FRANKLYN
ATKINSON HENDERSON COLLECTION, circa 1850-1900
Storage: Box Lot (2-11 x 14 inch
boxes)
Accession
Number: G1990.70
Description
of the Collection
The
Franklyn Atkinson Henderson Collection is comprised of 50 cabinet card and
other card (studio portrait) photographs.
These include portraits of Daniel Hale Williams--founder of Provident
Hospital, John Jones--first African-American Cook County Commissioner who was
elected to office in 1871, Joanna Cecilia Snowden—first African-American bank
clerk and first African-American probation officer, Lloyd Garrison Wheeler—the
first African-American lawyer admitted to the Illinois bar, Edward Hopkins
Morris who served in the Illinois Legislature from 1890 to 1902, Mary
Davenport--first African-American police matron (appointed by Mayor Carter H.
Harrison) and the actor Richard B. Harrison.
The
collection was donated by Michele Madison and Grace Mason, descendants of the
Atkinson family who settled in Chicago in 1847.
According to family researchers, Isaac Atkinson and his wife Emma Jane
were the thirteenth African-American family to reside
in Chicago. Isaac owned his own bus line
in Chicago and later, was the first person to be pensioned by the Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad. Emma Jane aided
fugitive slaves from the South through the underground railway located in
Chicago's Quinn Chapel, A.M.E.
The
collection was compiled by Franklyn Atkinson Henderson, a grandson of the
original Atkinson family, who devoted much of his life to documenting the lives
of pioneer African-American in Chicago. He was secretary and historian of the Chicago
Old Settlers Social Club. Most of the
photographs were given to him by friends and members of the Club. He arranged to have the collection exhibited
at the American Negro Exposition held in Chicago in 1940. The photographs were accompanied by the
attendance record book of the Old Settlers Social Club dated 1902-1918.
Ms.
Madison and Ms. Mason made the donation in honor of Franklyn Atkinson Henderson
and in acknowledgement of Black History Month, 1990.
Container
List
Box 1
1.
Allen, George
2.
Atkinson,
3.
Baker, Naomi Crutcher
4.
Bond, Mary
5.
Brown, Lourena Simpson (1842-1930)
6. Carr, Georgiana de Baptista
7.
Curtis, M.D., Austin (b.1863)
8.
Davenport, Mary (1856-1863)
9.
Dawson, Sr., J.B. (1819-1850)
10.
DeBaptiste, Richard (1831-1901)
11.
Dempsey, Ida McIntosh (1857-1924)
12. Drisden, Andrew C. (1866-1937)
13. Drisden, Valetta Winslow (1871-1937)
14.
Hall, George Cleveland
15.
Hall, Sr., Abrum Thomson (1822-1916)
16. Harrison,
Lawrence Gilbert (1901-1937)
17.
Harrison, Richard Barry (1865-1935)
18.
Hudlin, Anna Elizabeth (d.1914)
19. Hudlin,
Joseph
20. Hudlin,
Kitty
21.
Isbell, Lewis (1818-1905)
Box 2
1.
Jones, James E. (d.1910)
2.
Jones, Honorable John (1816-1879)
3.
Jones, John G.
4.
Jones, Mary Richardson (1820-1910)
5.
Jones, William Albert and Nettie Amelia Jones
6.
King, Cassius J. (1845-1924)
7.
Knighten, Charlotte
8.
Knights Templar [moved to Box 3]
9.
McGowen, Jr., David
10.
Moody, Agnes Berry (1856-1901)
11.
Moore, Joseph (1848-1915)
12.
Morris, Edward Hopkins (1858-1943)
13.
Nelson, Laney (b.1822)
14.
Owens, Luella Pointz
15.
Perry, Hattie Warner (1859-1933)
16.
Pointer, Elizabeth Garnett
17.
Skinner, Carrie Jenkins (1860-1911)
18.
Smith, Gabrella Knighten
19.
Snowden, Joana Cecelia (1864-1941)
20.
Taylor, Eliza Campbell (1850-1893)
21.
Taylor, James
22. Tervalon, Charlotte & Masces
23.
Waring, Jennie
24.
Waring, Mary Jane (1838-1896)
25.
Watkins, William (1846-1895)
26.
Watts, Henry
27.
Wheeler, Lloyd Garrison (1849-1909)
28.
Williams, M.D., L.L.D., Daniel Hale (1858-1931)
29.
Wilson, Jenny
30.
Younger family
31. African-American female unidentified
32. African-American unidentified
33. African-American Female unidentified (1862)
Box 3
1.
Adkinson, Emma Jane
April
6, 1990
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