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B2021.004.250
Photographs from March 14, 1980 NAACP meeting with Anchorage Police Chief Brian Porter
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, Police Chief, Brian Porter, NAACP, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.252
Photographs from July 10, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Robert B. Atwood, editor and publisher of The Anchorage Times
Keywords: Ed Wesley, NAACP, Robert B. Atwood, Editor, Publisher, The Anchorage Times, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.161
Note on back: “EJ Birthday party at the Post 34 Amr. Legion” [Ed Wesley in center]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Dancing, Party, American Legion, Post 34, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.163
[Woman in semi-formal wear]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.196
M. Ashley Dickerson at church ambo [NHBC, New Hope Baptist Church, Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, M. Ashley Dickerson, Church, New Hope Baptist Church, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.122
Note on front: "Edward & Fran, Xmas of 75 at Vince & Lois"
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Christmas, Party, Celebration, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.166
JUN 73 [Ed and Fran Wesley with children]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Children, Family, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.101
Military portraits and photographs, and ephemera [Ed Wesley, Trans Alaska Pipeline]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Trans Alaska Pipeline, Pipeline, Delta Junction, Security, Construction, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.194
Ed Wesley, Tony Knowles and others with Rosa Parks [Rosa Parks in center with Knowles and Wesley to right. NAACP "Black is Brilliant" ACT-SO (Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics) banner in background]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Rosa Parks, Tony Knowles, NAACP, Black is Brilliant, ACT-SO, Afro-Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.251
Photographs from July 10, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Robert B. Atwood, editor and publisher of The Anchorage Times
Keywords: Ed Wesley, NAACP, Robert B. Atwood, Editor, Publisher, The Anchorage Times, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.Box6.Page15
"Her voice a whisper, Rosa Parks remembers the day she said no" 5/17/1982
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage, Rosa Parks, Civil Rights
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.Box6.Page17
State of Alaska Executive Proclamation by Jay Hammond, Governor, "hereby proclaim January 15, 1982, as: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day"
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, State of Alaska, Governor, Jay Hammond, Executive Proclamation, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 1/15/1982
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.154
[Posing with snowman, Ed Wesley on right]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Winter, Snowman, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.121
JUN 73. Note on back: “The first summer in Alaska, Marys Apt. Tr. #3, Fran, Ed & Chairita”
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Frances Wesley, Chairita Wesley, Family, Alaska, Summer, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.162
[Ed and Fran (in blue) Wesley with children]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Family, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.184
Ed Wesley with Rosa Parks, autographed on front: “6/19/96 Rosa Parks To Mr. Wesley” [Same as .192]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Rosa Parks, Autograph, Signature, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.164
Note on back: “Edward & Fran Xmas 1975”
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Christmas, Party, Celebration, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.197
M. Ashley Dickerson [NAACP "Black is Brilliant" ACT-SO (Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics) banner in background]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, M. Ashley Dickerson, NAACP, Black is Brilliant, ACT-SO, Afro-Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.100
Military portraits and photographs, and ephemera [Ed Wesley, Trans Alaska Pipeline, Security]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Trans Alaska Pipeline, Pipeline, Delta Junction, Security, Construction, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.167
[Ed Wesley in furniture store]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Furniture, Store, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.303
Black and white photograph on foam core. Image includes Senator Edward “Bob” Bartlett, Blanch McSmith, Willard Bowman, Charli “Pat” Berkley, Zula Swanson, John Thomas, Clarence Coleman, Dolores Watson Goodman, and James Malone. NOTE: Crack in foam core backing
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Senator Edward “Bob” Bartlett, Blanch McSmith, Willard Bowman, Charli “Pat” Berkley, Zula Swanson, John Thomas, Clarence Coleman, Dolores Watson Goodman, James Malone, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.213
Ed Wesley [on right] with two others
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.002.127
Slides with images of aftermath of 1964 earthquake, Anchorage, 1964.
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, African American Families
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2021.002.126
Slides with images of aftermath of 1964 earthquake, Anchorage, 1964.
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, African American Families
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2021.004.276
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition. Banner: "Freedome Ain't Free Let's Support The NAACP" [ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Banner, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.123
Note on front: “1972 Bud Bilikin Parade” [Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley on left]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Bud Bilikin Parade, Parade, Celebration, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.205
Cal Williams, Ed Wesley, Celeste Hodge Growden, and Antonio Lewis at C.T. Lewis NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet, Anchorage Alaska. Note on Back: “2017 NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet”
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Cal Williams, Celeste Hodge Growden, Antonio Lewis, C.T. Lewis NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet, NAACP, Banquet, Anchorage, 2017, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.170
Note on back: “Chairita at church” [Ed Wesley's daughter]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Chairita Wesley, Church, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.174
[Ed Wesley and family. Left to right: unknown, Ed Wesley, unknown, Wendell Wesley, unknown, Chairita Wesley, Fran Wesley]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Wendell Wesley, Chairita Wesley, Family, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.258
Photographs from April 8, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Alvin O. Bramstedt Sr.
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, NAACP, Meeting, Alvin O. Bramstedt Sr., History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.43
A Celebration of Freedom
Juneteenth
In Commemoration of Emancipation
1995
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Juneteenth, June 19, Commemoration, Celebration, Freedom, Emancipation, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.259
Photographs from April 8, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Alvin O. Bramstedt Sr.
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, NAACP, Meeting, Alvin O. Bramstedt Sr., History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.260
Photographs from April 8, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Alvin O. Bramstedt Sr.
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, NAACP, Meeting, Alvin O. Bramstedt Sr., History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.304
Poster promoting Solidarity Week, July 12-20 [Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Solidarity Week, July 12-20, Alaska Black Caucus, Mr. Louis Martin, Ms. Rosalind Cash, Dr. Calvin Rolark, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.169
[Ed and Fran Wesley with daughter Chairita and son Wendell]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Chairita Wesley, Wendell Wesley, Children, Family, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.186
Ed Wesley, M. Ashley Dickerson and others with Rosa Parks [Same as .188 and .195] [New Hope Baptist Church, Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, M. Ashley Dickerson, Rosa Parks, New Hope Baptist Church, Church, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.165
[Ed Wesley outdoors, midwinter]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Outdoors, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Winter, Midwinter, Snow
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.266
Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Virna Canson, National Representative, NAACP, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.214
Ed Wesley speaking at event
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.264
Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP [Virna center, Ed Wesley on right]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Virna Canson, National Representative, NAACP, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.192
Rosa Parks and Ed Wesley [Same as .184]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Rosa Parks, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.Box6.Page6
Bramstedt to address NAACP, 4/8/1981; .258-260 [Photographs from April 8, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Alvin O. Bramstedt Sr.]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, NAACP, Alvin O. Bramstedt Sr., Anchorage
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.002.128
Slides with images of aftermath of 1964 earthquake, Anchorage, 1964.
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, African American Families
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2021.004.159
Note on back: “1971” [Ed and Fran Wesley]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.253
Photographs from July 10, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Robert B. Atwood, editor and publisher of The Anchorage Times
Keywords: Ed Wesley, NAACP, Robert B. Atwood, Editor, Publisher, The Anchorage Times, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.Box6.Page1
"Porter faces NAACP questioning" 3/14/1980; .248-250 [Photographs from March 14, 1980 NAACP meeting with Anchorage Police Chief Brian Porter]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, NAACP, Brian Porter, Anchorage, Police Chief
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.002.129
Slides with images of aftermath of 1964 earthquake, Anchorage, 1964.
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, African American Families
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2021.004.160
Ed Wesley with Bettye Davis
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Bettye Davis, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.275
Photographs from 1980 parade with Anchorage NAACP members on horseback, in and atop mobile home, and youth participating in 1981 ACT-SO Competition [ACT-SO: Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, 1980, Parade, Anchorage, NAACP, Members, ACT-SO, Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, Horseback, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.94
Military portraits and photographs, and ephemera [Ed Wesley, Fort Greely, Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Military, Soldier, Portrait, Fort Greely, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley