Sale 2503 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 28, 2019

252 c   (EDUCATION.) Scrapbook of Washington educator Charles Baltimore. 92 photographs plus clippings mounted on 20 scrapbook leaves, some captioned in manuscript. Oblong folio, 11 x 14 inches, in original decorative boards; leaves are worn and coming detached, photographs in generally strong condition, though a few have come loose. Vp, circa 1920-52 [500/750] Charles Hill Baltimore (1908-1986) was a well-known educator and athletic coach in the District of Columbia. This scrapbook includes photographs from his childhood, his time as an Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity member at Howard University (class of 1931), and his career at the Deanwood School and Armstrong Tech. Highlights include: an artfully composed shot of a youth boxing match in 1938, and a 1942 library reception with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. It also includes a team photograph and 1952 newspaper article featuring perhaps Mr. Baltimore’s most famous student: one-armed basketball player Gary Mays, the “One-Armed Bandit,” an Armstrong basketball legend who held his own against Elgin Baylor but never got the opportunity to play professionally. 253 c   (FAMILY PAPERS.) Papers of the Daniels-Wells family spanning three generations through Howard University. 25 items, various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1886-1940 and undated [1,500/2,500] The key figures in this collection are Eugene P. Daniels (1861-1931) and wife Rebecca Jett (1866-1919), pecan farmers of Concordia Parish, LA; their daughter Eva B. Daniels Wells Simon (1894-1953) of Houston, TX; and her daughter Jessie M. Wells Adams (1917-1997) who attended Howard University and remained in the north. She went on to marry publisher Alger Leroy Adams (see lot 200) and was a founder of the Westchester County, NY chapter of Jack and Jill of America. Highlights include: The original 1886 marriage certificate of Eugene and Rebecca Daniels, 1886 (worn) * The Pronouncing Edition of the Family Bible, 1892, with 3 pages of family register entries spanning 1861 to 1997, professionally rebacked and conserved * Photograph of Eugene P. Daniels circa 1900 standing next to a seated white man. According to family tradition, the seated man was his biological father, a plantation owner named Henry Daniels * 6 other early photographs of Eugene Daniels and other family members * 2 scrapbooks of family photos circa 1920s * Marriage certificate of Eva Daniels Wells to Arthur Simon, Hardin, TX, 1940 * Diploma of Jessie Wells from Phillis Wheatley High School in Houston, 1930 * Autograph and photo album kept by Jessie Wells at the same school, 1930 * Professional photo portrait of Jessie Wells by Mayfair Studios of Brooklyn, NY * Howard University scrapbook of Jessie Wells. Contains clippings, invitations, telegrams, and other ephemera, 1931-34. 252