The Staff of the Archives and Research Library is pleased to announce that an index to the subject and biographical files, compiled over the past 30 years, are now available online. They are organized by Subjects and Biographies. Each topical file includes a variety of materials, although they are not always comprehensive. If you are interested in a file and would like to know more about its contents please contact a member of our staff.
The Archives and Research Library has recently posted eleven Collection Resource Guides online. Available as PDFs, these guides offer a more in depth look at out photograph and manuscript collections. You can get to these by selecting “Collection Resource Guides” at the top of the page.
The following essay was written by Eastern Michigan University Emeritus Professor James A. Robinson and is an adaptation of his presentation to the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Robinson adapted his essay for the Museum in honor of Black History Month, 2010.
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During the early part of the Twentieth Century, African American women [...]
The following essay was written by Eastern Michigan University Emeritus Professor James A. Robinson and is an adaptation of his presentation to the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Robinson adapted his essay for the Museum in honor of Black History Month, 2010.
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Julius Waties Waring was born on July 27, 1880 in Charleston, [...]
The following essay was written by Eastern Michigan University Emeritus Professor James A. Robinson and is an adaptation of his presentation to the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Robinson adapted his essay for the Museum in honor of Black History Month, 2010.
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Septima Clark was a very important and significant African American woman [...]
The following essay was written by Eastern Michigan University Emeritus Professor James A. Robinson, PhD and is an adaptation of his presentation to the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Robinson adapted his essay for the Museum in honor of Black History Month, 2010.
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Whitney Young, three-quarter length portrait, standing next to a bookcase, [...]
In addition to the many group photos that can be assumed to be family photos, the Bessie Miller Collection includes some examples of photos of groups of school children, shown below.
Group Photo 1: A group of students dressed in costumes is posed in front of a school building. Costumes include native american dress and sailors. There is [...]
The most substantial single item in the Bessie Miller Photographic Collection is a scrapbook pasted full of miscellaneous snapshots that has unfortunately been dismantled. Many of the pages have been cut apart to separate the images, and some of the images have been damaged from attempts to remove them from the black scrapbook pages. The image [...]
The most substantial single item in the Bessie Miller Photographic Collection is a scrapbook pasted full of miscellaneous snapshots that has unfortunately been dismantled. Many of the pages have been cut apart to separate the images, and some of the images have been damaged from attempts to remove them from the black scrapbook pages. The [...]
The most substantial single item in the Bessie Miller Photographic Collection is a scrapbook pasted full of miscellaneous snapshots that has unfortunately been dismantled. Many of the pages have been cut apart to separate the images, and some of the images have been damaged from attempts to remove them from the black scrapbook pages. The image [...]