Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 397.  Family correspondence, church materials, greeting cards and other personal papers of Ella Mai (Randolph) Dawson, a native of Logan County, Kentucky and resident of Clarksville, Tennessee.  Includes voter registration and urban renewal materials relating to African Americans

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Western Kentucky UniversityTopSCHOLAR®MSS Finding Aids Manuscripts6-5-2012Dawson, Ella Mai (Randolph), 1892-1991 (MSS397)Manuscripts & Folklife ArchivesWestern Kentucky University, mssfa@wku.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aidPart of the African American Studies Commons, and the United States History CommonsThis Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in MSS Finding Aids by anauthorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact connie.foster@wku.edu.Recommended CitationFolklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Dawson, Ella Mai (Randolph), 1892-1991 (MSS 397)" (2012). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 2095.http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/20951  MSS 397 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Special Collections Library – Western Kentucky University  Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Special Collections Library Department of Library Special Collections Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092  Descriptive Inventory  MSS 397  DAWSON, Ella Mai (Randolph), 1892-1991  ½ box.  14 folders.  149 items.  1938-1991.  Originals.  SC2012.3.60   BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE  Ella Mai (Randolph) Dawson was born 26 May 1892 to Sam Randolph and Ella Barbee.  She spent most of her youth in Logan County, Kentucky, before marrying Preston Dawson (b. 1864) of Cadiz, Kentucky, and moving with him to Clarksville, Tennessee, where he worked on the L&N Railroad.  They lived in the Gallows Hollow area of Clarksville, where Ella Mai worked as a domestic and was a longtime member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Clarksville, Tennessee.  Ella Mai died on 20 March 1991 and is buried in Logan County, Kentucky.   COLLECTION NOTE   This collection consists of personal papers of Ella Mai (Randolph) Dawson.  Included are correspondence from numerous family members, including sisters Fannie (Randolph) Neeley and Bertha (Randolph) Smith in Springfield, Tennessee (Folder 2); cousins Airlean Barbee and Vera Sanders in Louisville, Kentucky (Folder 3); sister-in-law Eliza J. Randolph of Adairville, Kentucky (Folder 4); and nephew Fred Stovall of Flint, Michigan (Folder 5).  Holiday letters from Meggs and Son Funeral Home of Adams, Tennessee (Folder 6) reflect on the changes in the Hopkinsville-Russellville, Kentucky and Clarksville-Springfield, Tennessee area during the twentieth century.  Other personal correspondence includes greeting cards from Jody Cates of Clarksville (Folder 7), letters and cards from Cecil Crawford and Irene Holder of Clarksville, Tennessee and Florida (Folder 8), and miscellaneous letters from family and friends (Folder 9), which typically convey family news and express affection and deep religious faith. The collection also contains letters and cards to Fannie Neeley from First Missionary Baptist Church, Springfield, Tennessee (Folder 10); Fannie Neeley’s death certificate and various funeral programs, including Ella Mai’s (Folder 11); and two flyers relating to voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives for African Americans in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1968 and 1970 (Folder 12).  Miscellaneous items include Preston Dawson’s L&N Railroad retirement application and a notice to residents of the Gallows Hollow area of Clarksville, Tennessee regarding the acquisition of their homes for an urban renewal project (Folder 13); and items relating to Ella Mai’s membership in Mt. Olive Baptist Church, including programs, bulletins and 2  MSS 397 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Special Collections Library – Western Kentucky University  newsletters, a certificate of appreciation, and a program commemorating the church’s 94th anniversary (Folder 14). Some greeting cards, as well as the photographs in this collection, were transferred to the Kentucky Library in 1991-1992.   SHELF LIST  BOX 1 Dawson, Ella Mai (Randolph)   1938-1991  149 items  Folder 1 Inventory  Folder 2 Letters from sisters, Fannie (Randolph)   1958-1977; n.d. 25 items Neeley and Bertha (Randolph) Smith, and  niece Deanna Groves  Folder 3 Letters from cousin Airlean Barbee and   1966-1970; n.d. 9 items   Airlean’s sister, Vera Sanders  Folder 4 Letters from sister-in-law Eliza J. Randolph 1968-1970; n.d. 6 items   (Mrs. Dan Randolph) of Adairville, Kentucky  Folder 5 Letters from nephew Fred Stovall and his 1969-1987; n.d. 9 items   wife, Gertrude, of Flint, Michigan  Folder 6 Letters and cards from Meggs & Son  1970,1976,1980, 4 items   Funeral Home, Adams, Tennessee  n.d.  Folder 7 Greeting cards from “adopted grandson”  n.d.   5 items   Jody Cates  Folder 8 Letters from Cecil Crawford and her   1974-1984; n.d. 7 items   daughter Irene Holder  Folder 9 Letters from family and friends   1967-1987; n.d. 29 items  Folder 10 Correspondence between Fannie Neeley  1979-1985; n.d. 19 items and the pastors and members of First  Missionary Baptist Church, Springfield,  Tennessee  Folder 11 Funeral items; death certificate   1968,1987-1991 7 items  Folder 12 Voters Registration Drive pamphlet and  1968, 1970  2 items   Montgomery County Voter’s Council flyer  3  MSS 397 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Special Collections Library – Western Kentucky University  Folder 13 Preston Dawson’s L&N Railroad retirement 1938, n.d.  4 items   papers, Clarksville Housing Authority   notice; greeting cards  Folder 14 Mt. Olive Baptist Church programs and  1968-1983; n.d. 23 items   related items; certificate of appreciation    BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  MSS DAWSON, Ella Mai (Randolph),  1938-1991 397  1892-1991    Family correspondence, church materials,  greeting cards and other personal papers of Ella  Mai (Randolph) Dawson, a native of Logan County,  Kentucky and resident of Clarksville, Tennessee.  Includes voter registration and urban renewal materials  relating to African Americans.   14 folders.  149 items.  Originals.   SC2012.3.60       SUBJECT ANALYTICS  African Americans  Baptists – African-American – Relating to     F14 Baptists – Tennessee – Relating to    F14 Barbee, Airlean    F3 Birthday cards, 1970s     F2 Caroland, Mary Frances Howser    F9 Cates, Jody      F7 Christmas cards, 1971-1987  F2,4-6,8-10,13 Clarksville, Tennessee – Travel and description, 1929, 1936      F6 Crawford, Cecil  F8 Dawson, Preston, b. 1864 – Relating to   F13 Finch, Willie Lee, 1910-1989     F11 First Missionary Baptist Church – Springfield, Tennessee – Relating to, 1979-1985 F10 Groves, Deanna      F2 Holder, Irene   F8 Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company – Employees, 1938      F13 Meggs, Emerson      F6 Mt. Olive Baptist Church – Clarksville, Tennessee – Relating to, 1969-1980 F14 Neeley, Fannie (Randolph), 1914-1987 – Correspondence   F2,5,10 Neeley, Fannie (Randolph), 1914-1987 – Relating to   F11 Oates, Myrtle    F9 4  MSS 397 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Special Collections Library – Western Kentucky University  Postcards, 1963-1975 F2,9 Randolph, Daniel, 1894-1979 – Relating to    F11 Randolph, Eliza J.      F4 Sanders, Vera F3 Sebree, Arthur Warren, d. 1980 – Relating to     F14 Smith, Bertha (Randolph)        F2 Springfield High School – Springfield, Tennessee, 1985 – Relating to F9 Stovall, Fred     F5 Stovall, Gertrude    F5 Thomas, Ruby      F9 Urban renewal – Clarksville, Tennessee – Relating to  F13 Valentines, 1970s(?)       F5 Voting – African Americans – Montgomery County, Tennessee, 1968, 1970 F12      Niedermeier/Jeffrey   06/05/2012 

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