Historic Rondo Neighborhood

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This collection includes one (1) scrapbook which previously belonged to a member of the Golden Agers Club at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center. This scrapbook contains mostly newspaper clippings, with some photographs, correspondence, and general biographical works.

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This collection includes one (1) scrapbook which previously belonged to a member of the Golden Agers Club at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center. This scrapbook contains mostly newspaper clippings and photographs, correspondence, and general biographical works.

Abstract This digital collection includes primarily photographs relating to LaPercell "Percy" and Gertrude Greene. The Greene family were active in many clubs, such as the Cameo Social Club, the Credjafawn Social Club, the Fezzan Temple Shriners, and more. The Greene's lived at various addresses in the Rondo Neighborhood, and members of the family held positions in agriculture, music, academia, and government. Please note that many of people listed in this collection were identified by LeVera Greene...

Scope and Contents Paper program for a boxing tournament held in HQB Gymnasium. In addition to HQB staff and board members, advertisements from Rondo business are listed in the program. The ten tournaments featured the following competitors: Charles McIntosh vs. Maceo Moody; Theodore Grant vs. Joe Camp; Danny Nelson vs. Chuck Harris; Don Weller vs. Robert Farmer; Lee Ballard vs. Mike Fitzgerald; Claude Duke vs. Jim Hegerlie; Sam Robinson vs. John Peck; Harry Ballard vs. Kenneth Stokes; Terry...

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This collection includes photographs of the various staff, clubs, regular program activities and visitors associated with Hallie Q. Brown Community Center. While a large portion of photographs were taken at the Center, this collection also includes photographs of associates of Hallie Q. Brown Community Center located at places such as parks, at lakes, or on farms. This collection is in progress.

Abstract This collection includes the personal works and objects of John Wesley Kelly, Guinevere (Gwen) Kelly-Twiggs, Evelyn Kelly-Robinson, and John Twiggs. John, Gwen and Evelyn were heavily involved in church clubs and organizations relating to various churches in Saint Paul and in Seattle. John Twiggs was a photographer who took many photographs of people in the Twin Cities. This collection includes photographs, personal notes, and many religious texts and realia. Other notable persons...

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Handwritten note on the back reads:

Mrs. Sydes in front of house 886 [on] St. Anthony Avenue, between milton and chatsworth Streets. St. Paul, Minnesota.

Abstract This collection includes the professional and personal photographic works of H. Janabelle Murphy Taylor, commonly known as Janabelle or Jane, and her family members. Janabelle was a progam director at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center for 20 years, as well as being a community activist throughout the Twin Cities. Her ancestors were one of the first Black families to willingly move to Minnesota in the late 1800s. In addtition to photographs, this collection includes letters, mixed-material...

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Typed letter from Paula Beuchner to Hallie Q. Brown Community House, requesting employment.

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Photo album, likely belonging to Ida Mae Murphy, Janabelle Taylor's mother, features predominately wealthy black families in St. Paul, MN. Various photographers created the photographs within the album.

To note, Irvine Park in St. Paul, where a number of historic homes are located, is featured within these photographs.There are also pictures of Queen K. Johnson and Ida Mae's father, J.B. Johnson, at work as a railroad car chef, alongside white railroad workers.