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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
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UCLA,
Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Collection
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Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
- Rights Information
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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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