Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0001
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Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0118
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1910 - 1939
Location: AC.6.B.4.3.4 - AC.6.B.4.3.8
"Southern Workman was a monthly magazine published in the United States by the Hampton Institute Press at Hampton Institute (...) The Southern Workman began publication in 1872. For a time it was known as the Southern Workman and Hampton School Record. According to the Dictionary of Virginia the magazine 'published news and information about Hampton, its faculty, and its graduates, as well as lectures, articles, book reviews, and essays on topics in African American and American Indian history and education.'"
Wikipedia contributors, "Southern Workman," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southern_Workman&oldid=1301218301 (accessed December 5, 2025).
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0071
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File
Location: AC.2.B.2.4.4 - AC.2.B.3.1.3
Arthenia Joyner was born in Lakeland, Florida (1943) and raised in Tampa, Florida.
She particpated in the civil rights protests as a high school student and as a college student at Florida A&M University. She attended the original FAMU college of law, graduating in 1968 and became the first Black woman to practice law in Hillborough county and the first African American to practice law in Polk County. She worked as a legislative aide to State Representative Joe Lang Kershaw, the first Black person to serve in Tallahassee since Reconstruction. She served three terms as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 59th District. This collection contains correspondence, meeting records, travel documents, and speeches.
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0017
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This collection consists of the personal papers and sermons of Rev. Elvis W. Spearman, who served as Florida A&M University's postmaster from 19 until his retirement in 1964, and as the FAMU hospital chaplain 1955 to 1964. Rev. Spearman earned an A.B. degree from lega College, and did additional study at FAMU, the University of Chicago, and Deering Community Center.
The materials in this collection were mainly speeches delivered by Rev. Spearman. Most of the speeches are undated. A small amount of materials were from Rev. Spearman's administrative duties at Florida A&M University.
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0022
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Dr. James L. Hudson was born in 1904 in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from the institution in 1926. After graduating, he was ordained as a minister and then enrolled in Colgate-Rochester School of religion, where he camed a divinity degree in 1931. Afterwards, he worked as a chaplain at Leland College in Louisiana until 1946. Later he was carned a doctoral degree from Boston College. Following this, he accepted a position as a chaplain and professor at Florida A&M University (FAMU). At FAMU he created the institution's Department of Religion and Philosophy and served as its first departmental chairperson. In Tallahassee, Hudson was a close friend with another Morehouse graduate, Rev. Charles K. Steele, pastor of the city's Bethel Baptist Church. The two religious leaders worked on numerous civil rights campaigns including the 1956 Tallahassee Bus Boycott.
Hudson was also president of the Tallahassee Ministerial Alliance, a co-founder and active member of the Inter-Civic Council. Even after retiring from FAMU in 1973, Rev. Hudson remained active in civil rights and social justice initiatives. He died in 1980.
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0116
Location: AC.3.B.1.4.4 - AC.3.B.1.5.1
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0026
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This collection contains "Queen Like Me: The True Story of Girls Who Changed the World," a book by author, two-time FAMU alum, and former "Miss FAMU" pageant queen Dr. Kimberly Brown Pellum. It includes various copies of the publication and miscellaneous documents associated with it, such as children's worksheets.
According to https://www.childrensdefense.org/people/dr-kimberly-brown-pellum/, “Dr. Kimberly Brown Pellum is an assistant professor of history at Florida A&M University and founding director of MuseumofBlackBeauty.com, an interactive digital history initiative. She specializes in the history of 20th-century African American women, image-making, southern culture, and freedom. Her most recent book is Black Beauties: African American Pageant Queens in the Segregated South. Her contributions to publicly accessible history include work at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, The National Park Service, The Rosa Parks Museum, and Google’s Arts & Culture series.”
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0005
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The material of this collection is comprised of both archival records and museum memorabilia relating to the life and death of Jazz legend Julian "Cannonball" Adderley. The material in this collection includes awards, books, correspondences, magazines, newspapers, pictures, programs, and artifacts.
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0009
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Joseph “Joe” Lang Kershaw, Sr. was the first African American legislator elected to the Florida Legislature since Reconstruction. Born on June 27, 1911, in Live Oak, Florida, Kershaw was a 1930s Florida A&M University alumni who saw the beginning of football at the college, pledged Kappa Alpha Psi, and worked as a janitor inside the Florida Legislature. After working as a teacher in what is now known as Miami-Dade County, Kershaw was elected to the State House of Representatives in 1968 and served for 14 years. He also served as chairman of the Elections Committee, where his work led to the formation of the Florida Human Rights Commission. Kershaw died in Miami, Florida, at age 88 on November 7, 1999. The documents in this collection mostly pertain to aspects of his personal and academic life and his role as a legislator in the Florida House of Representatives. It also has documents about his father, A. J. Kershaw, and friends/colleagues like Gwendolyn Cherry and Althea Gibson.
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0056
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File
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1909-1983
Location: AC.2.B.3.6.2 - AC.3.A.1.2.8
John Frederick Matheus was an American writer and a scholar who was active during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s. He is well known for his short stories, and he also wrote essays, plays and poetry. His story "Fog" won first place in Opportunity magazine's literary contest in 1925 and was published that same year in Alain Locke's famous anthology The New Negro. Matheus won first prize in the Crisis magazine's contest in 1926 with his story "Swamp Moccasin". His works were influenced by Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, Edgar Allan Poe's tales, and the writings of Phillis Wheatley and Paul Laurence Dunbar. This collection contains personal items, photographs, correspondence, and original manuscripts, newspaper articles, and notes by Matheus.
John F. Matheus