1.4. Ellen Craft and William Demos Crum, 1890s-1912
Scope and Contents note
Includes scrapbooks, photographs, visiting cards, correspondence, and other materials documenting William Crum's time as minister to Liberia (19100-1912). Also includes a scrapbook of newspaper articles and poems compiled by Ellen Craft Crum and a speech delivered by William Crum on the occasion of Ellen's birthday.
Dates
- Creation: 1890s-1912
Creator
- From the Collection: Craft family (Family)
- From the Collection: Crum family (Family)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Biographical/Historical note
Ellen A. Craft Crum (1866-1917) married William Demos Crum (1859-1912) in 1883. William D. Crum held a medical degree and while practicing was one of three African American doctors in Charleston, South Carolina. Involved in Reconstruction politics, Crum was appointed Collector of Customs in Charleston by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902, which was opposed by the Senate until his confirmation in 1905. He then served as minister to Liberia from 1910-1912. In 1912, he fell ill with an African fever,
and Ellen returned to Monrovia, from where the sailed back to Charleston. He died from the illness on December 8, 1912.
SOURCES: (1) William D. Crum: A Negro in Politics
by Willard B. Gatewood, in The Journal of Negro History; Vol. 53, No. 4 (Oct. 1968). (2) A Black Family in Rural Surrey in the 1850s,
by Jeffrey Green:
Extent
From the Collection: 7.0 linear feet (11 archival boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically.
Repository Details
Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608
averyresearchcenter@cofc.edu