Hattie McDaniel Perry papers
Content Description
The papers include correspondence, photographs, financial records, and collected items. One group of letters are those written by Perry from New York where she attended one of Madame C. J. Walker's schools. Also of interest are letters written from Augusta, Georgia, when she was a teacher at Haines Institute, directed by Lucy Laney. Several items of correspondence relate to her work with the Race Relations Department at Fisk University. Correspondents include Thelma Allison, Lewis Copeland, Leona Copeland, Clifton Johnson, Beverley McGill, Carlynne Morrison, and Roy Wilkins.
Dates
- Other: 1899-1976
Creator
- McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952 (Person)
Extent
2.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Condition Description
Good
- Title
- Hattie McDaniel Perry papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Amistad Research Center Repository
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