Virna M. Canson
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Photographs
Group photograph of women attending the State Junior Officers meeting, Guthrie, California [001] undated
Portrait of Clarence B. Canson [002] 1963
Group photograph at the University of Wisconsin CUNA School [003] circa 1950s
Woman seated with three children [004] circa 1900s
Nate Colley speaking at banquet table [2 copies][005] undated
Group photograph in living room [006] undated
Group photograph at the West Coast Regional NAACP Conference, Asilomar, California [007] 1954
Students sitting on bench, reverse: 'Pa of Virna at town Anadarks, Oklahoma, his students' [008] circa 1910s
Portrait of Gladys Canson [009] undated
Virna Canson, age 2, standing on porch with Millinery hats for sale sign in background [010] 1923
Virna Canson standing next to brother William D. Dobson [011] circa 1930s
Eula Mae Dobson holding dog next to William Augustus Dobson [012] circa 1910s
Group photograph at the West Coast Regional NAACP Conference, Asilomar, California [013] 1953
Virna Canson and brother William D. Dobson leaning against a car [014] 1938
Virna, William, and William Augustus Dobson on Illinois building steps at the Chicago's World Fair [015] undated
Men and women seated at tables at Order of the Eastern Star banquet [016] undated
Men and women holding diplomas in group photograph [017] circa 1955
Virna and William Dobson leaning over lily pond [018] circa 1930s
Virna Canson and two men holding up Central Democratic Canson sign [019] undated
Man speaking into microphone at banquet [020] undated
Man with foot on car bumper in front of entrance to The Crystal Cave, Hot Springs, Arkansas [021] circa 1910s
William Augustus Dobson leaning on Model T car [023] circa 1910s
Virna Canson as a young girl standing on front porch, Sapulpa, Oklahoma [024] circa 1920s
National Unity of Colored Women parade, Chicago, Illinois [025] 1933
Virna Canson [?] standing next to car after the National Unity of Colored Women parade, Chicago, Illinois [026] 1933
Portrait of Eula Mae Gross Dobson [027] 1938
Portrait of three boys and two girls [028] circa 1910s
Graduation portrait of unidentified women [029] undated
Group seated in banquet hall with men and women holding community group signs in front of stage at the Deaf, Blind, and Orphan Institute, Taft Oklahoma [030] circa 1930s
Renée Coleman, Virna Canson, and man looking at document [030] undated
Men and women seated at dining tables, reverse: 'Gertrude Blackwell and Curtis Blackwell' [031] undated
Colorized portrait of Virna Canson [032] circa 1940s
Virna Canson with women members of the Order of the Eastern Star [033] undated
Virna Canson giving woman a purse [034] undated
Nate Colley speaking at banquet table [035] undated
Group photograph at the Oklahoma Association of Negro Teachers meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [036] circa 1920s
Group photograph, reverse: '[--] NAACP' [037] circa 1970s
William Augustus Dobson in group photograph in front of building [038] circa 1910s
Langston University graduating class photograph, summer session, reverse: ' WA Dobson 2nd #5 W.Young, Pres. Of Langston #1 row #6 [039] 1923
Two men in uniforms shaking hands, reverse: 'Mr. Canson at Tuskegee' [040] undated
Eula Mae Dobson and William Augustus Dobson at a rail station [041] circa 1910s
Virna Canson standing next to two men at podium, reverse: 'Act S0/NAACP program' [042] undated
Virna Canson standing with two Bank of America representatives [043] undated
Ralph Dills, Theresa Hughes, and Virna Canson [044] undated
Two women next to car [045] circa 1920s
Woman and boy standing next to car [046] circa 1920s
Two women and boy standing next to car [047] circa 1920s
Two men and a woman seated in a wooded area [048] undated
Men and women seated at dining tables [049] undated
Virna Canson standing banquet table with group of men and women [050] undated
Virna Canson and men and women at credit union meeting, Oakland, California [051] 1962
Leonard H. Carter standing in front of microphone [052] undated
Group photograph of men and women [053] undated
Class photograph, University of Wisconsin Credit Union National Association school (includes Virna Canson) [054] circa 1950s
Photographer taking photograph of Virna Canson and three students at University of Wisconsin Credit Union National Association school [055] circa 1950s
Virna Canson shaking hands with Vance Austin, head of International Credit Union Committee [056] circa 1950s
Group photograph at the NAACP Installation Banquet, W.C.I. Home, Women's Civic Improvement [057] 1952
Virna Canson, Pat and Beatrice Kennedy, and unidentified persons [058] circa 1950s
Group photograph [059] circa 1950s
Virna Canson seated at dining table, Credit union school [060] undated
Virna Canson seated at table with two men [061] undated
Canson family photograph [062] 1976
Virna Canson, Benjamin Hooks, and Bob Geil [063] 1978
Harry Brooks, Benjamin Hooks, Virna Canson, Ernie Frazier, Hawaii [064] circa 1982
Class photograph, University of Wisconsin Credit Union National Association school [065] 1958
Class photograph, University of Wisconsin Credit Union National Association school [066] circa 1950s
Group of men and Virna Canson, Relocation Committee [067] 1955
Tuskegee Institute Honor Company [?] marching on football field [068] undated
Virna Canson and woman leaning on wall [069] undated
Woman and boy standing next to car [070] undated
Woman and boy sitting in chairs [071] undated
Virna Canson, man, boy, and dog sitting in chairs [072] undated
Two women and boy standing next to car [073] undated
Man standing next to fence post [074] undated
Virna Canson speaking at Sacramento NAACP Credit Union dinner [075] undated
Man sitting on house frame [076] undated
Man working on house frame [077] undated
Man standing on house frame [078] undated
Man leaning over wood frame holding a hammer [079] undated
Man leveling wood posts [080] undated
Virna Canson sitting with two men in wooded area [081] undated
Three women standing with boy [082] undated
Woman sitting on rock wall with boy in the foreground [083] undated
Virna Canson sitting with two men in wooded area [084] undated
Group photograph of men and women standing at church altar [085] circa 1950s
N.A.A.C.P. Convention business session Sheraton Hotel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [086] 1961-07
NAACP files 1954-1988
Political activities 1955-1984
Biographical 1933-2003
Credit unions 1958-1962
Newspaper clippings 1938-1979
The Observer Newspapers, Virna Mae Canson: Mother of Civil Rights in the West, 1921-2003 [2 copies] 2003
Tuskegee Institute Cadet corps certificate 1938
University of the Pacific law degree 1955