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Mary Matthews and Marie Matthews Posey
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: unknown
Mary was about 10 years old in this picture; her sister Marie was about 6.
Elizabeth Oveide
Address: 33 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: unknown
First woman assistant pastor at Campbell A.M.E. Church
Elizabeth Oveide
Address: 33 W. 3rd St., Media (Pa.)
Date: unknown
First woman assistant pastor at Campbell A.M.E. Church
Mary M. Edwards and Irene Bennett
Address: Not known
Date: Not known
Mary Edwards with Irene Bennett (far left) at the National Council of Negro Women convention.
Media Branch, NAACP
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
(L to R) Dr. Arthur W. King, Media dentist with Elizabeth Oveide (third from left). The four gave a $500 life membership installation to the NAACP.
Mary M. Edwards and others
Date: Not known
(L to R) Marjorie Moat, Martin Luther King, III, and Mary Edwards, at Academy of Music, Philadelphia.
Elizabeth Oveide and daughter Marie
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
Elizabeth Oveide standing outside Plum Street home in Media, Pa., with daughter Marie Matthews (Posey)
Elizabeth Oveide's home
Address: 525 N. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
Elizabeth Oveide home at 525 N. Orange Street, Media Pa., It is now a townhouse development
Myrtle and Hilda Rhoades
Address: 309 S. Plum St., Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
Nieces of Elizabeth Oveide. On reverse: "Aunt Hun's kids, 309 South Plum Street, Media, PA"
Residence of Dr. Arthur W. King
Address: 525 N. Olive St., Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
Dr. Athur W. King was a Media dentist who practiced from 1932 until his death, in his clinic, in 1985 at age 79. (Obituary, Wilmington (Del.) News-Journal, May 31, 1985) On the left is probably the house at 525 N. Olive Street, which is still…
Mary M. Edwards, newspaper coverage
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 2005 ca.
Article in Delaware County Daily Times, by Susan L. Serbin, about Mary M. Edwards disputes with the borough of Media over discriminatory actions against her and her two properties. She was supported by the International People's Democratic Uhuru…
Mary M. Edwards, newspaper coverage
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 2003-01-25
Article in Delaware County Daily Times, by Bette Alburger, about a call for Rose Tree Media Superintendent's Warner's resignation because of racial indifference.
Mary M. Edwards, newspaper coverage
Address: 134 Barren Rd., Media (Pa.)
Date: 2002-11-20
Article from Media Press by Eileen Laskas about a Rose Tree Media School District in-service training, at Penncrest High School, at which Mary Edwards and Liz Womack arrived to observe and were asked to leave.
Rose Tree Media School District
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 2002-06-04
Letter from RTMS informing Mary Edwards that she is the recipient of the districts 2002 Service Award and inviting her and a guest to attend the Recognition Dinner at the Little Inn in Media, Signed by Laird P. Warner, Superintendent of Schools.
Mary M. Edwards, letter
Address: 334 N. Orange St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 2000-03-15
Inviting people to the 2000 Annual Awards Banquet of the Chester Branch of the NAACP where she will be one of the honorees.
Growing up in Media, Pa.
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 2000 ca.
A memoir of the 1950s and 1960s by Juanita Edwards. [See notes for entire text.]
Flower for "Who We Are, How We Lived" television program
Address: Philadelphia (Pa.)
Date: 1999-12-18
Flyer for this joint presentation by 6-ABC and the Philadelphia Inquirer, hosted by Jim Garner
Mary M. Edwards, invitation
Address: Philadelphia (Pa.)
Date: 1999-12-18
Invitation to the public to view Millennium Philadelphia: The Last 100 Years, which included a segment on the Edwards Family