Items

• Photograph of John Patton Sr., John Patton Jr., and Iris Patton

  Photograph of John Patton Sr., John Patton Jr., and Iris Patton. Patton Sr. is wearing a blue shirt and jeans. Patton Jr. is wearing a dark blue shirt and blue jeans. Iris Patton is wearing a blue patterned dress. Patton Sr., Patton Jr., and Iris Patton are seated on a white sofa.
  
• Daisy Collier's Receipt from Drs. Newell and Newell

  Daisy Collier's receipt from Drs. Newell and Newell. Dates January 6, 1935. The receipt total is $112.00
  
• Document titled "Colyar Family Facts"

  Typed document titled "Colyar Family Facts" The document includes facts about births, deaths, and other life events of the Colyar family.
  
• Tennessee Public Schools Certificate for Mabel Colyar

  A certificate from the State of Tennessee to Mabel Colyar for the completion of elementary school. Dated May 1, 1936.
  
• Photograph of Virginia Collier, her husband Jake Dozier and Mabel Duncan (right to left)

  Virginia Collier is pictured (right) seated at a table at the Club DeLISA in Chicago, Illinois. She is wearing a dark colored dress and a hat. Collier is seated next to her husband Jake Dozier. Dozier is wearing a dark colored striped suit. Mabel Duncan is seated next to Dozier. Duncan is wearing a dark colored suit and hat. c. 1940s
  
• Photograph of Virginia Collier (right)

  Virginia Collier is pictured (right) seated at the Club DeLisa in Chicago, Illinois. Collier is wearing a white blouse with a black vest. Collier is also wearing a feathered hat. There is a man and a woman both wearing dark colored clothing seated next to Collier. c. 1940s
  
• Photograph of Betty Moyer (Mabel Duncan’s employer)

  Betty Moyer is photographed walking down the sidewalk. She is wearing a dark colored suit and hat. She is holding a handbag in her arms. There is a woman walking down the sidewalk behind her.
  
• Photograph of Virginia Colyar and David Colyar (sister and brother)

  Virginia and David are seated at a table in a nightclub. Virginia is wearing a white feather hat. David is wearing a dark colored shirt. Clubgoers are in the background. c. 1930s-1940s
  
• Photograph of Mable (Colyar) Johnson

  Mable (Colyar) Johnson is photographed seated in a chair. Johnson is wearing a dark colored suit jacket, eyeglasses, and a pillbox style hat. c. 1960s
  
• Photograph card of Bishop Mable Sammons

  Mable Sammons is photographed kneeling in prayer at an altar. Sammons is wearing a white and dark colored robe. The text on the card reads "Bishop Mable Sammons Founder of St. Joseph Christian Spiritual Church 5335 Michigan Avenue. Chicago, Illinois"
  
• Photograph of Mable Sammons taken by D &H Studio Chicago

  Mable Sammons is photographed sitting on a bench with her hands folded in her lap. Sammons is wearing a white dress with a cross necklace.
  
• Photograph of Johnny Featherstone taken by Valentine Photographers of Chicago

  Johnny Featherstone is photographed at the Dunbar High School Senior Prom. Featherstone is wearing a black tuxedo with white shirt and is posing holding a cane.
  
• Photograph of Virginia Collier Featherstone and her son Johnny Featherstone

  Virginia Collier Featherstone is kneeling near her son Johnny Featherstone. Both are wearing dark colored coats. Johnny Featherstone's eyes are closed. c. 1930s
  
• Photograph of Libby (Childress) Johnson and Thomas Johnson

  Photograph of Libby (Childress) Johnson and Thomas Johnson seated on a sofa. Both Libby (Childress) Johnson is wearing a dark colored dress. Thomas Johnson is wearing a dark colored suit.
  
• Photograph of John Collier (top right) and a group of men

  Photograph of John Collier (top right) seated with a group of men. John Collier is wearing a dark colored jacket, white shirt, and light colored hat.
  
• Photograph of Virginia Collier and Willard Featherstone

  Virginia Collier is pictured with her husband Willard Featherstone at a night club seated at a table. Featherstone is wearing a dark colored pin striped suit. Collier is wearing a fur coat and hat. Numerous people in the background. c. 1930-1940
  
• Envelope to Sarah Colyar from C. E. Murray (December 24, 1940)

  Envelope to Sarah Colyar from C. E. Murray of Decherd, Tennessee. The envelope is blue in color and addressed to "Ms. Sarah Colyar (colored), Sewanee, Tennessee. The top left of the envelope contains a United States Postage Stamp of 3 cents.
  
• Letter to Dr. E. Dunbar Newell from David Shepard (February 11, 1935)

  Letter to Dr. E. Dunbar Newell from David Shepard. Shepard wrote to Dr. E. Dunbar Newell of Newell and Newell Sanitarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as to the reliability of Daisy Colyar to pay for medical treatment.
  
• Letter to David A. Shepherd from Dr. E. Dunbar Newell, October 22, 1935

  Letter to David A. Shepherd from Dr. E. Dunbar Newell of Newell and Newell Sanitarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  
• Letter to Daisy from Rev. Moultrie Guerry, September 3, 1935

  Hand written letter to Daisy from Rev. Moultrie Guerry September 3, 1935