African American families
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Davenport photograph album
The Davenport photograph album contains 92 photographs of the Gray family. The images are primarily unidentified portraits showing the family in backyards, parks, and at the beach. Photographs are mostly undated, but appear to be from the 1920’s and 30’s.
Harry Sythe Cummings manuscript collection
This collection contains the papers of Harry Sythe Cummings (1866-1917), who was a lawyer, fraternal leader, and the first Black councilman in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. The are also materials related to his immediate and extended family.
Johnson family slide collection
This collection contains roughly 3,000 slides belonging to the Johnsons, an African American family who lived at 842 N. Carey Street, circa 1950-1970. The slides contain Civil Rights images, including some labeled "Freedom March."
Winn-Johnson letters
This collection contains letters and telegrams, primarily from Adrienne Winn Johnson of Baltimore,Maryland, to Clarence Johnson, 1937-1945.