WHMC-Columbia--Missouri, Columbia. Black Community Photographs, c. 1958-1963 (C3902)--INVENTORY

Missouri, Columbia. Black Community Photographs, c. 1958-1963 (C3902)
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INTRODUCTION

Photographs picturing black businesses and residential communities in Columbia, Missouri, c. 1958-1963.

DONOR INFORMATION

Wynna Faye Elbert loaned for copying 191 photographs to the University of Missouri. The photographs were scanned, 4x5 copy negatives were also made, and the original photographs were returned on 2 February 1995. The photographs were accessioned on 1 March 1995 (Accession No. 5511). This collection is part of the Boone County Black Archives.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

In the 1950s and early 1960s, Columbia's black population was centered in the north central section of the city. An area called "Sharp End", comprised entirely of black businesses, was located between 5th and 6th Streets on Walnut where the Columbia Post Office now stands. The houses and buildings pictured in these negatives were located north of Broadway and east and west of Providence Road. The photographer[s] is not known.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection contains of 191 black and white photographs which document black businesses and residential communities in Columbia, Missouri, c. 1958-1963. The negatives are arranged into three series:

Churches

Buildings and Street Scenes

Houses

The Churches series depicts the A.M.E. Church on the Northeast corner of 5th and Park, and the Russell Chapel Church on 4th and Pendleton.

The Buildings and Street Scenes series depicts buildings which housed black businesses. This includes the area surrounding the National Guard Armory Building on Ash and 7th Streets, North 8th Street, "Sharp End," Park Avenue, and Third Street. There are also two views of the Oriental Bazaar and Gift Shop which was owned by an Armenian.

The Houses series is arranged by street name. Names of families were taken from notes on the back of the original photographs. The streets include 1st through 7th Streets, Allen Street, Ash Street, Bryan Street, Davis Street, North Garth Avenue, Park Avenue, Pendleton, Switzler Street, East Walnut, North Water Street, and Worley Street. Pictures of unidentified houses are located at the end of this series.

The depiction of segregated housing and businesses of the time period should prove useful to scholars of black history and local history. A shortcoming of the collection is the lack of identification. Although barber shops, shoe repair shops, theaters, cafes, and bars are pictured, the names of the business people are not given. Only a few people appear in the pictures. They are children and people seated on porches.

PHOTOGRAPH LIST

Churches Series

#1 A.M.E. Church, NE corner 5th and Park

#2-3 Russell Chapel Church--4th and Pendleton

#4 Children in front of Russell Chapel Church

Buildings and Street Scenes Series

#5-6 Street scenes--Ash and 7th Street--National Guard Armory Building--April 1963

#7-13 Street scenes--N. 8th Street--Shoe Repair Shop, Boone Theatre, Midwest Auto Stores, Temple Stephens, Variety Store

#14 217 N. 8th Street--Lots 7-9-Chamber Tire, Busy Bee Barber Shop

#15-19 "Sharp End"

#20 Tiger Theatre--5th Street between Walnut and Ash

#21 Ben Bolt Hotel--9th and Walnut (looking south on 9th Street)

#22 Ben Bolt Hotel--9th and Walnut (looking north on 9th Street)

#23-25 East Walnut--Mr. Herndon

#26 Broadway and Providence--Northeast corner

#27-28 Oriental Bazaar and Gift Shop--Broadway and Providence, Northwest corner--January 1962, n.d.

#29 Cottle Grocery--8th and Park

#30 Royal Tire Store and Cottle Grocery

#31 Kovar's Dye Shop and Fixit Shop

#32-33 Toedebusch (a transfer and moving company)

#34-36 Freemon Funeral Home--608 Park Avenue

#37 Mr. Jake's Blue and White Cafe [3rd Street market]

Houses Series

North 1st Street

#38 104 N. 1st Street--M. Slater

#39 205 N. 1st Street--Vic Brown

#40 207, 209, 211, 213 1st Street--Hardiman, McAfee, Chandler, Crosswhite

Ash and 2nd Street

#41 Ola Carter's house

North 2nd Street

#42 105 N. 2nd Street

#43 109 N. 2nd Street--rear view

#44 110 N. 2nd Street--Rev. Guyton

#45 206 N. 2nd Street

North 3rd Street

#46 Unidentified house

#47 205 1/2 N. 3rd Street--H.R. Richardson--April 1959

#48 405 N. 3rd Street--Clinton Wright--May 1958

#49 415-417 N. 3rd Street--Dolly House--Ed and Ellis Tibbs

#50 N. 3rd Street--Dolly House

North 4th Street

#51 400-00 1/2 N. 4th Street--January 1959

#52 402-02 1/2 N. 4th Street--January 1959

#53 404-04 1/2 N. 4th--January 1959

#54 409 N. 4th Street

#55 411 N. 4th Street

#56 503 N. 4th Street

North 5th Street

#57 111 N. 5th Street

#58 111 N. 5th Street--Susie Douglas

#59-60 114 N. 5th Street--Roy Woods

#61 115 N. 5th Street--Elsie Gardner

#62-63 206 N. 5th Street

#64 206 and 208 N. 5th Street

#65 208 N. 5th Street--Joe Nichols

#66 208 N. 5th Street--January 1959

#67-68 208 N. 5th Street

#69-70 208 N. 5th Street--rear views

#71 208 N. 5th Street--rear view--January 59

#72 208 5th Street--rear view--Sylvania Tapp

#73 5th Street--rear view

#74 208 1/2 N. 5th Street--rear view with full clothesline

#75 210 N. 5th Street

#76 210 N. 5th Street--rear view--January 1959

#77 210 N. 5th Street--rear view--Myrtle Freelon, Anna Palmer, and Amos King

#78 409 N. 5th Street

#79-80 415 N. 5th Street--Leonidas and Corrine Warren

#81 505 N. 5th Street--rear view--Raymond Nunnely

6th Street

#82 Edward Campbell house

#83-84 N. 6th Street--Johnson

#85 208 N. 6th Street--A. Estes

#86 213 N. 6th Street--Lillie Mae Burton

North 7th Street

#87-88 211 N. 7th Street--Lula Scott, A.C. Freeman

#89 Building [7th Street Christian Church location in 1838]

Allen Street

#90 101 East Allen--Eula Smith

#91 21 West Allen--Fat Washington

#92-93 22 West Allen--James Bright

Ash Street

#94 Ash Street--April, 1959

#95 6th and Ash

#96 110 Ash Street--Ellis Tibbs

#97 East Ash

#98 511 East Ash--J.B. Coleman

#99 511 East Ash--Lillam Cheatum, Jasper Berry, Curtis Clay, Jane Haycox, Clarence Appleton, and Laura B. Cross--January 1959

#100-101 21 West Ash--Hattie Graves--October 1960

#102 23 West Ash--Leroy McAllister--October 1960

Bryant Street

#103 203 Bryant Street--Herman and Palestine Robinson--October 1960

#104 205 Bryant--Martin Williams

Davis Street

#105 100 Davis--Alfred Bentley--May 1958

#106 104 Davis--Stella Williams--May 1958

#107 107 East Davis--May 1958

#108 111 East Davis--May 1958

#109 409 Davis--Barbara Jean Doxsley

North Garth Avenue and Allen Street

#110 306 N. Garth--Williams

Park Avenue

#111 8 W. Park--Luella Jones and Beauty Shop

#112 9 W. Park--Emery Hardiman

#113 12 W. Park--Flora Forbis

#114 210 North Park

#115 304 Park Avenue, Unit 2--Clara Graves

#116-117 308 Park

#118-123 401 Park--Alvin Coleman

#124 405 Park--Alice Williams estate

#125-126 Miss Boone and Miss Buckner (Williams estate)

#127-128 409 Park

#129-130 5th and Park--A. A. Sanford

#131 505 East Park--Squire and Laura Branham

#132 600 East Park--Irene Moore, John Ralph, Alex Turner--March 1958

#133 600 Park--Irene Moore, owner

#134 604 Park

#135-137 606 Park--3 views--Summer, fall, and winter

#138 706 East Park--October 1960

Pendleton

#139-140 7 West Pendleton--Millicent & Odessa Eubanks

#141-143 11 Pendleton--Effie Williams

#144 19 West Pendleton--Emmett Kimbrough, Owner--Hammonds

#145 23 West Pendleton--George and Addie David

#146 303 Pendleton

Switzler Street

#147 16 West Switzler Street--Reese and Clara Payne

#148 20 Switzler--Horrell

#149 23 West Switzler--Ernest & Mabel Ballenger

#150 25 West Switzler--Sehon & Dora Williams

First Street and Walnut

#151 Corner of North First Street and Walnut--Willa Mae Hern

East Walnut

#152 201 East Walnut--M. Warren, E. Kelley

#153 203 East Walnut--Winford Dickson

#154-155 205 East Walnut

#156-157 207 East Walnut--Ernest Lawson

North Water Street

#158 108 North Water Street--Gussie McDowell

#159 113 North Water[s] Street--Laura Scott

#160 201 North Water Street--Leona Bradford

#161 203 North Water Street--Thomas & Etta Carter, Laura Belle Wright

#162 205 North Water Street--Willie Mae Bentley, John Turner

#163 207 North Water Street--Mary Edwards

#164 209 North Water Street--Genieve Wilson

Worley Street

#165 3 West Worley--Archie King

#166 202 East Worley--Anderson Logan

#167 204 East Worley--Walter and Helen Patrick

Unidentified houses and streets

#168-170 Views of three attached block and tar paper units

#171 House [possibly on N. 4th Street] with an open front porch and wood front steps SEE ALSO: #51-53

#172-173 People seated on the front porch of a house similar to that pictured in #171

#174 Similar house as above with man and woman on the porch and bicycles in the yard

#175 House with two cars parked in front--Jonnie Graves--July 1958

#176 Three frame houses with small front porches

#177-179 Views of one story frame house with bay windows and awnings-- corner lot [possibly a business but the shingle on post is not legible]--Ruth Doby Wiggens

#180-186 Houses--Ruth Doby Wiggens

#180 Large frame two story house with five visible chimneys

#181 House to the right of #180

#182 Block house units with covered front porches

#183 Block house unit

#184 Single story house with two chimneys

#185-186 Single story block houses with covered porches

#187 Two story frame house with porch and gables

#188 Two story frame house with front porch and concrete steps

#189 Two story frame house with picket fence, two young girls seated on retaining wall in front

#190 Small frame house

#191 Small frame house

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

Automobiles

Ben Bolt Hotel, Columbia, Missouri

Black businesses

Black children

Black Churches--Missouri, Columbia

Blacks--Housing--Missouri, Columbia

Blacks--Missouri, Columbia

Boone County Black Archives

Discrimination in housing

Dogs

Fences

Freeman Funeral Home, Columbia, MO

Grocery stores--Missouri, Columbia

Hotels, Missouri, Columbia

Houses--Missouri, Columbia

Housing--Missouri, Columbia

Missouri, Columbia

Missouri, Columbia, Black businesses

Missouri, Columbia--Buildings

Missouri, Columbia--Churches

Missouri, Columbia--Democratic Party Headquarters

Porches

Restaurants, bars, etc., Missouri, Columbia

Slums, Missouri, Columbia

Streets, Missouri, Columbia

Theaters, Missouri, Columbia

Todebusch Transfer and Moving Company, Columbia, MO

Trucks

Missouri, Columbia. Black Community Photographs, c. 1958-1963 (C3902)

INTRODUCTION

DONOR INFORMATION

HISTORICAL SKETCH

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

PHOTOGRAPH LIST

Churches Series

Buildings and Street Scenes Series

Houses Series

North 1st Street

Ash and 2nd Street

North 2nd Street

North 3rd Street

North 4th Street

North 5th Street

6th Street

North 7th Street

Allen Street

Ash Street

Bryant Street

Davis Street

North Garth Avenue and Allen Street

Park Avenue

Pendleton

Switzler Street

First Street and Walnut

East Walnut

North Water Street

Worley Street

Unidentified houses and streets

INDEX TERMS