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Creator
Goin family (Connecticut)
Call number
Sc MG 558
Physical description
0.03 linear feet (3 folders)
Language
English
Preferred Citation
[Item], Goin family collection, Sc MG 558, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Repository
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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The Goin family was an African American family that resided in New Haven, Connecticut. The Goin family collection is a miscellaneous collection of documents related to Reverend Edward F. Goin, pastor of the Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church in New Haven, Connecticut (1901-1943), his daughter, Viola Goin Palmer, his son, Edward H. Goin, an educator and civic leader in New Haven, and Edward H.'s wife, Marie Crawford Goin.

Biographical/historical information

The Goin family was an African American family that resided in New Haven, Connecticut. The father, Edward F. Goin (1873-1948), was pastor of the Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church from 1901-1943. He had a daughter, Viola Goin Palmer, and a son, Edward H. Goin (died 1966), who was an educator. The Goins were prominant New Haven community leaders.

Scope and arrangement

The Goin family collection is a miscellaneous collection of documents related to Reverend Edward F. Goin, pastor of the Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church in New Haven, Connecticut (1901-1943), his daughter, Viola Goin Palmer, his son, Edward H. Goin, an educator and civic leader in New Haven, and Edward H.'s wife, Marie Crawford Goin.

Documentation for Reverend Edward F. Goin includes programs, a clipping, a letter to his son, and a telegram from Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.

Materials related to Edward H. include letters from Edwin F. Blair, an attorney and classmate of his, recommending him for a position and referring to funds he provided for Viola's daughters' college education, as well as an article and an obituary.

Viola Goin Palmer is represented by letters from her to Edwin Blair requesting said assistance in financing her daughters' education, and Blair's note to Goin advising that he had sent her the money.

Marie C. Goin's papers include personal letters, a clipping regarding her employment with the State Welfare Board of Greensboro, North Carolina, and a letter referencing her work in New Haven.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Donated by Zella Crawford Jackson, 1994.

Revision History

This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes. (2022 November 23)

Processing information

Compiled by Diana Lachatanere, 1994.

Finding aid edited and adapted to digital form by Kay Menick in 2016. Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.

Separated material

Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.

Using the collection

Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor