Bruce Washington papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Bruce Washington papers
- Dates
- 1918-1935
- Creator
- Washington, Bruce
- Creator
- Bethel A.M.E. Church (Chicago, Ill.)
- Size
- 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
- Size
- 1 oversize folder.
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
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Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Acquisition Information
Purchase 1983/02.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, photographs, and personal papers of Bruce Washington, an African American World War I veteran. Included are event programs from the Bethel A.M.E. Church on Dearborn Street in Chicago (Ill.), of which Washington was an active member, and magazines from the 1920s and 1930s, including six issues of The Crisis.
Indexed Terms
- Washington, Bruce -- Archives
- Bethel A.M.E. Church (Chicago, Ill.)
- African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century
- Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs 20th century
- South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
- African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- African American Methodists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Church entertainments -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Veterans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- United States
- Correspondence
- Periodicals
- Photographic prints
- Programs (documents)
Added Entry–Uniform Title
Crisis.