Horton (Edom and Susie) Papers

Historic image of Woman walking on sidewalk in front of movie theater advertising West of Wyoming
Susie Horton [?] walking on sidewalk, Edom and Susie Horton papers, MS 56, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library.
The Edom and Susie Horton papers consist of beauty school coursework, shipyard worker training materials, photographs, and employment records. The beauty school coursework materials include Susie Horton’s class notes, exams, and textbook attending the La Henri-Ana School of Beauty Culture in Monroe, Louisiana in 1941. The shipyard worker training materials include handwritten notes on various types of joints, shipyard terminology, a job analysis sheet, locating your job on the boat, and a sheet on payroll problems. The photograph series includes three photographs, most likely depicting Edom and Susie Horton.

Dates: 1940-1954
 
Collection number: MS 56
 
Creator: Horton, Edom.
 
Creator: Horton, Susie.
 
Collection Size: .25 linear feet (2 boxes)
 

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