"Davis Home for Colored Children" Booklet and Advertisements for other African American businesses (Addition 24) 2023-0183

Containers:
Box 8, Folder 9
Extent:
0.04 Cubic Feet
Scope and content:

Addition 24 of MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains a booklet for the Davis Home for Colored Children 34th Anniversary located in in Pittsburgh. This promotional booklet is for the "34th Anniversary" of the Davis Home, a temporary home and day nursery for African-American children. Also of note in the booklet are advertisements for what are likely Black businesses that supported the home. Note says, "This book is dedicated to my mother, Mrs. Fannie Louis Davis, who was the founder of the Davis Temporary Home and Day Nursery in 1907, and organizer of the Colored Women's Relief Association of Western Pennsylvania in 1909. To my wife, Mrs Louise Scott Davis, President of the Davis Home for Colored Children, who has been loyal and faithful in giving her life toward the advancement of this home. To my friends, who have contributed to this Home in any way they could. Finley T. Davis, Business Manager."

Language:
English

Access and use

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Preferred citation:

MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building Addition 24, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.