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Recital program for a concert given by pianist Gloria Roberts in Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Gloria Roberts, daughter of Pearl Hinds and Frederick Madison Roberts, graduated from the University of Southern California and studied at the Juilliard School of Music. She was a concert pianist, living and performing in Europe. Her grandmother, Ellen Hemings Roberts, was a granddaughter of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson.
Date Created:
1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Recital program for a concert given by pianist Gloria Roberts in Los Angeles, 1946

Gloria Roberts, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Gloria Roberts, daughter of Pearl Hinds and Frederick Madison Roberts, graduated from the University of Southern California and studied at the Juilliard School of Music. She was a concert pianist, living and performing in Europe. Her grandmother, Ellen Hemings Roberts, was a granddaughter of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson.
Date Created:
[circa 1946]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Gloria Roberts, Los Angeles, 1946

Fifty-sixth Annual session of the California Conference of A.M.E. Church, Los Angeles, 1923

Description:
First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date Created:
1923
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Meyer, E. L.
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Fifty-sixth Annual session of the California Conference of A.M.E. Church, Los Angeles, 1923

African American women at the Church of the Episcopal Church of the Advent, Los Angeles, 1963

Description:
The Episcopal Church of the Advent was founded in 1925. As constituent members of the Anglican Communion in the United States, we are descendants of and partners with the Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church. Lewis P. Bohler was the pastor from 1961 to 1996.
Date Created:
January 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
African American women at the Church of the Episcopal Church of the Advent, Los Angeles, 1963

Welcoming committee at Union Station for delegates for the A.M.E. Church General Conference, Los Angeles, 1960

Description:
Photo of a small group of African American women in business attire at Union Station greet African Methodist Episcopal Church conference delegates. Three hold signs reading "Welcome delegates A.M.E Gen'l Conference Ask Us!," Other African American adults are in the background.
Date Created:
May 1960
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Welcoming committee at Union Station for delegates for the A.M.E. Church General Conference, Los Angeles, 1960

Two African American couples standing on a walkway at Bruce's Beach, Manhattan Beach, circa 1920

Description:
Two couples on a boardwalk at Bruce's Beach, including a young woman in checked skirt and oversized waistcoat, with a large hat, a man in a black blazer, white pants and hat, a woman in white dress suit and white hat, and a tall man in a dark suit with his hands in his pockets.
Date Created:
[circa 1920]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Two African American couples standing on a walkway at Bruce's Beach, Manhattan Beach, circa 1920

African American family in front of a house with an awning, 1910-1920

Description:
African American family, one boy, two girls and the parents, standing in front of the porch of a house with a striped awning above them. They are dressed for a special occasion with the boy in a jacket and knickers suit, the girls in light-colored dresses and stockings with large bows in their hair, the mother in a light-colored blouse and long, silk skirt and the father in a light-colored three-piece suit.
Date Created:
[1910-1920]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
African American family in front of a house with an awning, 1910-1920

Josephine Allensworth, circa 1890

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 Created:
[circa 1890]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Josephine Allensworth, circa 1890

A. C. Bilbrew playing a piano, circa 1963

Description:
Madame A. C. Bilbrew was the director of the first black choir featured in a film, 1928's Hearts of Dixie, which also happened to be the first black "talkie." She was also a pioneer in radio, becoming the first African American soloist on the radio in 1923, and later, the first African American to have and host a show in 1942. She was a cast member of the movie The Foxes of Harrow in 1947. Bilbrew was a champion of women's rights and childhood literacy; she was a community leader, musician, poet, and deputy to Kenneth Hahn (County Supervisor) A Los Angeles branch library is named after her.
Date Created:
[circa 1963]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
A. C. Bilbrew playing a piano, circa 1963
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