Archival Collections – Oakland Public Library

73rd Avenue/Edwards Avenue widening project controversy, 1993-1998

emilyphillips — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:21:17 +0000

Official notices and citizen comments regarding the widening of 73rd Ave. and Edwards Ave., Oakland, California. The widening project was controversial in part because eminent domain was used to acquire property for the project.

(OHC COLL 2013-24)

Approximately 24 items in 1 box (.2 linear feet)

Available at Oakland History Center, Main Library.

Accounts of 19th century duels in California, 1916-1934

emilyphillips — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:01:02 +0000

Accumulation of newspaper articles, in two parts, that appeared as 76 chapters in the San Francisco Call-Bulletin in 1934. Also includes The Locality of the Broderick-Terry Duel on September 13, 1859, by Hermann Schussler, a 24-page pamphlet printed by the Native Sons of the Golden West in 1916.

(OHC COLL 2013-11)

3 pieces in 1 box (.1 linear feet)

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Available at Oakland History Center, Main Library.

Activities among Negroes: [newspaper column] / by Delilah L Beasley

emilyphillips — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:53:54 +0000

Delilah L. Beasley wrote "Activities among Negroes," for the Oakland Tribune, the East Bay's metropolitan newspaper, from 1923 until her death in 1934. She was the first African American woman with a regular column in a major California newspaper. After her death Lena M. Wysinger continued the column until 1943.

(OHC COLL 2013-5)

19 folders in 2 boxes (.8 linear feet).

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Available at Oakland History Center, Main Library.

Acty (Ruth) Papers

stevebartenhagen — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 23:41:58 +0000

Educator, author, and actor Ruth Acty (1913-1998) was the first African American teacher hired by the Berkeley Unified School District in 1943.

The Ruth Acty papers include curriculum material, teaching notes, writings, photographs, awards, legal and financial records, and correspondence that document her life and activities as a teacher and author.

Dates: 1927-2001

Collection number: MS 38

Creator: Acty, Ruth, 1913-1998

Collection Size: 9.5 linear feet (16 boxes + 1 oversized box)

Guide to the Ruth Acty Papers

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Adams (Emma Lee and Jimmie) Papers

stevebartenhagen — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 23:47:22 +0000

The Emma Lee and Jimmie Adams Papers include personal and business correspondence, financial records, legal records, programs, postcards, business cards, and printed material documenting the personal and business activities of Emma Lee and Jimmie Adams.

The papers are organized into five series: correspondence, financial records, legal records, religious activities, and printed material. The bulk of the papers is personal correspondence written to Emma Lee Adams from various relatives in Louisiana, Texas, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois. Many of the letters are from Emma Lee’s sisters, parents, and cousins and discuss general family matters such as weddings, births, illnesses, and work life.

Dates: 1951-1959

Collection number: MS 63

Creators: Emma Lee and Jimmie Adams

Collection Size: 1 linear foot (2 boxes)

Guide to the Emma Lee and Jimmie Adams Papers

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Adams Point Preservation Society records, 1981-2007

emilyphillips — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:19:57 +0000

Collection from the files of Ron Morra, leader of the Adams Point Preservation Society (APPS), formed in 1982 to preserve single-family housing in the Adams Point neighborhood, then being redeveloped into condominium and apartment complexes. Over the years the APPS addressed a range of quality-of-life issues in the Adams Point/Lake Merritt area.

(OHC COLL 2016-1)

5 boxes (3.5 linear feet)

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Available at Oakland History Center, Main Library.

Advertising Club of Oakland collection, 1922-1980

emilyphillips — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:39:40 +0000

The Advertising Club of Oakland was founded in 1906. In 1973 It became the East Bay Advertising & Marketing Association, or Ad/Mark for short. A later version of the name is AdMARK!, the East Bay Advertising Club.

(OHC COLL 2013-1)

38 folders in 3 boxes (1.2 linear feet)

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Available at Oakland History Center, Main Library.

African American Museum & Library at Oakland Audiovisual Collection

stevebartenhagen — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 01:47:54 +0000

The African American Museum & Library at Oakland Audiovisual Collection consists of 106 audiocassettes, 72 videotapes, 2 CD-Rs, and 2 seven inch reel audiotapes. The audiovisual collection consists of materials acquired by the African American Museum & Library at Oakland, and its predecessor the Northern California Center for Afro-American History & Life. The collection is organized into 16 series by format or subject, and includes recordings of significant African Americans such J. Rupert Picott and Byron Rumford, oral histories with significant African American families and civil rights leaders, and documents various topics related to African American history, culture and experience.

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Dates: circa 1950s-circa 2000s

Collection number: MS207

Creator: African American Museum & Library at Oakland

Collection Size: 7.25 linear feet (5 boxes + 3 audiocassette boxes)

Guide to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland Audiovisual Collection

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African American Museum & Library at Oakland Oral History Collection

stevebartenhagen — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:29:16 +0000

The African American Museum & Library at Oakland Oral History Collection consists of 79 oral history interviews conducted in 2002-2007. The interviews were initially conducted by the AAMLO Coalition, a group of volunteers and supporters of the African American Museum & Library at Oakland, which interviewed prominent and long-time Oakland residents in the fields of education, performing arts, politics and religion.

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Dates: 2002-2007

Collection number: MS 191

Creator: African American Museum & Library at Oakland

Collection Size: 2.75 linear feet (6 boxes)

Guide to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland Oral History Collection

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African American Museum & Library at Oakland Photograph Collection

stevebartenhagen — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 22:41:06 +0000

Dates: 1869-2008

Collection number: MS 189

Creator: African American Museum & Library at Oakland

Collection Size: 21.25 linear feet (30 boxes + 2 oversized boxes + 2 oversized drawers)

Guide to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland Photograph Collection

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The African American Museum & Library at Oakland Photograph Collection consists of 1,953 photographs documenting African Americans in California between 1869-2008. The photograph collection consists of photographs donated to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland, and its predecessor the East Bay Negro Historical Society.

The collection is organized into 28 series by subject, and includes photographs of significant African Americans such Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall, and Byron Rumford, and documents various aspects of the African American community in Oakland including athletics, business, churches, civil rights, early pioneers, entertainment, military, fraternal and women's organizations.

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