African Americans

Paul Philips Cooke Papers

Collection

Identifier: 100

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of works and materials collected or authored by Paul Phillips Cooke. Items include clippings, correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, pamphlets, and publications from a variety of organizations, including the Cosmos and Torch Clubs. Additionally, there is information on Cooke's time as a student at Miners Teachers College and as President of the D.C. Teachers College.

Dates: 1871-2000

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Margaret Cooper Papers

Collection

Identifier: 133

Scope and Contents This six box collection consists of the personal papers of Margaret Cooper and documents her professional; civic and community activities; and achievements. The collection consists largely of certificates, plaques, programs, administrative materials, and miscellaneous materials documenting Cooper’s involvement as an active member and leader of several organizations and institutions, including Third Baptist Church, Christian Endeavor, D.C. Federation of Civic Associations, Inc., the East...

Dates: 1918-1998

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Cornelia Mack interview, 2019-08-27

File

Identifier: dcpl_dcohc022

Scope and Contents

Cornelia Mack discusses her work as treasurer for the Kenilworth Courts Residential Council, her life-long mission to do good in the community, the prevalence of her neighborhood church in her life and the community, and the importance of the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.

Dates: 2019-08-27

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 22: Flowers and Families: The Stories of the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Councilman Brandon Todd interview, 2019-07-11

File

Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018

Scope and Contents

Brandon Todd discusses growing up in Washington, D.C., his career path to Councilmember, his introduction to The Davis Center and Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, teaching at The Davis Center, and the magnitude of servicing your community for 50 years for any business.

Dates: 2019-07-11

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 18: The Davis Center Oral History Project / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Creating and Teaching Real World History

Digital Collection

Identifier: 198_CTRWH_ohp

Dates: 1931-2021, Undated; Majority of material found within 2020-10 - 2021-03

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Creating and Teaching Real World History Oral History Project

Collection — External hard drive DIG_00029

Identifier: 198

Content Description Creating and Teaching Real World History is a companion project to the Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project. This project includes interviews with Cosby Hunt, creator of the Real World History program, Caitlin Wolf, co-teacher of Real World History from 2015-2017, and Ms. Edith Crutchfield, a long-time D.C. resident who moved to Washington, D.C., from Culpeper, Virginia, in 1953. Ms. Crutchfield first became involved with Real World History when she...

Dates: 1931-2021, undated; Majority of material found within 2020-10 - 2021-03

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Joseph Owen Curtis Photographic Collection

Collection — External hard drive DIG_00012

Identifier: P007

Scope and Contents The collection contains approximately 270 black and white prints and 83 slides, the majority of which depict the African-American community of the Southwest neighborhood of Washington, D.C., primarily from the 1920s through the 1970s. The photographs document a historic neighborhood that would be largely razed in the 1950s and 1960s, dramatically changing the landscape and population of the neighborhood. The photographs of streets, businesses, and buildings provide visual...

Dates: 1910 - 1989

Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

David Nicholson interview, 2017-08-08

File

Identifier: dcpl_dcohc005

Scope and Contents

In this 3-part interview, writer and former journalist David E. Nicholson discusses growing up in Bloomingdale, his experience in DC Public Schools and as part of a small group of Black students who integrated Sidwell Friends School, and his family's involvement with St. George's Episcopal Church.

Dates: 2017-08-08