Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Bayard Rustin papers, 1942-1987 |
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Span Dates | 1942-1987 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1963-1980) |
ID No. | MSS77373 |
Creator | Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 |
Extent | 17,500 items ; 49 containers plus 1 oversize ; 19.6 linear feet ; 23 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Civil rights activist and author. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, notes, reports, press releases, financial records, agendas, printed material, and other papers documenting Bayard Rustin's leading role as an activist in the African-American civil rights movement, advocate of international human rights and social reform, and pacifist. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms996004 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm93077373 |