ROBINSON, ARWILDA G.
Arwilda G. Robinson papers, 1933-1950
Arwilda G. Robinson papers, 1933-1950
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:/25593/8ztn9
Collection Stored Off-Site
All or portions of this collection are housed off-site. Materials can still be requested but researchers should expect a delay of up to two business days for retrieval.
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
Creator: | Robinson, Arwilda G. |
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Title: | Arwilda G. Robinson papers, 1933-1950 |
Call Number: | Manuscript Collection No. 860 |
Extent: | 0.25 linear feet (1 box) and 1 oversized papers box (OP) |
Abstract: | Papers of African American missionary Arwilda G. Robinson including correspondence from her students and friends, some financial records, newspaper clippings, and photographs. |
Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Collection stored off-site. Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance to access this collection.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Source
Purchase, 2000.
Citation
[after identification of item(s)], Arwilda G. Robinson papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Processing
Processed by Stacy R. Swazy, Archives Intern, December 19, 2001.
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Collection Description
Biographical Note
Arwilda G. Robinson was a member of the First Colored Wesley Methodist A.M.E. Zion Church, Philadelphia. She went to Liberia on February 12, 1934, and served as a missionary at the Mt. Coffee Mission Station at least through 1937.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of personal papers of Arwilda G. Robinson from 1933-1950. The collection includes correspondence from her students and friends, some financial records, newspaper clippings, pages from her address book, more than a dozen photographs, and a half-dozen Church buttons and ribbons.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type.
Selected Search Terms
Corporate Names
Topical Terms
- African American missionaries--Liberia.
- African American women teachers.
- Missions--Liberia.
- Women missionaries--Liberia.
Form/Genre Terms
Occupation
Container List
Box | Folder | Content |
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1 | 1 | Addresses |
1 | 2 | Christmas list |
1 | 3 | Church buttons and ribbons, 1937-1950 |
1 | 4 | Correspondence, 1933-1937 |
1 | 5 | Financial statements and receipts, 1934-1936 |
1 | 6 | Invitation to the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity & The Zeta Phi Beta Sorority at Livingston College, Salisbury, North Carolina, Annual Spring Prom, April 14, 1938 |
1 | 7 | Membership cards, 1936-1937 |
1 | 8 | National Teachers registration card |
1 | 9 | Newspaper clippings |
1 | 10 | Photographs, 1934-1941 |
1 | 11 | Printed material: "Four Parables for Mothers and Workers" |
OP1 | 1 | Printed material: Calendar of Atlanta Black History, 1987-88, 1990-1991, 1991-1992 |
OP1 | 1 | Printed material: Calendar of Black History, 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1995-1996 |