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Anna Jackson Smith papers
- Title
- Anna Jackson Smith papers, 1929-1998.
- Author
- Smith, Anna Jackson, approximately 1913-1998.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 301 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- .2 lin. ft. (1/2 archival box)
- Summary
- The Anna Jackson Smith Papers focus on Smith's athletic achievements at East Rutherford High School in the late 1920s until her graduation in 1931. Included is Smith's 1931 yearbook as well as her scrapbook containing news clippings detailing her accomplishments in sports, principally in basketball. The papers also contain her high school diploma and other certificates, and documents discussing her induction into the Wildcat Athletic Hall of Fame, Borough of Carlstadt, New Jersey in 1984, and subsequent dinners honoring the girls' basketball teams from 1926-1933.
- Subjects
- Athletics > New Jersey > History
- African American basketball players > New Jersey
- African American athletes > New Jersey
- African American women athletes > New Jersey
- Smith, Anna Jackson, 1913-1998
- Henry P. Becton Regional High School (East Rutherford, N.J.)
- Women athletes > New Jersey
- Women basketball players > New Jersey
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Source (note)
- Anna Jackson Smith Estate
- Biography (note)
- Born Anna Jackson in 1913, Anna Jackson Smith attended East Rutherford High School in New Jersey where she distinguished herself on the "Wonder-Girls" Basketball Team of the late 20s and early 30s as the team's center. The team amassed 104 consecutive victories over a seven-year span, a nationwide record, until 1933 when the Board of Education banned competitive sports for girls. Smith was the only African American on the team, and also participated in track, volleyball, baseball, and varsity. As an all-around athlete she swam, ice-skated, and rode horses. In later life, Smith won trophies for Doubles Tournaments in the American Tennis Association.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 301
- OCLC
- 750230056
- Author
- Smith, Anna Jackson, approximately 1913-1998.
- Title
- Anna Jackson Smith papers, 1929-1998.
- Biography
- Born Anna Jackson in 1913, Anna Jackson Smith attended East Rutherford High School in New Jersey where she distinguished herself on the "Wonder-Girls" Basketball Team of the late 20s and early 30s as the team's center. The team amassed 104 consecutive victories over a seven-year span, a nationwide record, until 1933 when the Board of Education banned competitive sports for girls. Smith was the only African American on the team, and also participated in track, volleyball, baseball, and varsity. As an all-around athlete she swam, ice-skated, and rode horses. In later life, Smith won trophies for Doubles Tournaments in the American Tennis Association.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 301