Guide to the Sylvia Anna Magruder Papers
Sean Heyliger
African American Museum & Library at Oakland
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Guide to the Sylvia Anna Magruder Papers
Collection number: MS 59
African American Museum & Library at Oakland
Oakland, California
- Processed by:
- Sean Heyliger
- Date Completed:
- 09/13/2013
- Encoded by:
- Sean Heyliger
© 2013 African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Sylvia Anna Magruder papers
Dates: 1885-1964
Collection number: MS 59
Creator:
Magruder, Sylvia Anna.
Collection Size:
.25 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: Put abstract here.
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 Sylvia Anna Magruder Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at
Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Sylvia Anna Magruder papers, MS 59, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 09/13/2013.
Biography / Administrative History
Sylvia Anna Magruder (née Duncan) was born on July 1, 1880 in New Orleans, Louisiana the youngest daughter of Rev. Stephen
Duncan and Sylvia Duncan. She graduated from New Orleans University and worked as a teacher and matron for ten years before
marrying Rev. E.J. Magruder in 1908. The couple moved to California the following year, and in 1926 E.J. Magruder was appointed
as the pastor at the First A.M.E. Church in San Francisco, California. Sylvia Anna Magruder served various civic and religious
organizations in the San Francisco area, including the Y' Women of the San Francisco Buchanan St. YWCA and Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. She also worked for African American civil rights
and advocated the hiring of the city’s first African American railway conductor, police officer, and social worker.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Sylvia Anna Magruder Papers include correspondence, certificates, funeral and musical programs, newspaper clippings, and
photographs documenting the life and volunteer activities of Sylvia Anna Magruder. The papers are arranged into two series:
biographical material and photographs. Biographical material include correspondence from politicians and civic organizations
thanking Magruder for her volunteer work, certificates from the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, funeral and musical programs, and assorted newspaper clippings. Photographs in the collection
are mostly portraits of Sylvia Anna Magruder and members of the Duncan family, photographs taken at Sylvia Anna Magruder’s
birthday celebrations, and photographs related to Magruder's participation in the YWCA and Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary
Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
Arrangement
Series I. Biographical Series II. Photographs
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Magruder, Sylvia Anna.
Women’s Home and Foreign Mission Society.
African American--Families.
Biographical
Physical Description: 5 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes assorted correspondence thanking her for her volunteering efforts, newspaper clippings, awards and certificates awarded
to Magruder from the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and programs
for Stephen Joseph Duncan's funeral service, a piano recital, and Buchanan Street YMCA Christmas party.
Arrangement
Arranged by format.
Box 1:2
Newspaper clippings
1948-1964
Box 1:3
Awards and certificates
1944-1964
Box 1:4
Programs
circa 1930s-1975
Box 1:5
Corsages worn on 75th birthday
1952, 1955
Photographs
Physical Description: 42 photographs
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes 42 photographs mostly family and friends of Sylvia Anna Magruder, group photographs taken at Sylvia Magruder's birthday
celebrations, and photographs related to Magruder's participation in the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
Arrangement
Arranged by photograph identification number.
Box 1:1
Four women standing with minister in church, caption: 'Selby, Lanford, Wroten, Bennett, Magruder' [001]
1946
Box 1:1
Wedding party on altar at the wedding of Stephen J. Magruder and Lorraine Render, caption: 'Lorraine's grandfather, aunt
and mother-in-law, Anna Magruder, Stephen and Lorraine, Mrs. McGuire, Rev. J.E. Roberts' [002]
1949
Box 1:1
Group of men and women attending Sylvia Anna Magruder's 75th birthday party [003]
1955
Box 1:1
Portrait of Mrs. Stephen J. Duncan [004]
circa 1950s
Box 1:1
Portrait of Rev. Stephen Duncan [005]
1885
Box 1:1
Portrait of Sylvia Anna Duncan [006]
circa 1890s
Box 1:1
Portrait of Rev. E. J. Magruder [007]
1903
Box 1:1
Sylvia Belle Magruder sitting in chair [008]
circa 1940s
Box 1:1
Photo booth portrait of Sylvia Baquie [009]
circa 1950s
Box 1:1
Portrait of Rev. E. J. Magruder [010]
1935
Box 1:1
Matilda Duncan Clark and unidentified man [011]
circa 1930s
Box 1:1
Thelma [-] and Christine Cleek presenting Sylvia Anna Magruder with a $100 membership in the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary
Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church [012]
circa 1950s
Box 1:1
Althea M. Clark and Richard S. Clark [013]
circa 1930s
Box 1:1
Sylvia Anna Magruder and man in living room [014]
1956
Box 1:1
Group photograph of members of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church,
pictured (front, left-right): Sylvia Anna Magruder, Mattie White, Thelma [-], Belle Shepard, Thelma Wroten, Mrs. Hall, Ruth
Lanford, Marilyn Selby [015]
circa 1940s
Box 1:1
Group photograph in living room at Sylvia Anna Magruder's 76th birthday party [016]
1956
Box 1:1
Group photograph of members of the Y's Women of the San Francisco Buchanan St. YWCA [017]
1948
Box 1:1
Woman pinning corsage on Sylvia Anna Magruder at her 80th birthday day breakfast given by the Society of Classical Arts at
the Cliff House in San Francisco, California [018]
1960
Box 1:1
Group photograph of Sylvia Anna Magruder and members of the Society of Classical Arts at her 80th birthday day breakfast
at the Cliff House in San Francisco, California [019]
1960
Box 1:1
Group photograph of conference attendees at First United Mt. Zion Church [020]
1961
Box 1:1
Sylvia Anna Magruder cutting cake at 76th birthday party [021]
1956
Box 1:1
Sylvia Anna Magruder standing next to cake at 75th birthday party [022]
1955
Box 1:2
Group of men sitting in meeting hall [023]
circa 1940s
Box 1:2
Harry Mallet and Johnny Wroten playing dominos [024]
1959
Box 1:2
Sylvia Anna Magruder and two girls standing in backyard [025]
circa 1950s
Box 1:2
Sylvia Anna Magruder and grandchildren blowing out candles at 76th birthday party [026]
1956
Box 1:2
Sharin Magruder sitting on Santa Claus' lap [027]
circa 1950s
Box 1:2
Tracy Magruder sitting on Santa Claus' lap [028]
1955
Box 1:2
Sylvia Anna Magruder standing outside doorway with group of women [029]
1963
Box 1:2
Sylvia Anna Magruder and two girls standing in backyard [030]
circa 1950s
Box 1:2
Boy pinning corsage on young woman [031]
circa 1950s
Box 1:2
Woman standing with three children [032]
circa 1950s
Box 1:2
Sylvia Belle Magruder standing in front yard [033]
circa 1950s
Box 1:2
Sylvia Anna Magruder standing in front yard [034]
circa 1950s
Box 1:2
Sylvia Anna Magruder standing in backyard [035]
circa 1950s
Box 1:2
Sylvia Anna Magruder wearing hat and shawl [036]
circa 1950s
Box 1:2
Sylvia Anna Magruder standing in backyard [037]
circa 1950s
Box 1:2
Sylvia Anna Magruder sitting on bench [038]
circa 1950s
Box 1:2
Sylvia Anna Magruder standing next to stack of books [039]
1958
Box 1:2
Harry Mallet and Sylvia Anna Magruder in backyard [040]
1959
Box 1:2
Two young women standing in front of patio door [041]
1959
Box 1:2
Boys and girls standing next to table in backyard, caption: 'YW Missionary Society' [042]
1959
