Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Wiggan, Elvira Davis.
- Abstract:
- The Elvira Wiggan Photograph Collection includes 18 photographs of friends and family of Elvira Davis Wiggan. Included in the collection is a 1860s tin-type portrait of an African American woman, several photographs of Elvira Wiggan’s uncle, Samuel Davis, and photographs of Elvira Wiggan’s father, John Davis, dressed in his Pullman porter uniform.
- Extent:
- .2 linear feet (18 photographs)
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
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Elvira Davis Wiggan photograph collection , MS 18, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Elvira Wiggan Photograph Collection includes 18 photographs of friends and family of Elvira Davis Wiggan. Included in the collection is a 1860s tin-type portrait of an African American woman, several photographs of Elvira Wiggan’s uncle, Samuel Davis, and photographs of Elvira Wiggan’s father, John Davis, dressed in his Pullman porter uniform.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Sean Heyliger, 06/25/2013.
- Arrangement:
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I. Photographs
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish from the Elvira Davis Wiggan Photograph Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum and Library at Oakland.
- Preferred citation:
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Elvira Davis Wiggan photograph collection , MS 18, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
- Location of this collection:
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659 14th StreetOakland, CA 94612, US
- Contact:
- (510) 637-0198