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James Herman Robinson Institute collection
Collection
Identifier: 670
Content Description
The James Herman Robinson Institute was created by local New Orleans alumni of Operation Crossroads Africa (OCA) to promote scholarship in the African Diaspora through use of the archives and manuscript collections of the OCA and James H. Robinson held at the Amistad Research Center. The institute has sponsored two internship students to process and preserve portions of the OCA records, sponsored a speaker series “The Work and Legacy of Dr. James H. Robinson: Operation Crossroads Africa,”...
Dates:
Other: 1961-2004
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Operation Crossroads Africa records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 281
Scope and Contents
The Operation Crossroads Africa (OCA) records measure 34.4 linear feet and contain approximately 22 linear feet of correspondence. Most of this correspondence is dated between 1968 and 1975. Other record types in the accession are financial accounts, biographical profiles, reports, photographs, brochures, pamphlets, programs, newspaper articles, agenda and minutes, handbooks, and other printed items. The correspondence includes political items to and from American and foreign, particularly...
Dates:
Created: 1958-1979; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1979
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
James Herman Robinson papers
Collection
Identifier: 314
Scope and Contents
The papers document the public career of James Herman Robinson, an African American Presbyterian clergyman, who achieved world recognition for his work in New York’s Harlem and his accomplishments in founding Operation Crossroads Africa, which served as one of the models for the Peace Corps. The papers encompass 21.6 linear feet of correspondence, writings, reports, publications, lists, financial statements, minutes, schedules and agendas, press releases, newspaper clippings, photographs,...
Dates:
Created: 1935-1973; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1974
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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- Names: Robinson, James H. (James Herman), 1907-1972 X
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- United States. Department of State. Bureau of African Affairs 2
- Bolton, Fances Payne Bingham, 1885-1977 1
- Brooke, Edward W. (Edward William), 1919-2015 1
- Church of the Covenant 1
- Church of the Master (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Cleveland, James C. (James Colgate), 1920-1995 1
- Council on International Educational Exchange 1
- Diggs, Charles C. 1
- Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980 1
- James Herman Robinson Institute 1
- Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986 1
- Morningside Community Center (New York, N.Y.) 1
- National Association for Foreign Student Affairs 1
- National Council for Community Services to International Visitors (U.S.) 1
- Percy, Charles H., 1919-2011 1
- Rockefeller, Blanchette Hooker, 1909-1992 1
- Ryan, William Frederick, 1926- 1
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