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| Dates: 1904-2003 Size: 2 oversized boxes, 2 archive box (6.5 linear feet) Acquisition: 1999-2004 Access: Open for research Processed by: Anne Kendall & Linda Reynolds, 2001 |
BIRDIE WADE TRIBUTE
Mrs. Birdie Belle Davis Wade was born in the Nat Community west of Nacogdoches in the 1920s. She was a loyal friend and a good family person. She interpreted "friend" and "family" in the broadest sense possible to mean more than her immediate relatives; Miss Birdie's "family" was her church, her community, her race, and in fact anyone who was in need of help in Nacogdoches. In addition to a long career as a homemaker and mother, Birdie had a distinguished career with the Texas Department of Human Services and the Nacogdoches Independent School District. As a humanitarian, she was instrumental in the establishment of such as the Harvey House, the Telephone Reassurance Program, the Nacogdoches Clean-Up Program, the Sharing Post, and served tirelessly on Parks Planning, Community Health, and Police Department Boards.
Birdie Wade founded and became the driving force behind Nacogdoches' African American Heritage Association and Project. The plans for what turned into the AAHP began in Mrs. Birdie's home around one of her famous suppers. (Birdie knew that getting everyone together to talk while they ate was a time-honored tradition in most cultures.) Birdie put together and ruled over a "salon" of people interested in preserving the Black Heritage of this East Texas area. She organized, managed, and inspired the project up until the time of her death in 2005.
The mission of the African American Heritage Project - to research about and bring into the public domain knowledge of the life and culture of the African American community-had to take a back seat to the collection of materials related to this interest. The Project had to begin with a search for documents, pictures, printed materials, and family archives that might relate to the subject. While the work of the Project has had some successes in the collection of documents, it has had to rely extensively on recording oral histories from all segments of the Nacogdoches community members regarding the historical aspects of African American life and culture. At considerable personal expense, Birdie kept the Project in the front of the community as a whole. She worked with the local Association of Black Ministers, the City Commission, the NISD, the Daily Sentinel, and planners of the Blueberry Festival to educate people in the region about the mission of the AAHP. She visited neighboring counties to enlist their support and lay out for them the possibility of getting a regional project underway. She helped to apply for grants to keep this project underway, but her efforts at securing grants did not bare much fruit during her lifetime. She did, however, secure the cooperation of many individuals. She also helped to secure the backing of the Nacogdoches County Historical Foundation and the City in efforts to preserve the Zion Hill Church building as a future home for a Black Heritage Museum. The collection of materials on African American Heritage now in the East Texas Research Center is Birdie Wade's legacy to the Project she founded. The best way to honor her memory is to continue her efforts to collect and preserve the heritage of the African American community in East Texas.
Information supplied by Dr. Jere L. Jackson, Center for East Texas Studies.
LIFE
Born: Nat Community of Nacogdoches County March 8, 1921
Died: Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005 in Nacogdoches.
Parents: Henry Davis and Frances Ann Wade
Spouse: Leon Wade
Daughters:
EDUCATION
CAREER
Texas Department of Human Services
Teacher with NISD
VOLUNTEER SERVICE
She helped organize:
The African American Heritage Association and Project in Nacogdoches County
The Nacogdoches Westwood Subdivision Home Owners' Association
The Nacogdoches Harvest House Committee
The Nacogdoches Westside Neighborhood Watch Program
The Nacogdoches Telephone Reassurance Program
The City of Nacogdoches Clean-Up Program
The Oak Hill Plaza Housekeeping and Child Care Skills Program
The Nacogdoches Sharing Post
The Center Point Quilting Club
She assisted in securing a grant for the Nacogdoches Soccer Field and Ritchie Park.
She also served with:
The East Texas Community Health Board
The Nacogdoches Police Department Board to Secure Resources
The Nacogdoches Master Parks Planning Committee
The Lanana Creek Trail Extension Committee
St. Paul's Methodist Church History Committee
HONORS AND AWARDS
The East Texas Research Center is the depository for the materials of the African American Heritage Project. The ETRC is also in the process of creating an interactive and educational website for the African American Heritage Project. To learn more about the African American Heritage project visit http://www.cets.sfasu.edu/aahp2/aahp.htm
Materials documenting the African American Communinty in East Texas. Materials include newspaper clippings, photographs and genealogy.
[A-202]
BOX 1: Painting, Newspapers, Newspaper clippings
Painted photograph: Samantha Wade (standing) and Hannah Wade (seated)
Print by artist Maria Westy Bush "Stagecoach Mary Fields"
Print by artist Maria Westy Bush "Maverick No Longer"
Print by artist Maria Westy Bush "Catch that Calf"
Print by artist Maria Westy Bush "Forgotten Faces"
Newspapers:
The East Texas Focus-A Focus on the African American Family, 10/18/93 through 4/28/95, Volumes 1-28
Newspaper clippings:
Memories of Winters Hill Community, February 7, 1999
Memories of North Redland Community, 1998
Stories of Helena Abdullah and SFA integration, July 25, 1999
Plea for preservation of Zion Hill Church, August 1, 1999
National Night Out on Crime, August 4, 1999
Focus on four local black teachers, February 14, 1996
Story of Bethlehem, Texas, December 19, 1999
Local black leaders in education, "Lighting the Way", February 6, 2000
Residents mourn loss of C. L. Simon, February 26, 2000
Interview with C. L. and Ila Simon, December 9, 1987
Interview with Maylene and G. W. Neal, December 6, 1987
AAHP seeks help piecing together black history, April 30, 2000
Interview with Jack Richards, Story of Rusk Cemetery, February 14, 1999
Mill Pond Community remains close, February 23, 1998
Churches' role in the black community during segregation, February 22, 1998
History of Pine Flat community, February 1999
Burgess Hill, February 15, 1998 (page 1 missing)
Ruth Mae McCrane, Houston teacher & artist, October 21, 2001
Jack Richards still 'baby' of Timpson area family, April 16, 1996
Preserving and sharing black history & AAHP oral history donation to ETRC, May 22, 2001
Pearl Fuller has touched the lives of generations of Cushing residents, September 9, 2001
Oral histories celebrate black history on ongoing basis, Rev. Bobby Brown, June 2, 2001
Telling the story, Heritage project documenting history of African-American community in Nacogdoches, January 30, 2000
Leading the way, Guidance in early lives played role in community's success, February 27, 2000
Photocopy of 1957 calendar, Sunshine Cafe, Mrs. Madie Humphrey
BOX 2
Folder 1: The purpose of Calvary by Joseph Frederick Wade, n.d.
Folder 2: A plea to keep the faith by Rev. J.F. Wade, 1992
Folder 3: The ditch diggers daughters by Yvonne S. Thornton, 1995
Folder 4: Down home cooking with uptown cuisine by Bible Fellowship Baptist Church, 1999
Folder 5: My story, Women's Retreat, 1997
Folder 6: African American Poetry ed. by Joan R. Sherman, 1997
Folder 7: Teaching the black experience, by James A. Banks, 1970
Folder 8: The negro cowboy by Philip Durham & Everett L. Jones, 1965
Folder 9: Chinquapin a folklore-history magazine, #21, 1992
Folder 10: "Panther" Carpenter School Yearbook, 1956 (photocopy)
Folder 11: Nacogdoches Colored High School Commencement Exercise, 1932 (photocopy)
Folder 12: The Campbellite yearbook, 1951 (photocopy)
Folder 13: E.J. Campbell High School yearbook, 1967
Folder 14: Nacogdoches High School yearbook, 1982
Folder 15: SFA Stone Fort Yearbook, 1966
Folder 16: Historical & pictorial review, Antiaircraft Training Center, Camp Davis, N.C. 1941
Folder 17: Birdie Wade Photo Album
Folder 18: Certificates
Certificate of Appreciation from the city of Nacogdoches to Birdie Wade, February 27, 1988
Certificate of Appreciation from NISD to Birdie Wade, 1991-1992
Resolution- Neighborhood Improvements Committee, January 4, 1994
Board of Registry, American Society of clinical Pathologists to Sharon L. Chandler, August 18, 1989
Folder 19: Plaque to Birdie Wade from E.J. Campbell Alumni Association, 1994
Folder 20: Plaque- J.Y. & Mittie Wade Memorial Award to Birdie Davis Wade, July 1, 1989
Folder 21: Ledgers
Salem C.M.E. Church, 1943-1949
Salem C.M.E. Church 1950-1952
BOX 3
Folder 1: SFA Student Directory 1952-1953
Folder 2: Greater Bethel Temple Church of God in Christ [images]
Folder 3: Salem Missionary Baptist Church, Linden TX
Folder 4: St. Paul Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Black History Service, February 28, 1999
Homecoming Celebration, May 20, 2001
120th Church Anniversary, May 7, 1995
Folder 5: Homecoming 1999, the occasion-history of the St. Matthew Churches, by Ona M. Williams
Folder 6: History of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church"107 years", October 10, 1999
Folder 7:
Zion Hill First Baptist Church history 1879-1996
Zion Hill First Baptist Church, 120th Anniversary Celebration
History of the Shawnee Church of Christ
History of Lone Star Primitive Baptist Church, 1889-1999
The origin of Sunset Galilee Baptist Church
Folder 8:
History of Harmoia Baptist Church
Hall Spring Missionary Baptist Church History, October 17, 1999
History of Johnson chapel C.M.E. Church, September 26, 1999
History of the Macedonia Baptist Church
Iron Wheel Baptist Church, A brief history
History of Scott's Temple Church, Douglass, TX
Folder 9:
Antioch Baptist Church history
County Line Baptist Church, 103rd anniversary, Douglass, TX, November 14, 1999
History of Little Zion Baptist Church
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 114th anniversary
Salem C.M.E. Church 128th anniversary, 1871-1999
History of the Live Oak Missionary Baptist Church
Live Oak Missionary Baptist Church 123rd anniversary, October 17, 1999
Research on the St. Paul Colored Cemetery, by Birdie Wade
The 1st Combined Executive & Sunday School B.T U. Congress Board of Texas of the Shiloh District Association of Texas, 1969.
Folder 10: The Bright Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church history
Folder 11: AAHP statement of purpose, copy of web site, 1999
Folder 12: Civil Rights
"King's Review" ed. Gilson Westbrook, #4, #7, #8, #12
Recount of Nacogdoches Civil Rights March, author unknown, 1968
Newspaper article-Nacogdoches County Association for good Government, n.d.(photocopy)
Newspaper articles-Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce, n.d.(Photocopy)
Newspaper articles-Voters League, n.d. (2 pages) (photocopy)
Newspaper articles-Voters League & desegregation (photocopy)
Newspaper articles-7 amendments on 1970 ballot & Adult education plan, n.d.(photocopy)
Newspaper article-Mrs. Duncan in race for Trustee, n.d.
Poster-"Vote for Susanna Duncan for School Trustee, avoid higher taxes"
Newspaper article-Trustees asked to study bills, March 21, 1969
Newspaper article-Cub Scouts give mural to school, March 26, 1969
Certificate to Arthur Weaver "King's Men award of Merit", 1969 (photocopy) [image]
Poem "Chi Town's Junior Bell" by Jim Taylor, n.d.
Willie S. Griggs et.al. vs. Duke Power Company, typescript from Supreme Court Reporter, 1971
Folder 13: Memories of Wilbert Brown Jr. "Growing up in Nacogdoches"
Folder 14: Maria Westly Bush: Biography, photos & background of black cowboy
Folder 15: "From slavery to equal rights" by Edith M. Garner (photocopy
typescript)
Folder 16: "The struggle for black history" by Jennifer Harris (web page printout)
Folder 17: "Visions of prosperity", "My father" & "My first train ride" by Lois Mozell Stansberry
Folder 18: "I, a Black Man" by Emory Earl Trotty (typescript)
Folder 19: "Have blacks failed?" by Birdie Wade, 1976
Folder 20: "Georgia Ann Lyons, My life in slavery" by Arthur Weaver, 1999
Folder 21: "Mind your manners, an etiquette guide for youth and young adults" by Edwardlene Fleeks Willis,1997
Folder 22: Letter from Maria Bush to Birdie Wade, June 19, 2001
Folder 23: AAHP correspondence
Folder 24: Letter from F.E. Abernethy, "An SFA Episode in Integration" newspaper article, "Some History on SFA's First Black Students" newspaper article, 1999
Folder 25: African American Day, September 30, 2000, program
Folder 26: African American 2000 Family heritages, April 7-8, 2000
Folder 27: E.J. Campbell High School Alumni annual Christmas Extravaganza, 1994 (photocopy)
Folder 28: Historical Tour of Shawnee St.
Folder 29: Program "A tribute to Evelyn L. Jackson" Carpenter Elementary, May 18, 1999
Folder 30: Program "An exchange of time for eternity, Dr. Willie Lee Dorothy Campbell Glass", May 7, 1999
Folder 31: Program "In loving memory of Mrs. Addie B. (auntie) Freeman, September 21, 1995
Folder 32: Program "Obsequies of Dr. Dominion Robert Glass", October 12, 1968
Folder 33: Program "Mrs. Annie Mae West memorial" September 28, 1999 (photocopy)
Folder 34: Program "In loving memory of our husband and brother, Mr. Sid Robert", May 29, 1971
Folder 35: Invisible Hero: The Untold Story of the Black Cowboy from Colorado History NOW, March 1998.
Folder 36: Cherokee County Informer, February 2000.
Folder 37: SFA's first black football player, Henry Smith, 1968
Folder 38: Newspaper article "Paperwork snag slows Zion Hill restoration, April 2, 2000
Folder 39: Newspaper clippings:
Ella Mae Sleet Sheffield Museum,
Nathaniel West Scholarship,
Burgess Hill article quoting Birdie Wade,
Willie Lee Campbell Glass,
Kendrick Hyde recalls caddying at PWCC,
Arthur Weaver in civil rights movement,
Head Start and Black History month,
Carpenter Elementary Principal Evelyn Jackson,
Center Point article quoting Birdie Wade,
AAHP members,
African-American student reunion 1994,
Jo F. Wade West,
NHS Class of 2000,
105-year-old Carrie Tankersley,
Wade Family and AAHP
Folder 40: Newspaper clippings:
AAHP Seeks Help to Preserve Heritage, 4/13/2000
Firsts in Nacogdoches Black History, 2/21/1999
ACE Project, 11/16/1983
Hot Tamale Man,
Southeast Nacogdoches Cleanup article quoting Birdie Wade,
Mrs. Ross White and Nacogdoches County Committee on Aging (Birdie Wade vice-president), 3/18/1979
President of the Sharing Post Elder Robert Crawford, 1/10/1962
Rose Volunteer Mrs. L.D. Cooper, 9/19/1980
F.J. Wade of Queen City due honor 2/18/1971
CSF Art for Children with instructor Mary Kleitz,
Center Point Day article quoting Birdie Wade, 1983
People Helping People article quoting Birdie Wade,5/5/1994
Clean-up for Mill Pond article quoting Birdie Wade, 11/18/1982
All-American and SFASU Lumberjack George Johnson, 6/27/1969
Center Point Facelift article quoting Birdie Wade, 4/15/1994
Obituary of Briscoe Burnim, 12/1983
Projects Completed article quoting Birdie Wade, 5/4/1994
Berger Hill clean- up article quoting Birdie Wade, 1982
Southeast Nacogdoches clean-up article quoting Birdie Wade, 1983
Popp's Hill clean-up article quoting Birdie Wade,
Signed card of congratulations to Birdie Wade from Fredonia State Bank, 5/19/00
Folder 41: Newspaper clippings
Obituary Mr. Leon Wade, March 22, 2002
Special Services at Davis Memorial, March 12, 1977
Rev. James Earl Roberts overcomes hardships through faith in God, October 14, 2001
The Heroine quarterly, March 1968
For Trustee...Annie B. Russaw, ca 1968
Southwest Council of skin diving club certificate to Sheri Lapin, 1972
Folder 42: East Texas Focus, v.1 #1-v.1 #28, 1994-1995.
Folder 43: Hooper Caraway family reunion brochures, 1993 & 1999
Folder 44: Mergerson Family
Family Group sheets
photo- Bobbie, Martha & Lois Mergerson (photocopy)
photo- Mrs. Henry Theresa Mergerson, 1989 (photocopy)
photo- Willie Lee Mergerson (photocopy)
photo- Antone Demetris Stansberry
photo- Lucretia Ann Garfield, Yvette & Archie Simpson
photo- Group picture, Mrs. Henry Theresa Sleet Mergerson & family (photocopy)
photo- Group picture, James Willie Stansberry & visitors (photocopy)
photo- Lois Mozell Mergerson Stansberry (photo on canvas)
photo- James Willie Stansberry (photocopy)
photo- Antone Demetris Stansberry (photocopy)
Folder 45: Precella family reunion brochure, July 20, 1991 (photocopy)
Folder 46: Sleet Family
Estelle Sleet Davidson, brochure
newspaper obit- Ella Mae Sleet Sheffield, 1997
newspaper clipping- Cause of fatal fire is under investigation, October 1996
genealogical information
photo-Annie Sleet Garrett
photo-James Benford Boone
photo-Kathryn Mozell Wright Kinney
photo-Harris family group
photo-Clifford Anderson
photo-Ella Mae Sheffield
photo-Sleet sisters
photo-Henry Mergerson
photo-Leon Charles Garfield III
photo-I.D. & Annie Garrett (photocopy)
photo-Willie Lee Mergerson (photocopy)
Folder 47: Diploma for Ella Mae Sleet West from Prairie View Normal College, August 15, 1938
Folder 48: The genealogy of Emanuel Sparks Jr. and Harriet Ann Crane (photocopy)
Folder 49: Treasures from the heart, the history of George & Ida Hunt Sterns
Folder 50: Treasures from the heart (rough draft
Folder 51: Wade family reunion calendar, 2000
Folder 52: Wade family roots, compiled by Ortha Brown Jackson, 1983(photocopy)
Folder 53: African American 2000, quilt display, 2 photos
Folder 54: Photo-Steward board, 1973
Folder 55: Photos
E.J. Campbell Alumni sign (photocopy)
unidentified woman (photocopy)
unidentified woman (photocopy)
unidentified house (photocopy)
unidentified male (photocopy)
unidentified male (photocopy)
Shawnee street? (photocopy)
unidentified church (photocopy)
Folder 56: Photo-3 unidentified children, photo found in San Augustine
Folder 57: Photos-Cub Scout Den 3 Pack 514, December 1968, 3 photos [images]
Folder 58: Photo- Val & Ray Kleitz at a fish fry, 1969-1970
Folder 59: 1968 Equal Right Marches, 10 photos [images] and 1 newspaper clipping
Folder 60: Photos
E.J. Campbell High School Basketball tem, 1959 (copy)
First faculty of Nacogdoches Colored School, 1930 (copy)
Salem Community, 6 school girls (copy)
Evie Reed (copy)
Rev. Lawson Reed (copy) Mon Johnson, 1929 (copy)
Martha Smith, 1956 (copy)
Earl Johnson, 1934 (copy)
Anna Brewer 1938
Sid & Sarah Pleasant, 1899 (copy)
unidentified group photo (photocopy)
Nathan West, 1967 (copy)
Folder 61: Photos
unidentified woman
Anthony Adam Wade
Pap's& Kenya
Francis Childress, Gracie Yarbert & Ida Louise Smith, May 1942 [image]
Charles Edward & Margaret Lois [image]
unknown cheerleader
unknown student
Clarkston & Robert Mergerson
Mergerson Family [image]
Mayron E. Mergerson
Delphia B. Crain [image]
Oliver, Etta Mae, Ester Mae & Rose Mary
Clarence & Lawrence Mergerson [image]
Rose, 1978
E.J. Campbell alumni quilt, 6 photos
Folder 62: Photos
Weaver Grocery Store, 1950's (photocopy)
Group of children, includes Tomie Lee Weaver, 1943 (photocopy)
Arthur Weaver, 1940's (photocopy)
Pictures of families on south Church Street, 19 photos (photocopy)
Sanders family in Salem Community (photocopy & laminated)
Wade family, 1904 (photocopy & laminated)
Unidentified baptism in the early 1930's (photocopy & laminated)
Folder 63: Group photo, St. Paul C.M.E. Church, 1973
Folder 64: Lone Star Primitive Baptist Church, 1950's, 5 photos
Folder 65: 1948-1951 E.J. Campbell High School reunion photo, 1980's
Folder 66: E.J. Campbell class 1968 reunion scrapbook, 1993.
Folder 67: E.J. Campbell class 1968 reunion scrapbook, 1993, pt. 2.
Folder 68: San Hill School photo, 1911 (copy) & newspaper article September 24, 2000
Folder 69: Photo- Washington School girls basketball team, 1953 (photocopy)
Folder 70: Photo- Washington School, 1953 (photocopy)
Folder 71: 2 Unidentified school pictures (photocopy)
Folder 72: Health Horizons Annual Prayer breakfast, June 24, 2000. 12 photos
Folder 73: Esther, Josephine & Jessie Mayfield, (2 original, 2 copy)
Folder 74: Millard Madkins photo
Folder 75: Ella Sheffield Photo Collection, 24 photos (copy)
Folder 76: Stansberry-Mergerson Family Scrapbook
Folder 77: Talbot house, Portrait of Joe & Mariah Talbot (copy)
Folder 78: Birdie Wade scrapbook
Folder 79: Peter Wade family (copy)
Folder 80: Photos- Alford Wade (copy) & Etta Mae and Nell V. Mergerson
Folder 81: Weaver family 3 photos, 1940's-1950's (photocopy)
Folder 82: Photo- Annie West Home (photocopy)
BOX 4
Folder 1: Oral History transcript: Helena Abdullah by Brian King, 11/29/99
Folder 2: Oral History transcript: Gale C. Benton, April 29, 2000
Folder 3: Oral History transcript: Dr. Wilbert Brown by Jennifer Lyons, 11/23/99
Folder 4: Oral History transcript: Almetrice Cormier by Kristen Blackwelder, 11/22/99
Folder 5: Oral History transcript: Almetrice Cormier by Jennifer Lyons, 11/99
Folder 6: Oral History transcript: Nowel Cotton, 5/5/2003
Folder 7: Oral History transcript: Anita Farr by Brian King, 11/24/99
Folder 8: Oral History transcript: Jewell Flanagen by Kristen Blackwelder, 11/22/99
Folder 9: Oral History transcript: Jewell Flanagen by Liza T. Powers, 11/18/99
Folder 10: Oral History transcript: M.L. Glen by Kristen Blackwelder, 11/20/99
Folder 11: Oral History transcript: Peggy Greer by Tim Nyberg, 11/24/99
Folder 12: Oral History transcript: Bo McMichael by Josh Flores, 11/22/99
Folder 13: Oral History transcript: Otis Sadler by Liza T. Powers, 11/30/99
Folder 14: Oral History transcript: Otis Sadler Jr., 4/30/2003 [OH-131]
Folder 15: Oral History transcript: William Sanders by Dexter Satterwhite Jr., 11/10/99
Folder 16: Oral History transcript: Charlotte Stokes by Jennifer Lyons, 11/30/99
Folder 17: Oral History transcript: Carrie Tankersley by Birdie Wade, 6/19/00 [OH-112]
Folder 18: Oral History transcript: Dorothy Tigner by Brian King, 11/17/99
Folder 19: Oral History transcript: Roland Thomas by Josh Flores, 11/19/99
Folder 20: Oral History transcript: Marion Upshaw by Josh Flores, 11/12/99
Folder 21: Oral History transcript: Marion Upshaw by Dexter Satterwhite Jr., 11/2/99
Folder 22: Oral History transcript: Birdie Wade by Dexter Satterwhite Jr., 11/3/99
Folder 23: Oral History transcript: Birdie Wade by Tim Nyberg, n.d.
Folder 24: Oral History transcript: Rufus Williams by Birdie Wade, 1/30/00 [OH-116] and 2/13/00 [OH-113]
Folder 25: Photos- AAHP to Boys & Girls Club children, May 2002
Folder 26: Photos- Dr. Bill's history class' oral history project to AAHP, December 2000
Folder 27: Photos- AAHP meeting in East Texas Research Center, February 14, 2002
Folder 28: Wade family genealogy
Folder 29: News clippings
Black Union Works on Civil Rights, June 19, 1970
Meaning of black power chief topic for panel, November 8, 1968
SFA aware of change, October 4, 1968
Local school enrollment climbs, classes crowded, September 9, 1960
Teacher added to local school staff, September 14, 1960
Folder 30: News clippings
Ernest Sexton obituary, December 29, 2002
Folder 31: News clippings
First African American enrolled at SFA, 1964
Folder 32: News clippings on Nacogdoches protests & Mickey McGuire
March follows arrest of coed, April 25, 1970
Nine arrested after downtown melee, May 14, 1970
City tightens security, May 15, 1970
$107,000 in bonds set for charges, May 16, 1970
Bond reduced, McGuire released, May 22, 1970
Local leaders hear airing of racial complaints, May 29, 1970
Folder 33: News clippings
'Dixie' dies out at SFA, December 12, 1969
Letters-reader comments concern pollution, symbol, 'Dixie', December 19, 1969
Folder 34: News clippings
[SFA Student] Congress passes resolution supporting demonstrations, December 29, 1968
Folder 34: Arthur Weaver Papers
Drawing of a hanging picture from a book, (photocopy)
Letter to the editor, November 17, 1986
NAACP presents Black History Month, pictures, pamphlets, papers, books of past black history, black pioneers, black inventers, blacks in government through the 15th-19th centuries
Speech, "Young Americans!" by Arthur Weaver, 1987, (photocopy)
History of Black Businesses
Cassette Tapes: (Media Cabinet)
Oral History:
Pearl Lilly Alridge, June 2, 2000 [OH-115]
Pearl Alridge(OH-138 side B) [OH-137]
Gale Benton, November 21, 2003 [OH-158]
Gale Benton, April 29, 2000 [OH-163]
Gale Benton, July 13, 2000 (at end of OH-122 tape) [OH-123]
Almeda Berell, December 1, 2003, (micro cassette) [OH-148]
Mary Berry, July 23, 2002 [OH-150]
Classie Bolden, April 29, 2000 [OH-164]
Velma Brown, December 2, 2003, [OH-160]
Rev. John L. Carpenter, Sept. 14, 1999 (Sermon) [OH-124]
Annie B. Clay, August 11, 2000 (OH-141 on side b) [OH-140]
Nowel Cotton, May 5, 2003 [OH-165
Rosa Foster, December 2001 [OH-125]
Mossey Handy, December 11, 2003 [OH-157]
Rev. J.E. Johnson, February 24, 1999 [OH-126]
J.E. Johnson, June 20, 2000(OH-137 side A) [OH-138]
Gertrude Powers Lewis, August 4, 2002 [OH-151]
R.E. Kennedy, November 25, 2003 [OH-161]
John H. Lewis, July 20, 2000 [OH-169]
John H. Lewis, August 11, 2000 [OH-168]
Kyle Lewis, December 4, 2003, (micro cassette) [OH-149]
Mammie Mitchell Lewis, August 4, 2002 [OH-154}
Alberta McClain & Lucille Lewis, August 19, 2000 (OH-140 on side A) [OH-141]
Annie B McClendon, April 20, 2000 [OH-127]
Rev. Donald McDaniels, Sept. 12, 1999 [OH-128]
Miller Medkins, n.d. (micro cassette) [OH-146]
J.C. Morrison, n.d. (OH-167 on side B) [OH-166]
Myrtle Christopher Neal, February 23, 1999 [OH-110]
Sermon by Marie Nutall, "Down But Not Out", October 10, 1999 [OH-118]
Ms. Pate, December 5, 2003, [OH-162]
Doris J. Patton, August 18, 2000 [OH-129]
Rev. John L. Ramsey, August 25, 2000 (OH-145 on side B) [OH-144]
Ida Roberts, December 13, 2001 [OH-130]
Vasti Roberts, (micro cassette) [OH-147]
Alma (Hale) Robinson, December 4, 2003 [OH-156]
Ottis Sadler Jr., April 30, 2003 [OH-131]
Johnnie M. Sanders, July 11, 2000 [OH-119]
Ernest Sexton, July 17, 2000 [OH-132]
Ernest Sexton, n.d.(OH-166 on side A) [OH-167]
Lois Mozell Mergerson Stansberry, [OH-159]
Carrie Tankersley, June 11, 2000 [OH-106]
Carrie Tankersley, June 19, 2000 [OH-112]
Louise Davis Taylor, August 25, 2000 (OH-144 on side A) [OH-145]
Odell Tutt & Hazel Jean Tutt Whitaker, August 4, 2002 [OH-153]
Birdie Wade, History talk, April 27, 2000 [OH-117]
Arthur Weaver, April 19, 2002 [OH-133]
Arthur Weaver, April 26, 2002 (2 tapes) [OH-134]
Arthur Weaver, December 10, 2003 [OH-155]
Coretta Whitaker, May 13, 1998 [OH-111]
Georgia Lewis Whitaker- August 4, 2000, [OH-152],
Taylor D. Whitaker, December 1, 2001 (OH-136 on side B) [OH-135]
Zeffie White, December 1, 2001(OH-135 on side A) [OH-136]
Zeffie White, June 20, 2000 (OH-142 on side A) [OH-143]
Charles D. Williams & Nathaniel Cleaver, July 13, 2000(OH-123 at end of tape) [OH-122]
Rufus Williams, Jan. 30, 2000 [OH-116]
Rufus Williams, February 13, 2000 [OH-113]
Rufus Williams, April 9, 2000 [OH-114]
Rufus Williams, June 19, 2000 (OH-143 on side B) [OH-142]
Walter Williams, February 7, 2000 & February 9, 2000 [OH-109]
Dr. Willis "Mind your manners", July 27, 1999 [OH-120]
Ms. Clara Young, July 19, 2000 [OH-107]
Support of Adult service laws on the books for the first time [OH-108]
The Best of Al Green, n.d.
Videotapes:(Media Cabinet 2, drawer 2)
African American Leaders in the Justice System, Nacogdoches Courthouse, 2/9/2002
1st Annual black History "Step Show", SFA, 2/19/2002
Black History Service at Saint Paul C.M.E. Church, 2/28/99.
Dennis Berell, St. Paul Black History Service and Awards commemoration, 2/28/99
Interview of the Mill Pond 30th Wade Family Reunion,1998
Helena Abdullah at the African American 2000 Conference
Arthur Weaver Seminar-African American 2000 Conference, 4/7/00
East Texas Historical Association meeting discussing AAHP, 9/25/99
East Texas and Its People, 3/95
SFASU African-American Awards Banquet interview with guest Nathaniel West, Jr., 3/4/93
Ceremony honoring Constable Eddie Upshaw, Robert Spencer, and Justice of the Peace Dorothy Tigner, Nacogdoches County Courthouse, 2/27/99
Evelyn Jackson's Appreciation Service, 7/8/99
Funeral of Mrs. Willie Lee Dorothy Campbell Glass, 5/7/99
Jaquala Stansell- Recitation of Creation by John Weldon Johnson, 5/23/99
Oral History: Sally J. Artha, 5/1/99
Oral History: Earlie M. Lampkin by Ouida W. Dean, 3/3/99
Oral History: Mrs. Myrtle Christopher Neal, 2/23/99.
Oral History: Nannie Patton by Birdie Wade, 7/4/99
Oral History: Karen Riley, "Visit the Old School in Center Point" 11/12/99
Oral history: Mr. C. L. Simon by Tom McKinney, 1/7/99
Oral history: Mrs. C. L. Simon by Tom McKinney, 1/12/98
Oral History: Mrs. Zeffie White by Birdie Wade and Tom McKinney, 1/16/99
Oral History: Charles D. Williams by Dennis Burrell, 6/4/99
Oral History: Walter Williams by Birdie Wade, 2/1/00, 2/9/00
Oral History: Walter Williams in nursing home by Birdie Wade, 2/28/00
Funeral Service of Rev. J.E. Wade, 1/26/1991
Cumberland Revival, Rev. Rogers, 1995
First Choir Anniversary, September 2-3, 1995
East Texas Portfolio, Stone Fort Museum
3 unidentified 8mm tapes.
CD's (Media cabinet 5, drawer 2)
Copies of Oral Histories on Cassette Tape:
Pearl Lilly Aldridge, June 2, 2000 [OH-115]
Gale Benton, July 13, 2000 [OH-123]
Rev. John L. Carpenter, September 14, 1999 (sermon) [OH-124]
Annie B. Clay, August 11, 2000 [OH-140]
Rosa P. Foster, December 7, 2001 [OH-125](2 copies)
Rev. Jackie E. Johnson, February 24, 1999 [OH-126]
John H. Lewis, July 20, 2000 [OH-169]
John H. Lewis, August 11, 2000 [OH-168]
Alberta McClain & Lucille Lewis, August 19, 2000 [OH-141]
Rev. Donald McDaniels, September 12, 1999 [OH-128]
Doris Patton August 18, 2000 [OH-129]
Rev. John L. Ramsey, August 25, 2000 [OH-144]
Ida Roberts, December 13, 2001 [OH-130]
Ottis Sadler Jr., April 30, 2003 [OH-131]
Ernest Sexton, June 17, 2000 , [OH-132] (2 copies)
Ernest Sexton, n.d. [OH-167]
Louise Davis Taylor, August 25, 2000 [OH-145]
Carrie Tankersley, June 11,2000 [OH-106]
Arthur Weaver, April 19, 2002, [OH-133] (2 copies)
Arthur Weaver, April 26, 2002, (2 cd's), [OH-134] (2 copies)
Taylor Whitaker, December 1,2001 [OH-135]
Zeffie White, December 1, 2001 [OH-136]
Charles Williams and Nathaniel Cleaver, July 13, 2000 [OH-122] (2 copies)
Rufus Williams, January 30, 2000 [OH-116]
Rufus Williams, February 13, 2000 [OH-113]
Rufus Williams, June 19, 2000, [OH-142]
Located in closed stacks: F394.N32 H85 1998
A Psalm of Life by Willie Lee Campbell Glass
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