Summary: Donated by Donna Matney in the name of her son and daughter-in-law.
Several hundred images and items related to African American families in Fort Worth and Texas. Collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, travel guides, marriage and death records, information on African American rural churches in the South and Fort Worth churches. Names that reappear most often are the Murray family of Fort Worth (Willie and Mae Ollie), the McMurtrey family, and the Turnerhill family.
Persons
Angelic Gospel Singers
Artie Judie
Bobbie Mae Roberts
Bob Braxton
Candy Johnson
Catherine Cooper
Charles Newton Hodges (married to Linnie Jane Hodges)
Darlene Vonn Harlon
Demetria Robertson
Eva Wilson
Ezekiel Hopkins
Floyd Duberry
Gertrude Coit
Gwendolyn Murray
Herman Lee
Hubert Lee Lewis Pitts
Miss Hubert Lee Lewis
Iressa Drake
Jackie P. Morris
Jamie Mershon Edwards Graves
Jane Cherry (married to J. R. Cherry)
Jerry Carson
Joe Simon
Johnny Robert Johnson
Keith Robertson
Lattimore Brown
Latturna Chase
Leigh Andrew Harrell
Lou Watson
Mae Ollie Murray (married to Willie Murray)
Mae Olive Hill
Marie Stella Adams
McMurtrey family
Myrtle Hopkins
Nathaniel Royal
Ralph Sheilds
Reverend Givens
Reverend Hopkins
Reverend Humble
Reverend L. R. Lockridge
Robbie Loleta Roberts
Rosetta Williams
Sgt. Lee Caywood
Sgt. Walter Coit
Thelma Black
Tom Black
Turnerhill family
Velma M. Morris
William Yates
Image shown: Three unidentified women, ca. 1900.
Places
Booker T. Washington High School
East Magnolia Church of God in Christ, Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Iloido City, Philippines
I. M. Terrell High School
Itasca High School
James E. Guinn Junior High School
Littlejohn Studio
Negros Occidental, Philippines
New Orleans
Tolar, Texas
Wayside Church of God in Christ, Fort Worth
Williamson County
Subjects
Fort Worth Churches
Fort Worth Schools
Funeral Programs
Land Titles and Deeds
Littlejohn Photography Studio
Minister and Workers Convocation, April 1942
NAACP
Photographs:
Booklets and Documents:
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