Thumb-nail sketch of Colored Florida : Welcome from Courtesy Committee.

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Thumb-nail sketch of Colored Florida : Welcome from Courtesy Committee.

Entry/Object ID

Library.2082

Tags

Library Rare books collection as of June 4 2023

Description

unpaged A Thumb-nail sketch of Colored Florida : Welcome from Courtesy Committee. Published for the information of Delegates to the National Baptist Convention, Inc. held in Jacksonville, Florida, September 7-14, 1936. Compiled and published by the Courtesy Committee of the Convention, Eartha M. M. White, Chairman. Selected contents: Welcome from Mayor Alsop -- Jacksonville, Florida (fitting that the convention of the largest Negro religious denomination should hold its annual convention this year in one of the most interesting cities ... especially from the Negro angle) -- Itemized thumbnail picture of Negro life and activity in Jacksonville (200 Churches -- 1 College -- 1 Girls School -- 2 Business Schools -- 9 Public Schools -- 9 PTA's -- 17 Doctors -- 6 Dentists -- 7 Pharmacists -- 1 Chiropractor -- 7 Undertakers -- 10 Lawyers -- 3 Newspapers -- 3 Drug Stores -- 7 Hotels -- 3 Playgrounds -- 10 Dry Cleaners -- 5 Auto Salesmen -- 5 Orchestras (Sugar Underwood) -- 1 Taxidermist -- 3 Insurance Companies -- 2 Real Estate Agencies -- 3 Libraries -- 1 Music Store -- 3 Theatres -- 3 Licensed Moving Picture Operators -- 5 City Nurses -- 1 Hospital -- 1 Negro Welare League -- 7 Beauty Shops 3 Department Stores -- 1 Negro Tubercular Rest Home -- 1 Negro Detention Home -- 1 Old Folks Home -- 4 Printing Offices -- 2 Wood & Ice Companies -- 1 Book Store -- 1 Golf Link -- 35 Barber Shops etc. Most categories list the name of the establishment or person in this category. No address. List of WPA Projects in Duval County -- N.Y.A. Projects in Duval County. Outings: Largest and oldest Baptist School in the State (The Florida Normal and Industrial Institute in St. Augustine). Also available online:oai: digitalcommons.unf.edu:eartha_materials/36; Shelved in a yellow file folder.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photocopy

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Copy, Reprographic

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

White, Eartha Mary Magdeline, 1876-1974., National Baptist Convention., African American businesspeople -- Florida -- Jacksonville., African Americans -- Florida -- Duval County -- History.

Publication Details

Author

White, Eartha Mary Magdeline, 1876-1974.

Publisher

Courtesy Committee of the Convention

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Jacksonville, Florida

Call No.

Rare Book BX 6235 .W45 1936