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Title: Calbert family papers
Dates: 1909-2011
Bulk Dates: 1966-1989
Collection number: MS 109
Creator:
Calbert, William E.
Collection Size:
.25 linear feet (1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Abstract: The Calbert family papers include photographs, biographical sketches, and two monographs written by members of the Calbert
family. The papers are organized into four series by family member: William E. Calbert, Madlyn W. Calbert, Sadie H. Calbert,
and William Riley Calbert. William E. Calbert materials include a biographical sketch, two portraits, and a photograph of
U.S. Army chaplain William E. Calbert's promotion to lieutenant, a biographical sketch of William Riley Calbert written by
William E. Calbert, and a letter from librarian Miriam Matthews which includes a reproduction of an undated San Pedro St.
YMCA group photograph. Also included in the papers is a monograph, The African American presence: the black chaplain, written
by Madlyn W. Calbert; Sadie H. Calbert’s funeral program and self-published book of poetry, My thoughts, my faith, my dreams,
and a 1909 greeting card with calendar and photograph from Busch Gardens in Pasadena, California inscribed by William Riley
Calbert.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Permission to publish from the Calbert family papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.
Calbert family papers, MS 109, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 01/04/2014.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Calbert family papers include photographs, biographical sketches, and two monographs written by members of the Calbert
family. The papers are organized by family member into four series: William E. Calbert, Madlyn W. Calbert, Sadie H. Calbert,
and William Riley Calbert. William E. Calbert material includes a biographical sketch, two portraits, and a photograph of
his promotion to lieutenant as a U.S. Army chaplain, a biographical sketch of William Riley Calbert written by William E.
Calbert, and a letter from librarian Miriam Matthews which includes a reproduction of an undated San Pedro St. YMCA group
photograph. Also included in the papers is a monograph by Madlyn W. Calbert,
The African American presence: the black chaplain; Sadie H. Calbert’s funeral program and self-published book of poetry,
My thoughts, my faith, my dreams; and a 1909 greeting card with calendar and photograph from Busch Gardens in Pasadena, California inscribed by William Riley
Calbert.
Series I. William E. Calbert
Series II. Madlyn W. Calbert
Series III. Sadie H. Calbert
Series IV. William Riley Calbert
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Calbert family.
Hackett family.
African American authors--Poetry.
Military chaplains--United States--History.
Pasadena (Calif.)--History--Pictorial works.