4. Photographs, Undated

The Miriam D. DeCosta-Willis papers are arranged in four series documenting Dr. DeCosta-Willis's personal life and professional activities as well as the lives of other DeCosta family members through printed materials, correspondence, funeral service programs, and photographs.

Series I: Biographical Materials, 1992-2014 contains magazine articles, newspaper clippings, event programs for awards awarded to Dr. DeCosta-Willis, and the physical finding aid for her collection at the Memphis Public Library and Information Center.

Series II: Writings, Undated includes an unpublished essay about Dr. DeCosta-Willis's genealogical research on determining the identity of her great-grandmother.

Series III: Family Members and Family Reunions, 1993-2014 contains programs from funeral services and homegoing celebrations, printed materials, newspaper clippings, a partial family tree, and ephemera from family reunions held in 2007 and 2014.

Series IV: Photographs, Undated, includes a portrait photograph of Gerald DeCosta as a baby and a deconstructed photograph album containing photographs of Benjamin Rhodes DeCosta (1867-1911), Anna Theresa Harrenburg DeCosta (1868-1928), Elizabeth DeCosta (1869-1884), Hammond Harrenburg (1826-1886) as well as other possible ancestors and unidentified people