- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Ambulance Company 111 Album
- Description
- Photographs of Ambulance Company 111 at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia. Soldiers being entertained by an African American singer.
- Provenance
- From MG-45 the World War I Collection. Photograph album compiled by Ralph Cole of Ambulance Company 111
- Year Range From
- 1917
- Year Range To
- 1919
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subject
- African Americans
- Search Terms
- African American men
- Ambulance Company No. 111
- Camp Hancock, Georgia
- Persons of color
- Singers
- Singing
- World War I
- WWI
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Dimention Details
- Loose black paper pages from a large photograph album
- Object ID
- A-75-01-09
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Ambulance Company No. 3 Album
- Description
- African American man and a goat at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia, during World War I.
- Provenance
- Black paper album and loose photographs of Ambulance Company No. 3 during training at Camp Hancock, Augusta Georgia, in France during World War I, and as veterans after the war. Album is very fragile. Donated by Mrs. Charles Fasnacht, daughter of George Walzl. With album is a brief history of the company and list of known living members as of 1981.
- Year Range From
- 1917
- Year Range To
- 1918
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Subject
- African Americans
- Search Terms
- African American men
- Camp Hancock, Georgia
- Goats
- Military
- Persons of color
- World War I
- WWI
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Condition
- Poor
- Condition Notes
- 2009-06-11
- Object ID
- A-43-01-42
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Ambulance Company No. 3 Album
- Description
- African American man singing at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia, during World War I.
- Provenance
- Black paper album and loose photographs of Ambulance Company No. 3 during training at Camp Hancock, Augusta Georgia, in France during World War I, and as veterans after the war. Album is very fragile. Donated by Mrs. Charles Fasnacht, daughter of George Walzl. With album is a brief history of the company and list of known living members as of 1981.
- Year Range From
- 1917
- Year Range To
- 1918
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Subject
- African Americans
- Search Terms
- African American men
- Camp Hancock, Georgia
- Entertainment
- Military
- Persons of color
- Singers
- World War I
- WWI
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Condition
- Poor
- Condition Notes
- 2009-06-11
- Object ID
- A-43-01-46
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Ambulance Company No. 3 Album
- Description
- African American man singing at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia, during World War I.
- Provenance
- Black paper album and loose photographs of Ambulance Company No. 3 during training at Camp Hancock, Augusta Georgia, in France during World War I, and as veterans after the war. Album is very fragile. Donated by Mrs. Charles Fasnacht, daughter of George Walzl. With album is a brief history of the company and list of known living members as of 1981.
- Year Range From
- 1917
- Year Range To
- 1918
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Subject
- African Americans
- Search Terms
- African American men
- Camp Hancock, Georgia
- Entertainment
- Military
- Persons of color
- Singers
- World War I
- WWI
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Condition
- Poor
- Condition Notes
- 2009-06-11
- Object ID
- A-43-01-48
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Ambulance Company No. 3 Album
- Description
- African American man singing at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia, during World War I.
- Provenance
- Black paper album and loose photographs of Ambulance Company No. 3 during training at Camp Hancock, Augusta Georgia, in France during World War I, and as veterans after the war. Album is very fragile. Donated by Mrs. Charles Fasnacht, daughter of George Walzl. With album is a brief history of the company and list of known living members as of 1981.
- Year Range From
- 1917
- Year Range To
- 1918
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Subject
- African Americans
- Search Terms
- African American men
- Camp Hancock, Georgia
- Entertainment
- Military
- Persons of color
- Singers
- World War I
- WWI
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Condition
- Poor
- Condition Notes
- 2009-06-11
- Object ID
- A-43-01-49
Images
- Collection
- Oral History Collection
- Title
- African-American Veterans Oral History Project interview with Hazel Jackson
- Object ID
- OH0163
- Date Range
- 2007/03/15
…The African American community uh…was was all I mean most
of the African Americans lived in a uh...in the southeast area. And, and most of them
attended um…well, uh, for the um…elementary and junior high. Well the junior high
school was the Hand Junior High School. That was, that was the um junior
1 document
- Collection
- Oral History Collection
- Title
- African-American Veterans Oral History Project interview with Hazel Jackson
- Description
- Oral history interview with Hazel Jackson, the first African American teacher in the School District of Lancaster.
- Date Range
- 2007/03/15
- Date of Interview
- 2007-03-15
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Interviewer
- LeFever, Carol
- Narrator
- Jackson, Hazel
- Other Creators
- Shugar, Miles, collector
- Subjects
- African Americans
- African American women
- African American teachers
- African American Veterans
- Oral history
- Search Terms
- African American teachers
- African American Veterans
- African American women
- Local figures
- Oral histories
- Persons of color
- Teachers
- Veterans
- Women
- Area / Region
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Place of Interview
- Home of Hazel Jackson
- Object Name
- Recording, Video
- Length of Interview
- 1:31:50
- Object ID
- OH0163
- Description Level
- Item
Documents
- Collection
- Oral History Collection
- Object ID
- OH0166
- Date Range
- 2006/02/13
Lancaster County Historical Society
African-American Veterans Oral History Project
Interviewer: Carole LeFever
Interviewee: Wilkerson, Ruby and Spencer
Location: Home of the Wilkersons
Subject: Military experiences
Date of Interview: February 13, 2006
Transcription Date: February 23, 2009
1 document
- Collection
- Oral History Collection
- Description
- African American Veterans Oral History interview with Ruby Wilkerson.
- Date Range
- 2006/02/13
- Date of Interview
- 2006-02-13
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Interviewer
- LeFever, Carole
- Narrator
- Wilkerson, Ruby
- Search Terms
- African American American Legion Post 780
- African American Veterans
- African American Women
- Oral histories
- Persons of color
- Veterans
- Women
- Place of Interview
- Home of Ruby Wilkerson
- Object Name
- Recording, Video
- Length of Interview
- 1:00:36
- Object ID
- OH0166
- Notes
- Mark Subject
- Classification
- OH0166
- Description Level
- Item
Documents
- Collection
- Oral History Collection
- Object ID
- OH0165
- Date Range
- 2006/10/17
the charter and the beginning of the African
American Legion begun in 1946. And, uh…Sidney Bridgett is one of the living members
of those who signed this charter along with Nelson Polite, uh…senior, and uh Donald K.
Wilson. And, uh, this event will take, uh, Armistice Day which does absolutely happen
1 document
- Collection
- Oral History Collection
- Description
- African American Veterans Oral History interview with Sydney Bridgett Sr. Bridgett discusses how the African American-American Legion Post 780 was established in Lancaster County.
- Date Range
- 2006/10/17
- Date of Interview
- 2006-10-17
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Interviewer
- LeFever, Carol
- Narrator
- Bridgett, Sidney
- Search Terms
- African American American Legion Post 780
- African American Veterans
- African American Veterans Oral History
- Oral histories
- Persons of color
- Veterans
- Place of Interview
- Home of Sidney Bridgett
- Object Name
- Recording, Video
- Length of Interview
- 1:00:36
- Object ID
- OH0165
- Notes
- Mark Subject
- 0:05:08 First annual military ball held at Crispus Attucks Comunity Center
- 0:05:38 Orginal program from where the charter was presented
- 0:07:31 Contains three chapter verses of the Negro Naitonal Anthem and call to order
- Classification
- OH0165
- Description Level
- Item
Documents
- Collection
- Oral History Collection
- Object ID
- OH0164
- Date Range
- 2006/10/19
Lancaster County Historical Society
African-American Veterans Oral History Project
Interviewer: Carole LeFever
Interviewee: Nelson Polite
Location: Home of Nelson Polite
Subject: American Legion Post 780
Date of Interview: October 19, 2006
Transcription Date: January 23, 2009
Transcriber: Miles
1 document
- Collection
- Oral History Collection
- Description
- African American Veteran oral history interview with Nelson Polite Sr., a prominent African American leader in Lancaster City.
- Date Range
- 2006/10/19
- Date of Interview
- 2006-10-19
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Interviewer
- LeFever, Carol
- Narrator
- Polite, Nelson Sr.
- Search Terms
- African American Veterans
- African American American Legion Post 780
- Local figures
- Oral histories
- Persons of color
- Veterans
- Place of Interview
- Home of Nelson Polite Sr.
- Object Name
- Recording, Video
- Length of Interview
- 00:48:21
- Object ID
- OH0164
- Classification
- OH0164
- Description Level
- Item
Documents
- Collection
- Black History Collection
- Title
- Photocopy of "The Negro Civic Congress of Lancaster County held in Lancaster County Court House, October 3rd and 4th 1918"
- Object ID
- MG0240_Ser02_F016_It01
- Date Range
- 1918/10
1 document
- Collection
- Black History Collection
- Title
- Photocopy of "The Negro Civic Congress of Lancaster County held in Lancaster County Court House, October 3rd and 4th 1918"
- Description
- Photocopy of "The Negro Civic Congress of Lancaster County held in Lancaster County Court House, October 3rd and 4th 1918." The booklet includes background information about this civic congress of Blacks in Lancaster, a biography of Rev. F. T. M. Webster, program of events, committee and ladies' auxiliary members, pictures of speakers and Lancaster's Black leaders, advertising for local businesses, historical and statistical data, and distinguished Pennsylvanians.
- Admin/Biographical History
- The idea of this Civic Congress of Blacks in Lancaster was introduced by Rev. F. T. M. Webster, pastor of the Bethel A. M. E. Church, and received the overwhelming support of the community.
- Date Range
- 1918/10
- Creation Date
- October 1918
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 06
- People
- Allen, Richard
- Anderson, George L.
- Anderson, Mildred
- Bailey, Bessie
- Bailey, Charles
- Ball, James H.
- Barber, Florence
- Beaubian, Beulah
- Beaubian, Charles S.
- Blonden, Louisa
- Book, Anna H.
- Book, Simon
- Bradley, Daniel
- Bridgett, Alexander
- Broadnax, Joseph
- Brown, E. D.
- Brown, Ernest
- Brown, H. H.
- Cain, Annie
- Cain, Jennie
- Cain, John
- Cain, Louisa
- Carter, John C.
- Carter, John W.
- Carter, Laura
- Carter, Nettie
- Clark, Josephine
- Clark, Russia
- Clark, Ruth
- Cohn, Jason
- Cooper, Bella
- Craig, Mary
- Craig, Samuel
- Davis, Emily
- Davis, Robert
- Dorsey, Steven
- Edwards, Mary
- Edwards, Thomas L.
- Foster, Carrie
- Foster, Daniel
- George, H. E., Mrs.
- George, Harriet
- Goins, Dora
- Green, Annie
- Green, Charles
- Green, Cora
- Green, Jane
- Green, Mary A.
- Hardy, Laura
- Hayes, Hannah
- Hayes, O. H.
- Heard, William Henry
- Henry, Ella
- Henry, Mary
- Hill, Emily
- Hill, Harriet
- Hood, Solomon Porter
- Hopkins, Ada
- Hopkins, Sadie
- Hopkins, Stanton
- Hunter, Mabel
- Hunter, Rosie
- Hurdle, Emma
- Hurdle, James
- Jackson, Florence
- Jackson, Letitia
- Jackson, Rebecca
- Johnson, Chester A.
- Johnson, Estella Book
- Johnson, Florence
- Kelley, Calvin
- Kelley, David
- Keyes, Emma
- La Barre, John
- Link, John Lewis
- Lynch, Dora
- MacNeal, William
- Mason, Alice
- Mitchell, Blanche
- Moore, Martha
- Morrison, J. S.
- Morrison, J. S., Mrs.
- Moton, Charles
- Murray, Clara P.
- Nickumn, Theresa
- Palmer, John M.
- Payne, Benedine
- Polite, Abraham L.
- Polite, Blanche
- Price, J. C.
- Richardson, Ella M.
- Robinson, Sara
- Rosenthal, Isidore
- Shissler, Simon
- Shorter, George
- Snow, Josephine
- Spraggan, R. F.
- Stewart, J. O.
- Tall, Rebecca
- Thomas, Virginia
- Thornton, Elizabeth
- Toney, Joseph M.
- Trout, Henry Leightner "Harry"
- Tryman, Mary
- Turner, Ruth
- Waters, Ruth
- Webster, Frank T. M.
- William, Ella
- Williams, Mary
- Wilson, Albert E., Sr.
- Wilson, Edith
- Wilson, Helen
- Wilson, Laura
- Wilson, Maude
- Winston, Charity
- Winston, William
- Witcher, W. E.
- Wolford, Edward
- Woods, Elizabeth
- Subjects
- Advertising
- African American civic leaders
- African Americans--History
- Civic leaders
- Clergy
- Clergy, Black
- Pamphlets
- Programs (Publications)
- Search Terms
- Advertising
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Civic leaders
- Civic leaders, Black
- Clergy
- Conferences
- Klassen's
- Klevensky Grocery
- Lancaster Sanitary Milk Company, Inc.
- Ministers, Black
- Negro Civic Congress of Lancaster County
- Negro News Agency
- Pamphlets
- Persons of color
- Programs
- R. F. Keppel and Brother, Inc.
- Royal Pressing Shop
- Extent
- 1 item, 28 pages to scan
- Object Name
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0240_Ser02_F016_It01
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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- Credit
- Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Other Numbers
- MG-240, Series 2
- Other Number
- MG-240, Series 2, Folder 16, Item 1
- Classification
- MG0240
- Description Level
- Item
- Custodial History
- Added to database on 31 March 2022.
- Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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