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The Davis family has resided in Kirkwood, Missouri for nine generations. Papers include emancipation and Civil War papers; a letter from Thomas Hart Benton Jr.; license and information about the city of Kirkwood, Missouri, Booker T. Washington School, Olive Chapel AME, Unity Baptist church, baseball player Al Smith, and the James A. Mitchell family. All documents are photocopies.
FOLDER LIST
1. Emancipation and Union Army Papers, 1863-1866
2. Early Generations of Davises, 1864
3. James A. Mitchell, 1872-1900
4. Correspondence of James Mitchell, 1877-1883
5. George C. Davis Sr., nd
6. George C. Davis Jr., 1986-1997
7. George Davis III, 1992
8. Children of George Davis III, 1981
9. Olive Chapel AME church, 1939-1989
10. Unity Baptist Church, nd
11. Booker T. Washington School, nd
12. J. Milton Turner School, nd
13. Al Smith, 1945-1960
14. Kirkwood, 1965-1976
15. World War II, photographs, nd
16. Photographs
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