Primary Sources in History: Black History
27. AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY SERIES. CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 4x6 4907 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 58 F (10 VE) INDEX OR GUIDE: There appears to be no guide or index to this collection. There are visible headers so it is possible to quickly scan the contents by looking at the fiche. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Pamphlets and books originally published in the 18th and 19th centuries, with new bibliographical notes by Maxwell Whiteman. Includes information on black thought in early America, slave narratives, and drama and poetry by black authors. Includes many rare Works published in small editions between 1793 and 1899. Each entry is preceded by a bibliographic note offering a synopsis of the work, a brief biography of the author, information on the original publishers, and directions to other source materials. Included are: Benjamin Banneker's Almanac, speeches by Absolom Jones, Booker T. Washington, Martin R. Delaney, and Russell Parrot; hymns and a play by William Wells Brown; and poetry by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. See also American Periodical Series (in this guide), which includes Afro-American periodicals such as National Era, African Intelligencer and African Repository. SUBJECTS: Blacks; Slavery; 18c; 19c
28. AFRO-AMERICAN RARE BOOK COLLECTION CALL NUMBER: Northern Arizona University Microfiche 146. NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: Index to the Afro-American Rare Book Collection, edited by Mayme Clayton and Kathleen Allen (NAU). Index by author, title or subject. The title entries include abstracts. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Collection consists of 152 items published in the 19th and early 20th centuries, filmed from the holdings of the Western States Black Research Center in Los Angeles. The fiche are arranged by author. SUBJECTS: United States - Blacks; 19c; 20c
29. AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. ANNUAL REPORTS, 1818-1910. CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 4x6 E 448 .A51 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 93 VE INDEX OR GUIDE: SCOPE AND CONTENTS: The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 as the "American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States." It adopted the new name in 1837. Deals with settling blacks in Liberia. SUBJECTS: Slavery; Blacks; 19c; 20c; Liberia
30. AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION. CALL NUMBER: Center for Research Libraries (Request at Interlibrary Loan). NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 330 R INDEX OR GUIDE: There should be a printed guide available for loan from CRL. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: The purpose of the Society was to send freed slaves out of the United States, usually to Liberia. After the Civil War, its activities centered on helping people who wished to emigrate to Liberia. In the 20th century, the Society was concerned chiefly with the support of education in Liberia. Papers cover the years 1792-1965, but most of the material is for 1823-1912. The collection includes correspondence, financial and business papers, reports and other miscellaneous material relating to administrative and financial matters, membership, problems of slavery and the status of slaves, emigration, colonization and education in Liberia. Includes William McLain's personal papers and letter books of the Massachusetts Colonization Society. SUBJECTS; United States - Slavery; Africa; Liberia; Blacks; 18c; 19c; 20c
31. AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. ARCHIVES, 1832-1882. CALL NUMBER: Center for Research Libraries (request at Interlibrary Loan) NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: A printed reel guide and the Author and Added Entry Catalog (on microfiche) are both available for loan from CRL. The latter includes a cross reference index from the names of towns, missions or schools to the names of missionaries or teachers. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Approximately 350,000 manuscripts of this important abolitionist organization, relating to peaceful efforts to abolish slavery and its missionary work in the South after the Civil War. Also deals with the beginnings of black higher education in the South and the establishment of foreign missions. Papers are arranged by state and foreign country. Includes papers for Arizona. The correspondence section includes extensive material on Lewis Tappan, one of the founders. Additional correspondents include Samuel Armstrong, Henry Ward Beecher, Lyman Beecher, Charles Boynton, Salmon P. Chase, James A. Garfield, William Lloyd Garrison, John Jay, William H. Seward, Gerrit Smith, Henry B. Stanton, Charles Sumner, and Arthur Tappan. SUBJECTS: United States - Blacks; Slavery; Education; Abolitionists; 19c
32. BOND, HORACE MANN. PAPERS, 1892-1972. CALL NUMBER: University of Arizona Microfilm NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: Printed guide. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: One of the most respected and influential black educators of the 20th century, Bond was at the forefront of black education and civil rights. Bond was President of Lincoln University (1945-1966). His papers bear witness to an extraordinary life dedicated to improving education for the underprivileged and promoting intercultural and interracial understanding. Includes correspondence of his father, Dr. James Bond (1868-1929), long active in black organizations in Kentucky. SUBJECTS: United States - Blacks - Education; 20c
33. CARVER, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1864-1943). PAPERS. CALL NUMBER: Center for Research Libraries (Request at Interlibrary Loan). NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 67 R INDEX OR GUIDE: Guide to the Microfilm Edition available for loan from the Center. Includes introductory notes, a biographical sketch, the history of the collection, notes on scope of each series and a listing of the contents of each reel. Reel 1 also has a table of contents. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Microfilm edition of the Carver papers at Tuskegee Institute and of Carver-related documents in other repositories, 1864-1943. Contains memorabilia, correspondence, writings and speeches, writings about Carver, and miscellaneous materials relating to his career as scientist, educator and promoter of racial harmony. SUBJECTS: Carver, George W.; United States - Blacks; 19c; 20c
34. COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AND J. EDGAR HOOVER'S OFFICIAL AND CONFIDENTIAL FILE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 9344 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 9 R INDEX OR GUIDE: There is no guide. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: From 1958 through 1980, the FBR compiled a file of over 13,000 pages on the SCLC. The rationale was to determine the degree of Communist Party influence on the organization. Also includes Hoover's 269 page official file on Martin Luther King. The documents highlight the attitude held in the FBI towards the SCLC and the civil rights movement as a whole. SUBJECTS: Blacks; King, Martin Luther; United States - Civil Rights; 20c; 1960s
35. DUBOIS, W. E. B. PAPERS, 1877-1965. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 7847 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 89 R INDEX OR GUIDE: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition. E 185.97 D73 M3x Micro Ref. Biographical sketch; scope, content and arrangement of the collection; selective index to correspondence; reel guide with contents of each frame. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: The papers of the black scholar and leader, including documents relating to his early sociological investigations of American race relations, his condemnation of Booker T. Washington's philosophy of black accommodation, and his conversion to Communism. A founder of the Niagara Movement, an early civil rights organization, DuBois served as editor of the Crisis, and was the leading proponent of black separatism. He was one of the first leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Filmed from the collection at the University of Massachusetts. Includes extensive correspondence with prominent people in many fields, including Jane Addams, Sherwood Anderson, Ralph Bunche, Andrew Carnegie, Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Kwame Nkrumah and many others. Also includes manuscripts of DuBois' speeches, articles, book reviews, pamphlets, books, photos, essays and clippings. Includes over 100,000 items. SUBJECTS: DuBois, W. E. B.; United States; Blacks; 19c; 20c
36. FBI FILE ON THE NATIONAL NEGRO CONGRESS, 1941-1961. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm E 185.5 N296 F25x NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 2 R INDEX OR GUIDE: E 185.5 N296 F25x Guide. Reel guide only; no subject guide. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: FBI investigations into communist influence on the NNC, which was formed in 1935 in an effort to unite organizations of all races to fight for social and economic justice for blacks. The association of the group's founders with the Communist Party and the NNC's attempts to unite black labor organizations brought it under FBI surveillance from the 1930s through the 1950s. Among these file materials are synopses of news reports regarding the NNC, announcements of its meetings, copies of its constitution and membership rosters, and the Bureau's investigative reports. SUBJECTS: United States - Blacks; 20c; Communist Party; National Negro Congress
37. FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT: SLAVE NARRATIVES. CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 4x6 28 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 168 F (17 VE) INDEX OR GUIDE: There is no subject or name index for the collection, but each volume lists the informants included. See Reel 1 for introduction and table of contents. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Arranged by state and alphabetically by name within each state. Contains the reminiscences of over 2000 former slaves, covering every phase of Negro life in the South, e.g., plantation life, the Civil War, attitudes towards other slaves, masters. It consists of the transcripts of oral interviews conducted in 17 Southern states in 1937/38 as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Project Administration. The originals are in the Library of Congress Rare Book division. This microfiche edition has been somewhat superseded by the 22 volume published edition (E444 .A45 Stacks), which includes more narratives. However, the printed volumes lack the accompanying photographs and illustrations. Every volume lists the informants and corresponding page numbers. SUBJECTS: Slavery; United States - Blacks; 19c
38. GARVEY, MARCUS. FBI INVESTIGATION FILE. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 8874 NUMBER OR REELS/FICHE: 1 R INDEX OR GUIDE: There is no guide or index. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Garvey was among the first and most influential proponents of black racial pride and separatism. Born in Jamaica, he emigrated to New York, founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and published the newspaper, Negro Star Steamship Line to provide transportation. Arrested for mail fraud after a FBI investigation, he was convicted and deported to Jamaica. The collection includes FBI reports on his fund-raising activities, copies of his speeches, newspaper and magazine clippings, the constitution of the UNIA, and materials allegedly linking Garvey to the Imperial Giant of the Ku Klux Klan. This file is an informative source on his role as a spokesman for black nationalism as well as on the American black community of the 1920s, and the origins of the black social protest and separatist movements. SUBJECTS: Garvey, Marcus; Universal Negro Improvement Association; Blacks; United States; 20c; 1920s
39. KU KLUX KLAN: OFFICIAL, UNOFFFICIAL AND ANTI-KLAN SOURCES. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 8328 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 1 R INDEX OR GUIDE: There is no guide and the books on the film are not cataloged individually. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Contains 13 books and government documents concerning the first Ku Klux Klan, active during the 1860s and 1870s in the South. Includes some fiction. SUBJECTS: Ku Klux Klan; United States; Blacks; 19c; 1860s; 1870s
40. MALCOLM X: FBI SURVEILLANCE FILE. CALL NUMBER: Microform 8872 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 2 R INDEX OR GUIDE: There is no guide. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little) was a member of the Black Muslim movement and a militant civil rights spokesman. Ousted in 1960, he formed his own rival sect, converted to orthodox Islam and founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity prior to his assassination in 1965. Reel one: 1953-1964; reel 2: 1964-1971. The FBI opened a file on him in 1953 and continued surveillance of him until his assassination in 1965. The collection consists of 2,300 pages, primarily memos and other reports by FBI agents and magazine and newspaper articles. Contains a few references dating from after his death. This file gives insight into the various factions and leaders of the black militant movement during the 1950s and 1960s as well as the details on the FBI's attempts to neutralize it.
SUBJECTS: Malcolm X; Blacks; United States; Civil Rights; 20c; 1950s; 1960s
41. NAACP. PAPERS. PT. 1-2. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 8620-8621 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 48 R INDEX OR GUIDE: E 185.5 N276 G82x & G83x. Micro Ref. Introduction; description of collection; list of officers; reel guide. Subject index only to annual conference proceedings and business meetings. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: The NAACP was founded in 1910 to promote the legal and political rights of blacks. The papers of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People document the association's structure, activities and development and virtually every aspect of American race relations, particularly social, legal and economic issues. There is strong coverage of labor unions, housing and racial stereotyping. ASU has: Pt. 1: Meetings of Directors, 1909-1950; monthly reports of officers, 1918-1950; annual conference proceedings; annual business meetings; special correspondence; and Pt. 2: Correspondence of Officials, 1919-1939. Center for Research Libraries has parts 6-7. See Interlibrary Loan. SUBJECTS: Blacks; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Civil Rights; 20c; United States
42. NEGRO NEWSPAPERS, 1865-1920. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm S250 - S310 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 181 r (1100 VE) INDEX OR GUIDE: Guide consists of photocopies of cards from old card catalog. Titles are arranged alphabetically; entry includes dates and call numbers for microfilm. Guide is kept in Micro Ref. With other guides, but has no call number. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Sixty black newspapers from all parts of the country. Each is listed in the Public Serials List by title. There is no subject index to these papers. SUBJECTS: United States - Blacks - Newspapers; 19c; 20c
43. PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. PAPERS, 1775-1916. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 9453 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 5 R (11 VE) INDEX OR GUIDE: See reel 1 for a history of the society, which includes a summary and analysis of the collection. There is no index. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Includes the minutes, correspondence and manuscripts of the Susan Parish Wharton collection compiled by the "Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Kept in Bondage," organized in 1775. The first formal society for the abolition of slavery in the U. S., it was founded by Benjamin Franklin. Suspended during the Revolution, it was reactivated in 1787 as the "Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Negroes Held in Bondage." Contains extensive manuscript collection for the years 1787-1868 and a summary and analysis of the Society by Will J. Buck in manuscript (on reel 5). Reel 1 contains information on the formation of the society, its constitution and minutes, 1775-1916; reels 2-5 include manuscripts from 1774-1868. SUBJECTS: United States - Slavery; Blacks; Abolitionists; 18c; 19c; 20c
44. SCHOMBURG COLLECTION. CALL NUMBER: Center for Research Libraries (request at Interlibrary Loan). NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: All titles are listed in the CRL Catalog (on microfiche in Interlibrary Loan office). SCOPE AND CONTENTS: CRL has most of Series I and all of Series II of this material filmed from the Schomburg Collection of the New York Public Library. SUBJECTS: United States - Blacks - History; 18c; 19c; 20c
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