Box HUM 2.85 Box 1
Contains 145 Results:
Bishop J. C. Hartzell, M.E. Church, 1940s?
Photographic reproduction of a 1902 oil painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Perry W. Howard, half-length portrait, sitting, facing right, 1910
Studio portrait.
Perry W. Howard, half-length portrait, sitting, facing front, 1930s
Studio portrait.
Perry W. Howard, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, facing left, 1940s?
A.S. Jackson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, 1930s?
Studio portrait. Inscribed on back of mount: To my life long friend Roscoe Conklin [sic] Simmons. No greater orator speaks the English language. A.S. Jackson, financial secretary of the A.M.E. Church.
Charles Jenkins (left) with his wife and son, 1942
Inscribed on front: To my dearest friend the eloquent, erudite Colonel Roscoe Conkling Simmons, from Charles Jenkins Sr.
Georgia Douglas Johnson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right
Inscribed on front: Sincerely, Georgia Douglas Johnson.
Phil A. Jones (second from right) with an unidentified man and two children, 1920s?
Phil A. Jones, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, 1925
Studio portrait. Inscribed on front: To Roscoe, my devoted friend and co-worker, Phil A. Jones, 3/7/25.
Phil A. Jones's wife and son, 1918
Studio portrait. Inscribed on front: To uncle Roscoe, from Phil A. Jones Jr., 7/23/18.
John T. Joyce, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, 1930s?
Studio portrait. Inscribed on front: Sincerely yours, Mr. John T. Joyce.
George W. Lee (center) standing with Robert R. Church (left) and an unidentified man in front of Church's office at 392 Beale Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, 1920s?
Inscribed on front: From Geo. W. Lee to Col. R.C. Simmons with best wishes.
Author George W. Lee at typewriter with copies of his books, 1945
Inscribed on front: To Roscoe Simmons in friendship, Geo. W. Lee.
Merry Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch A. Woods, 1940s?
Christmas card with head-and-shoulders portrait of Enoch A. Woods and his wife. Inscribed on back: 1328 Steiner Street, Apt. 2, S.F.
Roy C. Woods, half-length portrait, facing right, standing with hand in pocket, 1930s?
Studio portrait. Inscribed on front: "For one of my most valued friends, Roscoe Conkling Simmons," Roy C. Woods.
Charles Wayland Brooks, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, 1920s?
Studio portrait. Inscribed on front: To my good friend Roscoe Conkling Simmons, "a great orator," with sincere regard and best wishes, C. Wayland Brooks.
John Brown, head-and-shoulders portrait, 1880s?
Photographic reproduction by A.A. Martin of 1859 daguerreotype portrait of abolitionist John Brown attributed to Martin M. Lawrence. Inscribed on back: Actual photograph of John Brown at Harpers Ferry. Given by him to Joseph Barber of Wayne, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Found by E.G. Lamp[?]m, Jefferson, O. Presented to R.C. Simmons of Chicago on Aug. 8, 1933, at Jefferson, Ohio, by E.G. Lamp[?]m.
George Washington Carver painting, 1905
Studio portrait.
Fritz P. Cansler, quarter-length portrait, facing front, 1915
Studio portrait. Inscribed on back: To my friend, from Fritz Cansler, July '15.
Walter L. Cohen standing outisde in front of tree, 1920s?
Walter L. Cohen, 1920s?
President Calvin Coolidge, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, probably 1923
Anna Rebecca Cox, half-length portrait, facing left, between 1912 and 1928
Studio portrait.
Wendell P. Dabney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, 1925
Studio portrait. Inscribed on front: W.P. Dabney, himself, 1925, after 31 yrs. Of struggle with his people in Cincinnati, O.