Watkins-Lehman Family Collection, 1897-1909.

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Watkins-Lehman Family Collection, 1897-1909.

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Collection includes a memorial booklet for William Watkins, a letter of Dec. 6, 1897 from Paul Laurence Dunbar in Washington, D.C. to Josephine Leighman [sic] requesting pictures, a wedding announcement of Dunbar and Alice Ruth Moore, two news clippings about Dunbar being honored by Theodore Roosevelt, and two clippings about a monument erected in Woodland Cemetery in Dayton [on June 26, 1909] by the Dunbar Memorial Committee. The audiovisual series includes photographs of the Watkins family and of Paul Laurence Dunbar and his mother, Mathilda Dunbar.

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Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7686397

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Watkins, William

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Lehman, Josephine Watkins

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Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906

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Poet and author. From the description of Papers of Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1873-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067921 Paul Laurence Dunbar of Dayton, Ohio, was an African-American writer of fiction, poetry, and plays. Dunbar is widely acknowledged as the first important black poet in American literature. He also worked at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, as an assistant clerk, 1897-1898. From the description of Paul Laurence Dunbar letters and leaf...