456. MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
7 items, 1839-1935
Collection relates chiefly to Richmond
blacks and includes a minute book for the Clocks Social Club detailing the
regular and business meetings of the club and recording dues and attendance.
Also included are a list of sewing instructions, a February 1935 letter to the Clocks urging them to buy tickets to
hear the Eva Jessye Choir at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, a copy of the
Reverend John Jasper's sermon "De sun do move,"
and a photograph of Jasper. A February 11, 1839, letter from Sarah McPhail of Franklin,
Tennessee, to her
brother, Thomas Glass of Winchester, gives
family and farm news and mentions the loss of a Negro woman.
(Acc.
8979-u)