Category: Rachel Flowers
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library Research Grant
Today I just found out I won a research grant given out by my school’s library! This grant allows you to do research at other libraries or archives. I am going to use this grant to travel down to the Mississippi State Archives in Jackson. I was made aware by another blogger that Hilda Flowers’,…
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Update on research
Never imagined that my research would result in this, but I realized no researcher does. Classes have just started, yet this semester is almost done. The reason behind my absent, actual I been just reading other people’s blogs. This semester was my first semester as a history major after biology, sociology and anthropology, and politics…my…
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African Americans and Golf During Jim Crow
Many members of the Flowers family enjoyed playing golf. So, I decided to educate myself on blacks in golf during Rachel’s lifetime. I have found three articles pertaining to Rachel’s interest and success in golf. The first was published by the Philadelphia Tribune on June 12, 1941: Another article references Ms. Flowers going to a…
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Rachel Flowers, a Philadelphia Black Socialite
Rachel was a well-known figure in the Black communities of Harrisburg and Philadelphia. In the City of Brotherly Love, she worked with a number of organizations including the Q.C. Charity Club, YWCA, Study of Negro Life and History, the Utopia Business and Professional Club, Las Buenas Amigas, and the Business and Professional Club. She also…
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Hilda Flowers
The Afro-American, January 4, 1936 Hilda Clifford Flowers was Harry and Nancy’s last child. Born around 1910, Hilda grew up on her family’s farm in Jacksonville, Florida. Following her parents’ separation, she moved with her father and siblings to Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. She may have attended Boiling Springs High School like her sister, Rachel.…
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Research Notes: Who is Rachel Flowers?
I pause to share my findings. Rachel Flowers was born between 1901-1905. Four different sources give me FOUR different birth years: The College: In her enrollment record, Rachel’s birth date was listed as August 2, 1905. When her brother enrolled at Messiah Academy his date of birth was also 1905. They were not twins. The…
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1920 Census: The Household of Harry Flowers
Year: 1920; Census Place: Monroe, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1557; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 29 In 1910, the Flowers children lived with their mother, a Mrs. N.J.P. Flowers, in Jacksonville, Florida. A decade later, Rachel, Vincent, Gladys, and Hilda resided with their father, Harry F. Flowers (H-Head of Household), in Monroe Township, Pennsylvania (outside…
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1910 Census: The Household of N.J.P. Flowers
This slide served as my research’s starting point. From Osorto’s findings, I knew four things: (1) Rachel Flowers relocated from Florida to Boiling Springs, PA with her father and three siblings in the early 1900s. (2) A Harry F. Flowers was her father. (3) Beginning in fall 1916, she attended Messiah Academy. (4) In…
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Rachel Flowers (1900-1988)
This slide was created by various faculty members sharing information found about Rachel Flowers, the first African American student to attend my college.
Diary of a Historian 