Subject Geographic: Allensworth (Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Letter from Al Green, Chairman of the Allensworth Advisory Committee, to Anita Hagen, editor of a paper titled Insight. Apparently Insight published a story claiming that the town of Allensworth was a faded dream. Mr. Green explains to her why he thinks that this is not true, that Allensworth is a diamond, and invites her to join those advocating for Allensworth.
Date:: 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Allensworth was a town founded 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 1913
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Letter from Gaynelle Greene (wife of Al Green, Chairman of the Allensworth Advisory Committee) to Ida Berk. Ms. Green congratulates Ms. Berk on her appointment to the California Parks and Recreation Commission. Ms. Green refers to the letter from Mr. Robinson (Commissioner, State Parks) to Mr. Lasartemay (President of the East Bay Historical Society, and member of the subcommittee of the Allensworth Advisory Committee), urging against establishing Colonel Allensworth State Park at the historical site of Allensworth town, and recommending creating a park in an urban location instead. She states that the Allensworth Advisory Committee considers this letter, and other letters, to be an attempt to divide the members of the committee. She requests Ms. Berk to support the plan presented at the May 14th meeting.
Date:: May 4, 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Sixteen school children and two male adults pose for a group photograph in front of a wooden building.
Date:: [1910-1918]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Letter to Dr. Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of Negro Women, from Gaynelle and Al Green about the Allensworth Historical Project. Al Green was the Chairman of the Allensworth Advisory Committee. Mr. and Mrs. Green are asking Ms. Height to write to Director Herbert Rhodes, California State Historic Parks & Recreation, urging him to move forward with the restoration and development of Allenstown State Park.
Date:: May 7, 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Letter from Al Green, Chairman of the Allensworth Advisory Committee, announcing a Public Hearing California Parks & Recreation devoted to the Allensworth Project, on May 14, 1976.
Date:: May 14, 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Letter from Al Green, Chairman of the Allensworth Advisory Committee, to Ida Berk, Senior Planner, Economic Opportunity Commission, about Colonel Allensworth State Park. Mr. Green congratulates Ms. Berk on her appointment to the California Parks and Recreation Commission. He tells her about the history of opposition to having the park in its historic location (Allensworth town), and the attempt to move it to an urban area. He tells her why the historic site is the best location for the park.
Date:: May 3, 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Oscar Over, resident of Allensworth, became the California's first black justice of the peace in 1914.
Date:: [1908-1918]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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:: [1908-1918]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Letter from Arthur M. Robinson, Commissioner, State Parks, to Eugene P. Lasartemay, President of the East Bay Historical Society and member of the subcommittee of the Allensworth Advisory Committee, about a public hearing to be held by the State Parks and Recreation Commission about the general development plan and resource management for the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park to take place on May 14, 1976. Robinson expresses his view that this should not become a large expensive historic park. He suggests that a commemorative park for Allensworth be established in Los Angeles.
Date:: May 21, 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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