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IN MEMORIAM
MARQUITA ELAINE WALKER ANDERSON
Co-organizer & first Secretary of AAHGS-H-Town Chapter
transitioned from this realm February 18, 2004. In fact, the
idea to revive the then defunct AAHGS Houston Chapter was
conceived in her office late September 2002. A trained
historian and professional librarian, Anderson
possessed the ingredients required to
take charge of her “dream job,” as University Archivist &
Coordinator of
Special Collections at
Texas Southern University. Her proclivity to preserve
matters of historical value inspired her to develop plans to host
a local history conference. Probably her single most
contribution is cataloging (80% completed) the Barbara Jordan
Archives, by applying modern archival principles. She was in
process of creating comprehensive finding aids, specifying the
arrangement and description of the numerous artifacts, papers,
books, ephemeral, etc. owned by the late
Honorable Barbara Jordan. It is within this capacity
that AAHGS-Willie Lee Gay-H-Town Chapter immortalizes her—as a
guardian of preserving the legacies of historical & social
significance for the benefit of future posterity.
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Dedication of the Willie Lee Gay Collection
November 9, 2002
Exhibit Hall
Robert James Terry Library
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
Front: The Late Mrs. Marquita Anderson
Middle: Mother Willie Lee Gay & Mother Thelma Scott Bryant
Back: Karim T. Aldridge-Rand
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Opening of the 2003-2004 Term
September 27, 2003
Exhibit Hall
Robert James Terry Library
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
Front
Row (left to right): Elma Jean Matthews (kneeling) & Karim T.
Aldridge-Rand (sitting)
Standing (left to right): Janice Watts, Thomas Arrington
III, Bettye N. White, Dr. Dorothy L. Franzone, Lonnie Wilson,
Thomasine Jarmon, Debra Sloan, Jocelyn Cooper & Maurice Allen.
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Opening of the 2003-2004 Term
September 27, 2003
Exhibit Hall
Robert James Terry Library
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
Kneeling (left to right): Elma Jean Matthews, Luther Brown &
Karim T. Aldridge-Rand
Standing (left to right): Janice Watts, Thomas Arrington III, Dr.
Dorothy Franzone, Bettye N. White, Thomasine Jarmon, Lonnie
Wilson, Jocelyn Cooper & Maurice Allen |
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