Dora Atkins Blackburn papers, 1926-1978.

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Dora Atkins Blackburn papers, 1926-1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43981496

Materials concerning Dora Atkins Blackburn, her parents, and the family business. Included are photographs of Blackburn while a student at Indianapolis Public School 26; Blackburn genealogy; information about Dora Graham Atkins; information about Calvin R. Atkins and his involvement with Flanner House; the first annual report from Lincoln Hospital, founded by African American physicians to serve the Indianapolis African American community; and information about and photos of the Atkins Flower Shop.

1 half size manuscript box, 3 photograph folders, 1 oversize photograph folder.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7536749

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Lincoln Hospital (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Blackburn family.

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Indianapolis Public School 26

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Atkins, Calvin R., 1870-1923.

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Atkins Flower Shop (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Flanner House (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Flanner House, a social service center for the Indianapolis, Indiana African-American community, promotes the social, moral, and physical welfare of African-Americans, particularly youth. It was established in 1903 by Frank Flanner, a local mortician, under the name of Flanner Guild and was the first settlement house for African-Americans in the city. Programs and activities have included a day nursery, training for men and women, self-help projects such as housing construction, and public healt...

Atkins, Dora Graham, 1877-1925.

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Blackburn, Dora Atkins, 1904-2001.

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Dora Atkins Blackburn is a life-long resident of Indianapolis, Ind. Her father, Calvin R. Atkins, was a physician and her mother, Dora Graham Atkins, ran Atkins Flower Shop. Blackburn attended Butler University. Upon her mother's death she and her sister took over Atkins Flower Shop. From the description of Dora Atkins Blackburn papers, 1926-1978. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 43981496 ...