ENGRAM, ARIZONA.
Arizona Engram papers, 1922-1925

Emory University

Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

Atlanta, GA 30322

404-727-6887

rose.library@emory.edu

Permanent link: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/8z8mh

Descriptive Summary

Creator: Engram, Arizona.
Title: Arizona Engram papers, 1922-1925
Call Number:Manuscript Collection No. 1106
Extent: .25 linear ft. (1 box) and 1 oversized paper (OP)
Abstract:Papers of African American teacher Arizona Engram, including correspondence, personal papers and printed material.
Language:Materials entirely in English.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

Unrestricted access.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.

Source

Purchase, 2009.

Citation

[after identification of item(s)], Arizona Engram papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.

Processing

Processed by Laura L. Carroll, May 2009.

Collection Description

Biographical Note

Arizona Engram (b. 1887?) was an African American teacher in Montezuma, Georgia. She and her husband, George S. Engram, had eight children, including William J. Engram (b. 1907?), who attended The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama in the early 1920s. In addition to teaching at the county school, Arizona Engram was active in the in the Georgia Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, an affiliate of the National Association of Colored Women.

Arizona Engram (b. 1887?) was an African American teacher in Montezuma, Georgia. She and her husband, George S. Engram, had eight children, including William J. Engram (b. 1907?), who attended The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama in the early 1920s. In addition to teaching at the county school, Arizona Engram was active in the in the Georgia Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, an affiliate of the National Association of Colored Women.

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of the papers of Arizona Engram from 1922-1925, including correspondence, personal papers and printed material. The correspondence is from various administrators at The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama, regarding her son's education. The collection also includes a register for the school at which she taught, Travel Rest School, in addition to various printed material from the Georgia Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, the Southeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, and one newsletter from the National Association of Colored Women.

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Arranged by record type.

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Correspondence
Box Folder Content
1 1 1922-1925
Personal papers
1 2 Engram, Arizona, Travel Rest School register, 1921-1922
1 3 Engram, William, report card, The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, 1923-1924
Photographs
OP1 "A Summer School Group, 1921" Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
Printed material
1 4 Georgia Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, various printed material, circa 1920s
1 5 "A Message to Mothers from a Mother," The National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations, undated
1 6 The National Notes, Volume 25, Number 9, June 1923 [Official organ of the National Association of Colored Women]
1 7 Southeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Second Biennial Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, July 3-5, 1923, program and announcements
1 8 The Young Men's Christian Association of Tuskegee Institute, brochure, circa 1922
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