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Jones-Sadler family papers
- Title
- Jones-Sadler family papers, 1876-1931.
- Format
- Archival mix
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| Status | Container | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives. See the finding aid for details. | Containerfolder 1 | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc MG 263 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 26 items (one folder)
- Summary
- The Jones-Sadler family papers (1876-1931) consists of correspondence and other documents relating to Cornelius Jones and to Charles and Sarah Sadler and family. The collection includes: transcript from Kansas City General Hospital with a letter offering employment to Callie Patterson; certificate of service and pension request for Charles Sadler; a midwife permit dated 1923 and five documents relating to Sarah Sadler's receipt of her husband's pension; receipt for room, board and tuition for Estelle Walker at Central Tennessee College; a three page obituary, six letters and one flyer advertising Cornelius Jones's Candidacy for the third Congressional District in Mississippi; and two letters to Sarah Sadler Cornelius and Hannah Jones.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subject
- Jones, Cornelius T., 1851-1931.
- Sadler, Sarah E. Jones.
- Sadler, Charles.
- Sadler family.
- Jones family.
- African American families.
- African American legislators.
- African American women.
- African American nurses.
- Midwives.
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Pay, allowances, etc.
- United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
- Greenville (Miss.) -- Biography.
- Call number
- Sc MG 263
- Language
- English
- Note
- Three photographs have been transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
- Source (note)
- Mrs. Camille Patterson Busby
- Biography (note)
- The Jones-Sadler family was an African-American family living in Greenville, Mississippi, after the Civil War. Cornelius Jones (1858-1931), a graduate of Alcorn University and a lawyer, was elected to the Mississippi Legislature in 1889. His sister Sarah, a midwife who attended Tougaloo University, married Charles Sadler, a veteran of the Civil War. They had two daughters: Callie (Patterson), a trained nurse, and Estelle (Walker) who attended Central Tennessee College.
- Processing action (note)
- Processed.
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