COAN, JOSEPHUS ROOSEVELT, 1902-2004.
Josephus Roosevelt Coan papers
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Personal papers
Josephus Roosevelt Coan papers > Personal papers
Series 9
Personal papers, 1920-2002
Boxes 57-62; OP1; and OBV 4
Scope and Content Note
The series contains the personal papers of Coan, his first wife, Sammye Fuller Coan, and his second wife, Eloise Morris Coan. Papers include financial and legal records, memorabilia, student and professional materials, and items from Coan's time in South Africa. Coan's detailed financial records document his income and expenses. The memorabilia contains certificates, cards, and materials from events such as birthdays and parties.
The items relating to South Africa are of particular interest. They include Coan's tickets to South Africa, gas ration cards, and customs and immigration papers. The South Africa materials also contain Coan's membership cards for the African United Cultural & Domestic Workers' Club and the Bantu Men's Social Centre. The Bantu Men's Social Centre included activists such as Nelson Mandela among its members.
The Sammye Fuller Coan materials include her diplomas and other academic materials. The Eloise Morris Coan materials contain items primarily relating to her church and alumni activities. For Coan's student writings, see Writings by Coan (Subseries 2.1).
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type.
Coan, Eloise Morris | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
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57 | 1 | A.M.E. Minister's Wives Alliance, circa 1985 |
57 | 2 | Atlanta Association of Media Women, 1994 |
57 | 3 | Birth affidavit |
57 | 4 | Celebrations, no date |
57 | 5 | Certificates and awards, 1983 |
57 | 6 | Church Women United, no date |
57 | 7 | Church Women United in Atlanta, 1979-1980 |
57 | 8 | Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 1994 |
57 | 9 | Family evaluation, no date |
57 | 10 | Materials on aging, 1992 |
57 | 11 | Memorial programs, 1994 |
57 | 12 | National Council of Negro Women, 1993 |
57 | 13 | Reed High School Reunion, May 6-9, 1982 |
57 | 14 | South Carolina State College alumni materials, circa 1980s [1 of 2] |
57 | 15 | South Carolina State College alumni materials, circa 1980s [2 of 2] |
58 | 1 | South Carolina State College alumni materials, 1990 |
58 | 2 | Women's Day, Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1993 |
58 | 3 | Women's Missionary Society, circa 1970s-1980s |
58 | 4 | Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Finer Womanhood Banquet, March 26, 1977 |
Coan, Sammye Fuller | ||
58 | 5 | Biographical sketch |
58 | 6 | Commencement exercises, Atlanta University, 1926 |
OP1 | 3 | Diploma, Spelman Seminary, 1920 |
OP1 | 4 | Diploma, Atlanta University, 1926 |
OP1 | 5 | Diploma, Spelman College, 1933 |
58 | 7 | Obsequies, February 28, 1963 |
58 | 8 | Sammye E Coan Honor Society, Honors Day Program and Banquet, 1966 |
58 | 9 | Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, certificate, November 8, 1944 |
Financial records | ||
58 | 10 | Bank statement, January 1967 |
58 | 11 | Bank statements and checks, December 1970 |
58 | 12 | Bank statements and checks, February 1976 |
58 | 13 | Bank statements and checks, May 1976 |
58 | 14 | Bank statements and checks, August 1976 |
58 | 15 | Bank statements and checks, September 1976 |
58 | 16 | Bank statements and checks, October 1976 |
58 | 17 | Bank statements and checks, November 1976 |
58 | 18 | Car property taxes, 1950s-1980s |
58 | 19 | Car registration, South Africa, 1944 |
58 | 20 | Check transaction registers, 1968 |
58 | 21 | Check transaction registers, 1969 |
58 | 22 | Check transaction registers, 1970 |
58 | 23 | Check transaction registers, 1971 |
58 | 24 | Check transaction registers, 1972 |
58 | 25 | Check transaction registers, 1973 |
58 | 26 | Check transaction registers, 1974 |
59 | 1 | Check transaction registers, 1975 |
59 | 2 | Contributions |
59 | 3 | Deposit slips, 1969-1976 |
59 | 4 | Deposit receipt slips, 1969-1975 |
59 | 5 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1969 |
59 | 6 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1970 |
59 | 7 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1971 |
59 | 8 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1972 |
59 | 9 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1973 |
59 | 10 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1975 |
59 | 11 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1977 |
59 | 12 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1978 |
59 | 13 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1979 |
59 | 14 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1980 |
59 | 15 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1981 |
59 | 16 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1982 |
59 | 17 | Employer taxes, Sallie Bymes, 1983 |
59 | 18 | Georgia League Credit Union |
59 | 19 | Hartford Seminary expenses |
59 | 20 | Howard University account book |
59 | 21 | Morris Brown College, travel expenses |
59 | 22 | North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance |
59 | 23 | Notebook, personal finances, 1982-1989 |
59 | 24 | Permit to export bank notes, currency, gold, or securities, South Africa, 1947 |
59 | 25 | Personal expenses, 1944 |
59 | 26 | Personal tax, Transvaal, 1942-1945 |
59 | 27 | Promissory notes, 1942-1945 |
60 | 1 | Property, West Lake Avenue, Atlanta |
60 | 2 | Property taxes, no date, 1950s-1960s |
60 | 3 | Property taxes, 1970s-1990s |
60 | 4 | Receipts |
60 | 5 | Taxes, 1977 |
60 | 6 | Taxes, 1978 |
60 | 7 | Taxes, 1981 |
60 | 8 | Taxes, 1985 |
60 | 9 | Taxes, 1986 |
60 | 10 | Taxes, 1987 |
60 | 11 | Turner Theological Seminary, Student Aid Fund statements and receipts, 1966 |
60 | 12 | Wheel tax, Transvaal, 1940 |
Legal records | ||
60 | 13 | Consulate registration papers, 1940 |
60 | 14 | Copyright certificate, Library of Congress, 1962 |
60 | 15 | Customs papers, South Africa, 1938, 1947 |
60 | 16 | Marriage license, Josephus Coan and Eloise Morris, 1970 |
60 | 17 | Passport materials and vaccination records |
60 | 18 | Power of attorney, 1942 |
60 | 19 | Selective service papers |
Memorabilia | ||
60 | 20 | 80th birthday celebration, 1982 |
60 | 21 | 100th birthday celebration, 2002 |
60 | 22 | Appreciation ceremony, 1986 |
60 | 23 | Card, Airlines clergy bureau |
60 | 24 | Cards, others |
60 | 25 | Cards, personal |
60 | 26 | Certificate of academic credit, International Council of Religious Education, 1932 |
OP1 | 6 | Certificate from the State of Tennessee, in recognition of outstanding service to the City of Chattanooga, presented by the Honorable Clarence B. Robinson, April 23, 1981 |
61 | 1 | Certificate, Sacred Heart Spiritual Society |
61 | 2 | Certificate, St. Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church, Women's Day, 1979 |
61 | 3 | Dorthula Cook's Birthday Celebration, 1993 |
61 | 4 | Homegoing celebration, February 14, 2004 |
61 | 5 | Quality Living Services Luncheon, 1986 |
61 | 6 | Retirement recognition banquet, 1974 |
61 | 7 | Ribbon, 93rd Anniversary, Antioch African Methodist Episcopal Church, Decatur, Georgia, July 2-9, 1961 |
61 | 8 | Special edition print commemorating Second Inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton and Albert Gore, Jr., February 1997 |
61 | 9 | Special Recognition Award, Center for International Security Studies, 1979 |
Professional | ||
61 | 10 | Biographical sketches and résumés |
61 | 11 | Business card, Interdenominational Theological Center and Turner Theological Seminary |
61 | 12 | Business card, Wilberforce Institute, Transvaal |
61 | 13 | Certificate of Participation, Conference on the Ministry, June 13, 1973 |
61 | 14 | Clergy appointments and ordinations, 1927-1988 |
61 | 15 | Clergy permit application forms |
61 | 16 | Home dedication, Deacon Saint Pierre Morris, 1977 |
OP1 | 7 | Letter, Georgia's Outstanding Citizens, February 21, 1990 |
61 | 17 | Letters of introduction, 1938 |
61 | 18 | List of writings |
OP1 | 8 | Membership renewal certificate, St. Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1987 |
61 | 19 | Notebooks, no date, 1947 [1 of 2] |
61 | 20 | Notebooks [2 of 2] |
61 | 21 | Notes |
61 | 22 | Railroad clergy permits |
South Africa | ||
61 | 23 | Certificate of inoculation and vaccination, Union of South Africa, 1947 |
61 | 24 | Certificate of Minister of Religion, South Africa, no date |
61 | 25 | Gas ration cards, South Africa, 1940s |
61 | 26 | Identification card, 1942 |
62 | 1 | Immigration papers and correspondence, South Africa, 1940s |
62 | 2 | Letter of authority, Bishop Reid, 1940 |
62 | 3 | Membership card, African United Cultural & Domestic Workers' Club, 1943 |
62 | 4 | Membership card, Bantu Men's Social Centre, 1939 |
62 | 5 | Minister's Identification card, South Africa, 1946 |
62 | 6 | Postage stamps, Union of South Africa |
OBV4 | - | Scrapbook [containing records, printed material, and photographs relating to Coan's service in South Africa] |
62 | 7 | Ticket, Union-Castle Line, Capetown from England, August 5, 1938 |
62 | 8 | Ticket envelope, S.S. Deutschland, New York to England, July 14, 1938 |
62 | 9 | Wireless radio license, 1939-1947 |
Student material | ||
62 | 10 | Coan's grades, 1922-1949 |
62 | 11 | Hartford Seminary commencement program, 1961 |
62 | 12 | Hartford Seminary student materials |
62 | 13 | Howard University, commencement programs, 1930 and 1934 |
62 | 14 | Howard University, room rent card, 1928 |
62 | 15 | Howard University, student manual and souvenir programs, 1927-1931 |
62 | 16 | Phi Beta Sigma fraternity |
62 | 17 | State College student schedule and recitation card |
62 | 18 | Union Theological Seminary |
62 | 19 | University of London Lodgings Bureau |
62 | 20 | Yale alumni materials |
62 | 21 | Yale commencement and anniversary programs, 1931-1938 |
62 | 22 | Yale photo key, 1930-1932 |
62 | 23 | Yale rules and registration forms |