mixed material monographic eng fre 11,500 33 1 13.2 Correspondence, book drafts, transcripts of audiotapes, family papers, genealogical charts and research, business records, scrapbooks, printed material, photographs, and other papers pertaining to members of the Brooks and Kendrick families. Ruby Moyse Kendrick's papers document her participation in the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, her work as an educator and her social life in Greenville, Miss., and her husband Swan M. Kendrick's position with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Washington, D.C. Other family members represented include Martha Cobb and Webster M. Kendrick. Topics include race riots, African Americans in the press, lynching, and race and manpower in the U.S. Army during World War I. Correspondents include R.P. Andrews, Ray Stannard Baker, Samuel G. Blythe, Edward W. Brydie, Hervey A. Clemons, Octavus Roy Cohen, Irene M. Gaines, Rosa Lee Slade Gragg, Charles A. Howard, F.D. Johnson, T.S. Littlejohn, Ruby Elizabeth Stutts Lyells, Mabel Neely, Addie Pickle, Mamie B. Reese, Harrison Rhodes, and A.M. Trawick. Papers of Hattie Kendrick consist chiefly of transcripts of audiotape recordings concerning Kendrick family history and the life of the cotton farming family in Bolivar County, Miss., around 1900. Other topics include Hattie's life and work as an educator in Cairo, Ill., her involvement in civil rights and social activism, and African Americans in education. Antoinette Brooks Mitchell papers consist of scrapbooks containing correspondence, contracts, programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers documenting Louis A. Mitchell's career as a musician, band leader, restaurateur, and nightclub owner in the U.S., England, and France during the first half of the twentieth century, his role in the introduction of jazz to Europe, and his participation in baseball leagues in England and France, 1917-1918. Also includes papers of their son Louis A. (Jack) Mitchell. Correspondents include Walter H. Brooks, Louis Bustanoby, Vernon Castle, Victor Emmanuel, Leonard F. Guttridge, Bernie Harrison, Julian Jones, and Dan Kildare. Papers of Charlotte Brooks comprise research files used in compiling Brooks and Kendrick family histories. Family members represented include Albert R. Brooks and his wife Lucy Goode Brooks. Subjects include slavery and migration to the North. Restrictions apply. Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Brooks and Kendrick family members which include club women, civil rights activists, educators, and entertainers. Collection material in English and French. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006015 Andrews, R. P Correspondence Baker, Ray Stannard 1870-1946 Correspondence Blythe, Samuel G. (Samuel George) 1868-1947 Correspondence Brooks, Albert R Brooks, Lucy Goode Brooks, Walter H. (Walter Henderson) 1851- Correspondence Brydie, Edward W Correspondence Bustanoby, Louis -1917 Correspondence Castle, Vernon 1887-1918 Correspondence Clemons, Hervey A Correspondence Cobb, Martha Cohen, Octavus Roy 1891- Correspondence Gaines, Irene M. (Irene McCoy) 1896-1964 Correspondence Gragg, Rosa Lee Slade 1904-1989 Correspondence Guttridge, Leonard F Correspondence Harrison, Bernie Correspondence Howard, Charles A Correspondence Johnson, F. D Correspondence Jones, Julian Correspondence Kendrick, Swan M 1885-1923 Kendrick, Webster M Kildare, Dan 1879-1920 Correspondence Littlejohn, T. S Correspondence Lyells, Ruby Elizabeth Stutts 1908- Correspondence Neely, Mabel Correspondence Pickle, Addie Correspondence Reese, Mamie B Correspondence Rhodes, Harrison 1871-1929 Correspondence Trawick, A. M. (Arcadius McSwain) 1869- Correspondence Brooks family Kendrick family United States. Army African American troops National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.) African American musicians Europe African American musicians African Americans Education African Americans Societies, etc Baseball England Baseball France Civil rights United States Cotton growing Mississippi Bolivar County Education Illinois Cairo Education Mississippi Greenville Jazz Europe Lynching Migration, Internal United States Nightclubs England Nightclubs France Nightclubs United States Press United States Restaurateurs England Restaurateurs France Restaurateurs United States Riots United States Slavery United States Social problems United States World War, 1914-1918 African Americans World War, 1914-1918 Manpower Bolivar County (Miss.) History Greenville (Miss.) Social life and customs United States Race relations Brooks, Charlotte, 1918-1998 Kendrick, Hattie, 1894-1989 Kendrick, Ruby Moyse, 1886-1986 Mitchell, Antoinette Brooks, 1892-1972 Mitchell, Louis A., 1885-1957 Mitchell, Louis A., 1914-1972 mm 00084736 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms006015 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms006015.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006015 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006015.3 Restrictions apply. DLC 000808 20260227111613.0 mm 00084736