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Certificate of marriage between Robert S. Briscoe and Ruth E. Ringgold
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The Garnett Swan 1952, Garnett High School yearbook
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Documents from the cornerstone laying for the new Garnett School building
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Kent Education Association Christmas Semi-Formal invitation
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Swan 1953, Garnett High School yearbook
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Garnett Swan 1951, Garnett High School yearbook
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The Swan 1954, Garnett High School yearbook
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Bethel A.M.E. church records, 1939-1980s
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Kendall Frank Wilson - "Betterton Boy Honor Student At Va. State"
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"Takes Air Training"
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Garnett High School graduation program, 1957
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A news letter
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Kent and Queen Anne's Hospital Auxiliary treasurer's report Jan. 1, 1958 - Mar. 31, 1959
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Scrapbook clipping of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and friends at Virginia Beach, 1950s.
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Grandmother Mary Cooper- LaMonte Cooke's grandmother's sister (Viola Walley Graves)
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Charlie Graves at the Uptown Club Bar, 1954
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Carolyn Brooks' Safety Carfuliers Pledge Card, 1952
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Carolyn Brooks' National Honor Society Membership Card
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Photo of May Day Celebration Attendants Irene Jeffers and Stanford Sampson, Camp Tockwogh, 1958
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Proof of Beulah E. Brown's Application for a Marriage License
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Daily Journal of Mrs. Clara Anderson, 1950
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