Bertha Blue family papers, 1908-1989.

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Bertha Blue family papers, 1908-1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42768884

Consists of Bertha Blue's art course notebook, correspondence, newspaper clippings, St. John African Methodist Episcopal newsletters, scrapbooks, and Jane Lee Darr's resume and writings. The collection also contains newspaper clippings on Blue's friend, Noble Sissle.

.2 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7476584

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Bolton, Frances Payne Bingham, 1885-1977

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Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963.

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Davis, Harry E. (Harry Edward)

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