M , OM , BV One box, one oversize folder, three volumes. He was admitted to the Indiana Bar in Brokenburr married Alice Julia Glover in Brokenburr often sat as judge pro-tem of the municipal, superior and circuit courts of Marion County. He was deputy prosecuting attorney for the 19th Judicial Circuit of Indiana.
As a legislator, he authored many bills that passed into law, especially in the area of civil rights. There are banquet programs, newspaper clippings, certificates, telegrams and a list of bills authored by Brokenburr from to Four boxes, three oversize folders. Harry William Brooks Jr. He attended the local public schools, graduating from Crispus Attucks High School in He enlisted as a private in the U. Army at age He retired as a Major General in Brooks went to Basic Training in Four children were born to this union. Later, he married June C.
Brooks served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Highly decorated, Brooks became a major general in After retiring from the military, Brooks joined Amfac Inc.
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When he left Amfac Inc. He is currently chairman of Brooks International. The collection materials reflect the career of a U.
Army officer. It contains biographical materials, military orders and citations, speeches, reports, program booklets, news clippings and photographs. There are several photographs of Brooks in uniform and images of him with prominent politicians, entertainers and civic leaders. William Alexander Chambers , the son of Jesse W.
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He worked for Ferguson Printing Company, and during his 50 years of newspaper experience he served as an editor for three black weeklies. An aspiring fiction writer during his later life, Chambers spent time developing two works entitled A Summer of Uncommon Retrospects and Rotterham Lodge Tales. The collection contains biographical notes and obituaries pertaining to Chambers; materials related to an unpublished manuscript; and biographical information written by Chambers about the Eli Lilly family.
She began her teaching career with the Indianapolis Public Schools in The collection contains the personal papers of Emma L. It consists mostly of correspondence, certificates, and newspaper clippings.
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Hester Blanche Childs , although born in Duncan, Miss. A nurse by profession, Childs was also active in numerous civic and social organizations. The collection contains materials relating to Childs and other family members and highlights her activities in various clubs and organizations. Eight-and-a-half boxes, three oversize folders. Her father, Robert L. Bailey, served as deputy attorney general to James Ogden from to Most of the material in the collection relates to Conn, her family, her organizational affiliations and her legal career.
Case Records, Paula Cooper was convicted of killing Ruth Pelke. Pelke was stabbed 33 times on May 14, , in Gary. According to reports, Cooper and three younger friends skipped school, drank wine and smoked marijuana before visiting Pelke and inquiring about Bible lessons. Testimony further alleged that Pelke was murdered after admitting the girls into her house. The assigned public defender advised Cooper to plead guilty. Judge James Kimbrough sentenced Cooper to death. Appeals were made to the Indiana Supreme Court, which received two million signatures; to Gov.
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Robert Orr, who received an appeal from the Pope in September ; and to the United Nations, which received a million signatures. The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments in the case, and on July 13, , the Court overturned the death sentence, substituting the maximum allowable prison term 60 years with a minimum term of 26 years. The vast majority of the appeals came from Italy, with some items sent from Belgium, Holland and West Germany. Family Papers, SC , OM Two folders, one oversize folder.
Cora Resnover Hampton ca. The sisters, who came to Indianapolis at an early age from Nashville, Tenn.
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The collection contains five items related to the educational achievements of the two sisters. Her parents were Luther and Laura Wallace. Dethridge attended public schools in Richmond, and she studied with Samuel Garton, one-time department of music chairperson at Earlham College. There is correspondence, program booklets, a passport, newsletters, a scrapbook and newspaper clippings.
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Forty-six boxes, 10 cubic foot boxes. Jesse L.
Dickinson , an Indiana state legislator, was born in Chandler, Okla. He moved to South Bend in with his wife, Helen. They were the parents of four sons: Valjean, Coleridge, Roland and Carroll. Dickinson served in the Indiana House from to and from to He served in the Senate from to Representing St.
Joseph County, he had a distinguished legislative career as an advocate for civil rights, mental health, services to the aging, housing, prison reform and fair employment. He was affiliated with numerous organizations, agencies and commissions. His papers are organized in seven major divisions: biographical information; correspondence; organizations; topics includes 11 boxes of legislative correspondence dated from to ; speeches and programs; clippings; and scrapbooks.
Papers, bulk s. Pauline Eans was a teacher of nursing education. In , she joined the Wishard Hospital School of Nursing faculty in Indianapolis, retiring in Also included are items related to her university teaching and her community service in Indianapolis. Elizabeth M. Enix was born Jane Elizabeth Martin in Indianapolis in The collection includes correspondence, memoirs, programs and photographs.
The memoirs discuss a number of topics, including Indianapolis buildings, the Indianapolis Flood and the Indiana Avenue neighborhood. FOX, O.
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Collection, ? One document case, four OVA boxes, three folders color photographs, 12 color slides, six color negatives, one folder printed material. Oscar James Fox was born Oct. He was assigned to an urban work camp, part of Flanner House, a community center on the near west side of the city. One of his first jobs in Indianapolis was to photo document the slum area of the near west side of the city. He also wrote poetry associated with the photographs and his experiences living in an urban neighborhood. The collection includes black-and-white and color photographs and color slides made between and circa The photographs depict scenes of African-American families, children and the urban environment of the near west side of Indianapolis.
Other color photographs document activities in the Flanner House Cannery and a party involving women and children. Two boxes, one folder. This collection includes personal material as well as programs, minutes and newsletters of organizations with which she was involved. M , R Fifteen boxes. The son of Moses Gray Jr. Gray grew up in Conemaugh, Penn. Gray played football at Indiana University. Gray was married to Anne Marie Powell on Nov. The couple has two adopted children, Tamara Ann and William Bernard. Much of the collection pertains to his advocacy for the adoption of African-American children.
The collection is divided into seven major subject headings: biographical and personal; adoption; education; General Motors; Indiana University; Black Men Inc. Collection, n. Thirty pencil drawings by Vertine Young of notable African-American men and women who were born or lived in Indiana.