Ebony Fashion Fair Around the World papers, 1959.

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Ebony Fashion Fair Around the World papers, 1959.

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Correspondence, clippings, and printed materials documenting the "Ebony Fashion Fair Around the World," held in St. Paul on December 2, 1959. The show, conducted by Ebony Magazine, was sponsored by two St. Paul African-American churches: St. Philip's Episcopal and Pilgrim Baptist, with Mrs. William L. West and Mrs. U. G. Coram serving as chairwomen. Funds received from the show were to be used for "the benefit of youth in the community."

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West, Mrs. William L.,

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Saint Philip's Episcopal Church (Saint Paul, Minn.).

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St. Philip's Episcopal Church traces its origins to 1868, when the Reverend T. H. N. Gerry organized a Black Episcopal congregation known as St. Mark's. With the death of Rev. Gerry a year later, the congregation disbanded. After a hiatus of twenty years, former members were spurred to revive the congregation by the arrival in St. Paul of Mrs. Elizabeth Tibbs, originally from Baltimore. Mrs. Tibbs and others petitioned the Bishop for the establishment of a mission in the Black commu...

Ebony Fashion Fair Around the World.

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Pilgrim Baptist Church (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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