Guide to the Frances Albrier Papers

Sean Heyliger

African American Museum & Library at Oakland

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Oakland, California 94612

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Guide to the Frances Albrier Papers

Collection number: MS 108

African American Museum & Library at Oakland

Oakland, California

Processed by:: Sean Heyliger
Date Completed:: 12/28/2013
Encoded by:: Sean Heyliger

Descriptive Summary

Title: Frances Albrier papers

Dates: 1895-1987

Collection number: MS 108

Creator: Albrier, Frances Mary, 1898-1987.

Collection Size: 7.9 linear feet (7 boxes + 2 oversized boxes)

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

Oakland, CA 94612

Abstract: The Frances Albrier papers include correspondence, legal and financial records, awards, photographs, records of civic organizations and women’s clubs, and assorted printed material documenting Albrier life and participation in various civic organizations and women’s clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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 Frances Albrier papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

Preferred Citation

Frances Albrier papers, MS 108, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Processing Information

Processed by Sean Heyliger, 12/28/2013.Finding aid updated to add materials from Accession #2017-013 on April 21, 2017.

Biography / Administrative History

Social activist Frances Albrier (1898-1987) was born on September 21, 1898 in Mt. Vernon, New York to Lewis L. and Laura Redgray. Following the death of her mother at the age of three, she was raised by her grandparents in Tuskegee, Alabama, attending primary and secondary school at the nearby Tuskegee Institute. She attended Howard University graduating with a B.A. in 1920. After graduation she moved to Berkeley, California where she met and married William Albert Jackson, and the couple had three children: Albert Jackson, Betty Kimble, and Anita Black. In 1921, she attended a meeting of Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association at the Oakland Auditorium and joined Black Cross Nurse Corps. After she was unable to find a nursing job in the Bay Area’s segregated hospitals, she took a position as a maid with the Pullman Company in 1926. As a Pullman car maid, she met her second husband, Willie Antoine Albrier, and the two were married in 1934.

During the late 1930s, Albrier became active in a number of different political and civil rights issues. In 1938, she became the first woman elected to the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee. The following year she became the first woman to run for the Berkeley City Council, led the Citizen’s Employment Council’s “Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaign, and organized the East Bay Women's Welfare Club, a women’s group which advocated for the hiring of black teachers in the Berkeley Unified School District. During the 1940s, she continued to be active in a number of women's, civil rights, and union organizations while serving as a first aid instructor in the American Red Cross. After her application to become a welder was denied because blacks did not have an auxiliary union in Richmond, she garnered political pressure in the black community forcing Kaiser Shipyards to hire her making her the first black woman welder during the war.

Following the war, Albrier continued to be active in politics, women’s organizations, and civil rights issues, serving as president of many Bay Area organizations and co-chairing local political campaigns. She also became active in promoting black history and history, giving presentations to students in the Oakland Public School system on black history and culture and serving as president of both the San Francisco Negro Historical and Cultural Society and the East Bay Negro Historical Society. She also became an advocate of senior citizens throughout the 1960s-1970, serving on local, state, and federal committees on aging and the establishment of the Berkeley Senior Center. For her community service and many contributions in civil rights to the Bay Area, the City of Berkeley re-named the San Pablo Park Community Center in her honor in 1984.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Frances Albrier papers include correspondence, legal and financial records, awards, photographs, records of civic organizations and women’s clubs, and assorted printed material documenting Albrier life and participation in various civic organizations and women’s clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area. The papers are organized into six series: biographical material, civic organizations, political activities, educational activities, photographs, and assorted printed material. Biographical material includes a biographical timeline of Albrier’s professional activities, personal correspondence, her last will and testament, funeral programs of Willie and Frances Albrier, assorted newspaper clippings documenting her participation in various organizations, business and membership cards, and awards and honorary certificates presented to Albrier for her advocacy for civil rights, senior citizens, and participation in various organizations and women’s groups.

The civic organizations series includes organizational records of the many civic organizations, governmental committees, and women’s clubs Albrier was either a member, president, or served on the organization’s board of directors. The records are organized alphabetically by organization and include the constitution and bylaws, yearbooks, programs, deeds, and financial records of women’s clubs, such as the Northern Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc., Fanny Hall Children’s Home and Day Nursery, Inc., and the Women’s Arts & Industrial, Inc. The records also include correspondence, memoranda, and reports of senior citizen committees including the Berkeley Committee on Aging, California Committee on Aging, Northern California Caucus on the Black Aged, and records related to Albrier’s advocacy for the Berkeley Senior Center. There are also assorted publications and records of civic and civil rights organizations in which Albrier was an active member including the Berkeley Chapter of the NAACP, East Bay Negro Historical Society, and the San Francisco Historical and Cultural Society.

The political activities series includes mostly correspondence from politicians thanking Albrier for her political support, campaign flyers of politicians running for Berkeley city council and the California assembly in the 1960s-1970s, Albrier’s membership cards to various political organizations, and assorted correspondence related to her participation on the Democratic Central Committee of Alameda County. The educational activities series mostly consists of black history study kits, pamphlets, posters, and visual aids Albrier used to teach black history to students in the Oakland Public School system in the 1960s. The series also includes Albrier’s teaching notes, Oakland Public School volunteer forms, and thank you letters written by students to Albrier thanking her for her class presentations on black history.

Photographs include 189 photographs and negatives mostly documenting Albrier’s activities in various civic and women’s clubs. Photographs are arranged by photograph identification number and include portraits of Albrier as a Red Cross volunteer during the 1940s, group photographs at annual meetings of the National Negro Council of Women, a Negro history Boy Scout-O-Rama exhibit at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, an awards ceremony at the South Berkeley Senior Center, and a dedication ceremony of the Frances Albrier Community Center in Berkeley and a historical marker honoring civil rights pioneer Mary Ellen Pleasant in San Francisco erected by the San Francisco Historical and Cultural Society.

Assorted printed material includes city of Berkeley and Men of Tomorrow, Inc. directories, East Bay church and women’s clubs programs, and books, brochures, ephemera, essays, pamphlets, periodicals mostly related to black history, California politics, and civil rights. There is also an assortment of Tuskegee Institute alumni brochures and programs, a collection of letters from Marcus Garvey to W.A. Deane, and flyers and an almanac of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A).

Arrangement

Series I. Biographical material Series II. Civic organizations Series III. Political activities Series IV. Educational activities Series V. Photographs Series VI. 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.

Albrier, Frances Mary, 1898-1987.

California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs.

Fannie Wall Children’s Home and Day Nursery, Inc.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Berkeley Branch.

National Council of Negro Women.

Northern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.

Women’s Art & Industrial Club, Inc. (Oakland, Calif.)

African American women--California--History.

African American women--Societies and clubs.

African Americans--California--East Bay--History.

Related Material

Determined advocate for racial equality : oral history transcript / Mary Frances Albrier, Berkeley, Calif : Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Biographical material

Physical Description: 35 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes financial records, personal correspondence, wills, biographical timeline, vaccination and membership cards, awards and certificates, and funeral programs.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by format.

Box 1:1

Biographical timeline circa 1978

Box 1:2

Business and membership cards 1936-1987

Employment

Box 1:3

Desk nameplate undated

Box 1:4

United States post office San Francisco, California 1946

Box 1:4

U.S.S. Quincy equipment receipt 1945

Box 1:4

United States of America Railroad Retirement Board certificate of service months and wages circa 1945

Box 1:5

Financial records 1946-1986

Box 1:6

Funeral program [7 copies] 1987

Box 1:7-8

General correspondence 1942-1986

Box 1:9

Invitations and thank you cards 1962-1986

Box 1:10

Last will and testament of Frances Mary Albrier 1959, 1975

Box 1:11-12

Newspaper clippings 1957-1987

Box 1:13

Oral history projects 1977-1978

Box 1:14

Postcards 1941, 1972-1973 and undated

Box 1:15

“Thought of the day …,” circa 1940s

Box 1:16

Vaccination card 1960

Box 1:17

War ration books circa 1940s

Box 1:18

Willie Albrier funeral service 1958

Awards

Box OM 16

Assembly Rules Committee California Legislature resolution by the Honorable John J. Miller relative to commending Frances M. Albrier for public service 1971-03-03

Box OM 16

California Senate Rules Committee resolution by Senator Nicholas C. Petris relative to commending Frances Albrier 1983-06-14

Box OM 16

County of Alameda board of supervisors commendation of Francis [sic] Albrier undated

Box 1:19

Advocates for Women certificate of appreciation 1979

Box 5

Alpha Chi Pi Omega 1963

Box 5

Association of Africans and African-Americans pre-Kwanzaa award 1978

Box 5

Bay Area Democratic Women achievement award 1967

Box 5

Bay Area Tuskegee Club 1960

Box 1:21

Berkeley Commission on Employment & Training valuable service award 1981

Box 1:19

Certificate of merit in celebration of Women’s History Month 1987

Box 1:21

City of Berkeley certificate of appreciation for civil rights 1983

Box 1:19

City of Berkeley certificate of recognition 1976

Box 1:21

City of Berkeley Commission on Employment and Training certificate of appreciation 1979

Box 7

Berkeley Committee on Aging appreciation award undated

Box 1:21

City of Berkeley proclamation Frances M. Albrier Community Center Day undated

Box 1:20

East Bay Skills Center Honorary G.E.D. 1979

Box 1:20

East Bay Negro Historical Society 1975

Box 5

Ethnic Minority Association of California 1974

Box OM17

Equal Rights Advocates award 1987

Box 5

The Nebraskans undated

Box 5

New Light Seniors 1976

Box 5

Sacramento-Ashby-Adeline-Alcatraz Task Force 1984

Box 5

Sacramento-Ashby Improvement Association undated

Box 5

San Pablo Neighborhood Council 1976

Box 5

Sun Reporter Women of the Year award 1966

Box 5

YAP merit award 1978

Box 5

YMCA service award undated

Civic organizations

Physical Description: 80 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes records documenting Albrier's participation on various committees, civic and civil rights groups, and women's clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by organization or committee.

Box 1:22

Berkeley Committee on Aging 1965-1979

Berkeley Neighborhood Legal Services

Box 1:23

“Proposal regarding continuous funding for Berkeley Neighborhood Legal Services a non-profit corporation to provide services to the poor” [2 copies] circa 1979

Box 1:24

Brief re: funding of Berkeley Neighborhood Legal Services Program circa 1979

Box 1:23

Letter to Joaquin Celaya 1980

Berkeley Senior Center

Box 1:25

Assorted 1966-1979

Box 1:26

Awards 1972-1979

Board of directors

Box 1:27

Roster 1962

Box 1:27

Meeting minutes 1962

Box 1:28

Correspondence 1969-1978

Box 1:29

Frances Albrier appreciation day program 1983

Box 1:30

History of the Berkeley Senior Center circa 1970s

Box 1:31

Job descriptions 1976 and undated

Box 1:32

Petition for establishment of a community center in South Berkeley to the city council of Berkeley, California 1940

Box 1:33

Program of dedication 1966

Box 1:33

South Berkeley Senior Citizens Center dedication program 1977

Box 1:34

The Nugget newsletters 1968-1978

Box 1:35

California Committee on Aging 1969-1977

California State Association of Women, Inc.

Box 1:36

By-laws circa 1940s-1950s

Box 1:36

Woman’s Journal 1954

Box 1:36

57th annual state convention program 1963

Box 1:37

East Bay Negro Historical Society 1967-1987

Fanny Hall Children’s Home and Day Nursery, Inc.

Box 1:38

Membership brochure circa 1940s

Box 1:38

Correspondence 1960-1961

Box 1:38

“The true story of Fannie Wall home,” circa 1958

Box 1:39

Herrick Memorial Hospital 1970-1980

Box 2:1

International Black Community Automobile Dealers’ Association, Inc. articles of incorporation 1967

Box 1:2

Title 1965

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Awards

Box 2:2

25 years of service diploma 1984

Box 2:2

Northern Area Conference NAACP foot-soldier award 1981

Box 2:3

Correspondence 1967-1976

Berkeley Branch

Box 2:4

Executive board meeting notes 1968

Box 2:4

Memoranda re: school integration 1967

Box 2:5

Membership lists and notes 1967-1970

Box 2:4

Officer election ballot 1968

Box 2:6

Position statement on federal contract compliance 1967

Publications

Box 2:7

Freedom fund banquet program 1981

Box 2:7

BEAM newsletter 1967

Box 2:4

Statement on Berkeley police brutality circa 1960s

Box 2:7

Treasurer’s reports 1967-1969

Box 2:2

Membership card 1969

Publications

Brochures

Box 2:8

NAACP: meeting your needs April, 1965

Box 2:8

The NAACP guards your right [3 copies] circa 1960s

Box 2:8

The story of the NAACP its program and objectives [3 copies] 1967

Constitutions

Box 2:8

Constitution for youth councils, junior youth councils, and young adult youth councils of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1964

Box 2:8

Constitution and by-laws for branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [2 copies] 1960

Box 2:8

Constitution of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [2 copies] 1964

Box 2:8

Constitution and by-laws for branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [2 copies] 1967

Flyers

Box 2:8

NAACP membership station join here! circa 1960s

Box 2:8

Riot prevention 1967

Pamphlets

Box 2:8

Hints for better branch administration 1962

Box 2:8

Implementing the report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders circa 1960s

Box 2:8

NAACP 57th annual convention resolutions July, 5-9 1966 Los Angeles, California [2 copies] 1966

Box 2:8

Understanding NAACP policy [2 copies] 1962

Box 2:2

Raymond Ross affidavit 1964

West Coast Region

Box 2:9

Bay Area life membership club annual banquet program 1976

Box 2:9

Constitution and by-laws 1965

Box 2:9

First bi-ennial conference program Asilomar, California 1954

Box 2:9

Memoranda 1967-1969

National Council of Negro Women, Inc.

San Francisco Chapter

Box 2:10

Authority to organize a chapter form undated

Box 2:11

Correspondence 1957-1969

Box 2:12

Committee and membership rosters 1956-1957

Box 2:13

Debutante ball 1967

Box 2:10

Frances Albrier membership card 1949

Box 2:14

Mayor’s proclamation honoring Mary Bethune Cookman 1957

Box 2:14

Meeting notes circa 1957

Box 2:15

Memo president’s desk 1957

Box 2:16

Programs 1954-1973

Box 2:14

Skit script undated

Box 5

Life member’s guild award undated

Assorted printed material

Box OM17

41st national convention poster 1983

Box 2:15

Programs 1954-1987

Reports

Box 2:16

Delta Sigma Theta sorority, Inc. report to the 22nd annual convention of the National Council of Negro Women 1967

Box 2:17

Local councils financial report 1957

Box 2:17

National Council of Negro Women report 1953-1957 [2 copies] 1957

Box 2:18

Women United souvenir year book sixteenth anniversary 1951

Box 2:19

Northern California Caucus on the Black Aged 1971-1979

Northern Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc.

Box 2:20

Articles of incorporation 1914, 1965

Box 2:21

Clubs, presidents, and queens undated

Box 2:22-23

Constitution and by-laws [12 copies] 1958, 1964

Box 2:24

Correspondence 1963-1975

Box 2:25

Deeds 1918-1946

Financial records

Box 2:26

Receipts 1922-1969

Box 2:27

Balance sheets/ledgers 1937-1941; 1958-1959

Box 2:28

Meeting minutes / sign-in sheets 1964-1965

Box 2:21

Membership card 1966

Box 2:21

Report to members 1957

Box 2:29

Resolutions to purchase property at 13th St. and Peralta St. 1918

Box 2:30

Title and fire insurance policies 1914-1942

Box 2:21

Tribute to Frances Mary Albrier program 1987

Box 3:1

San Francisco Negro Historical and Cultural Society 1957-1968

South Berkeley Model Cities Program

Box 3:2

A model cities guide 1962

Box 3:3

Berkeley city manager memoranda 1970

Box 3:4

By-laws of the South Berkeley Model Cities Neighborhood Council 1969

Box 3:5

Committee meetings 1970-1971

Box 3:6

Community development: Where have we been? Where are we now? Where are we going? 1974

Box 3:7

Correspondence 1968-1977

Box 3:8

Flyers 1970 and undated

Box 3:9

Newspaper clippings 1971

Box 3:10

Objectives and strategies undated

Box 3:2

Planning grant application summary 1968

Box 3:11

Priority checklist of projects circa 1971

Box 3:12

South Berkeley model cities program submission 2: problem analysis 1970

Box 3:12

South Berkeley model cities? Start here [2 copies] undated

Box 3:13

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development transmittals 1970

Box 3:14

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development model cities program questions and answers brochures 1968-1970

Women’s Art & Industrial Club, Inc.

Box 3:15

Articles of incorporation 1926

Box 5

Appreciation award given to Frances Albrier for outstanding service and dedicated leadership for new club house 1962

Box 3:16

Correspondence 1926-1973

Box 3:17

Deeds 1926-1931

Fashion show

Box 3:18

Flyer 1966

Box 3:18

Planning notes 1966

Box 3:18

Tickets 1970, 1975

Box 3:19

Fire insurance policy 1950

Financial records

Box 3:20

Builders contracts 1935, 1948

Box 3:21

City of Oakland and Alameda County tax statements 1926-1956

Box 3:22

Financial statements / ledgers 1950-1956

Box 3:23

Invoices 1954-1956

Box 3:24

Money receipt books 1953-1956

Box 3:25

Rent receipts 1953-1966

Box 3:26

Club house subscriber contracts 1926

Box 3:27

Lease 1942-1948

Box 3:28

Membership dues books 1956-1976

Box OM17

Scrapbook circa 1950s

Box 3:29

Yearbooks 1939-1967

Political activities

Physical Description: 9 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes campaign flyers, correspondence, charter agreements, membership cards, and inaugural programs related to Frances Albrier's political activities.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by format.

Box 3:30

Berkeley Black Council 1981-1985

Campaign flyers

Box 3:31

Assorted circa 1960s-1970s

Box 3:32

Berkeley City Council 1957-1977

Box 3:33

City of Berkeley consent calendar to rename San Pablo Recreation Center 1983

Box 3:34

Correspondence 1946-1982

Box 3:35

Democratic Central Committee of Alameda County 1957 and undated

Box 3:36

Golden Gate Democratic Club application for charter and agreement 1959

Box 3:37

Membership cards / passes 1942-1977

Box 3:38

Programs 1948-1978

Educational activities

Physical Description: 20 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes posters, study kits, pamphlets, visual aids, and calendars used by Frances Albrier for teaching black history to students. Also included are her teaching notes, Oakland Public Schools volunteer program forms, and students' thank you letters.

Arrangement

Arranged by format.

Black history teaching materials

Calendars

Box 3:39

Calendar: twelve American women 1942

Box OM17

Negro women of the post civil war period who were noted for their achievement and charm,” Supreme Life Insurance Company of America [3 copies] 1965

Box 3:39

Negro heritage library calendar 1966

Box OM17

The Negro speaks of Rivers, Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company 1968

Box 3:39

The fifteenth amendment and Black America in the century 1870-1970 1970

Box OM17

Seagram’s Negro historical calendar 1970

Box OM17

The quest for success: black entrepreneurs in America , Miller Brewing Company 1985

Pamphlets

Box 3:40

Afro-Americans in the far West: a handbook for educators / Jack D.Forbes circa 1960s

Box 3:40

The American Negro: a history in biography & pictures / Norman McRae and Jerry Blocker 1965

Box 3:40

American traveler’s guide to Negro history / American Oil Company 1963

Box 3:40

Digane: a reappraisal of the Zulu king / Felix Chukwuemeka Okaye circa 1960s

Box 3:40

Distaff to history / Joseph V. Baker Associates circa 1960s

Box 3:40

Negro Americans / Time Magazine [2 copies] 1964

Box 3:41

Negroes heroes of emancipation / National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1964

Box 3:41

Negro History Week / Association for the Study of Negro Life and History 1969

Box 3:41

The Negro in America / Youth Adult Division of the Oakland Public Library 1967

Box 3:41

The Negro in education timeline circa 1957

Box 3:41

Nigeria circa 1960s

Box 3:41

An outline of Negro history: a brief list of accomplishments by Negroes in the United States and foreign lands / Robert E. Brown, Federal Security Agency, National Youth Administration for California, Division of Information [3 copies] 1941

Box 3:41

The saga of Harriet Tubman: the Moses of her people / Bertram A. Fitzgerald ed. [2 copies] 1967

Box 3:41

The saga of Toussaint L’Ouverture and the birth of Haiti / Bertram A. Fitzgerald ed. [2 copies] 1966

Box 3:41

Suggestions for the teaching of Negro history / Association for the Study of Negro Life and History 1970

Box 3:41

West Africa before Columbus / Lillian Duffy 1969

Posters

Box OM17

African history, art, music, literature: evidences of black culture [3 copies] 1972

Box OM17

The fifteenth amendment and black America in the century, 1870-1970 [4 copies] 1970

Box OM17

Freedom and responsibility: Negro history and a new birth of freedom circa 1960s

Box OM17

Freedom trails of Negro history in Boston undated

Box OM17

Hop scotch / Margaret Burroughs undated

Box OM17

Marcus Garvey week 1967

Box OM17

Negro History Week: freedom from racial myths and stereotypes through Negro history 1965

Box OM17

Negro history: a basis for the new freedom [2 copies] 1964

Box OM17

Negro history and the fourteenth amendment 1968

Box OM17

The races of mankind undated

Box OM17

Twentieth century Americans of Negro lineage [2 copies] 1965

Study kits and visual aids

Box 4:2

Negro history study kit / Association for the Study of Negro Life and History 1968

Box 4:3

Profiles of black Americans / Dexter & Westbrook 1969

Box 4:4

Assorted photographs and woodcut prints, The Associated Publishers 1927, 1948, 1965

Box OM16

Portraits: twentieth century Americans of Negro lineage / Friendship Press 1965

Box OM16

Negroes in our history, no. 1 / Afro-AM Publishing Company, Inc. [2 copies] circa 1960s

Box 4:5

Assorted portraits of famous black Americans undated

Box 4:6

Assorted visual aids undated

Box OM16

Assorted visual aids undated

Box 4:7

Negro History Week 1961-1973 and undated

Box 4:8

Oakland Public Schools volunteer program forms 1967

Student thank you letters

Box 4:9

Crocker Highlands School 1967

Box 4:9

Duran pre-school 1968

Box 4:9

Grass Valley School 1967

Box 4:9

J. Miller School, Oakland, California 1967

Box 4:9

Maxwell Park School, Oakland, California 1967

Box 4:10

Teaching notes undated

Photographs

Physical Description: 189 photographs

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes 189 photographs of Frances Albrier's family, friends, and related to her participation in various civic and women's groups.

Arrangement

Arranged by photograph identification number.

Box 4:11

Elderly men and women seated at banquet tables [001] 1978

Box 4:11

Negro History exhibit at Boy Scout-O-Rama held at Cow Palace, San Francisco, California [002] 1965

Box 4:11

Frances Albrier and woman holding microphone in banquet hall [003] 1978

Box 4:11

Frances Albrier and Mr. Tupper holding microphone in banquet hall [004] 1978

Box 4:11

Elderly women seated at banquet tables, reverse: 'Whalen, LaDueux, Mrs. Tompkins' [005] 1978

Box 4:11

Elderly men and women seated at banquet tables [006] 1978

Box 4:11

Elderly women seated at banquet tables, reverse: 'Mrs. Turner Mrs.LaDoux' [007] 1978

Box 4:11

Frances Albrier and Janie Oliver holding microphone in banquet hall [008] 1978

Box 4:11

Group photograph of members of the National Council of Negro Women San Francisco Chapter attending dinner after regional meeting [009] 1954

Box 4:11

Frances Albrier and two women standing next to woman holding a trophy [010] circa 1970s

Box 4:11

Frances Albrier and two women standing next to woman holding a trophy [011] circa 1970s

Box 4:11

Crowd attending Berkeley Senior Center open house event [012] 1979

Box 4:11

Ray Bell publicity still, caption: 'To Frances best wishes Ray Bell' [013] undated

Box 4:11

Negro History exhibit at Boy Scout-O-Rama held at Cow Palace, San Francisco, California [014] 1965

Box 4:11

Elderly men and women seated at banquet tables, reverse: 'Mr. Tupper, Mrs. Johnson, Mr Johnson 100' [015] 1978

Box 4:11

Negro History exhibit at Boy Scout-O-Rama held at Cow Palace, San Francisco, California [016] 1965

Box 4:11

Members of the National Council of Negro Women San Francisco Chapter attending dinner after regional meeting [017] 1954

Box 4:11

Negro History exhibit at Boy Scout-O-Rama held at Cow Palace, San Francisco, California [018] 1965

Box 4:11

Frances Albrier and seven men and women dressed in mason regalia, caption: 'civil liberties' [019] circa 1950s

Box 4:11

Four women standing in commercial kitchen, reverse: 'Rosemary, Effie, Mabel Jackson, Kay Harwig' [020] circa 1980s

Box 4:11

Group photograph of Frances Albrier with Mary McLeod Bethune and men and women dressed in mason regalia, caption: 'civil liberties' [021] circa 1950s

Box 4:11

Frances Albrier delivering speech at podium, reverse: 'Albrier podium, Suzanne Director, Chinese minister, Joan Kasten, Howard Campbell' [022] circa 1980s

Box 4:12

Frances Albrier sitting in wicker chair [023] circa 1980s

Box 4:12

King of Uganda and nephew holding America Needs An Ideology book attending the Moral Re-Armament Assembly of Nations, Mackinac Island [024] circa 1950s

Box 4:11

Group of men shaking hands at the Moral Re-Armament Assembly of Nations, Mackinac Island [025 A/B] circa 1950s

Box 4:12

Three women wearing kimonos [026] circa 1950s

Box 4:12

Crowd sitting in assembly hall [027] circa 1950s

Box 4:12

Group of men in African dress seated on stage [028] circa 1950s

Box 4:12

Three women in kimonos speaking to audience [029] circa 1950s

Box 4:12

Four men talking on veranda [030] circa 1950s

Box 4:12

Boy and girl in kimono talking to man [031] circa 1950s

Box 4:12

Portrait of Frances Albrier [032] circa 1950s

Box 4:12

Portrait of a baby boy, caption: 'Merry Xmas James Lee' [033] circa 1950s

Box 4:12

Portrait of a woman, inscribed: 'To Frances & Bill from Mel Baldivest [?] March 6 1946' [034] 1946

Box 4:12

Members of the San Francisco Negro Historical and Cultural Society dedicating Mary Ellen Pleasant historical marker [035] 1965

Box 4:12

Frances Albrier and three members of the San Francisco Negro Historical and Cultural Society attending Mary Ellen Pleasant historical marker dedication [036] 1965

Box 4:12

Members of the San Francisco Negro Historical and Cultural Society attending Mary Ellen Pleasant historical marker dedication [037] 1965

Box 4:12

Mary Ellen Pleasant historical marker [038] 1965

Box 4:12

Mary Ellen Pleasant historical marker [039] 1965

Box 4:12

Frances Albrier sitting at table with group of women [040] circa 1960s

Box 4:12

Frances Albrier and Kivie Kaplan presenting N.A.A.C.P. life membership to Euna Tucker [041] 1956

Box 4:12

Frances Albrier sitting at table with group of women with Paul Robeson [?] [042] circa 1960s

Box 4:12

Martha Johnson, Mr. Irwin and members of the Historical Quilting Club of Sausalito sitting beneath Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman quilts [043] circa 1960s

Box 4:12

Martha Johnson, Mr. Irwin and members of the Historical Quilting Club of Sausalito sitting beneath Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman quilts [044] circa 1960s

Box 4:13

Frances Albrier with members of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee [045] 1952

Box 4:13

Two women holding index cards [046] circa 1960s

Box 4:13

Frances Albrier standing beside 'East Bay Negro Historical Society honors The Builders of Bridges' banner [047] circa 1960s

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Mary McLeod Bethune sitting in chair changing radio station, caption: 'In my Washington bedroom' [048] 1948

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Council of Negro Women's National Negro History Week exhibit [049] 1957

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Pianist Hazel Scott and Mary McLeod Bethune on stage, Daytona Beach, Florida [050] 1950

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Two women standing in front of house with two men in military uniform [051] 1942

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Two women standing in front of house with five men in military uniform [052] 1942

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Frances Albrier and army nurse Mrs. K. Randle [053] circa 1940s

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Frances Albrier's passport photographs [054] circa 1980s

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Wedding portrait of bride and groom, reverse: 'To Nana, love Barbara & Mike' [055] 1968

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Four African wood sculptures of heads, caption: 'African art Nigeria' [056] circa 1960s

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Group of women sitting at buffet table [057] circa 1950s

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Empty carpeted room with sliding glass door, reverse: 'Front room 525 Mandana #305 Oakland' [058] 1987

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Portrait of Frances Albrier in American Red Cross uniform [059] circa 1940s

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Hospital staff standing at bedside of patients on veranda [060] circa 1900s

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Frances Albrier holding California State Assembly resolution [061 A/B] circa 1970s

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Colorized portrait of Frances Albrier in American Red Cross uniform [062 A/B] circa 1940s

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Colorized portrait of Frances Albrier [063] circa 1940s

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Portrait of a woman [064] circa 1950s

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Frances Albrier sitting at banquet table with group of women, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois [065] 1968

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Three women and a man sitting in chairs in meeting room, South Berkeley Senior Center [?] [066] 1984

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Woman standing at podium, Ruth Acty and two men sitting on stage, South Berkeley Senior Center [?] [067] 1984

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Group of men and women sitting in chairs in meeting room, South Berkeley Senior Center [?] [068] 1984

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Audience sitting at banquet tables in meeting room, South Berkeley Senior Center [?] [069] 1984

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Audience sitting at banquet tables in meeting room, South Berkeley Senior Center [?] [070] 1984

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Audience sitting at banquet tables in meeting room next to bulletin board, South Berkeley Senior Center [?] [071] 1984

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Audience sitting at banquet tables in meeting room next to bulletin board, South Berkeley Senior Center [?] [072] 1984

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Audience sitting at banquet tables in meeting room, South Berkeley Senior Center [?] [073] 1984

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Audience sitting at banquet tables in meeting room, South Berkeley Senior Center [?] [074] 1984

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Men and women sitting in chairs on stage in meeting room, South Berkeley Senior Center [?] [075] 1984

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Men and women sitting in chairs on stage in meeting room, South Berkeley Senior Center [?] [076] 1984

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Men and women sitting in chairs on stage in meeting room, South Berkeley Senior Center [?] [077] 1984

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Man sitting by lake under a n umbrella [078] 1985

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People waiting in office [079] 1985

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Wash basin [080] 1985

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Parquet floor [081] 1985

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Girl crossing a street, people walking up staircase in the background [082] 1985

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Two women sitting at dining table, waiter holding tray in the background [083] 1985

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Men and women sitting at conference table [084] 1985

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Men and women sitting at conference table [085] 1985

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Aerial view of river [086] 1985

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Transmission tower surrounded by agricultural fields [087] 1985

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Frances Albrier Community Center dedication [contact print] [088] 1984

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Frances Albrier Community Center dedication [contact print] [089] 1984

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Frances Albrier Community Center dedication [contact print] [090] 1984

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Frances Albrier Community Center dedication [contact print] [091] 1984

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Man holding up two fish on boat [neg.][092] undated

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Man holding up two fish on boat [neg.][093] undated

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Ship at sea [neg.][094] undated

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Five men standing next to house [neg.][095] undated

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Negatives [096-115] circa 1980s

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Negatives [116-123] circa 1980s

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Negatives [124-138] circa 1980s

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Negatives [139-148] circa 1980s

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Negatives [149-172] circa 1980s

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Negatives [173-184] circa 1980s

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Portrait of Frances Albrier [185 A-E] circa 1940s

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Group photograph of members of the Women's Art & Industrial Club in garden at the home of Frances Albrier, seated (left-right): Frances Albrier, Linzink Cooper, Rosie Derbigny, Cristina Ross, Chlora H. Sledge, standing (left-right): Emily Norman McKinney, Emma Bolmer, Mattie Williams, Carrie Taylor, Lillie Wilkerson, Pauline McCoy, Mattie Dickenson, Varone Perry, Maud Brooks [186] circa 1940s

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Wedding portrait of bride and groom, inscribed: 'Merry Xmas Eddie & Luana' [187] circa 1960s

Box 7

Panorama group photograph of the 28th biennial convention of the National Association of Colored Women, Belmont High School, Los Angeles, California [188] 1952

Box 7

Panorama group photograph of the 22th annual awards dinner of the National Council of Negro Women, Grand ballroom, Willard Hotel, Washington D.C. [189] 1957

Assorted printed material

Physical Description: 16 folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Includes assorted books, brochures, directories, ephemera, essays, flyers, pamphlets, programs, and periodicals most related to Albrier's work with African American civil rights, senior citizens, black history, United Negro Improvement Association, and the Tuskegee Institute.

Arrangement

Arranged by format or subject.

Books

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Any one can bake / Royal Baking Powder Company 1929

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Basic laws of parliamentary law and protocol / Marguerite Grumme 1955

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Now let us pray / Charlotte J. Chambliss 1982

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Pioneers of Negro origin in California / Sue Bailey Thurman 1949

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Woodland cookery / Girl Scouts of America, Inc. 1932

Brochures

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Acorn redevelopment area 1961

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Association for the Study of Negro Life and History [2 copies] 1960s

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Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History leadership conference [3 copies] 1976

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California Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc. circa 1970s

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Chancellor Hotel, San Francisco, California 1986

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Frederick Douglass home, United States Department of the Interior [3 copies] circa 1970s

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International library of Negro life and history [3 copies] circa 1980s

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Olan Mills club plan 1989

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Full partnership of women in our democracy, President’s Commission on the Status of Women 1962

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Souvenir of Mackinac Island, Michigan circa 1960s

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Vote “no” on proposition 14, Catholic dioceses of California 1963

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Women of courage, Black Women Oral History Project, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College circa 1980s

Directories

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City of Berkeley personnel directories 1959-1968

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Oakland Men of Tomorrow, Inc. directory 1967

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Social, historical, and religious organization list / San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Research Department 1958

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The success directory / Committee for Community Solidarity, Inc. 1959

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Ephemera 1972-1974 and undated

Essays / speeches

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A black man looks at the proposed amendment to the city charter for the community control of police in Berkeley John Adams Jr. circa 1970s

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A proposed issue of concern on the nuclear energy initiative, prop. 15 Youth Caucus, NCC, UCC circa 1970s

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Do you know what is happening to the minds of black children under the present educational system? circa 1970s

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Student book reviews 1965-1968

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Transcript of speech delivered by Norman O. Houston, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company 1969

Flyers

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Berkeley Black Council meeting 1979

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Celia’s Mexican Restaurant grand opening undated

Pamphlets

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100 amazing facts about the Negro with complete proof: a short cut to the world history of the Negro / J.A. Rogers 1957

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About people / Eva Know Evans [2 copies] 1947

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Booker T. Washington national monument / United States Department of the Interior 1965

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California Assembly Daily Journal April 20, 1955

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The constitution of the United States of America and its twenty-one amendments / Union Oil Company 1937

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Dawn of Africa / Nigerian Federal Ministry of Information 1963

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Glimpses into the life of a great Mississippian and a majestic American educator, 1926-1976 / E.M. Lashley 1977

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Historical booklet of religious, business, professional, men and women / M.A.B. Fuller 1948

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Interview with D’Army Bailey May 28, 1971

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The Jerry Newson story … / Buddy Green and Steve Murdock [2 copies] 1950

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A man for all people / New World News for Moral Re-armament 1973

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Manpower: one tenth of a nation / United States. War Manpower Commission 1942

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‘One year in the life of our union’ / Warehouse Union Local 6, ILWU-CIO 1947

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Our constitution presented in modern everyday language / Philip Van Doren Stern 1953

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The outlook for women as food-service managers and supervisors / United States Department of Labor 1956

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The philosophies of Booker T. Washington: founder’s day address by Dr. G. Lake Imes / G. Lake Imes [10 copies] 1941

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Rumford: the road to follow 1980

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We also serve (Armed Forces edition) / Tilghman Press 1945

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The world crisis and the Negro people today / A. Philip Randolph 1937

Periodicals

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Berkeley Democratic Caucus newspaper April 6, 1971

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The Berkeley voter April 1973

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The California postmaster vol. 12 no. 9 1967

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Current literature: a magazine of contemporary record vol. XVII no. 6 1895

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The democratic digest August-September, 1949

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Frontier: voice of the new West March 1958

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Hope news vol. 7 no. 4 1969

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The literary digest March 7, 1936

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MRA pictorial no. 18 Summer 1958

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NAACP freedom journal [2 copies] 1964

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The new age magazine vol. LVI no. 6 June 1948

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Older Adult Resource Center No. 21 May 1985

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Opportunity: journal of Negro life October 1938

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Responsible economic development vol. 2 August 1983

The Scottish rite informer

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Vol. XI no. 1 January-March 1959

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Vol. XI no. 2 April-June 1959

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Union W.A.G.E. May-June 1980

Programs

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Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority 35th annual boule, San Francisco, California 1955

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Art-Society Club 12th annual tea, Richmond, California circa 1960s

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Association for the Study of Negro Life and History fifty-fourth annual meeting program 1969

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Beta Theta Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority presents “The Carver Story [2 copies] 1966

California Baptist State Convention

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26th annual session of the California Baptist State convention, Women’s Auxiliary Convention, Junior Women’s Convention, Brotherhood Convention and auxiliaries will convene with the Mt. Zion Baptist Church souvenir program 1948

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34th annual session of the California Baptist State Convention held at San Diego, California souvenir program 1956

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The California story of the African Methodist Episcopal Church souvenir program 1951

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CCPT Founder’s Day dinner and program 1971

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Devotion and meditation program for the Woman’s National Baptist Convention of America 1956

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Discover Berkeley, City of Berkeley Recreation, Parks, and Community Services [10 copies] circa 1970s

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Downs Memorial Methodist Church general service program May 15, 1966

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East Bay Coordinating Committee of B’Nai B’Rith Women sixth annual donor luncheon 1955

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Golden State Memorial Chapel grand opening and reception [3 copies] 1961

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The Inspirational Guild annual musical and historical tea, Oakland, California [3 copies] 1963

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Title 1965

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Lighting the way to freedom fourth annual session of California Negro Leadership Conference 1962

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Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church 34th anniversary souvenir program, Oakland, California 1956

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The Nebraskans organization first annual awards dinner 1974

North Oakland Baptist Church

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27th anniversary of Dr. G.C. Coleman 1940

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40th anniversary souvenir program 1945

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General service program September 4, 1966

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Pre-Kwanza awards dinner sponsored by the Organization of African & African Americans, Oakland, California [2 copies] 1978

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Rainbow banquet programme [2 copies] 1964

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Roving Workers Club presents Mr. Walter Leon Driver in their second annual recognition day program [2 copies] 1964

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San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center today’s artists concerts 1974

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Solidly constantly together, report of the special session of the California Legislative Conference 1947

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The Sun Reporter twenty-second annual merit awards program 1978

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A testimonial and pictorial souvenir program honoring Rev. R.M. Marshall D.D. pastor emeritus of the Solid Rock Baptist Church, Los Angeles, California 1958

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Testimonial dinner in honor of Judge S. Victor Wagler 1964

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Third annual senior & handicapped citizens informational workshop, Easter Hill United Methodist Church, Richmond, California 1976

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Waialua Protestant Church, Haleiwa, Oahu general service program June 16, 1963

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Westminster Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, California general service program May 19, 1957

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Women’s Day program, Parks Chapel A.M.E. Church, Oakland, California 1961

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Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Berkeley-East Bay Branch Virginia Collins program circa 1970s

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University of California Berkeley one hundred third commencement 1966

Tuskegee Institute

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Fourth annual session of the Western Region General Alumni Association Tuskegee Institute, Oakland, California 1960

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Collegiana 1935

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Commencement program 1938

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Commencement schedule 1941

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Bay Area Tuskegee Club founder’s day scholarship dinner program 1961

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Infantile Paralysis Center dedication program and brochure 1941

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President’s annual report 1940

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Tuskegee General Alumni Association souvenir program 1961

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The Western Region Tuskegeean January, 1961

Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A)

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Letter from Marcus Garvey to W.A. Deane, re: membership 1936

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Letter from Marcus Garvey to W.A. Deane, re: fundraising 1937

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Five-year plan flyer undated

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Five-year plan contribution card undated

Box OM16

The Universal Negro Almanac 1921