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Box 1

 Container

Contains 26 Results:

Jenkins Orphanage Material, 1905-1963

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents note

Photocopied pamphlet of Jenkins Orphanage from 1905 and 1963 72nd Anniversary program

Dates: 1905-1963
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Gadsden Funeral Home records / 3. Affiliations

Progressive Spiritualist Church Anniversary Program, circa 1953

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents note

Progressive Spiritualist Church 10 year anniversary program (Vivian Duncan Remarks)

Dates: circa 1953
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Gadsden Funeral Home records / 3. Affiliations

Newspaper Articles, 1964, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents note

Advertisement for Sunset Memorial Gardens and 1964 News and Courier article on Morris Street Baptist Church fire

Dates: 1964, undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Gadsden Funeral Home records / 3. Affiliations

Biographical Info: Eugene Gadsden, Eugene Duncan, and Vivian Duncan, circa 2002

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents note

Biographical sketches and photocopied pictures of Eugene Gadsden, Eugene Duncan and his wife Vivian Duncan.

Dates: circa 2002
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Gadsden Funeral Home records / 1. Family Papers / 1.1 Family History

Biographical Info: Eugenia Duncan Johnson, Roosevelt Johnson, and Lewis Duncan, circa 2002

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents note

Biographical sketches and photocopied pictures of Eugene Duncan Johnson, her husband Roosevelt Johnson, and brother Lewis Duncan.

Dates: circa 2002
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Gadsden Funeral Home records / 1. Family Papers / 1.1 Family History

Biographical Info: Paul Green, James Seay, and Ernest DeLyons, circa 2002

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents note

Biographical sketches and photocopied pictures of Paul Green, James Seay and Ernest DeLyons.

Dates: circa 2002
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Gadsden Funeral Home records / 1. Family Papers / 1.1 Family History

Obituaries, 1969-2006

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

This series contains three subseries detailing the biographical history, educational material, and photographs of the family. This series includes a comprehensive historical sketch of the family beginning with the patriarchs, Eugene Gadsden and his adopted son Eugene Duncan who respectively founded and established the Gadsden Funeral Home.

Dates: 1969-2006
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Gadsden Funeral Home records / 1. Family Papers / 1.1 Family History

Newspaper Articles, 1984-2001

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

This series contains three subseries detailing the biographical history, educational material, and photographs of the family. This series includes a comprehensive historical sketch of the family beginning with the patriarchs, Eugene Gadsden and his adopted son Eugene Duncan who respectively founded and established the Gadsden Funeral Home.

Dates: 1984-2001
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Gadsden Funeral Home records / 1. Family Papers / 1.1 Family History

Avery Institute Certificate, circa 1948

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents note

Merit Award for Clarence Duncan in football from Avery High School

Dates: circa 1948
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Gadsden Funeral Home records / 1. Family Papers / 1.2 School Related Material

Burke Industrial School Material, circa 1921, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents note

Newspaper clipping of Burke Program (Vivian Austin on roll of Teachers' Normal Class) and Burke Industrial School Report Card for Vivian Austin

Dates: circa 1921, undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Gadsden Funeral Home records / 1. Family Papers / 1.2 School Related Material
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