Description: Photographs taken following Yvonne’s graduation ceremony. This is one of several pages taken from a scrapbook that belonged to Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_06_2
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: Photograph of Sadie Thompson. This is one of several pages taken from a scrapbook that belonged to Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_07_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: Photographs taken in Boston, Massachusetts of unidentified individuals. This is one of several pages taken from a scrapbook that belonged to Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_08_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
Places: Boston (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Several photographs of Yvonne Walker-Taylor and unidentified individuals posing beside their cars. This is one of several pages taken from a scrapbook that belonged to Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_08_2
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: Photographs of Herbert "Herb" Jeffries with Yvonne Walker-Taylor and a woman named Rosie. This is one of several pages taken from a scrapbook that belonged to Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Herbert Jeffrey, aka Herb Jefferies, the first African American singing cowboy. His first film was "Harlem on the Prairie" which was considered the first black western following the inauguration of the talkies. Herbert Jefferies sang his own songs in "The Bronze Buckaroo" and "Harlem Rides the Range." Following his movie career, Jefferies returned to singing and recorded "The Flamingo" with Duke Ellington. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_09_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women; Music; Musicians; African American men
Places: Brooklyn (New York); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographs of Yvonne and friends Grace, Gwen, Cecilia and Petty at Howard University. This is one of several pages taken from a scrapbook that belonged to Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_09_2
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
Places: Washington (District of Columbia)
 

Description: Photograph of an unidentified young woman in Newton, Massachusetts. This is one of several pages taken from a scrapbook that belonged to Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_10_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
Places: Massachusetts; Newton (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker and Eva Walker with an unidentified man. Walker was the 66th Bishop of the the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th President of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_C
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American men; African American women; Religion in Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker as a young man. Walker was the 66th Bishop of the the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th President of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_D
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American men; Religion in Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor as an infant. Walker-Taylor became the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_E
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: Portrait of Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Walker-Taylor became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_F
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker with his daughter Yvonne Walker-Taylor at an unknown venue. Walker was the 66th Bishop of the the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th President of Wilberforce University. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_G
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American men; African American women; Religion in Ohio