DEVORE-MITCHELL, OPHELIA, 1922-2014.
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Subseries 2.2
Personal papers, 1954-2006
Boxes 87-90 and 143-144; OP 1 and 3
Scope and Content Note
The subseries consists of Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell's personal papers from 1954-2006, including awards and certificates, identification and membership cards, passports, financial records, and medical records. The subseries also includes legal records, such as the divorce decree from her marriage to Vernon Mitchell and the editorial reference file for DeVore v. Time. There are materials relating to DeVore's family, including planning files for a family reunion and the memorial service for DeVore's sister and business partner, Precola DeVore. Finally, there are several files documenting DeVore's attempts to donate her personal papers to a special collections library, including Duke University, Emory University, Harvard University, Yale University, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order.
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 87 | 6 | Awards and certificates, 1954-1990 |
| OP1 | 13 | Awards and certificates, 1973-1990 |
| OP1 | 14 | Awards and certificates, 1992-1996 |
| 88 | 1 | Credit and calling cards, 1973-1997 |
| 88 | 2 | DeVore/Alexander/Strother/Thompson family reunion, 1984 |
| 88 | 3 | DeVore, Precola, memorial, 1997 |
| 88 | 4 | DeVore v. Time, editorial reference file, 1961-1969 [1 of 3] |
| 88 | 5 | DeVore v. Time, editorial reference file, 1961-1969 [2 of 3] |
| 88 | 6 | DeVore v. Time, editorial reference file, 1961-1969 [3 of 3] |
| 88 | 7 | DeVore-Mitchell, Ophelia, 80th birthday and family reunion, 2002 |
| 88 | 8 | DeVore-Mitchell, Ophelia and Vernon Mitchell, divorce papers, 1969 |
| 88 | 9 | Duke University, 2003-2005 |
| 89 | 1 | Emory University, 2002-2006 |
| 89 | 2 | Family estate planning, 1980 |
| 89 | 3 | Harvard University, 2004-2006 |
| 89 | 4 | Hunter College High School Alumnae/I Association, Inc., 1987-2002 |
| 89 | 5 | Inspirational message, undated |
| 89 | 6 | Membership and identification cards, 1964-1995 |
| 89 | 7 | Mitchell, Vernon, Hamilton Funds statement, 1982 |
| 89 | 8 | Moore, Marie Ophelia Carter, "Spelman Girl," undated |
| 89 | 9 | Oxford Health Plans and Medicare Advantage, circa 1995-2001 [1 of 4] |
| 89 | 10 | Oxford Health Plans and Medicare Advantage, circa 1995-2001 [2 of 4] |
| 89 | 11 | Oxford Health Plans and Medicare Advantage, circa 1995-2001 [3 of 4] |
| 90 | 1 | Oxford Health Plans and Medicare Advantage, circa 1995-2001 [4 of 4] |
| 90 | 2 | Passports, 1959-1994 |
| 90 | 3 | Personal loan, 1968 |
| 143 | - | Plaques, 1956-1983 |
| 144 | - | Plaques, 1984-2003 |
| 90 | 4 | Queens County Savings Bank, 1946-1986 |
| 90 | 5 | Receipts and memos, circa 1981-1995 |
| 90 | 6 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, collection donation guide, undated |
| OP3 | 1 | Unidentified artist, Egyptian painting, undated |
| 90 | 7 | Virginia Union University, "The 1968 Panther," yearbook, 1968 |
| 90 | 8 | W.T. Grant Company, annual report, 1974 |
| 90 | 9 | Yale University, 2003 |
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