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Deborah H. Barnes Collection

Dr. Deborah H. Barnes was born Greensboro, N.C., the daughter of Dr. Milton H. Barnes (1925-1949) and his wife Shirley McRae Barnes. She attended UNC Chapel Hill and received her undergraduate degree from Tuskegee Institute in 1978. She was awarded an M.A. in African American literature from N.C. A&T State University in 1987 and a Ph.D. in English from Howard University in 1992. Barnes was the first tenured African America faculty member at Gettysburg College, where she taught from 1992 to 2002. After Gettysburg. Dr. Barnes was a faculty member at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, N.C. A&T State University, Jackson State University in Mississippi, and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has also been a Visiting Research fellow at the International Civil Rights center and Museum in Greensboro. The collection consists of photographs of Dr. Barnes, her family, and her work, and includes numerous images of the Clinton Hills and Benbow Park neighborhoods in Greensboro. See also the Shirley McRae Barnes Collection (https://gateway.uncg.edu/islandora/object/community:CC0088) and the Deborah Barnes Papers at Gettysburg University (https://www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/pdfs/ms/ms-112.pdf).

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Two unidentified individuals
Three unidentified individuals
Four unidentified individuals
Unidentified individual at the piano
Two unidentified individuals
Unidentified individual at piano
Caption on reverse illegible and missing text.
William Monroe McRae and his daughter in Brooklyn
Caption on reverse: "My father William Monroe McRae and me in Bklyn at home"
Dr. Boisy Winslow (B.W.) Barnes[?]
Milton H. Barnes[?] with two unidentified individuals
Shirley McRae Barnes
Shirley McRae Barnes[?] and an unidentified individual
Several unidentified individuals carrying books
Four unidentified individuals
Unidentified individual
Two unidentified individuals
Five unidentified children
Caption: "679 Greene Ave"
Dentists Boisy Winslow (B. W.) Barnes and Lloyd Miller
Dr. Barnes and Dr. Miller are in the back row of the photograph.
Esther Middleton Barnes, Milton H. Barnes, Shirley McRae Barnes
Esther Middleton Barnes with Milton H. Barnes and Shirley McRae Barnes on their honeymoon trip at the family home at 124 North Dudley Street in Greensboro.
Milton H. Barnes and Shirley McRae Barnes
Dr. Milton and Shirley McRae Barnes at Barnes family homeplace, 124 North Dudley Street. Caption on reverse "Barnes Dudley st. house 1949"
Esther Middleton Barnes, Boisy Winslow (B.W.) Barnes, and Shirley McRae Barnes
Esther Middleton Barnes, Boisy Winslow (B.W.) Barnes, Shirley McRae Barnes, at the family home at 124 North Dudley Street in Greensboro.

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