and famous people such as Martin Luther King Jr. (Photographs 4.3-4.4), Mahalia Jackson (Photographs 12.6-12.7, 12.13-12.14) and Langston Hughes (Photograph 15.2).
The photograph numbers were assigned by Bethel New Life. No photographs were given to the Library with the following numbers 1.2, 1.13, 1.15, 1.16, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1, 8.36, 8.38, 8.41, 8.42, 9.3, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.8, 12.11, 12.12, 12.15, 12.16, 12.17, 12.18, 12.22, 12.23, 12.24, 14.2, 14.10, 15.9, 15.11, 15.20, 15.22, 15.23, 21.9, 21.10. In addition, no photographs with the prefix of “7” or “20” were donated.
Arrangement
Subseries D is arranged alphabetically by last name or group description.
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.1 | 8th Illinois Infantry, Black regiment in the Spanish American War (fragile), circa 1898 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.39 | Austin First Methodist Church, circa 1912 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 8.32 | Austin High School, football team, Cook County Champs, 1898 |
| Box 10 | Photograph 8.33 | Austin High School, football team, 1908 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.31 | Austin High School, graduating class, 1911 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.16 | Austin North Branch School (Key School, Waller and Race Streets), circa 1890 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.10 | Bennett, Hattie Curry, undated |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.29 | Black military unit in camp, 1906 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 17.5 | Boulevard Hotel, 2801 W. Warren Boulevard, bedroom, undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 17.4 | Boulevard Hotel, 2801 W. Warren Boulevard, Colonial Room, undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 17.6 | Boulevard Hotel, 2801 W. Warren Boulevard, exterior, circa 1948 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 17.7 | Boulevard Hotel, 2801 W. Warren Boulevard, with Chef Walter, undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 16.1 | Boy Scout Troop #1361, Archie Brown, troop leader, 1972 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.9 | Brown School, 1800 W. Warren Boulevard, 1st grade, 1937 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.21 | Burleson II, George, (son of Mattie Cherry Burlson and George Burlson), undated |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.22 | Burleson II, George and friends, in army uniforms, circa 1950s |
| Box 9 | Photograph 17.8 | Burnside, Vi and her All-Stars, Boulevard Hotel, negative, circa 1940s |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.12 | Butler, Arburnia Calhoun and Catherine Calhoun, in Arkansas, circa 1940s |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.14 | Calhoun family in Chicago, 1964 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.13 | Calhoun family in Dermott, Arkansas, 1948 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.15 | Calhoun family in Dermott, Arkansas, 1948 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 14.6 | Carlos, Clara and Wilburn, circa 1924 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 14.5 | Carlos, Williemay Smith, circa 1900 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 14.7 | Carlos, Williemay Smith, circa 1924 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 6.1 | Central Memorial Church, Rev. Richard H. Dixon, Sr., founder, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 6.2 | Central Memorial Church, Rev. Arthur Hubbard, Jr., pastor, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 6.3 | Central Memorial Church, Rosalee Wells, founding member, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 6.4 | Central Memorial Church, Mr. Wells, founding member, undated |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.20 | Cherry, Carl, 1925 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.17 | Cherry, Ernest D., 1923 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.18 | Cherry, Ernest D., in army uniform, 1944 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.23 | Cherry family, 1915 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.12 | [Cherry family], tintype, undated |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.7 | Cherry family member, unidentified, tintype, undated |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.5 | Cherry, Fannie S. and Ernest J. Cherry, circa 1900 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.8 | Cherry, [first name unknown] (Brother of Wiley Cherry), carte d’visite, undated |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.3 | Cherry, James (painter/plasterer), circa 1930s |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.6 | Cherry, James and friend, circa 1915 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.19 | Cherry, Lorraine (Heflin), 1924 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.25 | Cherry, Mattie and Aletha Marsh Cherry, 1920 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.11 | Cherry, Wiley, family, circa 1903 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.9 | Cherry, Wiley, family (photograph missing), undated |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.14 | Cherry, Wiley and Willie P. with friends, Riverview Amusement Park, 1914 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.26 | Cherry, Wiley, Willie P. and Harold, 1920 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.4 | Cherry, Willie P. and friend, circa 1915 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.1 | Cherry, Willie P. and Harold, (mother and son), circa 1907 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.24 | Chicago Urban League, Women’s Division, 1978 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 17.1 | Christiana Avenue, property, negative, circa 1940s |
| Box 6 | Photograph 3.10 | Clark, Katherine, daughter’s birthday party, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 3.5 | Clark, Katherine Jones, Flower High School graduation, 1935 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 3.7 | Clark, Katherine Jones, wedding, 1938 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 3.9 | Clark, Ray, Goodyear Store, East Avenue and Madison Street, Oak Park, Ill.), circa 1936 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 3.3 | Club Nosotros Nos, group portrait, copyprint [same as Photograph 26.1], 1935 July 14 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 26.1 | Club Nosotros Nos, group portrait [same as Photograph 3.3], 1935 July 14 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 18.1 | Connie family, circa 1925 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 10.1 | Connie, Lonnie, at the family cabin in Paris, Tenn., 1935 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 9.1 | Connie, Louis and Amanda, at home, 2302 W. Fulton Avenbue, circa 1940 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 9.4 | Connie, Mrs. Lewis [Louis] and sisters, circa 1950 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 10.3 | Connie, Wetzel and wife, circa 1945 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 3.6 | Crane High School, senior prom, 1935 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.27 | [Cullerton, P.J.?], undated |
| Box 8 | Photograph 11.7 | Dandridge, Rosa Lee Mitchell, circa 1916 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 11.6 | Dandridge, Troy and Rosa Lee Mitchell, undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 17.10 | Davis, Blind John and Baron Lee in performance, Boulevard Hotel, circa 1940s |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.5 | The Debutantes Social Club, circa 1950 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 11.8 | Eastern Star, chapter, 1965 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.11 | Epp, Miss, (sister of Ginnie Jackson), circa 1890 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 13.5 | Fairman, Vivian Taylor, with sister, 1954 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 17.9 | Fairfax, Julia, Boulevard Hotel (owner), birthday party, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.16c | Fulton Street, baseball lot, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 3.8 | Golden, Mary Alice and Katherine Jones Clark, at the Ritz Lounge, 43rd Street near South Parkway, 1943 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.3 | Golfing group at the Tam O. Shanter Country Club, circa 1951 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 13.3 | Good Friend Social Club (Walls Chapel Church, Francisco and Washington Streets), negative, 1959 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.17 | Green, Neal, with saxophone, negative, 1949 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.10 | Guy, Charlene, birthday party, 2001 W. Lake Street, circa 1946 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.21 | Hampton, Rev. Curtis, Better Boys Foundation board meeting, circa 1970 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.30 | Hampton, Rev. Curtis, with Mayor Richard J. Daley and others in the Mayor’s Office, circa 1970 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.25 | Hampton, Rev. Curtis S., with P.R. Cullerton and Mayor Richard J. Daley, circa 1970 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.28 | Hampton, Rev. Curtis S., with unidentified man, circa 1970 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.1 | Harris, George, Dearborn Real Estate Board, circa 1950s |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.16d | Hayes Grammar School, exterior, undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 14.4 | Henderson, Samuella (1885-1983), undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 14.11 | Henderson, Samuella, 1930s |
| Box 9 | Photograph 14.8 | Henderson, Samuella, and Williemay Smith Carlos, 1980 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 14.9 | Henderson, William, in army uniform, undated |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.29 | Howlett, Michael J. and Rev. Curtis S. Hampton, circa 1970 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.13 | Hudson, Jimmy, Hudson’s Quality Record Shop, 147 N. Oakley Boulevard, negative, circa 1948 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.18 | Hudson Bicycle Station. Leavitt and Lake Streets, circa 1938 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.20 | Hudson, William J., negative, 1930 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.5 | Hudson, Willie, Delia and Johnson, McKinley High School graduation, 1918 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.2 | Hughes, Langston, and Fannie Woodley, 1950s |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.18 | Jackson Ade, African American military squad in Cuba, 1898 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.17 | Jackson, Ade, Camp Lincoln, 1897 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.34 | Jackson, [Ade] A.D., certification of Corporal promotion, negative, 1898 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.3 | Jackson Brothers General Teaming and Licensed Night Scavengers, business card, circa 1920s |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.10 | Jackson, Cora, circa 1890 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.30 | Jackson, Cora, circa 1910 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.15 | Jackson family at World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.9 | Jackson, Ginnie Epp (part Native American; married Andrew Jackson, former slave), undated |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.6 | Jackson, Henry (Chicago policeman), circa 1900 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.5 | Jackson [?], Ike, circa 1885 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.40 | Jackson, Simon Peter (aged 107 years), 1985 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.22 | Jackson, Zechial, in Masonic garb, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.11 | Johnson, Cecilia (married 1867) with daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter, circa 1910 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.14 | Johnson, Eddie, negative, circa 1917 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.2 | Johnson, Eddie, negative, circa 1918 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.17 | Johnson, Eddie, working on railroad, Memphis, Tenn., negative, circa 1910s |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.13 | Johnson, Eddie and John Palmer, negative, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.15 | Johnson family, negative, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.22 | Johnson family, member on bicycle, 1918 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.23 | Johnson, Jesse, circa 1915 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.6 | Johnson, Jesse and family in Idlewild, Michigan, circa 1916 |
| Box 6 | Photographs 5.2-5.3 | Johnson, Jesse, home, 118 S. Irving (2 photographs), undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.4 | Johnson, Jesse and Shirley in Ford motor car, circa 1915 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.10 | Johnson, Mrs. Jesse and family, circa 1912 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.1 | Johnson II, Lizzie and Jesse, circa 1919 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.12 | Johnson Sr., Jesse, with grandchildren, negative, 1923 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.3 | Johnson, Kenneth and Rudolph, negative, circa 1933 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.9 | Johnson, William, (one of the first African American policeman in Chicago), 1903 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.15 | Johnson’s Hat Cleaners, 2007 W. Lake Street, circa 1938 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.16 | Johnson’s Hat Cleaners, 2007 W. Lake Street, circa 1938 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.5 | Johnson’s Hat Shop, circa 1939 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.12 | Johnson’s Hat Shop, interior, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.14 | Lambert, Mr. and Raleigh, news clipping regarding St. Stephen’s Church, negative, 1938 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.19 | Larkin, Oscar, drummer, 1949 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.1 | Lawndale Baptist Church, 3721 W. Roosevelt Road, negative, circa 1952-1954 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.2 | Lawndale Interracial Missionary Baptist Church (1253 S. Kedzie, first church in Lawndale/Garfield Park for African Americans), 1943 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.10 | Lawndale Ministers’ Civic League, testimonial dinner audience, 1967 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.9 | Lawndale Ministers’ Civic League, testimonial dinner with Lawndale Interracial Missionary Baptist Church delegation,1967 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.6 | Lawndale Ministers’ Civic League, testimonial dinner, with Mahalia Jackson, 1967 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.7 | Lawndale Ministers’ Civic League, testimonial dinner with Mahalia Jackson and others, 1967 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.13 | Lawndale Ministers’ Civic League, testimonial dinner with Mahalia Jackson singing, 1967 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.14 | Lawndale Ministers’ Civic League, testimonial dinner with Mahalia Jackson and others singing, 1967 |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.19 | Lawndale Ministers’ Civic League, ceremony honoring Percy Julian, undated |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.20 | Lawndale Ministers’ Civic League, ceremony honoring Thomas P. Stafford, astronaut, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.16a | 306 Leavitt Street, roof, corner of Fulton Avenue, negative, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.16b | Leavitt Street, looking toward Fulton Avenue, negative, undated |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.27 | Love, Marjorie Garner, 1955 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.28 | Love, Marjorie Garner, 1990 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 13.4 | 1800 W. Maypole Street, negative, undated |
| Box 5 | Photograph 1.24 | Marsh, Nellie Queen, engagement, 1925 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.20 | Martins Corner, 1900 W. Lake Street, advertisement, circa 1930s |
| Box 8 | Photograph 9.2 | McGrath, Alice, undated |
| Box 8 | Photograph 9.5 | McGrath, John and Wetzel Connie, undated |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.8 | Meaux, Mrs., undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 17.2 | 1652 W. Monroe Street, negative, undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 14.1 | Old Friends Baptist Church, senior choir, circa 1930s |
| Box 8 | Photograph 12.26 | O’Quinn, John, Triple Q Barber Shop, 1218 S. Central Park Avenue, cutting hair of Rev. Curtis Hampton, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.21 | Original Providence Baptist Church, Junior and Senior Deacon Boards, negative, circa 1940 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 23.1 | Original Providence Baptist Church, view with empty lots, 1968 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.7 | Pre-Thanksgiving Dance, advertisement, negative, 1950 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.8 | Pre-Thanksgiving Dance, ticket, negative, 1950 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 18.3 | Porter, Anis Connie, negative, undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 18.4 | Porter family, negative, undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 18.2 | Porter, Hurley, negative, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.7 | Providence Baptist Church, ushers (missing) |
| Box 6 | Photograph 5.8 | Providence Baptist Church, board (missing) |
| Box 9 | Photograph 19.1 | Ridley, Rachel Rebecca (b. 1911), undated |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.1 | Russell, Aubrey and Phamie, negative, circa 1910 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.11 | Russell, Gertrude and Mark Upchurch, wedding, 1933 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.7 | Saddle and Cycle Club, circa 1950s |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.25 | Shelton, Bell, in cowgirl outfit, circa 1900 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.12 | Shelton, Clara, undated |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.28 | Shelton, [first name unknown], son of Frank, undated |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.26 | Shelton, Frank, undated |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.23 | Shelton, [first name unknown], son of “the desperado” Frank Shelton (from Oklahoma), undated |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.24 | Shelton, Frank, “the desperado” (from Oklahoma), undated |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.14 | Shelton, Great-Aunt, circa 1885 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.4 | Shelton, John, (Chicago policeman), circa 1895 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.13 | Shelton, Mr., Columbian Guard, World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.43 | Shelton, Mr., Columbian Guard, World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.19 | Shelton, Mr., (of St. Louis), undated |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.20 | Shelton, Mr., (of St. Louis, Spanish-American War soldier), undated |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.27 | Shelton, Mr., (of St. Louis, Spanish-American War soldier), 1898 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.21 | Shelton, Mr., (different Mr. Shelton of St. Louis, also a soldier), undated |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.35 | Shelton, Mr., in Masonic garb, undated |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.19 | Showers [first name unknown], (father-in-law of Pearl Johnson Showers), negative, circa 1930s |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.21 | Showers, Pearl Johnson, Vivian Fairman and Bo Mitchell, negative, undated |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.2 | Simon, Mr., Austin High School football player, 1941 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.7 | Simons, Fred and Arthur Jackson, with pony at Columbus Park (family business), circa 1920s |
| Box 8 | Photograph 11.5 | Slater School in Birmingham, Alabama, circa 1905 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.4 | Slaughter, John, John Slaughter’s Barbershop and Peter Showers’ Poolroom, circa 1933 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 22.1 | South, Eddie (1904-?), with violin, undated |
| Box | Photograph 25.1 | St. Agatha’s Church, exterior, undated |
| Box | Photograph 25.2 | St. Agatha’s Church, interior, undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.16 | St. Stephens Church, Criterion Club, undated |
| Box 6 | Photograph 4.2 | Stone Temple Baptist Church (2nd Timothy Baptist Church), circa 1936 |
| Box 6 | Photograph 4.3 | Stone Temple Baptist Church, office, with Martin Luther King, Jr., circa 1960s |
| Box 6 | Photograph 4.4 | Stone Temple Baptist Church, sanctuary, with Martin Luther King, Jr., circa 1960s |
| Box 9 | Photograph 13.1 | Taylor family, negative, undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 13.2 | Taylor, Henrietta, negative, undated |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.6 | Third Annual Breakfast Dance, ticket, 1936 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.44 | Unidentified evangelist, pastor of Black church, that brought Andrew Peter Jackson to Austin, circa 1870 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.37 | Unidentified man, tintype, circa 1870 |
| Box 7 | Photograph 8.45 | Unidentified woman, tintype, circa 1870 |
| Box 5 | Photograph 2.18 | Urban League (or NAACP) picnic, negative, circa 1930s |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.10 | Veterans’ Administration War Bond Office, Christmas 1949 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.4 | Victory Singers (missing) |
| Box 9 | Photograph 17.3 | 1813 W. Warren Boulevard, negative, undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.6 | West Side Women’s Federated Club, group portrait, circa 1950s |
| Box 9 | Photograph 14.3 | Winstead, Fannie, (b. Tennessee, d. Chicago in 1922), undated |
| Box 8 | Photograph 10.2 | Wolves’ Athletic Club (later the Regulars Social Club), 1935 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.19 | Woodley, Fannie, en route to the Graemere Hotel, 1962 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.18 | Woodley, Fannie, first car, 1949 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.21 | Woodley, Fannie and family, 1977 |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.17 | Woodley Realty Company, 3026 W. Warren Boulevard, undated |
| Box 9 | Photograph 15.8 | Woodley, Robert George and Fannie Geralgean Butler wedding (St. Stephen’s Church, 2000 W. Washington Street), 1944 |
Series 3: Files Closed to Researchers, 1984-2003
Scope and Contents
Series 3 contains oral history recordings on audio cassette and videocassette along with transcripts. Public programs conducted by Bethel New Life are documented in audio Cassettes 15-22 and Videocassette 10. The audio cassettes, videocassettes and transcripts in Series 3 are closed to researchers due to legal or privacy reasons. Please consult with the archivist.
Arrangement
Series 3 is arranged alphabetically by last name.
| Box 14 | Cassette 1 | RESTRICTED - Banks, Leonard (age 87), oral history, audio cassette, 1984 October 19 |
| Box 13 | Videocassette 8 | RESTRICTED - Braxton, Hattie and Margaret Sterling Wheeler, Julia Fairfax, oral history, videocassette (VHS), circa 1989 |
| Box 12 | Folder 11 | RESTRICTED - Beverly, Deborah Lynette Fletcher (Video 11) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 12 | Folder 5 | RESTRICTED - Box, Willie with Camille Lilly, Elizabeth Glasco, Melvin Warfield and Dexter Watson (Video 6) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 12 | Folder 16 | RESTRICTED - Brown, Art (Video 13), oral history in 1999, transcript, [2003] |
| Box 12 | Folder 20 | RESTRICTED - Burroughs, Anthony (Video 15), oral history in 1989, transcript, [2003] |
| Box 14 | Cassette 2 | RESTRICTED - Caldwell, Rosetta Taylor (age 73), oral history, audio cassette, 1985 January 29 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 3 | RESTRICTED - Campbell, Rev. Frank (age 62), oral history, audio cassette, 1985 January 24 |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 | RESTRICTED - Connie Sr., Wetzel and Curtis Stevens (Video 2) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 14 | Cassette 4 | RESTRICTED - Cunning, Ora (age 75), oral history, audio cassette, 1984 November 7 |
| Box 13 | Videocassette 2 | RESTRICTED - Dandridge, Rosa and Wetzel Connie, Curtis Stevens, oral history, videocassette (VHS), circa 1989 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 26 | RESTRICTED - Davis, “Blind” John, oral history, audio cassette, circa 1980 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 27 | RESTRICTED - Davis, “Blind” John, funeral service, audio cassette, undated |
| Box 14 | Cassette 5 | RESTRICTED - Easton, Pearl, oral history, audio cassette, 1985 February 1 |
| Box 12 | Folder 3 | RESTRICTED - Fairfax, Julia (Video 3) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 12 | Folder 8 | RESTRICTED - Fairfax, Julia (Video 8) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 14 | Cassette 6 | RESTRICTED - Flint, Troy, oral history, audio cassette, circa 1986 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 24 | RESTRICTED - Griffin, Arthur D., oral history, audio cassette, circa 1986 |
| Box 13 | Videocassette 6 | RESTRICTED - Group interview with Dexter Watson, Elizabeth Glasco, Willie Box, Camille Lilly and Melvin Warfield, oral history, videocassette (VHS), circa 1989 |
| Box 12 | Folder 19 | RESTRICTED - Hayes, Lela Lewis (Video 15) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 12 | Folder 21 | RESTRICTED - Hayes, Lela Lewis, (Video 16) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 | RESTRICTED - Heflin, Lorraine (Video 3) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 13 | Videocassette 3 | RESTRICTED - Heflin, Lorraine and Julia Fairfax, oral history, videocassette (VHS), circa 1989 |
| Box 12 | Folder 9 | RESTRICTED - Henry, Mary Alice (Video 11) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 13 | Videocassette 11 | RESTRICTED - Henry, Alice and Mary and Vivian Hicks, Deborah Fletcher Beverly, oral history, videocassette (VHS), circa 1989 |
| Box 12 | Folder 10 | RESTRICTED - Hicks, Vivian (Video 11) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 12 | Folder 6 | RESTRICTED - Jones, Margery (Video 7) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 13 | Videocassette 7 | RESTRICTED - Jones, Margery, oral history, videocassette (VHS), circa 1989 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 7 | RESTRICTED - Jordan, Mildred, oral history, audio cassette, circa 1986 |
| Box 13 | Videocassette 15 | RESTRICTED - Lewis Hayes, Lela and Anthony Burroughs, oral history, videocassette (VHS), 1989 |
| Box 12 | Folder 4 | RESTRICTED - McGrath, Alice (Video 4) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 13 | Videocassette 4 | RESTRICTED - McGrath, Alice and Mabel Chrismon, Mary Legree, oral history, videocassette (VHS), circa 1989 |
| Box 12 | Folder 15 | RESTRICTED - Nance, Delores (Video 13) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 13 | Videocassette 13 | RESTRICTED - Nance, Delores and Art Brown, oral history, videocassette (VHS), circa 1989 |
| Box 12 | Folder 12 | RESTRICTED - O’Quinn, John William (Video 12) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 13 | Videocassette 12 | RESTRICTED - O’Quinn, John William and Cleodia Dawkins O’Quinn, oral history, videocassette (VHS), circa 1989 |
| Box 12 | Folder 13 | RESTRICTED - O’Quinn, Cleodia Dawkins (Video 12) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 14 | Cassette 15 | RESTRICTED - Program: Part 1, audio cassette, 1984 November 10 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 16 | RESTRICTED - Program: Part 2, audio cassette, 1984 November 10 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 17 | RESTRICTED - Program: Part 3, audio cassette, 1984 November 10 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 18 | RESTRICTED - Program: Part 4, audio cassette, 1984 November 10 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 19 | RESTRICTED - Program: Part 1, audio cassette, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 20 | RESTRICTED - Program: Part 2, audio cassette, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 21 | RESTRICTED - Program: Part 3, audio cassette, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 22 | RESTRICTED - Program: Part 4, audio cassette, 1985 February 9 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 23 | RESTRICTED - Rhea, La Julia, oral history, audio cassette, 1986 July 29 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 8 | RESTRICTED - Ridley, Rachel, oral history, audio cassette, circa 1986 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 25 | RESTRICTED - Sanders, Mrs. H.A., oral history, audio cassette, 1986 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 9 | RESTRICTED - Scott, Mary (age 76), oral history, audio cassette, 1984 October 31 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 10 | RESTRICTED - Stephens, Curtis, oral history, audio cassette, 1984 August 26 |
| Box 12 | Folder 14 | RESTRICTED - Showers, Pearl (Video 13) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 12 | Folder 18 | RESTRICTED - Showers, Pearl (Video 14) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 12 | Folder 17 | RESTRICTED - Steele, Lorrain, with Lin Von Dreele, and Muriel Wilson (Video 14) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 14 | Cassette 11 | RESTRICTED - Tatum, Elizabeth Hudson, oral history, audio cassette, 1984 November 21 |
| Box 13 | Videocassette 16 | RESTRICTED - Tatum, Elizabeth Hudson and John Wesley Hudson, Lela Lewis Hayes, oral history, videocassette (VHS), circa 1984 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 14 | RESTRICTED - Unidentified, oral history, audio cassette, circa 1986 |
| Box 14 | Cassette 13 | RESTRICTED - Whaley, Belle, oral history, audio cassette, circa 1986 |
| Box 12 | Folder 7 | RESTRICTED - Wheeler, Margaret (Video 8) oral history in [1989], transcript, [2003] |
| Box 14 | Cassette 12 | RESTRICTED - Woodley, Fannie, oral history, audio cassette, circa 1986 |
| Box 13 | Videocassette 14 | RESTRICTED - Woodley, Fannie and Lorraine Steele, Lin Von Dreele, Muriel Wilson, Pearl Showers, oral history, videocassette (VHS), circa 1989 |
