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The Doris Hoskins Archive is housed in fifteen drawers and one oversized above-drawer file. The controlled vocabulary list (see below) provides definitions for the different types of materials featured in the archives. The drawer summaries (listed below) note files containing material on key subjects, people, places, organizations, and events.
The archives consists of fifteen drawers and one oversized file (titled Top of Drawer 1 Oversize Files) that have been arranged alphabetically according to the following subjects: Biographies (Men and Women), Black History, Education and Sports, Entertainment, Healthcare and Housing, Military, Oral History Materials and Multimedia, Organizations and Community Centers, Religious Institutions, Scrapbooks, Oversize Files, and Top of Drawer 1 Oversize Files.
Additional materials include newspaper clippings, pamphlets, handwritten notes, published and unpublished works, and oral history tapes and transcripts with information pertaining to area churches, health centers, musicians and bands, African American-owned businesses, and historic events. The collection consists of several different types of materials including scrapbooks and loose photographs (originals, reprints, and photocopies) of prominent African American individuals, families, and organizations. The “bulk dates” or dates that the majority of the file contents fall under, range from 1930 to 2000. The date range for the archives contents extends from 1861 to 2010. Wylie Hoskins Archive for Cultural Diversity contains a wide body of materials featuring African American history in Champaign County and East Central Illinois. The Hoskins Archive is now made publicly accessible by the staff of the Museum of the Grand Prairie, Champaign County Forest Preserve District, and inquiries should be made to Cheryl Kennedy, Museum Director, (cited in Doris K. Her collection of historical material was transferred to Cheryl Kennedy upon her passing. She was also active in the Champaign County Section of the National Council of Negro Women. She served for many years with the Committee on African American History in Champaign County of the former Early American Museum (now Museum of the Grand Prairie), serving as the group's archivist. Doris Baker (Wylie) Hoskins, was born Octoin Champaign, Illinois, and passed away in September, 2004, in Champaign, Illinois. Wylie Hoskins Archive for Cultural Diversityįinding Aid (includes Scope and Content Note) for visitor useĬompiled by interns Rebecca Vaughn and Katherine HicksĬall to schedule an appointment to visit the Doris Hoskins Archive (21) Museum of the Grand Prairie (formerly Early American Museum), Mahomet, Illinois, a unit of the Champaign County Forest Preserve District, in Mahomet, Illinoisĭoris K.
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