Nettie J. Asberry papers 1912-1967

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Nettie J. Asberry papers 1912-1967

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv71830

Papers of Nettie J. Asberry, Tacoma African American activist and president of the Washington State Association of Colored Women's Clubs

.42 cubic ft.; 1 box

eng,

University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6377204

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Washington State Federation of Colored Women's Organizations

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qh1vc5 (corporateBody)

Washington State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64z899h (corporateBody)

Washington State Association of Colored Women

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63g7r5k (corporateBody)

Asberry, Nettie J., 1865-1968

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dj8xh0 (person)

Nettie J. Asberry was a music teacher who was born Nettie J. Craig on July 15, 1865, in Leavenworth, Kansas. She earned a degree from the Kansas State Conservatory of Music and later earned her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. She moved to Seattle in 1890 and relocated to Tacoma in 1893. Following her marriage to Albert J. Jones, who died three years after their move to Seattle, she married Henry Joseph Asberry. In 1908 Nettie Asberry helped found the Clover Leaf Art Club, one of the first A...