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Part of John H. Carey Papers
Part of John H. Carey Papers
Part of John H. Carey Papers
Al Johnson & Alberta Chaney in graduation gowns posing in front of a car.
2 Unidentified Yellow Dogs Players
2 unidentified Yellow Dogs softball players on a field. One holds a bat.
Central High School Class of 1931 graduate Addie Nichols in her cap and gown, in front of a home and shrubs.
African American Collections Committee
The collection was originally received by the Museum on September 7, 1993. Images were added to the collection through 2007. The collection reflects the work of a committee that was founded to compile Black history. Not all images in the collection have been digitized. Access to the full collection is available in the Sloan Museum of Discovery Research Room by appointment.
The collection depicts scenes of Black life in Flint, Michigan including people, buildings and objects. The images feature ordinary and prominent members of the community as they went about their daily lives.
African American Collections Committee
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Annual Ball
Black and white photograph of twenty-seven men arranged into two rows. The front row are sitting in foldable chairs while the second row is standing behind, they are all wearing suits and bowties. Behind them instruments can be seen on a stage. Above them a sign that has the Greek letters for Alpha Phi Alpha and under that, the words "Welcomes you".
The collection contains several handwritten letters from individuals of the Calkins, Train, and Youngkin families or in an association with them. None of the letters show a relation to Genesee County or the city of Flint. Furthermore, none of the letters suggest relations among any of the families. The length of chronology for the letters is 1831 to 1910. All were handwritten, but some are photocopy and photostat reproductions of the originals. Registration records make no mention of the status of the originals during time of donation. The reproductions will be retained as part of the collection to ensure no context is lost of the lives of the correspondents.
The Calkins letters were written by Uriah Carson to a sister identified only as S. Calkins. He wrote in 1862 from Nashville, Tennessee that her husband had died of diarrhea. The other letter describes the inability of the husband to receive pay for nearly a year due to the actions of Confederate raids. The paymaster refused to travel there to distribute pay.
The Train letters are from 1865. They were written by one individual, Fred A. Patz, who wrote two letters to Lucy Train. He professed his love for her as a secret admirer in the first and later revealed himself in the second, continuing to profess his love, though apologizing for his deception.
The Youngkin letters stretch from 1831 to 1910. Authors remark about various family members, how they are, where they are living. There are no mentions of the ongoing Civil War in the letter from 1862. The letter from 1910 discusses the involvement of one woman of the family in the Detroit Women’s Club.
Aristos: The Senior Annual of 1903
Part of John H. Carey Papers