Creators: Anderson, David A., Deborah Janetos, Kayleigh Hegerle, Autumn Kelly, Juliana Milewski
Extent: 11 boxes of documents, 7 boxes of objects, 2 boxes of books
Abstract: This collection consists of correspondence, signed documents, postcards, VHS tapes, DVD’s and other materials collected by David A. Anderson.
Repository: Special Collections/Archives
Administrative Information
Processing Information:
Deborah Janetos, March 2022, 2024
Kayleigh Hegerle, May 2023
Autumn Kelly, February 2024
Juliana Milewski, August 2024
Terms of Access and Use:
The David Anderson Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
Copyright of papers in the collection is held by their authors and the authors’ heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library’s usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Preferred Citation:
[Item information and date], Box/Folder#, David A. Anderson Collection, Archives, Special Collections, Nazareth University
Acquisition Information:
Transferred to the Special Collections/Archives
Biographical Note:
Dr. David Anderson was born April 28, 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated in 1956 from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in photography, Syracuse University in 1962 with his master’s degree, and a Ph.D. in educational administration in 1975 from Union Institute, Cincinnati. Dr. Anderson worked over the years with numerous educational and community organizations in Rochester including Action for a Better Community, the Urban League of Rochester, Rochester School for the Deaf, the Rochester-Monroe County Freedom Trail Commission, and taught African American studies at Rochester area colleges. For many years, Dr. Anderson served as a visiting scholar at Nazareth University in the College of Arts & Sciences. As a master storyteller known as Mr. Sankofa, he embodied his quest for the community to learn from the past to inform the future. To further this goal, Dr. Anderson was a renowned Frederick Douglass reenactor, bringing to life for his audiences a most important (and local) historical figure. In 2022 Dr. Anderson was awarded the New York State legislature’s highest honor, the Liberty Medal, in recognition of his contributions to Black history.
Scope and Content Note:
David A. Anderson, Ph.D. collected materials related to the history of the African American community of Rochester, New York, as well as preserving artifacts documenting in photographs African American soldiers and World War I.
Arranged as follows:
I. 1 box
II. 1 box
III. 2 boxes
IV. 2 boxes
V. 2 boxes
VI. 2 boxes
VII. 1 box
VIII. 7 boxes
IX. 2 boxes
Scope and Content:
| 1.1 Folder 1 Washington Afro-American and the Washington Tribute Aug. 12-18, 2000 | ||
| 1.2 Folder 2 Buffalo Criterion, Newspaper, Buffalo, N.Y. Aug. 5-11, 2000 Re: A.M.E. Zion Church, pg. 8 | ||
| 1.3 Folder 3 You and Your World, Newspaper Apr 30, 1969, Columbus, OH Re: Lead Poisoning, Rochester, NY, pg. 3 | ||
| 1.4 Folder 4 Democrat and Chronicle, Newspaper, Rochester, NY Jan. 4, 2002 Re: MLK, Jr, Local Commemorative Celebrations, pg.3, reference to Nazareth College | ||
| 1.5 Folder 5 Misc. articles | ||
| 1.6 Folder 6 FIGHT articles | ||
| 1.7 Folder 7 “Black shirt black skin” by Boake Carter - serial article fragments from Cincinnati Post 1935 | ||
| 1.8 Folder 8 Newspaper articles | ||
| 1.9 Folder 9 Misc. church papers | ||
| 1.10 Folder 10 Script for Sophomore Assembly 1948 | ||
| 1.11 Folder 11 Manual for Directors of Christian Education | ||
| 1.12 Folder 12 Letter to Ethel Banks from Daisy Reeves 1952 | ||
| 1.13 Folder 13 Get Well card to Hamm 1945 | ||
| 1.14 Folder 14 Real Property Tax Exemption - Correspondence | ||
| 1.15 Folder 15 Plan for Redeveloping 301 Adams St. | ||
| 1.16 Folder 16 Incorporation of Hamm House | ||
| 1.17 Folder 17 WWI Poster - Hamm | ||
| 1.18 Folder 18 Notebook - from Hamm House | ||
| 1.19 Folder 19 Letter to Mrs. President | ||
| 1.20 Folder 20 Ledger | ||
| 1.21 Folder 21 Hamm letter “3 words to young people” | ||
| 1.22 Folder 22 Black regiment photos | ||
| 1.23 Folder 23 James and Bessie Hamm? | ||
| 1.24 Folder 24 Portraits | ||
| 1.25 Folder 25 Postcards | ||
| 1.26 Folder 26 Postcards France | ||
| 1.27 Folder 27 Postcards France | ||
| 1.28 Folder 28 David Anderson Papers Hist 560 and Hist 360 Feb 2014 | ||
| 1.29 Folder 29 David Anderson Correspondence/Assorted background info 2013 - 2014 | ||
| 1.30 Folder 30 Abstract 301 Adams Street, Rochester, NY 6/23/81 - James H. Hamm house | ||
| 1.31 Folder 31 Assorted newspaper clippings, varied dates and sources - poverty | ||
| 1.32 Folder 32 Photographs - Frederick Douglass and family | ||
| 1.33 Folder 33 Assorted articles about David Anderson (2000 - 2023) | ||
| 1.34 Folder 34 Assorted newspaper articles, various dates and subjects | ||
| 1.35 Folder 35 Reynolds Arcade photocopies of exterior (1929) | ||
| 1.36 DVD Rochester Legends - April 1, 2017 Dr. David Anderson, Constance Mitchell, and Dr. Walter Cooper | ||
| 1.37 VHS Hamm House Summer Camp 1999 | ||
| 1.38 VHS-C Hamm House Project 7/7/99 Tape #1 | ||
| 1.39 VHS-C Hamm House Project 7/8/99, 7/9/99 Tape #2 | ||
| 1.40 VHS-C Hamm House Project 1999 Tape #3 | ||
| 1.41 VHS Jason-Alan-Moore Troop #169 April 22, 1994 | ||
| 1.42 VHS Judi Baker’s Trip to North Carolina “In Search of Watts” June 1998 Stoney Point, Hiddenite, Taylorsville, NC | ||
| 1.43 Photo button/pin - b&w photo, unidentified male (in Hollinger box) | ||
| 1.44 Book - Frazier, Charles W. comp. - The Old Ship of Zion Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, Rochester, New York, Rev. Errol E. Hunt, Pastor. 2nd Edition, May 2003. | ||
| 1.45 Book - Sanders, Joe L. Sr. - Rochester Black History 1795-1990. Rochester, NY: Sanders. | ||
| Series II. David A. Anderson Collection | ||
| Scope and Content: | ||
| Arrangement: | ||
| 2.1 Folder 1 Hamm House Incorporation Documents | ||
| 2.2 Folder 2 Hamm House Promotional Materials and Correspondence | ||
| 2.3 Folder 3 Hamm House 1996-2001 | ||
| 2.4 Folder 4 Hamm House Summer Programs | ||
| 2.5 Folder 5 Hamm House Fish Fry receipts 1999-2000 | ||
| 2.6 Folder 6 Hamm House Photographs | ||
| 2.7 Folder 7 Hamm House miscellaneous | ||
| 2.8 Folder 8 Nazareth College/Anti-Slavery Rally at Corinthian Hall event | ||
| 2.9 Folder 9 Civil War history miscellaneous | ||
| 2.10 Folder 10 African-American history miscellaneous | ||
| 2.11 Folder 11 Frederick Douglass events miscellaneous | ||
| 2.12 Folder 12 State Senator Richard Dollinger Correspondence | ||
| 2.13 Folder 13 The North Star Project | ||
| 2.14 Folder 14 Frederick Douglass Curriculum | ||
| 2.15 Folder 15 Black American Families Conference materials | ||
| 2.16 Folder 16 Black Cultural Heritage Conference materials | ||
| 2.17 Folder 17 Pan-African Cultural Project | ||
| 2.18 Folder 18 African and African American History Program - Rites of Passage (2013) | ||
| 2.19 Folder 19 Memorial AME.Zion Church, Rochester NY/History of AME Zion Church | ||
| 2.20 Folder 20 Blackstorytelling | ||
| 2.21 Folder 21 Fannie Lou Hammer | ||
| 2.22 Folder 22 Marcus Garvey | ||
| 2.23 Folder 23 Marcus Garvey Materials 1929-1971 + Photos | ||
| 2.24 Folder 24 David Anderson Correspondence | ||
| 2.25 Folder 25 Tuskegee Airmen Materials | ||
| 2.26 Folder 26 Curriculum Materials 1980s and 1990s | ||
| 2.27 Folder 27 Martin Luther King materials | ||
| 2.28 Folder 28 David Anderson speeches | ||
| 2.29 Folder 29 Civil Rights photographs | ||
| 2.30 Folder 30 David Anderson miscellaneous handwritten notes | ||
| 2.31 Folder 31 Black History assorted items and dates | ||
| 2.32 Folder 32 David Anderson course descriptions | ||
| 2.33 Folder 33 Unknown items/association with David Anderson not determined | ||
| Series III. David A. Anderson Collection | ||
| Scope and Content: Kwanzaa & Organizations | ||
| Arrangement: | ||
| 3.1 Kwanzaa in Rochester N.Y. | ||
| 3.1.1 Kwanzaa; 1980-1989. | ||
| 3.1.2 Kwanzaa; 1990-. | ||
| 3.1.3 Rochester Kwanzaa Coalition; 1995-2013. | ||
| 3.1.4 Kwanzaa at Midtown Plaza; 1994-1995. | ||
| 3.1.5 Kwanzaa School Program; 1994-1995. | ||
| 3.1.5 Part 1. Three Cultural Symbols. | ||
| 3.1.5 Part 2 The Cultural Heritage of African American Children. | ||
| 3.1.6 Kwanzaa/Church; 1997. | ||
| 3.1.7 Kwanza Programming; 1993-1997, 2010, 2016. | ||
| 3.1.8 Pre-Kwanzaa; 1995, 1997, 2013. | ||
| 3.1.9 Literature and Sankofa Storytelling Posters. | ||
| 3.1.9 Part 1. David Anderson/ Sankofa. | ||
| 3.1.10 Kwanzaa NGUZO SABA: The Seven Principals. | ||
| 3.1.11 Practicing Kwanzaa + Reenactments. | ||
| 3.1.12 Maafa; 2013. | ||
| 3.1.13 Call to Unity; 2014. | ||
| 3.1.14 Watch Night. | ||
| 3.2 Organizations connected with David Anderson | ||
| 3.2.1 Akwaaba Heritage Association Inc.; 1974, 1999. | ||
| 3.2.1 Part 1 Akwaaba Heritage Association Photos; 1850. | ||
| 3.2.3 Rochester Association of Black Communicators “About… Time”; 1980, 1984, 2004. | ||
| 3.2.4 Misc. Organization Events / AKOMA / Estella Chapter / Haggai Chapter / William G. Scott / Theta Alpha Zeta Chapter; 1992,1995, 2008. | ||
| 3.2.5 Masons with Photos; 1996. | ||
| 3.2.6 Landmark Society of WNY with photos of maps of Rochester; 1996, 2008. | ||
| 3.2.7 Clarissa St. Reunion; 1996. | ||
| 3.2.8 Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild; 1997-2010. | ||
| 3.2.9 Bi-Racial Partnerships for Community Process; 2000-2001. | ||
| 3.2.10 Hamm House Financial Reports and Legacy; 2007, 2010-2011. | ||
| 3.2.11 Black Heritage Committee Ancestors List; 2011. | ||
| 3.2.12 Our Voice; 2013. | ||
| 3.2.13 V.O.C.; 2013-2014. | ||
| 3.2.14 Facing Race Embracing Equality (FREE); 2014. | ||
| Series III. Box Two David A. Anderson Collection | ||
| Scope and Content: Large /Objects | ||
| Arrangement | ||
| 3.3 Large / Objects | ||
| 3.3.1 Rochester Public Abstract Corp. 19th+ 20th Centuries. | ||
| 3.3.2 BOX of Misc. and VFW Photographs; 1995, 1997. / Smithsonian Folklife Festival CD; 2009. | ||
| 3.3.3 BINDER Tuskegee Airmen HAG. | ||
| 3.3.4 BOOK “The History of The Civil War; Harriet Tubman: Slavery and the Underground Railroad” by Megan McClard, SILVER BURDETT PRESS; 1991. | ||
| 3.3.5 Leather Pouch of an image of Sheila Egling Budd and instructions for “Silver Dollars”. | ||
| 3.3.6 Finance Notebook; 1943-1951. | ||
| 3.3.7 “Sugar Grove Sallie Holley” Pin | ||
| Series IV. David A. Anderson Collection | ||
| Scope and Content: | ||
| Arrangement: | ||
| 4.1 Folder 1 David Anderson papers #1 | ||
| 4.2 Folder 2 David Anderson papers #2 | ||
| 4.3 Folder 3 David Anderson papers #3 | ||
| 4.4 Folder 4 David Anderson papers #4 | ||
| 4.5 Folder 5 David Anderson papers #5 | ||
| 4.6 Folder 6 David Anderson papers #6 | ||
| 4.7 Folder 7 David Anderson speeches | ||
| 4.8 Folder 8 NEH application (National Endowment for the Humanities) | ||
| 4.9 Folder 9 Cultural Symbols Interviews | ||
| 4.10 Folder 10 Cultural Symbols Papers - Essays | ||
| 4.11 Folder 11 Douglass Middle School 1989-90 | ||
| 4.12 Folder 12 Residency - Corning | ||
| 4.13 Folder 13 Residency - School 16 | ||
| 4.14 Box of Business Cards | ||
| 4.15 Box of Photographs | ||
| Series V. David A. Anderson Collection | ||
| Scope and Content: School/College & Writings | ||
| Arrangement: | ||
| 5.1 Nazareth College | ||
| 5.1.1 Civil War Course; 2008. | ||
| 5.1.1 Part 1 On Behalf of Those Who Lie in Yonder Hallowed Ground; 2008, 2012. | ||
| 5.1.2 Nazareth College Freshmen Seminars / Service Learning; 2007, 2008, 2013. | ||
| 5.1.3 BINDER NAZ Service Learning; 2007-2008. | ||
| 5.1.4 Malcom and Martin HIS/RESCourse at Nazareth College; 2013, 2017. | ||
| 5.1.5 Horizons at Nazareth College; 2014. | ||
| 5.1.6 Nazareth College- Visiting Scholar Faculty Appointment; 2017. | ||
| 5.1.7 Pre- Kwanzaa at Nazareth College; 2019. | ||
| 5.1.7 Part 1, Ya’qub Shabazz; 2019. | ||
| 5.2 Rochester Schools | ||
| 5.2.1 Harambee; 1965, 1986, 2010. | ||
| 5.2.2 The Hundred Penny Box; 1988-1993. | ||
| 5.2.3 Rochester City School District Misc.; 1989-2000. | ||
| 5.2.4 Student Final Project; 1991. | ||
| 5.2.5 Sixth-Grade Letters to Dr. Anderson; 1991. | ||
| 5.2.6 The Origin Life on Earth: African Creation Myth. | ||
| 5.2.7 Afro-Rochester History School Curriculum Projects / Lesson Plans; 2004. | ||
| 5.2.8 RCSD Naming School Facilities; 2010. | ||
| 5.2.9 How Come We By This Juneteenth (Play). | ||
| 5.3 Writings, Articles, Notes | ||
| 5.3.1 Misc. Writings and Articles on Racism and Civil Rights; 1862, 1963, 2015. | ||
| 5.3.2 Marcus Garvey Articles; 1950s-80s. | ||
| 5.3.3 Misc. Notes; 1957-2013. | ||
| 5.3.4 Black Literature and Poetry; 1969, 1989, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011. | ||
| 5.3.5 Grant Requests; 1990, 1995. | ||
| 5.3.6 Grant Proposals; 2002-2004. | ||
| 5.3.7 Eureka Lodge; 2015. | ||
| 5.3.8 The School in the Urban Setting (Systems in Crisis). | ||
| 5.3.9 Writings on Harriet Tubman. | ||
| 5.3.10 If My Child… by David Anderson. | ||
| Series V. Box Two David A. Anderson | ||
| Scope and Context: Freedom Trail & Correspondences & People | ||
| Arrangement: | ||
| 5.4 Freedom Trail | ||
| 5.4.1 Forging the Freedom Trail Project; 1999. | ||
| 5.4.2 Johnson, William A. Re: Freedom Trail Commission; 2000-2005. | ||
| 5.4.3 Freedom Trail Commission- Financials; 2000-2005. | ||
| 5.4.4 Freedom Trail Commission; 2000-2007. | ||
| 5.4.5 Freedom Trail Commission – Emancipations “Stride Toward Freedom” Day Celebration; 2002. | ||
| 5.4.6 Dean Neblett re: Freedom Tail Commission; 2004- 2006. | ||
| 5.4.7 Freedom Trail Commission- Proposed By-Laws; 2005. | ||
| 5.5 Correspondences | ||
| 5.5.1 University of South Carolina Press Correspondence; 1969. | ||
| 5.5.2 David Anderson Correspondence; 1988-2001. | ||
| 5.5.3 Cincinnati / Hamilton County Correspondence; 1991. | ||
| 5.5.4 David Anderson Correspondence; 2002-2004. | ||
| 5.5.5 David Anderson Correspondence; 2005-2008. | ||
| 5.5.6 Correspondence with Adam McFadden; 2005-2006, 2011. | ||
| 5.5.7 Email Correspondence; 2006, 2011. | ||
| 5.5.8 David Anderson Correspondence; 2009- 2017. | ||
| 5.5.9 Correspondence with Anthony Hickenbattom: Case study research for community service project; 2010. | ||
| 5.5.10 Chautauqua Institution Archives Correspondence; 2010. | ||
| 5.5.11 Correspondence with Pemington-Moye, Donald F. Moye -His Veteran papers; 2014-2017. | ||
| 5.5.12 Veteran Services; 1995, 1988, 1995, 2012, 2016-2017. | ||
| 5.5.13 Correspondence with Mayor Warren; 2014, 2016. | ||
| 5.5.14 Correspondence with Carla Williams: Mount Hope Cemetery. | ||
| 5.6 People | ||
| 5.6.1 David Anderson Biography/Misc. | ||
| 5.6.2 Business Cards- BINDER. | ||
| 5.6.3 Addresses. | ||
| 5.6.4 Bracey Frazier; 1988, 1998. | ||
| 5.6.5 Max Roach- Percussionist and Freedom Advocate; 1990. | ||
| 5.6.6 Forrest H. Witmeyer; 1991, 2000-2002. | ||
| 5.6.7 Coles, Howard W.; 1996-1997. | ||
| 5.6.8 Katerine Jordan; 1996-1997. | ||
| 5.6.9 Ron Brown; 1997. | ||
| 5.6.10 Dr. Pitts, Oral Interview; 1998. | ||
| 5.6.11 Walter Cooper, Oral Interview; 2008. | ||
| 5.6.12 Tom Calarco; 2009. | ||
| 5.6.13 Jada Williams; 2013. | ||
| 5.6.14 Marie Watkins; 2013. | ||
| 5.6.15 Mitchell Harris; 2013-2015. | ||
| 5.6.16 Jackie Campell; 2014. | ||
| 5.6.17 Barbara Latimere-Walker; 2015. | ||
| 5.6.18 Obituaries; 1995, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016. | ||
| Series VI. David A. Anderson Collection | ||
| Scope and Content: Frederick Douglass & Black/Rochester History | ||
| Arrangement: | ||
| 6.1 Frederick Douglass | ||
| 6.1.1 Frederick Douglass- David Anderson Research. | ||
| 6.1.2 Friends of Frederick Douglass; 1987, 1996. | ||
| 6.1.3 Friends of Frederick Douglass, Centennial Celebration; 1995. | ||
| 6.1.4 Frederick Douglass Family Tree Assignment. | ||
| 6.1.5 “A Little Light of in the Life of Frederick Douglass”. | ||
| 6.1.6 “Miracles in the Life of Frederick Douglass”, “The Miracle of the North Star…”. | ||
| 6.1.7 Underground Railroad; 2003- 2015. | ||
| 6.1.8 Frederick Douglass- Hamilton St. House, Rochester, N.Y.; 2003-2004, 2010. | ||
| 6.1.9 Freedom Center and Frederick Douglass School; 2006. | ||
| 6.1.10 National Underground Railroad Conference 2007- Freedom Trail Commission. | ||
| 6.1.11 Helen Schwartz Re: UGRR Heritage Trail; August- October 2008. | ||
| 6.2 History | ||
| 6.2.1 Rochester History, Subway System, Glen House and Lower Falls Photos, Historical Essays of Rochester; 1854, 1963, 2009. | ||
| 6.2.2 Harpers Ferry Photos; Oct. 1859. | ||
| 6.2.3 St. Simon’s Church; 1935-1996. | ||
| 6.2.4 Birmingham 16th St. Church; 1963. | ||
| 6.2.5 African Americans – individual Brief Biographies; 1980, 2007, 2014. | ||
| 6.2.6 USCT Soldiers; 1985, 2002, 2007-2008, 2013, 2015. | ||
| 6.2.7 Newspapers of African American History and Rochester; 1986, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2012, 2015. | ||
| 6.2.8 Sergent George Brown Exhibit at RMSC; 1989. | ||
| 6.2.9 Sickle Cell Anemia Crisis in Rochester N.Y. The Sickle Cell Story. Urban Health Magazine. Tony’s Sickle Cell Crisis coloring book; 1972- December 1973. | ||
| 6.2.10 Afro- Rochester History; 1991, 2017. | ||
| 6.2.11 Cox Building with Photos, 1995. | ||
| 6.2.12 African American History- General; 1996, 2007, 2013. | ||
| 6.2.13 Misc. Black History; 1998. | ||
| 6.2.14 Afro- Rochester History and Genealogy; 2000, 2007, 2012, 2017. | ||
| 6.2.15 Mount Hope Cemetery, Maps / School Event and Permit / Freedom Trail Donation; 2004-2005, 2007, 2014-2015. | ||
| 6.2.15 Part 1 Mt. Hope Cemetery 175th Anniversary, - Photos; 2013. | ||
| 6.2.16 Genesee Valley Canal Events with John E. Curran; 2005, 2009, 2013. | ||
| 6.2.17 Tuskegee Airmen; 2014-2016. | ||
| 6.2.17 Part 1 Tuskegee Airmen Chronology; 2011. | ||
| 6.2.18 Afro- Rochester / Monroe and Genesee County History, Civil War Soldiers; 2012-2013. | ||
| 6.2.19 Alex Haley- “ROOTS” Assignment. | ||
| 6.2.20 Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Seneca Falls, NY. | ||
| 6.2.21 Photographic Collection CD by David Anderson. | ||
| 6.2.22 BINDER Afro- Rochester for Youth Citizens- Docent. | ||
| Series VII. David A. Anderson Collection | ||
| Scope and Content: Lead poisoning | ||
| Arrangement: | ||
| 7.1 Folder 1 Anderson Papers Anderson writings, script on lead poisons | ||
| 7.2 Folder 2 Anderson Papers Lead Poisoning - misc. | ||
| 7.3 Folder 3 Anderson Papers Governmental Outreach | ||
| 7.4 Folder 4 Anderson Papers Lead Poisoning 1970’s | ||
| 7.5 Folder 5 Anderson Papers Lead Poisoning 1980’s | ||
| 7.6 Folder 6 Anderson Papers Photos | ||
| 7.7. Folder 7 Anderson Papers Lead Poisoning Student Papers Black Politics 1970 (Nov. 1970) | ||
| 7.8 Folder 8 Anderson Papers U of R | ||
| 7.9 Folder 9 Childhood Lead Poisoning Control Program - Grant Application 4/1972 | ||
| 7.10 Folder 10 Coloring Book - The Story of Monroe and the Loose Plaster | ||
| 7.11 Folder 11 Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning | ||
| 7.12 Folder 12 Committee to End Lead Poisoning | ||
| 7.13 Folder 13 Confidential Cases, Lead Levels | ||
| 7.14 Folder 14 Lead Poisoning - Clippings | ||
| 7.15 Folder 15 Lead Poisoning Control Program | ||
| 7.16 Folder 16 Lead Poisoning - Correspondence | ||
| 7.17 Folder 17 Paint Chips (SONG) | ||
| 7.18 Folder 18 Parents Against Lead Poisoning Names and Addresses | ||
| 7.19 Folder 19 Preventing Lead Poisonings in Children | ||
| 7.20 Folder 20 Project Uplift | ||
| 7.21 Folder 21 Lead Poisoning - Project Uplift plus misc. materials | ||
| 7.22 Folder 22 Training Course - Lead Poisoning Department of Preventive Medicine Project Uplift | ||
| 7.23 Folder 23 Lead Poisoning Transparencies | ||
| 7.24 Folder 24 Transparencies / Project Uplift / Lead Poisoning Prevention | ||
| 7.25 Folder 25 Public Institutions + Their War Against Development of Black Youth | ||
| 7.26 Folder 26 S.P.A.N. School-Parents Advisors to the Neighborhood | ||
| 7.27 Folder 27 Lead Poisoning / SPAN | ||
| 7.28 Folder 28 Lead Poisoning Survey | ||
| 7.29 Folder 29 David Anderson Papers Urban League - Lead Poisoning | ||
| 7.30 Folder 30 Urban League 1967-1970 | ||
| 7.31 BINDER Photographs related to lead paint/lead poisoning | ||
| 7.32 BINDER Photographs related to lead paint/lead poisoning | ||
| Series VIII. David A. Anderson Collection | ||
| Scope and Content: | ||
| Arrangement: | ||
| 8.1 Object Box 1 David A. Anderson - Plaques, awards | ||
| 8.1.1 Urban League of Rochester, Inc., “Our man of the year” David A. Anderson, 1969. | ||
| 8.1.2 Community School Council, David Anderson, June 18, 1975. | ||
| 8.1.3 C.S.D., Dr. David Anderson, Parent Training Supervisor, April 28, 1981. | ||
| 8.1.4 Rochester School District, Advisory Council to Title I, David Andeson, Nov. 16, 1981 | ||
| 8.1.5 Rochester Institute of Technology, Black Awareness Coordinating Committee, Dr. David Anderson, 1983-84. | ||
| 8.1.6 Health Assn of Rochester & Monroe County, David Anderson, 1984. | ||
| 8.1.7 Church of the Covenant UCC, Dr. David Anderson, May 6, 1984. | ||
| 8.1.8 Head Start Program, Lewis Scott Community Service Award, Dr. David Anderson, June 19, 1985. | ||
| 8.1.9 Mental Health Association, Distinguished Vol. Service Award, David A. Anderson, Ph.D.,1986 | ||
| 8.1.10 Greater Rochester Tougaloo Alumni Assn., Patsy London Barnes Education Award, Dr. David Anderson, March 11, 1990. | ||
| 8.1.11 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Theta Alpha Zeta Chapter, Community Service Award, David A. Anderson, March 21, 1992. | ||
| 8.1.12 J.W. Spencer School #16, Appreciation award to “world’s greatest storyteller”, Dr. David Anderson, June 23, 1992. | ||
| 8.1.13 Mental Health Assoc, Self-Esteem Award, Dr. David Anderson, Oct. 1992. (Note: information regarding award printed on foam board) | ||
| 8.1.14 N.Y. Revelation Choir, Outstanding Service, Dr. David Anderson, 1993. | ||
| 8.1.15 Jefferson Ave. Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Community Service Award, Dr. David Anderson, October 1994. | ||
| 8.1.16 RCSD, Rochester Board of Education, Celebration of Black History Month, Recognizes David Anderson, February 2002. | ||
| 8.1.17 United States Colored Troops Institute for Local History and Family Research, Lt. Stephen A. Swails Courage Award, David A. Anderson/Sankofa, Feb. 23, 2002. | ||
| 8.1.18 Jim(Mamba) McCuller’s Memorial “Call to Action” Service to the Community Award, Dr. David Anderson, April 13, 2002. | ||
| 8.1.19 BlueCross BlueShield of the Rochester Area, Certificate of Appreciation, Multi-Cultural Celebration, Dr. David Anderson, December 2002. | ||
| 8.1.20 Frederick Douglass Grand Lodge, Intern’l F. & A.M. Masons, [sic] in recognition and appreciation for preserving the legacy of Frederick Douglass, Dr. David Anderson, June 22, 2003. | ||
| 8.1.21 Girl Scouts of Genesee Valley, Inc., Certificate of Appreciation certificate to Rochester-Monroe County Freedom Trail Commission & Dr. David Anderson, July 2003. | ||
| 8.1.22 Rochester 2010 Youth Voice One Vision and Hoodstock USA, Dr. David Anderson, August 22, 2004. | ||
| 8.1.23 Haggan Chapter #41, Royal Arch Masons, Outstanding Community Service, Dr. David A. Anderson, April 30, 2005. | ||
| 8.1.24 Freedom Heroes, Everyday Freedom Hero, Dr. David Anderson, December 26, 2006. | ||
| 8.1.25 Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church Lay Council, Justice Alean Rush Memorial Service Award, David Anderson, Ph.D., May 6, 2007. | ||
| 8.1.26 Sankofa Festival, sharing African American history and service to the Rochester Community, Dr. David Anderson, Sankofa, August 25, 2007. | ||
| 8.1.27 City of Rochester Black Heritage Committee, 2008 Pioneer Award, Dr. David Anderson, February 16, 2008. | ||
| 8.1.28 Nazareth College Sr. Kathy Weider Center for Service-Learning, Service-Learning Champion Award presented to Dr. David Anderson, 21 April 2008. | ||
| 8.1.29 Underground Railroad Free Press, 2003 Underground Railroad Free Press Prize for Leadership awarded to Dr. David A. Anderson, 13 November 2008. | ||
| 8.1.30 University of Rochester, Black Students’ Union, Certificate of Appreciation, Dr. David “Sankofa” Anderson, annual Kwanzaa Celebration, December 5, 2008. | ||
| 8.1.31 Edgerton Community Center, Recognition of Your Continued Contributions to Black America, Dr. David Anderson, February 28, 2009. | ||
| 8.1.32 S.W.O.R.D Martial Arts Club & Guild./SWAN Board, Certificate of Appreciation, Dr. Anderson, May 9, 2009. | ||
| 8.1.33 Rochester Area Council for the Social Studies Partners in Education Award presented to David Anderson, 2010. | ||
| 8.1.34 United States Colored Troops Institute for Local History and Family Research, Certificate to certify that the Board of Directors have elected David A. Anderson, Senior Fellow, expiration date January 1, 2011. [n.d.] | ||
| 8.1.35 Paradise Temple #1149 (Elks), 50th Anniversary Celebration Committee, “Love Never Gives Up Recognition Award” Dr. David A. Anderson, October 8, 2011. | ||
| 8.1.36 East High School’s Ebony Culture Club, Appreciation Award presented to Dr. David A. Anderson Sankofa, 18 December 2012. | ||
| 8.1.37 Danny & Blue Lu Barker Estate Award 2013, Historic Storyteller Award, David Anderson. [bi-fold clock with photo - silver toned] | ||
| 8.1.38 Ms. Gaynelle Wethers Award presented to David Anderson, Ph.D. for enhancing racial diversity at the College…, Nazareth College, 2015-2016. | ||
| 8.1.39 Central Church of Christ, Certificate of Appreciation “Black History Observance: From the Bible to Obama” presented to Dr. David A. Anderson, Sankofa, n,d, | ||
| 8.1.40 Framed composite photo in frame, thanking Dr. Anderson for meeting them, Signed by young students, n.d. | ||
| 8.2 Object Box 2 James and Bessie B. Hamm - Plaques | ||
| 8.2.1 Rochester Club of the National Assn. of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc., Human Relations Award, Bessie B. Hamm, June 14, 1964. | ||
| 8.2.2 Parents and Students Want to Know Group, Presented to Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hamm for the Founding of this Organization to Create Opportunities for the Higher Education of Rochester Youth, June 4, 1967. | ||
| 8.2.3 Eureka Lodge No. 36, F. & A. M (P H A), Presented to James and Bessie Hamm In Recognition of their Devoted Efforts to Awaken Students in the Rochester Area to The Value of Education in Their Lives and Community, June 4, 1967. | ||
| 8.2.4 Catholic Interracial Council, Schuyler Award for the Outstanding Contribution to Interracial Justice and Understanding presented to Bessie B. Hamm, June 18, 1967. | ||
| 8.2.5 National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc., National Sojourner Truth Meritorious Service Award to Bessie Hamm, Sept. 27, 1969. | ||
| 8.2.6 Times Union (Rochester, NY), Special Recognition Club Woman of the Year 1970 Awarded to Mrs. James H. Hamm, President of Parents and Students Want to Know Group for Dedicated Services to the Greater Rochester Community, 1970. | ||
| 8.2.7 Times Union (Rochester, NY), Ira Sapozink Memorial Award Presented to Mrs. James H. Hamm for her Lifelong Service to Youth in the Tradition of Ira Sapozink Former Promotion Manager of the Times Union, May 23, 1970. | ||
| 8.2.8 Rochester Teachers Association Award, Distinguished Lay Leadership in Public Education, Mrs. James H. Hamm, 1971. | ||
| 8.2.9 National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc., National Sojourner Truth Meritorious Service Award to Bessie Hamm, April 28, 1974. | ||
| 8.3 Object Box 3 Assorted ephemera | ||
| 8.3.1 First Day Covers, framed - 32c Frederick Douglass; 32c Harriet Tubman, cancelled Gettysburg, PA, Jun 29, 1995. | ||
| 8.3.2 Declaration of Interdependence, framed, Freedom Center tribute | ||
| 8.3.3 Proclamation by Gov. George E. Pataki honoring Frederick Douglass as part of the “Men of Color, to Arms” Conference, sponsored by the Rochester Monroe Freedom Trail Commission, March 28, 2003. | ||
| 8.3.4 Our Voice, The Magazine – framed copy of “Journey through Afro-Rochester” by David A. Anderson, Ph.D., 2013. | ||
| 8.3.5 Framed print of Mayor William A. Johnson, Jr., first Black Mayor of Rochester, 1994-2005. | ||
| 8.3.6 Framed diploma, Lewis E. Bracey, Madison High School, Rochester, NY, June 21, 1940. Lewis Bracey was a WWII veteran, a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. Along with Charles Frazier, he started the Frederick Douglass Research and Development Center, Rochester, NY concentrating on the history of the anti-slavery Movement, Underground Railroad operator Harriet Tubman and their 176 year old church. | ||
| 8.3.7 Charles Frazier, tribute presented to Mr. Frazier in recognition of contributions to the success of the United States Postal Service Black History Program, February 23, 1995. | ||
| 8.3.8 Framed photos of the Board Members, not identified but possibly related to the James and Bessie Hamm House, | ||
| 8.3.9 Framed print, “Outside Malcolm’s Window” 2012 (Malcolm X) 5” x 7” plus frame. | ||
| 8.3.10 Framed print, “The Drummer” Paul Nzalamba 5” x 7” plus frame | ||
| 8.3.11 Plaque - Catholic Interracial Council or Rochester, New York, Schuyler Award for Outstanding Contribution to Interracial Justice and Understanding Presented to Andrew N. Gibson, April 12, 1964. | ||
| 8.3.12 Plaque - Hood Theological Seminary Alumni Award presented to Rev. Andrew Newton Gibson, Gospel Minister, Church Builder, Community Servant And Lover of People, September 29, 1977. | ||
| 8.3.13 Framed photograph. Note: subject needs to be identified. | ||
| 8.3.14 Transparency of letter written to Dr. Anderson from University of South Carolina Press, Sept. 30, 1969 in response to his request for a desk copy of Richard B. Morris’ Documentary History of the United States. Letter is interesting as it states that 8 books had been published in the series (to date) and none had the “slightest connection with Black America or Black American History.” | ||
| 8.3.15 Poster - Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. “One million abolisitonists” [sic} April 5, 2018 Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library, The Frederick Douglass Institute for African-American Studies, University of Rochester. | ||
| 8.3.16 “Children we care” poem by Mychal Wynn, c. 1982. Laminated. | ||
| 8.3.17 Poster - Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, located in Sullivan Hall, Philadelphia, PA. Poster produced by Audiovisual Center, Temple University. | ||
| 8.3.18 “The Big Book of Independent Study: Hands-on material ready to use in the classroom” Kaplan, Madison & Gould, 1976. | ||
| 8.3.19 Calendar - Coors Heritage Calendar, 1998. Published to commemorate the outstanding contributions made by Black Americans to our nation’s culture and development (focus on the American West). | ||
| 8.3.20 Six drawings in crayon created and signed by school children (likely as part of Dr. Anderson’s storytelling school program) n.d. | ||
| 8.3.21 Two drawings in crayon, one with the words “I’m free” and the other with “Who killed little boy” (likely created as part of Dr. Anderson’s storytelling program but no context or date given) | ||
| 8.3.22 American Flag, 50 starts, 3’ x 5’ | ||
| 8.3.23 POW MIA black banner, 2” x 19” | ||
| 8.3.24 Copper flute, 16.25” | ||
| 8.3.25 Kwanzaa candle holder, 14” L x 6” H, wood crafted by Wilbur L. Gerst, Rochester, NY n.d. | ||
| 8.3.26 Kwanzaa principles printed on cards | ||
| 8.3.27 Austin Steward Memorial Contributors copy of poster listing amounts and names, 1986. Information about Steward attached incl. photo of bronze bust. | ||
| 8.4 Object Box 4 VHS, DVDs, CDs, floppy disks | ||
| 8.5 Object Box 5 Oversized items | ||
| 8.5.1 Framed black/white print of Howard Coles, founder and publisher of “The Voice” which would later become “The Frederick Douglass Voice”; influential advocate for the Rochester African-American community. 18” x 22” | ||
| 8.5.2 Framed charcoal portrait of unknown man signed Mary deB Graves, 1943. 20” x 25”. | ||
| 8.5.3 Serigraph print 13/13 titles “Summer Poem” by C. Jones, matted. 20” x 26”. | ||
| 8.5.4 “Gede: The Summoning of Spirits” article documenting an African ritual; affixed to cardboard backing. n.d. | ||
| 8.5.6 Poster - “Celebrate a proud and enduring heritage.” New American Library. | ||
| 8.5.7 Poster - “Exceptional Black Scientists: Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb (born 1924) Cell Physiologist, Educator, University President. | ||
| 8.5.8 Poster - “The people could fly; American Black Folktales” told by Virginia Hamilton, Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, Knoft. | ||
| 8.5.9 Poster - Action for a Better Community, Jessye Norman, October 14, 1995, Eastman Theatre, Rochester, New York (signed by Jessye Norman) | ||
| 8.5.10 Poster - “Dear Father, a collection of letters to Frederick Douglass from His children 1859-1894.” Edited by Mark Anthony Cooper Sr. | ||
| 8.5.11 Poster - Reptiles. c. 1989 Frank Schaffer Publications. 17” x 22” | ||
| 8.5.12 Six printouts illustrating issues surrounding the “N” word. N.d. | ||
| 8.6 Object Box 4 Issues of Purnell's History of the Second World War magazines (need to locate) | ||
| Series IX. David A. Anderson Collection | ||
| Scope and Content: | ||
| Arrangement: | ||
| 9.1 Office books | ||
| 9.2 Office books | ||
Search Terms
Contributors:
Anderson, David A.
Janetos, Deborah
Hegerle, Kayleigh
Kelly, Autumn
Subject Terms:
Anderson, David A., 1930-
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
African Americans
Hamm House
Kwanzaa
Lead poisoning
Mount Hope Cemetery (Rochester, N.Y.)
Rochester (N.Y.)
World War, 1914-1918
Separated Materials:
No items were knowingly removed from the collection.
Related Resources:
The Nazareth University Archives also houses the Jean M. Czerkas Frederick Douglass Papers. Jean M. Czerkas was a Rochester, New York historian known for her many years of research into the life of Frederick Douglass and his family. Czerkas was a longtime member of the Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery, a trustee of the Landmark Society of Western New York, and in 2004 was appointed to the Rochester and Monroe County Freedom Trail Commission. Her research as a historian led to the discovery of the only known home owned by Frederick Douglass still standing in Rochester today. She also rediscovered the location of the graves of Rosetta Douglass Sprague and her family in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rosetta was a daughter of Frederick Douglass who was also interred in Mount Hope in 1895. In addition to her Frederick Douglass scholarship, Czerkas was a noted landscape historian and authored a book on local landscape architect, Alling Stephen DeForest. The Nazareth University Archives is pleased to have been chosen as the repository of Jean M. Czerkas’s important scholarship related to Frederick Douglass.
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