Miles G. and Moses Amos papers, 1880-1972 (bulk 1935-1970).

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Miles G. and Moses Amos papers, 1880-1972 (bulk 1935-1970).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476759

The collection consists of the papers of Moses Amos and his nephew Miles Green Amos from 1880-1972. Includes Miles G. Amos' school papers from Wilberforce University, personal and professional correspondence, financial records, printed material, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The materials document the Amos' careers as pioneer African-American pharmacists in Georgia, the Amos drugstore, and Miles G. Amos' activities in Atlanta's civic and political affairs. The collection also includes minutes (1918-1949) of the W.G.M. Club, an Afro-American social organization in which India Amos held various offices.

5.5 cubic ft.

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403588

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Central Library

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Amos Drug Store (Atlanta, Ga.)

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W.G.M. Club (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Amos, India.

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Wilberforce University

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Wilberforce University has its beginnings in a 28 Sept. 1853 meeting, during which the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church agreed to fund a coeducational college for African-American people of the state to be called Ohio African University and to be located in Tawas Springs, Ohio. Chartered as Wilberforce University in 1856, enrollment reached 207 people, and second year collegiate instruction was offered. Because of financial difficulties due to the Civil War (1861-1865), th...

Amos, Moses, 1866-1928.

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Amos, Miles G., 1898-1995.

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Moses Amos (1866-1928), African American pharmacist in Atlanta. His nephew, Miles Green Amos (1895-1995), was also a pharmacist, drugstore owner in Atlanta, Georgia, and active participant in Atlanta's civic and political circles. From the description of Miles G. and Moses Amos papers, 1880-1972 (bulk 1935-1970). (Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System). WorldCat record id: 38476759 ...