Z 1866.000 Moman (Zipporah Elizabeth) Papers

Biography:

After graduating from Tougaloo College, Moman worked as an elementary school teacher in Ridgeland; a home-demonstration agent in Madison County; and an adult education teacher at Lanier High School in Jackson. Moman was director of a center for soldiers located on North Farish Street in Jackson during World War II. She also worked as a matron at the Oakley Training School, Oakley. Moman was appointed the first municipal recreation supervisor for Jackson and later became the first director of the College Park Recreation Center in Jackson. Mississippi Governor Fielding L. Wright appointed Moman to serve on the Mississippi Committee on Children and Youth in 1950, and later that year she was invited by President Harry S. Truman to attend the Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth in Washington, D.C.

Moman was actively involved in a number of clubs and organizations including the Mississippi Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, the National Association for Domestic Workers, the first black Parent-Teacher Association in Jackson, the Mississippi Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers, and the National Recreation Association.

Zipporah Elizabeth Moman died in Jackson, on March 9, 1965. She was a member of Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Jackson.

Appendix 2: Scope and Content Note:

The collection also contains a number of photographs documenting Moman's involvement in various organizations; photographs of Moman's parents, husband, and children; and photographs of the buildings and grounds of the Oakley Training School, Oakley. The printed material includes programs of annual meetings of the Mississippi Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers. Among the newspaper clippings is an undated article containing Moman's printed apology to Jackson Mayor Allen C. Thompson for walking out of a local race-relations meeting which included NAACP representatives with whom she did not wish to be associated. Miscellaneous items of interest include Moman's 1950 invitation from President Harry S. Truman to attend the Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth in Washington, D.C., and Moman's baptismal certificate.

Series Identification and Description:

1. Correspondence. 1949–1950; n.d. 6 items. This series includes a telegram, dated May 24, 1949, from James A. Madison and E. F. Attwell of the National Recreation Association congratulating Moman for the new College Park Recreation Center in Jackson; a letter, dated May 24, 1950, from Mississippi Governor Fielding L. Wright asking Moman to serve as a member of the Mississippi Committee on Children and Youth; and a copy of an undated letter from National Association for Domestic Workers president Moman to Mary Anderson concerning the plight of black domestic workers. Box 1, folder 1
2. Photographs. 1949; 1954–1955; 1980; n.d. 34 items. This series includes photographs of Moman and her father, mother, husband, and children. Also included are photographs of Moman receiving the keys to the College Park Recreation Center in Jackson; Moman as a delegate to a recreation conference in Nashville, Tennessee; and the buildings and grounds of the Oakley Training School, Oakley, where Moman served as a matron. Moman Family Photographs. 1949; 1954; 1980; n.d. 12 items. Box 1, folder 2 Oakley Training School Photographs. 1955. 22 items. Box 1, folder 3
3. Printed Material. 1943; 1953; 1958; n.d. 5 items. This series includes programs of meetings of the Mississippi Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers and a program from the third annual meeting of District IV Girl Scout Adults in Jackson. Box 1, folder 4
4. Newspaper Clippings. 1950; n.d. 4 Items. This series contains newspaper articles regarding Moman's career as College Park Recreation Center supervisor; her printed apology to Jackson Mayor Allen C. Thompson for walking out of a local race-relations meeting which included NAACP representatives whom she did not wish to be associated with; and her involvement with the United Givers Fund. Also included is Moman's newspaper obituary. Box 1, folder 5
5. Miscellany. 1948–1950; 1954; 1960; 1964; n.d. 8 items. This series includes miscellaneous certificates and invitations received by Moman. Also included is a wooden fragment of a log cabin which was located on the grounds of the Piney Woods Country Life School, Piney Woods, Mississippi. Box 1, folder 6.