About

4 linear inches; photographic, printed.
200 photographs approx.

Collection Description

Josie Washington, a Dallas secondary school teacher, born about 1907 and raised in Dallas, Texas. She attended public schools in Dallas and Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College about 1926. Later she taught home economics at Lincoln High School in Dallas. In 1943, she married Walter G. Washington. Then from the 1940s through the 1970s, Washington was a member and president of the Halcyon Art Club. In 1976, she served as branch chair of the Maria Morgan branch of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA).

The Josie Washington Collection contains studio prints and snapshots documenting the life and career of Mrs. Washington, and the life and culture of African Americans in Dallas, Texas. It includes photographs of family and friends, a small number of newspaper clippings relating to Mrs. Washington, and a photograph album from about 1925 – 1926 documenting her life at Prairie View College.

Arrangement: arranged by subject series.

Copyright and permissions: use in educational research and publication only. Permission from TAAP Archive required.

Source: Documentary Arts Acquisition Fund