Negro blue book (Jacksonville)

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Negro blue book (Jacksonville)

Entry/Object ID

Library.1895

Tags

Library records not in public view, Library Rare books collection as of June 4 2023

Description

unpaged : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm Negro blue book (Jacksonville) by Thomas H. B. (Thomas Hamilton Beb) Walker. Photocopy in a blue pamphlet 3 hole folder. Manuscript title. A prospectus of the North Florida edition of the National Negro blue book. Florida Blue Book Publishing Company, the National Negro blue book, North Florida edition ... Jacksonville, Fla. 1926 ... prospectus ... -- Leaf 2. Contents: The story of the Negro in Jacksonville from the pioneer days to the present / T. H. B. Walker -- The present day story of the Negro in Jacksonville, by J. A. Thomas. J. A. Thomas was the Executive Secretary Jacksonville Negro Welfare League. Selected contents: Peter Brandt, 1st black man to receive any recognition, was the slave of Brandt, the keeper of the 1st light house built in the mouth of St. Johns River -- Names of some of the first colored citizens included Lewis Wright, Mrs. Phoebia Travis, Tilman Valentine, Henry Brown, Nathan Thomas and H. S. Harmon, Richard Jones, Mother Abie and George H. Mays -- Churches planted first -- Joseph E. Lee, 1st Jax municipal judge -- Councilmen -- Politicians -- Street car and R. R. Robinson with his trolley car railway -- Noah Whitehead owned a cigar factory -- Forest Crockett --T. Thomas Fortune -- Mrs. Robert Hall -- Negro societies including Masons, Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias -- Jax negro in business and professional enterprises -- Negro business league -- Professions -- Churches -- Negro education -- Social & welfare work in Jax -- Welfare league -- Sunshine Day Nursery -- Old folks home -- Travelers aid -- Brewster hospital -- Christmas charity club -- Duval county welfare board -- City board of health -- Detention home -- Playgrounds and parks -- William Wallace Andrews portrait --Mrs. William Wallace Andrews portrait -- Simpson Tabernacle --S. A. Brookins -- Joseph Ernest Higdon -- Daniel Webster Perkins -- Samuel Wilson Rutherford -- W. W. Parker -- Citizens Industrial Insurance Company -- Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias -- Social register -- Who's who section.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

African Americans -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History., Negro Business League of Jacksonville, Florida., Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Florida., Brewster Hospital (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Andrews, William Wallace, 1875-1931., Lee, Joseph E.

Publication Details

Author

Walker, Thomas H. B. (Thomas Hamilton Beb), 1873-1948, Thomas, J. A.

Edition

photocopy

Publisher

Florida Blue Book Publishing Company

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

[Jacksonville, Fla.]

Call No.

Rare Book F 319 .J19 W35 1926