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Watt, Melvin "Mel" L. , United States Representative (North Carolina)

 Person

General

Alternate Name: Representative Melvin "Mel" Luther Watt; United States Representative (1993-2014) for North Carolina's 12th congressional district.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

An obscured individual, an unidentified woman, survivors Wess Young, Sr., Otis Granville Clark, and Thelma Thurman Knight, (all seated) with Raymond Knight, Eddie Faye Gates, and Representative Melvin "Mel" Luther Watt, and Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, standing behind them in Washington, District of Columbia, March 8, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10547
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in black ink, "Melvin Watts, Rep["r." inscribed by hand in blue ink] NC" in bottom center on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 117/142 > Mom, K, K, Y, C, H + cong+ 46> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks Appears that the survivors are being honored in Congressional...
Dates: March 8, 2005

Blue Photo Album, 1973 - 2008

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6
Scope and Contents Sub-series is comprised of 160 photographs from a blue covered photo album. Dates range from 1973 to approximately 2008. The photographs consist of portraits and snapshots of various survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, photographs from Eddie Faye Gates' trip to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., and various events attended by Eddie Faye Gates, like the 1990 Human Rights Seminar in Tulsa, the 1991 Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries Racism Conference, The National Black Legislative...
Dates: 1973 - 2008

Representative Melvin "Mel" Luther Watt, survivor Thelma Thurman Knight, and Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, March 8, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10543
Scope and Contents

Inscribed by hand in black ink, "'Mel Watts, Shelia Jackson Lee NC., Rep. ["R." inscribed by hand in blue ink] Texas (Houston)" in lower center on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 103/142 > Knight+ 2 congress_0+ 32> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso

Dates: March 8, 2005

Survivors Otis Granville Clark, Thelma Thurman Knight, and Robert Holloway (all seated) with Representative Melvin "Mel" Luther Watt, and Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, standing behind them in Washington, District of Columbia, March 8, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10546
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in black ink, "L. to Mel Watts, NC" in lower left on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Repr. Sheila Jackson Lee, Repr. Houston, TX" in lower center on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 101/142 > K,H,C + 2 congress_0+ 30> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks...
Dates: March 8, 2005

Survivors Wess Young, Sr., (mostly off camera on the left), Raymond Knight, and Otis Granville Clark, with Eddie Faye Gates, an unidentified man, and Representative Melvin "Mel" Luther Watt, March 8, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10548
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "L TO R. Wess Young EFG ? Mel Watts, NC Repr. Seated. Otis G. Clark" in left on verso; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "R. Mel Watts, Rep["r." inscribed by hand in blue ink] NC" in lower right on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 113/142 > mom, clark, 2 congres+ 42> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on...
Dates: March 8, 2005