Family Papers and Ephemera, 1908 - 1993

Box 8, Folder 1: Young family education ephemera, 1939-1951. Includes commencement and graduation programs from Nathan B. Young’s children’s educational careers at schools in the St. Louis area.

Box 8, Folder 2: Ira M. Young magistrate candidate materials, 1962.

Box 8, Folder 3: Jean (Young) Thompson wedding ephemera, 1956.

Box 8, Folder 4: Mamie (Mason) Young book club and garden club material, 1923-1990.

Box 8, Folder 5: Mamie (Mason) Young educational and professional ephemera, 1908-1946, undated.

Box 8, Folder 6: Gertrude Mason ephemera, 1926-1960. Gertrude Mason, Mamie (Mason) Young’s mother, was an educator in Birmingham, Alabama. This folder contains her diplomas from the Alabama State Teachers’ College, report cards, and news clippings, as well as her obituary and a copy of her death certificate.

Box 8, Folder 7: Obituaries and funeral programs for family and friends.

Box 8, Folder 8: Sumner High School yearbooks, 1940, 1942, 1947. Sumner High School in St. Louis was the first Black public high school west of the Mississippi River.

Box 8, Folder 9: Miscellaneous family ephemera. Includes a travel guide of the Mississippi River (circa 1970s?) and Young family biography.

Box 12: Wedding materials of Nathan B. Young Jr. and Mamie (Mason) Young, 1924. Includes copies of invitation; wedding invitation engraved printing plate; scraps of fabric; dried flower; marriage certificate; wedding scrapbook contains gift list, guestbook, and newspaper clippings; and other wedding materials.