ATKINSON FAMILY COLLECTION, ca. 1860-1929

Storage: Box Lot (1 8x10 in. box, 1 16x20 in. box)

Accession Number: G1990.0366

Photographs and prints related to the Isaac and Emma Atkinson and their descendants, one of the first African-American families to settle in Chicago. Isaac was the son of Richard Atkinson, who emigrated from Scotland to the United States in the early 1800s, and Cecelia, a full-blooded Cherokee. Isaac married Emma Jane, who was half African-American and half Cherokee. Isaac and Emma Atkinson came to Chicago in 1847. An article about the Atkinson family and this collection, entitled "Family Album: A Personal History of Black Chicago, 1847-1992," appeared in the Chicago Tribune Magazine, February 23, 1992.

Box 1

1. African-American Siamese twins
2. Atkinson, Emma Jane
3. Atkinson, Emma Sarah
4. Atkinson, Frances
5. Atkinson, Isaac
6. Atkinson, Josephine
7. Atkinson, Josephine
8. Atkinson, Nellie
9. Atkinson, Nellie
10. Atkinson, Nellie
11. Atkinson, Richard
12. Cunningham, Eugene
13. Cunningham, Sarah
14. Greenwood, Maude Adelia
15. Henderson, Franklyn J.
16. Henderson, James
17. Henderson, Mary Atkinson
18. Johnson, Nellie Atkinson
19. Poindexter, Joseph
20. Poindexter, Mrs. J.
21. Reid family
22. Thompson, Rev. J.E.
23. Walker, Ada Overton
24. Souvenir—The Columbia Club
25. Unidentified African-American girl
26. Dwelling at 3334 South Vernon Avenue
27. Copy photographs

Box 2

Non-graphic material