Collection of portraits and other photographs, "depicting the history of the Blacks in the Bonham area" (p. 1), annotated with brief descriptions and biographical notes.
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Description
Collection of portraits and other photographs, "depicting the history of the Blacks in the Bonham area" (p. 1), annotated with brief descriptions and biographical notes.
Physical Description
35 p. : ill, ports. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Contents: Mrs. Kitty Inge -- Emma Edwards and Daughter -- Annie Garrett and Melissa Caldwell -- Willie Ross -- Amos Ross -- Odis and Ardis McNeal (Twins) -- Marie Smith, Naomi & Nathaniel -- Herbert Silas Chapman -- Robert B. Chapman - Kitty Carraway & Children -- Rev. George W. Carraway -- Jerry Chinner -- George Kimbrough -- Ravenna School 1930s -- Spoonmore School 1937 -- Dr. McRuffin -- Mrs. Dorothy Railback -- Alcenia Walton & M. B. Walton -- Washington School 1950s -- Rebecca Jones -- Tom & Nancy Stewart Jones -- Lonnie Lela Bennett -- Estella Henson -- Bethleham Baptist Church Group -- Tommy Harris -- Pete Johnson _ Sam Harvey -- Emmett Elliott -- Cotton Picking -- William Turner -- Mrs. M. C. Harris, Evangelist -- Roberta Dodd Crawford -- Eugene Walters -- Lindwood Hill -- Edrena Rayford
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Stephens, Pat.Forgotten Dignity: The Black Community of Bonham, Texas. A Photographic History 1880-1930,
pamphlet,
July 1984;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1435530/:
accessed September 24, 2023),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Fannin County Historical Commission.