Items

• Correspondence for Bill Leslie
  Bill Leslie’s urgent letter to members of the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts provides a slight glimpse into the finances of the Clef Club at a specific period of time.
• Letter, Charlie Hall Jr. to Marian Anderson, May 5, 1939
  A letter from Charlie Hall Jr., a 16-year-old African American farmer and 10th-grade student from Lawndale, North Carolina, to singer Marian Anderson, dated May 5, 1939. Written shortly after Anderson’s historic Easter concert at the Lincoln Memorial on April 9, 1939, the letter conveys Hall’s admiration for her artistry and resilience, as well as parallels to his own life. Weeks earlier, Charlie had heard Anderson’s voice and called it “beautiful”.
• Laura and Frank Brashsears, stereoscopic photo
  This glossy black and white photo reveals Laura and Frank Brashears with a caption: "under the shade of the old apple tree.” The photo was taken August 12, 1906 likely in or around Doylestown, PA.
• Citation. Thanks and Appreciation to Christine Howell
  This citation from the Legal Defense and Educational Fund sends “thanks and appreciation” to Christine Howell for her involvement with The Links, Incorporated USA.
• Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School
  This photograph of the Bethel African Methodist Episopal Church Sunday School of Pennington, NJ features nineteen children, some siblings. All of the children in the photograph have been identified by Patricia (née True) Payne (see reverse).
• Wooden collection boxes (two)
  Original to Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. A booklet printed in 1966 in honor of the church’s 150th anniversary says: “Two of the original collection boxes are prize possessions of the church and are still used on special occasions.” On loan to the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) from the members of Bethel AME Church in Pennington, NJ