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Brewster Swim Club

A young swimmer at the Brewster Swim Club poses for a picture. [...]

Balch Relays

A relay team poses for a photograph at Balch School, within Peck Park. Clarence Gatliff was the pool’s supervisor. [...]

Trophy Collection

A collection of swim trophies from The Midwest Aquatic Swim Meet that took place sometime in 1945. [...]

Norma M. Gatliff Collection: Introduction

Norma May Dalton was born March 24, 1905, the seventh and youngest child of Isaac and Laura Dalton. She grew up in Lowell and Marietta, Ohio. Norma joined her sister Grace in Detroit, Michigan in 1926, after the death of her mother. She attended classes at Wayne State University and graduated from Marinella School of [...] [...]

Francis M. Dent, Fraternity Brother

Francis M. More in Omega Psi Phi and the Nu Omega chapter [...]

Norma M. Gatliff Collection: Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History

In a catalog for an African Art Fund Drive held on April 12, 1965, the beginnings, purposes, and achievements of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History are printed. The Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History was organized by Carter G. Woodson in Chicago, September 9, 1915, with George [...] [...]

Francis M. Dent, Officer

Dent was a high school cadet, reaching the rank of Second Lieutenant. While he was at Amherst College, the war that would become known as World War I was brewing in Europe. Once the United States entered the war, 14 official camps were established to train officer candidates. These camps, both civilian and military, were intended [...] [...]

Norma M. Gatliff Collection: Hurray for Black Women

This photograph is of some of the organizers of the Hurray for Black Women event held September 18, 1976. Left to right are: Geneva G. McNeal, Publicity Chairperson; Dr. Elizabeth Hood, General Chairperson; Norma M. Gatliff, Co-chairperson and Ticket Chairperson. The event was held at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan and was presented by the [...] [...]

Norma M. Gatliff Collection: Friends of African Art

The Friends of African Art was formed to encourage and fund the creation of an African Art Gallery at the Detroit Institute of Arts. According to a program for the First Friends of African Art Awards Luncheon saved by Norma, the FAA was “organized in 1962 as a special committee of the Detroit Branch of [...] [...]

Francis M. Dent Honored

Honors received by Francis M. Dent. [...]