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The Joan
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| Provenance: | The collection was donated to the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library by Joan Reese. |
| Ownership: |
Literary and copyrights have been assigned to the Denver Public Library. |
| Call Number: | MS-ARL11 |
| Size: | 1 box (1.0 linear foot) |
| Processed By: | Tammi E. Haddad |
| Date: | May 2001 |
Scope and Content | Series | Container Listing
Among other pursuits, Joan Reese served as a longtime volunteer in the Western History Department at the Denver Public Library. These papers include her research notes (for an unfinished book) on African Americans in Colorado. The collection contains index cards on various subjects pertaining to blacks in Colorado. Many of the cards function as an annotated bibliography that will prove useful for subsequent researchers. Reese also compiled photographs, newspaper articles, correspondence, and papers for her research purposes – these are included, too.
Index Cards
Papers and Newspaper Articles
Photographs
The collection is divided into three series: Index Cards, Papers and Newspaper Articles, and Photographs.
Joan Reese's working notes comprise the first series. The Index Cards series includes notes taken and bibliographical information on various subjects. They are arranged in alphabetical order by subject.
The second series, Papers and Newspaper Articles, consists of correspondence,
short histories, newspaper articles, and miscellaneous notes.
The third series, Photographs, are various images gathered
during her research. Subjects include Hattie McDaniel, George Morrison,
Sr., and Burnis McCloud.
In order to avoid confusion, dates, for the most part, have been
omitted from this finding aid. Reese gathered her data in a number
of ways over a large span of time.
Series I: Index Cards
Box 1
| Box 1 | FF1 | 25 index cards and notes on bibliography | undated |
| Box 1 | FF2 | 13 index cards on blacks, Denver, business and businessmen | undated |
| Box 1 | FF3 | 5 index cards on churches | undated |
| Box 1 | FF4 | 10 index cards on blacks, Colorado, and colonization | undated |
| Box 1 | FF5 | 5 index cards on blacks, Denver, and crime | undated |
| Box 1 | FF6 | 19 index cards on blacks in Denver and demographics | undated |
| Box 1 | FF7 | 13 index cards on discrimination, Denver and blacks and 2 miscellaneous notes | undated |
| Box 1 | FF8 | 10 index cards on blacks, Denver, and education | undated |
| Box 1 | FF9 | 1 card on education and YMCA | undated |
| Box 1 | FF10 | 32 index cards on employment | undated |
| Box 1 | FF11 | 15 index cards on entertainment | undated |
| Box 1 | FF12 | 9 index cards on blacks, Denver, and housing | undated |
| Box 1 | FF13 | 18 index cards on the Ku Klux Klan | undated |
| Box 1 | FF14 | 2 index cards on labor unions and 2 notes on labor organizations | undated |
| Box 1 | FF15 | 93 index cards - 7 miscellaneous notes on musicians | undated |
| Box 1 | FF16 | 69 index cards with names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. | undated |
| Box 1 | FF17 | 74 index cards with names and addresses phone numbers, etc. | undated |
| Box 1 | FF18 | 11 index cards on blacks, Denver, and the NAACP | undated |
| Box 1 | FF19 | 8 index cards on black Denver newspapers and 2 miscellaneous index notes on magazines and blacks, etc. | undated |
| Box 1 | FF20 | 2 index cards and 1 note on black newspapers
in DPL’s Western History Department |
undated |
| Box 1 | FF21 | 52 miscellaneous index cards and notes | undated |
| Box 1 | FF22 | 24 index cards and notes on blacks, Denver, and personalities | undated |
| Box 1 | FF23 | 4 index cards on blacks, Denver, and pioneers | undated |
| Box 1 | FF24 | 9 index cards on Denver, population, and black statistics | undated |
| Box 1 | FF25 | 13 index cards on blacks, Denver, and politics | undated |
| Box 1 | FF26 | 13 index cards and notes on blacks, Denver, and religion | undated |
| Box 1 | FF27 | 4 index cards on blacks, Colorado, and settlements | undated |
| Box 1 | FF28 | 4 index cards on black Denver social institutions | undated |
| Box 1 | FF29 | 64 index cards on blacks, Denver, societies and clubs, and 7 miscellaneous notes | undated |
| Box 1 | FF30 | 2 index cards on blacks in the Spanish-American War | undated |
| Box 1 | FF31 | 2 index cards on blacks , Denver, and sports | undated |
| Box 1 | FF32 | 35 index cards on Denver, and Colorado weather | undated |
| Box 1 | FF33 | 6 index cards on World War II causalities and troop statistics | undated |
| Box 1 | FF34 | 37 index cards and notes on the home front in World War II | undated |
| Box 1 | FF35 | 42 index cards on blacks in World War II - racial discrimination - segregation | undated |
| Box 1 | FF36 | 32 index cards on black servicemen in World War II | undated |
| Box 1 | FF37 | 6 index cards on servicewomen in World War II | undated |
| Box 1 | FF38 | 14 index cards on World War II Tuskegee Airmen | undated |
| Box 1 | FF39 | 54 index cards on blacks in Colorado in World War I | undated |
| Box 1 | FF40 | 9 index cards on World War I - colored woman clubs, etc. | undated |
| Box 1 | FF41 | 22 index cards World War I - homefront - black patriotism - Liberty Bonds, etc. | undated |
| Box 1 | FF42 | 23 index cards on World War I, Denver, Colorado - segregation - Jim Crow - discrimination | undated |
| Box 1 | FF43 | 3 index cards on "Spanish Influenza" in World War I | undated |
Series II: Papers and Newspaper Articles
Box 1
| Box 1 | FF44 | 1 picture of George Morrison , Sr. | undated |
| Box 1 | FF45 | 1 picture of George Morrison, Sr. and his wife Willa May | undated |
| Box 1 | FF46 | 1 picture of George Morrison , Sr., his daughter Marion Robinson, his wife, Willa May, and Hattie McDaniel | undated |
| Box 1 | FF47 | Miscellaneous information on the life of George Morrison Sr. | undated |
| Box 1 | FF48 | Photograph of Hattie McDaniel (as Beulah) with Marvin Miller and 2 photographs of Hattie McDaniel as Beulah and Bill "Whitman" and 1 photograph of Sam McDaniel | undated |
| Box 1 | FF49 | Miscellaneous information on the life of Paul Whiteman | undated |
| Box 1 | FF50 | Brochure on the Tuskegee Airman Memorial Dedication |
05/06/1988 |
| Box 1 | FF51 | Newspaper articles on Burnis McCloud and 1 small photographs on Burnis McCloud | undated |
| Box 1 | FF52 | Photocopy of information of "The Negro Population of Denver, Colorado" | undated |
| Box 1 | FF53 | Correspondence to and from Joan Reese | undated |
| Box 1 | FF54 | Miscellaneous Notes | undated |
| Box 1 | FF55 | Miscellaneous newspaper articles | undated |
| Box 1 | FF56 | Miscellaneous photocopy articles | undated |
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