Africa, West
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Marguerite Cartwright papers
Collection
Identifier: 72
Content Description
The papers of actress, journalist and educator Dr. Marguerite Cartwright chronicle her personal life, career and academic endeavors. The collection encompasses 165.59 linear feet and provides an in-depth look at African Americans and world affairs, contemporary issues facing the United States in the mid-twentieth century, the anti-colonialism movement following World War II, and the United Nations through her work as an accredited UN correspondent for the Pittsburgh Courier. She was...
Dates:
1912-1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Marguerite Cartwright papers
Lorenzo Dow Turner papers
Collection
Identifier: 725
Scope and Contents
The Lorenzo Dow Turner papers encompass approximately 4.26 linear feet of papers, photographs, sound recordings, and annotated books, offprints, and periodicals, as well as 6 feet of Turner's recording equipment. The papers consist of correspondence, writings (both by Turner and collected), family records, school records, and printed ephemera. Letters of note include a 1967 letter from William Brewer of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in which he provides...
Dates:
Created: 1906-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1932-1959; Other: Date acquired: 11/28/2011
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Lorenzo Dow Turner papers