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/
The caption on back reads, 'Grace, Lulabelle, and Alice Volunteer Recognition Banquet, 6-7-90'. On the left, Grace is wearing a white sweater with a white hat and holding a light brown cane. In the middle of the photo, Lulabelle is wearing a white shirt with a Red dress suit over it. In their jacket pocket, there are some white flowers and has a name tag. Alice, on the right, is wearing a black dress suit with a colorful neck scarf, holding a clipboard in their left hand. In front of them, there is a table with a basket, two wine glasses filled with water, and a food takeout box.
Caption affixed to the back reads, 'Mother's Day, 5/87, with two kids she helped raise as their nanny'. In the center of the photo, Alice Martin is wearing a white blouse and a colorful neck scarf, and being embraced by two teenagers. The teenager on the right has short curly brown hair and is wearing a black and white collared shirt. The teenager on the left has a long dark blonde hair, and is wearing a striped baby blue and white shirt. Everyone is seated on leather brown chairs pulled up to what appears to be a dinner table. On the table, there is a plate of food and used pots and pans.
Alice is seated with her purse on her lap, on the window seat of a bus, wearing sunglasses, a blue shirt and a white jacket. Seated to her left is another person, presumably a travelling companion, with white hair and wearing a red cardigan and shirt. There are four seats shown in this photo, and all of them are blue with a wave like pattern. Seated behind them is a man looking down wearing a navy blue and red California Angels baseball cap.
Three Amtrak conductors are pictured standing in the train isle singing together. All men are wearing a white dress shirt with different patterned ties. The conductor on the left (wearing silver glasses) is wearing a black apron with a name tag and a button with the American Flag inside a United States map. The conductor in the middle has a walkie talkie on their collar, and has a pocket protector with various pens and markers in their shirt pocket. The conductor on the right also has a pocket protector with various pens and markers in their shirt pocket, and wearing a hat that says 'Amtrak Conductor'.
'This is me not smiling' is written in black pen on the polaroid. Alice is wearing a birthday hat, a floral shirt and dark navy blue dress over it. In front of her, there is a cake or pastry of some sort in a metal container on top of a dark brown wooden table.
The back of the photo reads, 'Love you Alice, Dee'. Alice is seated with her hands together, and being embraced by a blonde person. They are seated on an orange-brown couch. Behind them are four pillows, two of which have a blue green patter, one that has a pink and red checkerboard pattern, and one that has an illustration of a house.
