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Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning collection
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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker) 1892-1973.
Contributor
Citizens' Republic Club.
Institute for Colored Youth (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Philadelphia Tribune.
Title
Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning collection
Description
The Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning family papers document the development of a white family and a prominent middle class African American family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, beginning with the 1760s emigration of John Stevens from England to South Carolina. The papers consist of seven series: “Stevens family papers,” “Cogdell family papers,” “Sanders family papers,” “Venning family papers,” “Unattributed family papers,” “Scrapbook materials and related ephemera,” and “Hinkson family papers.” The materials date from 1734 to 1976 and consist of scrapbooks, ephemera, newspaper clippings, Common Prayer books, invitations, holiday cards, correspondence, business papers, and a variety of personal papers. The materials document the Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning families'; professional, family, and personal lives.
Subject
Bolivar, William C.
Chew, Cordelia Sanders
Chew, Richard Sanders
Chew, William H.
Cogdell, Mary Elizabeth Stevens
Cogdell, Richard Walpole 1787-1866.
Hinkson, Cordelia Chew
Hinkson, DeHaven
Martha Graham Dance Company.
Sanders, Robert
Sanders, Sarah, d. 1850
Venning, Edward Y.
Venning, Julia Sanders
Venning, Miranda Cogdell
African American dancers
African American educators
African American history
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Racially mixed people
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