1.1.4. Julia Ellen Craft and Herbert A. DeCosta, 1880s-1990

Includes photographs, correspondence, autograph book, scrapbooks, programs, and other materials relating to Charles and Emeline Craft and their descendants. Materials relating to Charles and Emeline Craft include a family bible, autograph book containing the signatures of family and friends, including prominent members of African American society, correspondence and postcards, photographs, and other materials.

In addition to photographs of family and friends, materials collected by Julia Craft and Herbert DeCosta relate to Howard University and alumni of Howard University, the H. A. DeCosta Company, and Charleston-area social clubs such as the Owls Whist Club, Entre-Nous Bridge Club, Charleston chapter of Links, Inc., and others.

Materials collected by Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr. and Bernice DeCosta Davis include family photographs, documents relating to Avery Normal Institute graduation, the marriage of Bernice DeCosta and Albert Miles Davis, and other materials.