Finding aid for the Earline Woods Photograph Collection

Sean Heyliger

African American Museum & Library at Oakland

659 14th Street

Oakland, California 94612

Phone: (510) 637-0198

Fax: (510) 637-0204

Email: aamlo@oaklandlibrary.org

URL: http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/locations/african-american-museum-library-oakland

Finding aid for the Earline Woods Photograph Collection

Collection number: MS 125

African American Museum and Library at Oakland

Oakland, California

Processed by:: Sean Heyliger
Date Completed:: 02/01/2014
Encoded by:: Sean Heyliger

Descriptive Summary

Title: Earline Woods photograph collection

Dates: circa 1917-1985

Collection number: MS 125

Creator: Woods, Earline.

Collection Size: .25 linear feet (1 box)

Repository: African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)

Oakland, CA 94612

Abstract: The Earline Woods photograph collection consists of 58 photographs of African American churches, families, and civic organizations in Sacramento, California. The collection is organized into four subseries: family photographs, Sacramento churches, Women's Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento, and Assorted. The family photographs subseries consists of portraits of relatives of Earline Woods from the Smith and Grey families of Sacramento, California. Church photographs include photographs of the congregations and choirs at St. Andrews A.M.E., Kyle A.M.E., and Shiloh Baptist churches in Sacramento, California. The collection also includes five photographs of members attending events of the Women's Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento.

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 Earline Woods Photograph Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

Preferred Citation

Earline Woods photograph collection, MS 125, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Processing Information

Processed by Sean Heyliger, 02/01/2014.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Earline Woods photograph collection consists of 58 photographs of African American churches, families, and civic organizations in Sacramento, California. The collection is organized into four subseries: family photographs, Sacramento A.M.E. churches, Women's Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento, and Assorted. The family photographs subseries consists of portraits of relatives of Earline Woods from the Smith and Grey families of Sacramento, California. Church photographs include photographs of the congregations and choirs at St. Andrews A.M.E., Kyle A.M.E., and Shiloh Baptist churches in Sacramento, California. The collection also includes five photographs of members attending events of the Women's Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento.

Arrangement

Series I. Photographs

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Sacramento (Calif.)--History--Pictorial works.

St. Andrews A.M.E. Church (Sacramento, Calif.).

African Americans--California--Sacramento.

African American churches.

Women's Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento.

Photographs

Physical Description: 58 photographs

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes family photographs of the Smith, Grey, and Woods families, black churches in Sacramento, California, and the Women's Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento.

Arrangement

Arranged into four subseries: Family photographs, Sacramento churches, Women's Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento, and Assorted.

Family photographs

Box 1:1

Group of men and women posing in skis for photograph, Khyber, California, pictured (left-right): Ida Reed Charles, Betty Jane Gray Buford, Phil Charles, Janet Reeves Nichols, Beatrice Parker, Shirley Flowers Burkhart, Peggy Clay Keys, Sue Reeves Glenn, Grace Jenkins Brown, Ernestine Cedric Fischer, Roy Nichols, Ray Charles, Stanley White [001] 1946

Box 1:1

Orderly Willis Ray Woods washing hands at sink, Stanford University Hospital [002] circa 1940s

Box 1:1

Pauline Myra Smith sitting at kitchen table, reverse: 'Pauline Myra Smith gr. Mo of Earline ca. 1957' [003] 1957

Box 1:1

Earline Woods sitting on couch [004] 1985

Box 1:1

Portrait of woman and two children, inscribed: 'To granddaddy & daddy Merry Christmas Teddy age 1 Ollie age 4 mos.' [006] 1945

Box 1:1

Portrait of man in military uniform, inscribed: 'Your loving nephew Clint' [007] circa 1940s

Box 1:1

Portrait of Earline Gray Woods [008] circa 1930s

Box 1:1

Portrait of Elizabeth Smith Gray [009] circa 1920s

Box 1:1

Portrait of Maud Tindell wearing a hat and fur coat [010] circa 1925

Box 1:1

Portrait of Ethel Peters [011] circa 1917

Box 1:1

Elizabeth Smith, Art Fannings, and Christine Bryant sitting at table at Zanzibar Club, Sacramento, California [012] 1945

Box 1:2

Portrait of Pauline and John Smith sitting in studio automobile [neg.][030] undated

Sacramento churches

Box 1:1

Group photograph of choir at Shiloh Baptist Church Sacramento, California [005] circa 1920s

Box 1:2

Group of women standing outside of St. Andrews A.M.E. Church, Sacramento, California [neg.][013] circa 1940s

Box 1:2

Julius Harris Big Band performing on stage [neg.][014] circa 1940s

Box 1:2

Portrait of four children and George Washington Grey, founder of Beth Eden Baptist Church, Oakland, California [neg.][019] undated

Box 1:2

Portrait of William Quinn, founding member of St. Andrews A.M.E. Church, Sacramento, California [neg.][021] undated

Box 1:2

Group photograph of junior choir of St. Andrews A.M.E. Church Sacramento, California [neg.][023] 1928

Box 1:2

Tom Thumb wedding' at St. Andrews A.M.E. Church Sacramento, California [neg.][025] undated

Box 1:2

Negro Women's Civic Improvement Club celebrating paying off the mortgage of their property at St. Andrews A.M.E. Church Sacramento, California [neg.][026] undated

Box 1:2

Portrait of Rev. Hercules Benbow, wife Sally Benbow, and daughter Regina Benbow [neg.][027] undated

Box 1:2

Workers holding shovels laying foundation for Christ's Temple Church [neg.][034] 1935

Box 1:2

Oletha Brent in front of Kyles Temple A.M.E. Zion Church Sacramento, California [neg.][036] undated

Box 1:3

Exterior of Shiloh Baptist Church on the front page of newspaper [neg.][049] undated

Women's Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento

Box 1:2

Men and women standing next to cake on table at Women's Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento event [neg.][018] circa 1940s

Box 1:2

Group photograph at Women's Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento event [neg.][028] undated

Box 1:3

Portrait of Viola Brooks, Women's Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento, California [neg.][048] undated

Box 1:3

Exterior of home owned by the Women's Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento [neg.][052] undated

Assorted

Box 1:2

Portrait of Rev. John M. Collins, minister of Shiloh Baptist Church, Sacramento, California [neg.][015] undated

Box 1:2

Four female cannery workers [neg.] [016] undated

Box 1:2

Group of men and women seated at table [neg.][017] undated

Box 1:2

Railroad porter standing next to wagon at Western Pacific Railroad Station, Sacramento, California [neg.][020] undated

Box 1:2

Newspaper portrait of Iverna L. Anderson [neg.][022] undated

Box 1:2

Portrait of Frank Canson, owner of Safeway Tailors of Sacramento, California [neg.][024] undated

Box 1:2

O'Reilly Bluett Drill Team marching in parade near Capitol Park in Sacramento, California [neg.][029/038] undated

Box 1:2

Dako Ball group photograph [neg.][031] 1924

Box 1:2

Iverna Anderson and Jimmy Anderson riding in car in parade in East Los Angeles [neg.][032] undated

Box 1:2

Portrait of boxer Johnny Gomez, inscribed: 'To Eddie with best wishes Johnny Gomez Sept. 16, 1939' [neg.][033] 1939

Box 1:2

Portrait of William Price Buford and Louisa Johnson Buford [neg.][035] undated

Box 1:3

Group photograph of seven women and boy in front of house [neg.][037] undated

Box 1:3

O'Reilly Bluett Drill Team marching in parade on K St. Sacramento, California [neg.][039] undated

Box 1:3

Two patrons in barbershop [neg.][040] undated

Box 1:3

Group of men and women raising a toast [neg.][041] undated

Box 1:3

Presentation of military plaque [neg.][042] undated

Box 1:3

Exterior of building, caption: 'The Pioneer - where the door is always open' [neg.][043] undated

Box 1:3

Exterior of Zanzibar Café [neg.][044] undated

Box 1:3

Front page of The Forum newspaper April 2, 1906 [neg.][045] undated

Box 1:3

Man standing on sidewalk in front of Sacramento Dye House [neg.][046] undated

Box 1:3

Chef Morris Erby and Pat Patterson preparing meal at Sutter Club [neg.][047] undated

Box 1:3

Portrait of boxer Lloyd Marshall [neg.][050] undated

Box 1:3

Dr. William E. Richardson and Roland Hayes [neg.][051] undated

Box 1:3

Group photograph of Catholic nursing students at St. Joseph's Catholic School [neg.][053] undated

Box 1:3

Members of the Sacramento Lodge of G.U.G. of G.F. and Sacramento Household of Ruth standing on street during 4th of July celebration [neg.][054] 1918

Box 1:3

Meeting of the O'Reilly Bluett veterans organization [neg.][055] undated

Box 1:3

Three girls leaning over chain-link fence looking at ducks wading in pond at Southside Park Sacramento, California [neg.][056] undated

Box 1:3

Banquet hall at Club Eureka 1109 4th st. Sacramento, California [neg.][057] undated

Box 1:3

Jackson family standing in dining room [neg.][058] undated