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

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

Records of an African American community center located in the Summit-University neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota. The records include miscellaneous administrative correspondence; minutes of the board, the steering committee, and many of the program units that operated under the aegis of the house; photographs, clippings, flyers, and other publicity materials; and some financial miscellany. The records give some insights into the history of the most significant and longstanding local organization serving St. Paul's African American community.

1.75 cubic feet (2 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7315746

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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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....

Onque, Alice Sims, d. 1966.

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

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Carden I. Myrtle, d. 1950.

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