Finding Aid to the Frederick Douglas Haynes Family Papers,
1935-1980
MS 3355A
Finding aid prepared by California Historical Society staff; revised by
Martha Noble.
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
© 2003, 2009
Collection Summary
Title: Frederick Douglas Haynes family papers
Date (inclusive): 1935-1980
Collection Number: MS
3355A
creator:
Haynes, Frederick Douglas, 1899-1971
Physical Description:
2 boxes
(0.75 Linear feet)
Repository:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Consists of correspondence, sermons, and other
papers of Haynes, a Baptist clergyman active in church affairs and civil rights; his
second wife, Charlie Mae (Crawford) Lomax Haynes, a singer, church worker, and
successful candidate for the School Board, who was employed by the San Francisco
Dept. of Social Services; and his son by his first marriage, Frederick Douglas
Haynes, Jr., also a Baptist clergyman active in the Third Baptist Church. Also
contains material related to the Third Baptist Church, the largest Black
congregation in Northern California, including its history, annual reports and
financial records, and other papers.
Information for Researchers
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Frederick Douglas Haynes Family Papers, MS 3355A.
California Historical Society.
Separated Material
Photographs have been transferred to the California Historical Society
Photography Collection; cataloged as MSP 3355A.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Third Baptist Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
African American Baptists--California--San Francisco.
African American churches--California--San Francisco.
African American clergy--California--San
Francisco.
African Americans--California--San Francisco.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Baptists--Clergy.
School boards--African American membership--California--San
Francisco.
Sermons.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
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Processing Information
Processed by California Historical Society staff.
General note
LC Ref: 89798057
Biography of Reverend Frederick Douglas Haynes
Reverend Frederick Douglas Haynes was born in 1899 in Talcott, West Virginia.
Orphaned at the age of four, he was raised by his sister in Pennsylvania. He began
working at the age of ten and supported himself through high school by working in a
bakery. In the early 1920s Haynes moved to Los Angeles, California where he attended
Biola Institute, a Baptist Bible College. Licensed as a preacher by the age of
seventeen, he organized the first junior church in California while serving as an
assistant pastor in Los Angeles.
In 1928, Haynes was ordained and took over the pulpit of the Second Baptist Church in
Fresno, California. Four years later, he came to San Francisco to serve as the
pastor of the Third Baptist Church, a position he retained until his death in 1971.
When Haynes arrived in San Francisco in 1932, the Third Baptist Church had a
congregation of 150 and an annual budget of about $1,500. At his death the
congregation had grown to over 3,000 members and the annual budget had increased to
$150,000.
Founded in August 1852, the Third Baptist Church was the first African American
Baptist congregation established west of the Rocky Mountains. Originally known as
the First Colored Baptist Church of San Francisco, it was organized by nine
individuals who met at the home of William and Eliza Davis on Kearny Street. The
congregation was served by nearly a dozen pastors and housed in several different
buildings prior to Haynes' arrival. His leadership, and changes in San Francisco's
demographics brought about by World War II, resulted in dramatic growth for the
church. In 1952 the congregation moved into a group of buildings at McAllister and
Pierce Streets and in 1956 a Youth Building was erected. Additional construction at
the site continued as membership grew and community service programs were expanded.
Pastor of the largest African American congregation in Northern California, Haynes
served as president of the California State Baptist Convention from 1960 to 1969.
Earlier service, beginning in 1954, as chair of the scholarship committee of the
National Baptist Convention, established Haynes as a leader. In recognition of his
lifelong accomplishments, Haynes was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree
by Bishop College in Dallas, Texas in 1970.
Active in local and national politics, as well as church affairs, Haynes was a strong
proponent of civil rights and social justice. In 1943 he marched with striking
longshoremen and was instrumental in Pacific Telephone's decision to end racially
based hiring restrictions. Paul Robeson and W.E.B. DuBois were among the many
notable figures who sought counsel and support from Haynes. In 1945 Haynes became
the first African American to run for Supervisor in San Francisco. Although
unsuccessful each time, he ran again in 1947 and 1951. He did achieve local
political success in 1956, however, when Mayor Christopher appointed him to the San
Francisco Public Library Commission.
Haynes married his second wife, Charlie Mae Lomax, in 1945. Together they raised
their three children, Harvey, Douglas and Sharon, along with Frederick Douglas
Haynes, Jr., Haynes' son from his first marriage. After his death in 1971, Frederick
Douglas Haynes, Jr. succeeded him as pastor of the Third Baptist Church.
Biography of Charlie Mae Haynes
Charlie Mae Crawford was born in Calvert, Texas in the early 1920's. Her father,
Charlie Crawford, was a cement finisher. Her mother, Julia Orum Crawford, was a
domestic maid. Although her early schooling took place in Groesbeck,Texas, her
family moved to California when she was eleven years old. She graduated from Thomas
Jefferson High School in Los Angeles and eventually went on to attend the University
of Southern California as a music major. She ultimately received her B.A. in Social
Work from San Francisco State University.
In 1939 Charlie Mae married the Reverend Thurston Lomax. Until his death in 1941, she
was considered the first lady of the Second Baptist Church of Long Beach, California
where he served as a pastor. In 1945 she moved to San Francisco and married Reverend
Frederick Douglas Haynes. A concert artist for many years, Charlie Mae Haynes was
often the featured soloist at church events. Also involved in the leadership of the
Third Baptist Church, she served as Youth Director, Youth Choir Director, and
Counselor. President of Minister's Wives and a member of the NAACP and the San
Francisco Opera Guild, she was active in a wide range of church and community
organizations.
In addition to her volunteer activities, Charlie Mae Haynes worked for the San
Francisco Department of Social Services for many years. After her husband's death,
she became the first African American woman elected to the San Francisco Board of
Education where she served as a Commissioner from 1972 to 1974. She died in San
Francisco in 1980.
Biography of Frederick Douglas Haynes, Jr.
Frederick Douglas Haynes, Jr. was born in Los Angeles in 1928. His mother, Annette
Reid Jordan of Los Angeles, was the first wife of Reverend Frederick Douglas Haynes.
In 1932 Frederick Douglas Haynes, Jr. left his mother and moved to San Francisco to
live with his father. Haynes attended school in San Francisco but eventually
returned to Los Angeles where he graduated from the Manual Arts High School. He
attended Fresno State College, Simpson Bible College, and Bishop College in Dallas.
At the time of his death he was a student at the Golden Gate Baptist Theological
Seminary.
He began preaching in 1950. In 1954 he became an ordained minister and went on to
serve as an Assistant Minister at the Third Baptist Church under his father. In 1963
he left San Francisco to take course work at Bishop College. Upon returning to the
Bay Area, he was called to the Pastorate of Jerusalem Baptist Church in Palo Alto,
where he served until May of 1972. Shortly after his father passed away, he returned
to the Third Baptist Church in San Francisco to serve as pastor. Drawn to the
evangelical mission of the church, he began an extensive outreach program and became
the first African American minister to preach behind prison walls.
He was married to Lynetta Doyle Haynes. The couple had one son, Frederick Douglas
Haynes, III, and three daughters, Helena, Francine and Michelle. Frederick Douglas
Haynes, Jr. died in 1975, only four years after the death of his father.
Arrangement
Divided into two series: Series 1: Haynes Family Papers; and Series 2: Records of the
Third Baptist Church.
Scope and Contents
The Frederick Douglas Haynes Family Papers detail the professional, political and
personal lives of three members of the Haynes family and provide a glimpse into the
history of San Francisco's oldest African American Baptist congregation during the
years 1935 to 1980.
Divided into two series, the first series, Haynes Family Papers, contains material
relating to Reverend Frederick Douglas Haynes, his wife, Charlie Mae Haynes and
Frederick Douglas Haynes, Jr. This series includes correspondence, sermons, notes,
campaign literature, programs, newspaper clippings, memorial tributes and other
family records.
The second series, Records of the Third Baptist Church, concerns the history of the
church and includes correspondence, financial and statistical reports, programs,
biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, community resource listings and
materials copied from the archives of the American Baptist Churches of the West.
Annual Reports, from 1946 through 1974, comprise the bulk of the records within this
series. Annual Reports include information regarding church finances, membership,
organizational structure, programs and contributions.
Series 1
Haynes Family Papers
1935-1980
Physical Description:
1 box
Arrangement
Folders within this series are arranged by family member.
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, sermons, notes, reports, campaign literature,
biographical sketches, programs, obituaries and tributes, newspaper
clippings and other material relating to the Haynes family and the Third
Baptist Church of San Francisco. The correspondence of Frederick D. Haynes
consists primarily of his outgoing professional correspondence from 1960 and
1962. A 1935 letter to Haynes from Franklin D. Roosevelt and a 1968 letter
from Hubert H. Humphrey are of particular interest. Sermons, written by
Haynes, records of his political involvement and public service,
biographical information and church records are also included. Material
relating to Charlie Mae Haynes consists of correspondence, programs,
campaign literature, tributes and clippings. Material relating to Frederick
Douglas Haynes, Jr. consists of programs, clippings and memorial tributes.
Photographs, including portraits of family members, have been transferred to
the photography collection.
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence
1935-1971
List of Correspondents
- Abernathy, Ralph,
1926-
- Alioto, Joseph L.
- Christopher, George
- Humphrey, Hubert H.,
1942-
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin
Delano), 1882-1945
- Shelley, John F.
The Quest for the More Abundant Life
The Severity of the Church's Commitment
A Wavering Faith in the Presence of Indisputable
Evidence
The Dignity of Christian Service; Man's Ethics and God's
Purposes
God's All Sufficiency and Man's Insufficiency
1964 President's Annual Address to the California State
Baptist Convention on the passage of the Civil Rights
Bill
The Nobility of Motherhood
Box 1, Folder 3
Printed material
1947-1971
Box 1, Folder 4
Assorted material
1972-1980
Box 1, Folder 6
Haynes, Frederick D., Jr., assorted material
1954,
1970-1975
Box 1, Folder 7
Haynes Family clippings
1962,
1971, undated
Series 2
Records of the Third Baptist Church
1945-1974
Physical Description:
1 box
Arrangement
Folders are arranged first by record type and then by date.
Scope and Contents
Contains church history research files, programs, church calendars,
correspondence, membership lists, Trustee Board and Executive Council
meeting minutes, statistical reports, newspaper clippings, community
directories, and biographical information regarding a subsequent pastor,
Amos C. Brown. The bulk of these records are comprised of Annual Reports
dated 1946 through 1974. Annual Reports include information regarding church
finances, membership, organizational structure, programs and contributions.
Photographs recording various church events have been transferred to the
photography collection.
Box 2, Folder 9
Historical research materials
undated
Box 2, Folder 10
Brown, Amos C., Pastor
undated
Box 2, Folder 12
Agendas, documents for Trustee Board and Executive Council
meetings
1958-1969
Box 2, Folder 18
San Francisco Black Business Directory
1950-1951
