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Ralph Bunche, circa 1922-1930

Description:
Ralph Johnson Bunche was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel. He was the first African American to be so honored in the history of the prize. He was involved in the formation and administration of the United Nations. In 1963, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President John F. Kennedy. [Wikipedia]
Date:
[circa 1922-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hartsook, Fred, 1876-1930
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ralph Bunche, circa 1922-1930

Dr. John A. Somerville at a political meeting with Adlai E. Stevenson and others, 1950s

Description:
Adlai Ewing Stevenson was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, noted for his intellectual demeanor, eloquent public speaking, and promotion of progressive causes in the Democratic Party. He received the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 1952 and 1956 elections.
Date:
[1950s]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Smith, Irving C.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. John A. Somerville at a political meeting with Adlai E. Stevenson and others, 1950s

Dejarnette (or De Jarnette) family, Montgomery, 1894

Description:
Studio portrait of the Dejarnette (or De Jarnette) family; L to R, top row: Leslie Dejarnette Wheeler, Lillie Dejarnette Garrott, Alice Dejarnette Hooper, Katie Dejarnette Scott and Hattie Dejarnette Hamilton; middle row: Mabel Dejarnette Kennan, Robert Dejarnette (father), Stanley Dejarnette, Herbert Dejarnette and California Dejarnette (mother); front row: Robert Dejarnette and Gladys Dejarnette (baby).
Date:
1894
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dejarnette (or De Jarnette) family, Montgomery, 1894

Nella Allensworth, circa 1900

Description:
After his retirement from the military in 1906, Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town of Allensworth in 1908, with the idea that African Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream. It was named by Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth. It had a school system by 1910. With the death of Colonel Allensworth in 1914, the town experienced extreme losses, coupled with severe drought and decreased crop yields. Many residents left the area following World War I. The town was memorialized as a state park in 1974, and hosts events annually to preserve its history.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Nella Allensworth, circa 1900

Pearl Hinds Roberts with a gathering of women, circa 1960

Description:
Pearl Hinds Roberts was the widow of Frederick Madison Roberts, an American newspaper owner and editor, educator and business owner. He became a politician, the first known man of African American descent elected to the California State Assembly. He has been honored as the first person of African American descent to be elected to public office among the states on the West Coast.
Date:
[circa 1960]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Pearl Hinds Roberts with a gathering of women, circa 1960

Betye Saar and Alison Saar, Los Angeles, circa 1980

Description:
Alison Saar is an African American artist who seeks to clearly communicate her ideas and emotions through the power of form. Her sculptures have their own personal vocabulary that speaks in a direct language about history, race, and mythology. Her works tell the stories of the African American experience over time and space. She is the daughter of assemblage artist Betye Saar.
Date:
[circa 1980]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Betye Saar and Alison Saar, Los Angeles, circa 1980

Hale Woodruff, artist who painted the Golden State Mutual mural "The Negro in California History - Settlement and Development," circa 1930-1948

Description:
Photographic portrait of artist Hale Woodruff. Woodruff painted a mural in the lobby of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. building in Los Angeles, entitled "The Negro in California History - Settlement and Development" around 1948.
Date:
[circa 1930-1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Hale Woodruff, artist who painted the Golden State Mutual mural "The Negro in California History - Settlement and Development," circa 1930-1948

W. E. B. Du Bois at Pilgrim House with Dr. Harold M. Kingsley, Dr. Vada Somerville and others, Los Angeles, 1950 (?)

Description:
Dr. Vada Somerville (born Vada Jetmore Watson) of Pomona graduated from USC, married dentist John Alexander Somerville (1912), was the first African American woman and the second African American person to graduate from USC School of Dentistry (1918), and was the first African American woman certified to practice dentistry in the state of California. She was a civil rights activist, highly involved in several civic and community organizations.
Date:
[1950s (?)]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
McLain's Photo Service (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
W. E. B. Du Bois at Pilgrim House with Dr. Harold M. Kingsley, Dr. Vada Somerville and others, Los Angeles, 1950 (?)

Elmer Bartlett with combined church choirs at the Hollywood Bowl choir contest, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Elmer Bartlett was a highly acclaimed choir director and organist. Churches where he worked in include the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. He received several awards in the course of his career including first prize for directing the Los Angeles AME's choir at a 1926 choir competition at the Hollywood Bowl. By 1940 he had moved to Elgin Illinois. He continued to direct choirs and play the organ for various A.M.E. churches.
Date:
[July 12, 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Weaver LA
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Elmer Bartlett with combined church choirs at the Hollywood Bowl choir contest, Los Angeles, 1926

Marvin Hayes, 1944-1954

Description:
Marvin Hayes was an African American bass-baritone who performed in many styles of music from the Baroque to modern periods. He appeared as a soloist and as a chamber musician throughout the USA and Europe and he performed with major symphony orchestras. He lived his later years in Pacific Palisades and taught voice. He served on the faculty of Cal Arts from 1965 to 1979 and was a member of the Pomona College faculty from 1981 to 1995.
Date:
[1944-1954]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Marvin Hayes, 1944-1954