Alice Roberta Parks Ellison papers, 1934-1960.

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Alice Roberta Parks Ellison papers, 1934-1960.

The papers consist of material collected by Alice Roberta Parks Ellison, mostly documenting her participation in African American social and religious organizations in Atlanta, Georgia. They include scrapbooks, photographs, a small amount of correspondence, church bulletins, and programs from events in Atlanta, Georgia. The scrapbooks, programs, and bulletins form the bulk of the collection. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and invitations, programs, and other printed material from and about the many African American social and religious organizations in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1935 to 1960. Programs and bulletins in the collection include the Shiloh Baptist Church, Atlanta Negro Music Club, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, American Woodmen, the Atlanta Public Schools, Morris Brown College, and a number of local clubs such as the Hi Hi Social Club and the Smart Set Club. There is also a small amount of personal correspondence and photographs, mostly unidentified.

.5 linear ft. : (1 box and 3 oversized bound v. (OBV))

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

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Ellison, Alice Roberta Parks.

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Alice Roberta Parks Ellison was a resident of Atlanta, Georgia during the first half of the twentieth century. She lived in the West End district, at 834 West End Avenue. Ellison belonged to a number of religious and social organizations, mostly prior to her marriage, including the Shiloh Baptist Church, the American Woodman, the Atlanta Negro Music Club, and the Hi-Hi Club, of which she served as president. From the description of Alice Roberta Parks Ellison papers, 1934-1960. (Unkn...

Morris Brown College

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Atlanta Public Schools

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