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John O'Neal papers
Collection
Identifier: 279
Scope and Contents
The papers highlight the personal and professional life of John M. O'Neal, Jr. The John O'Neal papers consist of 25.94 linear feet and document O'Neal's artistic style and vision as an African American actor, director, playwright, and community and civil rights activist. The papers are of interest for studying the southern Black Arts Movement and more specifically the Black Theater Movement; the Free Southern Theater; the Civil Rights Movement; voter rights registration; race relations;...
Dates:
Created: 1927-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1989; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1983
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James Sedalia Peters II papers
Collection
Identifier: 296
Content Description
The papers of prominent psychologist James S. Peters, whose work as a research assistant during WWII helped to desegregate the US Navy, a contribution formally recognized when Peters was inducted into the first class of the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame in 2005. His papers contain correspondence, writings, reports, clippings, book reviews, speeches, vitae, manuscripts, legal papers, financial records, various collected items and collected publications and various ephemera pertaining to...
Dates:
1928-2002
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Amistad Research Center
Runoko Rashidi papers
Collection
Identifier: 498
Content Description
The papers of writer and lecturer Runoko Rashidi includes copies of his writings on the African presence in world civilizations, particularly in Asia. The first addition to the papers consists of correspondence, flyers, brochures, programs, Rashidi's writings, and collected writings and publications. The majority of the correspondence reflects the influence of Rashidi's writings on the individual correspondents. Of particular interest are letters from prisoners from around the United States...
Dates:
1982-1997
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Amistad Research Center
Saga of Shine collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2084
Scope and Contents
A collection of six typescript poems with a title page "Saga of Shine: Various Folk Versions of a Rhymed Negro Folk Poem as Collected by Langston Hughes, 1952-1955." Variously known as "Shine and the Titanic," "Shine on the Titanic," "Shine and the Great Titanic," or simply "Shine," this African American vernacular poem or toast, typically rhymed and often bawdy, involves a Black deckhand who swims to safety amidst the sinking of the ...
Dates:
Created: circa 1955; Other: Date acquired: 09/14/1971
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Amistad Research Center
Erwin A. Salk collection on Paul Robeson
Collection
Identifier: 2293
Content Description
The Erwin A. Salk collection on Paul Robeson dates from 1933 to 1976 and consists of 0.80 linear feet of material devoted to actor, singer, scholar and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. Materials include brochures, photographs and audiovisual materials. Of interest are a collection of photographs representing Robeson’s educational accomplishments as a star varsity team member on Rutgers Intercollegiate Debating Association. In addition, images feature Robeson as a star athlete...
Dates:
Other: 1933-1976
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Ann Allen Shockley letter
Collection — Container: small collections
Identifier: 2515
Scope and Contents
Typed letter, dated 8 December 1980, from author Ann Allen Shockley to book collector Robert Stuart of New Orleans. Shockley states that her book, Loving Her, has been remaindered by her publisher, Bobbs Merrill, and that she is sending Stuart a hardcover copy for his collection of gay literature on the recommendation of a man named Tom. Shockley also mentions that she enjoyed meeting Stuart and that "Tom and I had a whoopee night jumping to Country...
Dates:
Created: 1980 December 8; Other: Date acquired: 02/18/2015
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Amistad Research Center
Dorothy Sterling papers
Collection
Identifier: 354
Content Description
Dorothy Sterling is a scholar of African American history and has authored many books including Forever Free, Tear Down the Walls!, It Started in Montgomery, Speak Out in Thunder Tones, The Trouble They Seen. Collected items are research and documentary material accumulated for several of her books including those above, as well as Ahead of Her Time: Abby Kelley and the Politics of...
Dates:
Other: 1795-1994
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Amistad Research Center
Samuel Stong typescript
Collection
Identifier: 2441
Content Description
This collection consists of a draft typescript of Samuel M. Strong's book Social Types in the Negro Community of Chicago: An Example of the Social Type Method. The draft consists of 354 leaves, which includes appendeces. The draft includes some hand script revision notes.
Dates:
Other: 1940
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Amistad Research Center
Howard Swanson papers
Collection
Identifier: 358
Content Description
The papers primarily document the life of Howard Swanson and his contribution to classical music history. The papers are of interest for studying African American composers and more specifically Black scholars of operatic and classical music. Formats in the collection include correspondence, financial records, memorabilia and programs of Swanson’s performances. The bulk of the collection consists of sheet music manuscripts, including several unpublished works. Additionally, the papers...
Dates:
1933-1980, undated
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Amistad Research Center
Lillian W. Voorhees papers
Collection
Identifier: 375
Scope and Contents
The Lillian Welch Voorhees papers consist of 21.7 linear feet of items typical of the life of a 20th century educator. The collection also reflects Voorhees's literary and theatrical interests with examples of her own writings, as well as those of her students. Correspondence, 1900-1973 (ca. 8450 items), comprises the largest part of Voorhees's papers. Her literary efforts, 1907-71, are another large section. These include bibliographies; articles; a fragmentary autobiography and...
Dates:
Created: 1892-1973; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1970
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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