Content Description The Willie Lee Hart papers reflect the personal collecting interest of Mrs. Hart as they relate to her interest in African American history and her longtime support of the Amistad Research Center. Materials include correspondence, pamphlets/leflets, collected programs, VHS videocassettes, and news clippings. Prominent topics include the Congregational Church of Park Manor UCC in Chicago; Metropolitan Community Church in Chicago; the Vivian G. Harsh Society; Dixwell Avenue United Church of...

Content Description This collection consists primarily of correspondence, handwritten and typescript, from 1918 to 1937, written by Aldelbert H. Roberts, Robert W. Bagnall, Walter White, James Weldon Johnson, and Oscar De Priest; most of the letters are addressed to Morris Lewis of The Chicago Defender and the Chicago branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and concern NAACP business and branch activities, including a proposed 1926 reorganization of NAACP regional...

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This collections contains publications of the church, including a salute to Rev. William A. Johnson on his 50th year as pastor. The first addendum to the collection primarily revolves around the 1990 celebration of 50 years of service of Reverend William Augustus Elliott Johnson as pastor of the church. Also included is a 1987 annual report, bulletins, newspaper clippings, and programs on the Cancel Choir, which has been in operation since 1904.