urn:taro:houpub.00172 Nelson-Abbott Collection: An Inventory of Records at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
500 McKinney St. Julia Ideson Building, 2nd Floor Houston, Tx 77002 832-393-1659
Encoded in EAD Version 2002 and edited according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions by Amber Seely inAugust 2007 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Nelson, Esther Marion, 1899- Nelson-Abbott Collection approximately 1943-1955 Materials are in English. MSS 206 2 boxes Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library Historical Note

Esther Marion Nelson taught in the School of Education at the University of Houston between 1950 and her retirement in 1955. Between 1943 and 1946, she served in the Women's Army Corps (WACs), first as a public relations officer for the Army and then doing military intelligence work with the Far East Air Service Command.

Scope and Contents

The bulk of the collection related to a study Dr. Nelson conducted about the experiences of black EACs in an Army postal unit stationed in Birmingham, England and Rouen, France. She wrote to these ex-WACs asking them about their life in the Army and race relations within the military and among the civilians they encountered overseas. She intended to publish this study, although it is unclear whether or not she did so. Some personal papers are included in the collection.

 Access Restrictions

None.

 Use Restrictions

Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Nelson-Abbott Collection must be obtained from the Houston Metropolitan Research Center or the appropriate copyright holder.

 Preferred Citation

Nelson-Abbott Collection. MSS 206. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.

 Acquisition Information

Donated by Edna V. Abbott, 1982.

Processing Information

Processed by Suzanne Summers, 1990.

Index TermsSubjects (Persons)Nelson, Esther Marion, 1899-SubjectsAfrican American womenRace relationsUnited States. Army. Women's Army Corps.Detailed Description11Dr. Esther M. Nelson Resumes12Newspaper clippings about Houston women during World War II13Photographs14Newspaper clippings regarding the Confederacy15Correspondence16Dr. Esther M. Nelson disability claim17Court-martial of Pvt. Marie Rosa, 194518Article, "WACs on Parade"19Summary, "Jim Crow Joins Up" by Ruth Danenhower110Major Charity Adams Material111Bankston-Barlow-Brown-Schuster Material112Margaret E. Barnes Material113Gladys Bender Material114_____ Bennett Material115Clarice Blackett Material116_____ Blake Material117Doris E. Braddock Material118Phyllis L. Banch Material119Theodora Bryant Material120_____ Burke Material121Capt. Noel Campbell Material122Capt. _____ Carter Material123Lt. _____ Cox Material124Sgt. _____ Clayton Material125Florence Collins Material126Dorothy Daily Material127Mildred Dandridge Material128Mildred Davenport Material129Blanche W. Dogan Material130_____ Duncan Material131Vivian Mazyck Dye Material132Mary A. Ebo Material133Fairweather Material134_____ Flatts Material135 Alice O. Ford Material136Hilda Griggs Material137Helen _____ Material138Capt. Bernice (Henderson) Hughes Material139Ruth Sarver Jacobs Material21Rubye Jameson Material22Dr. Johnson Material23Capt. Mary Kearney Material24Sgt. Fannie B. Little Material25Ethel Christina Loving Material26Anne McKay Material27Marie Mitchell Material28_____ Morrisey Material29Jennifer Moton Material210Edith Murray Material211Netty Netherland Material212Peewee _____ Material213Lucia Pitts Material214Dorothy Young Pleas Material215Madeline Coleman Roach Material216Bessie L. Robinson Material217Rothman Material218Dr. Lillian Rowe Material219Edna B. Sanders Material220_____ Schuster Material221Lt. Corrie Sherard Material222Rosie Sorini Material223_____ Stanhope Material224M. Stoops (?) Material225Fannie Talbert Material226Tooley Material227Perl J. TrotterMaterial228Wanda _____ Material229Lucy Owens Webb Material230Myrtle [Wright] Material231Dorothy Gloria Young Material232State Committee on Classification and Accreditation of Schools, Annual Report of Proceedings, April, 1951233"The Negro in America"234Book Summary -- "How to Win an Argument With a Communist"235"First Day in Birmingham, England"236Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt237"Servicing the U.S.A. Mail in England"238Music239Miscellaneous240Material on Blacks241"The Eyes of the World Are Upon You"242"V-E Day"