1862-1931
Ida B. Wells Barnett Papers
Ida B. Wells, (1862-1931) teacher, journalist and anti-lynching activist. Contains correspondence, manuscript of Crusade for Justice: the Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, diaries, copies of articles and speeches by Wells, articles, and accounts about Wells, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett her children, Charles Aked; Ida B. Wells, Jr.; Alfreda Marguerita; and, Herman Kohlsaat..
1909
"Never Allowed to be Dear," The Chicago Times, Sunday, September 3, 1893
1893-08-03
Postcard featuring photograph of Ida B. Wells, circa 1910
circa 1910
Ferdinand Lee Barnett
1906/1908
"Mrs. Ida Barnett, Colored Leader, 62, Dies Suddenly," The Chicago Tribune, March 25, 1931
1931-03-25
Letter, Ida B. Wells to daughters Ida and Alfreda, October 30, 1920
1920-10-30
"To the Young Men Who Want to Go to France," flyer, with letter on verso, circa 1910-1920
circa 1910-1920
Article which appeared in The Ladies Pictorial, England, May 1893
1893-05
Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
circa 1920
Ida B. Wells-Barnett with son, Charles Aked Barnett
1896-11
Scrapbook documenting the life of Ferdinand Barnett.
undated
"Miss Ida B. Wells," excerpt from "The College of Life or Practical Self-Educator," 1895
undated
Crusade for Justice, original manuscript
circa 1926
Ida B. Wells, standing left, with Maurine Moss, widow of Tom Moss, lynched in Memphis March 9, 1892, with Tom Moss Jr.
circa 1894
Ida B. Wells, photograph of engraved illustration.
1891
Excerpt from "The White Side of a Black Subject," 1897
undated
Ida B. Wells pocket diary, 1885-1887
1885-1887
Mrs. Delores Johnson Farrow, "Side Lights or Shadows on the Recent Race Riots at East St. Louis, Illinois," The Broad Ax, Chicago, July 28, 1917
1917-07-28
Ida B. Wells, portrait photograph
circa 1893-1894
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, 1920
1920-06-06
"Marriage Bells," The New York Age, November 1892
1892-11
Ida B. Wells Woman's Club
1940s-1960s
"Lynch Law in All its Phases"
1893-02-13
"The Reign of Mob Law: Iola’s Opinion of Doings in the Southern Field," New York Age, February 18, 1893, combined with "The Lynchers Wince," New York Age, September 19, 1891
1891-09-08: 1893-02-18
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, circa 1920
circa 1920
"Lynch Law in the United States: to the Editor of the Daily Post," Birmingham Daily Post, May 14, 1894, with annotations by Ida B. Wells.
189-05-16
"How Enfranchisement Stops Lynching," Original Rights Magazine, vol. I, no. 4 (June 1910)
1910-06
Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her sisters, 1920
1920
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, with husband, Ferdinand, and daughter, Alfreda, 1919
1919-08
"A Darky Damsel Obtains a Verdict for Damages Against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad," Memphis Appeal-Avalanche, December 25, 1884
1931-12-25
Ferdinand L. Barnett with daughter, Alfreda, 1919
1919-08
Ferdinand L. Barnett, with son, Herman K. Barnett in window in background, 1919
1919-08
Excerpts from "Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee," Shelby County, April Term, 1887
1887
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, flanked by daughter, Alfreda and daughter-in-law Fiona Davis-Barnett, 1919
1919-08
Ida B. Wells-Barnett with nephew Jack Calvert Wells, 1919.
1919-08
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, wearing "Martyred Negro Soldiers" button, circa 1917-1919
1917/1919
Family of Ida B. Wells and Ferdinand Barnett
1917
""Afro-Americans and Africa," The A.M.E. Church Review, vol. 9, no. 1 (July 1892)
1892-07
Articles Laid in the Cornerstone of the Ida B. Wells Homes
1941-06-08
Ida B. Wells at banquet
undated
"Lynch Law in the United States," Birmingham Daily Post, May 17, 1894
1894-05-17
Editorial, Birmingham Daily Gazette, May 18, 1894
1894-05-18
Program for the dedication of the Ida B. Wells Homes
1940-10-27
"Editorial," New York Age, September 12, 1891
1891-09-12
"Idol of her People: Ida B. Wells, the Colored Advocate, Welcomed Home," The Daily Inter-Ocean, August 8, 1894
1894-08-08
Ida B. Wells pocket diary, 1930
1930
Letter, Alfreda M. Duster to Mr. A.E. Perkins
1940-10-27
Alfreda M. Barnett, circa 1920
circa 1920
Articles on Ida B. Wells speaking tour in England, 1894
1894-04
Invitation to dedication of the Ida B. Wells Homes
1940-10-27
Historical Records of the Conventions of 1895-96 of the Colored Women of America.
1902
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Personal note [from diary?], "Have just returned from watch meeting...," January 1, 1886
1886-01-01
"Against Lynching: Ida B. Wells and her Recent Mission in England," The Daily Inter-Ocean, August 4, 1894
1894-08-04
The Reason Why the Colored American is Not in the World's Columbian Exposition.
1893-07
Ida B. Wells-Barnett with daughters Ida, 13, and Alfreda, 10, September 1914.
1914-09
Letter, Ida B. Wells to Charles W. Chesnutt,
1893-02-18
"Good Homes, Low Rents"
undated
"The New Year," January 1, 1931
1931-01-01
"A Wearied Councillor's Protest," May 12, 1894, and reply by Ida B. Wells, "Lynch Law in the United States," Birmingham Daily Post, May 14, 1894
1894-05-14
"Lynch Law in America," Birmingham Daily Post, May 17, 1894
1894-05-17
Letter, Ida B. Wells to Charles W. Chesnutt, June 4, 1901
1901-06-04
Maureen Moss Browning, foster daughter of Ida B. Wells
undated
Calling card of Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, undated
undated
Letter, Ida B. Wells to Charles W. Chesnutt, May 29, 1915
1915-05-29
"Let's Make History!"
circa 1938
"Editorial notice of Wells' visit to Manchester, England, Manchester Guardian, April 1894
1894-04
News release from Chicago Housing Authority
1940-09-03
The Alpha Suffrage Record, Chicago: Vol 1, No. 1, March 18, 1914
1914-03-18
Campaign card supporting Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, candidate for Delegate to Republican National Convention, Kansas City, MO, June 1928
1886