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Ragsdale Family Papers 1900-2022 (Bulk 1943-2021)

MSS-451


Overview of the Collection

Creator: Ragsdale family
Title: Ragsdale Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1900-2022
Bulk Dates: 1943-2021
Quantity: 18 Boxes (11.67 Linear Feet)
Abstract:The Ragsdale Family Papers house photographs, correspondence, articles, clippings, interviews, and other materials documenting Lincoln and Eleanor (Dickey) Ragsdale and their families; businesses run by Ragsdale family members, including the Ragsdale Mortuary, the Universal Memorial Center, and the Valley Life Insurance Company; Lincoln Ragsdale's service with the Tuskegee Airmen; and Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale's involvement with the Civil Rights Movement and various civic organizations in Phoenix. Sets of identified and unidentified photographs that are potentially, but not definitively, related to the Ragsdale family are also present.
Identification: MSS-451
Language: Material in English
Repository: Arizona State University Library Black Collections
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, AZ 85287-1006
Phone: (480) 965-4932
E-Mail: archives@asu.edu
Questions? Ask An Archivist!

Biographical Note

Pilot, activist, and mortician Lincoln Johnson Ragsdale was born to Hartwell Waddell Ragsdale Sr. (1895-1965) and Onlia Violet (Perkins) Ragsdale (1900-1973) in Ardmore, Oklahoma on July 27, 1926. He had one brother, Hartwell Waddell Ragsdale Jr. (1925-2004).

The Ragsdale family has a long history in the undertaking industry. Lincoln Ragsdale's grandfather, William Ragsdale (1870-1921), moved from Arkansas to Muskogee, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and established the Creek Livery Barn with a Mr. Bailey in 1889. Bailey was succeeded by George W. Davis in 1890, and Ragsdale and Davis established the Home Undertaking Company (which became the Ragsdale and Sons Funeral Home in 1917) in 1889. Ragsdale elected not to use the Ragsdale name in the business's name due to racial problems in Muskogee caused by the Ku Klux Klan. William Ragsdale and his five sons, William L. (1895-1923), Hartwell Waddell Ragsdale Sr. (1895-1965), Lewis Elander Ragsdale (1901-1957), Howard E. (1902-1965), and Theodore Roosevelt (1905-1956), operated funeral parlors in Bristow, Taft, and Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Hartwell Ragsdale Sr. left Muskogee for Tulsa in 1916, where he opened the Ragsdale Funeral Home. It was the first Black-owned funeral business in the city. In June of 1921, the Ragsdale Funeral Home was burned to the ground by a white mob during the Tulsa Race Massacre. Hartwell Ragsdale did not rebuild in Tulsa, instead moving to Ardmore and re-opening the business.

Lincoln Ragsdale graduated from Douglass High School in Ardmore in 1944 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He trained at Tuskegee Army Air Corps Field in Alabama in 1945 and was later transferred to Luke Air Field in Phoenix, Arizona for gunnery training. Here, he experienced the widespread racism that plagued Phoenix firsthand.

Ragsdale settled in Phoenix in 1946 and opened the Ragsdale Mortuary with his brother in 1948, making them the city's first Black funeral home owners. Hartwell Ragsdale Jr. moved to San Diego, California in 1955 and Lincoln Ragsdale remodeled the Ragsdale Mortuary and renamed it Universal Memorial Center in 1964. Ragsdale also integrated the business, which he constructed on the principles of "integration and brotherhood." Ragsdale purchased a second location near South Mountain and established the Universal Sunset Chapel in 1968.

Lincoln Ragsdale married Eleanor Odell Dickey in Phoenix, Arizona on May 29, 1949. Eleanor Ragsdale was born to Estelle (Ashley) Dickey (1895-1974) and William Dan Dickey Sr. (1887-1960) in Collingdale, Pennsylvania on February 23, 1926. She was one of four children, including Earle Lloyd Dickey (1921-2002), Gwendolyn L. (Dickey) Young (1923-2009), and William Dan Dickey (1928-2012). The Dickey family resided in Eden Cemetery, where William Dickey worked as the Head Superintendent, from 1917 until 1938. Eleanor Ragsdale remembered the cemetery fondly, recalling the flower garden and playing hide-and-seek with her siblings among the tombstones.

The Dickey family moved to Darby, Pennsylvania in 1938 and Eleanor Dickey graduated from Darby High School in 1943. She earned an Elementary Teaching Certificate and Bachelor of Science in education from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania in 1947 and moved to Phoenix to teach at the Dunbar Elementary School. She left teaching in 1953 to work at the family mortuary and investment company and later became a licensed realtor. She also earned a Master of Arts in business management from St. Mary's College of California in 1981.

Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale were extensively involved in the Civil Rights Movement in Arizona. They helped to found the Greater Phoenix Council for Civic Unity (GPCCU) in the late 1940s and Lincoln Ragsdale was elected to its presidency in April of 1951. Under his leadership, the GPCCU worked to desegregate Phoenix's schools, including helping to fund a lawsuit against the white-only Phoenix Union High School. This work led to Phoenix's schools being desegregated in 1953, one year before Brown v. Board of Education.

The Ragsdales also worked to desegregate Phoenix's housing and became the first Black family to cross Phoenix's red line in 1953. The Ragsdales couldn't buy the home themselves because banks refused to lend to Black buyers interested in homes in white neighborhoods, so a white friend of Eleanor Ragsdale's bought the home on their behalf and transferred the title to them. Although they were subject to racist harassment from both their neighbors and the local police, the Ragsdales lived in this home for 17 years and raised their four children, Elizabeth Estelle (1951-2025), Gwendolyn Onlia (Ragsdale) Madrid (1954-2011), Lincoln Johnson (1955-), and Emily Yvonne (1957-), there. Other Black families, often aided by Eleanor Ragsdale, successfully employed this model to purchase homes in previously all-white areas.

During the 1960s, Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale worked with the Maricopa County NAACP to end the discrimination in local businesses that barred Blacks from skilled jobs, including organizing sit-ins at Phoenix's Woolworth's stores and a march protesting Woolworth's in 1962. Lincoln Ragsdale also helped to organize the Action Citizens Committee in 1963 and successfully lobbied the Phoenix City Council for the passage of a public accommodations law in 1964. During the 1970s, Ragsdale was involved in the effort to create a statewide Martin Luther King holiday, which was finally established by popular vote in November of 1992.

In addition to their funeral businesses, Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale cofounded a number of other enterprises, including the Ragsdale Realty and Insurance Agency (1950), the International Investment Company (1952), the International Construction Company (1953), the Vesco Land Company (1953), the Valley Life & Casualty Insurance Company (1955), the Century Skyroom Restaurant and Jazz Club (1963), the Home Security Finance Corporation (1964), Valley Life and Casualty of Mississippi (1977), Valley Life and Casualty of Louisiana (1980), Valley Life Insurance Company of Alabama (1980), and Valley Life Insurance Company of Texas (1983).

Lincoln Ragsdale died in Paradise Valley, Arizona on June 9, 1995 and Eleanor Ragsdale followed on May 5, 1998. They are buried in Phoenix's Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery.


Scope and Content Note

The Ragsdale Family Papers house photographs, correspondence, articles, clippings, interviews, and other materials documenting Lincoln and Eleanor (Dickey) Ragsdale and their families; businesses run by Ragsdale family members, including the Ragsdale Mortuary, the Universal Memorial Center, and the Valley Life Insurance Company; Lincoln Ragsdale's service with the Tuskegee Airmen; and Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale's involvement with the Civil Rights Movement and various civic organizations in Phoenix. Sets of identified and unidentified photographs that are potentially, but not definitively, related to the Ragsdale family are also present.

Series I: Ragsdale Family Papers includes photographs, correspondence, articles, clippings, interviews, and other materials documenting Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale and their family; Bill Dickey and the Dickey family; and businesses run by Ragsdale family members. Sub-Series A: Lincoln and Eleanor (Dickey) Ragsdale houses photographs, correspondence, articles, clippings, interviews, and other materials documenting Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale and their children, Elizabeth, Gwendolyn, Lincoln, and Emily. Of particular interest is a scrapbook illustrating Lincoln and Hartwell Ragsdale Jr.'s life in Ardmore, Oklahoma, including photographs of their parents, Hartwell and Onlia (Perkins) Ragsdale, and other individuals like Frank Coombs, J. Milton Grant, Cairo Collins, Charles Curry, Wallace Croomes, Theophilus Dinwiddie, Dr. O. H. Smith, John Henry Black, Sheriff Joe Sam Lively, and Sheriff Jennison. Also included are snapshots documenting the family, items showing Jesse Jackson's 1964 presidential campaign, photographs taken at Jesse Owens' funeral, and images showing a visit to Skywalker Ranch.

Sub-Series B: Lincoln Ragsdale Jr. consists primarily of photographs showing Lincoln Ragsdale Jr. and his family. Other materials document Ragsdale's graduation from Cochise College and his appearance on KAET's Horizon in late 1999. Sub-Series C: Dickey Family includes images showing William Dickey Sr., Fannie (Johnson) Dickey and her children, Estelle Dickey, and William "Bill" Dickey Jr. A copy of a history of one branch of the Dickey family is also present.

Sub-Series D: Funeral Businesses consists primarily of photographs, artifacts, and documents showing the Ragsdale Mortuary and the Universal Memorial Center. A significant portion of the photographs document the funerals of unknown individuals. To the largest extent possible, these images have been grouped by event. Cases where the deceased are depicted in an open casket have been marked on this guide as well as on the physical folders. Researchers sensitive to this subject matter are advised to avoid these folders.

Sub-Series E: Valley Life Insurance Company includes photographs, copies of the VALICO Reporter, advertising, and other materials documenting the construction and dedication of the Valley Life Insurance Company building, the company's employees both in the office and in front of the building, and events held at the company. Sub-Series F: Other Businesses is composed of photographs, advertising materials, artifacts, and other items primarily documenting the Ragsdale Realty and Insurance Company. Home Security Finance Loans and ComputerWare MicroAge are also represented.

Sub-Series G: Radio Programs Sponsored by Valley Life Insurance Company and the Ragsdale Mortuary consists primarily of Sunday morning religious radio programs hosted by Austin Coleman and sponsored by the Ragsdale Mortuary and the Valley Life Insurance Company. Many of these programs were recorded to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Broadcasts feature Christian and gospel music, advertisements for the Ragsdale mortuary and insurance businesses, and political and social commentary by Lincoln Ragsdale, Eleanor Ragsdale, and many others. Of note is a recording of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Religious Witness for Human Dignity."

Series II: Tuskegee Airmen and World War II houses photographs, articles, official documents, and other materials showing Lincoln Ragsdale Sr.'s service with the Tuskegee Airmen. Among the subjects depicted are Ragsdale and his fellow airmen, airmen standing with their planes, Harwell and Onlia Ragsdale visiting Lincoln Ragsdale at Tuskegee Airfield, airmen training, and the Tuskegee Airmen National Conventions held in 1990 and 1993. A special order issued to Lincoln Ragsdale and his unit and Ragsdale's Application for Settlement submitted after the war are also included.

Series III: Civil Rights and Community Involvement consists of flyers, correspondence, photographs, notes, and other materials documenting Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale's participation in the Civil Rights Movement and involvement in various civic organizations in Phoenix. Of particular interest are materials documenting the "Freedom March" held in Phoenix on July 26, 1963 and items showing the living conditions of Black people in Phoenix in the 1960s.

Series IV: Identified Photographs is composed of photographs that are potentially, but not definitively, linked to the Ragsdale family. It has been divided into three sections: Sub-Series A: People and Groups, Sub-Series B: Events, and Sub-Series C: Businesses and Buildings.

Series V: Unidentified Photographs includes photographs that are potentially, but not definitively, linked to the Ragsdale family. It has been divided into three sections: Sub-Series A: People and Groups, Sub-Series B: Events, and Sub-Series C: Businesses and Buildings. Like photographs, for example images of the same individual or the same event, have been grouped together to the largest extent possible.


Arrangement

This collection consists of eighteen boxes divided into five series:
Series I: Ragsdale Family Papers
Sub-Series A: Lincoln and Eleanor (Dickey) Ragsdale
Sub-Series B: Lincoln Ragsdale Jr.
Sub-Series C: Dickey Family
Sub-Series D: Funeral Businesses
Sub-Series E: Valley Life Insurance Company
Sub-Series F: Other Businesses
Sub-Series G: Radio Programs Sponsored by Valley Life Insurance Company and the Ragsdale Mortuary and Other Recordings
Series II: Tuskegee Airmen and World War II
Series III: Civil Rights and Community Involvement
Series IV: Identified Photographs
Sub-Series A: People and Groups
Sub-Series B: Events
Sub-Series C: Businesses and Buildings
Series V: Unidentified Photographs
Sub-Series A: People and Groups
Sub-Series B: Events
Sub-Series C: Businesses and Buildings

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Materials in this collection can be viewed by appointment in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138). Please make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or call (480) 965-4932 for more information. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

Copyright

The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of Distinctive Collections, Arizona State University Library. Requests for permissions to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.


Related Material

Oral history interviews with Hartwell W. Ragsdale Sr., Lincoln Ragsdale, Eleanor Ragsdale, and Emily Ragsdale are available in MSS-381: Oral History Collection.

A LibGuide including links to materials regarding Martin Luther King Jr. in Arizona and articles discussing the discovery of the "Religious Witness for Human Dignity" recording is available at https://libguides.asu.edu/MLKJrinArizona.


Access Terms

Personal Name(s)
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Madrid, Gwendolyn Onlia Ragsdale, 1954-2011
Ragsdale, Eleanor Odell Dickey, 1926-1998
Ragsdale, Elizabeth Estelle, 1951-2025
Ragsdale, Emily Yvonne, 1957-
Ragsdale, Hartwell W. (Hartwell Waddell), 1925-2004
Ragsdale, Hartwell Waddell, 1895-1965
Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995
Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1955-
Ragsdale, Onlia Violet Perkins, 1900-1973

Corporate Name(s)
Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.)
Universal Memorial Center (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Valley Life Insurance Company (Phoenix, Ariz.)

Subject(s)
African Americans -- Civil Rights -- Arizona -- Phoenix
African Americans -- Religious life
African Americans -- Social Conditions
Baptists, Black -- Arizona -- Phoenix
Civil rights demonstrations -- Arizona -- Phoenix
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Arizona -- Phoenix
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American

Occupation(s)
African American air pilots -- Arizona -- Phoenix
Undertakers and undertaking -- Arizona -- Phoenix


Administrative Information

Credit Line

[Identification of item], Ragsdale Family Papers, MSS-451, Arizona State University Library.

Provenance

Lincoln Ragsdale Jr. donated the bulk of the materials in this collection to ASU's Black Collections in 2023 (Accession #2023-05885).

Mary Scanlon donated 35 reel-to-reel tapes created by Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. to ASU in 2013 (Accession #2013-04735). Scanlon discovered the tapes at Goodwill, noticed that one was labeled with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s name, and purchased them for $3. She donated the tapes to ASU, which had them professionally reformatted and discovered that the tape was the only known recording of King's "Religious Witness for Human Dignity", which he presented in Phoenix in June of 1964. The majority of the remaining tapes contained broadcasts of the "Special Sunday Morning Broadcast" sponsored by Ragsdale Mortuary and the Valley Life Insurance Company. Scanlon described the discovery as one of the high points of her life.

Processing Note

The tapes received as accession #2013-04735 have been processed as tapes 1-35 in Series I: Ragsdale Family Papers, Sub-Series G: Radio Programs Sponsored by Valley Life Insurance Company and the Ragsdale Mortuary with the exception of tapes 2 and 15, which were too badly damaged to reformat. All other materials were acquired as part of accession #2025-05885.


Container List

Series I: Ragsdale Family Papers
Sub-Series A: Lincoln and Eleanor (Dickey) Ragsdale
BoxFolder
11 Airplanes, circa 1940s-1990s (8 Black and White Photographs; 10 Color Photographs; 3 Digital Prints; 11 Black and White Negatives)
BoxFolder
81 Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame, 2000 April
BoxFolder
18/OV32 Arizona Sun, 1962 February 1
BoxFolder
17/OV21 Arizona Tribune, 1959 July 3
17/OV22 Arizona Tribune, 1959 September 25
17/OV23 Arizona Tribune, 1960 August 5
17/OV24 Arizona Tribune, 1961 December 1
17/OV25 Arizona Tribune, 1962 July 6
17/OV26 Arizona Tribune, 1962 October 5
BoxFolder
12 Cadillac Commercial Coach and Limousine, circa 1995-1996 (1 Color Photograph)
13 Car (2 Black and White Negatives)
BoxFolder
106 "Celebration at the Sky Room"
BoxFolder
14 Charles Hill Detroit Chapter 20th Annual Convention, 1991 August (2 Black and White Negatives)
15 Christmas Card, 1956 (3 Black and White Photographs)
16 Christmas Card, 1962 (3 Black and White Photographs)
17 Christmas Celebration, circa 1955 (9 Black and White Negatives; 4 Color Negatives)
18 Christmas Celebration, circa 1960s (3 Color Negatives)
19 Christmas Luncheon Party (1 Black and White Photograph; 3 Black and White Negatives)
110 Christmas Photographs, 1963 December (1 Color Photograph; 3 Color Negatives)
Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale Family at Christmas

BoxFolder
82 Coker, Marie Ragsdale Dickerson, circa 1979
83 Correspondence: Mitchell, Lucinda to Lincoln Ragsdale, 1962 August 9
84 Correspondence: Peterson, William E. to Lincoln Ragsdale, 1981 January 23
85 Correspondence: Ragsdale, Eleanor to Lincoln Ragsdale, 1956 May 23
86 Correspondence: Ragsdale, Eleanor Correspondence (Incoming), 1992 October 18
87 Correspondence: Ragsdale, Elizabeth to Bill Dickey, circa 1960s
BoxFolder
111 Correspondence: Ragsdale, Elizabeth to Lincoln Ragsdale, 1961
BoxFolder
88 Correspondence: Ragsdale, Hartwell W. to Onlia (Perkins) Ragsdale, 1946 September 11
89 Correspondence: Ragsdale, Lincoln to Eleanor Ragsdale, 1950 December 25
810 Correspondence: Ragsdale, Lincoln to Unidentified Recipient
811 Correspondence: Ragsdale, Ted to Lincoln Ragsdale, 1961 February 24
812 Correspondence: Robertson, Dee to Hartwell Ragsdale Jr., 1949 February 17
813 Correspondence: Ross, Lance C. to Emily Ragsdale, 1995 October 24
814 Correspondence: Other
BoxFolder
107 "Creative Conflict: Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale, Collaboration, and Community Activism in Phoenix, 1953-1965" by Matthew C. Whitaker, Western Historical Quarterly, 2003 Summer
BoxFolder
111 Dedication of Phoenix Sky Harbor's Executive Terminal Honoring Dr. Lincoln Ragsdale (6 Color Photographs; 2 Color Negatives)
These images depict members of the Ragsdale and Dickey families.
BoxFolder
816 Dorr, Robert F., 2000, Undated
BoxFolder
112 Family Event (3 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
16/OV21 Family Portrait, circa 1965 (1 Black and White Photograph)
16/OV22 Family Portrait, circa 1965 (1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
113 Family Portraits and Snapshots (10 Black and White Photographs; 16 Color Photographs; 5 Black and White Negatives; 5 Color Negatives)
Ragsdale Children at Birthday Party

Family Portraits and Snapshots
Hartwell Ragsdale Sr., Onlia Ragsdale, Eleanor Ragsdale, Elizabeth Ragsdale, Gwendolyn Ragsdale, Lincoln Ragsdale Jr., and Emily Ragsdale

Hartwell Ragsdale Sr., Onlia Ragsdale, Lincoln Ragsdale Sr., Eleanor Ragsdale, Elizabeth Ragsdale, Gwendolyn Ragsdale, and Lincoln Ragsdale Jr.

Extended Ragsdale Family in Front of Ragsdale Home

Hartwell Ragsdale Sr., Onlia Ragsdale, Lincoln Ragsdale Sr., Eleanor Ragsdale, Elizabeth Ragsdale, Gwendolyn Ragsdale, Lincoln Ragsdale Jr., and Emily Ragsdale

Ragsdale Family Portrait

Hartwell Ragsdale Sr., Onlia Ragsdale, Eleanor Ragsdale, and the Ragsdale Children

Ragsdale Family Portrait

Extended Ragsdale Family in Front of Ragsdale Home

Lincoln, Eleanor, Elizabeth, and Gwendolyn Ragsdale in Front of the Ragsdale Mortuary

Lincoln Sr., Eleanor, Elizabeth, Gwendolyn, and Lincoln Ragsdale Jr. in Front of their Home

Men in Front of the Ragsdale Home

BoxFolder
817 Gupton Jones College of Mortuary Sciences Commencement Invitation, 1976 August 18
BoxFolder
114 Jesse Jackson Presidential Campaign, 1964 (9 Color Photographs)
Oversized Materials Removed to Box 17/OV2, Folder 14.
115 Madrid, Luz Birthday (1 Color Photograph)
116 Madrid, Luz and Others at the Ragsdale Home, 1995 August 20 (5 Color Photographs)
117 Madrid, Luz Wedding, circa 1990s (2 Color Photographs)
118 Madrid, Luz Elizabeth, 1984-1990 (11 Color Photographs)
119 Owens, Jesse Funeral, 1980 May 29 (12 Color Photographs; 17 Color Negatives)
These photographs include images of the deceased in their casket.
120 Perkins, Elizabeth (Grave) (1 Color Photograph)
BoxFolder
818 Perkins, Nathan and Elizabeth Census Records, 1900
819 Race Work! Questionnaire Regarding Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale, 2000 June 5
BoxFolder
108 Ragsdale, Diane Clipping
BoxFolder
121 Ragsdale, Eleanor Arizona Association of Real Estate Brokers Honors, 2013 November 8
BoxFolder
121 Ragsdale, Eleanor, Estelle Dickey, and Gwendolyn Young, circa 1962 (2 Black and White Photographs)
122 Ragsdale, Eleanor and Gwen Madrid at Event, 1992 February 17 (2 Color Photographs)
123 Ragsdale, Eleanor and Leon Harrison, circa 1960s (1 Black and White Photograph)
Leon Harrison owned the Harrison-Ross Funeral Home.
124 Ragsdale, Eleanor and Luz Madrid at Unidentified Event, circa 1990s (5 Color Photographs)
BoxFolder
820 Ragsdale, Eleanor Clippings, 1963 October 19
BoxFolder
125 Ragsdale, Eleanor in Front of Sale & Service Shop (2 Black and White Photographs)
Item
4 Ragsdale, Eleanor Oral History Interview with Mary Melcher, 1991 June 19
BoxFolder
126 Ragsdale, Eleanor Portraits and Snapshots, circa 1960s-1990 (1 Black and White Photograph; 6 Color Photographs; 3 Black and White Negatives; 10 Color Negatives)
Eleanor Ragsdale Portrait

1 Ragsdale, Eleanor Portrait
127 Ragsdale, Eleanor with Unidentified Individuals, 1968, 1989 (2 Color Photographs; 1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
109 Ragsdale, Elizabeth: University of Northern Colorado "Quarterly Overview", 1976 Fall
This publication includes information regarding Elizabeth Ragsdale.
BoxFolder
128 Ragsdale, Elizabeth Estelle (2 Black and White Photographs; 1 Color Photograph)
129 Ragsdale, Emily, 1991, Undated (4 Color Photographs)
130 Ragsdale Family Reunion in Sedona, circa 1960s (2 Black and White Photographs; 15 Black and White Negatives)
Family Portrait

131 Ragsdale Family Reunion, circa 1990s (20 Color Photographs; 1 Color Negative)
132 Ragsdale, Fred W. (Grave): William, Fredericka, Frank, Calvin, and Thomas Ragsdale Visiting Grave at Leavenworth National Cemetery, 1982 April (1 Color Photograph)
Fred Ragsdale is William Ragsdale Sr.'s brother.
133 Ragsdale, Gwendolyn (1 Black and White Photograph; 3 Color Photographs)
134 Ragsdale, Hartwell Sr. and Onlia (Perkins) Ragsdale, circa 1950s-1960s (7 Black and White Photographs; 14 Black and White Negatives)
BoxFolder
122 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Arizona Association of Real Estate Brokers Honors, 2013 November 8
BoxFolder
1010 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: "Elba Board Members are Key Examples of Success in Business,"The Communicator, 1976 October
BoxFolder
135 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor Clearwater Hills Home, circa 1969 (1 Black and White Photograph)
136 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr., Eleanor Ragsdale, and Dr. T. B. and Mrs. Yvette Boyd, circa 1992 (1 Color Photograph)
137 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr., Eleanor Ragsdale, and Dr. Steve Nicholson on Trip to Jordan and Israel, 1991 (1 Color Photograph)
138 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr., Eleanor Ragsdale, Grace Driver, and Italian Friends at Oakland Airport, 1989 August 22 (1 Color Photograph)
Eleanor Ragsdale and Grace Driver are cousins.
BoxFolder
821 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor I-10/Williams Field Partnership, 1985 July
Volume
1 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor: "The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix, Arizona $1,800,000 Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Ragsdale Project)", 1983 December 29
Volume
2 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor: "The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix, Arizona $1,200,000 Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Ragsdale Project) Series 1985", 1985 June 18
BoxFolder
822 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Ragsdale Project) Series 1985, 1985
BoxFolder
1011 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor Interview with Dean E. Smith, 1990 April 14, November 3
BoxFolder
139 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr., Eleanor Ragsdale, Major and Mrs. Shepard, and Dr. Freeman, circa 1960s (4 Color Photographs)
140 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor Outside Century Skyroom (2 Black and White Negatives)
141 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor Paradise Valley Home (13 Color Photographs)
142 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor Portraits, circa 1960s-1990s (2 Black and White Photographs; 7 Color Photographs; 1 Digital Print; 4 Black and White Negatives; 1 Color Slide)
Item
3 Ragsdale, Lincoln and Eleanor: "The Ragsdales" (RACE WORK), 2007 May 22 (Digital Material)
This recording was produced by North By Northwest of Spokane, Washington.
BoxFolder
823 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor Saddleback Mountain Joint Venture, 1985 September-October
Oversized Materials Removed to Box 17/OV2, 16.
BoxFolder
143 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor with Unidentified Couple and Friends, circa 1960s (4 Black and White Photographs; 4 Black and White Negatives)
BoxFolder
21 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor Dickey Wedding, 1949 May 29 (13 Black and White Photographs)
Ragsdale and Dickey Families at Lincoln Ragsdale's and Eleanor Dickey's Wedding

Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale Cutting Their Wedding Cake

Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor Ragsdale with Barry Goldwater, circa 1970s
Lincoln and Eleanor Rgasdale with Barry Goldwater

BoxFolder
22 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Eleanor with World War II-era Plane, 1990 November 4 (1 Color Photograph)
23 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. ASU Distinguished [Service] Award, 1989 (10 Color Photographs)
24 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Attending the First African/African American Summit, West Africa, 1991 April (2 Color Photographs)
Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with B. B. King, 1987 June 7
Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. with B. B. King

BoxFolder
25 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Bill Dickey in Front of Pioneer Garage & Cafe, circa 1960s (2 Black and White Photographs; 5 Black and White Negatives)
26 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr., Bill Dickey, and Unidentified Men at Phillips (2 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
824 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Clippings, circa 1950-1960 April 1
BoxFolder
27 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Emily Ragsdale with George Lucas at Unknown Dinner, 1991 February 8 (5 Color Photographs)
28 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Emily Ragsdale, 1984 December (1 Color Photograph)
BoxFolder
19 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with George Benson, George Dean, and Alex Johnson, 1995 May (1 Color Photograph)
BoxFolder
210 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Governor Paul Fannin and Other Black Leaders, 1964 March 2-4 (Photocopy)
211 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Grave, circa 1995 (1 Color Photograph)
212 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Guest Speaker at ASU (2 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
825 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Hayzel B. Daniels Bar Association Special Recognition Award, 1995 February 3
BoxFolder
213 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Henry Morgan "Scoop" Jackson (1 Black and White Photograph)
Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Jesse Jackson Sr.
Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Jesse Jackson Sr.

BoxFolder
826 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Letters of Commendation, 1993-1995
BoxFolder
214 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. in Front of Building (3 Black and White Photographs)
Item
5 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Oral History Interview with Mary Melcher (Arizona Historical Society), 1990 April 8
This interview was conducted by Mary Melcher of the Arizona Historical Foundation. The original is located in the Arizona Historical Society's Arizona Historical Foundation Oral History Collection (FM MSS 141).
BoxFolder
215 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. at Lawyers Convention, Los Angeles, California, 1983 (1 Color Photograph)
This image also shows Judge Higgenbotham, Judge Peterson, and Judge Lawrence.
BoxFolder
827 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: Lincoln Ragsdale Executive Terminal, Sky Harbor International Airport, 1995 October 16-November 4
Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: Lincoln Ragsdale Executive Terminal Dedication Invitation List, 1995 December 8
Lincoln Ragsdale Executive Terminal Dedication Invitation List

BoxFolder
216 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr., Lincoln Ragsdale Jr., Margaret Hance, and Gilbert Bradley, 1976 (1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
828 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: Maricopa County NAACP Roy Wilkins Award, 1993
BoxFolder
217 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Martin Luther King Jr., 1964 June (1 Black and White Photograph; 2 Digital Prints)
Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. with Martin Luther King Jr.

Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Martin Luther King Jr., 1964 June
Lincoln Ragsdale, Martin Luther King Jr., and Unidentified Men

Martin Luther King Jr., Lincoln Ragsdale, and Others at a Kiwanis Event

Lincoln Ragsdale Shaking Hands with Martin Luther King Jr. at Sky Harbor Airport

Martin Luther King Jr. Arriving at Sky Harbor Airport

Martin Luther King Jr. Arriving at Sky Harbor Airport

BoxFolder
829 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: Minority Entrepreneurship: Profiling an African-American Entrepreneur Copyright Registration, 1990
BoxFolder
218 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Muhammad Ali, Charles Evers, and the President of the NAACP Working for the Right to Vote in Mississippi, circa 1980s (1 Color Photograph)
Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. with Muhammad Ali, Charles Evers, and the President of the NAACP Working for the Right to Vote in Mississippi

Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Muhammad Ali, Charles Evers, and the President of the NAACP Working for the Right to Vote in Mississippi, circa 1980s
Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. with Muhammad Ali, Charles Evers, and the President of the NAACP Working for the Right to Vote in Mississippi

BoxFolder
219 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. in Office, 1989-1991 (2 Color Photographs)
220 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Peace Corps Members, circa 1960s (2 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
830 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Exhibit, circa 2014
831 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Pilot's License, 1980 September 22
BoxFolder
221 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Portraits, circa 1950s-1990s (16 Black and White Photographs; 3 Color Photographs; 12 Black and White Negatives; 1 Color Slide)
Lincoln Ragsdale Portrait

BoxFolder
16/OV23 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Portrait, circa 1961 (1 Black and White Photograph)
16/OV24 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr., circa 1965 (1 Color Photograph)
Item
2 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Portrait
222 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Receiving U. S. Steel ASU Alumni Giving Award, 1973 July (1 Black and White Photograph)
Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Ronald Reagan, circa 1980s
Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. Shaking Hands with Ronald Reagan

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832 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Skywalker Ranch Visit, 1991
833 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: Third Annual Dr. Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. Memorial Day Scholarship Golf Tournament, 2002 May 27
Item
6 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: Urban League Tribute, 1995 February 16
BoxFolder
834 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, 1995
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223 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Wanda and Peter MacDonald, circa 1970s, circa 1990s (2 Color Photographs)
224 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Wolf Swinkle, 1987 (1 Black and White Photograph; 1 Black and White Negative)
225 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. at Unidentified ASU Event, 1990 March 15 (2 Color Photographs)
226 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Unidentified Groups (12 Black and White Photographs; 4 Color Photographs)
227 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Unidentified Man at Arizona State Capitol (1 Black and White Photograph)
228 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. at Unidentified Event(s), 1966 (2 Black and White Photographs)
229 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Unidentified Man with Southwest Savings Trifold, circa 1950s (1 Black and White Photograph)
230 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Unidentified Masons at the M. W. Stringer Grand Lodge, circa 1960s (7 Black and White Photographs)
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1012 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. Interview Regarding Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale
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231 Ragsdale Children in Jerome, Arizona (4 Black and White Photographs; 2 Black and White Negatives)
232 Ragsdale Family in Sedona (3 Black and White Photographs; 2 Black and White Negatives)
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17/OV27 Ragsdale Summit, 1991 July 11-14
BoxFolder
233 Ragsdale, Ted Family, 1985 (1 Color Photograph)
234 Ragsdale, William Sr. (Printing Plate)
235 Reunion at Imperial Palace, 1991 (16 Color Photographs)
Scrapbook
BoxFolder
14/OV21 Scrapbook Cover
14/OV22 Scrapbook Back Cover
14/OV23 Mugshots Taken in Ardmore, Oklahoma and Wedding Photographs (4 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
14/OV24 Wedding Photographs, Man in Front of Car, and Soldiers and Women in Canteen, circa 1944 (4 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
14/OV25 Ragsdale-[?] Funeral Home, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Unidentified Women, 1943 (4 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
14/OV26 Soldiers, Child, and Women (6 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
Jimmy Lee Varner (1914-1979) and his wife, Jewell (Carter) Varner (1918-2008) are identified.
14/OV27 Wedding Photograph and Women (3 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
14/OV28 D.H.S. Basketball Team, Soldiers, and Women (3 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
14/OV29 Frank Coombs with Baby, Cars in Front of Ragsdale Funeral Home and Adjoining Business, Woman with Radio, Group Portrait (5 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
14/OV210 Hartwell Ragsdale Graduation; Unidentified Woman's Graduation; Hartwell Ragsdale, Onlia (Perkins) Ragsdale, Hartwell Ragsdale, and Lincoln Ragsdale (6 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
14/OV211 Frank Coombs with Baby; Mr. J. Milton Grant; Lt. Pointer with Wife and Daughter; Wallace Croomes, Hartwell Ragsdale Sr., Hartwell Ragsdale Jr., and Cairo Collins; Jack Lee and his All Stars (5 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
14/OV212 Milton Grant, Ardmore, Oklahoma; Muriel Crowell, Chickasha, Oklahoma; and Soldiers (4 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
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15/OV21 Miss B. Moore; Baby; Woman with Baby; Dr. O. N. Smith, Ardmore, Oklahoma; and Mrs. H. Smith, Ardmore, Oklahoma (5 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV22 Women (2 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV23 Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Allen 50th Wedding Anniversary; and Lincoln and Hartwell Ragsdale, Ardmore, Oklahoma, 1944 February 14, May 20 (Scrapbook Page)
15/OV24 Bobbie Jean Wright, Loye Williams, and Evelyn Wright; Lincoln Ragsdale; Dornice Crockett; and Group at Wedding (4 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV25 Charles Cox Jr., Hartwell Ragsdale, Onlia (Perkins) Ragsdale, and Man with Ragsdale Hearse (4 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV26 Wedding of Leroy James and Ernestine Terry and Graduation (4 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
Rev. Jackson officiated the wedding depicted.
15/OV27 Cairo Collins, Hartwell Ragsdale, Lincoln Ragsdale, Charles "Chile Bowl" Curry; Oliver Nelson Ainsworth, and Unidentified Woman (8 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV28 Women, Men, and Group at Party (7 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV29 Eunice Crockett, Irene Thomas, Wallace Croomes, Lincoln Ragsdale, Unidentified Children, and Unidentified Woman (7 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV210 Lincoln Ragsdale, Hartwell Ragsdale Sr., and Hartwell Ragsdale Jr.; Onlia (Perkins) Ragsdale; Lincoln and Hartwell Ragsdale Jr., and Unidentified Group, 1944 May 2, Undated (4 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV211 Unidentified Man and Woman; Harwell Ragsdale Jr. and Lincoln Ragsdale; Unidentified Soldier; Tratlor's Cafe, Ardmore, Oklahoma; Theophilus Dinwiddie; and Unidentified Woman and Child with Dog, 1944 April 2, Undated (6 Black and White Photographs)
The photograph of Lincoln and Hartwell Ragsdale has been colorized and depicts the brothers in their graduation regalia.
15/OV212 Frank Coombs (1 Black and White Photograph)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV213 Deputy Sheriff Joe Sam Lively (1 Black and White Photograph)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV214 Leroy James; Wallace Croomes; Theophilus Dinwiddie; Unidentified Sailor; and Unidentified Sailor with Wife and Child (5 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
One photograph depicting an unidentified sailor has been colorized.
15/OV215 Cairo W. Collins in Front of Ragsdale Funeral Home; Theophilus Dinwiddie; and Unidentified Groups (2 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV216 Hattie Ruth Combs in Casket and Mrs. Hawkins in Casket (2 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
Both images depict the deceased in their caskets.
15/OV218 Dr. O. H. Smith (2 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV218 Blue Bonnet Cafe (1 Black and White Photograph)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV219 John Henry Black and Sheriff Jennison (2 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV220 John Henry Black and Unidentified Woman in Graduation Regalia (2 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV221 George A. Teese, Professor Jones, Unidentified Woman, and Group at Party (5 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
15/OV222 Wallace Croomes, Unidentified Group, and Mother Brown (aged 113), 1944 May 1, Undated (3 Black and White Photographs)(Scrapbook Page)
BoxFolder
513 Photographs Found Loose in Scrapbook (2 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
236 Washington State [?] (13 Color Photographs)
BoxFolder
1013 Unidentified Partial Publication
Box
13 Rolled Film (10 Rolls)
Sub-Series B: Lincoln Ragsdale Jr.
BoxFolder
237 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. and Dr. Lisa Ann Merritt Wedding, 1991 August 17 (2 Color Photographs)
BoxFolder
112 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. and Dr. Lisa Ann Merritt Wedding [?], circa 1991
BoxFolder
835 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. Appearance on Horizon, 1999 December-2000 January
836 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. "Civil Rights in Arizona" Student Project, 2014 March
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238 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr., Eleanor Ragsdale, and Emily Ragsdale, circa 1990s (1 Color Photograph)
239 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr., Emily Ragsdale, Debbie Dickey, Dorena Dickey, and Anna Lee Miller, circa 1960s (10 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
839 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. and Emily Ragsdale: Furniture Inventory, 1998 October
Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. and Emily Ragsdale, circa 1965
Lincoln Ragsdale Jr. and Emily Ragsdale

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240 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. at Event on Horse, circa 2000s (1 Color Photograph)
BoxFolder
837 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. Graduation from Cochise College, Douglas, Arizona, 1975 May 15
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241 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. and Gwen Ragsdale at Event, circa 1970s (4 Color Photographs)
242 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. and L'Tanya D. Rountree Wedding, 1987 (16 Color Photographs)
Box
13 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr.: Barack Obama Campaign Buttons, 2008 (2 Buttons)
BoxFolder
838 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr.: "Obama '08" Name Tag, circa 2008
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243 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. and Other Ragsdale Family Members at Christmas, circa 1960s (2 Black and White Photographs; 1 Black and White Negative)
244 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. with Plane, 2014, Undated (6 Color Photographs; 1 Black and White Photograph)
245 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. at Social Event, circa 1970s (4 Color Photographs)
246 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. with Unidentified Group, circa 1960s (1 Black and White Photograph)
247 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. with Unidentified Man, circa 1990s (7 Color Photographs)
248 Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr. with Unidentified Woman, circa 1990s (10 Color Photographs)
BoxFolder
840 Stewart, Rev. Warren H.: Martin Luther King Jr. Award
841 Whitaker, Matthew C., 2000
842 Other Materials
Sub-Series C: Dickey Family
BoxFolder
249 Dickey Family Party, 1954 (1 Black and White Photograph; 5 Black and White Negatives)
250 Dickey, Bill 73rd Birthday Party, circa 2001 March 29 (3 Color Negatives)
251 Dickey, Bill and Alice at Shangri-La Ranch, circa 1960s (1 Black and White Photograph; 2 Color Photographs; 1 Color Negative)
252 Dickey, Bill East/West Golf Classic, circa 2000s (7 Color Photographs; 6 Color Negatives)
BoxFolder
31 Dickey, Bill and Naomi Dickey, circa 1960s (1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
815 Dickey, Bill PGA Distinguished Service Award, 1999 August 11
BoxFolder
32 Dickey, Bill Portrait, circa 1990s (1 Color Photograph)
33 Dickey, Estelle Teaching Sewing Class, Brown St. Community Center, 1957 (1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
16/OV25 Dickey, Fannie (Johnson) and Children, circa 1930 (1 Color Photograph)
From left to right, this image depicts Rhett Pringle Dickey (1894-1972), Thomas Herberner Dickey (1888-1967), Louis Wesley Dickey (1892-1947), Hattie Moore (Dickey) Bulluck (1890-1972), Fannie (Johnson) Dickey (1867-1942), Elizabeth (Dickey) Robinson (1895-1994), William Dan Dickey (1886-1960), Lloyd DuQuense Dickey Jr. (1899-1989), and Roosevelt Sylvan Dickey (1905-1985).
16/OV26 Dickey, Fannie (Johnson) and Children, circa 1930 (1 Black and White Photograph)
From left to right, this image depicts Rhett Pringle Dickey (1894-1972), Thomas Herberner Dickey (1888-1967), Louis Wesley Dickey (1892-1947), Hattie Moore (Dickey) Bulluck (1890-1972), Fannie (Johnson) Dickey (1867-1942), Elizabeth (Dickey) Robinson (1895-1994), William Dan Dickey (1886-1960), Lloyd DuQuense Dickey Jr. (1899-1989), and Roosevelt Sylvan Dickey (1905-1985).
BoxFolder
34 Dickey, Tom Wedding (37 Color Slides)
35 Dickey, William Sr., [?] Garvin, and [?] Quinn, 1954 May 23 (1 Black and White Photograph)
36 Dickey, William Sr., 1915-1916 (2 Black and White Photographs; 5 Digital Prints)
BoxFolder
1014 "Lloyd DuQuense Dickey, Sr.'s Family History", 2008
Sub-Series D: Funeral Businesses
BoxFolder
843 Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary Envelope, 1996
BoxFolder
37 Brinson Funeral Home Visit, circa 1950s (6 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
16/OV27 The Home Undertaking Co., circa 1900-1920 (1 Black and White Negative)
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38 Johnson Funeral Home Visit, Arkansas, circa 1977-1980 (6 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
18/OV31 Obituaries, Arizona Republic, 1967 October 8
BoxFolder
39 Ragsdale, Eleanor in Office, circa 1960s (2 Black and White Photographs)
310 Ragsdale Funeral Home, 1950 August (3 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
1015 "Ragsdale History in Funeral Service", circa 2019
BoxFolder
844 Ragsdale Mortuary: Assignment of Policy Proceeds, circa 1950s
845 Ragsdale Mortuary: Calendar, 1950
BoxFolder
114 Ragsdale Mortuary: Calendar, 1960
Ragsdale Mortuary: Clippings, circa 1948
Build Mortuary for Negro Community

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311 Ragsdale Mortuary: Exterior (3 Black and White Photographs; 17 Black and White Negatives)
Ragsdale Mortuary: Exterior
Ragsdale Mortuary Exterior with Hearses

Ragsdale Mortuary Exterior with Hearses

Ragsdale Mortuary Exterior with Hearses

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846 Ragsdale Mortuary: Hammond, Major Wade Funeral, 1957 January 17
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312 Ragsdale Mortuary: Interior (2 Black and White Negatives)
BoxFolder
847 Ragsdale Mortuary: Phone Memo Sticker
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313 Ragsdale, Lincoln and Eleanor Viewing Mortuary Hearse Manufacturing Line, circa 1960s (6 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
848 Universal Enterprises Business Card
BoxFolder
314 Universal Memorial Center: Advertising (1 Color Photograph)
BoxFolder
849 Universal Memorial Center: Advertising
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17/OV28 Universal Memorial Center: Advertising
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850 Universal Memorial Center: Advertising by Other Mortuaries
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115 Universal Memorial Center: Christmas Greeting, 1976 January
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851 [Universal Memorial Center]: Dickey, Laurie Marie Celebration of Life, 2022 May 14
BoxFolder
91 Universal Memorial Center: Dickey, William Dan "Bill" Jr. Funeral, 2012 October
BoxFolder
315 Universal Memorial Center: Driver, Elwood Thomas "Woody" Funeral, 1992 (1 Color Photograph)
BoxFolder
92 Universal Memorial Center: Driver, Elwood Thomas "Woody" Funeral, 1992
93 Universal Memorial Center: Elion, Harriette Reed Funeral, 1994 July 22
BoxFolder
316 Universal Memorial Center: Events, 1989 August (19 Color Photographs; 6 Color Negatives)
Universal Memorial Center: Exterior, Company Vehicle, and Gurney, circa 1966
Universal Memorial Center: Exterior, Company Vehicle, and Gurney

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317 Universal Memorial Center: Exterior (9 Black and White Photographs; 1 Color Photograph)
BoxFolder
94 Universal Memorial Center Funeral Directors, Inc. (Phoenix, Ariz.)
95 Universal Memorial Center: Hankins, Rev. Eddie Funeral, 1967 December 21
BoxFolder
318 Universal Memorial Center: Interior (13 Black and White Photographs; 5 Black and White Negatives)
319 Universal Memorial Center and La Casa Nueva Restaurant, 1991 May 20 (24 Color Photographs; 16 Color Negatives)
350 Universal Memorial Center: McBroom, Blanche (Williams) Funeral, 2012 May (3 Color Photographs)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
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96 Universal Memorial Center: McBroom, Blanche (Williams) Funeral, 2012 May
BoxFolder
116 [Universal Memorial Center]: Memorial Checklist
BoxFolder
97 Universal Memorial Center: Ragsdale, Eleanor (Dickey) Funeral, 1998 May
98 Universal Memorial Center: Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Funeral, 1995 June
Universal Memorial Center: Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr., Emily Ragsdale, and Others, circa 2000
Universal Memorial Center: Ragsdale, Lincoln Jr., Emily Ragsdale, and Others

BoxFolder
99 Universal Memorial Center: Sullivan, Rev. Dr. Leon Funeral, 2001
910 Universal Memorial Center: Universal Memorial Plan
Oversized Materials Removed to Box 17/OV2, Folder 17.
911 Universal Memorial Center: Villelas, Manuel Jr. Funeral, 2015 May
912 Universal Memorial Center: Young, Gloria Jean (Jackson) Funeral, 2020 September
913 Other Ragsdale Family Funeral Businesses, circa 1993
BoxFolder
320 Other Photographs (3 Black and White Photographs)
321 Belo's Funeral Negatives (7 Color Negatives)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
322 Burial (1 Black and White Negative)
323 Burial (1 Color Photograph)
324 Burial [?] (2 Color Negatives)
325 Funeral for Unknown Baby, 1959 July (1 Color Photograph)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
326 Funeral (2 Black and White Negatives)
327 Funeral (13 Color Photographs)
328 Funeral (3 Color Negatives)
329 Funeral (1 Black and White Negative)
330 Funeral (2 Black and White Negatives)
331 Funeral (3 Color Negatives)
332 Funeral (3 Color Negatives)
333 Funeral (1 Color Negative)
334 Funeral (3 Color Negatives)
335 Funeral (6 Black and White Negatives)
336 Funeral (1 Black and White Photograph)
337 Funeral (1 Black and White Photograph)
338 Funeral (1 Black and White Photograph)
339 Funeral (2 Black and White Negatives)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
340 Funeral (3 Black and White Negatives)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
341 Funeral (4 Color Negatives)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
342 Funeral (2 Black and White Negatives)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
343 Funeral (1 Black and White Negative)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
344 Funeral (3 Color Photographs; 2 Color Negatives)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
345 Funeral (1 Color Negative)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
346 Funeral (4 Color Negatives)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
347 Funeral (3 Color Negatives)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
348 Funeral (1 Color Negative)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
349 Funeral (3 Color Negatives)
Contains images of the deceased in their casket.
Sub-Series E: Valley Life Insurance Company
BoxFolder
1016 1140 E. Washington Street Clipping, 2021 February 24
BoxFolder
914 Advertising, circa 1950s-1960s
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117 Advertising, 1962
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915 Agent of the Year Clipping
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351 Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph, 1961 (2 Black and White Photographs; 1 Color Slide; 3 Black and White Negatives)
352 Berry, Virgil [?] (4 Black and White Photographs; 1 Black and White Negative)
353 Board of Directors, 1958 December (5 Black and White Photographs; 1 Digital Print; 1 Black and White Negative)
These images depict Lincoln Ragsdale, Eleanor Ragsdale, Bill Dickey, Travis William, Virgil Berry, and William Gooding.
354 Brown, Lillian, circa 1962 (5 Black and White Negatives)
355 Building Construction: Children of Employees, 1961 (1 Black and White Negative)
356 Building Construction: Demolition of Old Building, 1961 (1 Black and White Negative)
Demolition of Old Building

357 Building Construction: Employees Eating Breakfast Under Palms, 1961 (1 Black and White Photograph; 2 Black and White Negatives)
Employees Eating Breakfast Under Palms

358 Building Construction: Hauling Trash to Dump, 1961 (1 Black and White Negative)
359 Building Construction: Painting, 1961 (1 Black and White Negative)
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41 Building Dedication, 1961 November 26 (15 Black and White Photographs)
42 Building Exterior (6 Black and White Photographs; 7 Color Photographs; 1 Color Slide; 7 Black and White Negatives; 6 Color Negatives)
43 Building Groundbreaking, circa 1961 (4 Black and White Photographs; 16 Black and White Negatives)
44 Building Interior, circa 1960s (2 Black and White Photographs; 1 Black and White Negative)
BoxFolder
118 Charter Policy, circa 1961
BoxFolder
916 Clippings, 1960, Undated
917 "Company Policy and Instructions to Agents", circa 1963
918 Dedication Program, 1961 November 26
BoxFolder
45 Dickey, William Jr. (4 Black and White Negatives)
BoxFolder
919 East Washington Street Groundbreaking, circa 1960
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46 Employees in Office, circa 1960s (6 Black and White Photographs; 28 Black and White Negatives; 2 Color Negatives)
47 Employee Portraits (3 Black and White Negatives)
48 Event, circa 1963 (1 Black and White Photograph)
49 Groups Outside VALICO Building, circa 1960s (12 Black and White Photographs; 1 Color Photograph; 1 Color Slide; 24 Black and White Negatives; 5 Color Negatives)
410 Guidre, Jess and Eleanor Ragsdale (1 Black and White Photograph)
411 Jackson, J. Ragsdale (3 Black and White Photographs)
412 Jack, Davis (Westside Plumbing), 1961 (1 Black and White Photograph)
413 Kazeem, Mr. and Mrs. Bill with Lillian Brown and James Jackson, circa 1962s (2 Black and White Photographs; 5 Black and White Negatives)
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920 Letter from the President, 1960
BoxFolder
414 Lubembe, C. K. Receives Contribution Check (12 Black and White Photographs; 6 Black and White Negatives; 3 Color Negatives)
BoxBox
17/OV210 Newsletter, 1980 Fall
BoxFolder
415 Painting (4 Color Photographs)
416 Party from Africa Escorted Through Valley Life Building by Roy Lawson, J. Jackson, and Dr. Mason C. Reddix (6 Black and White Photographs)
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921 Progress Report on the Ragsdale Plan, circa 1961
922 "Progress with Valley Life", 1963
BoxFolder
417 Ragsdale, Lincoln and Bill Dickey with Unidentified Family (1 Black and White Photograph)
418 Ragsdale, Lincoln and Hartwell Ragsdale with Unidentified Man (1 Black and White Photograph; 3 Black and White Negatives)
BoxFolder
119 Ragsdale, Onlia (Perkins) Policy, 1962
BoxFolder
419 Statistics, 1956-1962 (2 Black and White Photographs)
420 Structural Damage (6 Black and White Photographs)
421 Taylor, Flora Receives Check, circa 1962 (4 Black and White Photographs; 5 Black and White Negatives)
Roy Lawson and Lillian Brown are also depicted.
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923 VALICO Reporter, 1959
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17/OV29 VALICO Reporter, 1961
BoxFolder
924 VALICO Reporter, 1962 December 5
Sub-Series F: Other Businesses
BoxFolder
422 ComputerWare MicroAge Computer Building, 1991 April 1 (10 Color Photographs)
423 ComputerWare MicroAge Computer Centers, 1991 (35 Color Photographs)
424 Home Security Finance Loans, circa 1964 (17 Black and White Photographs; 11 Black and White Negatives)
BoxFolder
926 Ragsdale Realty Co.: Opening Announcement, 1952 March 23
BoxFolder
113 Ragsdale Realty and Insurance Co: Advertising, circa 1956
BoxFolder
17/OV211 Ragsdale Realty and Insurance Co: Advertisement, circa 1950s
Box
13 Ragsdale Realty and Insurance Co.: Calendar and Thermometer, 1956
BoxFolder
927 Ragsdale Realty and Insurance Co.: Clippings
928 Ragsdale Realty and Insurance Co.: Goettl Bros. Invoices, 1958 April 29-August 6
929 Ragsdale Realty and Insurance Co.: Name Plate
BoxFolder
425 Ragsdale Realty and Insurance Co. (5 Black and White Photographs; 6 Black and White Negatives)
426 "Ragsdale Stars" Baseball Team (1 Black and White Photograph; 3 Black and White Negatives)
Sub-Series G: Radio Programs Sponsored by Valley Life Insurance Company and the Ragsdale Mortuary and Other Recordings
BoxFolder
925 KCAC "Special Sunday Morning Broadcast" Sponsorship, circa 1960
Tape
17 Rev. J. O. Mondy Sermon, 1963 March 24
Rev. J. O. Mondy Sermon

In this sermon, Rev. Mondy discusses the Emancipation Proclamation.
Tape
36 Sunday Morning Broadcast, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 1963 March 30
Tape
25A Valley Life Program Emmanuel Church of God in Christ, 1963 April 7
Valley Life Program Emmanuel Church of God in Christ

This broadcast features a sermon by Rev. Felton Eugene King including comments regarding employment, the transition from agriculture to manufacturing in Phoenix, education of Blacks, and politics. This sermon is followed by Austin Coleman promoting an upcoming event celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation featuring Rev. Jerry W. Ford, former pastor of the Tanner Chapel AME Church, and Dr. William H. Hale, president of Langston University of Oklahoma. Finally, Lincoln Ragsdale presents a sermon and religious poetry.
Tape
30 Jackson State College Concert Choir, 1963 April 9
Jackson State College Concert Choir

The Jackson State Concert Choir performs under the direction of R. G. Brewster.
Tape
38 [Sunday] Broadcast, 1963 April 15
Tape
39 Sunday Morning Program, 1963 April 28
This broadcast discusses the Emancipation Proclamation.
Tape
37 Special Program [with] Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, 1963 May 19
Tape
40 Special Emancipation Program Featuring College Choirs, Dr. Haley, and Dr. King, 1963 June 1
Tape
41 St. John's Institutional Baptist Church, 1963 June 4
Tape
42 Broadcast, 1963 June 23
Tape
18 Broadcast, 1963 July 7
Broadcast

In this broadcast, Lillian Brown, Supervisor of Agents for the Valley Life Insurance Company, discusses careers for women as life insurance agents and Bill Dickey, Executive Vice President of the Valley Life Insurance Company, speaks on independence and freedom, including commenting on Independence Day celebrations and segregation.
Tape
22 Sunday Morning Broadcast, 1963 July 14
Sunday Morning Broadcast

Austin Coleman opens this program, which commemorates the Emancipation Proclamation and consists primarily of gospel music, by asking his audience to encourage their children to stay in school. He also provides a brief history of gospel music in the United States and invites his listeners to send feedback about the program.
Tape
14 Sunday Morning "Special Program", 1963 August 25
Sunday Morning Special Program

This Sunday morning broadcast, hosted by Austin Coleman for Ragsdale Mortuary, commemorates the Emancipation Proclamation. It features religious music by Mahalia Jackson and several others and provides a brief history of the Ragsdale Mortuary.
Tape
33A Sunday Morning Broadcast, circa 1963 August
Sunday Morning Broadcast

This recording begins with gospel music. The homily starts at approximately 20:00. The pastor discusses his recent vacation, which began in Austin, Texas. Here, he visited the St. John Regular Missionary Baptist District Association, where he trained as a minister. He then went to Oklahoma City by way of Dallas, Texas. In Oklahoma City, he was happy to "take note of fine progress that our people are making ... regarding the race relationship" and witnessed a civil rights march. He also reflects on race relations in Austin and his belief that the time is right for racial integration. The pastor takes his reading from Acts 10 and discusses how Acts shows the Apostles "acting out" and compares Peter's misguided belief that the "Jews are better than everybody else" to modern racism. He goes on to emphasize that the Gospel is intended for all people and that God needs to "straighten up ... the crooked mind" that forgets that all creatures are God's creatures.
During his homily, the pastor mentions that he heard of Lincoln Ragsdale's march to city hall on his way home. The march referenced is most likely the one that took place on August 2, 1963, so this recording probably dates from August 10, 17, or 31.
Tape
33B Sunday Morning Broadcast, circa 1963 August
Sunday Morning Broadcast

This recording documents a church service, including Gospel music and a sermon. Much of the recording is unintelligible, but comprehensible portions of the sermon discuss God's desire for His people to be set apart, the need for Christians to seek one another out, and God's work to advance His Church.
Tape
8 Special Broadcast, 1963 September 9
Special Broadcast

In this broadcast, Austin Coleman discusses the sit-in held by the Youth Council of the Maricopa County Chapter of the NAACP at the El Ray Café and Lincoln Ragsdale speaks on the "stepped-up integration movement."
Tape
11 Broadcast, 1963 October 13
Broadcast

In this broadcast, Austin Coleman promotes a dinner at the 1st Institutional Baptist Church sponsored by the Committee for Ragsdale and mentions the "Action Citizens ticket." He also shares that Lincoln Ragsdale is unable to join the broadcast because he underwent minor surgery in the previous week.
Tape
24B Broadcast, 1963 November 11
Broadcast

In this recording, Rev. G. Benjamin Brooks, Lincoln Ragsdale, Ricard F. Harless, and Rev. A. G. Kendrick encourage their listeners to vote for the members of the Action Citizens Ticket, which consisted of Richard F. Harless for Mayor and Robert L. Aden, Charles Ferrell, Ed Korrick, Manuel Peña, Lincoln J. Ragsdale, and Madeline VanArsdale for Council, the following day. Harless describes the election as "[t]he most important election in the history of the City of Phoenix."
Tape
31 Special Program, 1963 November 15
Special Program

In this program, Lincoln Ragsdale reports on events in Phoenix, including the El Rey Café protest and G. Benjamin Brooks' agreement to run for election to the Board of the Roosevelt School District. He also encourages enrollment in the "free school" sponsored by the Valley Life Insurance Company and communicates a progress report from the Maricopa County NAACP.
Tape
26 Broadcast, 1963 December 15
Broadcast

This broadcast begins with Austin Coleman thanking his listeners for supporting the Action Citizens Ticket. Lincoln Ragsdale identifies Coleman as "one of our campaign managers," thanks his listeners for their support, and reports that he received 98% of all votes cast in South Phoenix. He goes on to thank a number of individuals who supported his campaign.
Tape
9 Sunday Morning Broadcast, 1963 December 29
Sunday Morning Broadcast

This broadcast begins with Rev. G. Benjamin Brooks giving the NAACP's report for 1963, including a chronological account of events in Maricopa County, and thanking his listeners for the 27,000 votes they cast in his favor during his run for Phoenix City Council. Lincoln Ragsdale speaks on the civil rights movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Bull Connor, Medgar Evers, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and Black workers employed by Phoenix businesses.
Tape
12 Presentation Regarding Adult Education, circa 1963
Presentation Regarding Adult Education

This recording begins with two brief advertisements and an announcement that the Sun Devils basketball team lost to Utah in Salt Lake City, with the final score being 72-64. The tape then cuts to a class assignment in which a male speaker is answering questions regarding adult education. The first question was repeated prior to the start of the recording, but likely had to do with the philosophy of adult education given that the presenter's answer involves Paul Bergman's theories. The other three questions are "Select three of the books studied in connection with this course and describe how each contributed to developing a broader concept of adult education" (beginning at 12:07), "What do you consider the major trends in adult education that may realize culmination in the next two decades" (beginning at 29:26), and "Enumerate the forces which have affected the development of adult education in your area of special interest [junior college]" (beginning at 40:59). The speaker cites a book published in 1962, so the presentation must postdate that year.
Tape
29 Sunday Morning Broadcast, circa 1963
Sunday Morning Broadcast

This Sunday morning broadcast, hosted by Austin Coleman, features a commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation. Coleman also reads a letter from Rev. and Mrs. Leonard Johnson of Coolidge, Arizona discussing citizenship and freedom; reports on a NAACP meeting covering the absence of Black employees in Arizona state government positions, discrimination in public accommodations, and calls for a march on the Arizona capitol if the accommodations bill is not passed; and introduces and comments on a clip of Martin Luther King's "Three Words" (All, Here, Now).
Tape
7A Sunday Morning Broadcast, 1964 January 12
Sunday Morning Broadcast

This broadcast features Lincoln Ragsdale reflecting on the Black community's progress during 1963, including marches and attacks on himself and his family, and a "Special program by Dr. Martin Luther King" composed of excerpts from King speeches arranged in news program format. Also included are tributes to community members, including Ms. Lillian Brown (a member of the Wesley Methodist Church and an employee of the Valley Life Insurance Company), Pastor Rollins Winslow and members of the of the WMC, Miss Maybelline Walker (a member of the Pentecostal Church and a Valley Life and Casualty employee), Mrs. Flora Mae Smith (a member of the Union Baptist Church and mother of eight young children), and Mrs. Freddie Mae Reagan (a member of the Pentecostal Church and the newest member of the Valley Life and Casualty staff).
Tape
7B Broadcast, 1964 January 12
Broadcast

This recording includes a presentation by James P. Middleton, Pastor of the Beacon Light Seventh Day Adventist Church; a call to attend a rally sponsored by the NAACP scheduled for the afternoon and intended to raise money for Medgar Evers' widow; and a presentation on George Washington Carver by Mrs. Emma Scott.
Tape
24A Broadcast, 1964 January 19
Broadcast

Lincoln Ragsdale speaks on the NAACP and recounts programs celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at the First Institutional Baptist Church and at Eastlake Park. He also discusses a march on Phoenix City Hall to present a list of grievances to the mayor and other officials as well as the integration of the El Rey Café. Finally, he introduces a recording of Martin Luther King's speech "Funtown USA" and offers his response to the piece.
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5A Sunday Morning Broadcast, 1964 February 22
Sunday Morning Broadcast

This program begins with Lincoln Ragsdale promoting a calendar documenting "great Negroes" that Hartwell Ragsdale Jr. researched and produced. He goes on to provide a brief history of the Ragsdale funeral businesses in Oklahoma and Arizona. He is followed by Eleanor Ragsdale, who reflects on her memories of the Great Depression and growing up near a cemetery; the minister's calling to preach and work for the greater good; and making significant life decisions. Next, Austin Coleman and Lincoln Ragsdale discuss the feasibility of establishing and integrating the Universal Memorial Center and the process of integrating other Ragsdale businesses. The program ends with Austin Coleman summarizing a resolution to encourage the construction of the Universal Memorial Center on the principles of integration and brotherhood.
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5B Sunday Morning Broadcast, circa 1964 February 22
Sunday Morning Broadcast

This program consists primarily of gospel music, including Mahalia Jackson singing "Great Gettin' Up Morning" and "My God and I"; 5 Blind Boys singing "There's No Need to Cry"; Clara Ward signing "The Lord Will Understand"; the Roberta Morton Singers singing "He's Using Me"; the Gospel All Stars singing "It's Me O Lord"; and the Sunday Morning Singers singing "Precious Lord". In addition, Lincoln Ragsdale discusses the NAACP and encourages the congregation to join. He asks for prayers for the NAACP leadership and for the members of the Arizona House of Representatives who passed HB 164, which prevents racial discrimination, on February 14. Finally, he asks the congregation to write their senators, Hillard T. Brooke and Dr. Paul L. Singer, to encourage them to support the bill in the Senate and proposes a march on the Senate and Governor Fannin if it fails as predicted.
Tape
6 Sunday Morning Broadcast, 1964 March 1
Sunday Morning Broadcast

This program, dedicated to Mr. Milton Thomas Ellis, features Lincoln Ragsdale discussing an event in Coolidge, Arizona in which two Blacks entered a restaurant to ask for food "that they might go outside and eat" and were arrested and fined $1,500. Ragsdale also calls for increased NAACP membership and reflects on a march in Pinal County in the previous year. The program also includes announcements of upcoming events and opportunities for "young negro women" to work with the "new IBM machines and new telephone switchboards" being installed at the Valley Life Insurance Company.
Tape
20 Broadcast, circa 1964 March 8
Broadcast

In this broadcast, Austin Coleman reports on the arrest of 175 people during an anti-discrimination protest in San Francisco, urges his listeners to join the NAACP, and makes an announcement regarding the Interdenominational Ministers Wives of Phoenix's scheduled program on "negro education." Lincoln Ragsdale describes efforts to lobby state senators to pass the "civil rights bill," which he suspects will pass the House and subsequently be defeated in the Senate, and asks his listeners to contact their representatives to express their support for the "public accommodations bill."
Tape
3 Easter Season Broadcast, 1964 March 22
Easter Season Broadcast

Austin Coleman hosts this Easter season program. It features an Easter message from Lincoln Ragsdale, commentary by Ragsdale regarding discrimination, and an announcement of a demonstration to be held at the Capitol "Monday at noon."
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43 Broadcast, 1964 April 12
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10 Broadcast, 1964 April 26
Broadcast

In this broadcast, Austin Coleman promotes Dr. Martin Luther King's upcoming visit, which is scheduled for May 27th at Montgomery Stadium. Lincoln Ragsdale thanks his listeners for their support of his father during his illness and discusses local church activities and events.
Tape
19 Broadcast, 1964 May 3
Broadcast

In this broadcast, Austin Coleman discusses issues in Phoenix surrounding housing, education, and employment and cites the NAACP's and CORE's work in these areas. Lincoln Ragsdale announces that Martin Luther King, Jr.'s appearance has been rescheduled for June 3, thanks his listeners for their prayers for his father, and offers a sermon of hope for the disadvantaged.
Tape
44 Sunday Morning Broadcast, 1964 May 24
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45 Broadcast, 1964 May 31
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1 "Religious Witness for Human Dignity", 1964 June 3
Religious Witness for Human Dignity

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46 Broadcast, 1964 June 7
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16B Broadcast, 1964 July
Broadcast

This recording begins with an unidentified sermon. Eleanor Ragsdale thanks her listeners for their prayers during Hartwell Ragsdale's illness and hospitalization, congratulates recent high school and college graduates, reports on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s arrest in St. Augustine, Florida, discusses efforts to pass a public accommodations law in Phoenix, and asks listeners to join a march at City Hall scheduled for the next day.
Tape
1B "Image of the Negro in the World", 1964
Image of the Negro in the World

Presentation by Joseph W. Matthews, Dean of the Ecumenical Institute of Evanston, Illinois, at a meeting sponsored by Arizona State University's Wesley Foundation. This recording has some audio quality and bleed-through issues.
Tape
35 Mother's Day Program, 1964
Mother's Day Program

Austin Coleman introduces this program celebrating Mothers' Day. It features Sid McCoy reading "At My Mother's Knee," Eleanor Ragsdale commenting on the event, and Lincoln Ragsdale presenting a sermon on "The Negro Mother." Lincoln Ragsdale also asks for volunteers to assist with Martin Luther King's planned visit to "Montgomery Stadium" on June 3.
Tape
16A Martin Luther King Jr. Speech, 1965 March 25
Martin Luther King Jr. Speech

Ragsdale introduces (in voice over) Martin Luther King's speech on steps of the state capitol in Birmingham at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery march (joined in progress). Ragsdale recorded this speech from the ABC television network broadcast.
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47 Broadcast, circa 1963-1964
Tape
48 Broadcast, circa 1963-1964
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23 Langston University
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27 Texas College Choir Performance, circa 1963-1964
Texas College Choir Performance

This recording consists primarily of religious choral music performed by the Texas College Choir. The sound quality varies greatly throughout the tape, but is generally intelligible.
Tape
28 Jazz Music, circa 1963-1964
Jazz Music

This recording begins with commercially produced music and switches to a jazz band's session at 14:49. The jazz band may be associated with the Century Club.
Tape
49 Unlabeled Reel, circa 1963-1964
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50 Unlabeled Reel, circa 1963-1964
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51 Unlabeled Reel, circa 1963-1964
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52 Unlabeled Reel, circa 1963-1964
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32B Social Event and Musical Performance, 1971 November 16
Social Event and Musical Performance

The majority of this recording consists of a performance by "Tony the Accordion Player." The beginning of the tape indicates that it was made at a social event held at Janice Reyes' home and sponsored by Mr. Howrey of Phoenix.
Tape
32A Country Music, circa 1971
Country Music

Series II: Tuskegee Airmen and World War II
BoxFolder
511 Ainsworth, Oliver Nelson in Uniform, circa 1943-1945 (1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
427 Alaska Black Caucus 15th Annual Solidarity Program, 1991 (7 Color Photographs)
428 Bibb, William E. Honorable Discharge, 1945 August 18 (1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
1017 "Black Americans in Flight", circa 1990s
1018 "The Black Eagles", 1983
BoxFolder
512 Collins, Cairo W. in Uniform, circa 1943-1945 (1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
429 Damaged Aircraft, 1944-1945 (2 Black and White Photographs)
430 Govan, Captain Claude B., circa 1943-1944 (1 Black and White Photograph)
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1019 Hap Arnold Emblem Clipping
BoxFolder
431 Horne, Lena Visit at TAAP, circa 1943-1945 (1 Black and White Photograph)
432 Isabelle, Spencer P. and Other Tuskegee Pilots, 1943, 1999 (5 Color Photographs; 5 Digital Prints)
433 Kominie, Captain S. J. (1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
1110 Lee, Philip Fergusson Funeral, 1994 August 20
BoxFolder
434 Luke Field, Arizona, 1946 January (1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
930 Mainstream America Magazine, 1983 January
This publication includes an article regarding the Tuskegee Airmen.
BoxFolder
435 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Elwood Driver, 1986, 1991 (3 Color Photographs)
BoxFolder
931 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: Ground School Record, Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama, 1945 August 14
BoxFolder
436 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with H. Lawrence Carroll, circa 1943-1945 (1 Black and White Photograph)
Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. and Other Airmen with Military Planes, circa 1944-1945
Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. and Other Airmen with Military Planes

BoxFolder
437 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Military Planes, circa 1943-1945 (3 Black and White Photographs)
438 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ragsdale and Plane, circa 1943-1945 (1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
932 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: Officers' Application for Settlement, 1946 August
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439 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Other Airmen, circa 1943-1945 (5 Black and White Photographs)
Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. with Other Airmen

440 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Portraits, circa 1943-1945 (13 Black and White Photographs; 1 Digital Print)
441 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. Posing with Military Uniform, circa 1990 (3 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
933 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: "Qualities a Post War Cadet must possess", 1945 October 17
934 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr.: Special Orders No. 37, Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama, 1945 September 12
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442 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. with Unidentified Women, circa 1943-1945 (2 Black and White Photographs)
443 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr. in Uniform with Family in Oklahoma, circa 1943-1945 (5 Black and White Photographs)
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17/OV213 "Shooting Down Racism: Civic Leader Recalls Battle to Win Dignity" in the Arizona Republic, 1983 March 19
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1020 "Son of a Tuskegee Airman" by Lincoln Ragsdale Jr., American Bonanza Society, 2016 February
1021 "The Story of America's Black Air Force" by Col. Edward C. Gleed, Tony Brown's Journal, 1983 January-March
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444 Tuskegee Air Base Photographic Station, circa 1940-1945
BoxFolder
1022 "Tuskegee Airmen: The Real Story" by Andy Boquet, Arizona Flyways, 1998 January
BoxFolder
445 Tuskegee Airmen in Flight, circa 1943-1945 (1 Black and White Photograph)
446 Tuskegee Airmen Memorial, 1987 (2 Color Photographs)
BoxFolder
51 Tuskegee Airmen By or In Military Airplanes, circa 1943-1945 (2 Black and White Photographs)
52 Tuskegee Airmen National Convention, 1990 (19 Color Photographs; 10 Color Negatives)
53 Tuskegee Airmen National Convention, 1993 (5 Color Photographs)
54 Tuskegee Airmen Parachute Drill, circa 1943-1945 (1 Black and White Photograph)
55 Tuskegee Airmen Working on Military Plane, circa 1943-1945 (1 Black and White Photograph)
56 Tuskegee Airmen, circa 1943-1945 (2 Black and White Photographs)
57 Tuskegee Army Airfield Aerial View, 1941 (2 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
1111 "Tuskegee Institute: A Century of Service and Leadership", circa 1976
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58 Tuskegee Military Party, circa 1943-1945 (1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
17/OV212 Veterans' Recognition Day, 2000 October 22
BoxFolder
59 Walker, Robert of Detroit, Michigan, circa 1943-1945 (1 Black and White Photograph)
510 Winn, Lieutenant Nasby Jr. and Doris [?] Wedding, 1944 March 21 (1 Black and White Photograph)
Series III: Civil Rights and Community Involvement
BoxFolder
935 Black Heritage Calendar, 1986
BoxFolder
514 Civil Rights March, Phoenix, Arizona, 1964 March (14 Black and White Photographs)
Law Enforcement Officers Removing Protestor from Arizona State Capitol

Law Enforcement Officers Detain Protestors C

Law Enforcement Officers Gather in Front of the Arizona State Capitol

Police Remove Protestor from Capitol Building

Protestors Marching Outside the Arizona Capitol Building

Protestors Marching Outside the Arizona Capitol Building

March Supporting the Civil Rights Bill

Civil Rights March, Phoenix, Arizona, 1964 March
Lincoln Ragsdale and Marchers with American Flags at Protest

Marchers at Public Accommodations Rally

Marchers with Signs Regarding Employment Inequality

Marchers with Signs Regarding Employment Inequality

Marchers with Signs Regarding Employment Inequality

Political Cartoon Regarding Civil Rights Demonstrations

Man with Megaphone

Law Enforcement Removing Woman from Capitol

BoxFolder
936 Colley, Nathaniel Testimonial Dinner, 1968 January 13
BoxFolder
515 Cotton Donation to NAACP, circa 1951-1953 (2Black and White Photographs)
Oversized Materials Removed to Box 17/OV2, Folder 15.
Demonstration at Arizona State Capitol, 1964 March 24-31
100 Demonstrators at Capitol Ousted

Civil Rights Demonstrators See State Officials, Disperse

El Rey Café Protest, 1963
Protestors in Front of the El Rey Café

Protestors and Police Officer in Front of the El Rey Café

Protestors in Front of the El Rey Café

BoxFolder
937 "Freedom March," Phoenix, Arizona: Clippings, 1963 July 26
938 "Freedom March," Phoenix, Arizona: Correspondence, 1963 July 26
939 "Freedom March," Phoenix, Arizona: Flier, 1963 July 26
Freedom March Flier

940 "Freedom March," Phoenix, Arizona: Permission from the Phoenix Police Department, 1963 July 23
BoxFolder
1112 "Freedom March," Phoenix, Arizona: Placard, 1963 July 26
BoxFolder
941 Gamma Mu Boulé (Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Inc.) Chapter Bios, 1994-1995
942 "Guide for Urban League Speakers Bureau", circa 1961
943 "Housing Statistics by Race in Phoenix, AZ", 1950-1960
944 Inaugural Statement of Dr. William Hale as President of Langston University, 1961 April 23
945 List of Real Estate Brokers, 1962 January 31
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1113 NAACP Analysis of Discrimination Against Negro Employees, circa 1960
BoxFolder
946 NAACP Maricopa County Branch: Incoming Correspondence, 1963 July 23
947 NAACP Maricopa County Branch: Press Release, 1963 July 20
948 NAACP Membership Application, circa 1963
949 NAACP Membership Drive: Clippings, 1956 May 23
BoxFolder
1114 "National-Anti-Whatever-Strikes-Us-As-Un-American" Document, circa 1960
1115 Notes Regarding Housing in Phoenix, circa 1960
BoxFolder
950 Phoenix Urban Leauge, 1962 January 23
BoxFolder
516 Ragsdale, Eleanor and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Phoenix Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter Charter Members, circa 1970s (3 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
951 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr: Certificate of Election as a Democratic Precinct Committeeman, Phoenix No. 11 Precinct, Maricopa County, Arizona, 1948 September 7
BoxFolder
101 Ragsdale, Lincoln Sr: Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Arizona and Jurisdiction Inc. and the Order of the Eastern Star Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, 1963 May 4-8
102 Report Regarding Living Conditions of Black People in Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1960s (Draft)
BoxFolder
517 Right to Work March, 1963 July 26 (22 Black and White Photographs; 5 Black and White Negatives)
BoxFolder
103 Testimony at Public Hearing, United States Commission on Human Rights, Phoenix, Arizona, 1962 February 3 (Outline)
104 Testimony at Public Hearing, United States Commission on Human Rights, Phoenix, Arizona, 1962 February 3
BoxFolder
1116 "Where is the Conscience of the Conservatives?" by Robert B. Choate, Jr., 1961 May
BoxFolder
105 Whitsuntide Message from Bishop Arthur Lichtenberger, Episcopal Church, Regarding Civil Rights, 1963 May 23
Woolworth's Protest, Phoenix, Arizona, 1962
Lincoln Ragsdale and Others at Anti-Woolworth's Demonstration

Unidentified Protest, circa 1960s
Marchers with Cars and Signs Regarding Voting

Series IV: Identified Photographs
Sub-Series A: People and Groups
BoxFolder
518 Basie, Count (1 Black and White Photograph)
519 Bell, Roonae (2 Black and White Photographs)
520 Bolin, Wesley (1 Black and White Photograph)
521 Boulé, San Diego, California, 1987 December (1 Black and White Photograph; 1 Color Photograph)
522 Crain, Woodrow R. (1 Black and White Photograph)
523 Dickerson, Babe Marie by Airplane, circa 1920s (1 Black and White Photograph)
524 Farmer, James Jr. Visit to Arizona (7 Black and White Photographs)
525 First Institutional Baptist Church Group (4 Black and White Photographs)
526 Ford Family (1 Black and White Photograph)
527 Greensfield, Dr. Curtis O. (1 Black and White Photograph)
528 Hale, Dr. Larzette G. (1 Black and White Photograph)
529 Jemison, May C. and Others (1 Color Photograph)
530 Jordan, Leon E.: "Teacher of the Year", 1971 November 18
531 Kiwanis Members (3 Black and White Photographs; 3 Black and White Negatives)
532 Lockridge, Reverend S. M., 1993 (1 Color Photograph)
533 Mays, Willie (3 Black and White Photographs; Signed)
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1117 Mehary, Berhane (2 Black and White Photographs)
BoxFolder
534 Nash, Vera, 1961 (2 Black and White Photographs)
535 Peña, Manuel (1 Black and White Photograph)
Peña was a member of the Actions Citizens Committee.
536 Pidcau, Burleigh, Los Angeles, California (1 Black and White Photograph)
537 Pratt, Mabel (1 Black and White Photograph)
538 Preston, Maurice Sr. and Jr. (1 Black and White Photograph)
539 Ronans Family Card, 1961
540 Taylor, Creed and Others (1 Black and White Photograph)
Creed Taylor was the President of the Tucson NAACP.
541 Titus, Jim, 1961 October 11 (1 Black and White Photograph)
Jim Titus was Arizona's first Black radio DJ.
542 Tolliver, Reverend Doctor Richard (1 Color Photograph)
543 Wilkins, Roy and Others (1 Black and White Photograph)
Roy Wilkins was the NAACP Executive Secretary.
544 YMCA Tonto Tribe of Indian Guides of Northwest YMCA, 1962 (3 Black and White Photographs)
Sub-Series B: Events
BoxFolder
545 4th Annual State Federation Tabernacle, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1956 June 14 (2 Black and White Photographs)
546 Alpha Phi Alpha Members (1 Black and White Photograph)
547 Alpha Phi Alpha Regional Convention (2 Black and White Photographs)
548 Arizona State University Wrestling Awards Event (1 Color Photograph)
549 Girl Scout Ceremony (2 Color Photographs)
550 Groundbreaking, 1981 (1 Color Photograph; 1 Color Negative)
551 Halloween (11 Color Photographs; 9 Color Negatives)
552 Inauguration of Arizona State University President Lattie Coor, 1990 March 15 (25 Color Photographs; 3 Color Negatives)
553 Main Speakers, College of B. A. [?], Arizona State University, 1976 (1 Black and White Photograph)
554 Oklahoma Older Boys Conference, Langston University (1 Black and White Photograph)
555 Phila Award, 1969 April 7 (1 Black and White Photograph)
556 Planned Parenthood Dinner, 1991 (1 Color Photograph)
557 Ragsdale, Eleanor at Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Phoenix Alumni Chapter Event (1 Color Photograph)
558 United Steelworkers of America (5 Black and White Photographs)
559 USS Princeton (CG-59) (5 Color Photographs)
560 Youth Conference of Brotherhood Council, 1962 February 17 (1 Black and White Photograph)
Sub-Series C: Businesses and Buildings
BoxFolder
561 1901 E. Southern Avenue, 1988 (12 Color Photographs)
562 Adrienne Salon (4 Black and White Photographs; 3 Black and White Negatives)
563 Broadway Federal Savings Interior (2 Black and White Photographs)
564 Century Skyroom Exterior (1 Black and White Photograph)
565 Century Skyroom Interior (1 Color Negative)
566 Harrison Ross Funeral Home Advertisement (1 Black and White Photograph)
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61 Jack-in-the-Box with Group (1 Black and White Photograph)
62 Lucky's Drive-In, 13th Avenue and Buckeye, 1961 (1 Black and White Photograph)
Lucky's was completed with the first mortgage loan made by Valley Life.
63 Sands Secondary Middle School, circa 2001 (3 Color Negatives)
64 Scottsdale Mountain Estates (9 Color Photographs)
65 Swindall House Restoration
66 Westside Plumbing and Hardware (1 Black and White Photograph)
Series V: Unidentified Photographs
Sub-Series A: People and Groups
BoxFolder
67 2 Men Behind Lunch Counter (1 Black and White Photograph)
68 3 Women (1 Black and White Photograph)
69 Aunt, 1967 February 28 (1 Color Photograph)
610 Bride (1 Color Photograph)
611 CME Clergyman, circa 1961-1967 (1 Black and White Photograph)
612 Couple in Front of Mountain Backdrop (1 Color Photograph)
613 Couple in Front of House (2 Black and White Photographs)
614 Couple (1 Black and White Photograph)
615 Debutante, 1990 September 1 (1 Color Photograph)
616 Group with Car in Front of Home (3 Black and White Negatives)
617 Group at Old Salt River Project Building (2 Black and White Photographs)
618 Individuals (2 Color Negatives)
619 Man with Car (1 Color Photograph)
620 Man in Fringed Outfit and Unidentified Man (2 Black and White Photographs; 1 Black and White Negative)
621 Man (3 Black and White Photographs)
Photograph by Lud Keaton.
622 Man (3 Black and White Photographs; 2 Black and White Negatives)
623 Man (2 Black and White Photographs)
624 "Merry Christmas Beth, Love Sonia" (1 Black and White Photograph)
625 Military Couple (Air Force and WAVES), circa 1943-1945 (1 Black and White Photograph)
626 "Thomas + Me" (1 Black and White Photograph)
627 Woman at Desk (1 Black and White Photograph)
628 [?], Ernestine (1 Black and White Photograph)
629 Unidentified Children (12 Black and White Photographs; 3 Color Photographs; 2 Color Slides)
630 Unidentified Groups (25 Black and White Photographs; 9 Color Photographs; 18 Black and White Negatives; 5 Color Negatives)
631 Unidentified Men (15 Black and White Photographs; 8 Color Photographs; 1 Black and White Negative)
632 Unidentified Women (13 Black and White Photographs; 2 Color Photographs; 1 Color Negative)
633 Slides, circa 1982 March (21 Color Slides)
Sub-Series B: Events
BoxFolder
634 Birthday Party (7 Black and White Photographs; 5 Black and White Negatives)
635 Church Event (3 Black and White Photographs)
636 Church Event (21 Black and White Photograph; 9 Black and White Negatives)
637 Church Event (7 Black and White Photographs)
638 Church Event (1 Black and White Photograph)
639 Church Event[s] (5 Black and White Photographs; 6 Black and White Negatives)
640 Church Event [?] (5 Black and White Photographs; 2 Black and White Negatives)
641 Church Events [?] (3 Black and White Photographs)
642 Church Event [?] (17 Black and White Photographs; 1 Black and White Negative)
643 Classroom (2 Black and White Photographs; 1 Black and White Negative)
644 Event, circa 1960s (1 Black and White Photograph)
645 Event, circa 1990s (6 Color Photographs)
646 Event (1 Color Negative)
647 Event (17 Black and White Photographs)
648 Event (1 Black and White Photograph; 1 Black and White Negative)
649 Event (3 Color Negatives)
650 Event (1 Black and White Negative)
651 Event (5 Color Negatives)
652 Event (1 Black and White Negative)
653 Event (3 Color Negatives)
654 Event (2 Black and White Photographs)
655 Event (2 Black and White Photographs; 4 Black and White Negatives)
656 Event (5 Black and White Negatives)
657 Event (1 Black and White Negative)
658 Event (1 Black and White Photograph; 2 Black and White Negatives)
659 Event (4 Black and White Negatives)
660 Event (2 Color Negatives)
BoxFolder
71 Event (1 Black and White Negative)
72 Event (1 Color Negative)
73 Event (8 Black and White Photographs)
74 Event (1 Black and White Photograph)
75 Event[s] (3 Color Photographs)
76 Family in Front of Home (1 Color Negative)
77 Family (1 Black and White Negative)
78 Family [?] (2 Black and White Negatives)
79 Family [?] (1 Black and White Negative)
710 Group at Century Club, 1962 (1 Black and White Negative; 2 Color Negatives)
711 Group in Front of Building (2 Color Negatives)
712 Group in Front of Buildings (3 Black and White Photographs; 6 Color Negatives)
713 Group in Front of Home (5 Black and White Negatives)
714 Group in Front of Home (2 Black and White Photographs)
715 Group at Pearl Street AME Church (3 Black and White Photographs)
716 Group of Women (2 Black and White Negatives)
717 Group (2 Black and White Photographs; 1 Black and White Negative)
718 Man (2 Black and White Negatives)
719 Meeting Including Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale (10 Black and White Photographs; 4 Black and White Negatives)
720 Meeting, circa 1968-1973 (1 Black and White Photograph)
721 Meeting, 1989 July 14 (2 Color Photographs)
722 Party at Ragsdale Home (4 Color Negatives)
723 Party at Ragsdale Home (1 Black and White Negative)
724 Party (1 Black and White Negative)
725 Town Hall Meeting (2 Black and White Photographs)
726 Wedding (13 Black and White Photographs; 1 Black and White Negative)
Sub-Series C: Businesses and Buildings
BoxFolder
727 Building (Exterior) (1 Black and White Photograph)
728 Building (Exterior) (1 Black and White Photograph)
BoxFolder
1118 Building (Exterior)
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729 Building (Interior) (4 Black and White Negatives)
730 Building (Interior) (6 Black and White Negatives)
731 Building (Interior) (1 Black and White Photograph)
732 Building (Interiors) (2 Black and White Photographs; 1 Color Negative)
733 Building (1 Black and White Negative)
734 Buildings (2 Color Negatives)
735 Commercial Building (1 Color Photograph)
736 Commercial Building (2 Color Photographs)
737 Commercial Building (2 Color Photographs)
738 Construction, 1988, Undated (9 Color Photographs; 10 Color Negatives; 35 Color Slides)
These images may depict the construction of Sky Harbor's Executive Terminal.
739 Home (Exterior) (2 Black and White Photographs)
740 Home (Exterior) (1 Black and White Photograph)
741 Home (Exterior) (1 Black and White Photograph)
742 Home (Exterior) (1 Black and White Photograph)
743 Home (Exterior) (1 Black and White Photograph)
744 Home (Exterior) (2 Black and White Photographs)
745 Home (Exterior) (1 Color Photograph)
746 Home (Exterior) (2 Black and White Instant Photographs; 2 Black and White Negatives)
747 Home (Exterior) (4 Black and White Instant Photographs; 2 Black and White Negatives)
748 Home (Exterior) (1 Black and White Instant Photograph)
749 Home (Interior) (1 Black and White Photograph; 1 Black and White Negative)
750 Laundromat Interior (1 Black and White Negative)
751 Medical Office (1 Black and White Photograph; 1 Black and White Negative)
752 Ragsdale Home [?] (4 Black and White Photographs)
753 Ragsdale Home [?] (1 Color Photograph)
754 Ragsdale Home [?] (1 Color Photograph)
755 Ragsdale Home [?] (3 Color Photographs)
756 Store (Interior) (1 Color Photograph; 1 Black and White Negative)
757 Structure Burning (1 Black and White Photograph)