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Title
Sarah C. Barr, Katherine J. Boskins Barr, and Roscoe Conklin Simmons, circa 1910
Alternative Title
Kathryn Barr, first Executive Secretary of Los Angeles Urban League
Contributor
Prominent Individuals and Families, 1885-1980
Date Created and/or Issued
1910
[circa 1910]
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
Written on back of photo: Dr. A. E. [Elmer Ellsworth] Barr came to Calif. in 1897 from Chicago. He was born in Matoon, Ill., Aug. 24, 1867. His marriage to Katherine J. Boskins took place in Chicago, Aug. 19, 1894. They had a son named Elmer. Mrs. S. C. Barr, the doctor's mother, lived in L. A. also.
Kathryn J. Boskins Barr organized an employment agency in Los Angeles which later became the Los Angeles Urban League.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b05_f09_002a.tif
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Subject
African American civil rights workers
Barr, Sarah C., 1845-1925
Barr, Kathryn J. Boskins, 1872-1931
Los Angeles Urban League
Simmons, Roscoe Conklin
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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