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DuPree Press collection, 1958-1994, 1994

 

Summary

Creator:
DuPree, Linnell L. (1910-1996)
Abstract:
This collection consists of program souvenir books produced by the DuPree Press for local churches, masonic temples, associations, women's groups, and sororities in Tampa, FL.
Extent:
2.10 Linear Feet
5 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

DuPree Press collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of event programs, souvenir books, high school commencement announcements, and funeral programs for organizations, institutions, and individuals in Tampa, FL. Notable documents include those created for Beulah Baptist Institutional Church, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and other local women's groups.

Biographical / historical:

The DuPree Press, which operated for over 50 years, was established in 1944.

Linnell L. DuPree, born October 22, 1910 in Athens, Georgia, graduated from Athens High Industrial School and then attended the historically Black Methodist college Paine College in Augusta, GA. After moving to Tampa, DuPree worked on the Tampa Bulletin and the early issues of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin. DuPree was actively involved in many local organizations, including the Gamma Eta Chapter-Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, the Frontiers of Tampa, the Tampa Urban League, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and Beulah Baptist Institutional Church. He was also one of the founders of the Community Federal Savings and Loan Association. He died September 22, 1996.

Acquisition information:

Linnel L. DuPree

Donation.

Processing information:

processed

Arrangement:

Organized by document and association type.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Terms of access:

None.  The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright.  Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

DuPree Press collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA