Guide to the Charlotte Harris Papers
Sean Heyliger
African American Museum and Library at Oakland
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Oakland, California 94612
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African American Museum and Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Charlotte Harris Papers
Collection number: MS 16
African American Museum and Library at Oakland
Oakland, California
- Processed by:
- Sean Heyliger
- Date Completed:
- 02/20/2013
- Encoded by:
- Sean Heyliger
© 2013 African American Museum and Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Charlotte Harris papers
Dates: 1929-1988
Collection number: MS 16
Collection Size:
.25 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum and Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: The Charlotte Harris Papers include photographs, postcards, church programs, and awards related to the activities of the Harris
and Fletcher families. The bulk of the collection is photographs of family and friends of Charlotte Harris in Seattle, Washington
and Berkeley, California. There are also group photographs of the Ladies of Leisure, an African American women's social club
in Berkeley, California.
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 Charlotte Harris Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum and Library at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Charlotte Harris papers, MS 16, African American Museum and Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Charlotte Harris Papers include photographs, postcards, church programs, and awards related to the activities of the Harris
and Fletcher families. The bulk of the collection is photographs of family and friends of Charlotte Harris in Seattle, Washington
and Berkeley, California. There are also group photographs of the Ladies of Leisure, an African American women's social club
in Berkeley, California.
Arrangement
Series I. Photographs
Series II. 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.
Ladies of Leisure (Berkeley, Calif.).
African Americans--California--Berkeley--Societies, etc.
African Americans--Families.
Berkeley (Calif.)--Social life and customs.
Photographs
Physical Description: 11 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes portraits and photographs related to the Harris family and the social club Ladies of Leisure.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject and thereafter by date.
Box 1:1
Group photograph at ‘Slim’ Jenkins’ Blue Room, 1940
1940
Box 1:2
Eddie and Charlotte Harris
circa 1970s
Box 1:3
Camping trip [Yosemite?]
circa 1950s
Box 1:4
Group portraits of sisters Muriel Minnis, Leona M. Brown, and Charlotte Harris
undated
Assorted family photographs
Box 1:5
Black and white
1929-1951 and undated
Box 1:6
Color photographs
1968-1971
Box 1:7
Color photographs
1975-1979
Box 1:8
Color photographs
1980-1988
Box 1:10
Portraits of Charlotte Harris
1958 and undated
Box 1:11
Ladies of Leisure group portraits
1940-1951
Assorted printed material
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes a postcard, NAACP award presented to Charlotte Harris, and church programs.
Arrangement
Arranged by format.
