Papers, 1874-1991

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Papers, 1874-1991

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Diaries, family correspondence, financial records, etc., of Anna Louise James, the first African American woman licensed as a pharmacist in Connecticut.

3 file boxes, 14 folders of photographs, 2 folio folders, 1 folio photograph folder, 1 oversize folder of fragile originals, 1 oversize volume

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Hampton University (Va.)

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Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virgina, also know as the Normal School, chartered in 1870. From the description of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute ephemera, 1882-1903 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 639344721 The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was chartered in 1870 in Hampton, Virginia. From the guide to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute ephemera, 1882-1903 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book ...

Louise Clegget (Anna Louise) James

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Anna Louise James was born in Hartford, Conn., on January 19, 1886, the ninth child of Anna Houston and Willis Samuel James. Her father had escaped to Hartford from a plantation in Virginia at the age of 16. The name recorded on ALJ's birth certificate is Louise Clegget James. Anna Houston James died in 1894, leaving WSJ to raise his eight surviving children with the help of relatives. ALJ graduated from Arsenal Elementary School (Hartford) in 1902 and Saybrook (Conn.) High School i...

Petry, Ann, 1908-1997

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Writer Ann Petry grew up in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, the youngest of three daughers born to Peter and Bertha James Lane. She earned a degree in pharmacy from Connecticut College of Pharmacy in 1931 and worked for several years in the family pharmacy. Her aunt, Anna Louise James, was the first African American woman licensed pharmacist in Connecticut. In 1938 she married George D. Petry and they moved to Harlem where she completed a novel entitled The Street, based upon her experiences there. P...

Brooklyn College of Pharmacy-Students

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Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute

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Washington was an African-American educator and founder of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, later the Tuskegee Institute. From the description of Letter : Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala., to George W. Benson, 1898 May 10. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 34657012 ...

Chisholm, Helen James, 1876-1971.

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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

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W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Educated at Fisk University, he did graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate. Du Bois became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Due to his contributions in the African-American community he was seen as a member of a Black elite that supported some aspects ...

Lane, Bertha James, 1875-1956.

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James, Harold (Harold Douglas), 1923-

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Atlanta University-students

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Brooklyn College of Pharmacy-Examinations

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James, Fritz Morris, 1882-1957.

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