Box 4289.001
Container
Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ernestine Jones Scrapbook of the "Spirit of Cotton" Tour, 1951
File — Box: 4289.001, Folder: 003-011
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains four program books, a diary, and a scrapbook related to the Memphis Cotton Makers’ Jubilee, an annual festival in Memphis, Tennessee, founded in 1935 by dentist Ransom Q. Venson and his wife Ethyl H. Venson to celebrate African American participation in the cotton industry. The unbound scrapbook was created by Memphis native and Pine Bluff, Arkansas, student Ernestine Jones, winner of the 1951 “Spirit of Cotton” competition sponsored by the Jubilee for girls...
Dates:
1951
Ernestine Jones Scrapbook of the "Spirit of Cotton" Tour, Loose Items, 1951
File — Box: 4289.001, Folder: 001-002
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains four program books, a diary, and a scrapbook related to the Memphis Cotton Makers’ Jubilee, an annual festival in Memphis, Tennessee, founded in 1935 by dentist Ransom Q. Venson and his wife Ethyl H. Venson to celebrate African American participation in the cotton industry. The unbound scrapbook was created by Memphis native and Pine Bluff, Arkansas, student Ernestine Jones, winner of the 1951 “Spirit of Cotton” competition sponsored by the Jubilee for girls...
Dates:
1951