Wells (Robertha J.) Papers, 1906-1971

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Title:: Robertha J. Wells papers
Dates:: 1906-1971
Creators:: Wells, Robertha J.
Abstract:: The Robertha J. Wells Papers include education material, certificates, programs, employment records, ephemera, and photographs documenting Robertha J. Wells, Earle Keikikane and the Wells family.
Extent:: .2 linear feet (1 box + 1 oversized box)
Language:: Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:: Robertha J. Wells papers , MS 51, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Scope and content:: The Robertha J. Wells Papers include education material, certificates, programs, employment records, ephemera, and photographs documenting Robertha J. Wells, Earle Keikikane and the Wells family. The papers include diplomas, programs, and term papers documenting Robertha J. Wells education career, certificates, ephemera, and employment records related to Earle Keikikane’s career as a sailor and two poems written by Keikikane, and 15 photographs mostly of Wells’ mother and father, Robert E. Wells and Anna Abigail Jenkins Wells, in Bakersfield, California and Pasadena, California in the 1900-1910s.
Processing information:: Processed by Sean Heyliger, 08/16/2013.
Arrangement:: Series I. Robertha J. Wells Series II. Earle Keikikane Series III. Photographs
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Subjects:: African Americans -- Freemasons -- California -- History.
Berkeley (Calif.) -- History.
African Americans -- Freemasonry -- California -- History.
Names:: Wells, Robertha J.

Collection Guide Author:: Sean Heyliger
Date Prepared:: © 2013
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid created by Sean Heyliger. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: August 16, 2013.

Access and use

Restrictions:

No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

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

Terms of access:

Permission to publish from the Robertha J. Wells Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

Preferred citation:: Robertha J. Wells papers , MS 51, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Location of this collection:: Oakland Public Library, African American Museum and Library at Oakland

659 14th Street

Oakland, CA 94612, US