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Dr. James R. Porter (first Black dentist in Atlanta) and Dr. Albert B. Cooper (holding framed diploma)

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9

Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The collection is approximately ½ cubic feet and includes correspondence, photographs, broadside, newspaper clippings, one magazine, a Bio Data (two pages) about Ann N. Cooper, and two scrapbooks. The first scrapbook (compiled by Albert Cooper) is about aviation. It contains 48 pages; 13 pages are blank. Page 33 of this scrapbook features a picture of a cocky little biplane (First Atlanta Mail Plane), called the Pitcairn Mailwing. It is important to read the story accompanying each aircraft because it is stated that Black pilots could not fly few of them because of race.

Griffith Jerome Davis, a noted Atlanta photographer, compiled the second photographic scrapbook, which includes pictures of Army Air Corps students, Spelman students and graduates, family members, and celebrities such as singer/actor Paul Robeson and singer Marian Anderson - 1940s.

Dates

  • 1922-1956

Creator

Restrictions on Use

There are no restrictions on research use of this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Cubic feet

Language

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Repository

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