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• [Harry Nelson in front of his Doylestown barber shop]
  On the reverse of this photography is written "Harry Nelson Doylestown/Barber. This black and white photograph shows Nelson standing outside of a store.
• John W. Coltrane dues record
  A 2-page balance sheet of union dues from legendary jazz saxophonist, composer, and band leader John William Coltrane (1926-1967). The dues are for local chapters of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) of which John Coltrane was a member–Local 802 serving New York and Local 274 for Philadelphia.
• Letter, Kathleen Brown to Miss Fisher, November 26, 1954
  A two-page, handwritten letter from music student Kathleen Brown to globally renowned contralto Marian Anderson Fisher (1897-1993). In the letter, Brown describes financial constraints in paying for her tuition at Juilliard School of Music. She asks for Marian Anderson to write a letter to the radio game show “Strike It Rich.”
• Philadelphia Police Department Certificate of Appreciation presented to Jaci Adams
  This recognition was posthumously awarded to Jaci Adams for her service on the LGBT Police Liaison Committee of which Adams was the longest serving member. Jaci (pronounced "Jackie") Adams was born in 1957/1958 in Beckley, West Virginia. She died on February 16, 2014. Adams was a transgender woman active in LGBT and AIDS programs. Diagnosed with AIDS in 1983, Adams worked to promote AIDS testing and treatment, and worked to help people harmed by discrimination, homelessness, incarceration, poverty, prostitution, and drug addictions. Adams obituary in the Philadelphia Daily News on February 17, 2014 stated the following: "...Jaci was able to shed light into the darkness that often shrouds the frequently misunderstood and abused dwellers of the LGBT world."