Overview The collection contains items from 1922 to 1956 that document life in Atlanta's African American community -- and about Ann N. Cooper and her husband, dentist Albert Berry Cooper, in particular. It includes a daybook, two scrapbooks, a magazine, correspondence, a brief biography of Ann Cooper prepared for the Utopian Literary Club, photographs, and posters. Of particular note are the aviation scrapbook compiled by Albert Cooper containing information about African American pilots; a...

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The Ephemera Comic Book Collection is a small collection of comic books ranging from 1950-1990. Most of these comic books are based on the lives and history of prominent African Americans such as Harriet Tubman, Matthew Henson, and Willie Mays.

Overview The collection spans from 1934 to 1993, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1951 to 1986. It consists of Jessie Thelma Beasley Archer's personal papers and documents her professional life at Morehouse College, her involvement in various social, religious, and professional organizations, including the Q-Ettes, the Professional Secretaries Club, and Professional Women of Atlanta, as well as her engagement with several historically black colleges and universities, including Spelman...