Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park Advisory Committee Audio Recordings Collection

Group photograph of members of the Advisory next hit Committee of the Col. Allensworth State Historic Park (front row, left-right): Mrs. Hattie Crawford, Dr. Edward E. France, Cecil Berkeley, Mrs. Gaynelle Green, Al Green, Ms. Vassie Wright, Ms. Frances R. Miller, Ms. Elena Albert, Royal E. Towns, Ms. Kay Green (second row): Jefferson Pierro, Ms. Bettye Williams, Eugene P. Lasartemay (third row): Marcella Ford, Ms. Lois Carson, George Pope, Ms. Gemelia Herring, Ms. Willie, 1976, African American Museum & Library at Oakland Photograph collection, MS 189, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library.

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park was California’s first state historical park designated to African-American pioneers. The Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park Advisory Committee audio recordings collection consists of 22 audiocassette of regional meetings, public hearings, and oral history interviews with the townspeople of Allensworth.

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Dates: 1974-1977
 
Collection number: MS 208
 
Creator: Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park Advisory Committee.
 
Collection Size: .75 linear feet (1 box)
 

Guide to the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park Advisory Committee Audio Recordings Collection

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