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AR.2014.047
Dates: -
Creator: Dixon, Freddie B., Sr.
Persons
  • Dixon, Freddie B., Sr.
  • Delco, Wilhelmina R. (Wilhelmina Ruth)
  • Dixon, Ernest T.
Organizations
  • Wesley United Methodist Church (Austin, Tex.)
  • United Methodist Church (U.S.). Southwest Texas Conference
  • National Urban League
  • Huston-Tillotson University
  • City of Austin
  • Austin Independent School District (Tex.)
  • Austin (Tex.). Planning Commission
  • Austin Area Urban League
  • Kealing Junior High School (Austin, Tex.)
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Religious life and customs
  • Austin (Tex.)--Race relations
  • East Austin (Austin, Tex.)--Social conditions
Subjects
  • African American neighborhoods--Texas--Austin--History
  • City planning--Texas--Austin
  • Political activists--Texas--Austin
  • African Americans--Social conditions
  • Zoning--Texas--Austin
  • Social reformers--Texas--Austin
  • African Americans--Texas--Societies, etc.
  • Neighborhood government--Texas--Austin
  • African American churches--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.1994.079
Dates: -
Creator: Comanche Baptist Church (Travis County, Tex.)
Persons
  • Fowler, Charles
  • Fowler, Pearl
  • Houston, Ella
  • Houston, Elmo
  • Houston, Roberta
  • Houston, Susanna
  • Jones, C. H.
  • Pearson, Aaron
  • Patterson, Ada
  • Shaw, S. F.
Organizations
  • Comanche Baptist Church (Travis County, Tex.)
Places
  • Travis County (Tex.)--Religious life and customs
Subjects
  • African American churches--Texas--Austin
  • Baptists--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.2018.032
Dates: -
Creator: Nesby, Donald Ray
Persons
  • Passon, Wesley H.
  • Nesby, Donald Ray
  • Seabrook, John Jarvis
Organizations
  • Anderson High School (Austin, Tex.)
  • Gregorytown School (Austin, Tex.)
  • Huston-Tillotson University (Austin, Tex.)
  • Manor High School (Manor, Tex.)
  • Olive Street School (Austin, Tex.)
  • Robertson Hill School (Austin, Tex.)
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church (Austin, Tex.)
  • St. John Regular Missionary Baptist Association (Austin, Tex.)
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Pictorial works
  • Austin (Tex.)--Religious life and customs
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
Subjects
  • Public schools--Texas--Austin
  • Universities and colleges--Texas--Austin--History
  • African Americans--Social life and customs
  • African Americans--Portraits
  • African Americans--Texas--Austin--History
  • African American churches--Texas--Austin
  • Photography--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Photographic materials
Access: Available on-site

Harold Lewis Photographs

AR.2022.016
Dates: -
Creator: Lewis, Harold
Persons
  • Lewis, Harold
Organizations
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • St. John Regular Missionary Baptist Association (Austin, Tex.)
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
Subjects
  • Photography--Texas--Austin
  • African American photographers
  • African Americans--Civil rights--Texas--History--20th century
  • African American churches--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Advance notice required