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Notes on Two Paintings by John Henry Adams

A discussion of two paintings by artist John Henry Adams

Tags: Alma Adams, Jacksonville FL, Jesus Before Pilate, John Henry Adams, Madison Street, Tampa FL, W.W. Andrews, Wallace W. Andrews

Notes on Art in Public Schools

Notes regarding the teaching of art and extracurricular artistic activities at three public schools for African American children in Jacksonville

Tags: Alberta Coleman, Beaver Street, Church Street, Cookman School, Davis Street, Duval Street, Jacksonville FL, LaVilla Grammar School, LaVilla Park, LaVilla Park School, Mr. Scott, Seventh Street, Sixth Street, Stuart Street, William M. Raines

Notes on Art at LaVilla Park School

A listing of students and their artistic inclinations. Includes the beginning of a similar document, apparently not continued elsewhere in the collection, focused on students' writing abilities. One item is entirely struck in each section (see…

Minnie E. Washington (2 of 2)

Notes on Minnie E. Washington, a home economics teacher who created apparel out of crocus bags and wrote the pamphlet, "How to Help Homemakers Solve the Clothing Problem in the Home." This document contains much of the same information as Minnie E.…

Minnie E. Washington (1 of 2)

Notes on Minnie E. Washington, a home economics teacher who created apparel out of crocus bags and wrote a pamphlet titled How to Help Homemakers Solve the Clothing Problem in the Home

Tags: African American women in Jacksonville, Ashley Street, Biographical notes, Boylan Haven School, Clara White Mission, Crafts in African American communities of Jacksonville, East Jacksonville FL, Florida, Franklin Street, How to Help Homemakers Solve the Clothing Problem in the Home, Illinois Street, Jacksonville FL, Jessie Street, Minnie E. Washington, Red Cross, Stanton School/Stanton High School, State Board of Public Instruction, West Ashley Street

Material Related to "Early Jacksonville History: Introduction"

A handwritten partial draft of Muse's early history of Jacksonville, three versions of which are found in JHS Folder 18: Jax History. This is written by hand on the same page as Alternate page 4 (2 of 2) of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4), inverted…

Tags: Bedell family, Biographical narrative, Emancipation, Experiences of former slaves, Georgia, Historical narrative, Irene Coates, Jacksonville FL, Jim Bedell, Lue Bedell, Savannah GA

John Henry Adams (3 of 3)

A third version of the biographical sketch of artist John Henry Adams, painter of Jesus Before Pilate

James Weldon Johnson

Biographical information on James Weldon Johnson, with a discussion of the significance of Along This Way for the African-American history of Jacksonville

Tags: "Lift Every Voice and Sing", 1871, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1925, Along This Way, American Fund for Public Service, Atlanta University, Civic Club, Columbia University, Corinto Nicaragua, Fisk University, Florida, Florida Bar, God's Trombones, House Committee of Colored Representative Club, Howard University, Jacksonville FL, James Weldon Johnson, LaVilla, NAACP, Nashville TN, Negro National Anthem, New York Age, New York NY, Nicaragua, Puerto Cabello Venezuela, Saint Peter Relates an Incident of the Resurrection Day, Springarn Medal, Stanton School/Stanton High School, Talladega University, Tennessee, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, The Book of American Negro Poetry, The Book of American Negro Spirituals, The Century Magazine, The Crisis, The Independent, The Second Book of Negro Spirituals, Venezuela

Isaac Johnson

Notes on the life and work of Jacksonville taxidermist Issac Johnson

Tags: 1864, 1901, African American workers in Jacksonville, Biographical notes, Broad Street, Crafts in African American communities of Jacksonville, East Ashley Street, J.J. Mackey, Jacksonville FL, Seminole Hotel, Tallahassee FL

Irene Coates Narrative (4 of 4)

This document is the version of the Irene Coates narrative published in Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, vol. 3, Library of…

Irene Coates Narrative (3 of 4)

An incomplete narrative based on the Irene Coates Interview Notes.Pages 3-6 of this document are missing. We have numbered the pages and images leaving a corresponding gap (1-2, 7-10).

Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4)

Narrative based on the Irene Coates Interview Notes.See also the following: Alternate page 4 (1 of 2) of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4) and Alternate page 4 (2 of 2) of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4).

Irene Coates Interview Notes

Notes that Muse made during her interview with Irene Coates, aged 76, a long-time resident of Jacksonville, Florida. The interview was conducted on December 3, 1936, at the home of Irene and her husband Charles, also interviewed by Muse on that same…

Tags: 1860, 1936, Adams Street, Amelia River, Bay Street, Bedell family, Black Jack Oaks, Bridge Street, Broad Street, Brooklyn, Burbridge Cemetery, Camden County GA, Clay Street, Coast Line (?) Railroad, Cohen's Store, Earthquake c.1888, Emancipation, Fernandina FL, Georgia, Ginlatt (?) River, Hogan Street, Hogan/Hogan's Creek, Irene Coates, Jacksonville FL, James A. Garfield, Jefferson Street, Jimmie Bedell, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Pythias Hall, LaVilla, Lou Bedell, Main Street, Masonic Temple, McCoy Creek, Mrs. Patterson, Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Nat Patterson, Oak Street, Odd Fellows, Odd Fellows Hall, Peters Street, Pine Street, Pratts Holmes Undertaker, Satilla River (?), Savannah River, St. Augustine FL, St. James Hotel, St. Johns River, St. Marys GA, Stanton School/Stanton High School, Ulysses S. Grant, Uncle Neal's Pawn Shoppe, Union Depot, Ward Street