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Roland Dawes (1931-), 2001

 Item
Identifier: OH 9905.2
Summary

Growing up in Takoma Park as a African-American youth; attending African-American Grade School in Takoma Park; experiences during the Great Depression; experiences with segregation; experiences as an African-American business owner; employment at Walter Reed Medical Center; integration of schools and local services following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

Dates: 2001

Lucas family: Fielding Lucas, Jr.'s grandchildren with unidentified African American woman, undated

 Item — Box: 5
Identifier: CSPH 087
Abstract

Daguerreotype group portrait of Fielding Lucas Jr.'s grandchildren with an African American woman.

Dates: undated

Subseries C: African-American Related Publications

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Eubie Blake Manuscript and Ephemera Collection consists of 72 boxes and 2 oversize folders of materials from the estate of Eubie Blake. These materials include a large amount of Eubie’s personal correspondence, legal correspondence, financial records, programs from performances, public press, lyrics and scripts for Eubie’s musicals including In Bamville and Shuffle Along, and miscellaneous music-related and travel...
Dates: 1921-1983

Series IV: African-American Activities

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Bureau of Recreation Photograph Collection consists of four boxes of 893 images, primarily photographic prints with a few film negatives, depicting activities sponsored by the Baltimore Bureau of Recreation, the Playground Athletic League, and the Children’s Playground Association from 1911 to 1936. The images encompass children from different ethnic and racial groups at parks, playgrounds, public schools, and public libraries engaged in various recreational and leisure time activities....
Dates: 1911-1936

African American woman sitting on house steps with dog (St. Mary's County), circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: Z9.2247.pp112
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is comprised of 31 glass plate negatives and one film negative. Modern photoprints have been made from six of the glass plate negatives. Subjects depicted include the Druid Hill boat house and Mt. Vernon Place in Baltimore, Maryland; exterior views of Victorian houses in the vicinity of Oakland, Maryland (Garrett County); and exterior and interior views of the the Deer Park Hotel, which was a vacation resort in the Appalachian Mountains of Western Maryland constructed on land...
Dates: circa 1895