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Mary Edwards and Marie Posey
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1925 ca.
Mary (Matthews) Edwards and her sister, Marie (Matthews) Posey, in the 1920s
Mary Matthews, Media Public School report card
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1933-1934
Report Card, Media Public School for Mary Matthews, grade 8. Issued for the school year 1933-1934. Teacher was Miss Gamble.
Media Fellowship House, Dedication program
Address: 302 S. Jackson St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1944-08-06
Mary Matthews Short and friends
Address: Not known
Date: 1948
On reverse: "Left to right: Claudia Williams, Thelma Nacho, Hazel Chambers, Elward Gales, Mary Short [standing, right; later Mary M. Edwards], and Caroline White [probably in front]
Queen's Contest, Campbell A.M.E. Church, Media, Pa.
Address: 33 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1952
Elizabeth Oveide is the queen. Her son, Reginald, is the child on the far right. Oveide was the mother of Mary M. Edwards
Juanita Edwards
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1952
Juanita Edwards in a playpen. She is the daughter of Mary M. Edwards.
Wedding of Gene and Encie Armstead, Campbell A.M.E. Church, Media, Pa.
Address: 33 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1953
On reverse: "Jeff Edwards is the ring bearer for Encie Armstead in bridal affair." Eleanor Armstead is the other child. Group photograph of couple and wedding party in the church.
Juanita Edwards
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1953
Juanita Edwards in toy police car on playground formerly at the 200 block of Olive Street, Media, Pa. This property is now part of the Delaware County Government Center.
Juanita Edwards
Address: 125 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1955
Daughter of Mary M. Edwards. On a swing at Media Friends School, winter of 1955
Schedule, Media Branch, NAACP
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1958
1958 Media Branch NAACP, schedule of the monthly meetings and executive committee meetings
Media (Pa.) Branch, NAACP
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1959-08
Photograph used on page 405 of "The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races," the official organ of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Vol. 66, No. 7, August-September 1959. Caption reads: "Mrs. Elizabeth Oveide (L) of the…
Media (Pa.) Branch, NAACP
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1959-08
Photographs of 4 pages of "The Crisis". Photograph on page 405 of "The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races," the official organ of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Vo. 66, No. 7, August-September 1959. Caption reads:…
Reginald Oveide, Skip Burrell, and [?] Summerville
Address: 120 E. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961-06-12
At Media High School commencement, 1961. On reverse: "From mother to Reggie good luck. May God bless you in the years to come and in every walk of life. Lots of luck. From mother, Elizabeth Oveide, 525 N. Orange Street, Media, PA. " (L to R); [ ?]…
Newsletter, Media Branch, NAACP
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961-09
Media, PA NAACP newsletter, September 1961. Articles by Mary Rosenthal, Editor; Philip H. Savage, Field Secretary on the convention; and Mary Edwards, Branch Secretary reporting on the National Convention In Philadelphia.
Letterhead, Media Civic League
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1963
Letterhead reads: "Media Civic League, 312 East Jefferson Street, Media, PA. Wilby Higgins, President; Theodosia King and Randall Whitsett, Vice Presidents; Mary M. Edwards, Secretary; Verna N. Burrell, Treasurer; Thomas Lee, David S. Pinkston, Mrs.…
Media Fellowship House, newspaper article on 20th anniversary
Address: 302 S. Jackson St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1964-11-26
Delaware County Daily Times article by Sara M. Grasberger, about Media Fellowship House, 320 S. Jackson Street, Media, PA and coordinator Mary M. Edwards.
Invitation to Inauguration
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1965
Invitation received by Mary M. Edwards to the inauguration of Lyndon Baines Johnson as President of the United States and Hubert Horatio Humphrey as Vice President on Wednesday January 20, 1965 in the City of Washington.
Invitation to Inaugural Ball
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1965
Invitation received by Mary M. Edwards from the President and Mrs. Johnson and the Vice President and Mrs. Humphrey to attend the Inaugural Ball on Wednesday January 20, 1965 at 9:00 p.m.
Media Civic League
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1966
Text of Mary M. Edwards presentation, on behalf of the Media Civic League, to a Media Borough Council meeting in 1966, disputing a proposed park that would have taken property of the Black community, and suggesting a different location.