Subject: African American families / Collection: OpenUCLA Collections and Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Pearl Hinds (Roberts) in her sixth grade class portrait at Durant Grammar School, Oakland, circa 1904

Description:: Pearl W. Hinds Roberts was the daughter of Lucy and Wiley Hinds, owner of one of the largest cattle ranches in California. She graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. She was a member of the Electoral College in 1952. She was married to Frederick M. Roberts, the first black Assemblyman elected to state office west of the Mississippi.
Date:: [circa 1904]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Weitz, Hugo, b. 1849
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

John Thomas Hinds in his high school class portrait, circa 1896

Description:: Frederick Madison Roberts was a newspaper owner and editor, educator, and business owner. He was also the first African American elected to the California State Assembly. Roberts was a great-grandson of Sally Hemings and President Thomas Jefferson.
Date:: [circa 1896]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. and Mrs. Alva Curtis Garrott, Sr. and their three children, Glendale, circa 1905

Description:: Studio portrait of the Garrott family: Lillie Garrott (mother), Dr. Alva Garrott, Sr. (father), Miriam Garrott, Alva Garrott (behind Miriam), and Robert Garrott.
Date:: [circa 1905]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Charles H. Matthews, Paul R. Williams and Frederick M. Roberts at the wedding reception Marilyn Williams and Elbert Hudson, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Charles Heard Matthews was a prominent attorney in Los Angeles who served on numerous boards including Golden State and Liberty Savings. He was the younger brother of Miriam Matthews.
Date:: June 5, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Griffin, Earl, b. 1914 or 15
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Leon F. Marsh, Sr. when he was in the 25 infantry at age 17, Galveston, circa 1898

Description:: Studio portrait of First Lieutenant Leon F. Marsh, Sr., in the 25th Infantry of the U. S. Army at age 17. Marsh later married Vivian Osborne Marsh.
Date:: [circa 1898]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Harper & Co., Galveston, Tex.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African American family, 1940-1960

Description:: Studio portrait of an African American family with a daughter (aged 9-11), and a son (aged 4-7), standing behind a table with a floral arrangement.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Raymond Anderson [need more info.]

Description:: Includes Miriam McCard Rogers, Owen Johnson McCard, Beverly Scott McCard, and Lois McCard
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Lois McCard, Oakland, circa 1910

Description:: Studio portrait of Lois McCard.
Date:: [circa 1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Five women representing 5 generations of the family of J. H. Skanks, Los Angeles, 1890s

Description:: J. H. Skanks was a successful barber in Los Angeles.
Date:: [1890s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Clyde & Mildred Tomkies on a Christmas card, circa 1948

Description:: Christmas greeting card containing a picture of Clyde and Mildred Tomkies seated together in their living room on a sofa behind a coffee table.
Date:: [circa 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Woman posing with a toddler boy, 1940-1960

Description:: Young African American woman seated with young child in the living room of a house. Behind them are a lamp on a table and a mantle with family photographs.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott family and others at the "tent house," Glendale, circa 1907

Description:: Lillie Garrott (former Lillie Dejarnette / De Jarnette), wife of Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott (probably, left), with her children Miriam Garrott (holding baseball bat), Alva Garrott (seated, left), and Robert Garrott (seated, right) in front of the temporary "tent house" with six other children. Three of the girls hold tennis racquets.
Date:: [circa 1907]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Woman in the family of James Marsh Harvey, 1890-1910

Description:: Studio portrait of a woman in the family of contractor James Marsh Harvey.
Date:: [1890-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Relative of Mary Ann Knox (?), undated

Description:: This photograph also appears in the folder of images of Corona White Bauman and her parents, Lloyd and Mary White.
Date:: undated
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mattie Scott (Nelson) and family, Los Angeles, circa 1905

Description:: Scott family at home at 757 San Julian Street, Los Angeles. The woman with the little girl might be Bertha Scott Glenn and her daughter Berthella. The woman seated directly behind her is probably Mattie Scott (Nelson). The other women might be two of the other four Scott sisters, who were Lettie, May and Nellie. One of the men might be Bertha's husband, William Glenn.
Date:: [circa 1905]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Emma Campbell Marsh, 1885-1895

Description:: Studio portrait of Emma Campbell Marsh, mother of Leon F. Marsh (husband of Vivian Osborne Marsh), with her second husband, Mr. Jackson.
Date:: [1885-1895]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Ruby Harvey, circa 1915

Description:: Ruby Fulks was the daughter of contractor James Marsh Harvey.
Date:: [circa 1915]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Earl C. Broady with family members, Los Angeles, 1963

Description:: Members of the Broady family, including Earl Broady j(right), a seated elderly woman and two other standing men, in the doorway of a house.
Date:: May 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Laura Minerva Robinson Toombs, Red Bluff, 1880s-1890s

Description:: Studio portrait of Laura Minerva Robinson Toombs.
Date:: [1880-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Gaines
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Portraits of a young woman and her baby, friends of the Miriam Matthews family, 1920-1940

Description:: These images are of the same young woman (Lois Towns Solomon?): uclalsc_1889_b11_f01_001, uclalsc_1889_b11_f01_002, and uclalsc_1889_b11_f01_006.
Date:: [1920-1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

John and Welcome Watson, posing with a car, Los Angeles, 1910-1920

Description:: View of John Emanuel Johnson, with his foot on the running board, and Welcome Watson, seated inside of a large, dark colored convertible car parked in front of a dwelling.
Date:: [1910-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

George Cushnie, Amy Cushnie and their child Eugenia, Los Angeles, circa 1914

Description:: Studio portrait of the Cushnie family with parents Amy and George Cushnie and Eugenia.
Date:: [circa 1914]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Store build by Fannie and James Lockett, Duarte, circa 1910

Description:: Fannie and James Lockett came to Duarte in 1908. In 1909 they built a house and started a general store.
Date:: [circa 1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Louise Kenner, circa 1940

Description:: Louise Kenner, wife of Byron Kenner, was a college graduate, active in social organizations, and an active member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Date:: [circa 1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Family of Dr. Alice Watkins Garrott when she was a child, circa 1905

Description:: Studio portrait of the family of Alice Watkins Garrott: parents Sara N. Watkins and John W. Watkins; brothers Philip, John and Delbert; Alice and three of her four sisters: Elizabeth, Gertrude, Edith and Eva.
Date:: [circa 1905]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Two African American women in Bessie Coleman's family, 1920s

Description:: View of two women, members of Bessie Coleman's family, standing arm-in-arm in front of a door. One is wearing a fur coat and holding a child's doll.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Julia Campbell, 1870s

Description:: Studio portrait of Julia Campbell, maternal grandmother of Leon F. Marsh (husband of Vivian Osborne Marsh).
Date:: [1870s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Clara Logan Frazier, daughter of Minerva Petit Logan Robinson, aunt of Lora Toombs Scott, 1880s

Description:: Clara Ann Logan Frazier was the daughter of Minerva Petit Logan Robinson, aunt of Lora Toombs Scott.
Date:: [1880s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Samuel B. Danley, Jr. and Theresa Bel Virginia Harper Danley, Washington, D. C., 1955-1960

Description:: Samuel B. Danley, Jr., was a Department of Labor employment specialist. He and Theresa Bel Virginia Harper Danley were the parents of Margaret and Theresa.
Date:: [1955-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Boyd family, Los Angeles, circa 1910

Description:: Studio portrait of the Boyd family with the parents Robert James Boyd and Emma P. Barrett Boyd, and their children, left to right: Barrett, Helen and Willis. Robert and the children are seated on a wooden garden bench placed in front of a painted landscape backdrop.
Date:: [circa 1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Unidentified female relative of Lora Tombs Scott, possibly her mother, Laura Minerva Robinson Toombs, 1880s-1890s

Description:: Studio portrait of a young woman, probably a relative of Lora Toombs Scott.
Date:: [1880-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Garrott family members (?) at Sycamore Canyon (?), Glendale (?), circa 1910

Description:: Two men and three women seated on a canyon slope, possibly members of the Alva Curtis Garrott family, possibly at Sycamore Canyon in Glendale.
Date:: [circa 1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

William R. Robinson, 1870s-1880s

Description:: William R. Robinson was the second husband of Minerva Petit Logan Robinson, and the maternal grandfather of Lora Toombs Scott. He lived in Tehama, California.
Date:: [1870-1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Group portrait of 19 children, probably including Patricia Roberts, 1940s

Description:: Frederick Madison Roberts was a newspaper owner and editor, educator, and business owner. He was also the first African American elected to the California State Assembly. Roberts was a great-grandson of Sally Hemings and President Thomas Jefferson.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Wedding of Gwen Jones and Dr. John F. Simmons, Los Angeles, 1941

Description:: Family wedding photo Dr. John F. Simmons and Gwen Jones, with the parents, Edith Jones and Clarence Jones, on the left. The bride's maids might be Gwen's sisters, Edith and Corine.
Date:: 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Minerva Petit Logan Robinson, 1880s-1890s

Description:: Studio portrait of Minerva Petit Logan Robinson.
Date:: [1880-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Chester Williams, Brother of Paul R. Williams, 1920-1930

Description:: Chester Williams standing with tennis racket in a garden with an arbor.
Date:: [1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

James D. Logan, 1870s (?)

Description:: Studio portrait of James D. Logan.
Date:: [1870s (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Great grandchildren of Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott, Los Angeles (vicinity), circa 1960

Description:: These are the grandchildren of Alva Curtis Garrott, Jr., son of Dr. Alva Garrott. Their mothers are Jean Garrott Le Blanc (1924-1977), Marjorie Garrott Mingleton (1928-1973) and Carmen Garrott Riddle (1934-2014).
Date:: [circa 1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Family of contractor James Marsh Harvey, circa 1915

Description:: Group portrait of contractor James Marsh Harvey (seated, center) with probably with his sons: Jessie, Frank, William and Earnest; his son -in-law Richard Fulks; and his daughter Ruby Fulks and two other women. They are outside a house.
Date:: [circa 1915]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Pleasant Dixon Logan, 1870s-1880s

Description:: Studio portrait of Pleasant Dixon Logan.
Date:: [1870-1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Nelle Johnson, aunt of Ralph Bunche with a dog at home, Los Angeles, circa 1919

Description:: Nelle Johnson, an aunt of Ralph Bunche, with a dog in the yard of their home located at 1221 East 37th Street (later changed to 1221 East 41st Street).
Date:: [circa 1919]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Portrait of a Young woman, Mary Ann Knox family, 1880-1900 (?)

Description:: This photograph also appears in the folder of images of Corona White Bauman and her parents, Lloyd and Mary White.
Date:: [1880-1900 (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mary Adam, maternal grandmother of Vivian Osborne Marsh, 1870s-1880s

Description:: Studio portrait of Mary Adam, maternal grandmother of Vivian Osborne Marsh.
Date:: [1870s-1880s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Beverly McCard with his wife, Gertrude, his infant son, Beverly, and an elderly man, Sacramento, circa 1928

Description:: Beverly McCard with his wife, Gertrude, his infant son, Beverly, and an elderly man on the steps of the house of the caterer Beverly Johnson.
Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Jennie Lockett, early California clubwoman, Duarte, circa 1910

Description:: Fannie and James Lockett came to Duarte in 1908. In 1909 they built a house and started a general store.
Date:: [circa 1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Group portrait with the Alva Curtis Garrott family, Glendale, circa 1907

Description:: Group portrait at the Garrott home in Glendale with the Garrotts and others: front row, L to R: Alva Curtis Garrott (2nd), Lillie Garrott (3rd); 2nd row: Miriam Garrott (center). They are at the "tent" house; which was a temporary dwelling.
Date:: [circa 1907]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Guest (?) at the wedding of Sherrill and Anne Luke (?), Los Angeles, 1959

Description:: Portrait of a young women in an organdy dress with ruffles.
Date:: August 22, 1959
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Jon Evans LA
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Julia Hinds, Visalia, circa 1897

Description:: Wiley Hinds was a wealthy California rancher and farmer in the area of Kaweah and Mineral King, in Tulare County. His daughter, Pearl, married Frederick Madison Roberts.
Date:: [circa 1897]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Albert Frazier, husband of Clara Logan Frazier, San Francisco, 1870s-1880s

Description:: Studio portrait of Albert Frazier.
Date:: [1870-1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Taber
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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