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Letter from Eartha M.M. White to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, January 3, 1929

In her role as president of the Old Folks' Home, Eartha M.M. White writes a letter to the Metropolitan Insurance Company seeking payment for a…

Letter from Henry N. Rodenbaugh to Eartha M.M. White, July 11, 1929, Jacksonville, Florida

Henry N. Rodenbaugh, a vice president of the Florida East Coast Railway Company, writes to Eartha M.M. White regarding her request for the…

Letter from Roylee Hayward to Eartha M.M. White, March 3, 1930, Tuskegee, Alabama

This item is a letter from Roylee Hayward to Eartha M.M. White from the Veteran's Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. The letter is written on American Red…

Poem (1944) by Robert Hughes Bennett in Celebration of Simuel Decatur McGill's Victory in the 1942 "Little Scottsbury [Scottsboro] Case"

This poem celebrates the 1942 victory of Jacksonville-based African American lawyer Simuel Decatur McGill (1877-1951) in his successful defense of…

Newspaper Article About a Visit to Forest Hill School for Girls and Lowell Correctional Institution in Honor of Eartha M.M. White in August 1957

This newspaper article from 1957 recounts a visit to the Forest Hill School for Girls and Lowell Correctional Institution in honor of Eartha M.M.…

Two Newspaper Articles from December 1970 About Eartha M.M. White Receiving Lane Bryant Volunteer Award in New York City

These two newspaper articles detail the public life and charity work of Eartha M. M. White. Final review for this item is pending (see our phased…

Announcement Regarding a Performance by the Silas Green Company in Benefit of the Old Folks' Home

This document is a handwritten anouncement about a performance by the Silas Green Company on Feburary 10, 1930, in benefit of the Old Folks' Home. The…

Notes on African American Worship During Slavery

This item contains notes regarding the reilgious meetings held by African Americans in Jacksonville in the 1820s.The document explains how slaves…

Notice of Appointment of Pauline Lloyd as Canning Manager for the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs of Jacksonville

This item is a short notice about the appointment of Pauline Lloyd as canning manager for the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs of…

Advertisement for "An Aerial Frolic," an Event in Honor of Bessie Coleman

This item is an advertisement for an event in honor of Bessie Coleman, programmed for May 1, 1926, at the Pythian Auditorium (Knights of Pythias Hall)…