Jones-Sadler family papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"20583", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 263", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b11524015", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1876-1931", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1876/1931"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Jones-Sadler family papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.01 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Jones-Sadler family was an African-American family living in Greenville, Mississippi, after the Civil War. The Jones-Sadler Family Papers, 1876-1931 consists of correspondence and other documents relating to Cornelius Jones and to Charles and Sarah Sadler and family. The collection includes: transcript from Kansas City General Hospital with a letter offering employment to Callie Patterson; certificate of service and pension request for Charles Sadler; a midwife permit dated 1923 and five documents relating to Sarah Sadler's receipt of her husband's pension; receipt for room, board and tuition for Estelle Walker at Central Tennessee College; a three page obituary, six letters and one flyer advertising Cornelius Jones's Candidacy for the third Congressional District in Mississippi; and two letters to Sarah Sadler Cornelius and Hannah Jones."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Jones family", "type"=>"famname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Jones-Sadler family was an African-American family living in Greenville, Mississippi, after the Civil War. Cornelius Jones (1858-1931), a graduate of Alcorn University and a lawyer, was elected to the Mississippi Legislature in 1889. His sister Sarah, a midwife who attended Tougaloo University, married Charles Sadler, a veteran of the Civil War. They had two daughters: Callie (Patterson), a trained nurse, and Estelle (Walker) who attended Central Tennessee College.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Jones-Sadler family papers consist of correspondence and other documents relating to Cornelius Jones and to Charles and Sarah Sadler and family. The collection includes: transcript from Kansas City General Hospital with a letter offering employment to Callie Patterson; certificate of service and pension request for Charles Sadler; a midwife permit dated 1923 and five documents relating to Sarah Sadler's receipt of her husband's pension; receipt for room, board and tuition for Estelle Walker at Central Tennessee College; a three page obituary, six letters and one flyer advertising Cornelius Jones's Candidacy for the third Congressional District in Mississippi; and two letters to Sarah Sadler Cornelius and Hannah Jones.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Mrs. Camille Patterson Busby, 1988</p>"}

separatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints division.</p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2022 September 22"}

date_start

1876

keydate

1876

date_end

1931

date_inclusive_start

1876

date_inclusive_end

1931

extent_statement

0.01 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Jones-Sadler family papers, Sc MG 263, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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