African American Male in uniform, ca. 1942-1943 In addition to Art Porter’s personal papers (and those of his son’s, Art Porter, Jr.) the Porter Family Papers contain materials from additional family members, including the Minton and Yancey families (Thelma Pauline…
In the late 1920s, Babcock discovered an additional passion: a love of nature, which resulted in the creation of a museum of natural history for her city and state. This museum was in response to critics like H. L. Mencken,…
Babcock turned to writing as a way to support her family after the death of her husband, William Franklin Babcock, in 1897. She explored many controversial subjects, including race relations, temperance, politics, and evolution, in her books Mammy, The Daughter…
