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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Access Restrictions
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Charlotte Harris papers
    Dates: 1929-1988
    Collection number: MS 16
    Collection Size: .25 linear feet (1 box)
    Repository: African American Museum and Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
    Oakland, CA 94612
    Abstract: The Charlotte Harris Papers include photographs, postcards, church programs, and awards related to the activities of the Harris and Fletcher families. The bulk of the collection is photographs of family and friends of Charlotte Harris in Seattle, Washington and Berkeley, California. There are also group photographs of the Ladies of Leisure, an African American women's social club in Berkeley, California.
    Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

    Access

    No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

    Access Restrictions

    Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

    Publication Rights

    Permission to publish from the Charlotte Harris Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum and Library at Oakland.

    Preferred Citation

    Charlotte Harris papers, MS 16, African American Museum and Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Charlotte Harris Papers include photographs, postcards, church programs, and awards related to the activities of the Harris and Fletcher families. The bulk of the collection is photographs of family and friends of Charlotte Harris in Seattle, Washington and Berkeley, California. There are also group photographs of the Ladies of Leisure, an African American women's social club in Berkeley, California.

    Arrangement

    Series I. Photographs Series II. Assorted printed material

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Ladies of Leisure (Berkeley, Calif.).
    African Americans--California--Berkeley--Societies, etc.
    African Americans--Families.
    Berkeley (Calif.)--Social life and customs.