[1] Hotel, Idlewild Club, Idlewild, Mich. -- [2] Idlewild Terrace home of I. Miller -- [3] Idlewild Lake, Idlewild, Mich. M611 -- [4] IBaptist Church, Idlewild, Mich. -- [5] Miller's Grocery, Idlewild, Mich. T-593 -- [6] Pendelton's, Idlewild, Mich. T594 -- [7] Lu-Milt cottage, Idlewild, Mich. S-928 -- [8] Dead End cottage, Mrs. Geo. Jones, Idlewild, Mich. E-1353 -- [9] Clubhouse from the water, Idlewild, Mich. 1 -- [10] The club house Idlewild, Mich. -- [11] "Anderwild," Idlewild, Mich., Captions on all cards, photo numbers on some., Eleven photographic postcards of houses and views in the African American resort community in Idlewild, Michigan., Five of the postcards published by L.L. Cook Co.; no publisher listed on the other six., Four of the postcards were mailed. Orial Taylor wrote to Mr. and Mrs. Hastings, Detroit, Michigan, card postmarked 1937; Mr. and Mrs. C. Higgins wrote to Ruth Johnson, Lima, Ohio, card postmarked 1927; Alta Stephenson wrote to Velma Reece, Cleveland, Ohio, card postmarked 1954; Mrs. Venlet wrote to Joyce and Ruth Johnson, Grand Rapids, Michigan, card postmarked 1948. Alta Stephenson identified herself as the sender of her postcard with an address label., and Title devised by cataloger.
Curtis Granville Jackson scrapbook and papers relating to the Boy Scouts
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | 1-2
Image Count:
122
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Collection consists of a scrapbook and other papers. The scrapbook, "My Scouting History," contains autograph and typescript entries, photographs, merit badges and awards, correspondence, and printed ephemera documenting Jackson's membership in an African-American boy scout troop, Troop 42 of Camden, New Jersey from 1937 to 1943. Other papers include one letter, photographs, scarves, and printed material, dating from 1946 to 1965, relating chiefly to Jackson's involvement in Troop 43 of the Boy Scouts of America. and Folder 1 of 2 completely digitized.
Description:
Purchased from Swann Galleries on the Jockey Hollow Fund, 2010.
Subject (Geographic):
Camden (N.J.) and Camden County (N.J.)
Subject (Name):
Boy Scouts of America and Jackson, Curtis Granville
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--New Jersey--Camden, Boy Scouts of America--African American membership, and Boy Scouts--New Jersey--Camden
to GW & MW and Folders 1572, 1573, 1574, and 1575 completely digitized.
Subject (Topic):
American fiction--20th century, American literature--20th century, Americans--France--History--20th century, and Authors, American--20th century--Archives