Matthews-Howard Family Papers 1908-1992

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Matthews-Howard Family Papers 1908-1992

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Graduates of Wilberforce University, Rev. Wesley Matthews and his wife, Ruth "Pat" Matthews, were active in civil rights, church work, and community organizing in the Dayton, Yellow Springs, and Urbana, Ohio areas. After Rev. Matthews died in 1978, Pat Matthews remarried Wendell Howard, a Springfield pharmacist. Papers in this collection include business and personal correspondence from both families, records from a depression-era WPA education program in Clark County, family photographs, a scrapbook and correspondence from Tuskegee Institute, a Tuskegee Airmen yearbook, and materials pertaining to the Matthews' various civic involvements.

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Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives

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PAT MATTHEWS HOWARD Ruth "Pat" Matthews Howard was born as Ruth Marie Fields in 1918 in Oberlin, Ohio. She was the daughter of George Fields and Marvyl Berry Fields. She graduated from Wilberforce University. While at Wilberforce, she married Reverend Wesley Matthews. The couple had three daughters: Domina, Westina, and Kriza. Mrs. Matthews Howard worked closely with Reverend Matthews throughout his career. She assisted him in his work at the Carver Community...

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