COLLECTION NAME:
Merze Tate Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwaVMTC_09_Scrapbook_bk
Title:
Merze Tate Scrapbook of Adair Family photographs and letters
Date:
between 1944 and 1950
Creator:
Tate, Merze, 1905-1996
Description:
An ivory-colored scrapbook containing black and white photographs and handwritten letters addressed to Merze Tate. The photographs show Thelma Davidson Adair standing in the living room of her room in New York, and holding her newborn son, Robert. One photograph also includes her spouse, Howard "Eugene" Adair. Most of the letters were written between 1944 and 1950 by Thelma. During that time she pursued and completed her Ph.D. in education and became a professor of Education at Queens College, University of the City of New York. In the letters she gives updates on her coursework, graduation, thank yous for gifts Tate sent to her god-children Robert, updates on Robert's growth and behavior, and daily activies as a working mother. Also included is a Mother's Day card from Robert, and a New Year's Day card. Thelma Adair attended Barber-Scotia Junior College and Bennett College in the 1930s during the same time Merze Tate was a professor at each college.
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Subject:
Scrapbooks
Subject:
Correspondence
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Adair Family
Subject:
Infants
Keywords:
black & white photographs; Group portraits; Children; Families; Child rearing; Education
Person Identified:
Adair, Thelma Estelle Hewett, 1906-1988
Person Identified:
Adair, Robert Howard, 1931-2010
Person Identified:
Adair, Howard Leon, 1904-1995
Time Period:
Nineteen forties
Time Period:
Nineteen fifties
Source:
Vernie Merze Tate Collection. Untitled Scrapbook, Late 1940s (Box 9). Western Michigan University Archives
Language:
eng
Rights Status:
In Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
Collection:
Merze Tate Collection
Date Digital:
2024