Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Biographical/Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Processing Information note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Cited Sources
- Indexed Terms
- Inventory
Collection Access
Lun Ye Crimm Barefield Collection
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Lun Ye Crimm Barefield Collection
- Identifier
- BMRC.SHOREFRONT.BAREFIELD_LYC
- Repository
- Shorefront Legacy Center
- Language
- English
- Size
- 0.42 Linear feet
- Dates
- circa 1945 to 2005
- Abstract
- Lun Ye Crimm Barefield was the College and Career Center Coordinator at Evanston Township High School from 1977 to 2000. Her husband, Morris Barefield, was a math teacher and was the first African-American teacher at New Trier High School. The Lun Ye Crimm Barefield Collection spans from the 1940’s to 2005, and consists of newspaper clippings, historical memorabilia, photographs, and lessons intended to introduce Oral Communication to children.
Biographical/Historical note
Lun Ye (Lonnie) Crimm Barefield was the College and Career Center Coordinator at Evanston Township High School from 1977-2000. She was also on the Glencoe Historical Society Board of Directors (through at least 2009) and a trustee, treasurer, vice president and president of the Glencoe Public Library from 2001 to 2009. She was a representative in 2001-2004 and 2007-2009 for the North Suburban Library System and a member and board member 2002-2004. Barefield is the recipient of 2002 Gayle C. Wilson Award (NACAC). Besides being also on the board of directors for the Evanston Community Foundation, Barefield took part in the League of Women Voters and attended Second Baptist Church in Evanston. Lun Ye’s husband, Morris Barefield, was the first African-American classroom teacher at New Trier High School.
Scope and Contents note
The Lun Ye Crimm Barefield Collection is arranged into three series: “Personal Documents,” “Oral Communications Introduction Research,” and “Local History.” The collection spans from the 1940’s to 2005, though the bulk is from 1968-1999. It includes newspaper clippings relating to the Barefield family as well as to local African-American history; photographs from Black History Month at Evanston Township High School; Portraits of Lun Ye and her husband, Morris Barefield; and lessons intended to introduce Oral Communication to children.
Processing Information note
Processed by CLIR funded Black Metropolis Research Consortium “Color Curtain Processing Project.” Processor: Patrick Carr.
Cited Sources
Schlikerman, Becky. “Morris Barefield, 1939-2010.” Chicago Tribune. Retrieved from http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-09-05/features/ct-met-barefield-obit-0906-20100905_1_math-teachers-morris-barefield-new-trier “Lun Ye Crim Barefield.” Evanston Women’s History Database. Retrieved from http://www.epl.org/ewhp/display.php?bioid=195
Indexed Terms
- African Americans--Illinois--Evanston.
- African Americans--Social life and customs
- Evanston (Ill.)--History.
- Suburban African Americans--Illinois--Evanston.
Inventory
This series is comprised of material related to the personal life of Lun Ye Crimm Barefield and her family. It contains newspaper clippings, a Birthday Research Page, Portraits of Lun Ye and Morris Barefield, and photographs from Black History month at Evanston Township High school.
- Title
- Newspaper clippings of Barefield family, Birthday Research page
- Dates
- circa 1945-1988
- Title
- Portraits of Lun Ye and Morris Barefield
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Photographs from Black History Month at Evanston Township High School
- Dates
- 1999
This series is comprised of lessons intended to introduce children to oral communication.
- Title
- Kindergarden, First, Second, and Third Grade Research
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Fourth Grade Research
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Fifth Grade Research
- Dates
- undated
This series is comprised of newspaper clippings of local African-American History, and a booklet from the Ike Sims testimonial dinner.
- Title
- Ike Sims Testimonial Dinner Booklet
- Dates
- 1968
- Title
- Newspaper Clippings
- Dates
- 1968-1978
- Title
- Newspaper Clippings
- Dates
- 1983-2005