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Joseph Lang Kershaw, Sr. Collection
Joseph Lang Kershaw, Sr. Collection
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0009 · Collection · 1907 - 2021

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.

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James N. Eaton, Sr. Collection
James N. Eaton, Sr. Collection
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection AR_0012 · Collection · 1800-2004

In 1975, James N. Eaton spearheaded the effort that ultimately gave rise to the creation of FAMU’s Black Archives. By 1976, the ‘Black Archives Research Center and Museum’ came into existence, and Eaton was recognized and appointed as its inaugural archivist, curator, and director.

For the next three decades, he helped amass a collection of memorabilia and printed records that now comprise one of the region’s most extensive collections of first-source material relating to the history, culture and contributions of people of African descent living in the United States.

James Eaton constructed in 1976 the first exhibits, using historical memorabilia from his own family. Afterward, he petitioned the university and community members to contribute historical material to the repository. Ilis call was answered by the first Black Archives donors and volunteers, who included: Donald Hill, Frank Pinder, John F. Matheus, and a host of other individuals and groups. Thus, the Research Center was chartered in 1976 and was officially opened in 1977.

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Bishop David Henry Sims Collection
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0023 · Collection · 1931 - 1939

The majority of records in this collection were hand-written letters from Bishop Sims to his sister Mrs. Miriam Sims-Tooke. The majority of the letters were written by Sims while he was working in South Africa. The collection also contained cards and photographs.

His father, Rev. Felix Rice Sims, was well educated and of high standing in his community, and the son has kept the family traditions. While at Oberlin College, he was noted for his ability as an athlete, playing on both the football and track teams. He was a winner of scholarships for four successive years at Oberlin College. He was elected treasurer of the Divinity Council while at Oberlin. He was elected by his class of several hundred white men and women to deliver the "Mantle and Key" Oration at Commencement on graduating from Oberlin Divinity School.

He was the coach of the Football and Baseball teams at Morris Brown University from 1912-1917 and at Allen University from 1917-1924. He was a Football Official under the auspices of the Rules Committee, of which Walter Camp was President, 1918-24.

President Sims was appointed a special messenger representing the State of South Carolina to attend the National Educational gathering at Topeka, Kansas, by Governor McLeod? (source text unclear), in July 1925.

Inclusive subjects and description of processing procedures provided by E.M.V., S. Y. Wilks, and Murell Vinson circa 1985.

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Joe Nash Collection
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0019 · Collection · 1931 - 1993

The records in this collection consist of advertisements, books, magazines, newsclippings, newsletters, photographs, programs, and other publications such as theatrical playbills and posters.

Inclusive subjects and description of processing procedures provided by M. Dawson and L. Brown circa 1993.

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Reverend Elvis W. Spearman Collection
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0017 · Collection · 1934 - 1967

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.

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Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Collection
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0005 · 1948 - 2000

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.

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Attorney Armstrong Purdue Family Collection
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0014 · Collection · 1856 - 2021

Attorney Armstrong Purdee (1856-1937), was the first professionally trained African American lawyer in Jackson County, Florida. According to the online resource Roots Web, "Armstrong Purdee was born into slavery on the Wardell Plantation in Jackson County, FL, March 16,

  1. His account of the Battle of Marianna was published in The Kalendar, the monthly publication of the Men's Club, St. Luke Episcopal Church, Marianna, FL, Vol. | No. 3. June 1.
  2. After slavery. Purdee, a protégé of Florida State Senator William H. Milton, became the first African American lawyer in Jackson County, a successful businessman, and an influential community leader. Froma the 1890s until the mid- 1920s. Purdee published the West Florida Bugle, a Black newspaper.*
    Source: Armstrong Purdee - Roots Web htps://sites.rootsweb.com/-gals/Actstrats.homl
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