Previously unknown dates and designers are often recorded on this type of document. Planting plan documenting a monument design and its associated horticulture design. The contents of these unique and extraordinary files offer a wealth of untapped resources for families and scholars, and they continue to guide Mount Auburn staff in their historic preservation efforts. The lot correspondence records are often the sole place where these historical documents reside―revealing the tender human stories of individual families as well as American aesthetics, spiritual values, and interment practices. In the files researchers find evidence of thousands of lives as told within the history of the rural cemetery movement in America. The folders include a variety of documents: telegrams, personal notes, wills, genealogical charts, work order cards, perpetual care records, planting plans, and monument designs. The lot files contain correspondence between the Cemetery and families including succeeding generations regarding on-going care of the lot from the time of purchase to the present. When a lot is purchased, Mount Auburn creates a file that holds documents relating to it. Preservation photocopying and scanning of the most threatened documents will ensure that the information contained in the documents endures. Fragile records in the lot correspondence files are compromised by fading ink and their small card size. A conservative voice in the African-American community, the Courier challenged the misrepresentation of African-Americans in the national media and advocated social reforms to advance the cause of civil rights.Work order cards detailing the history of family requests for monument care and commemorative plantings. Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), opens a new window was one of the most nationally circulated Black newspapers, the Courier reached its peak in the 1930s.During the 1930s the paper supported the growth of the United Way, rallied against the riots in Chester, PA, and continuously fought against segregation. The Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001), opens a new window the oldest continuously published black newspaper, is dedicated to the needs and concerns of the fourth largest black community in the U.S.
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The Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003), opens a new window was the only black newspaper to provide on-the-scene, day-to-day coverage of the Scottsboro trial and was one of the best researched and well written black newspapers of its time.military during World War II, and also covered the historically important Harlem Renaissance. The Amsterdam News was a strong advocate for the desegregation of the U.S. New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), opens a new window This leading Black newspaper of the 20th century reached its peak in the 1940s.Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), opens a new window is the oldest and largest black newspaper in the western United States and the largest African-American owned newspaper in the U.S.The newspaper is well known for its support of the Scottsboro trial defendants with letters, clothing, stamps, and donations to the defense fund. Contributors included noted journalists Charles H. Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991), opens a new window was founded by Garrett Morgan, inventor of the gas mask and traffic light.Chicago Defender (1910-1975), opens a new window A leading African-American newspaper, with more than two-thirds of its readership outside Chicago.It was the first black newspaper to have correspondents reporting on World War II, foreign correspondents, and female sports correspondents. The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), opens a new window was the most widely circulated black newspaper on the Atlantic coast.Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), opens a new window The Atlanta Daily World had the first black White House correspondent and was the first black daily in the nation in the 20th century.*(GALILEO - log in to with your library card to get password) - Collected AA newspaper archives from ProQuest.Īll 'Historical Black Newspapers', opens a new window (search across all newspapers at one time)
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