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Evelyn Cunningham papers
Collection
Identifier: 656
Scope and Contents
The papers of Evelyn Cunningham document her work as a feature writer and columnist for the Pittsburgh Courier (1950-1962); political aide for Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller (1969-1976); and her activism in politics, feminism, and civil rights. A theme running throughout the collection is the role of the African American professional woman in society. Of note are materials regarding the integration of New York City restaurants (circa 1954); Cunningham's...
Dates:
Created: 1941-2005; Other: Majority of material found in 1951-2003; Other: Date acquired: 11/07/2003
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Alexis De Veaux papers
Collection
Identifier: 791
Processing Information
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-0MS-20. Scope and Content Note Alexis De Veaux’s papers mainly consist of correspondence, drafts of original manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera documenting her professional life and work. Correspondence within the collection is professional in nature, covering De Veaux’s many speaking and lecturing engagements, publishing, her work as...
Dates:
Other: 1967-2017, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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- Civil rights movements -- Southern States 1
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- Homosexuality and literature 1
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- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) 1
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- Cunningham, Evelyn, 1916-2010 1
- De Veaux, Alexis (Masani Alexis De Veaux), 1948- 1
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