Title

Alice Martin Papers

Description

The personal papers of Alice Martin, a civic-minded African-American woman known for her charitable nature and community service, consists primarily of correspondence, employment and war records, photographs, and realia. Collection dates between 1937 and 2004. Collection is divided into five series ranging from personal papers to artifacts. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt25803113/

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Local Identifier
122-3-a-05-02-01
Description

Poem written by Alice Martin entitled "Happy New Year to All".

Local Identifier
122-1-i-02-02-02
Date Created
1980 to 1985
Description

The back of the photo has a inscription that reads: 'Alice and her family, Jani, Adam, Sue, Jocelyn, & Alice Dee Belstad'. The family is seated together on a brown patterned couch. On the far left, a young person with blonde hair is seated on the lap of a curly haired blonde adult wearing a white blouse and light blue jeans. To the right of them is Alice wearing a blouse with light jeans. To the right of Alice, another blonde adult is seated smiling and holding a child wearing overalls on her lap. The child is also holding a stuffed doll. On the right end of the couch, a curly brown haired adult is seated wearing dark blue jeans, a purple and teal button up, and a teal shirt. Above them is a old clock with roman numerals on it. In the top-left corner of the photo there is a framed photo of a person in white robes spreading their hands over a baby, flanked by two signs that read 'Love' and 'Faith' with cartoon characters kissing.

Local Identifier
122-1-i-02-01-04
Date Created
1955 to 1965
Description

Alice Martin and four other people posing for a photograph on a beach. Three of the other people are children. Alice is lying down in the sand, with her elbow propping her up, in front of a portable cooler and a picnic basket. The child sitting in front of her is wearing a darker colored shirt in shorts. The child in the center of the photo is wearing a white polo and black pants, which are covered in sand. The child to the left of the photo is smiling with two missing front teeth and also wearing a white polo with shorts. Behind this child is an adult sitting down wearing sunglasses and a button up collar shirt.

Local Identifier
122-1-i-02-02-01
Date Created
1985
Description

Alice is standing on the left, wearing brown clear glasses, an white collared blouse, a black vest, and a black blazer with a lapel pin. Baby Mikara is wearing white shoes, a white long sleeve, and Osh Kosh baby overalls. To the right, Joy Hiller is wearing a white Ft. Lauderdale sweatshirt that has blue stripes on the sleeves and palm trees depicted on the front and left sleeve with blue jeans. Both Joy and Alice are holding the baby together.