Guide to the
Rosa Holmes Walker Papers
Collection Number: M85-1
Title: Rosa Holmes Walker Papers
Dates: (Inclusive) 1871-1943 (bulk 1920-1930)
Size: 5.3 linear ft. (8 boxes)
Repository: Manuscripts and Personal Papers, Thomas
G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida
ABSTRACT
Personal and business documents of Rosa Holmes Walker, an African-American
funeral home director and businesswoman active in Jacksonville,
Florida, during the early twentieth century. Included are materials relating
to her relatives, Henry and Fannie Glover of St. Augustine, Florida
(early twentieth century) and to the Glovers of South Carolina (nineteenth
century).
LANGUAGE: English.
ACQUISITION
Gift of Dr. Daniel L. Schafer, 1985.
ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION
The collection is open for research. For
information relating to Rosa Holmes Walker and to make an appointment
to view the collection, contact E. Brady at 904-620-1533; email: ebrady@unf.edu
PREFERRED CITATION
Rosa Holmes Walker Papers, Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University
of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.
ADDITIONAL GUIDES
Electronic versions
of some collection materials are available on the World Wide Web as
part of the Florida Heritage Collection. Online selections include:
Register
of the Florida Baptist Academy, Jacksonville,
Florida, with catalog of students.
St.
Joseph Aid Society, Jacksonville, Florida,
192-?.
"All in the Family." Florida Times-Union, First Business, March
22, 1999:10.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Business entrepreneur and funeral home director. After the death of
her husband, J. C. Holmes, in 1916, she operated the
Holmes Funeral Directors, Inc. in Jacksonville. Married Reverend Thomas
H. B. Walker, a Methodist minister and author, in 1918. Managed real
estate properties in Jacksonville and New York.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Ledgers, volumes of client records,
and funeral home bills comprise the majority of the collection.
Inclusive years are 1871-1943, with the bulk of the materials from
1920-1930. Nineteenth century materials pertain to the South
Carolina business of the Glover family. Few personal items included.
The Collection complements the Eartha White Collection as a source
for African-American history in Jacksonville, Florida, and provides
documentation of a successful businesswoman flourishing
in early twentieth century Northeast Florida.
ARRANGEMENT
Alphabetical by series; chronological within folder.
INDEX TERMS
The following terms have been used to index the description of
this collection in the Library's online catalog:
Walker, Rosa G. Holmes.
Holmes, J. C.
Walker, Thomas H. B. (Thomas Hamilton Beb), b. 1873.
Glover, Fannie.
Glover, Henry L.
Holmes Walker family.
Glover family.
Holmes Funeral Home (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Undertakers and undertaking -- Florida -- Jacksonville.
African American women -- Florida -- Jacksonville.
African American businesspeople -- Florida -- Jacksonville.
Funeral homes -- Florida -- Jacksonville.
Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History.
Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Biography.
Duval County (Fla.) -- History.
Duval County (Fla.) -- Biography.
Rosa Holmes Walker papers.
Holmes Walker papers.
CONTAINER LIST
The Container list provides
a listing of the items as arranged in the Collection.
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