In celebration of Black History Month, The Ransom Library at Payne Theological Seminary is pulling items from the archive. These glimpses into the unique collection at Payne will henceforth be filed as "The Daily Record" #thedailyrecord
February 1, 2016
Epic Scrapbooking! Ethie Ruth Singleton wife of George A. Singleton, long time editor of A.M.E. Church Review and elected editor of the denomination journal (Singleton Special Collection housed at Ransom Library) was a mean scrap- booker and historian in her own right. The Wilberforce Alum can be seen in this circa 1918 sepia toned photo, where she is leaning on a windowsill. The back of the photo reads “Ettie R. Singleton, a student at Wilberforce University”. Between the black felt paper pages of Mrs. Singletons’ scrapbooks we find incredibly well staged and candid photographs of Wilberforce University students, postcards from members of the Singleton family, and collages of unidentified people the Singleton met throughout their many years of travel and work in the AME Church. Some photographs appear to be captioned with white text before their development. We think black ink was used on the negatives.
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| George A. Singleton pictured in Upper Left |
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| Epic Scrapbook page |
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| Ettie at Wilberforce University |
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