Box 25 - Rosewood Massacre

Box 25 contains materials from the Rosewood Massacre Collection dating from 1994–1995 and is arranged alphabetically by claimant surname. The folders consist of individual claim files documenting the Rosewood Claims Bill process and include legal, personal, and administrative records submitted by survivors and their descendants.

This box includes files for individuals such as Herman, Sherman; Malonae, Sherman; Simmons, Princess; Wilson, Wilbert; Williams, Ricki R.; Williams, Patricia J.; Wimbush, Davis; Williams, Reverend Levi; Williams, Kenneth A.; Williams, Elvin L.; Williams, Bridget; Williams, Coretta M.; James, Clarence; Wells, Germaine; White, Dorothy; Wells, Gwendolyn V.; White, Carolyn; Ventrice, Gionne; Wells, Genae; Week, Eva; Weaver, Lessie B.; Weaver, Frederick A.; Washington, Frank; Ward, Troy Anthony; Ward, Lucy; Walker, Terence; Ward, Betty Jean; Ward, Irma Jean; Ward, Anthony Ricardo; and Wallace, Eva, among others.

Records within these folders include correspondence between claimants and legal representatives such as Robert A. Butterworth, Gregory Durden, and Frank M. Beisler; Rosewood Claims Bill checklists, notes, and claims information forms; property affidavits; legal notices; envelopes; handwritten notes; memoranda; maps; family trees; certificates (birth and death); court-related documents such as divorce papers; transmittal reports; and fax cover sheets.

Collectively, these materials document the claims submission and review process for compensation related to the Rosewood Massacre, providing insight into the legal, administrative, and personal documentation required to support individual claims while preserving important family and historical records.

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