Black households in Columbia, Missouri, 1901-1909: a directory, along with a list
Missouri Bicentennial Collection
Another transcription by Charles O'Dell, and a unique record of African American history in Boone County, this compendium draws on several sources: the newspaper The Columbia Professional World, an obscure study and masters thesis by a man named William Wilson Elwang (University of Missouri: 1904), and census materials. The whole creates a record of demographic, housing and statistical information regarding the Black community in the early 20th century. This population had little voice in the mainstream press and much of the public record is scant given the racial bias and segregation at the time. This directory also included townships beyond Columbia including Ashland, Bourbon, Cedar, Centralia, Hallsville, Hundsdale, Perche, Rocheport, Rocky Fork and Sturgeon.
Date
1988, Date createdFormat
Book; IndexCoverage
United States, Missouri - Boone, ColumbiaRights
CC BY-NC-NDMedia Type
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Black households in Columbia, Missouri, 1901-1909: a directory, along with a list: bhcd_1. Archives of the Daniel Boone Regional Library. 15 Sep 2026.Copyright Information
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