Chicago Public Library/Woodson Regional/Harsh Research Collection
9525 S. Halsted Street,
Chicago, Illinois, 60628
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Image: Dr. Louis Coggs teaching at Provident nursing school circa 1958, courtesy of Chicago Public Library, Harsh Research Collection, Frances Minor Papers, series 17, box 26, photo 134
Title:
Frances Minor Papers
Content:
The Frances Minor Papers are composed chiefly of materials on artists, art shows, gallery materials, and newspaper clippings collected from the 1950s to 2008. Frances Minor was born Frances Anderson, an only child, to Francis Elmo Anderson and Sadie Hilyard on February 8, 1923, in Provident Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. She married Chicago Public Schools administrator Byron Minor.
The collection is divided into 18 series: Biography, Sadie Anderson’s papers, Correspondence, Grants and Proposals, Programs, Artists Subject Files, Art and Artists Files, South Side Community Art Center, Organizations, Serials, Clippings, Pamphlets, Books, Memorabilia, Photographs and Oversized. Only selected items (Programs, Organizations, and Photographs) pertaining to Black nurses is indicated in this finding aid.
Dates:
1863-2009
Size:
15 linear feet (29 archival boxes)
Access:
Unrestricted
Language:
English
Inventory:
Series 5: Programs
The Programs series includes over fifty art and community programs from a wide geographic dispersal, various dedications such as the dedication ceremony for the Irvin C. Mollison School and the Charles Drew School, along with other organizations of which Frances and Byron were a part.
| Box # | Folder # | Title Identifier |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | Provident Hospital Annual Installation Award Luncheon, Chicago, IL, 5/15/1972 |
The Organization Files series includes information on the many organizations with which Byron and Frances were affiliated. They are sorted alphabetically. Among these organizations are Provident Hospital, the DuSable Museum, The Original 40 Club, and the Chicago Principals Club.
| Box # | Item # | Title Identifier |
| Box 12 | Folder 14 | Provident Hospital |
| Box 12 | Folder 16 | The Women's Board of Provident Hospital |
Finally, there are more than 250 Photographs in the collection, showing various family members and social functions, school dedications, and Byron Minor’s career in the Chicago Public Schools, as well as photos taken by Byron both during and after his photography class at the South Side Community Art Center.
| Box # | Item # | Title Identifier |
| Box 26 | 134 | Dr. Louis Coggs Teaching at Provident Nursing School, c. 1958 |