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A young Beverly Bond is pictured with brother, Philip Leslie Johnson, as he gets ready to deliver newspapers around Beloit.

These photos, shot in front of Fairbanks Morse, at Riverside Park in Beloit on March twentieth, 1938, show the four “sophisticated” Johnson wives, and their husbands, the Johnson “musketeers”.

This document, a scan of a flyer for the 1992 Cameron Connection family reunion, features a photo of the family matriarch, Catherine “Grandma Kitty” Cameron. This woman, Floy’s father’s grandmother, had seven children as well as many grandchildren…

Carolyn Lawrence received this descendants list from her former mother-in-law, Annie Inez Gordon Harris – the list dates back to 1795. The first individual listed, Peter Brummel Hughes (1794-1894), is believed to be a former slave. Family members’…

Carolyn Lawrence received this cookbook from her former brother-in-law, Gordon Harris. Compiled in 1996 by Barbara J. Harris Whitmore, it contains recipes from families who attended the now-defunct Ross Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Chickasaw…

This is Carolyn Lawrence’s own booklet, herself being an active member of Beloit’s Emmanuel Baptist Church. It is from the church’s 75th anniversary, and is a comprehensive account of the church’s history, including a short biography of the pastor at…

This entry is an Oral History of Harry Smith, recorded at New Zion Baptist Church by George on March 22, 2019. In the interview, Mr. Smith discusses his family coming to find work in Beloit from Houston, Mississippi, interactions he had returning to…