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Roxanna Vera Hunt papers
Sadie Bruce and Mary Bruce Dance Studio records
Sadie Bruce and her sister, Mary Bruce, each operated their own dance schools in Bronzeville. Sadie Bruce's dance studio was located at 54th and Calumet; Mary Bruce's was at 58th and South Parkway. The schools gave dance and music training to thousands of Bronzeville youth, and helped build public awareness of dance and music in the Black community.
Scull-Banks collection
DuSable Museum of African American History Moving Image Collection
The DuSable Museum of African American History Moving Image Collection consists of both items that pertain in particular to the museum itself (its history and productions) and items that were donated and collected for their greater relevance to African American history. For this reason, the collection is divided into two series, the Moving Image Archive and the Moving Image Library,
Margaret Burroughs Papers
Dr. Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs (1917-2011) was a prominent African American cultural and community leader. She was an artist, poet, writer, educator, and institution builder, best known for founding the DuSable Museum of African-American History, the Southside Community Arts Center and the National Conference of Artists. The Margaret Burroughs papers span from 1937-2010, and showcase the depth and diversity of
DuSable Museum archival photographs
The museum’s photograph collection includes a variety of clippings, commercial publicity portraits, head shots, and candid photographs of people and events, apparently from individual personal collections, donations to the museum, collecting by museum staff, and museum events themselves. The photographs are in large part identified, and follow two arrangements: some are stored in Hollinger boxes with indexes, and some, all
Metz T.P. Lochard papers
The Metz T.P. Lochard papers span from 1926-1984, with the bulk of material from 1960-1980. Correspondence, drafts of editorials, newspaper clippings, and copies of other publications make up the majority of the papers. The papers reflect Lochard's time as editor-in-chief of The Chicago Defender, a prominent African-American newspaper. Metz T.P. Lochard (1896-1984) studied at the Sorbonne at the University of
Leonidas H. Berry papers
Gastroenterologist Leonidas Berry, 1902-1995, received his M. D. from Rush Medical College of the University of Chicago in 1929. In 1933, he received an M.S. degree in Pathology from the University of Illinois Medical School. Berry specialized in gastroenterology at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. A leader in the field of gastroenterology, Berry was the first American physician to use
William "Jack" Marshall papers
African American professional baseball player. (circa 1930s)
Andrew Paschal papers
Andrew Paschal (1907-1990) was a Chicago-based historian and educator who specialized in social history and the life and work of W.E.B. DuBois. A graduate of Northwestern University’s school of journalism, Paschal wrote for the WPA Illinois Writers’ Project and was published in several newspapers and journals, including the Chicago Defender, Pittsburgh Courier, Crisis, Journal of Negro History, and Chicago Bee.
Friends of Elam Home Foundation records
The Friends of the Elam Home Foundation records spans from 1921-1981, with the bulk of material from 1974-1979. Some documents pertain to the original Melissia (Melissa) Elam Club Home for Working Women and Girls, while the majority of the collection relates to the Friends of the Elam Home Foundation’s efforts to secure landmark status for the Elam Home. In 1923,
Eugene Feldman papers
Eugene Pieter Romayn Feldman (1915-1987) was one of the founders of the DuSable Museum of African American History and fulfilled a number of roles in his 26 years at the museum, including Director of Research and Publications, Public Relations Officer, and Chief Archivist. The Eugene Feldman papers span from 1942-2002 with the bulk of material from 1969-1986. The papers provide
Captain Harry Dean papers
The Captain Harry Dean papers spans from 1817-1973 with the bulk of material from 1909-1934. Dean was an African-American sailor who supported the Pan-Africanism movement. Dean spent the majority of his adolescent and adult years sailing throughout Europe and Africa. In 1900, he purchased a ship, “The Pedro Gorino,” which he captained before coming back to America, circa 1920. The
Charles Burroughs papers
In 1959, teachers Margaret and Charles Burroughs founded what was to become the DuSable Museum of African-American History in their residence at 3806 S. Michigan Ave. Called the Ebony Museum of Negro History and Art, it started out with 100 items. In 1973, the museum moved to its current location, the former administration building of Washington Park at 740 E.
Lorraine Passovoy papers
Lorraine Passovoy (1919-1990) was an author and researcher whose work focused on Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, the founder of Chicago. The Lorraine Passovoy papers spans from 1963-1989, with the bulk of material from 1974-1984. The papers reflect Passovoy’s extensive research and writing about the life of Jean Baptiste Point DuSable. Her drafts, manuscripts, and collected research material make up the
Charles Dawson papers
Charles Clarence Dawson (1889-1981) was a commercial artist best known for his illustrated advertisements of beauty schools and cosmetic products during the 1920s and 1930s. The Charles Dawson papers spans from 1912-1980, and includes original artwork, unpublished writings, personal correspondence with family members, photographs, and documents pertaining to Dawson’s time as curator of the Museum of Negro Art and Culture
Captain Edward B. Walker papers
Edward Bruce Walker was a veteran and collector of Tuskegee Airmen memorabilia.
Ouida Lindsey ("For Real") papers
Ouida Lindsey was a talk show hostess, a newspaper columnist, and an assistant dean at Columbia College Chicago. In 1974 she and her husband, Paul Lindsey, published Breaking the Bonds of Racism about their interracial marriage. She wrote a column for the Chicago Sun-Times called ""For Real"" from 1971-1978.
Bessie Coleman collection
Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot to obtain a license. Coleman learned French at a Berlitz school in the Chicago loop, withdrew the savings she had accumulated from her work as a manicurist and the manager of a chili parlor, and with the additional financial support of Abbott and another African American entrepreneur, she set off for Paris
Umbrian Glee Club records
African American choral and musician club in Chicago in the early to mid twentieth century. Organized in 1895 at Bethel AME Church, the legendary men's chorus was a musical icon in Chicago. Throughout its existence, the Umbrian Glee Club was a tradition in Chicago and supported community and musical organizations, as well as provided support and opportunity to aspiring musicians.
Valerie Howell/George Richardson collection
Fred Wall collection
Fred Wall joined the staff of the Chicago Courier in 1959 and became Editor and Publisher in 1968. The Courier was the largest weekly at the time of his death in 1973, with a circulation of 32,000. He served as Associate Pastor at Progressive Baptist Church and was former secretary to Rep. William L. Dawson (D., Ill.). He was a
Stepin Fetchit collection
Stepin Fetchit (Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry) remains one of the most controversial movie actors in American history. While Stepin Fetchit was undoubtedly one of the most talented physical comedians ever to do his shtick on the Big Screen, achieving the rare status of being a character actor-supporting player who actually achieved superstar status in the 1930s, his characterization as
Howalton Day School collection
An outgrowth of Oneida Cockrell's pioneering pre-school and kindergarten, the Howalton Day School (1947-1986) was founded by three black educators: June Howe-White, Doris Allen-Anderson, and Charlotte B. Stratton. The name of the school is from a combination of the founders' three last names. Chicago's oldest African American, private, non-sectarian school, Howalton's educational philosophy stressed discovery, enthusiasm, creativity, the arts and