First Baptist Church - Third Location

Photograph of First Baptist Church at its third location, 12th and Graham Streets. Rev. Robert E. Lee was the pastor.
Date: 1955~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church - Group to Consider a New Church

Photograph of a group of people from the congregation of First Baptist Church. They are arranged in two rows and those in the front are sitting in chairs. Most of the people are wearing choir robes, and a man to the left of the photograph is posing with a string bass. The photograph was taken outside, in front of a building When First Baptist Church was at it's 14th and Red River Streets location in 1930, Rev. Levi Stanmore selected 10 groups to discuss, review the survey given to them, and at a later date give their group reports to him about "considering a New Church". This is group #7, the Senior Choir, Sister Ann Grant, Director.
Date: May 14, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church - Group to Consider a New Church

Photograph of twelve people from the First Baptist Church congregation. They are posed in two rows with those in front sitting in chairs and the back row standing behind them. The photograph appears to have been taken outside, in front of a building. When First Baptist Church was at it's 14th and Red River Streets location in 1930, Rev. Levi Stanmore selected 10 groups to discuss, review the survey given to them, and at a later date give their group reports to him about "considering a New Church". This is group #9, the Deaconesses.
Date: May 14, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ebenezer Baptist Church - Rev. Jerome Christopher Lott

Portrait of Rev. Jerome Christopher Lott (served from 1928-1949) was a great evangelist and outstanding leader in the state and national convention.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ebenezer Baptist Church - Funeral of Rev. Jerome Christopher Lott

Photograph of pall bearers carrying the casket of Rev. Jerome Christopher Lott. He served as pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Austin, TX from 1928-1949.
Date: March 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grandma Dedrick

Photograph of Grandma Derick, a member of Wesley Chapel M.E. Church in Austin, TX. She provided the sacrament bread for Old Weslay
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wesley Chapel M.E. Church

Photograph of Wesley Chapel M.E. Church in Austin, TX.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nancy Mahalia Colemen Thomas

Portrait of Nanacy Mahalia Coleman Thomas. She was born a slave on August 1, 1860; married Jerry Thomas in 1879; was converted, baptized, and joined Ebenzer Baptist Church in 1883; became president of the Home Woman's Mission Society #4 in 1918 - 1930; she died on December 12, 1938.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan - Governor of Texas for a day - June 10, 1972 (open access)

Barbara Jordan - Governor of Texas for a day - June 10, 1972

Program for Barbara Jordan, Governor of Texas, June 10, 1972 from the "Governor for a Day" celebration.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

W. H. Passon

Portrait of W. H. Passon, principal of the West Austin School.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
W.H. Passon Historical Society Pamphlet (open access)

W.H. Passon Historical Society Pamphlet

Pamphlet about the W.H. Passon Historical Society in Austin, TX. The society's goal is the preservation of black history in the Austin area.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Blacks in Music Bookmark

Bookmark about three black musicians from the Austin area of Texas. Benjamine L. Joyce, Barbara Conrad, Virgie Carrington DeWitty.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mack H. Hannah, Jr.

Photograph of Mack H. Hannah, Jr. wearing a suit and sitting in a wood-paneled room. He is looking down at something that he's writing on a table. Mack H. Hannah Jr. founded the first negro owned and operated savings and loan association in Texas. He is now one of the leading negro mortgage bankers in the nation. As chairman of the board of Texas Southern University for 12 years, he is responsible for much of the Houston school's capital improvements program.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dr. Herman A. Barnett Works on a Patient Before Surgery]

Photograph of Dr. Herman Barnett and looking at some medical equipment while he holds a gas mask over a patient's face. He is wearing a surgical gown, a head covering, and a mask.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carl Walker

Photograph of Carl Walker sitting at a desk, reading a book. There are seals hanging on the wall behind him and a U.S. flag. Walker of Houston became the first negro in the south to be appointed an assistant United States District Attorney. A graduate of Texas Southern University Law School, his appointment in 1961 was to the southern district of Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hobart Taylor, Jr.

Hobart Taylor, Jr. was educated in Houston and at Prairie View A&M College and traveled to Washington D.C. as the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. He later became a special counsel to President Johnson and in 1965 was appointed a director of the Import-Export Bank.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ebenezer Baptist Church - Choir

Photograph of the choir of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Austin, TX.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ebenezer Baptist Church - Reverend Marvin C. Griffin

Portrait of Reverend Marvin C. Griffin of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Austin, TX.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ebenezer Baptist Church - Young People's Choir

Photograph of the Young People's Choir of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Austin, TX.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ebenezer Baptist Church Banquet

Photograph of unidentified individuals at a Ebenezer Baptist Church Banquet.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ebenezer Baptist Church - Outreach

Photograph of clothing given to Korean children from Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ebenezer Baptist Church - Children's Choir

Photograph of a choir from Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ebenezer Baptist Church - Concord Choir

Photograph of Concord Choir at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Barbara Seidel Medearis was the Choir Director of the Concord Choir, a school teacher and the mother of four children. She is on the far left. Her mother, Ethel Taylor was a musician for the church for many years. The family lived in the Blacklands Neighborhood on Leona Street in East Austin.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ebenezer Baptist Church - Chancel Choir

Photograph of Chancel Choir at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History