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Clipping of an Article About a Charity Nightingales Concert

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005317], Folder: 41
Scope and Contents

Clarence Wood and Nannie Wood were members of the Charity Nightingales, and Mrs. H. L. Wood was the manager.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Copy of Photograph of the Walker Family and of Spotswood Styles and Wife

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005317], Folder: 42
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a copy of a photograph of Eliza Bannister Walker, Harry Thomas Walker, Harry Lee Walker, and Nannie Walker Wood. Photograph taken by Michael Miley.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Musical Programs, 1915 - 1925

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005317], Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a flier for a musical and vocal contest judged by Eliza Walker, 1915, and a program for 'Jephthah and His Daughter,' 1925, managed by Mrs. H. L. Walker and Mrs. C. M. Wood. Also included are a ticket to 'Jephthah and His Daughter' and a newspaper clipping about The Charity Nightingales, 'the first musical organization of colored singers.'

Dates: Majority of material found within 1915 - 1925

Newspaper Clippings, 1914 - 1957

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005317], Folder: 47
Scope and Contents

Clippings include news of the deaths of Harry Lee Walker, Harry Walker, and Clarence M. Wood. There is also a profile on Mrs. Nannie W. Wood and clippings of Eliza's poems.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1914 - 1957

Photographs, 1914

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005317], Folder: 48

Photographs of Walker Family Relatives, 1914

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005317], Folder: 44
Scope and Contents This file includes photographs of the Walker family, their relatives, and their house. One photo of their house on Main St. Lexington is included (5x3.5), two photos of family members in front of Natural Bridge (2x2), two photos of Eliza Walker (1x3), one photo of Eliza Walker and relative (3x5), one photo of Irene B. Beale - Eliza's sister and Mary Toy's Mother (3.5x5.5), one photo of Zack Taylor - reffered to as "Uncle Zack Taylor" on back of photo (3.5x5.5), and one photo of Nannie Walker...
Dates: 1914

Virginia Federation of Colored Women, 1921-06-30

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005317], Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a photograph from the Virginia Federation of Colored Women Convention and a newspaper clipping about the event.

Dates: Event: 1921-06-30

Walker-Wood Family Photographs, 1880 - 1955

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000005317], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of the Walker family. Includes two photographs of Harry Lee Walker (5x7), two photgraphs of Eliza Walker (4x6), one photograph of Harry Thomas Walker (5x7), one photograph of Eliza Walker and Harry Thomas Walker (3.5x5), one photograph of Hettie AAdamns with James Horace Lewis on her lap - Aunt Nin and Cousin Nellie Scruggs Lewis - pulled from Alex Wood's notebook in control folder (Box 1, Folder 1).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1880 - 1955