A large framed photo of the Gopher Elks Drum Corps right after a parade. The group was sponsored by Peter's Meats. During the summer, they toured all over Minnesota.
Photograph and siding of Margaret Lovejoy's old house
Subject
Architecture
Description
Photograph of Gayneel and Leon Ponder's house torn down in 1973. They were the original owners. When their daughter, Margaret Lovejoy, repurchased the lot, in 1975, she found a piece of the original siding in the dirt.
A Western Union telegram Marvin Anderson sent to his family on his first Christmas away from home while he studied at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.
Creator
Anderson, Marvin R.
Date
1961
Contributor
Anderson, Marvin
Format
Telegram
Type
Text
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
519P CST DEC 25 61 MA136
AA133 A LLB378 GTG PD ATLANTA GA 25 556P EST
MR & MRS L A ANDERSON & FAMILY
1593 EAST COUNTY RD B STPAUL MINN
WISHING EACH OF YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO MAKE MY LONELINESS BARABLE [sic] MY LOVE TO ALL LOVE ROGER.
Telegram from St. James AME Church to Marvin Anderson
Subject
Family Life
Religion
Education
Description
A Western Union telegram sent to Mr. Marvin Anderson from the St. James AME Sunday School congratulating him on graduating from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. Anderson was the first in his family to graduate from college.
Date
1962
Contributor
Anderson, Marvin
Format
Telegram
Type
Text
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
1145P EST JUN 4 62 AB079 MA619
M SPD289 CGN NL PD ST PAUL MINN 4
MARVIN ANDERSON
MOOREHOUSE [sic] COLLEGE UNIT 5 ATLA
WARM CONGRATULATIONS AND ALL GOOD WISHES ON THIS VERY GLAD OCCASION THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO YOU MAY THE FUTURE BRING YOU ONLY THE BEST OF LUCK
Framed photograph of Rangh Court, a housing development built by Archie and Marvin Anderson's father and colleagues through the Twin City Negro Development Co., Inc.
Photograph of the band in which Estelle Hartshorn-Jones's grandfather, Harold Lewis, was the piano player. Other band members included Mr. Brooks of Brooks Funeral Home.