Author: Harper, Solomon, 1893?
Title: Papers, 1951-1969
Description: .5 linear ft. (10 items)
Notes: Afro-American electrical engineer and inventor.
Copy of patent awarded June 5, 1956; together with
press releases, bulletins, and programs relating to
Harper's efforts to secure rights to his
inventions.
Subjects: Afro-American engineers. lcsh
Afro-American inventors. lcsh
Patents. lcsh
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.47
Control No.: DCLV96-A446
Author: Harris, Abram Lincoln, 1899-1963
Title: Papers, 1919-1929
Description: .5 linear ft. (29 items)
Notes: Afro-American economist and educator. Correspondence, manuscripts,
and notes relating to Harris's research on the involvement of
Afro-Americans in the labor movement, particularly the Industrial
Workers of the World. Includes material relating to the Socialist
Party in the U.S. Correspondents include Covington Hall and
Benjamin Fletcher.
Subjects: Afro-American college teachers. lcsh
Economists -- United States. lcsh
Fletcher, Ben, 1890-1949, correspondent.
Hall, Covington, 1871-1951, correspondent.
Industrial Workers of the World. Socialist Party (U.S.)
Labor movement -- United States.
Trade-unions -- Afro-American membership.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.).
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.48
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A447
Author: Harrison, Hazel, 1883-1969
Title: Collection, 1900-1950s
Description: 4 linear ft.
Notes: Afro-American concert pianist. Personal and family papers,
correspondence, biographical writings, numerous concert
programs, photographs, memorabilia, interview tapes and
transcripts, and recordings relating to Harrison's career
in the United States, Europe, and Canada; together with
her music collection, including autographed copies of
single compositions, music albums, and piano scores.
Includes research materials compiled by Constance Hobson
and Jean E. Cazort for their book, Born to Play: The
Life and Career of Hazel Harrison (1983).
Gifts of Hazel Harrison, 1969, Constance Hobson, 1981-1982,
and Constance Hobson and Jean E. Cazort, 1986.
Access to recordings is restricted.
Subjects: Afro-American women musicians. lcsh
Cazort, Jean E.
Concert programs. lcsh
Hobson, Constance Tibbs.
Interviews. lcsh
Pianists. lcsh
Sheet music. aat
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.141
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A449
Author: Hayes, George, E.C. (George Edward Chalmers), 1894-1968
Title: Papers, 1911-1968
Description: 2 linear ft.
Notes: Civil rights attorney and University Counsel for Howard University.
Personal papers, correspondence, biographical data, documents
pertaining to organizations, awards and tributes, and photographs
relating to Hayes's activities in Washington, D.C. Correspondents
include Hubert Humphrey, Mordecai Johnson, James Nabrit, and
Richard Nixon. Also contains materials pertaining to the planning
of the M Street High School (Washington, DC) Class of 1911 Reunion,
held in 1951.
Gift of Shirley Ganao, 1987.
Subjects: Afro-American lawyers -- Washington (D.C.)
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978, correspondent.
Johnson, Mordecai W. (Mordecai Wyatt), 1890-1976, correspondent.
Nabrit, James M. (James Madison), 1900- , correspondent.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- , correspondent.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.142
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A450
Author: Henderson, Edwin Bancroft, 1883-1977
Title: Papers, 1915-1976
Description: 5 linear ft.
Notes: Afro-American athlete, educator, author, and administrator; d. 1977.
Family papers, correspondence, biographical writings, programs,
organizational affiliations, memorabilia, photographs, printed
materials, and scrapbooks relating to Henderson's activities
as an activist in athletics and civil rights.
Gift of Mr. Henderson, 1965-1977.
Subjects: Afro-American athletes. lcsh
Afro-American civil rights workers. lcsh
Afro-Americans -- Civil rights.
Afro-Americans -- Recreation.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.49
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A451
Author: Hill, John H., 1855-1936
Title: Letters, 1882
Description: .5 linear ft. (2 items)
Notes: Afro-American lawyer; born a slave in Virginia. Letters
to N.C. Brackett and his wife relating to Hill's life.
Subjects: Afro-American lawyers -- Virginia. lcsh
Brackett, N. C., correspondent.
Freedmen -- Virginia.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.50
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A604
Author: Hilyer, Andrew Franklin, 1859-1925
Title: Papers, 1893-1913
Description: .5 linear ft.
Notes: Lawyer and accountant, of Washington, D.C.; trustee of Howard
University; Treasurer of the Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society,
Washington, D.C. Chiefly correspondence, programs, and
announcements, relating to S. Coleridge Taylor Choral Society,
and memorabilia about Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; together with
drafts of articles and speeches by Hilyer on the social and
economic status of blacks in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries; and travel journal, autograph album, and photos,
of Hilyer's second wife, Amanda Gray Hilyer, pharmacist and
teacher.
Subjects: Accounting
Afro-Americans (for all permanent residents of the United States of
black African ancestry); Economic conditions
Afro-Americans (for all permanent residents of the United States of
black African ancestry); Social life and customs
Blacks; Charitable and social work; Social welfare
Blacks; Economic and social conditions
Blacks; Social life and conditions
Choral societies; S. Coleridge Taylor Choral Society
Choral societies; Washington, D.C.
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912
Composers; Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
Hilyer, Amanda Gray, 1870-1957 (b. Amanda Victoria Gray)
Howard University; Trustees; Hilyer, Andrew F.
Howard University, Washington, D.C; Trustees
Lawyers; Papers; 19th and 20th centuries; Washington, D.C.
Pharmacists
Pharmacists; Hilyer, Amanda (Gray)
S. Coleridge Taylor Choral Society
Taylor (S. Coleridge) Choral Society
Taylor, Samuel Coleridge
Travel; 19th and 20th centuries
Washington, D.C; Cultural affairs; Music and musical affairs
Washington, D.C; Legal affairs; Lawyers' and judges' papers
NUCMC #: 4.72.51
NIDS Fiche #: MS 83-1237
Author: Himes, Chester Bowar, 1909-1984
Title: Letters, 1955-1956
Description: .5 linear ft.
Notes: Afro-American novelist; Author. Contains correspondence between
Himes and Walter Freeman, an editor at New American Library,
regarding the editing and revision of Himes's novels,
"The Primitive," "The Third Generation," and
"Mamie Mason."
Purchase, 1966.
Subjects: Afro-American novelists. lcsh
Authors and publishers -- United States.
Freeman, Walter, correspondent.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.52
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A582
Author: Hobson Normal Institute, Parsons, Kansas
Title: Collection, 1882-1953
Description: .5 linear ft. (39 items)
Notes: Historical data, memorabilia, and photographs concerning the Hobson
Normal Institute, Parsons, Kan., founded in 1882 (and closed in
1896) by the Iowa Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends as a
school for training teachers and providing higher education for
Afro-American youth in the border states. Includes biographical
information about the school's first principal, Darius W. Bowles,
and members of his family, as well as material about the Society
of Hobsonites.
Gift of the Society of Hobsonites, 1953.
Subjects: Afro-Americans -- Professional education -- Kansas -- Parsons.
Afro-Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Kansas -- Parsons.
Bowles, Darius W. Hobson Normal Institute (Parsons, Kan.)
Iowa Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends.
Society of Friends -- Iowa.
Society of Hobsonites.
Teachers colleges -- Kansas -- Parsons.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.53
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A591
Author: Home for Destitute Colored Children, Philadelphia, Pa.
Title: Records, 1894
Description: .5 linear ft. (33 items)
Notes: Established in 1855 in Philadelphia, Pa. Correspondence, financial
papers, minutes, deeds, applications, and property reports.
Gift of Maxwell Whitman, 1951.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.55
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A722
Author: Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950
Title: Papers, 1957-1950 (bulk 1922-1950)
Description: 20 linear ft.
Notes: Afro-American attorney, educator, and advocate of civil rights and
educational desegregation; vice-dean, Howard University School
of Law (1929-1935). Personal and family papers, documents
concerning Houston's education and academic career, correspondence,
writings by and about Houston, writings by others, documents
relating to organizations with which Houston was affiliated,
financial and insurance papers, case files, documents relating
to organizations for which Houston served as legal counsel,
printed legal briefs, and photographs. Includes correspondence
and other materials relating to Houston's legal work with the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the
firm Houston, Houston, Hastie & Waddy, the Association of
Colored Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen, and the
International Association of Railway Employees. Also includes
papers of Houston's father, William.
Gift of Charles Houston, Jr., 1973.
Subjects: Afro-American college administrators -- Washington (D.C.). lcsh
Afro-American lawyers -- Washington (D.C.). lcsh
Afro-Americans -- Civil rights.
Afro-Americans -- Education.
Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen.
Case files. lcsh
Howard University. School of Law.
International Association of Railway Employees.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Segregation in education -- United States.
Trade-unions -- Afro-American membership.
Trade-unions -- Railroads.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A758
Author: Howard, Andrew Jackson, Jr., 1897-1969
Title: Papers, 1943-1965
Description: 1 linear ft. (2 v.)
Notes: Afro-American lawyer and judge, of Washington, D.C. Relates to
Howard's career as Assistant District Attorney and as Municipal
Court Judge in the District of Columbia. Scrapbooks containing
clippings, correspondence, and memorabilia documenting Howard's
legal career and social activities in Washington, D.C.
Subjects: Afro-American judges -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Afro-American lawyers -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Courts -- Washington (D.C.)
Practice of law -- Washington (D.C.)
Scrapbooks -- Washington (D.C.). lcsh
Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.56
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A589
Author: Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909
Title: Papers, 1850-1906
Description: 6 linear ft.
Notes: Army officer and educator; founder and president of Howard
University. - Correspondence (1850-1906), diaries, articles,
speeches, memorabilia, genealogy, and other papers. Contains
correspondence with outstanding individuals such as Abraham
Lincoln, General William T. Sherman, and James G. Blaine.
Includes material relating to Howard's service in the Indian
wars, particularly fighting Chief Joseph; early Howard
University materials, proceedings regarding the First
Congregational Church, Washington, D.C., and photographs.
There is little concerning his Civil War service or work
with the Freedmen's Bureau.
Gifts of the Howard family, 1942-1961.
Subjects: Afro-Americans (for all permanent residents of the United States
of black African ancestry); Education
Afro-Americans (for all permanent residents of the United States
of black African ancestry); Religion
Army officers; Howard, Oliver Otis
Bannock Indians; Wars, 1878
Chief Joseph (Indian chief)
Civil War, 1861-1865; Campaigns and battles
Congregational Church; Washington, D.C.
First Congregational Church, Washington, D.C.
Freedmen's Bureau
Gilmore, Eliza O. H.
Howard family; Genealogy
Howard University; History
Howard University, Washington, D.C; President
Indians; Wars; 19th century
Indians of North America; Idaho
Indians of North America; Montana
Indians of North America; Oregon
Indians of North America; Washington (territory)
Joseph, Nez Percé chief, 1840-1904
Nez Percé Indians; Wars; 1877
United States Military Academy; Student life
United States Military Academy; Students; Howard, Oliver Otis
United States; Officers' military and personal papers;
19th and 20th centuries; 1850s and after
Washington, D.C.; Churches; First Congregational Church
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.57
NUCMC #: MS 83-1238
Author: Howard University Men and Women in the Armed Forces
Title: Collection, 1941-1946
Description: 1.5 linear ft.
Notes: Consists of correspondence, press releases, and name and address
files of Howard University graduates who served in the armed
forces during World War II. See also Prometheans, Inc. Records.
Gift of James M. Nabrit, Jr., 1958.
Subjects: Blacks; Medical affairs; World War II
Howard University; Moorland-Spingarn Research Center;
Letters from Howard University Men and Women in the
Armed Forces
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
World War II (1939-1945); Blacks; Troops
World War II (1939-1945); Education; Colleges and universities
World War II, 1939-1945; Miscellanea; Letters from Howard
University Men and Women in the Armed Forces
World War II, 1939-1945; Personal narratives
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.58
NUCMC #: MS 62-4288
Author: Hubbard, Charlotte Moton, 1912-
Title: Papers, 1934-1970
Description: 3.5 linear ft.
Notes: Educator, public relations officer and government official.
Correspondence, press releases, scrapbooks, clippings,
programs, memorabilia, tape recordings, photos, and other
papers, from Hubbard's career in public relations in
government and the private sector and her early career as
a teacher at Hampton Institute (Va.). Best documented is
her service as U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for
public affairs, 1964-1970, and her work with the creative
dance group at Hampton Institute before World War II.
Most of the correspondence consists of letters of
congratulation on her appointment as deputy assistant
secretary. Includes biographical material on Hubbard's
father, Robert Russa Moton.
Gift of Mrs. Hubbard, 1971.
Subjects: Charities and charitable societies; Washington, D.C.;
United Givers Fund
Colleges and universities; Virginia
Dances and dancing
Federal Security Agency; Community War Services Office;
Hubbard, Charlotte (Moton), recreation representative
Gartenhaus, Stanley
Girl Scouts of America; Hubbard, Charlotte (Moton),
community relations advisor
Hampton Institute; Creative Dance Group
Hampton Institute (Va.); Faculty member's papers
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Moton, Charlotte
Moton, Robert R. (Robert Russa), 1867-1940
Public relations
Radio stations; Washington, D.C.; WLIB
State Department; Public Affairs; Hubbard, Charlotte (Moton),
deputy assistant secretary
Television stations; Washington, D.C.; WTOP
Tuskegee Institute; Principals; Moton, Robert Russa
United Givers Fund, Washington, D.C.
United States; Department of State; Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for Public Affairs
Virginia; Education; Colleges and universities
WLIB (radio station), Washington, D.C.
WTOP (television station), Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.; Radio stations; WLIB
Washington, D.C.; Television stations; WTOP
Washington, D.C.; United Givers Fund
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.59
NUCMC #: MS 83-1239
Author: Hughes, Revella, 1895-1987
Title: Papers, 1909-1987
Description: 1.5 linear ft.
Notes: Afro-American jazz and classical pianist and organist, singer,
and choral director; known professionally as Carmela Desche.
Personal papers, correspondence, programs (1927-1985),
a scrapbook, photographs, and audiotapes of original phonograph
recordings, relating to Hughes's musical career. Other materials
relating to Hughes are held by Marshall University, Huntington,
West Va.
Gifts of Revella Hughes, 1982-1985.
Subjects: Afro-American women musicians. lcsh
Afro-Americans -- Music.
Audiotapes. lcsh Programs. lcsh
Organists -- United States. lcsh
Pianists -- United States. lcsh
Women jazz musicians -- United States. lcsh
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A910
Author: Hunt, William Henry, 1869-1951
Title: Papers, 1898-1941
Description: 6 linear ft.
Notes: U.S. consular and diplomatic official. Chiefly correspondence
of Hunt's wife, Ida Gibbs Hunt; together with programs,
clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, photos, and other papers,
relating to Hunt's diplomatic and organizational appointments
and activities.
Gift.
Subjects: Consular service; United States
Diplomatic service (United States); 20th century
Diplomats; Hunt, William Henry
France; Diplomatic and consular service; Hunt, William Henry,
consul
France; Social life and customs
Gibbs, Ida
Guadeloupe; Diplomatic and consular services; Hunt, William Henry,
consul
Hunt, Ida Gibbs (b. Ida Gibbs)
Liberia; Diplomatic and consular service; Hunt, William Henry,
legation secretary
Madagascar; Diplomatic and consular service; Hunt, William Henry,
consul
Photographs; Hunt, William Henry
Portugal; Diplomatic and consular service; Hunt, William Henry,
consul
Race relations
Washington, D.C.; Social life and customs
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.60
NUCMC #: MS 83-1240
Author: Jenkins-Montgomery Family
Title: Papers, 1795-1888
Description: .5 linear ft.
Notes: Consists of biographical data, birth, death and marriage records of
Richard and Phyllis Jenkins and Robert and Ann Mary (Jenkins)
Montgomery and their children, of South Carolina.
Gift of Conrad Odell Pearson, 1961.
Subjects: Afro-American families.
Genealogy; Jenkins family
Genealogy; Montgomery family
Jenkins, Phillis.
Jenkins, Richard, fl. 1812.
Jenkins family.
Montgomery, Ann Mary Jenkins, b. 1829.
Montgomery, Robert, fl. 1848.
Montgomery family.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS #: 4.72.62
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A499
Author: Johnson, Campbell Carrington, 1895-1968
Title: Papers, 1940-1955
Description: 15 linear ft.
Notes: Lawyer and U.S. Army officer. Official correspondence from
Johnson's career with the Selective Service System, including
case files and general subject files; speeches and statements
by Johnson on the social and military status of blacks;
autobiography and biographical material; and newspaper
clippings, War Dept. press releases, and photos, relating
chiefly to blacks in the armed forces. Includes material
relating to Johnson's civic activities in Washington,
D.C., particularly in the field of social work and concerns.
Gifts of Col. Johnson, 1947, 1970-1971.
Subjects: Afro-Americans (for all permanent residents of the United States of
black African ancestry); Social life and customs
Armed Forces; Afro-Americans
Blacks; Medical affairs; Military affairs
Howard University; Students; Johnson, Campbell C.
Lawyers; Johnson, Campbell C.
Race relations
Selective Service Board
Selective Service System; Johnson, Campbell C., assistant director
Social workers; Johnson, Campbell C.
Social work; Washington, D.C.
United States; Officers' military and personal papers;
20th century; 1940s and after
United States; Selective Service System (1940-)
Washington, D.C; Charitable and social work
Washington, D.C; Civic and community affairs
Washington, D.C.; Young Men's Christian Association
World War II, 1939-1945; Afro-Americans
Young Men's Christian Association; Washington, D.C.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS #: 4.72.63
NUCMC #: MS 83-1241
Author: Johnson, Georgia Douglass, 1877-1966
Title: Papers, 1930s-1960s
Description: 5 linear ft.
Notes: Afro-American poet, lyricist, essayist, playwright, novelist, and
musician, of Washington, D.C. Personal papers, correspondence,
writings, and photographs reflecting Johnson's literary
activities and her involvement with the "New Negro Renaissance"
in Washington, D.C. Correspondents include William Braithwaite,
W.E.B. Du Bois, Zora Hurston, Wallace Thurman, and Jean Toomer.
Gift, 1992.
Subjects: Afro-American authors -- Washington (D.C.)
Afro-American women authors -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Afro-American women musicians -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Afro-American women novelists -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Afro-American women poets -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Afro-Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Intellectual life.
American literature -- Afro-American authors.
American literature -- 20th century.
Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962, correspondent.
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963,
correspondent.
Hurston, Zora Neale, correspondent. Thurman, Wallace, 1902-1934,
correspondent.
Lyricists -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967, correspondent.
Washington (D.C.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Women dramatists -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A944
Author: Johnson, Joseph L., 1895-?
Title: Papers, 1960-1970
Description: 3 linear ft.
Notes: Professor of physiology and dean, College of Medicine, Howard
University. Personal correspondence, biographical information,
and material from Johnson's affiliations with medical and civic
organizations and Howard College of Medicine; together with
correspondence and clippings of Dr. Percy Harris, a black
physician, concerning his attempt to purchase a lot in a white
residential section of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Gift.
Subjects: Blacks; Medical affairs; Hospitals; Physicians
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Integration and segregation, Racial
Harris, Percy
Housing; Discrimination; Iowa
Howard University, Washington, D.C; College of Medicine
Howard University, Washington, D.C; Faculty members' papers
Integration and segregation, Racial; Housing; Iowa
Iowa; Race relations; Integration and segregation
Medical education; 20th century; Washington, D.C.
Medicine; Organizations and societies
Physicians; Blacks
Physiology; Teachers and teaching
Teachers and teaching; Physiology
Washington, D.C; Civic and community affairs
Washington, D.C; Education; Colleges and universities;
Medical schools
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.46
NUCMC #: MS 83-1242
Author: Johnson, Mordecai W., 1890-1976
Title: Papers, 1913-1976
Description: 21 linear feet
Notes: Afro-American minister and educator; president of Howard University
(1926-1960). Family and personal papers, correspondence, writings
by and about Johnson, divinity school education materials, programs,
documents relating to Johnson's three-year tenure as a member of the
District of Columbia Board of Education, materials from organizations
with which Johnson was affiliated, financial papers, address books
and datebooks, photographs, and memorabilia relating chiefly to
Johnson's activities before and after his tenure as president of
Howard University as a minister and civic leader. Includes materials
about Johnson's work as student secretary for the International
Committee of the YMCA (1916-17) and about his role in establishing
a branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People at Charleston, W. Va. Correspondents include Nannie Burroughs,
Louis Cramton, Stanley Durkee, John Hope, Benjamin Mays, Jesse Moorland,
Walter White, and Carter G. Woodson.
Gift of William E. Johnson, 1977.
Subjects: Afro-American clergy. lcsh
Afro-American college presidents -- Washington (D.C.). lcsh
Afro-American college teachers. lcsh
Afro-Americans -- Civil rights -- West Virginia -- Charleston.
Afro-Americans -- Education -- Washington (D.C.)
Afro-Americans -- Religion.
Board of Education.
Burroughs, Nannie Helen, 1879-, correspondent.
Charleston, West Virginia Branch.
Cramton, Louis C. (Louis Convers), b. 1875, correspondent.
District of Columbia.
Durkee, J. Stanley (James Stanley), 1866-1951, correspondent.
Hope, John, 1868-1936, correspondent.
International Committee.
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984, correspondent.
Moorland, Jesse Edward, 1863-1940, correspondent.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955, correspondent.
Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950, correspondent.
YMCA of the USA.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A834
Author: Joiner, William A., 1869 - ?
Title: Papers, 1866-1950
Description: 7 linear ft.
Notes: Afro-American educator, administrator, attorney, and author.
Family and personal papers, correspondence, organizational
affiliation records, teaching and educational material,
documents concerning Wilberforce University in Ohio, and
Howard University and M Street High in Washington, D.C. Also
included are school writings by Joiner, financial papers,
memorabilia, and photographs relating to Joiner's activities.
Includes material relating to the education of Afro-Americans
in Washington, D.C.; together with the Neill family papers,
comprised of legal papers belonging to attorney James Lincoln
Neill of Washington, D.C., and financial records pertaining to
the Washington Association of Congregational Churches.
Subjects: Afro-American college administrators -- Ohio -- Wilberforce. lcsh
Afro-American lawyers -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Afro-American teachers. lcsh
Afro-Americans -- Education -- Washington (D.C.)
Neal family. Wilberforce University.
Neill, James Lincoln.
Neill family.
Washington Association of Congregational Churches.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.143
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A501
Author: Jones, Louia Vaughn, 1895-1965
Title: Collection, 1912-1960
Description: 2.5 linear ft.
Notes: Violinist; teacher at Howard University School of Music. Scrapbooks
(4 v.), biographical material, and other papers, documenting Jones's
career, including his work as assistant bandleader with American
Expeditionary Forces during World War I.
Gift of Grace Jones, 1969.
Subjects: Bands (Music); Military; World War I
Bands (Music); World War I
Howard University; Faculty; Jones, Louia Vaughn
Howard University, Washington, D.C; Faculty members' papers
Howard University, Washington, D.C; School of Music
Music and musical affairs; Education, instruction and study;
Washington, D.C.
United States; American Expeditionary Force (1917-1920); Bands
Vaughn, Jennie
Violin music and violinists
Violinists, violoncellists, etc.; Jones, Louia Vaughn
Washington, D.C; Education; Music schools
World War (1914-1918); Cultural affairs; Music and musical affairs;
Bands
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.65
NUCMC #: MS 83-1243
Author: Just, Ernest Everett, 1883-1941
Title: Papers, 1910-1941
Description: 13.5 linear ft.
Notes: Professor of zoology, Howard University. Documents Just's
activities as head of the Department of Zoology at Howard
University. Chiefly correspondence, drafts of writings,
reprints, and notes; together with biographical material,
financial papers, memorabilia, and photos. Includes drafts
of chapters of Just's book, The Biology of the Cell Surface
(1939). Correspondence is in English, German, French, and
Italian. Correspondents include Helgo W. Culeman, E.P. Davis,
L.V. Heilbrunn, Mordecai W. Johnson, Frank R. Lillie, Ralph
Lillie, Jacques Loeb, and Charles H. Thompson.
Gift of Louis A. Hansborough, 1974.
Subjects: The Biology of the Cell Surface
Carnegie Corporation
Cells
Culeman, Helgo W.
Davis, Edward Porter, 1879-1938
Heilbrunn, L. V. (Lewis Victor), 1892-
Howard University; Faculty; Just, Ernest Everett
Howard University; Medical School
Howard University, Washington, D.C; Faculty members' papers
Howard University; Zoology Department
Johnson, Mordecai Wyatt, 1890-1976
Julius Rosenwald Fund
Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947
Lillie, Ralph Dougall, 1896-
Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924
Schrader, Franz
Special funds; Julius Rosenwald Fund
Teachers and teaching; Zoology
Thompson, Charles H.
Zoologists; Just, Ernest Everett
Zoology; Education; Teachers and teaching
Zoology; Study and teaching
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.66
NUCMC #: MS 83-1244
Author: Kinsley, Edward W. 1830-?
Title: Collection, 1862-1865
Description: .5 linear ft.
Notes: Abolitionist, merchant, and agent for the state of Massachusetts.
Correspondence, military passes, financial receipts,
announcements, and biographical notes relating chiefly to
Kingsley's role in recruiting Afro-Americans as members of
volunteer companies during the Civil War. Correspondence
includes material relating to the 54th and 55th Massachusetts
Infantry regiments.
Gift of John W. Blassingame, 1974.
Subjects: Abolitionists -- Massachusetts. lcsh
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th
(1863-1865)
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th
(1863-1865)
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War,
1861-1865.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation,
Afro-American.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.144
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A508
Author: Kittrell, Flemmie P., 1904-1980
Title: Papers, 1924-1980
Description: 11.5 linear feet
Notes: Home Economist, and educator. Correspondence, writings, photographs, printed
material, and affiliated organizations document the accomplishments of Dr.
Kittrell in the field of Home Economics at Howard
University and abroad.
Gift, 1985.
Subjects: Congo Polytech Institute
Howard University, Home Economics Department
Technical Cooperation Mission (TCM), American Embassy, New Delhi
University of Baroda, India
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
Author: Lane, Layle, 1893-1976
Title: Papers, 1896-1973
Description: 1 linear feet
Notes: Educator, labor journalist, and political and civil rights activist.
Correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs, and memorabilia
document portions of her life in the United States and abroad,
including her travels to Haiti and Mexico. The papers also
reflect Miss Lane's role as a prominent socialist who ran
unsuccessfully for public office numerous times in New York City.
Gift, Mrs. Ruth Brueilly, 1976.
Subjects: American Federation of Teachers
Brown v. Board of Education
Author: Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897
Title: Collection, 1870-1891
Description: 2 linear ft. (4 v.)
Notes: Afro-American lawyer, politician, and diplomat; acting president
of Howard University, 1873-1875; president of Virginia
Normal and Collegiate Institute, 1885-1888. Scrapbooks
containing newspaper clippings, broadsides, programs, and
invitations relating to race relations and politics in the
United States. Includes information about the Virginia Normal
and Collegiate Institute (now Virginia State University) in
Petersburg, Va., and the John G. Whittier Historical
Association in Memphis, Tenn.
Subjects: Afro-American college presidents. lcsh
Afro-American diplomats. lcsh
Afro-American lawyers -- Washington (D.C.). lcsh
Afro-American politicians -- Virginia. lcsh
Afro-Americans -- Civil rights.
John G. Whittier Historical Association (Memphis, Tenn.)
Scrapbooks. lcsh
United States -- Race relations.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1877-1881.
Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.67
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A595
Author: Langworthy, Charles Ford, 1864-?
Title: Papers, 1916-1920
Description: .5 linear ft.
Notes: Chemist, nutritionist. Contains biographical data, correspondence,
financial papers, and notes related to his work with the U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture.
Acquired, 1957.
Subjects: Agriculture Department; Home Economics Office; Langworthy, Charles Ford, chief
Chemists; Langworthy, Charles Ford
Nutrition; Research
Nutritionists; Langworthy, Charles Ford
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.68
NUCMC #: MS 62-4287
Author: Lewis, Thomas Narven, 1892-1931
Title: Collection, 1898-1934
Description: .5 linear ft.
Notes: Liberian physician. Compiled by Augusta H. Clawson from papers
of her father and from her own inquiries into the life of Lewis.
Includes letters from Lewis to Frank Clawson and a biographical
sketch of Lewis. Also contains academic records and programs from
Lincoln University, pamphlets pertaining to Storer College,
photographs, and samples of the Bassa language alphabet which Lewis
devised.
Gift, 1958.
Subjects: Africa; Languages
Bassa language
Clawson, Augusta
Clawson, Frank
Colleges and universities; West Virginia
Educators; Lewis, Thomas Narven
Language and languages; Africa
Liberia; History; World War I, 1914-1918
Liberia; Politics
Lincoln University; Students; Lewis, Thomas Narven
Physicians; Lewis, Thomas Narven
Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
West Virginia; Education; Colleges and universities
World War I, 1914-1918; Liberia
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.69
NUCMC #: MS 62-4286
Author: Lochard, Metz T. B., 1896-1984
Title: Papers, 1930s-1970s
Description: 1.5 linear ft.
Notes: Afro-American educator, journalist, editor, and advocate of
civil rights. Personal papers, correspondence, writings,
and photographs relating to Lochard's activities as a professor
at Howard University and as chief editorial writer of the
Chicago Defender newspaper. Includes drafts of his
ms. of The Negro Press.
Subjects: Afro-American college teachers -- Washington (D.C.). lcsh
Afro-American journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago. lcsh
Afro-American newspapers -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Afro-Americans -- Civil rights. Howard University.
Afro-Americans in the newspaper industry.
Chicago defender (Chicago, Ill. : 1909)
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.145
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A509
Author: Locke, Alain LeRoy, 1885-1954
Title: Papers, 1841-1954 (bulk 1898-1954)
Description: 116 linear feet
Notes: Afro-American teacher, philosopher, author, and critic.
Correspondence; writings, including speeches, lectures,
books, articles, reviews, and notes, relating to Locke's
involvement in Afro-American and African literature and
art and his role in the Harlem Renaissance; family papers,
including correspondence, certificates, and legal and
financial papers, of his grandfather, Ishmael Locke, and
parents, Pliny and Mary Hawkins Locke; financial documents;
organizational materials; and photographs. Includes material
relating to Locke's involvement with Howard University and
its community, with the Associates in Negro Folk Education
and American Association for Adult Education, and with various
organizations advocating cultural pluralism, including the
Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion and the
Progressive Education Association. Persons represented by
correspondence and/or mss. include Richmond Barthâe,
Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Charles
S. Johnson, and Renâe Maran. Bequest of Alain Locke.
Locke's collection of sheet music, his personal library,
and his art collection are also held by Howard University.
Subjects: African literature.
Afro-American arts.
Afro-American authors. lcsh
Afro-American intellectuals. lcsh
Afro-American philosophy.
Afro-American teachers. lcsh
Afro-Americans -- Education.
Afro-Americans -- Intellectual life.
American Association for Adult Education.
American literature -- Afro-American authors.
Art, African.
Associates in Negro Folk Education.
Barthâe, Richmond, 1901-1989.
Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion
in Relation to the Democratic Way of Life.
Critics. lcsh
Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946.
Harlem Renaissance.
Howard University.
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Hurston, Zora Neale.
Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956.
Locke, Ishmael.
Locke, Mary Hawkins.
Locke, Pliny.
Maran, Renâe, 1887-1960.
Multiculturalism -- United States.
Progressive Education Association (U.S.)
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A1041
Author: Logan, James Reginald, 1948-1954
Title: Collection, 1948-1954
Description: 6.5 linear ft. (33 v.)
Notes: Musician, Afro-American born in Charleston, S.C. and first Afro-
American employed at the Charleston Navy Yard. Scrapbooks
containing newspaper clippings from major Afro-American newspapers
(The Pittsburgh Courier, Baltimore Afro-American,
New York Age, and the Columbia S.C. Lighthouse and
Informer) relating to social, political, and economic events of
the period. All scrapbooks have been microfilmed, and the originals
do not circulate.
Gift of M.S. McCaskill, 1959.
Subjects: Afro-Americans -- Civil rights.
Afro-Americans -- Economic conditions.
Afro-Americans -- Politics and government.
Afro-Americans -- Social conditions -- to 1964.
Scrapbooks. lcsh
United States -- Race relations.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.70
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A606
Author: Logan, Rayford Whittingham, 1897-1982
Title: Papers, 1917-1980s
Description: 44 linear ft.
Notes: Afro-American historian, administrator, author, civil rights
activist, and Howard University faculty member. Personal and
family papers, teaching materials, correspondence, travel
documents, speeches, writings and book reviews, organizational
files, subject files, printed materials, photographs, memorabilia,
and audiotapes and films, relating to Logan's activities as a
scholar and advocate of human rights. Includes materials relating
to his association with Alpha Phi Alpha, Howard University, the
Peace Corps, and Unesco, and to the preparation of the Dictionary
of American Negro Biography (1982). Dictionary of American Negro
Biography files restricted.
Gift of Michael Winston, 1983.
Subjects: Afro-American authors -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Afro-American college teachers -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Afro-American historians -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Afro-Americans -- Civil rights.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Human rights workers -- Washington (D.C.) lcsh
Human rights advocacy.
Howard University -- Faculty.
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Unesco.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A946
Author: Louisiana.
Title: Records, 1817-1903
Description: 1.5 linear ft.
Notes: Photocopies and microfilm copies of originals. Letters, personal
papers, census data, reports, newspaper clippings, and excerpts
from publications, of and relating to free people of color in
New Orleans, La. Includes excerpts of publications.
Gift of John Blassingame.
Subjects: Afro-Americans (for all permanent residents of the United States of
black African ancestry); Louisiana; Records
Blacks; Louisiana
Census; Louisiana
Freedmen; Louisiana
Louisiana; Afro-Americans
Louisiana; History
Louisiana; Population elements; Blacks
Louisiana; Records
New Orleans, La.; Population elements; Blacks
New Orleans, Louisiana; Afro-Americans
Republican Party; The South
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.71
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A946
Author: Lovett, Edward, 1902-1977
Title: Papers, 1932-1977
Description: 1 linear ft.
Notes: Afro-American lawyer and civil servant, of Washington, D.C.
Writings, correspondence, and legal briefs pertaining to
Lovett's legal career; together with materials documenting
the activities of Lovett's wife Louise as a playwright and
camp director. Includes briefs of civil rights cases prepared
for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People and documents relating to Lovett's work in the Legal
Division of the United States Housing Authority and his
affiliation with the American Council on Human Rights,
Washington, D.C. Council.
Subjects: Afro-American lawyers -- Washington (D.C.). lcsh
Afro-Americans -- Civil rights.
Afro-Americans -- Housing.
Afro-Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
American Council on Human Rights. Washington, D.C. Council.
Camps -- Management.
Case files. aat Legal documents. lcsh
Lovett, Louise.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
United States Housing Authority. Legal Division.
Women dramatists, American. lcsh
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A835
Author: Loving, Walter Howard, 1872-1945
Title: Papers, 1872-1983 (bulk 1899-1925)
Description: 1.5 linear ft.
Notes: Afro-American musician, organizer of the Philippine Constabulary
Band, and intelligence officer. Biographical data,
correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, announcements,
and reviews relating to the Philippine Constabulary Band,
research materials, photographs, and musical compositions.
Includes correspondence between Loving and the Chief of Military
Intelligence concerning alleged unrest among Afro-American
soldiers and alleged subversive acts by Afro-American
civilians during World War I.
Gifts of Edith Loving, 1983 and Claiborne T. Richardson, 1984.
Subjects: Afro-American musicians. lcsh
Afro-American soldiers.
Bandmasters. lcsh
Intelligence officers -- United States. lcsh
Military intelligence -- United States.
Philippine Constabulary. Band.
United States. Army -- Afro-American troops.
United States. War Dept. Military Intelligence Division.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Afro-Americans.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Military intelligence -- United States.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche: 4.72.72
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A510
Author: Lucas, Townsend McKinley, 1930-?
Title: Collection, 1948-1958
Description: .25 linear ft.
Notes: Afro-American New York Port Authority official. Correspondence,
photographs, newsclippings, and pamphlets relating chiefly to
political activities in Africa, particularly Liberia, from ca.
1950 to 1955; together with a scrapbook containing biographical
data relating to Lucas and his family. Includes materials about
Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia.
Gift of Townsend M. Lucas, 1958.
Subjects: Afro-Americans -- Liberia. Africa -- History -- 1884-1960.
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975.
Liberia -- History -- 1944-1971.
Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(Washington, D.C.)
NIDS Fiche: 4.72.73
NUCMC #: DCLV96-A527
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