James Forman papers, 1848-2005
79,000 items ; 255 containers plus 2 oversize and electronic files ; 100.2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, journalist, and civil rights activist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, subject files, speeches and writings, family papers, appointment books and calendars, and other papers relating primarily to Forman's activities as executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and president of the Unemployment and Poverty Action Committee.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records, 1842-1999
3,000,000 items ; 8,602 containers plus 46 oversize and 2 classified ; 3,965 linear feet ; 39 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Civil rights organization. Records of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People consisting of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, itineraries, biographical material, speeches, testimony, writings, annual convention files, legal case files, legislation, publications, resolutions, policy statements, constitutions, bylaws, charters, contracts, proposals, scripts,...
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Carter Godwin Woodson papers, 1736-1974
18,000 items ; 54 containers plus 19 oversize ; 21.2 linear feet ; 46 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Historian, author, and collector. Papers of prominent African Americans, research files, business records, writings, correspondence, and other material relating to Woodson's leadership of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and to scholarship and publishing in the field of African and African-American history.
C. Chaillé-Long papers, 1809-1918
1,800 items ; 3 containers ; 1.2 linear feet ; 2 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Soldier, explorer, and diplomat. Personal and official correspondence, articles, speeches, news clippings, scrapbook, awards, commissions, maps, and photographs concerning Chaillé-Long's career as an explorer and public servant.
Philip W. Bonsal papers, 1914-1992
1,100 items ; 4 containers plus 1 classified ; 1.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Diplomat. Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, speeches, and statements documenting Bonsal's foreign service career, especially as United States ambassador to Cuba during and after its 1959 revolution, including also material on Argentina, colonial Africa, and an English translation of L'Expedition du Mexique concerning Maximillian, Emperor of Mexico.
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Harmon Foundation, inc., records, 1913-1967
37,800 items ; 121 containers ; 48.4 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Correspondence, biographical notes, catalogs, scrapbooks, and other material relating to the organization and its founder, William Elmer Harmon. Included are records of the foundation's award programs, biographical notes on African and African-American artists, and correspondence with African art centers.
Kermit Roosevelt and Belle Roosevelt papers, 1725-1975
56,900 items ; 189 containers ; 75.4 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, businessman, explorer, and soldier (Kermit Roosevelt). Businesswoman and social leader (Belle Roosevelt). Correspondence, diaries, family papers, speeches, writings, subject files, military records, business and financial records, photographs, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other material reflecting many aspects of the Roosevelts' social, personal, and business activities.
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Frederick D. Patterson papers, 1861-1988
15,000 items ; 41 containers ; 18.5 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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African-American educational administrator and advocate. Correspondence, journal, writings and speeches, notes, reports, organizational records, clippings, printed materials, memorabilia, and miscellaneous items relating chiefly to Patterson's efforts, following his retirement as president of Tuskegee Institute in 1953, to preserve and develop African-American institutions of higher learning.
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Nannie Helen Burroughs papers, 1900-1963
110,000 items ; 342 containers plus 19 oversize ; 134.4 linear feet ; 5 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Educator, religious leader, and advocate for African American rights. Correspondence, financial records, memoranda, notebooks, speeches and writings, subscription and literature orders, student records, and other papers relating primarily to Burroughs's founding and management of the National Training School for Women and Girls in Washington, D.C., and to her activities with the Woman's...
Frederick Albert Cook papers, 1881-1977
6000 items ; 23 containers plus 2 oversize ; 10 linear feet ; 50 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physician, explorer, and author. Correspondence, manuscript and printed copies of books and essays, diaries, financial and legal papers, genealogical notes, certificates, maps, and other papers relating primarily to Cook's expeditions to the Arctic (1891-1892 and 1901) with Robert E. Peary and Matthew Alexander Henson, to the Antarctic with Roald Amundsen's Belgian Antarctic Expedition...