Guide to the Dr. Edward E. James Papers 1950-2011
1950-2011
Metadata Details
- Title
- Dr. Edward E. James papers 1950-2011
- Creator
- Subject
- James, Edward E., Dr, James, Joan Bolden , 1934-, Coraopolis Health Center (Pa.), Sewickley Academy ( Pa.), Black History Month, African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
- Description
- The Dr. Edward E. James papers consists of family histories, speeches, correspondence, newspaper articles, certificates, photographs, and videotapes. The materials primarily document the professional lives of Edward E. James and Joan Bolden James, while some materials document the Bolden and Allen families and the marriage of Edward J. James to Loren Wilder, the daughter of former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder. Three series have been designated: Dr. Edward E. James, Joan Bolden James, and Family., Dr. Edward E. James papers, 1950-2011, MSS 853, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., Dr. Edward E. James Gift 2011 2011.0205, Dr. Edward E. James is a past medical director of the Coraopolis Health Center in Coraopolis, Pa., which he founded in 1959. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Morgan State College, and a degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. In addition to directing the Coraopolis Health Center, he served on the staff of several area hospitals, including Sewickley Valley Hospital. He married Joan Bolden, and they had two sons: Edward Joseph and Robert Alexander. Joan Bolden James was a teacher at Sewickley Academy where she established a Black History program during the mid-1980s. Her parents were Joseph and Pauline (Allen) Bolden. After graduating from Westinghouse High School in 1952, she earned a degree at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to her marriage, James taught elementary school for six years. After taking time off to raise her sons, she was hired as the first African American teacher at Sewickley Academy in 1977. Around 1983, she established programs at Sewickley Academy and at Quaker Valley Schools to celebrate Black History Month with plays, art exhibits, and performances. Class assignments and projects were geared toward learning about African American history. James brought in African American artists for the programs, such as Gordon Parks, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Fred Morsell., Gift of Dr. Edward E. James., Processed MSS 853 10/2012 K. Smith, Collection level finding aid available. Inventory created by volunteer staff in 2011.
- Publisher
- Contributor
- James, Edward E., Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1950-2011
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- Identifier
- oclc: 822727955, pitt: US-QQS-mss853
- Source
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-mss853, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/