Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature

A Guide to Microform Holdings

Introductory Note

The microform holdings guide will facilitate access and enable patrons to see at a glance what is available in the diversified microform collection.

The microform holdings of the Harsh Research Collection provide a means for patrons to do research in collections that, if not for microform technology, would be difficult to obtain. At widely separated locations in the United States, such as New York City; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; New Orleans; Tuskegee, Ala.; and Hampton, Va., important collections exist for those researching African American history topics. Microform holdings in this collection facilitate patrons’ research needs by giving broad access to a wide range of materials in one location.

Collections that are listed have individual guides created by the repository or by the microform company. Some guides are in hard copy, and others are located on the microform itself. In a few cases, no guide is available.

001 American Anti-Slavery Society

• Annual Reports, Nos. 1-27: New York, 1834-1860
• Westport, CT: Greenwood Press
• 1 reel, 35 mm microfilm
• Materials found in the annual reports include speeches delivered at the anniversary meetings, roll of delegates, list of officers, treasurer’s report, and minutes and resolutions of business meetings.

002 American Colonization Society

• Annual reports, 1st-91st/93rd, Washington, D.C., 1818-1908/1910
• Westport, CT: Greenwood Press
• 3 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Materials found in the annual reports relate to the establishment of the Liberian Colony in Africa and include speeches and letters read at the anniversary meetings, list of officers, treasurer’s reports, resolution of the society, and correspondence and reports from the society’s agents in Africa.

003 American Missionary Association Archives, 1839-1882

• New Orleans, LA: Amistad Research Center
• 261 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The manuscripts include some of the treasurers’ papers, minutes of executive committee meetings and other items such as sermons, statistical reports, drawings, pictures and essays, but letters make up the large majority of the items. The papers provide a history of the American Missionary Association, a study of the abolition movement, the Amistad Case, and the educational and relief work among the Freedmen. An Author and Added Entry Catalog of the American Missionary Association Archives is available.

004 The Claude A. Barnett Papers

• New Releases, Organizational Files and Subject Files on Black Americans
• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 188 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part I: Associated Negro Press News Releases, 1928-1964: The only complete record of ANP News.
• Part II: Associated Negro Press Organization Files, 1920-1966: Provides a rare inside look at the workings of a successful and influential black business. Valuable insights can be gained on topics such as daily business operations and financial matters.
• Part III: Subject Files on Black Americans, 1918-1967: Contains correspondence (supplemented by pamphlets and documents) on nearly every facet of the experience of black Americans in this century.
• Arranged by subjects, the Barnett files and the ANP total nearly 100,000 pages, offering researchers a wide range of new perspectives on black history, politics and culture. A guide is available.

005 Black Abolitionist Papers, 1830-1865

• Sanford, NC: Microfilming Corporation of America
• 17 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• A collection of the writings, speeches, correspondence and other printed materials of approximately 300 blacks who were actively involved in the anti-slavery movement, as well as key pamphlets and writings from more than 200 black abolitionist and reform newspapers and journals. A guide is available.

006 Black Culture Collection

• Wooster, OH: Bell and Howell Micropublishers
• 599 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection consists of approximately 6,000 titles from the Slaughter Collection in the Trevor-Arnett Library, Atlanta University. The four major categories of the collection are: “The United States Section: The Black Experience in America since the 17th Century;” “Africa: African and African American Publications;” “The Black Experience in South America and the West Indies;” and “Slavery in History.” A catalog is available for the United States section, which includes not only African American studies resources, but materials of wider application in black studies, the Tuttle Pamphlet Collection (which focuses on the anti-slavery movement), Atlanta University master’s theses, and AU’s Bulletin, Publications and the Phylon. A guide is available.

007 Black Leaders in American History

• Millwood, NY: Kraus Microfilms
• 13 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• A combination of newspaper articles, periodicals, speeches, pamphlets and other materials are collected on the following individuals: Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglass, Robert Smalls, Harriet Tubman and Booker T. Washington. There is also resource material on the Evolution of the Black University as well as Black Cultural Leaders in the following categories: Literature, Music and Theatre, Black Leaders in Technology and the Reconstruction Era.

008 Black Workers in the Era of the Great Migration, 1916-1929

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 25 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• A comprehensive microfilm collection of primary materials for World War I and the 1920s on African American labor history. Materials are selective, well-indexed and usable to scholars of American and African American labor, social, urban and rural history. Extensive records from the 1920s, records that originated at the Department of Labor, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the U.S. Census Bureau. A guide is available.

009 Carnegie-Myrdal Study of the Negro in America

• Millwood, NY: Kraus Microfilm
• 13 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection consists of the research memoranda used in preparation of Dr. Gunnar Myrdal’s “An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy.” Included are works by black scholars such as Ralph Bunche and Charles Johnson.

010 Civil Rights During the Johnson Administration, 1963-1969

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 21 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part I: White House Central Files and Aides Files: Consists of subject name, chronological and confidential files. Included are materials relating to community relations service, human rights and equality of the races, meetings, conferences, state issues, housing and employment, education and schooling, legislative and voting rights, and speeches. Part I also contains selected civil rights files: Joseph Califano, Ramsey Clark Report, James Gaither, Richard Goodwin, Harry McPherson, George Reedy, Marvin Watson and Lee C. White. A subject index is included in the guide.
• Part II: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Administrative History Administrative History consists of the White House central files dealing with the EEOC and the files of Bill Moyers and George Reedy, aides to the EEOC.
• Part III: Oral Histories: Includes some of the legislative and judicial giants of the day: Joseph Califano, Ramsey Clark, Burke Marshall, Thurgood Marshall, Clarence Mitchell, etc. Reel index included. A guide is available.

011 Civil Rights During the Johnson Administration, 1963-1969

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 20 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part IV: Papers of the White House conference on civil rights. The gathering of 2,500 carefully selected guests convened on June 1-2, 1966, at the White House to study racial problems in America. The conference was presided over by Ben Heineman, the head of the Chicago and North Western Railway. Although SNCC boycotted the meeting, representatives of the other major civil rights organizations participated along with scholars, community organizers, public officials and religious leaders. These records document a period of liberalism in race relations and increasing racial tension in America. Subject index included.

012 Civil Rights During the Johnson Administration, 1963-1969

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 28 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part V: Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission): Contains key records of the commission and is an important source of documentation for the study of the riots in the mid-1960s. These records examine major issues surrounding the riots, the degree of organization, reaction by police and National Guard units, and community attitudes toward rioters. This is an indispensable resource for the study of urban conditions, the growth of radicalism in the Civil Rights Movement and race relations in the 1960s. A guide is available.

013 Civil Rights During the Kennedy Administration

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 19 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part I: The White House Central Files, and Staff Files and the President’s Office Files: The Central Files, a reference service for the president and his staff, contains the complete White House documentary subject files on all key civil rights issues; activities relating to racial equality in the states, campaigns for equality in housing, education, employment and voting; and White House support for proposed civil rights legislation. The White House Staff Files feature the papers of staff members who had key positions in counseling the president on civil rights issues. The President’s Office Files contain documents that highlight efforts of the White House to push its race-related legislative proposals through Congress. Also included are memoranda and background papers for the March on Washington, the Alabama and Mississippi crises, and White House meetings with civil rights leaders.

014 Civil Rights During the Kennedy Administration

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 28 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part II: The Papers of Burke Marshall, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Documents, detail Marshall’s crucial role in shaping the civil rights program of the Kennedy administration. This collection contains rich materials that will prove valuable to researchers in such subject areas as correspondence with John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin, John Doar, James Meredith, members of Congress, state governors, business leaders, and the heads of organizations for and against integration. This collection contains all the Marshall papers held by the John F. Kennedy Library except for invitations, copyrighted publications, exact duplicates and materials deriving from the period after Marshall left office.

015 COINTELPRO: The Counterintelligence Program of the FBI

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc.
• 30 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Contains Federal Bureau of Investigation memoranda and directives documenting the FBI’s investigation of, infiltration of and other activities relative to so-called Black Nationalist Hate Groups (Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Revolutionary Action Movement, The Deacons for Defense and Justice, Congress of Racial Equality and the Nation of Islam) and their leaders, White Hate Groups (Ku Klux Klan, American Nazi Party, the National States Rights Party), Communist Party of the U.S., Mexican Border Coverage, Cuban Matters, groups seeking independence for Puerto Rico, Special Operations (Nationalities Intelligence), and the New Left (Progressive Labor Party, Students for a Democratic Society, Socialist Workers Party and the Young Socialist Alliance).

016 CORE: Papers of the Congress of Racial Equality, 1941-1967

• Sanford, NC: Microfilming Corporation of America
• 49 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Internal records, reports, project files, convention notes, pamphlets, newsletter and information on related civil rights organizations reveal the tactics, strategies and ideologies of CORE. A guide is available.

017 CORE: Papers of the Congress of Racial Equality, Addendum, 1944-1968

• Sanford, NC: Microfilming Corporation of America
• 25 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection of correspondence, reports and memoranda, speeches, newsclippings and printed materials reflecting CORE’s programs and policies relate to the growth and development of CORE from its founding until the 1960s, from a nonviolent action group and to a militant philosophy of Black Power. Printed guide provided by Microfilming Corporation of America.

018 CORE: Papers of the Congress of Racial Equality, 1959-1976

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 80 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part I: Western Regional Office, 1962-1965
• Part II: Southern Regional Office, 1959-1966
• Part III: SEDFRE Series A, Administrative Files, 1960-1976
• Part III: SEDFRE Series B, Leadership Development Files, 1960-1976
• Part III: SEDFRE Series C, Legal Department Files, 1960-1976
• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) played a major role in battling against both segregation and disenfranchisement in the South, and police brutality, discrimination in housing, jobs and public education in the North. This collection supplements the previously microfilmed CORE national office files. The files of the Western and Southern Regional Offices shed light on CORE’s work and on the whole Civil Rights Movement in these two geographic areas. The largest files are those of the Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality (SEDFRE). An essential collection for researchers on the social movements of the 1960s. A guide is available.

019 Correspondence of the Secretary of the Navy Relating to African Colonization, 1819-1844

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 2 reels, 35 microfilm
• These letters and reports concern such matters as the seizure of vessels in U.S. district courts, the arrangements for the shipment of liberated Africans to reception centers in Northwest Africa, including those at Sherbro Island, Cape Mesurado, Monrovia and Thomastown, the establishment, maintenance and supply of these centers, the part played by U.S. naval vessels in suppressing the traffic in slaves and in facilitating African colonization, and the activities of the American Colonization Society and of state colonization societies.

020 East St. Louis Race Riot of 1917

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 8 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• World War I and the immediate postwar era were marked by a number of bloody racial confrontations in which blacks were victims of white hostility and aggression. While most of these riots took place in 1919, one the most important and the one with the highest death toll of any interracial conflict in 20th century America occurred in East St. Louis on July 2, 1917. These files contain the transcript of the U.S. House of Representatives hearings that took place in the wake of the riot. Also included is a transcript of the court case, People v. LeRoy Bundy. A guide is available.

021 Federal Surveillance of Afro-Americans (1917-1925): The First World War, The Red Scare & The Garvey Movement

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 25 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• During the late teens and early twenties of the 20th century, the Justice Department, FBI, intelligence branches of the Army and Navy, the State and Post Office departments and other agencies of the federal bureaucracy engaged in widespread investigation of those deemed politically suspect. Prominent among its targets were blacks who opposed WWI or the selective service, those who advocated self-defense during the race riots of 1919 and those involved in radical labor unions, with socialism, communism and Garvey’s UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association). The value of this collection can be charted in several aspects. First, it is a vast treasure of largely untapped source materials for the major social movements and key figures in early 20th century black history. Second, it provides a window into the development of America’s first systematic surveillance apparatus. Finally, it charts the conflict between society’s need to protect itself and individual freedoms guaranteed under the Bill of Rights. A guide is available.

022 Fredi Washington Papers

• New Orleans, LA: Amistad Research Center
• 2 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Fredi Washington (aka Edith Warren, Mrs. Hugh Anthony Bell) was an actress, writer, dancer, singer, casting consultant and equal rights activist. She was one of the founders of the Negro Actors Guild, theater editor and columnist for Adam Clayton Powell’s People’s Voice, administrative secretary for the Joint Actors Equity-Theatre League Committee on Hotel Accommodations for Negro actors throughout the United States and the registrar for the Howard da Silva School of Acting. Her papers reflect her strong opinions on discrimination in the theater and stereotypes in casting. These two reels contain the correspondence, columns, reviews and criticisms of her performances, black and white photographs that document her activities and scrapbook materials. A guide is included on the first reel.

023 Free Southern Theater, 1963-1978

• New Orleans, LA: Amistad Research Center
• 47 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The Free Southern Theater was a cultural and educational extension for the Civil Rights Movement in the South. It provided presentations from numerous community groups in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. The archival records of the Free Southern Theater extend from 1964 to 1978, but the bulk date from 1965 to 1976. Records are arranged by four major series with subseries. The series and subseries are arranged as follows:
  • Administrative Series: files arranged alphabetically by subject, name of organization or name of individual, then chronologically
  • Theater Production Series: files arranged alphabetically by subject, name of the organization or name of individual, then chronologically
  • General Correspondence Series: files in this series are arranged alphabetically, then by year
  • Financial Record Series: the files in this series are arranged alphabetically by name or individual or organization.

024 Marcus Garvey: FBI Investigation File

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc.
• 1 reel, 35 mm microfilm
• This file provides documentation of the bureau’s investigation of Marcus Garvey, Jamaican-born leader of the United Negro Improvement Association, and his subsequent arrest, conviction and imprisonment on charges of mail fraud stemming from his activities to raise funds for the development of the Black Star Steamship Line.

025 Indexes to Deposit Ledgers in Branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 5 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection contains the indexes to deposit ledgers that list the names of depositors in 26 branch offices of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874. The deposit ledgers are contained in microfilm #051.

026 Journal of the Board of Trustees and Minutes of Committees and Inspectors of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 2 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This microfilm publication reproduces the Journal of the Board of Trustees, the minutes of the agency, finance and building committees and inspector’s minutes of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874.

027 The Martin Luther King Jr. FBI File

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 16 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part I: This file documents the surveillance and harassment of King by the FBI throughout the 1960s; reports, memoranda, directives and miscellaneous materials trace the development of King’s career as well as that of the Civil Rights Movement. Printed guide provided by University Publications of America.

028 The Martin Luther King Jr. FBI File

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 9 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part II: The King-Levison File: Contains 9,000 pages of FBI documents on Martin Luther King Jr. Valuable for the student of the Civil Rights Movement and riots of the 1960s. The King-Levison File reveals the personal side of Dr. King. Included is information on King’s consideration of a symbolic 1968 campaign for president, political fighting within the top echelon of the civil rights leadership, relations between Dr. King and President Johnson, concerns over financing the Civil Rights Movement, and King’s reactions to the Black Power movement. A guide is available.

029 Martin Luther King Jr. FBI Assassination File

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc.
• 25 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This file on King’s assassination contains all of the investigative and physical evidence as well as their contemplated uses by the FBI.

030 Documents Relating to the Military and Naval Service of Blacks Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 4 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection consists of correspondence sent and received, reports issued, court-martial case files and log entries. The entries’ documents concerning the Navy Medal of Honor winners relate only to the acts of bravery for which they were cited; those for the Army Medal of Honor winners often contain more information about their military service. The collection also contains documents relative to the Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts serving the U.S. Army during the Indian campaigns of the 1870s and who were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

031 Letter Books of Commodore Matthew C. Perry, 1843-1845

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 1 reel, 35 mm microfilm
• This single reel of microfilm contains copies of communications sent by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, commanding officer of the African Squadron, a convoy of U.S. naval ships that operated as a means of combating the illegal African slave trade. Documents concern the slave trade and the condition of colonies of free Negroes from the United States.

032 Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Commanding Officers of Squadrons: African Squadron, 1843-1861

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 12 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The letters contain reports on naval activities, on the economic, social and political life of the countries adjacent to the cruising area of the African Squadron, on countries at which the squadron touched in sailing to and from its cruising area, and on the enforcement of American laws against slave trading. The communications are arranged in rough chronological order.

033 Miscellaneous Negro Newspapers

• Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress
• 12 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Filmed in 1947 for the Committee on Negro Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies, the titles included are: Bulletin, North Carolina Republican, True Reformer, Richmond Planet, Virginia Star, Colored American, The Republican Courier, American Citizen, The Black Republican, The Rights of All, The Savannah Weekly Echo, The Weekly Defiance, The Echo, Missionary Record, Southern News, Pacific Appeal, The Georgetown Planet, Justice, The Colored Citizen, The Southern Republican, The Observer, The Gazette and The Arkansas Mansion. A guide is available.

034 Negro in the Military Service of the United States, 1639-1886

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 5 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection is a compilation of official records, state papers, historical extracts, etc., relating to the military status and service of blacks in the United States. The collection was compiled by the Colored Troops Division of the Adjutant General’s Office of the War Department from 1885 to 1888. The materials included cover the Colonial Period, the War of the Revolution and the Regular Army. Statistical tables are also included.

035 New Deal Agencies and Black America in the 1930s

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• The materials in this collection relate the black experience and the New Deal as drawn from the records of: Office of Education, National Youth Administration, Department of Labor, Civilian Conservation Corps, Department of Labor-U.S. Employment Services, Department of Labor-Office of the Secretary, National Recovery Administration, Department of Commerce and Works Progress Administration. A guide is provided by University Publications of America.

036 Papers of Mary McLeod Bethune, 1923-1942

• New Orleans, LA: Amistad Research Center
• 1 reel, 35 mm microfilm
• The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts of speeches by Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), manuscript copies of articles written by and about Bethune, and two diaries, one by Mrs. Bethune, and another by her friend, Josie Roberts. Other materials in the collection include lists of contributions given to Bethune and Bethune-Cookman College, photographs, programs, invitations and clippings.

037 George Washington Carver Papers at Tuskegee Institute

• Tuskegee, AL: Tuskegee Institute
• 67 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection consists of the following five series: I. Memorabilia, II. Correspondence, III. Writings and Speeches, IV. Writings about Carver, V. Miscellaneous Materials. A guide is available.

038 Papers of Countee Cullen, 1921-1969

• New Orleans, LA: Amistad Research Center
• 7 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• In addition to the correspondence and the literary manuscripts of Countee Cullen (1903-1946), the collection includes accounts, legal papers, certificates, a diary, teaching plan books and other teaching records, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs and other memorabilia. Also documented is the work of Cullen’s widow in keeping his name and works before the public through lectures and readings and the promotion of the publications of his works. A guide is available.

039 Papers of Frederick Douglass

• Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress
• 34 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The period covered is from 1841 through 1864 and includes correspondence to and from Douglass, manuscripts, addresses, lectures, and various published articles, newspaper clippings, and financial as well as legal documents from the Douglass Memorial Home in Washington, D.C. (Anacostia). A guide is contained on reel 1, and some indexing is present throughout the reels.

040 Papers of W.E.B DuBois

• Sanford, NC: Microfilming Corporation of America
• 79 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Series I: Corresponcence, 1877-1965
• This collection of correspondence received by DuBois and carbon copies of letters he wrote reflects his involvement in many areas of 20th century racial, literary and social-reform movements. This file documents not only his career but also his work with the NAACP, Atlanta University and the Encyclopedia Africana. Printed guide and selective index provided by Microfilming Corporation of America.

041 Papers of Fannie Lour Hamer, 1917-1977

• New Orleans, LA: Amistad Research Center
• 17 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection contains more than 3,000 pieces of correspondence plus financial records, programs, photographs, newspaper articles, invitations and other printed items. The papers are arranged in the following series: Personal, Mississippi Freedom Democratic party, Freedom Farms Corporation, Delta Ministry, Mississippians United to Elect Negro Candidates, Delta Opportunites Corporation and Collected Materials. A guide is available.

042 Papers of the National Negro Congress

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 94 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The Papers of the National Negro Congress (NNC), spanning the period 1933-1947, open an important window on black activism in the 1930s and 1940s. They document the efforts made to mobilize the black masses during the Great Depression, the shifting to the left of black leadership strategies in the era of New Deal reformism, the rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the onset of the Popular Front. Parts I and II of the NNC represent the files of each successive executive secretary, including Max Yergan, NNC president, and Edward E. Strong, the national secretary. Part III consists of the financial records and publications of the NNC. Part IV contains the organizational papers of the Negro Labor Victory Committee (1942-1945). A guide is available.

043 Papers of Mary Church Terrell

• Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress
• 34 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The contents of this collection include correspondence, diaries, printed materials, clippings, speeches and writings, and other papers, chiefly 1886-1954, focusing primarily on Terrell’s career as an advocate of both women’s rights and equal treatment for blacks. Also included are manuscripts of Terrell’s autobiography.

044 Papers of Robert H. Terrell

• Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress
• 4 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Robert H. Terrell (1857-1925) was a teacher, lawyer, judge and husband to Mary Church Terrell. This collection consists of correspondence, speeches and writings, newspaper clippings, printed materials and other papers, chiefly 1884-1925, relating to Terrell’s interest in Negro education and welfare, the Washington, D.C. Board of Trade, of which he was a member, the Washington, D.C. courts and schools, and Republican politics.

045 Papers of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1959-1972

• Sanford, NC: Microfilming Corporation of America
• 70 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection covers the movement of SNCC from its advocacy of nonviolent action at the time of its founding in 1960 to its position as militant Black Power advocate in 1968. Papers from the Atlanta office and the Washington office provide insight into the internal workings of SNCC, the milieu of white resistance into which civil rights workers ventured and SNCC’s move toward an awareness of international affairs. Appendices provide documentation on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party as well as activities of SNCC workers Michael Kenny and William Porters. Printed guide provided by Microfilming Corporation of America.

046 President Truman’s Committee on Civil Rights

• Frederick, MD: University Publications of America
• 10 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection contains correspondence, some private, mostly official, with groups, government agencies and civil rights specialists. Transcripts of committee meetings and testimony given before the committee, drafts, working papers, revisions and final reports, and other committee documents are included. A guide is provided by University Publications of America.

047 Records Relating to Army Career of Henry Ossian Flipper, 1873-1882

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 1 reel, 35 mm microfilm
• This single reel of microfilm contains copies of letters, reports, correspondence and legal briefs relative to the court-martial trial of 2nd Lt. Henry O. Flipper, the first black to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy, on charges of embezzlement and conduct unbecoming an officer.

048 Records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1871

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 35 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Consists mainly of letters sent, letters received and reports of the State Superintendents of Education issued on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

049 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Selection of Titles

• Millwood, NY: Kraus Microfilms
• 559 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• A two-part series of selected titles from the NYPL Schomburg Collection.
• Series I consists of over 50 journals and 124 works or collection of works by and about relatively well-known figures in black history and culture. Series II offers selected pieces on African history, slavery, the black experience in the United States and Caribbean, anthropology, religion and the creative black consciousness in arts and letters. A guide is available.

050 Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 74 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• These reels reproduce registers and indexes, such as station books, registers of appointments and the related unbound letters received by the commissioner.

051 Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 27 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection contains signatures of and personal identification data about depositors in 29 branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874. Data includes: account number, name of depositor, date of entry, place of birth, place brought up, residence, age, complexion, name of employer or occupation, wife or husband, children, father, mother, brothers, sisters, remarks and signature. The early books also contain the name of the former owner and the name of the plantation.

052 Southern Tenant Farmers Union Papers

• Glen Rock, NJ: Microfilming Corporation of America
• 60 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The papers document the organization, beginning in 1934, of some 31,000 black and white tenant farmers in the first successful interracial farm organization since the failure of the Populist Movement. The papers include correspondence, financial statements, press releases, tracts and treatises, documenting the history of the organization and its relationship to other organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the Socialist party and the NAACP. A guide is provided by Microfilming Corporation of America.

053 Selected Documents Relating to Blacks Nominated for Appointment to the U.S. Military Academy During the 19th Century, 1870-1887

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 21 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Included in this collection are the nomination and appointment papers, other correspondence, reports of examinations, consolidated weekly reports of class grades and conduct rolls, orders and court-martial case files of 27 blacks nominated for appointment to the U.S. Military Academy during the years 1870 and 1887. Of the 27 nominees only 12 passed the academic and physical examinations for admission. Three of the 12 graduated from the academy and were commissioned as U.S. Army 2nd lieutenants.

054 Selected Records Issued by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 7 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection presents the correspondence sent and received by the office of the Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau, as well as endorsements, circulars and special orders issued from 1865 to 1872. The Freedmen’s Bureau was headed by Major General Oliver Otis Howard. Correspondence includes discussions of relief assistance, labor contracts, marriage registration and the establishment of schools. Letters of complaint to the commissioner by freedmen and by plantation owners are included. By early 1869 most of the work of the bureau was terminated. The final years of the collection are concerned with education and with the collection and payment of claims. A rudimentary guide is included on the first microfilm reel.

055 Transcripts of the Hearings of the House Select Committee That Investigated the Race Riots in East St. Louis, Illinois, 1917

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 7 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection reproduces the transcripts of the hearings of the House Select Committee that investigated the causes of the race riots that occurred in East St. Louis, Ill., on May 28 and July 2, 1917. Because the riots resulted in the virtual suspension of commerce between neighboring states Illinois and Missouri, the committee that conducted the investigation was formally called the House Select Committee to Investigate Conditions in Illinois and Missouri Interfering with Interstate Commerce Between These States. The transcripts are arranged chronologically and consideration of the interstate commerce issue precedes discussions of other aspects of the riots.

056 Chicago Urban League Papers

• Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at Chicago
• 29 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The papers are divided into seven categories, each of which corresponds to one of the league’s administrative departments: administrative, community organization, financial, housing, human relations, industrial-vocational and public relations. An eighth category consists of material received from the national office. The major portion of the papers is for the years 1946 to 1961. Special Collections at the University of Illinois at Chicago has additional supplements to the Chicago Urban League records that are not microfilmed and available for patron use. A guide is available.

057 Gary Urban League Papers

• Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at Chicago
• 16 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The papers consist of brochures, leaflets, clippings, press releases, course outlines, agendas, minutes, memoranda, cards, note, lists, charts, questionnaires, petitions, constitutions and bylaws, surveys, ordinances, forms, manuals, proceedings, photographs and reports. Subject areas include employment, civil rights, child welfare, discrimination, housing, police, community organizations, schools, public welfare, railroad companies, trade unions, vocational guidance and integration. The records cover the years 1945 to 1966. A guide is available.

058 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series A: Selections from the South Carolina Library
• Part 1
• 15 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Features the extensive papers of James Henry Hammond, a successful planter and a secessionist leader in the U.S. Senate, whose business records are as thoroughly detailed as his vast correspondence. A guide is available.

059 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series A: Selections from the South Carolina Library
• Part 2
• 26 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Includes valuable records of plantation owners from every region of South Carolina, from the rice plantations of the coastal lowlands to the cotton plantations of the central “upcountry” and Piedmont, with selections highlighting the westward expansion of 19th century plantations. Many collections of personal family correspondence offer researchers the possibility of reconstructing the social and family life of the South Carolina planter. A guide is available.

060 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series B: Selections from the South Carolina Historical Society
• 10 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Papers of families and individuals from the South Carolina low country with a concentration of materials from St. John’s Parish of the Charleston District. Other selections include proceedings of the Black Oak Agricultural Society, the confession of a participant in the Denmark Vesey slave revolt, the auction book of Charleston slave trader Alonzo White, extensive slave records, the parish diary of the Rev. Alexander Glennie and a number of plantation journals. A guide is available.

061 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series C: Selections from the Library of Congress
• Part 1
• 8 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Features the correspondence and records of several Virginia planters, most notably William B. Randolph of Henrico County, Hill Carter of Shirley Plantation and the Bruce family of Southside, Va., illustrating agricultural innovations, financial dealings, daily accounts of slave chores and other details of plantation life. A guide is available.

062 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series C: Selections from the Library of Congress
• Part 2
• 5 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Focuses on two South Carolina attorneys. Edward Frost owned several plantations himself and represented other major planters. Franklin Elmore promoted the establishment of two iron forges worked by slaves. The Elmore papers document the profitability of hired slave labor in industrial occupations. A guide is available.

063 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series D: Selections from the Maryland Historical Society
• 14 reels, 35 microfilm
• The Maryland Historical Society holdings are distinguished by several rich 18th century collections and by materials from smaller plantations of fewer than 10 slaves. The diaries of Cecil County’s Martha Foreman detail everyday plantation happenings over a 40-year period. Also of note are several collections from the important tobacco-producing Prince George’s County, as well as 18th and early 19th century materials on Baltimore and vicinity. A guide is available.

064 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series E: Selections from the University of Virginia Library
• Part I
• 39 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Drawn from every region of the Old Dominion, the state with the largest slave population. Contains Pocket paper, the Watson family papers, and the diary and letterbooks of “King” Carter. These early materials permit study of plantation practices prior to the closing of the transatlantic slave trade. They also illuminate the shift from tobacco to grain crops in response to soil depletion. Many collections detail westward settlement in the Deep South after 1820. A guide is available.

065 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series E: Selections from the University of Virginia Library
• Part 2
• 26 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Papers of the Berkeley family of Middlesex, Carolina, Prince William and Loudoun counties, Virginia, from 1653 to 1865. The collection is exceptionally comprehensive for both the 18th and 19th centuries on such matters as land and crop sales, slave and medical accounts, and family and overseer correspondence. Also contains the diary of Louisa H.A. Minor and records of the Gilliam, Barbour and Randolph families. A guide is available.

066 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series E: Selections from the University of Virginia Library
• Part 3
• 30 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Contains two complimentary collections from the southern border counties: the Southside Virginia collection of Bedford, Campbell, Charlotte, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Halifax and Mecklenburg counties, and the records of the Bruce family of Halifax, Pittsylvania and Roanoke counties. A guide is available.

067 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series F: Selections from the Duke University Library
• Part 1: The Deep South
• 23 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Contains records from the Deep South that depict the opening of the Southern frontier in response to the cotton boom of the early 19th century. Among the exceptional collections included in Part 1 are the Henry Watson papers, the Clement Claiborne Clay papers of Alabama, and the John Knight and Duncan McLaurin collections from Mississippi. A guide is available.

068 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series F: Selections from the Duke University Library
• Part 2: South Carolina and Georgia
• 16 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Among the highlights of this collection are materials from the low-country plantations of absentee “rice barons” and upland cotton estates. These collections shed light on the huge concentration of slaves in the region and on the social life and economy of Charleston and Savannah. A guide is available.

069 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series F: Selections from the Duke University Library
• Part 3: North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia
• 45 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection focuses on North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia covering the upper South and contains copious documentation of the interstate slave trade. Also contains some rare collections of Piedmont planters from those states. A guide is available.

070 Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• Series G: Selections from the Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin
• Part 1
• 44 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Includes Texas and Louisiana collections, the “Airlie” Plantation Record Book, “Canebrake” Plantation Record Books, Preston Rose papers, Albert Clinton Horton Papers, Rebecca McIntosh Hawkins Hagerty papers and the Charles William Tait papers, among others. A printed guide is available.

071 Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Suppression of the African Slave Trade and Negro Colonization, 1854-1872

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 10 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• In 1808, Congress prohibited the importation of slaves into the United States and provided for criminal penalties for those engaged in the slave trade. Although some small appropriations for the suppression of the slave trade were made by 1819, the importation of African slaves into the United States continued until the Civil War. The records presented here focus on the final period of the slave trade, beginning in 1854, and continue until 1872, when the program was terminated. The records consist of letters sent and received by the office of the Secretary of the Interior relating to the slave trade, abstracts of the state laws pertaining to slavery, letters from the president and from Congress, and communications from U.S. marshalls, U.S. attorneys and judges. Also included in the collection are records of colonization efforts in Liberia and Haiti. A brief guide is included on the first reel.

072 Records of the Senate Select Committee That Investigated John Brown’s Raid at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, 1859

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 3 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This microfilm publication reproduces the records of the U.S. Senate Select Committee appointed to investigate the invasion and seizure of the U.S. arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, W.Va., by John Brown. The committee’s records include the Senate Resolution, majority and minority reports, a journal, transcripts of hearings and correspondence.

073 Fair Employment Practices Commission

• Glen Rock, NJ: Microfilming Corporation of America
• 205 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Index (3 reels), Headquarters (88 reels), Field Records (117 reels)
• These records of the federal government’s World War II agency provide statistical accumulations and documentation of events in the lives of black workers from 1941 to 1946, as well as documentation concerning race relations for the first half of the 20th century. The two subseries, Headquarters Records and Field Records, contain minutes, agenda, correspondence, reports, office files and case histories. The agency handled 14,000 complaints, 80 percent of which dealt with black workers. A guide is included.

074 Tuskegee Institute News Clippings File, 1899-1966

• Tuskegee, AL: Tuskegee Institute
• 29 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The Tuskegee Institute News Clipping file is one of the major legacies of the eminent and respected black sociologist Dr. Monroe Work. It is a vertical file of news clippings and other materials relating to blacks. News clippings in this series consist of the following subseries: Lynching File (1899-1966), Necrology File (1912-1966), Slavery File (1914-1945), Emancipation Celebrations File (1912-1965), Theatrical File: individual troupes, etc. (1911-1939), Theatres and Motion Pictures File (1912-1939), Towns and Settlements File (1911-1966), Cartoons File (1901-1946), Inventions File (1911-1961), Historical Data File (1912-1966), Soldiers File (1918-1966), and Music, Poetry and Art File (1911-1946). A guide is available.

075 Carter G. Woodson Collection of Negro Papers and Related Documents, 1803-1936

• Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress
• 10 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Contains correspondence, diaries, addresses, legal documents, newspaper clippings and other papers relating to Negro history, the Journal of Negro History, race relations, slavery, discrimination, Washington, D.C., employment opportunities, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, state and local politics, and business. The papers of Benjamin T. Tanner, bishop of the A.M.E. Church, Whitefield McKinlay, Realtor and collector of the Port of Washington, and John T. Clark, Urban League representative, are included in this collection.

076 1850. Seventh Census of the United States. Slave Schedules

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 80 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The 1850 census was the first to record each person’s age, occupation and birth over 15 years of age. It is arranged by state and then county. Slave schedules list the number of slaves by age and sex under each owner’s name. A guide is available.

077 Papers of the NAACP

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 28 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part I: Meetings of the Board of Directors, Records of Annual Conferences, Major Speeches and Special Reports, 1909-1950
• This collection contains materials from the papers of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from the founding meeting of the National Negro Committee in 1909 through meetings, conferences and special reports of 1950. A guide is provided by University Publications of America.

078 Papers of the NAACP-National Negro Conference

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 6 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• National Negro Convention, 1909; Annual Reports, 1910-1922.
• The annual reports begin with the proceedings of the National Negro Conference in 1909 containing speeches and addresses, followed by annual reports, 1910-1970, containing names of officers, committee members, and goals and objectives as well as accomplishments of NAACP activities. A guide is available.

079 Papers of the NAACP

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 20 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part 2: Personal Correspondence of Selected NAACP Officials, 1919-1939
• This material reflects association policies and goals as contained in office diaries from 1919 to 1939, as well as selected personal correspondence of Charles H. Houston, Juanita Jackson, James Weldon Johnson, Thurgood Marshall, E. Frederick Morrow, Mary White Ovington, William Pickens, Walter F. White and Roy Wilkins. A guide is available.

080 Papers of the NAACP

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 24 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part 3: The Campaign for Educational Equality, 1913-1965
• Series A: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1913-1940
• This collection focuses on the legal battle to achieve unrestricted access to the best available education. Documents include the NAACP’s assault on segregated education that culminated in Brown v. Board of Education. A guide is available.

081 Papers of the NAACP

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 19 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part 3: The Campaign for Educational Equality, 1913-1965
• Series B: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1940-1950
• This series documents The Campaign for Educational Equality from 1940 to 1950, and consists of three general areas of legal activity: schools, teachers’ salaries and universities. School cases generally sought the equalization of facilities among segregated schools or the desegregation of school systems. Teachers’ salary cases challenged the existence of separate and inferior pay scales for black educators. University admission cases concentrated on the admission of qualified black scholars to the state-funded graduate schools of their home states. A guide is available.

082 Papers of the NAACP

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 30 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part 7: Anti-Lynching Campaign, 1912-1955
• Series A: Anti-Lynching Investigative Files, 1912-1953
• From its inception in 1909, the NAACP considered the opposition to lynching and mob violence against African Americans to be one of its major objectives. This series contains the complete extant case files on lynching, race riots and mob violence held by the national office for the years prior to 1953. These cases shed light on the issue of lynching as a form of social control and as a device for the social, political and economic domination of African Americans, black migration from the rural South to urban North, and the role played by the black press. A guide is available.

083 Papers of the NAACP

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 35 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part 7: Anti-Lynching Campaign, 1912-1955
• Series B: Anti-Lynching Legislative and Publicity Files, 1916-1955
• This series documents the work of the NAACP on behalf of federal anti-lynching legislation in the first half of the 20th century. It also contains records of the NAACP that helped raise American consciousness of the specter of lynching and to enact federal anti-lynching legislation as a means of ending the practice. A guide is available.

084 Papers of the NAACP

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 17 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part 8: Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System, 1910-1955
• Series A: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1910-1939
• This microfilm edition contains the records of all criminal defense cases from the NAACP collection that were entered before 1940 and were not included in previous parts of the Papers of the NAACP. Records consist primarily of correspondence among NAACP attorneys at the local and national level of the organization. Provides documentation on NAACP legal strategies, state of criminal justice in the United States, political and racial attitudes in America, especially the South, and the evolution of American constitutional law on race. A guide is available.

085 Papers of the NAACP

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 32 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part 8: Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System, 1910-1955
• Series B: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1940-1955
• This edition documents the work of the NAACP’s legal staff at a relatively mature stage under the direction of Thurgood Marshall. The national office legal staff expanded considerably; among the new staff attorneys who appear throughout the 1940s files are Constance Baker Motley, Robert L. Carter, Deward R. Dudley, Jack Greenburg, Milton R. Konvitz, Leslie Perry, Franklin D. Reeves, Prentice Thomas and Franklin H. Carter. A guide is available.

086 Papers of the NAACP

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 18 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part 9: Discrimination in the U.S. Armed Forces, 1918-1955
• Series A: General Office Files on Armed Forces’ Affairs, 1918-1955
• The majority of this material derives from World War II and the postwar era, although there is a significant amount dealing with World War I and the 1920s and 1930s. The series contains complaints about the treatment of black servicemen on military installations throughout the United States. Complaints range from discriminatory treatment to physical brutality and murder. The 1930s file deals with the military’s efforts to disband the all-black 10th Cavalry. A guide is available.

087 Papers of the NAACP

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 23 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part 10: Peonage, Labor and the New Deal, 1913-1939
• This collection reproduces all files in the NAACP collection pertaining to labor relations before 1940. Selections include discriminatory and segregationist practices of labor unions, private employers and government agencies. Also included are complete files on the subject of peonage prior to 1940. Subjects addressed include the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Federal Writers and Theater Project, construction of federal dams, Mississippi flood control, public housing, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Works Progress Administration. A guide is available.

088 Papers of the NAACP

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 35 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• Part 11: Special Subjects Files, 1912-1939
• Series A: Africa through Marcus Garvey
• An omnibus edition of files from the Subject Series of the NAACP collection that have not been previously microfilmed for Parts 1-10. Subject areas include civil rights complaints and legislation, DuBois controversy, black nationalism, women’s auxiliary in the NAACP and the Ku Klux Klan, etc. A guide is available.

089 1860. Eighth Census of the United States. Slave Schedules

• Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service
• 94 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The 1860 slave schedules are arranged by state and then county. Under the owner’s name, slaves are listed by sex, age, occupation and sometimes by name. The 1860 census also lists females over 15 by profession, trade or occupation. Slaves over 100 years old are named and their place of birth is stated. A guide is available.

090 Slavery Tracts and Pamphlets from the West India Committee Collection

• London: World Microfilm Publications
• 28 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• A collection of pamphlets on the sugar trade of the West Indies and its slave labor. Included are many items not easily found in other public collections. There are approximately 350 pamphlets, including some by Wilberforce Macaulay.

091 The Papers of A. Phillip Randolph

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 35 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• A. Phillip Randolph (1889-1979) was one of the leading black protest leaders of the 20th century. Among his accomplishments were serving as editor of the Messenger, organizing the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), leading the historic Marches on Washington in 1941 and 1963, and helping to get the Fair Employment Practices Commission underway in 1941. The collection also emphasizes Randolph’s role in attempting to revitalize the Socialist Party in the late 1940s and in building coalitions with other groups on behalf of labor, civil rights and civil liberty groups.
• Papers are arranged chronologically into six series: Family Papers, 1942-1963; General Correspondence, 1925-1978; Subject Files, 1909-1978; Speeches and Writings File, 1941-1978; Biographical File, 1945-1979; and Miscellany, 1920-1979. A guide is available.

092 The Bayard Rustin Papers

• Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America
• 23 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• This collection covers the career of nonviolent organizer and strategist Bayard Rustin (1910-1987), who began his pursuit of social activities at College of the City of New York and was active in A. Phillip Randolph’s March on Washington movement. Rustin served as the race relations secretary in the pacifist Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) and helped to establish chapters of CORE. He later become an influential advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., and was the true organizer and strategist for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
• Papers are arranged in four series: Alphabetized Subject File; Chronological Subject File; Articles, Essays, Symposia Remarks and Speeches; and General Correspondence File. A guide is available.

093 Underground Press Collection 1963-1985

• Columbia, MO: University Microfilms International
• 62 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The 1960s spawned a diverse range of radical opinions and issues, many of which were expressed in a wide variety of underground and alternative newspapers. This film collection contains more than 550 national and international underground newspaper titles from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s. Some familiar titles are: Black Liberator (Chicago), Black Panther (San Francisco), In These Times (Chicago), Black Politics (Berkeley, Calif.) and The Blade (Oshkosh, Wis.). A print index is available listing titles by name and geographic location. Holdings are incomplete.

094 Records of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1760-1972

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc.
• 8 reels, 35mm microfilm
• Founded by former slave Richard Allen, Bethel A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia is one of the nation’s oldest African American churches. This collection presents a diverse collection of records from the church including general records, minutes from various committees and organizations within the church, cash books and ledgers, and visitors books. A print guide is available.

095 FBI File on Malcolm X

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc.
• 10 reels, 35mm microfilm
• The documents in this collection are drawn from the Washington files of the FBI and have been released under the Freedom of Information Act, although certain documents or portions of documents have been deleted by the FBI as allowed under the act. The files, which begin in 1953, monitor Malcolm’s activities and include surveillance reports, television and radio transcripts, and newspaper clippings. A print guide is available.

096 Transcripts of the Malcolm X Assassination Trial

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc.
• 3 reels, 35mm microfilm
• Representing some 4,500 pages of transcripts, this collection documents the case of The People of the State of New York v. Thomas Hagan, Thomas 15X Johnson and Norman 3X Butler, the three men who were arrested for the assassination of Malcolm X on February 21, 1965. Although the three men were convicted, the transcripts demonstrate the ongoing controversy over who really killed Malcolm. The reels are presented in strict chronological order. An index is included on Reel 3 and a print guide is available.

097 FBI File on the Moorish Science Temple of America

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc.
• 3 reels, 35mm microfilm
• Founded by the Prophet Noble Drew Ali in 1913, and moved to Chicago in 1925, the Moorish Science Temple of America, drew the attention of the FBI beginning in the early 1930s. Ali taught that black Americans were Asiatic, having descended from the Moors, rather than Africans. The Temple combined some of the tenants of Islam with Protestant Christianity and embraced the notion of black seperatism. The Temple was investigated for some 40 years for alleged anticapitalistic attitudes and efforts to incite revolution, even as its membership and popularity dwindled. The Moorish Science Temple remains active today and is headquartered in Baltimore. The files represented in this collection are in approximate chronological order and are collected from various field offices across the country. A print guide is available.

098 FBI File on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc.
• 4 reels, 35 mm microfilm
• The FBI file on the NAACP was officially entitled, “Communist Infiltration of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,” and spans the years 1941 to 1957. Available in the reels is information on significant events in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement: the Scottsboro trial, military discrimination against black soldiers, the Detroit riots (1943), the Birmingham bombings (1951), busing in Alabama and reports on NAACP annual conferences. The files contain correspondence between J. Edgar Hoover and NAACP Executive Secretary Walter White, newspaper clippings, newsletters, annual reports, membership drive literature and some pro-segregation literature. A print guide is available.

099 Negro Labor Committee Record Group, 1925-1969
Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Series 1: African American Organizations

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc.
• 17 reels, 35mm microfilm
• The Negro Labor Committee was formed in July 1935 to organize black workers and break down the racial barriers within the existing labor movement. The committee founder and longtime chairperson was Frank R. Crosswaith, a cofounder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and first labor member of the New York City housing authority. The collection consists of Office Files of the Negro Labor Committee and the Personal Files of Crosswaith. The office files contain general correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records, etc. A print guide is available.

100 National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses Records, 1908-1951
Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Series 1: African American Organizations

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc.
• 2 reels, 35mm microfilm
• With a desire to achieve higher professional standards, to work against discrimination in their field and to develop leadership, the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses was organized in 1908. The records document the founding and development of the organization through its self-dissolution in 1951. The records include minutes, bylaws, correspondence, speeches, studies, publications and printed materials. A printed guide is available.

101 Blacks in the Railroad Industry, 1946-1954
Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Series 1: African American Organizations

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc.
• 1 reels, 35mm microfilm
• Collection includes a variety of materials documenting the struggle of African American railroad workers against union and company discrimination. Papers are divided into six sections: Correspondence, Unions and Union-related Organizations, Writings, Legal Documents, Memoranda and Printed Materials. A printed guide is available.

102 Langston Hughes Collection, 1926-1967
Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Series 6: Literature and the Arts

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc.
• 4 reels, 35mm microfilm
• Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was one of the world’s most prolific writers, known internationally for his plays, poems, short stories, syndicated columns, autobiographies and songs, as well as practically any other genre of literary expression. A variety of materials are contained in this collection, much of it donated to the Schomburg Center by the author himself. The materials are arranged into seven series as follows: Series A-Biographies, Series B-Writings, Series C-Programs, Series D-Works Presented, Series E-Material in Other Libraries, Series F-Criticism and Series G-Miscellaneous. A printed guide is available.

103 Writers’ Program, New York City: Negroes of New York
Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Series 6: Literature and the Arts

• Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc.
• 5 reels, 35mm microfilm
• The materials in this collection were compiled by workers of the Writers’ Program of the Works Progress Administration from 1936 to 1941. The collection documents the history of African Americans in New York City from the early 17th century through the 1940s. The materials were deposited by Roi Ottley in the early 1940s and were arranged by a cataloger at the Schomburg Center. The studies were originally published, with Ottley as editor, as The Negro in New York. A printed guide listing folders and their contents is available.

104 The People of The State of Illinois, Defendant in Error vs. Robert Nixon, Plaintiff in Error
Illinois State Archives
Case Files RS 901-001

• 2 reels, 35mm microfilm
• From the Supreme Court of Illinois case files, Case #25032. Robert Nixon, a young African American man from Louisiana, was convicted in 1938 and summarily executed in 1939 for the robbery and murder of a white woman in Chicago. The trial is also notable for the way in which the Chicago press vilified Nixon with overt racism. The trial and press coverage of Nixon was a main source for Richard Wright’s work on his novel, Native Son. Many elements of the trial are paralleled in the novel.

105 The Paul Lawrence Dunbar Papers

• 9 reels, 35mm microfilm
• The son of two former slaves, Paul Lawrence Dunbar (1872-1906) was a prolific American poet, prose writer and essayist. This collection consists of original and photocopied materials held by the Ohio Historical Society and a number of other repositories. The materials include family correspondence, financial records, published and unpublished works by Dunbar, and a large variety of newspaper clippings. Also included are the diaries of and correspondence by Alice Dunbar Nelson, the wife of Paul Lawrence Dunbar.