Community house records. 1921-1996 (bulk 1940-1967).

Brown, Hallie Quinn, 1849-1949

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Hallie Quinn Brown (March 10, 1849 – September 16, 1949) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before moving with her family to a farm in Canada and eventually settling in Ohio. She graduated from Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1973. Brown began her career as an educator. She was also founder of the Colored Woman's League of Washington, D.C. which later merged with the National Association of Colored Women....

Carden I. Myrtle, d. 1950.

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Onque, Alice Sims, d. 1966.

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Hallie Q. Brown Community House (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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The Hallie Q. Brown Community House had its beginnings in 1908 when African American members of the Odd Fellows and Masons fraternal lodges purchased six lots on Aurora Street between Kent and Mackubin located within St. Paul's largely African American Rondo neighborhood. In 1914 the Union Hall Association was organized and it constructed a neighborhood center on one of the lots. The St. Paul Urban League and the YWCA contributed funds and other support during 1923-1929. The YWCA wa...