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Guide to the Dorothy Porter Wesley PapersJWJ MSS 93

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Dorothy Porter Wesley papersJWJ MSS 93

Table of Contents

Collection Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 3Requesting Instructions ................................................................................................................................................. 3Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................................ 3

Immediate Source of Acquisition ................................................................................................................................ 3Custodial History ....................................................................................................................................................... 4Conditions Governing Access ..................................................................................................................................... 4Conditions Governing Use ......................................................................................................................................... 4Preferred Citation ....................................................................................................................................................... 4

Dorothy Porter Wesley (1905-1995) ............................................................................................................................ 4Scope and Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 5Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................................. 5Collection Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 6

Series I. Correspondence, 1870–2011 ...................................................................................................................... 6General Correspondence, Circa 1930-1996 ........................................................................................................... 6Third Party Correspondence, 1870–1978 ........................................................................................................... 25Family Correspondence, Circa 1935-1996 .......................................................................................................... 26

Series II. Professional Papers, 1869–2003 .............................................................................................................. 28General, 1869–2010 ........................................................................................................................................... 28Speeches, 1942–1998 ......................................................................................................................................... 37Writings, 1928–1995 ......................................................................................................................................... 39

Series III. Research Files, 1847–2004 ..................................................................................................................... 46African Literature and Culture, 1928–1973 ........................................................................................................ 46African American Literature and Culture, 1797–2011 ......................................................................................... 49Afro-Braziliana research ....................................................................................................................................... 56Caribbean and South American Research ............................................................................................................. 62Remond Family Research Papers .......................................................................................................................... 63William Cooper Nell Research Files ..................................................................................................................... 73

Series IV. Personal Papers ........................................................................................................................................ 78General Personal Papers of Dorothy Porter Welsey ............................................................................................... 78Financial Records ................................................................................................................................................. 80Photographs ......................................................................................................................................................... 82Ephemera ............................................................................................................................................................. 83Family Papers ....................................................................................................................................................... 84Lula and Bertha Allan Papers ............................................................................................................................... 86

Selected Search Terms ................................................................................................................................................. 88


Collection Overview

REPOSITORY: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript LibraryP. O. Box 208330New Haven, CT [email protected]://beinecke.library.yale.edu/

CALL NUMBER: JWJ MSS 93

CREATOR: Wesley, Dorothy Porter, 1905-1995

TITLE: Dorothy Porter Wesley papers

DATES: 1847-2011

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 180 linear feet (350 boxes)

LANGUAGE: English

SUMMARY: The collection consists chiefly of the correspondence, writings, biographicalmaterials, research files, photographs, and personal papers of librarian,curator and bibliophile Dorothy Porter Wesley. The bulk of the collection iscomprised of research materials relating to various subjects pertaining toAfrican American history, culture, and bibliography, including the following:African-American abolitionists Sarah Remond and William C. Nell, AfricanAmerican literature, African literature, and Afro-Brazilian literature. Thecollection also includes records of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History.

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Key to the container abbreviations used in the PDF finding aid:b. boxf. folder

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of AcquisitionPurchased from William Reese Co., (Swann African American sale, New York, 2012 March 1, lot 296) onthe Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2012.

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Custodial HistoryMaterials were received directly from Swann Auction Galleries. The July 2012 addition, was receivedfrom the William Reese Co., after shipment from Florida where it had been found in storage by Wesley'sfamily. The November 2012 addition was received from Swann Auction Galleries via the William ReeseCo. after members of Wesley's family sent additional materials to Swann Auction Galleries.

Conditions Governing AccessThe collection is open for research.

This collection may be housed o-site at Yale's Library Shelving Facility (LSF). To determine if all orpart of this collection is housed o-site please check the library's online catalog, Orbis; material forwhich the location is given as "LSF" must be requested 36 hours in advance. Please consult with BeineckeAccess Services for more information.

Conditions Governing UseThe Dorothy Porter Wesley Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and ManuscriptLibrary, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs andassigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Preferred CitationDorothy Porter Wesley Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of AmericanLiterature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Dorothy Porter Wesley (1905-1995)Dorothy Burnett Porter Wesley (1905-1995) librarian, curator and bibliophile, was born on May 25, 1905in Warrenton, Virginia to physician Hayes Joseph Burnett and tennis player Roberta ("Bertha") BallBurnett. Wesley, the eldest of four children, grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. She graduated from MinerNormal School, Washington D.C. in 1925 with the intention of becoming a teacher. Wesley worked as alibrary assistant in the Miner Normal School library where she worked with librarian Lula V. Allan whoencouraged her to pursue a career in library science. Wesley enrolled in Howard University in 1926 andreceived a BA in 1928. After graduation from Howard University in 1928, Wesley began work as a full-time librarian at Howard University. In 1928 Wesley enrolled at Colombia University's School of LibraryScience where Wesley received a Master's in Library Science in 1931. In 1930, Wesley began work ascurator of the Moorland Foundation, now known as the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, at HowardUniversity and worked to build collections documenting the African diaspora until her retirement in 1973.Under Wesley's administration, the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center became a world-renownedinstitution for the history and culture of people of African descent. After retirement, Wesley worked asa consultant for Radclie University's Black Women Oral History Archive and authored several articles,and books pertaining to librarianship and the African diaspora. Books authored by Dorothy Porter Wesleyinclude Early Negro Writing, 1760-1837 (1971), and Afro-Braziliana: A Working Bibliography (1978). Wesleymarried artist and art history professor James Amos Porter (1905-1970) and had a daughter, ConstancePorter Uzelac (1939-2012). After James Porter's death in 1970, she married former Wilberforce Universitypresident and African American historian, Charles Harris Wesley in 1979. Dorothy worked with Charleson a variety of projects including research for a bibliography on abolitionist William Cooper Nell untilCharles's death in 1987. William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African American Abolitionist, Historian,Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874 (2002) was later published by Constance Porter Uzelac in 2001.Dorothy Porter Wesley died in Broward County, Florida in 1995.

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Scope and ContentsThe collection consists chiefly of the correspondence, writings, biographical materials, research files,photographs, and personal papers of librarian, curator and bibliophile Dorothy Porter Wesley. The bulk ofthe collection is comprised of research materials relating to various subjects relating to African Americanhistory, culture, and bibliography, including the following: African-American abolitionists Sarah Remondand William C. Nell, African American literature, African literature, and Afro-Brazilian literature. Thecollection also includes records of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History.

ArrangementThis collection is organized into four series: Series I. Correspondence, 1870-2011. Series II. ProfessionalPapers, 1869-2003. Series III. Research Files, 1847-2004. Series IV. Personal Papers, 1869-2006.

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Series I. Correspondence Dorothy Porter Wesley papersJWJ MSS 93

Collection ContentsSeries I. Correspondence, 1870–2011Correspondence consists of letters to and from or indirectly received by Dorothy Porter Wesley and herfamily. The series documents Wesley's professional and personal activities as librarian and curator at theMoorland-Spingarn Research Center as well as her commitments as a consultant on the Black Women'sOral History Project at Radclie Institue, and in organizations such as The Association for the Study ofAfrican American Life and History, the National Council of Negro Women, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,and the W.E.B. Dubois Research Institute at Harvard University.

General Correspondence documents Wesley's professional activities, including her work with formerHoward University president Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, sociologist Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell, JohnWesley Blassingame, and authors Charles L. Blockson and Dorothy Sterling. Family Correspondenceincludes letters to and from Dorothy Porter Wesley as well as third-party subjects. Dorothy PorterWesley's daughter Constance Porter Uzelac, and husbands James Amos Porter and Charles Harris Wesleyare included in this series. Third Party Correspondence includes correspondence collected by DorothyPorter Wesley during her lifetime.

This series is organized into three sub-series: General Correspondence; Family Correspondence; andThird Party Correspondence. Materials in each subseries are arranged alphabetically by last name andchronologically within folders.

Container Description Date

General Correspondence Circa 1930-1996

b. 1, f. 1-8 "A" general Circa 1930-1996

b. 2, f. 9-11 "A" general Circa 1930-1996

b. 2, f. 12-13 Abajian, James Hill 1969–1985

b. 2, f. 14-17 Achille, Louis 1933–1993

b. 2, f. 18 African American Museums Association 1982–1995

b. 2, f. 19 Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1983–1990

b. 3, f. 20 Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society 1977–1995

b. 3, f. 21 Alakja, Ayo 1962

b. 3, f. 22 Alden, John 1966–1986

b. 3, f. 23 Alexander, Adele Logan 1983–1984

b. 3, f. 24 Alexander, Eleanor 1988

b. 3, f. 25 Alexander, Margaret Abigail Walker 1971–1984

b. 3, f. 26 Allan, Bertha Circa 1963

b. 3, f. 27 Allan, Lula 1927–1968

b. 3, f. 28 Allen, Samuel 1970–1989

b. 3, f. 29 Allen, William Duncan 1939–1989

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b. 3, f. 30 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 1980–1995

b. 3, f. 31 Alpha Wives of Washington D.C. 1962–1995

b. 4, f. 32-37 American Antiquarian Society 1934–1995

b. 5, f. 38 AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) 1976–1983

b. 5, f. 39 American Library Association 1934–1992

b. 5, f. 40 American Visions 1993–1994

b. 5, f. 41 Amistad Research Center 1979–1995

b. 5, f. 42-43 Amos, Geraldine Odester 1963–1986

b. 6, f. 44 Andrews, Richard 1939–1971

b. 6, f. 45 Anonye, Chinedozi, A. 1936–1989

b. 6, f. 46 Apejoye, Titus B. 1966

b. 6, f. 47-49 Arno Press 1968–1980

b. 118 (Oversize),f. 962

Arno Press 1968

b. 6, f. 50 Artis, Lydia 1981–1986

b. 6, f. 51 Asher, Lila 1962–1991

b. 6, f. 52 Associated Publishers 1982–1993

b. 6, f. 53 Associates of the Boston Public Library 1989–1995

b. 7, f. 54 Association of Howard University Retirees 1983–1992

b. 7, f. 55-56 Association for the Study of African-American Life and History 1934–1995

b. 7, f. 57 Atheneum Publishers 1968–1969

b. 7, f. 58 Atlanta University 1938–1977

b. 7, f. 59 Atlantic Research Corporation 1961–1967

b. 7, f. 60 Austin, Elise 1953–1978

b. 7, f. 61 Avant, Frank W. 1966–1971

b. 7, f. 62 Azikiwe, Nnamdi, 1904-1996 1950–1964

b. 8, f. 63-69 "B" general Circa 1930-1996



b. 11, f. 80 Baa, Enid M. 1969–1971

b. 11, f. 81 Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies 1986–1987

General Correspondence (continued)

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b. 11, f. 82 Ballard, Currie 1991

b. 11, f. 83 Baltimore, Thelma 1980–1993

b. 11, f. 84 Barber, Connie 1951–1995

b. 11, f. 85 Barker, Elizabeth 1963–1980

b. 11, f. 86 Barrows, Isabel C. 1966

b. 11, f. 87 Battle, Thomas C. 1972–1992

b. 11, f. 88 Beacon Press 1968–1995

b. 11, f. 89 Berkley, Constance 1975–1979

b. 11, f. 90 Berry, Faith 1973–1977

b. 11, f. 91 Bethune Museum-Archives 1985–1993

b. 12, f. 92-94 Bhan, Esme, 1947- 1983–1995


Oversize 1959

b. 12, f. 95 Bibliographical Society of America 1944–1982

b. 12, f. 96 Billingsley, Andy 1973–1988

b. 12, f. 97 Bishop, David circa 1993

b. 12, f. 98 Black Abolitionist Papers Project 1979–1991

b. 12, f. 99 Blackburn, Helen 1978–1987

b. 12, f. 100 Black Women in Sisterhood for Action (BISA) 1990–1995

b. 12, f. 101 Bland, Philip 1968–1974

b. 13, f. 102 Blassingame, John W., 1940-2000 1969–1985


Oversize 1975

b. 13, f. 103 Blevins, Anna Lou 1977

b. 13, f. 104-105 Blockson, Charles L. 1973–1994

b. 13, f. 106 Boston (Mass.). Public Library 1967–1984


Oversize 1975

b. 13, f. 107 Boston University 1962–1982

b. 13, f. 108 Boulton, Rudyerd, 1901-1983 1950–1964

b. 13, f. 109 Boulware, Marcus H. 1972–1973

b. 13, f. 110 Bourgeous, Jean-Lois 1982


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b. 13, f. 111 Britton, Helen 1988–1995

b. 13, f. 112 Brooks, Charlotte 1989–1992

b. 14, f. 113 Brooks, Evelyn 1981–1986

b. 14, f. 114 Brooks, Mildred 1972–1992

b. 14, f. 115 Brown, Bennie 1964–1984

b. 14, f. 116 Brown, Dillard 1950–1970

b. 14, f. 117 Brown, Sterling 1949–1972

b. 14, f. 118 Buckler, Helen 1945–1954

b. 15, f. 119 Burkett, Randall K. 1984–1992

b. 15, f. 120 Butcher, James 1958–1991

b. 15, f. 121 Buttler, Lillian 1975–1993

b. 15, f. 122 Butterfield, Roger 1968–1978

b. 16, f. 123-128 "C" general Circa 1930-1996

b. 17, f. 129-130 "C" general Circa 1930-1996

b. 17, f. 131 Calhoun, Cecelia 1993–1994

b. 17, f. 132 Campbell, Hazel 1982–1986

b. 17, f. 133 Cannon, Raymond 1987–1988

b. 17, f. 134 Carlson Publishing 1991–1993

b. 17, f. 135 Carter, Hazel 1951–1992

b. 17, f. 136 Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1980–1988

b. 17, f. 137 Caspa, Kungaba 1973–1979

b. 17, f. 138 Center for Research Libraries 1972–1976

b. 17, f. 139 Central State University 1987–1995

b. 17, f. 140 Charles L. Blockson Center 1994

b. 17, f. 141 Charles H. Thompson Lecture-Colloquium Committee 1980–1982

b. 18, f. 142 Cheek, James 1970–1990

b. 18, f. 143 Cheyney State College 1976

b. 18, f. 144 Chicago Public Library 1973–1990

b. 18, f. 145 Chindango, Crispin 1986–1992

b. 18, f. 146 Clark, Edward 1971–1974


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b. 18, f. 147 Clayborn, Isadore Huddleston 1981–1987

b. 18, f. 148 Cobb, Hilda 1949–1976

b. 18, f. 149 Cocroft, Horace 1968–1993

b. 18, f. 150 Collier, Charlotte 1970–1980

b. 18, f. 151 Columbia Historical Society 1974–1989

b. 18, f. 152 Columbia Travel Service 1962

b. 18, f. 153 Columbia University 1930–1994

b. 18, f. 154 Columbia University. Press 1973–1974

b. 18, f. 155 Combs, Marion 1972–1984

b. 19, f. 156 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1967–1980

b. 19, f. 157 Conrad, Emmett 1981–1986

b. 19, f. 158 Conrad Incorporated 1973

b. 19, f. 159 Contemporary Authors 1981–1986

b. 19, f. 160 Cook, William Marion 1939

b. 19, f. 161 Cooke, Paul Phillips 1973–1994

b. 19, f. 162 Corcoran Gallery of Art 1970–1987

b. 19, f. 163 Cornell University 1937–1992

b. 19, f. 164 Cotman, Ivan 1984–1986

b. 19, f. 165 Craft, Thomas 1980–1991

b. 19, f. 166 Crampton, Louis 1961–1967

b. 19, f. 167 Crawford, Bryant 1981–1987

b. 19, f. 168 Crawford, Evans 1981–1990

b. 19, f. 169 Cromwell, Adelaide M. 1968–1992

b. 19, f. 170 Crossey, John M. D. 1965–1973

b. 19, f. 171 Crowell, Clara 1982–1985

b. 19, f. 172 Cunningham, Joel 1990–1994

b. 19, f. 173 Cunningham, William 1973

b. 19, f. 174 Cureau, Harold 1975

b. 20, f. 175-180 "D" general Circa 1930-1996

b. 21, f. 181-182 "D" general Circa 1930-1996


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b. 21, f. 183 Dabney, Hazel 1980–1981

b. 21, f. 184 Daniel, A. Mercer (Allen Mercer), 1887-1976 1972–1975

b. 21, f. 185 Daniel, Walter C. 1936–1988

b. 21, f. 186 Davis, Ethel 1977–1989

b. 21, f. 187 Davis, Lenwood G. 1976–1980

b. 21, f. 188 Davis, Thaddius 1980–1981

b. 21, f. 189 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1974–1983

b. 21, f. 190 Delhante, Ernesto 1947–1959

b. 21, f. 191 Dictionary of American Negro Biography 1974–1995

b. 21, f. 192 Dickerson, Dennis 1982–1992

b. 22, f. 193 Dillard University 1970–1986

b. 22, f. 194-195 District of Columbia Art Association 1980–1985

b. 22, f. 196 District of Columbia Public Library 1981–1994

b. 22, f. 197 Dodson, Owen 1972–1983

b. 22, f. 198 Dozier, Lois G. 1972–1985

b. 22, f. 199 Driscoll, Emily 1951

b. 22, f. 200 Driskell, David 1971–1993

b. 22, f. 201 Duncan, Gladys 1945–1982

b. 22, f. 202 Durley, Gerald 1979–1984

b. 23, f. 203-204 "E" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 23, f. 205 Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. 1939

b. 23, f. 206-207 Ellis, Ethel 1973–1994

b. 23, f. 208 Ellis, Olga 1978–1984

b. 23, f. 209 Essex Institute 1967–1992

b. 23, f. 210-211 Everett, Annie G. 1973–1992

b. 24, f. 212-218 "F" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 25, f. 219 Falaiye, Michael 1973–1979

b. 25, f. 220 Federal Life and Casulty Company 1956

b. 25, f. 221 Fellows, Dorkas, 1873-1938 1934–1935

b. 25, f. 222 Feng, Yen-Tsai 1969–1994


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b. 25, f. 223 Fields, Oscar 1978–1994

b. 25, f. 224 Fisher, Walter 1986–1988

b. 25, f. 225 Fisk University. Library 1938–1992

b. 25, f. 226 Fitzhugh, Howard N. (Howard Naylor), 1909-1992 1970–1988

b. 25, f. 227 Fleming, John 1984–1994

b. 25, f. 228 Flippin, Katherine Stewart, 1906- 1971–1988

b. 25, f. 229 Florence, Virginia 1973–1975

b. 26, f. 230-231 Ford Foundation 1962–1983

b. 26, f. 232-233 Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009 1954–1994

b. 26, f. 234 Frazier, E. Franklin, 1894-1962. 1945–1961

b. 26, f. 235 Friends of the Kennedy Center 1986–1987

b. 26, f. 236 Friends of the Leopold Senghor Foundation 1977–1979

b. 26, f. 237 Friends of the Museum of Africa 1975–1990

b. 26, f. 238 Fuji, Susumu 1960

b. 27, f. 239-247 "G" General Circa 1930-1996

b. 28, f. 248 Gadsen, Marie 1985–1994

b. 28, f. 249 Garvin, Charles H. 1941–1974

b. 28, f. 250 Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. 1987–1995

b. 28, f. 251 Gauld, Charles 1951–1962

b. 28, f. 252-256 GK Hall & Company 1971–1995

b. 29, f. 257-258 GK Hall & Company 1971–1995

b. 29, f. 259 Glover, Denise 1981–1990

b. 29, f. 260 Goins, John 1981–1995

b. 29, f. 261 Gordon, William 1973–1977

b. 29, f. 262 Gourdin, Amalia 1968–1990


Oversize 1987–1989

b. 29, f. 263 Graves, Patsy 1962–1994

b. 30, f. 264-265 Graves, Patsy 1962–1994

b. 30, f. 266 Gray, Estrelda 1982–1992

b. 30, f. 267 Green, Inez 1990–1994


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b. 30, f. 268 Greenberg, Marion 1968

b. 30, f. 269-270 Greene, Lorenzo 1978–1988

b. 30, f. 271 Greenlee, Marcia Mcadoo 1972–1985

b. 30, f. 272 Groomes, Thelma 1988–1994

b. 30, f. 273-274 Gross, Bella 1931–1955

b. 31, f. 275-279 "H" General Circa 1930-1996



b. 33, f. 288 Haines, Carrie 1974–1978

b. 33, f. 289 Haith, Dorothy May 1979–1989

b. 33, f. 290 Haley, George 1984–1991

b. 33, f. 291 Hamilton, West 1973–1979

b. 33, f. 292 Hanawalt, Jean 1972–1975

b. 33, f. 293 Handy, D. Antoinette, 1930-2002 1977–1978

b. 33, f. 294 Hansberry, Myrtle 1976

b. 33, f. 295 Hansberry, William Leo 1972

b. 33, f. 296 Harden, Julia 1951–1988

b. 33, f. 297 Harding, Janice 1988

b. 34, f. 298 Harley, Sheron 1975–1995

b. 34, f. 299 Harris, Joseph 1977–1993

b. 34, f. 300 Harris, Janette Hoston, 1939- 1982–1986

b. 34, f. 301 Harvard College Library 1937

b. 34, f. 302-303 Harvard University W.E.B. Dubois Institute 1981–1995

b. 34, f. 304 Hatch-Billops Collection, Inc. 1980–1995

b. 34, f. 305 Hayes, Angella 1971–1972

b. 34, f. 306 Hayes, Ola 1987–1992

b. 34, f. 307 Heartman, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1883-1953. 1931–1967

b. 35, f. 308 Henderson, Harry 1972–1995

b. 35, f. 309 Herbert, Lehman 1977–1978

b. 35, f. 310 Higginbotham, A. Leon, Jr., 1928-1998 1982–1994


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b. 35, f. 311 Hill, Louise 1962

b. 35, f. 312 Hiram Lodge 1982–1986

b. 35, f. 313 Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 1991–1994

b. 35, f. 314 Holloman, Charlotte Wesley 1961

b. 35, f. 315 Hope, Marion 1952–1956

b. 35, f. 316 Howard, Harriet 1957–1973

b. 35, f. 317 Howard University Andrew Rankin Memorial 1982–1993

b. 35, f. 318 Howard University Carnegie Library 1931–1936

b. 35, f. 319 Howard University. College of Fine Arts 1986–1995

b. 35, f. 320 Howard University. Department of History 1972–1992

b. 36, f. 321 Howard University. faculty Wives Club 1957–1991

b. 36, f. 322 Howard University Library 1936–1993

b. 36, f. 323 Howard University Phi Beta Kappa 1983–1984

b. 36, f. 324 Howard University Press 1940–1993

b. 36, f. 325 Howard University. School of Law 1981–1989

b. 36, f. 326 Howard University. School of Religion 1977

b. 36, f. 327 Howard University Thompson Lecture Colloquium Committee 1980–1995

b. 36, f. 328 Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. 1949–1966

b. 36, f. 329 Hunton, Dorothy 1972–1990

b. 36, f. 330 Hurley, Catherine 1960–1977

b. 36, f. 331 Hutson, Alphaeus 1960–1962

b. 36, f. 332 Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998 1968–1989

b. 37, f. 333-334 "I" General Circa 1930-1996

b. 37, f. 335 Igun, Adenola A. 1958–1987

b. 37, f. 336 Ingram, Goins 1985–1994

b. 37, f. 337 Institute of Jamaica 1973–1974

b. 37, f. 338 Isaacs, Esther 1977–1979

b. 38, f. 339-344 "J" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 39, f. 345 Jack and Jill of America, Inc. 1984–1991

b. 39, f. 346-347 Jackson, Alice 1972–1983


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b. 39, f. 348-349 Jackson State University 1968–1994

b. 39, f. 350-351 Jacobs, Donald 1968–1993

b. 39, f. 352 James, Edward 1959–1971

b. 39, f. 353-354 Jenkins, Betty 1968–1995

b. 40, f. 355 Jenkins, Timothy 1982–1988

b. 40, f. 356 Johnson, Catherine 1950–1990

b. 40, f. 357 Johnson, James 1981–1992

b. 40, f. 358 Johnson, Mordecai W. (Mordecai Wyatt), 1890-1976 1931–1960

b. 40, f. 359 Johnson, Eileen 1994

b. 40, f. 360-362 Jones, Steven 1973–1995

b. 41, f. 363 Josey, Elonnie Junius, 1924-2009 1967–1989

b. 41, f. 364 Journal of Negro History 1966–1994

b. 41, f. 365 Joyce, Donald 1948–1978

b. 41, f. 366 Julius Rosenwald Fund 1930–1931

b. 41, f. 367-372 "K" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 42, f. 373 Keith, Aldridge 1981–1986

b. 42, f. 374 Kennedy, James H. 1973–1976

b. 42, f. 375 Kent State University 1973–1995

b. 42, f. 376-378 Keys, Sylvia 1972–1992

b. 42, f. 379 Kinney, William A. 1956

b. 42, f. 380 Knopf, Naomi 1974

b. 42, f. 381 Kronstadt, Lilian 1980–1995

b. 43, f. 382-387 "L" General Circa 1930-1996

b. 43, f. 388 Lambert, Carrie 1959–1963

b. 43, f. 389 Langhorne, Joseph Leon 1975–1988

b. 44, f. 390 Leall, Delores 1963–1995

b. 44, f. 391 Lenox Hill Publishing & Distributing Corp. (Burt Franklin) 1970

b. 44, f. 392 Leonard, Walter 1979–1981

b. 44, f. 393 Lewis, James 1972–1977

b. 44, f. 394 Library Company of Philadelphia 1945–1991


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b. 44, f. 395-396 Library of Congress 1930–1995

b. 44, f. 397 Lincoln University 1932–1993

b. 44, f. 398 Livraria J. Leite 1945–1947

b. 45, f. 399 Lloyd, Glaucia 1973–1989

b. 45, f. 400 Locke, Alain, 1885-1954 1944

b. 45, f. 401 Loeb, Ellen 1962–1989

b. 45, f. 402-403 Logan, Rayford Whittingham, 1897-1982 1940–1993

b. 45, f. 404 Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1979–1996

b. 45, f. 405-406 Lubin, Maurice 1972–1993

b. 45, f. 407 Lynn, Audrey 1972–1993

b. 45, f. 408-409 Empty Undated

b. 46, f. 410-415 "M" General Circa 1930-1996

b. 47, f. 416-418 "M" General Circa 1930-1996

b. 47, f. 419 Mackey, Matilda 1972–1975

b. 47, f. 420 Mandara, Ramos 1966–1968

b. 47, f. 421 Marquis Who's Who, Inc. 1989

b. 47, f. 422 Marteena, Constance 1944–1945

b. 47, f. 423 Mason, James 1972–1985

b. 47, f. 424-425 Matthews, Miriam 1974–1994

b. 47, f. 426 Mattingly, William 1971–1979

b. 47, f. 427 Maxwell, Hazel 1972–1991

b. 47, f. 428 McCants, Murville 1981–1984

b. 47, f. 429 McClellan, Wayland 1987–1991

b. 47, f. 430 McConnell, Catherine 1986–1994

b. 48, f. 431 McKay, Claude, 1890-1948 1937

b. 48, f. 432 McLemore, Roberta 1932–1990

b. 48, f. 433 McStallworth, Paul 1986–1987

b. 48, f. 434 Menard, Edith 1985–1993

b. 48, f. 435 Metraux, Alfred 1935–1950

b. 48, f. 436 Miles, Willie Leanna 1985–1991


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b. 48, f. 437 Miller, Carroll 1972–1995

b. 48, f. 438 Miller, Nathan 1973–1986

b. 48, f. 439 Mingo, James 1983–1993

b. 48, f. 440 Minter, Thomas 1977–1992

b. 48, f. 441 Mooney, Jim 1994

b. 48, f. 442 Moore, Martha 1989–1994

b. 49, f. 443 Moore, Ruth 1972–1986

b. 49, f. 444 Moorland, Jesse Edward, 1863-1940 1930–1940

b. 49, f. 445-447 Moorland-Spingarn Research Center 1971–1995

b. 49, f. 448 Morgan State University 1939–1977

b. 49, f. 449 Morrow, Edward 1975

b. 49, f. 450 Mountainside Hospital (Montclair, N.J.) 1956–1957

b. 49, f. 451 Museum of African Art 1971–1982

b. 49, f. 452 Myers, Ardie 1992–1994

b. 50, f. 453-457 "N" General Circa 1930-1996

b. 50, f. 458 National Afro-American Museum 1982–1987

b. 50, f. 459 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1939–1993

b. 50, f. 460 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defenseand Educational Fund

1953–1991

b. 51, f. 461-463 National Council of Negro Women 1939–1980

b. 51, f. 464 National Caucus and Center on Black Aged (U.S.) 1991–1994

b. 51, f. 465-466 National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.) 1960–1987

b. 51, f. 467-469 National Endowment for the Humanities 1968–1994

b. 52, f. 470 National Endowment for the Humanities 1968–1994

b. 52, f. 471 National Museum of African Art 1982–1992

b. 52, f. 472 National Museum of American Art 1984–1996

b. 52, f. 473 National Museum of American History 1985–1996

b. 52, f. 474 National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) 1973–1992

b. 52, f. 475 National Urban League 1981–1982

b. 52, f. 476 Ndoh, Akon 1985–1988

b. 52, f. 477 Nelson, Blanche 1946–1986


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b. 52, f. 478 Nelson, Minnie 1993

b. 52, f. 479 Neustadter, Griselda 1977–1983

b. 52, f. 480 Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957 1937

b. 52, f. 481 Newlin, Eugenia Wilson 1954–1962

b. 52, f. 482 Newman, Richard 1981–1989

b. 52, f. 483 Newsome, Lionel 1981–1988

b. 52, f. 484 New York Public Library 1931–1991

b. 52, f. 485 Nigeria Liaison Oce 1960

b. 52, f. 486 Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972 1962–1963

b. 53, f. 487 North Carolina Central University 1975–1995

b. 53, f. 488 Northwestern University 1945–1982

b. 53, f. 489 Notable American Women 1968–1977

b. 53, f. 490 Nwanya, Jemima N. 1966–1981

b. 54, f. 491-492 "O" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 54, f. 493 Oakwood School 1953–1980

b. 54, f. 494-495 Obi, Dorothy 1966–1994

b. 54, f. 496 Odester, Geraldine 1974–1975

b. 54, f. 497 Ogunnaike, Rex Kola 1966–1970

b. 54, f. 498 Ohio Historical Society 1973–1986

b. 54, f. 499 Okene College of Commerce 1972–1978

b. 54, f. 500 Olafioye, Olu A. 1964–1966

b. 54, f. 501 O'neal, Charlotte 1972–1990

b. 54, f. 502 Organization of American Historians 1978–1979

b. 55, f. 503-509 "P" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 56, f. 510-512 "P" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 56, f. 513 Pace, Donis 1972–1975

b. 56, f. 514-516 Page, Ethel 1968–1995

b. 56, f. 517 Page, Kathy 1986–1987

b. 56, f. 518-519 Parker, Barrington 1981–1995

b. 57, f. 520-522 Partington, Paul 1961–1991


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b. 57, f. 523 The Patriots Foundation 1994–1995

b. 57, f. 524 Penn, Rosalynn 1975–1988

b. 57, f. 525 Perry, Thelma 1988–1995

b. 57, f. 526 Petry, Ann, 1908-1997 1981–1990

b. 57, f. 527-528 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1971–1991

b. 57, f. 529 Phinazee, Hoage Annette 1968–1973

b. 58, f. 530 Pielage, Jozef 1971–1992

b. 58, f. 531 Pierce, Delilah 1971–1984

b. 58, f. 532 Pilgrim Society 1973–1974

b. 58, f. 533 Pinkett, Harold 1980–1994

b. 58, f. 534 Pollack, Helen 1959–1973

b. 58, f. 535 Pool, Rosey E. 1961–1970

b. 58, f. 536 Porter, Lilian 1941–1995

b. 58, f. 537-538 Price, Charlotte S. 1932–1994

b. 59, f. 539-542 Price, Charlotte S. 1932–1994


Price, Charlotte S. 1984–1993

b. 59, f. 543 Prior, Kathy 1985

b. 59, f. 544 Pryde, Marion J. 1988–1995

b. 59, f. 545 Pryor, Chester 1977–1990

b. 60, f. 546 "Q" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 60, f. 547-548 Quarles, Benjamin 1970–1995

b. 60, f. 549 Queen, Curtis 1972–1982

b. 61, f. 550-555 "R" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 62, f. 556-557 Radclie College 1977–1995

b. 62, f. 558 Randall, Phillip 1981–1982

b. 62, f. 559 Raphael, Alex 1972–1994

b. 62, f. 560 Reid, Anna 1979–1990

b. 62, f. 561-562 Reimherr, Beulah 1960–1994

b. 63, f. 563-564 Reimherr, Beulah 1960–1994

b. 63, f. 565 Reimherr, Joyce 1974–1992


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b. 63, f. 566 Rhodes, Leila 1974–1982

b. 63, f. 567 Richardson, Marilyn 1983–1994

b. 63, f. 568 Ridgleu, Louis 1980–1984

b. 63, f. 569 Ridley, Florida 1939–1941

b. 63, f. 570 Robinson, Henry 1972–1987

b. 63, f. 571 Robinson, Hilyard 1968–1986

b. 64, f. 572-573 Robinson, Marian 1981–1995

b. 64, f. 574 Rosenkranz, Joel 1993–1994

b. 64, f. 575 Russell, Wendell 1972–1975

b. 64, f. 576 Rutgers University 1963–1973

b. 65, f. 577-583 "S" General Circa 1930-1996

b. 66, f. 584-586 "S" General Circa 1930-1996

b. 66, f. 587 SALAM (Seminar in the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials) 1973–1974

b. 66, f. 588 Salem State College 1990–1991

b. 66, f. 589 Sales, Ruby 1988

b. 66, f. 590 Sallu, Rasaki Adegboyega 1961–1971

b. 66, f. 591 Sarale Owens Memorial Scholarship 1982–1985

b. 66, f. 592 Scally, Anthony 1983

b. 66, f. 593 Schecter, Melvin D. 1971–1992

b. 66, f. 594 Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938 1931

b. 66, f. 595 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 1984–1994

b. 66, f. 596 Schuyler, Phillipa 1952–1953

b. 67, f. 597 Shaw, Esther 1956

b. 67, f. 598 Shepperson, George 1972–1989

b. 67, f. 599 Shockley, Ann 1974–1994

b. 67, f. 600 Sigma Pi Phi 1984–1997

b. 67, f. 601 Simpson, Randolph L. 1984–1987

b. 67, f. 602 Singleton, Theresa A. 1984

b. 67, f. 603 Sinnette, Elinor Des Verney 1973–1987

b. 67, f. 604 Sitzman, Glenn L., 1920- 1964–1973


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b. 67, f. 605 Slaughter, Henry 1935–1952

b. 67, f. 606 Sloan, Ruth Catherine 1949–1976

b. 67, f. 607 Smiley, Gladys 1972–1986

b. 67, f. 608 Smith, Alonzo 1967–1985

b. 67, f. 609 Smith, Elise 1974–1988

b. 67, f. 610 Smith, Julia H. 1967–1980

b. 68, f. 611 Smith Marie 1952–1973

b. 68, f. 612 The Smith-Mason Gallery of Art 1974–1980

b. 68, f. 613 Smithsonisan Institution 1969–1993

b. 68, f. 614 Society of American Archivists 1962–1974

b. 68, f. 615 Sodeinede, Titola 1969–1995

b. 68, f. 616 Southern Methodist University 1969–1996

b. 68, f. 617 Spady, James 1972–1992

b. 68, f. 618 Spelman College 1977–1993

b. 68, f. 619 Spingarn, Arthur B. (Arthur Barnett), 1878-1971. 1930–1964

b. 68, f. 620 Spingarn, Elizabeth 1970–1979

b. 68, f. 621 State of Alabama Historical Commission 1975–1976

b. 68, f. 622 Stauper, Mabel 1971–1974

b. 69, f. 623-626 Sterling, Dorothy, 1913-2008 1968–1995

b. 69, f. 627 Stewart, Donald 1969–1995

b. 69, f. 628 Stewart, Ethel P. 1968–1985

b. 69, f. 629 Stewart, Ruth Ann 1970–1991

b. 70, f. 630-631 Stokes, Connie 1961–1990

b. 70, f. 632 Strong, Jake 1981–1987

b. 70, f. 633 Susquehenna Corporation 1961–1983

b. 70, f. 634-635 Susquehenna University 1971–1995

b. 70, f. 636-637 Syracuse University 1979–1989

b. 71, f. 638-643 "T" General Circa 1930-1996

b. 71, f. 644 Taylor, Ordie 1980–1983

b. 71, f. 645 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America 1948–1986


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b. 72, f. 646 Temple University 1972–1992

b. 72, f. 647 Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn 1981–1995

b. 72, f. 648 Thornhill, Arthur 1932–1985

b. 72, f. 649 Thompson, H.M. 1980–1984

b. 72, f. 650 Thurman, Howard 1937–1962

b. 72, f. 651 Thurman, Sue Bailey 1955–1981

b. 72, f. 652 TransAfrica (Organization) 1988–1993

b. 73, f. 653-656 "U" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 74, f. 657 United Negro College Fund 1948–1990

b. 74, f. 658 United States of America General Services Administration 1973–1976

b. 74, f. 659 Unitred States Department of Interior 1973–1987

b. 74, f. 660 University of California Irvine 1973–1974

b. 74, f. 661 University of California Los Angeles 1976–1990

b. 74, f. 662 University of Denver 1971–1983

b. 74, f. 663 University of Ghana 1963–1967

b. 74, f. 664 University of Iowa 1969–1991

b. 74, f. 665 University of Maryland 1967–1995

b. 74, f. 666 University of Massachusettes Press 1967–1995

b. 74, f. 667-668 University of Michigan 1980–1981


University of Michigan 1981

b. 75, f. 669 University Microfilms 1968

b. 75, f. 670 Unniversity of Minnesota 1975–1983

b. 75, f. 671 University of Mississippi 1985–1990

b. 75, f. 672 University of Nigeria 1962–1969

b. 75, f. 673 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 1936–1988

b. 75, f. 674 University of Pennsylvania 1976–1989

b. 75, f. 675 University of Rochester Library 1978–1979

b. 75, f. 676 University of Utah 1989

b. 75, f. 677 University of Virginia 1981–1991

b. 75, f. 678 University of Wisconson Whitewater 1975–1988


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b. 76, f. 679 "V" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 76, f. 680 Vail, Robert 1931–1945

b. 76, f. 681 VanJackson, Wallace 1944–1976

b. 76, f. 682 Van Slycke and Reeside Circa 1960

b. 76, f. 683 Veiga, Winifred 1959–1962

b. 76, f. 684 Veuezky, Alice 1972–1973

b. 76, f. 685 Villard, Oswald G. 1939

b. 76, f. 686 Virginia State College 1962–1964

b. 76, f. 687 Virginia Union University 1936–1939

b. 77, f. 688-693 "W" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 78, f. 694-697 "W" General Circa 1930-1995

b. 78, f. 698 Walker, William 1944–1945

b. 78, f. 699 War Department Oce of the Chief of the Morale Branch 1941

b. 78, f. 700 Washington, D.C. March of Dimes 1976

b. 78, f. 701 The Washington Girl Friends 1957

b. 78, f. 702 The Washington Urban League Inc. 1992

b. 79, f. 703 Washington, Walter 1973–1987

b. 79, f. 704 Watkins, Charlotte 1985

b. 79, f. 705 Watkins, Mark H. 1980–1986

b. 79, f. 706 Watts, Faulkner 1980–1986

b. 79, f. 707 WGBH Educational Foundation 1979–1987

b. 79, f. 708 White, Carl 1962–1966

b. 79, f. 709 White, Herbert 1979–1982

b. 79, f. 710 The White House 1994

b. 79, f. 711 Whitney, Allan 1968–1969

b. 79, f. 712 Who's Who Among Black America 1974–1991

b. 79, f. 713 Wilkinson, Garnet Crummel, 1879-1969 1931

b. 79, f. 714 Williams, Charles 1980–1986

b. 79, f. 715 Williams, Lorraine 1967–1990

b. 80, f. 716-719 Winston, Michael 1968–1995


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b. 80, f. 720 Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950 1939–1949

b. 80, f. 721 Workers Library Publishers 1937–1949

b. 81, f. 722 "Y" General Circa 1960-1995

b. 81, f. 723 Yale University 1975–1986

b. 81, f. 724-725 Yellin, Jean Fagan 1979–1994

b. 81, f. 726 Young, Pauline 1874–1982

b. 81, f. 727 Young, Wharton M. 1972–1987

b. 82, f. 728 "Z" General Circa 1970-1979

b. 82, f. 729 Zohn, Arnold 1968

b. 83, f. 730-734 Invitations Circa 1920-1960

b. 84, f. 735-742 Invitations Circa 1960-1970

b. 85, f. 743-751 Invitations Circa 1970


















b. 103, f. 850-855 Invitations Undated


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b. 104, f. 856-859 Invitations Undated

b. 105, f. 860-866 Unidentified Correspondence Circa 1920-1995





b. 110, f. 887-892 Empty Envelopes Circa 1930-1996

b. 111, f. 893-895 Empty Envelopes Circa 1930-1996

Third Party Correspondence 1870–1978

b. 112, f. 896 Brooks, Edward to Knight, Nathaniel 1975

b. 112, f. 897 Cilluo, Mary to Deal,Carl 1975

b. 112, f. 898 Clarke, J.B. to Spingarn Arthur B. 1968

b. 112, f. 899 Cooley, Emma to Pritchard H.R. 1931

b. 112, f. 900 Cunningham, Alice to Hull, Doris M. 1970

b. 112, f. 901 Daniel, Walter G. to Boswell Arthur W. 1939

b. 112, f. 902 Daniel Walter G. to Rushing, Naomi Circa 1935-1945

b. 112, f. 903 Dover, Cedric to Burke, Selma 1959

b. 112, f. 904 Eaton, John W. to Howard, Oliver Otis 1969

b. 112, f. 905 Ellis, Ethel M. to Reason, Joseph L. 1968

b. 112, f. 906 Etia, Isaac Moume to Spingarn, Arthur B. 1935

b. 112, f. 907 Fisher, Walter to Winston, Eric V.A. 1973

b. 112, f. 908 Garrey, Barbara to Davis, Lenwood G. 1975

b. 112, f. 909 Hood, Dorothy to Hill, Richard Hurst 1937

b. 112, f. 910 The Johns Hopkins Press to Kellog, C. Flint 1968

b. 112, f. 911 Johnson, Herbert Clay to Baithwaite, William S. 1947

b. 112, f. 912 Jones, Clara to Cunningham William 1973

b. 112, f. 913 Knight, Nathanial B. to Members of the Washington Advisory Directorate 1976

b. 112, f. 914 Langford, Charlotte to Langford, James 1936

b. 112, f. 915 Miller, Kelly to Daniel, Walter G. 1938

b. 112, f. 916 Moten, Robert R. to Chandler, Alice G. 1920


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b. 112, f. 917 Murry, Emma G. To Lathan W.W. 1931

b. 112, f. 918 Rushing, Naomi J. to Duligard, Bessie 1939

b. 112, f. 919 Slowe, Lucy D. to Arthur, George R. 1930

b. 112, f. 920 Smith, N. Clark to Lee, Jennie C. 1910

b. 112, f. 921 Taylor, John W. to Dyson, Walter 1930

b. 112, f. 922 Thompson, Leon E. to Dove, Henry A. 1978

b. 112, f. 923 Tillman, Benjamin R. to Forsyth T. S. 1913

b. 112, f. 924 Vedder, Elihu to Murray, F.H. M. 1914

b. 112, f. 925 Walker, George Leon to Adshead, G.H. 1886

b. 112, f. 926 Weinberg, Samuel S. to Andrews, Richards 1971

b. 112, f. 927 Wilkerson, Doxey to Reed, Isabel 1939

b. 112, f. 928 Unidentified third party correspondence 1870–1884

Family Correspondence Circa 1935-1996

Burnett, Gustee Willie

b. 113, f. 929 Wesley, Dorothy Porter, 1905-1995 1936–1958

Harper, Leonie

b. 113, f. 930 A-Z general 1973–1987


b. 113 Porter, James A. (James Amos), 1905-1970

b. 113, f. 932 "C-H" General 1960–1967

b. 113, f. 933 Congress of the United States 1965–1968

Sadler, Roberta (Bertha) Burnett

b. 113, f. 934 C-W general 1944–1961


Taylor, Alice

b. 114, f. 936-937 "A-U" General 1965–1989

b. 114, f. 938-939 Wesley, Dorothy Porter, 1905-1995 1948–1989

Uzelac, Constance Porter

b. 115, f. 940-949 "A-Y" General Circa 1950-2011

b. 116, f. 950-952 Wesley, Dorothy Porter, 1905-1995 1950–1995

Third Party Correspondence (continued)

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Williams, Hazel 1996

b. 116, f. 953 Wyatt Houston Day Bookseller 1997–2003

b. 116, f. 954 Invitations Circa 1950-2011

b. 116, f. 955 Unidentified Correspondence Circa 1950-2011

b. 116, f. 956 Empty Envelopes Circa 1950-2011

Uzelac, Milan


Wesley, Charles W.

b. 117, f. 958-959 "A-Z" General 1949–1990

b. 117, f. 960 Association for the Study of African-American Life and History 1983–1984


Family Correspondence > Uzelac, Constance Porter (continued)

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Series II. Professional Papers Dorothy Porter Wesley papersJWJ MSS 93

Series II. Professional Papers, 1869–2003Professional Papers consists of materials related to the professional career of Dorothy Porter Wesley.General files include memorandums, notes and writings from committees and organizations Wesleywas a member of including the Association for the study of African American Life and History, theNational Council of Negro Women, the African American Materials Project, Federal Writers Project,the Ford Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Also included are records fromWesley's tenure as librarian and curator at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center including reports, andcorrespondence documenting book orders used to build the collection.

Speeches document the lectures and remarks made by Wesley about librarianship and collectionsdocumenting the African Diaspora at universities such as Howard University, Boston University and YaleUniversity. Writings consists of both published and unpublished bibliographies, essays, forewords andintroductions on the subject of African, African American and Afro-Caribbean history and literature.Itincludes writings by Dorothy Porter Wesley James A. Porter, Charles H. Wesley, Constance Porter Uzelac;and a general assortment of writings by others.

Professional Papers is organized into three subseries: General; Speeches; and Writings.


General 1869–2010

b. 119, f. 970 Ad Hoc Committee of Afro-Americans Concerned About U.S. Policy in Africa 1970

b. 119, f. 971 African American Institute 1966–1967

b. 119, f. 972 African American Materials Project (with correspondence from AnnettePhinazee)

1971

b. 119, f. 973-975 African American Museum Association Minutes and correspondence 1980–1993

b. 119, f. 976 African American Mosaic 1970–1994

b. 119, f. 977 African American Scholars Council 1972–1975

b. 120, f. 978 African American Scholars Council 1973–1975

b. 120, f. 979 African American Wives Group

b. 120, f. 980 African Imprint Library Services 1972

b. 178(Oversize), f.1578

Oversize 1972

b. 120, f. 981 African Journal of the International African Institute 1964

b. 120, f. 982 African Studies 1960–1971



b. 120, f. 983 African Studies Association 1961–1993

b. 120, f. 984 Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation 1971–1975

b. 121, f. 985-989 Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation 1971–1975

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b. 122, f. 990-993 Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation 1971–1975



b. 122, f. 994 Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1976–1980

b. 122, f. 995 Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, 1991 Annual Conference 1991

b. 123, f. 996 The Afro-American Institute for Historical Preservation and CommunityDevelopment

1994

b. 123, f. 997 Afro-American Resources and Library Manpower (AARLM) 1972

b. 123, f. 998 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 1995

b. 123, f. 999 Alumni Directory, School of Library of Information Service, ColumbiaUniversity

1980

b. 123, f. 1000 American Antiquarian Society 1973

b. 123, f. 1001 American Association of University Women Yearbook 1950–1952

b. 123, f. 1002 American Historical Association 1978

b. 123, f. 1003 American Library Association 1972

b. 123, f. 1004 American Negro Biographical Association 1934

b. 123, f. 1005 An Evening of Poets 1949

b. 123, f. 1006 Annual Observance of National Book Week 1953

b. 123, f. 1007 Assembly of Librarians of the Americas 1947

b. 123, f. 1008 Association of Black Women Historians 1989

b. 123, f. 1009 Association of Caribbean University and Research Libraries 1970–1974

b. 124, f.1010-1016

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History 1937–1984

b. 125, f.1017-1022


b. 126, f.1023-1027


b. 127, f.1028-1030

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History 1992

b. 128, f.1031-1036

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History 1993

b. 129, f.1037-1042


b. 130, f. 1043 Beacon Advisory Board on Black History 1969

General (continued)

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b. 130, f. 1044 Bethune Museum and Archives for Black Women's History 1989–1990

b. 130, f. 1045 Bibliography aids Undated

b. 130, f. 1046 Bibliography Society of America 1945

b. 130, f.1047-1048

Black Abolitionists Papers Project 1978–1980

b. 130, f.1049-1052

Black Academy of Arts and Letters Inc. 1970–1972

b. 131, f. 1053 Black Academy of Arts and Letters Inc. 1972–1973

b. 131, f.1054-1059

Black Bibliophiles and Collectors: A National Symposium 1981–1993

b. 132, f. 1060 Black Bibliophiles and Collectors: A National Symposium 1981–1993


Black Bibliophiles and Collectors: A National Symposium 1968–1993

b. 132, f. 1061 Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790-1950 1990–1991

b. 132, f. 1062 Black History Month Observance 2003

b. 132, f.1063-1064

Black Studies Seminar 1968–1970

b. 132, f. 1065 Black Women in Sisterhood for Action 1990

b. 132, f. 1066 Blassingame Paper 1968

b. 132, f. 1067 Bobbs-Merrill Reprints Undated

b. 133, f. 1068 Book Orders 1986–1987

b. 133, f.1069-1071

Brazil 1959–1992


Brazil 1974

b. 182 (Oversize) Brazil card notes, box 1 Undated

b. 183 Brazil card notes, box 1. Catalog card box (restricted fragile)Catalog card box

Undated

b. 184 Brazil card notes, box 2 Undated

b. 133, f. 1072 Butcher-Built Doll House, appraisal 1948–1995

b. 133, f.1073-1074

Carlson Publishing Inc. 1991–1993

b. 133, f. 1075 Catalogue of Lovedale Press Publications 1970

General (continued)

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b. 133, f. 1076 Charles Eaton Burch Memorial Lecture, introductory notes and press release 1972–1973

b. 133, f. 1077 The Charles H. Thomas Memorial Lecture memorandum 1988–1995

b. 133, f. 1078 The Collegiate Publishing Company 1962–1979

b. 133, f. 1079 The Collington Letter 1985

b. 133, f. 1080 Colored Author Collection 1969–1971

b. 134, f.1081-1088

Columbia University, School of Library Service (Course Work) 1926–1936

b. 135, f.1089-1093

Columbia University, School of Library Service (Course Work) 1926–1936

b. 135, f. 1094 Commision study of the Negro National Museum and Library (notes) 1968

b. 135, f. 1095 Committee on Civil Disorders (correspondence and notes) 1967

b. 135, f. 1096 Committee on Culture and International Change report 1965

b. 135, f. 1097 Committee on the Department of Afro-American Studies at HowardUniversity

1974–1975

b. 136, f. 1098 Conference on Manding Studies 1972

b. 136, f. 1099 Conference of Negro Writers and Artists 1958

b. 136, f. 1100 The Contribution of the Negro to the Spanish American and Brazilian Poetryand Fiction: A Bibliographical Essay. (project proposal)

Undated

b. 136, f. 1101 Coretta Scott King Award and Exhibit 1972

b. 136, f. 1102 Crisis Advisory Committee 1975

b. 136, f. 1103 Cuba, notes and photographs 1940–1945


Cuba, notes and photographs 1940

b. 136, f.1104-1110

Curricululum Vitae (cv) 1944–1994

b. 137, f. 1111-1113 Curricululum Vitae (cv) 1944–1994

b. 137, f. 1114 D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities 1973

b. 137, f. 1115 D.C. Historical Records Board 1978–1983

b. 137, f. 1116 Dakar, Senegal Conference 1971

b. 137, f. 1117 Dedication of the Howard University Museum 1979

b. 137, f. 1118-1119 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1941–1986

b. 137, f. 1120 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Public Health Service 1976

General (continued)

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b. 138, f. 1121 The Dialectic of Double-Consciousness in Black Freedom Celebrations 1973

b. 138, f.1122-1126

Dictionary of American Negro Biography 1971–1978

b. 138, f. 1127 Dorothy Porter Wesley Files at Howard University Circa 1968-1971

b. 138, f.1128-1130

Dorothy Porter Wesley Research Center, Inc 1991–2001

b. 139, f. 1131-1133 Dorothy Porter Wesley Research Center, Inc 1991–2001

b. 139, f. 1134 Duke University Conference on International Studies 1966

b. 139, f. 1135 Eliza S. Homan Music Festival Project 1975

b. 139, f. 1136 Elvin Montgomery Booklets 1992

b. 139, f. 1137 Executive Council Meeting minutes 1971

b. 139, f. 1138 Exhibition notes on black poetry Circa 1986

b. 139, f. 1139 Federal Writers Project 1936–2001

b. 139, f. 1140 Final Report on the Workshop on Bibliographic and Other Resources for aStudy of the American Negro

1968

b. 139, f. 1141 Fisk University 1968–1980

b. 140, f.1142-1144

Fisk University 1968–1980

b. 140, f.1145-1151

Ford Foundation 1954–1977


Ford Foundation 1964

b. 140, f. 1152 Frederick Douglas Papers 1987

b. 140, f. 1153 G.K. Hall Reference Books 1981

b. 141, f.1154-1158

Harvard University, W.E.B. Dubois Institute 1988–1995


Harvard University, W.E.B. Dubois Institute 1988–1994

b. 141, f. 1159 Heritage Gallery Recent Acquisitions 1987

b. 141, f. 1160 Historical Records Advisory Board 1982–1983

b. 141, f. 1161 Historical Research Notes 1941–1942

b. 141, f. 1162 The Historical Society of Washington D.C., 1989 Annual Report 1989

b. 141, f. 1163 Howard University, Archives Committee 1941–1965

General (continued)

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b. 141, f. 1164 Howard University, Charter Day Convocation 1938–1994

b. 142, f. 1165 Howard University, College of Fine Arts Circa 1990

b. 142, f. 1166 Howard University, Faculty Wives Club 1947–1979

b. 142, f. 1167 Howard University, Founders Library Booklist 1939

b. 142, f. 1168 Howard University Library Circa 1977

b. 142, f. 1169 Howard University Museum Dedication 1969–1979

b. 142, f. 1170 Howard University, National Negro Library and Museum 1938

b. 142, f. 1171 Howard University Press Circa 1990

b. 142, f. 1172 Howard University Underground Railroad Workshop 1992

b. 142, f. 1173 Howard University Women's Club 1987

b. 142, f. 1174 Ibadan Conference 1962

b. 142, f. 1175 International Conference on African Bibliography 1967

b. 142, f. 1176 International Congress of Africanists 1962

b. 142, f. 1177 International Relations Club of Greater Washington 1957–1963

b. 142, f. 1178 Interview of Dorothy Porter Wesley by James Nazir Conyers 1993

b. 142, f. 1179 Interview of Dorothy Porter Wesley by James Hatch and Camille Billops 1990

b. 142, f. 1180 Invisible Howard Graduates, Administrators, Heads of DepartmentsProfessors, and Librarians

Undated

b. 142, f. 1181 Jack and Jill of America Inc. 1956

b. 142, f. 1182 Jesse Edward Moorland, letters and notes on Plantation Songs 1909–1915

b. 143, f. 1183 John Cromwell Collection 1974

b. 143, f. 1184 Journal of Negro Education Index 1932–1979

b. 143, f. 1185 The Julia Davis Collection 1971

b. 143, f. 1186 King Memorial Center 1968

b. 143, f.1187-1190

A Legacy Unfolded by Gerald L. Durley (draft) 1979

b. 144, f. 1191 Library of Congress 1973–1976


Library of Congress 1973

b. 180 Library of Congress, catalog cards on the Negro in the United States, Braziland Africa

Undated

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b. 181 Library of Congress, catalog cards on the Negro in the United States, Braziland Africa. Catalog card boxCatalog card box

Undated

b. 144, f. 1192 Lincoln University 1987

b. 144, f. 1193 Luso-Brazillian Conference 1950–1959

b. 144, f. 1194 Metropolitan A.M.E. Church 1990

b. 144, f. 1195 Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference 1972–1979

b. 144, f. 1196 Miner Hall materials 1936

b. 144, f.1197-1199

Moorland Spingarn Research Center, building the collection (containscorrespondence)

1929–1973

b. 144, f.1200-1203

Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Finding Aids 1981–1984

b. 145, f.1204-1205

Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Finding Aids 1981–1984

b. 145, f. 1206 Moorland Spingarn Research Center informational brochures and notes 1958–1983

b. 145, f. 1207 Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Items 1972

b. 145, f. 1208 Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Lecture Notes 1940

b. 145, f. 1209 Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Memorandum 1972–1974

b. 145, f. 1210 Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Reports and brochures 1869–1978

b. 145, f. 1211 Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Sta Circa 1970

b. 145, f. 1212 Morgan State University 1976

b. 145, f. 1213 Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, A Bibliography of his Years at Howard Universitycompiled by James P. Johnson, Janet L. Sims and Gail A. Kostinko

1976

b. 146, f. 1214 National Archives and Records Administration 1984

b. 146, f.1215-1216

National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. 1992

b. 146, f. 1217 National Association for Equal Oppourtunity in Higher Education 1994

b. 146, f. 1218 National Black Museum Conference 1980

b. 146, f.1219-1220

National Council of Negro Women 1940–1992

b. 146, f. 1221 National Education Association 1967

b. 146, f.1222-1225

National Endowment for the Humanties workshops, project proposals andreports

1965–1994

b. 147, f.1226-1233


1965–1994

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b. 148, f.1234-1238


1965–1994

b. 148, f. 1239 National Historical Publications Commission 1974

b. 148, f.1240-1241

National Survey of Historic Sites 1973–1976

b. 148, f. 1242 Negro Spirituals by H.T. Burleigh 1917

b. 148, f. 1243 The Negro Writers Vision of America Conference 1965–1979

b. 148, f. 1244 Newspapers and Periodicals in Microform 1967

b. 148, f. 1245 Nigerian Library Association 1962–1967

b. 148, f. 1246 North American Negro Poets 1934–1970

b. 149, f. 1247 North Carolina Central University, Museum of Art 1979

b. 149, f. 1248 The Norton Anthology of Afro-American Literature 1989

b. 149, f. 1249 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., The Oracle publication 1938

b. 149, f. 1250 Organization of American History Conference 1979–1980


Oversize 1979

b. 149, f. 1251 Pan-African Union, Medina Centennial Celebration 1952

b. 149, f. 1252 Panoramas of Passage Conference 1995


Oversize Circa 1995

b. 149, f. 1253 Patrick Hayes Concert event and seating 1957


Oversize Circa 1957

b. 149, f. 1254 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1973

b. 149, f. 1255 The Philadelphia Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum 1983

b. 149, f. 1256 Pictures in Dimension Circa 1947-1958

b. 149, f. 1257 "Poesia Negra" by James W. Ivy Undated

b. 149, f. 1258 Prince Hall and Legacy by Charles H. Wesley, Book Signing Party 1983

b. 149, f.1259-1260

Radclie University, Black Women's Oral History Project 1976–1986

b. 150, f.1261-1265


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b. 150, f. 1266 Retirement Ceremony for Dorothy Porter Wesley 1973


Retirement Ceremony for Dorothy Porter Wesley 1973

b. 151, f. 1267 Rosenwald Fund 1944–1948

b. 151, f.1268-1270

SALAM (Seminar in the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials) 1968–1976

b. 151, f.1271-1272

Society of American Archivists 1960–1974

b. 152, f.1273-1274

Southern Education Report 1965–1968

b. 152, f. 1275 Supplement to Third Report Commission on Medical Education 1929

b. 152, f. 1276 Stylus membership 1986

b. 152, f. 1277 Toppin Committee 1973

b. 152, f. 1278 Tuskegee Institute 1981

b. 152, f.1279-1281

Two Abolitionists from Dixie, manuscript by David and Marian Grenberg Undated

b. 152, f. 1282 Union Catalog (notes) Circa 1970

b. 152, f. 1283 United States Information Agency 1962


Oversize 1962

b. 152a, f. 1284 United States National Commision for UNESCO 1965

b. 152a, f. 1285 University of Pennsylvania 1968

b. 152a, f. 1286 Van Slycke and Reeside Travel Associates Itenerary 1972

b. 152a, f. 1287 Virgin Islands Trip (notes) 1970

b. 152a, f. 1288 The W.E.B. Dubois Film Project 1994

b. 152a, f. 1289 Washington International Center 1963

b. 152a, f.1290-1291

Wesport Gallery 1993

b. 152a, f. 1292 White House Library 1980

b. 152a, f.1293-1295

William Leo Hansberry 1923–1955

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b. 153, f. 1296 Woodlawn Cemetary records (notes) Undated

b. 153, f.1297-1299

Work Progress Administration, National Union Catalog 1939

b. 153, f. 1300 World Book Encylopedia (adverstisements) Circa 1951

b. 153, f.1301-1306

Notes Circa 1950-1995

b. 154, f.1307-1316


b. 155, f.1317-1321


b. 155, f. 1322 Clippings Circa 1973-1991


Oversize Circa 1973-1991

Speeches 1942–1998

b. 156, f. 1323 "Africana at Howard University" Undated

b. 156, f. 1324 "Alain Leroy Locke" Undated

b. 156, f. 1325 Altrusa Club of Washington 1968–1969

b. 156, f.1326-1334

The Annual Dorothy Porter Wesley Lecture 1990–1998


The Annual Dorothy Porter Wesley Lecture Circa 1990-1998

b. 157, f. 1335 The Annual Gladys G. Taylor Scholarship Awards Luncheon 1992

b. 157, f. 1336 The Annual Sojourner Truth Lecture 1987–1988

b. 157, f. 1337 "Benjamin Quarles" 1979

b. 157, f. 1338 "Bibliographic and Other Aids to Historical Research" Undated

b. 157, f. 1339 "Bibliography and Library Resources" Undated

b. 157, f. 1340 "Bibliographic Resources to African and Afro-American Studies; With SpecialReference to the Performing and Visual Arts"

Undated

b. 157, f. 1341 "Black Women: Trail Blazers" speech at Women's Day St. Augustine Church 1979


Oversize 1979

b. 157, f. 1342 "Blanche Wright" tribute 1988

b. 157, f. 1343 Caribbean Talk 1969

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b. 157, f. 1344 Carter G.Woodson, reminisce 1982–1993

b. 157, f. 1345 Charlotte Forten dedication 1990

b. 157, f. 1346 "Collecting Afro-American Historical Materials" 1981

b. 157, f. 1347 "Continuing Traditions: A Festival of Afro-American Arts" 1985

b. 157, f. 1348 "Contributions of Negro Women" Undated

b. 157, f. 1349 Cornell-Africana Studies Talk 1972

b. 157, f. 1350 "Crispus Attucks" Undated

b. 157, f. 1351 DC Public Schools Sheppard Park speech and Drama Celebration 1992–1993

b. 157, f. 1352 Dedication of the S.E. Bailey Memorial Room, remarks 1948

b. 157, f. 1353 "Documentation on the Negro; Familiar and Less Familiar" 1968

b. 157, f. 1354 Dorothy Porter Wesley on Collecting at the Third Zora Neale HurstonFestival of the Arts and Humanities

1992

b. 157, f. 1355 "Early Negro Writings" Undated

b. 158, f. 1356 Ethel Mercedes Sutton, family paper Undated

b. 158, f. 1357 Fisk University Speech 1968

b. 158, f. 1358 Harriet Tubman Circa 1963

b. 158, f. 1359 Howard University, Alumni Award remarks Undated

b. 158, f. 1360 Howard University, Charter Day Class of 1928, remarks Undated

b. 158, f. 1361 Howard University Faculty Wives Club remarks 1958–1963

b. 158, f. 1362 James A. Porter Colloquium, Introductory remarks 1993

b. 158, f. 1363 "The Librarian and the Scholar: A Working Partnership" 1965

b. 158, f. 1364 "Library, Archives, Museums and Other Cultural Centers" Undated

b. 158, f. 1365 "Literary Accomplishments of Negro Women" 1951

b. 158, f. 1366 Louisville Library Club Undated

b. 158, f. 1367 Martin Luther King Library 1992

b. 158, f. 1368 Michael Winston 1973

b. 158, f. 1369 Moorland Spingarn Research Center Circa 1967

b. 158, f. 1370 National Library Week Undated

b. 158, f. 1371 Negro authors Undated

b. 158, f. 1372 "Negro Women in Our Wars: Unsung Heros" Circa 1940

b. 158, f. 1373 "Negro Women and Their Achievements" 1955

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b. 158, f. 1374 Nineteenth Century African American Females in Great Britain 1991

b. 158, f. 1375 "Of Men and Records" 1957

b. 158, f. 1376 "The People Portrayed" Undated

b. 159, f. 1377 Portuguese Colonial Historiography Undated

b. 159, f. 1378 "A Proposal for the Establishment of a Committee on Howard UniversityArchives"

1942

b. 159, f. 1379 "Remembering the Legacy, Renewing the Spirit and Challenging in theNineties and Beyond"

Undated

b. 159, f. 1380 "Repositories of Materials on Negro Life and History: An Endless Quest" Undated

b. 159, f. 1381 Retirement Ceremony of Lois Gertrude Dozier, Remarks Undated

b. 159, f. 1382 "Research Centers and Sources for the Study of African History" Undated

b. 159, f. 1383 "The Role of the Negro Collection in Teaching and Research at HowardUniversity"

1967

b. 159, f. 1384 "Sarah Parker Remond" Undated

b. 159, f. 1385 "Self-Cultivation Through Reading" Circa 1964

b. 159, f. 1386 Self-Culture Club, Lecture 1943

b. 159, f. 1387 Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church 1987

b. 159, f. 1388 Symposium on Candidates for Rediscovery: The Boston Version 1975

b. 159, f. 1389 A Tribute to Mrs. Ruby Myse Kendrick 1986

b. 159, f. 1390 Yale University Libraries Undated

b. 159, f.1391-1396

Untitled Speeches Circa 1948-1995

b. 160, f. 1397 Untitled Speeches Circa 1948-1995

b. 160, f.1398-1400


WritingsThis subseries is organized into six groupings: Writings by Dorothy Porter Wesley;Writings about or in Dedication of Dorothy Porter Wesley; Writings by James A.Porter; Writings by Charles H. Wesley; Writings by Constance Porter Uzelac; andWritings by Others.

1928–1995

Writings by Dorothy Porter Wesley

b. 161, f. 1401 "African and Caribbean Creative Writings: A Bibliographic Survey" 1966

b. 161, f. 1402 "The African Collection at Howard University" 1959

b. 161, f. 1403 African History (Egypt and Ethiopia) 1933

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b. 161, f. 1404 African Writers (draft) Undated

b. 161, f. 1405 Afro-American Writings Published Before 1835, Outline 1931

b. 161, f. 1406 Annotated Bibliography on American Negro Seperatism Undated

b. 161, f. 1407 Annual Report to the President of Howard University 1960-1961 1961

b. 161, f. 1408 Anti-Slavery Movement in Northampton 1954–1960

b. 161, f. 1409 Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro by Samuel Ringgold Ward;Introduction by Dorothy Porter Wesley

1968

b. 161, f. 1410 Behind the Scenes Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the WhiteHouseBy Elizabeth Keckley, Introduction by Dorothy Porter Wesley

1968

b. 161, f. 1411-1412 "Bibliography and Research in African American Scholarship" 1976

b. 161, f. 1413 "A Bibliographical checklist of American Negro Writers About Africa" 1958

b. 162, f. 1414 Black Biliographers and Collectors Sources and Notes (draft) 1989–1990

b. 162, f.1415-1416

"The Black Role During the Era of the Revolution" 1973

b. 162, f. 1417 Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia (Contributer) 1992

b. 162, f.1418-1419

The Black Women in American Society: An Annotated Bibliography byLenwood. G. Davis foreword by Dorothy Porter Wesley

1975–1978

b. 162, f. 1420 Book Review of Theodore Parker by Henry Steele Commager 1937

b. 162, f. 1421 Book Review of Two Quaker Sisters. From the original diaries ofElizabeth Buum Chace and Lucy Buum Lovell.

1937

b. 162, f. 1422 Boston Women Candidates for Rediscovery (draft) 1937

b. 162, f. 1423 "Books with Negro Characters for Children" 1937

b. 163, f. 1424 A Catalogue of the African Collection in the Moorland FoundationHoward University Library edited by Dorothy Porter Wesley

1958

b. 163, f. 1425 A Catalogue of Books in the Moorland Foundation Compiled byWorkers on Projects 271 and 328 of the Works Progress AdministrationMargaret R. Hunton and Ethel Williams, Supervisors Dorothy B. Porter,Director

1939

b. 163, f. 1426 Catalogue of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection Editedby Charles L. Blockson, foreword by Dorothy Porter Wesley

1990

b. 163, f. 1427 Collections on the American Negro: A List of References Undated

b. 163, f. 1428 Data Concerning the Writings and and Professional Activities ofDorothy Porter Wesley

Undated

b. 163, f. 1429 "David Ruggles, An Apostle of Human Rights" 1943

b. 163, f. 1430 The Dictionary Catalog of the Jesse E. Moorland Collection Undated

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b. 163, f. 1431 A Directory of Negro Graduates of Accredited Library Schools compiledby the Columbia Civic Library Association (including Dorothy PorterWesley) 1900-1936

1937

b. 163, f. 1432 "Documentation on the Afro-American: Familiar and Less FamiliarResources"

1969

b. 163, f. 1433 Dorothy Porter Wesley's bibliography of published and unpublishedwritings

1993

b. 163, f. 1434 "Dorothy Burnett Porter Wesley: Enterprising Steward of BlackCulture" by Avril Johnson and Dorothy Porter Wesley

1994–1995

b. 163, f. 1435 "Early American Negro Writings: A Bibliographical Study" 1945–1946

b. 164, f. 1436 "Early American Negro Writings: A Bibliographical Study" 1945–1946

b. 164, f. 1437 "Early Manuscript Letters Written by Negroes" 1939

b. 164, f. 1438 Evidences of Religious Activity of Black Women in Anti-BellumAmerica

1993

b. 164, f. 1439 "Family Records, A Major Resource for Documenting the BlackExperience in New England"

1973

b. 164, f. 1440 "Fiction by African Authors: A Preliminary Checklist" 1962

b. 164, f. 1441 "Fifty Years of Collecting" 1984

b. 164, f. 1442 "First International Congress of Africanists" 1963

b. 164, f. 1443 Genealogy: A Brief List of References 1973

b. 164, f. 1444 George Washington Williams (1849-1891) 1971

b. 164, f. 1445 "A Glimpse of Negro History" 1953

b. 164, f. 1446 Hannah Kilham

b. 164, f.1447-1449

Historical and Biographical Data of Phillis Wheatley's Publication(article and draft)

1973

b. 165, f. 1450 "Howard University" 1967

b. 165, f. 1451 Howard University Masters' Theses 1946

b. 165, f. 1452 "Howard University: A Selected List of References" compiled byDorothy Porter Wesley and Betty Jo Lanier

1965

b. 165, f. 1453 Empty Undated

b. 165, f. 1454 Instruments of Scholarships Undated

b. 165, f. 1455 Leaves and Vacations 1935

b. 165, f.1456-1457

"The Librarian and the Scholar: A Working Partnership" 1965–1967

b. 165, f. 1458 "A Library on the Negro" 1938


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b. 165, f. 1459 "Library Sources for the Study of the Negro" 1936

b. 165, f. 1460 List of Books on the Negro Undated

b. 165, f. 1461 Literary Societies (draft) 1994

b. 165, f. 1462 Literature for Children With Negro Characters Undated

b. 165, f. 1463 "Literature Pertaining to the American Negro" 1935

b. 165, f. 1464 Literary Scene in Latin America: Selected References 1945

b. 165, f.1465-1467

Maria Louise Baldwin, (1856-1922) (drafts) 1968

b. 165, f. 1468 Monroe Nathan Work Undated

b. 166, f. 1469 The Moorland Foundation 1946

b. 166, f. 1470 The Moorland Foundation Library of Negro Life and History Located atHoward University

Undated

b. 166, f.1471-1473

The Negro in American Cities, A Selected and Annotated Bibliography 1967

b. 166, f. 1474 "The Negro in the Brazilian Abolition Movement" 1952

b. 166, f. 1475 The Negro Collection in Print at Howard University Undated

b. 166, f. 1476 Negro Culture (Excerpt in the Progressive Education) 1935

b. 166, f.1477-1478

The Negro in the United States 1968–1975

b. 166, f. 1479 "Negro Women in Our Wars" 1944

b. 166, f. 1480 "New Books for Children's Book Week" 1938

b. 166, f. 1481 "Northeastern Brazilian Novelists" 1955

b. 166, f. 1482 "The Organized Educational Activities of Negro Literary Societies,1828-1846"

1936

b. 167, f. 1483 "The Organized Educational Activities of Negro Literary Societies,1828-1846"

1936

b. 167, f. 1484 Our Man Nell (draft) 1995

b. 167, f. 1485 Outline Plan for Teaching a course on the Library and its Books toCollege Freshman

1928

b. 167, f. 1486 "Padre Domingos Caldas Barbosa: Afro-Brazilian Poet" 1951

b. 167, f.1487-1489

"Phylon Profile, XIV: Edward Christopher Williams" 1947

b. 167, f. 1490 Preface to "A Checklist of Afro-American Art and Artists" 1970


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b. 167, f. 1491 "The Preservation of University Documents: With Special Reference toNegro Colleges and Universities"

1942

b. 167, f. 1492 A Proposal for the Establishment of a Committee on HowardUniversity Archives

Undated

b. 167, f. 1493 "Recent Literature on the Negro" 1940

b. 167, f. 1494 "Recorded Evidences on the Practice of Medicine" Circa 1922

b. 168, f. 1495 Reminiscenes of Mordecai Johnson 1990

b. 168, f. 1496 "The Remonds of Salem: A Nineteenth Century Family Revisited" 1986

b. 168, f. 1497 A Report on the need for a Union Catalog of Printed Works on theNegro

1968

b. 168, f. 1498 Research Centers and Sources for the Study of African History 1960

b. 168, f. 1499 Role of the Negro Collection in Teaching and Research at HowardUniversity (draft)

1967

b. 168, f. 1500 "A Selected Bibliography of Bibliographies on the Negro " Undated

b. 168, f. 1501 "Selected List of Books by and About the Negro" 1936–1940

b. 168, f.1502-1503

Selected List of References about African American Collections 1971

b. 168, f. 1504 "Slavery Bitterly Contested by Citizens who set up UndergroundStations Here"

1954


Oversize 1954

b. 168, f. 1505 "Sojourner Truth Calls Upon the President: An 1864 Letter" 1972

b. 168, f. 1506 "Some Books Featuring Negro Characters for Young Children" 1937

b. 168, f. 1507 "A Special Library on the Negro" 1938


b. 168, f. 1509 The Water Cures 1954

b. 168, f. 1510 The William O. Brown Collection 1969

b. 168, f. 1511 "Women Activists, Wives, Intellectuals, Mothers, and Artists" 1975

b. 169, f.1512-1517

A Working Bibliography on the Negro in the United States 1968

b. 169, f. 1518 "Your's for Breaking Every Yolk: Selected Writings and Speeches ofWilliam Cooper Nell, 1833-1874"

1992

b. 169, f. 1519 Unidentified Writings 1966–1973

b. 170, f. 1520 Unidentified Writings 1966–1973


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b. 170, f.1521-1524

Notes Circa 1952–1973

Writings about or in Dedication of Dorothy Porter Wesley

b. 171, f. 1525 A Biographical Profile of Distinguished Black Pioneer Female Librarianscompiled by Lelia G. Rhodes

1983

b. 171, f. 1526 "A Brief Study of Mrs. Dorothy Burnett Porter: From Birth toCompletion of High School 1905-1922" by Janice M. Muganda

1972

b. 171, f. 1527 "Dorothy Porter Wesley: A Bio-Bibliographic Profile" by Helen H.Britton

1994

b. 171, f. 1528 "Dorothy Porter Wesley, Curator Extraordinaire" by Karen L. Jeerson 1990

b. 171, f. 1529 "The Energy-Charged Life of Dorothy Porter Wesley" by HarrietJackson Scarupa

1990

b. 171, f. 1530 "Essay: From Stereotype to Archetype" by Patricia J. Williams 1993

b. 171, f. 1531 Ethnic Collections in Libraries Edited by E.J. Josey and Marva L.DeLoach, (Dedication to Dorothy Porter Wesley)

1983

b. 171, f. 1532 "An Important Figure in Black Studies: Dr. Dorothy Porter Wesley" ByMaurice A. Lubin

1973

b. 171, f. 1533 "Library's African American Resources to be Symposium Focus" byHelen Dalrymple

1994

b. 171, f. 1534 "Moorland-Spingarn Research Center: A Past Revisited, A PresentReclaimed" by Michael R. Winston

1974

b. 171, f. 1535 Notable Black American Women Edited by Jessie Carney Smith, articleby Esme Bhan

1992

b. 171, f. 1536 "Profile of a Collector: Dorothy B. Porter Wesley" by Esme Bhan 1990

b. 171, f. 1537 "Public University and Private American Library Holdings on theNegro" by Ernest Kaiser

1969

b. 171, f.1538-1539

Recent Notable Books: A Selected Bibliography in Honor of DorothyBurnett Portercompiled by Morland Spingarn Research Center sta

1974

b. 172, f. 1540 Reference Aids in Black Studies published by G.K. Hall Reference Books Undated

b. 172, f. 1541 "A Wealth of African American Resources: Scholars' Use of LCCollections Inspires Seminar" by Charlynn Spencer Pyne

1994

b. 172, f. 1542 Unidentified Writings Circa 1993-1995

b. 173, f.1543-1549

Clippings about Dorothy Circa 1929-2000

b. 179, f.1597-1598

OversizeClippings

Circa 1950-1996

Writings by James A. Porter


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b. 174, f. 1550 The American Negro Artist Looks at Africa 1960

b. 174, f. 1551 Untitled Writings Circa 1937-1960

Writings by Charles H. Wesley

b. 174, f. 1552 Afro-American Encyclopedia, Introduction by Charles H. Wesley 1972

b. 174, f. 1553 Richard T. Greener, Introduction for Exhibition Catalogue (draft) 1980

b. 174, f. 1554 Selected Titles on Afro-American and African Culture. Chairman'sMessage by Charles H. Wesley

1969

Writings by Constance Porter Uzelac

b. 174, f. 1555 Bueno Excursion 1947

b. 174, f. 1555 "Moving a Fragmented Collection" 1969

b. 174, f. 1555 Milan Properties, Realtors, Inc. (advertisement) Undated

b. 174, f. 1555 Unidentified writings Undated

Writings by Others

b. 174, f.1556-1558

Writings by Others Circa 1920-1994

b. 175, f.1559-1564


b. 176, f.1565-1571


b. 177, f.1572-1577


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Series III. Research Files Dorothy Porter Wesley papersJWJ MSS 93

Series III. Research Files, 1847–2004Research Files consists of clippings, drafts, photostat reprints of letters and notes documenting theresearch conducted by Dorothy Porter Wesley, Constance Porter Uzelac and Charles Harris Wesley.Materials include research on African, African American, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-Latino literatureand culture used for building the Moorland Spingarn Collection as well as Dorothy Porter Wesley'sbibliographies, published books and articles including Afro-Braziliana: A Working Bibliography (1978), Early Negro Writing, 1760-1837 (1971), and William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African AmericanAbolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874 (2002). Articles on Sarah Parker Remond,Charles Lenox Remond and their families written by Dorothy Porter Wesley are also included. DorothyPorter Wesley's second husband, historian and author Charles Harris Wesley's notes and drafts for William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African American Abolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: SelectedWritings 1832-1874 (2002), are also contained in the series. Other writings include notes and illustrationsby Constance Porter Uzelac who completed the bibliography on William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-CenturyAfrican American Abolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874 (2002)in 2002. Theseries also contains clippings, correspondence and writings on Alain Leroy Locke, professor at HowardUniversity, as well as the correspondence and catalog books of Arthur Barnette Spingarn, who collectedAfrican American books, newspapers and manuscripts and whose collection formed the basis of theMoorland Spingarn Collection at Howard University.

Research Files is organized into five subseries: African Literature and Culture; African American Literatureand Culture; Caribbean and South American Literature and Culture; Remond Family research; and WilliamCooper Nell research.


African Literature and CultureDorothy Porter Wesley visited West African countries such as Ghana, Nigeria,Senegal and the Ivory Coast to collect Africana materials for the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Wesley also worked as an acquisitions librarian at theNational Library of Nigeria, a position she received as part of a Ford Foundationgrant from 1962-1964. The African Literature and Culture research subseriesconsists of bibliographies, notes, clippings and articles documenting Wesley'sexperience in West Africa.

1928–1973

b. 186, f. 1599 "Abolition and African Political Thought" by George Shepperson Circa 1963

b. 186, f.1600-1608

African authors 1960–1963

b. 187, f. 1609 "African Countries and Islands Adjacent to Africa" compiled by theMoorland Foundation

1956–1961

b. 187, f. 1610 African cultures 1935–1966

b. 274, f. 2533 Oversize 1958

b. 187, f. 1611 African fashions 1963–1968

b. 274, f. 2534 Oversize 1966–1968

b. 187, f. 1612 African history checklist 1962

b. 187, f. 1613 African library materials 1960–1965

b. 187, f.1614-1617

African Literature 1945–1965

b. 187, f. 1618 African Studies Association 1967

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b. 187, f. 1619 "America in the Niger Valley" by A.H.M. Kirk Greene 1962

b. 187, f. 1620 American Society of African Culture Newsletter 1964–1965

b. 187, f. 1621 Amina, Queen of Zazzau Undated

b. 187, f. 1622 Anthologies Circa 1960

b. 187, f. 1623 "Arabic documents of Northern Nigeria" by A.D.H. Bivar 1959

b. 188, f. 1624 Arabic names Circa 1960-1962

b. 188, f. 1625 Basutoland Circa 1960

b. 188, f. 1626 "Bibliography of Nigerian Fiction in English From the Doctoral Dissertation ofNancy J. Schmidt"

1965

b. 188, f. 1627 Bills and receipts 1962–1966

b. 188, f. 1628 Books for Africa 1960–1963

b. 188, f. 1629 Book Reviews Circa 1960-1967

b. 188, f. 1630 "The Collection of Swahili Literature and its Relation to Oral Tradition andHistory" by J.W.T. Allen

1959

b. 188, f. 1631 "The Concept of an African Prose Literature" by Wilfred H. Whiteley 1962

b. 188, f. 1632 The Conference of African Writers by Randolph Vigne 1959

b. 188, f. 1633 "Contemporary African Negro Literature" by Miriam G. Koshland 1956

b. 188, f. 1634 "The Creative Writer of African Descent" by Miriam G. Koshland 1956

b. 188, f. 1635 Documents Inc., catalog Undated

b. 188, f. 1636 Drama Circa 1960

b. 188, f. 1637 Folklore Undated

b. 188, f. 1638 "French Influences on Leopold Senghor's Theory of Negritude" by JacquesLouis Hymans

1928–1948

b. 188, f. 1639 Ghana notes Circa 1972

b. 188, f. 1640 "Jacobus Eliza Johannes Capitein 1717-47" by F.L. Bartels 1959

b. 188, f. 1641 The Journal of Modern African Studies, reviews 1965

b. 188, f. 1642 Literary magazine Undated

b. 188, f. 1643 Literature 1962

b. 188, f. 1644 Literature History and Criticism of Africa 1964

b. 188, f. 1645 "The Literature of British Central Africa" by George Shepperson 1958

b. 188, f. 1646 Location code for use in Nigerian Bibliography Undated

b. 188, f. 1647 The Lovedale Press Undated

African Literature and Culture (continued)

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b. 189, f. 1648 Luganda 1962

b. 189, f. 1649 Maps Undated


b. 189, f. 1651 Meeting on Libraries and Documentation 1962

b. 189, f. 1652 Modern African Writers (AMSAC) Undated

b. 189, f.1653-1655

Negro author catalog 1928–1967

b. 189, f. 1656 "Negritude in West Africa" by Abioseh Nicol 1960

b. 189, f. 1657 Nigeria 1943–1964

b. 189, f. 1658 Nigerian authors 1965

b. 189, f.1659-1661

Nigerian literature and publications 1964

b. 274, f. 2535 Oversize 1944–1964

b. 189, f. 1662 Nigerian printers and booksellers 1958

b. 190, f. 1663 Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1949–1961

b. 190, f. 1664 "Onitsha Market Literature" by Donatus I. Nwoga Undated

b. 190, f. 1665 Philip Butcher, lists 1967

b. 190, f. 1666 A Preliminary Bibliography of the Literature of Nationalism in Nigeria byRuth Perry

1956

b. 190, f. 1667 "A Preliminary Bibliography of the Yoruba Language" compiled by F.Adetowun Ogunsheye

1963

b. 190, f. 1668 "Poems Guerriers Rwanda" by A. Coupez and Th. Kamanzi 1962

b. 190, f. 1669 Sierra Leone 1973

b. 190, f. 1670 "The Social and Econimic Background of Portuguese Negro Poetry" byAlfredo Margarido

1962

b. 190, f. 1671 South Africa 1936–1958

b. 190, f. 1672 Southern Rhodesia African Literature Bureau 1960–1962

b. 190, f. 1673 Time and attendance records 1967

b. 190, f. 1674 Title Index to Africa Report 1960

b. 190, f. 1675 Zulu literature (notes) Undated

b. 190, f.1676-1678


b. 346, f.3059-3062

Notes circa 1960-1969

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African American Literature and CultureThe African American Literature and Culture research subseries consistsof clippings, notes, and writings documenting the research conducted byDorothy Porter Wesley for collection development in the Moorland-SpingarnResearch Center. The subseries contains materials about and belonging to writer,philospher and educator Alain Locke including correspondence and writings.Materials belonging to Civil Rights leader and collector Arthur Barnette Spingarn,including correpondence and book catalogs can also be found in the subseries.Research and drafts for Early Negro Writings, 1760-1837 (1971)written by DorothyPorter Wesley is also included.

The subseries is organized into two groupings: General Research Files, and EarlyNegro Writings.

1797–2011

General Research Files

b. 191, f. 1679 Abbie Mitchell Concert Undated

b. 191, f. 1680 African American Authors Undated

b. 191, f. 1681 Afro-American Newspapers 1910–1974

b. 191, f. 1682 Alice Werner Circa 1943

Alain Leroy Locke Papers


Afro-American Page 1912

b. 191, f. 1683 Bibliography of the Writings of Alain Leroy Locke Undated

b. 191, f. 1684 Correspondence 1920–1952

b. 191, f. 1685 Death 1954

b. 191, f. 1686 Extract from the Annual Report, 1956-57 of the MoorlandFoundation Howard University Library

1957

b. 191, f. 1687 Guide to the Alain L. Locke Papers prepared by Wilda Logan Willis 1985

b. 191, f. 1688 Last will and testament 1945–1950

b. 191, f. 1689 Manuscript Letters Undated

b. 191, f. 1690 Memorandum 1913–1915

b. 191, f. 1691 The New Negro Thirty Years Afterwardpublished by The HowardUniversity Press

1955

b. 191, f. 1692 Notorized Inventory Art Collection Estate of Alain Leroy Locke 1956

b. 191, f. 1693 Organizations Undated

b. 191, f. 1694 Photographs Undated

b. 191, f. 1695 Writings about Alain Leroy Locke Circa 1911-1970

Writings by Alain Leroy Locke

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b. 191, f. 1696 Negro Art Past and Present 1937

b. 191, f. 1697 "With Brush and Chisel: The Negro as Artist" Circa 1951

b. 191, f. 1698 Notes Undated

b. 191, f. 1699 Ephemera 1957

b. 192, f. 1700 American Negro Academy 1979

b. 192, f.1701-1702

American Negro Historical Society 1881–1904

b. 192, f. 1703 American Negro Writers Biographical Data Circa 1862-1895

b. 192, f. 1704 Anna J. Cooper 1972

Arthur Barnett Spingarn

b. 192, f. 1705 Arthur Barnett Spingarn Collection Value Circa 1947-1955

b. 192, f.1706-1707

Correspondence 1925–1979

b. 192, f. 1708 The Crisis 1972–1980

b. 192, f. 1709 Estimated budget for the expansion of library resources in theNegro Collection

Circa 1959

b. 192, f. 1710 Howard University Bulletin 1948

b. 192, f. 1711 Negro Authors (list) Undated

b. 193, f.1712-1714

Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., catalog books 1966–1970

b. 193, f. 1715 A Transcript of a Tape-Recorded Interview with ArthurB. Spingarn, conducted by John Britton of the Civil RightsDocumentation Project

1968

b. 193, f.1716-1717

Notes about Arthur B. Spingarn Circa 1944-1981


Oversize 1981



Oversize 1981

b. 194, f. 1719 Bessie Coleman 1976

b. 194, f. 1720 Bethume Museum 1989

b. 194, f.1721-1723

The Black Church Circa 1937-1979

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The Black Church 1976–1979

Black Studies Programs

b. 194, f. 1724 Art, notes and clippings 1976–1977

b. 194, f. 1725 Black curriculum 1969

b. 194, f. 1726 Black integration 1967–1968


Black integration 1967–1968

b. 194, f. 1727 Book shop and dealer notices Undated

b. 194, f. 1728 California black studies Undated

b. 194, f.1729-1730

National Evaluative Conference in Black Studies 1971

b. 194, f. 1731 Publications 1969–1970

b. 195, f.1732-1733

University of Iowa 1969–1970

b. 195, f. 1734 University of Maryland 1969


University of Utah (oversize) 1970

b. 195, f. 1735 Yale University 1972–1973

b. 195, f. 1735a Clippings Circa 1948-1994


Clippings 1966–1994

b. 195, f. 1736 Charles C. Cook 1923

b. 195, f. 1737 Charles H. Garvin Undated

b. 195, f.1738-1739

Charlotte Forten 1980–1988


Charlotte Forten 1980

b. 195, f. 1740 "The Colored Aristocracy of St. Louis" by Cyprian Clamorgan, 1858 1970–1971

b. 195, f. 1741 The Complete Fortune Teller and Dream Book By Chloe Russel 1989

b. 195, f. 1742 The Crisis (Front page) 1922

African American Literature and Culture > General Research Files (continued)

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David Ruggles

Dorothy Porter Wesley Writings on David Ruggles

b. 196, f. 1743 "David Ruggles, An Apostle of Human Rights" 1943

b. 196, f. 1744 "Dr.' David Ruggles Hydropathic Practitioner" Undated

b. 196, f. 1745 "Northampton Won Widespread Fame Through WaterCure Establishments; Taught Many Value of Diet, Fresh Air,Rest

1954

b. 196, f. 1746 Untitled Writings Undated

b. 197, f. 1747 American Antiquarian Society 1975

b. 197, f. 1748 Correspondence concerning David Ruggles research 1942–1956

b. 197, f.1749-1750

David Ruggles Papers 1834-1850 Circa 1942-1975

b. 197, f. 1751 David Ruggles Papers 1834-1850 Circa 1942-1975

b. 197, f. 1752 Discrimination against transports Circa 1949

b. 197, f. 1753 Genealogy Circa 1949

b. 197, f. 1754 Letters to and from David Ruggles, 1836-1846 (copies) Undated

b. 197, f. 1755 Libel Circa 1949

b. 197, f.1756-1757

Watercure 1949

b. 197, f.1758-1759


b. 198, f.1760-1763


b. 198, f. 1764 Frances Grant 1973

b. 198, f. 1765 Francis L. Cardoza 1869


Handy Brothers Music Company (oversize) 1936

b. 198, f. 1766 Illustrations 1988

b. 198, f. 1767 Ira Aldridge 1991

b. 198, f. 1768 Isaiah Isaacs Wears (copies) 1894


Isaiah Isaacs Wears (copies) 1859–1869


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James Weldon Johnson (oversize) 1934

b. 198, f. 1769 Jaun Latino Undated

b. 198, f. 1770 John Clarkson Undated

b. 198, f. 1771 Johnson C. Smith University 1943

b. 198, f. 1772 Joshua H. Jones 1913–1989

b. 198, f. 1773 Julia Hamilton Smith 1961–1967

b. 199, f. 1774 Julia Hamilton Smith 1961–1967

b. 199, f. 1775 Katharine Cornell 1926–2009

b. 199, f. 1776 Liberation Journal 1967

b. 199, f. 1777 Libraries: Detroit 1927

b. 199, f. 1778 Libraries: Schomburg 1955–1985


Oversize 1955


b. 199, f. 1780 Lorenzo Greene Undated

b. 199, f. 1781 Louisville Colored High School: Commencement 1896


Mae Miller (oversize) 1982

b. 199, f. 1782 Margaret Allison Bonds 1934

b. 199, f. 1783 Maria Stewart Undated

b. 199, f. 1784 Maria Louisa Baldwin 1922–1949

b. 199, f. 1785 May Miller Sullivan Undated

b. 199, f. 1786 McGirt's Magazine 1971

b. 199, f. 1787 "Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experience, Ministerial, Travels andLabours of Mrs. Zilpha Elaw, An American Female of Colour; TogetherWith Some Account of the Great Religious Revivals in America", 1846

Undated

b. 199, f. 1788 Miriam Matthews Undated

b. 199, f. 1789 Mwalimu Chorus 1939–1973

b. 199, f. 1790 National Afro-American Museum, Wilberforce 1982


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Oversize 1982

b. 199, f. 1791 National Council of Negro Women Project, Bibliography 19th CenturyNewspaper and Periodical Souces of Black Women's History

1978

b. 199, f. 1792 Negro Society for Historical Research Undated

b. 199, f. 1793 Negro History Bulletin 1937–2002

b. 200, f. 1794 Negro Union, Baltimore 1907

b. 200, f. 1795 Notable Negros Circa 1940


Odd Fellows Journal, fraternities (oversize) 1914

b. 200, f. 1796 "One Hundred Distinguished Leaders" by Charles Alexander 1899

b. 200, f. 1797 "Panorama of Negro History from 1492 to Today", Excerpts from theFolkways/Scholastic Record Library, 33 1/3 RPM

1968

b. 200, f.1798-1801

Patrick Henry Reason 1975–1988

b. 200, f. 1802 Pearlie's Prattle by Pearlie Cox (copy) Circa 1950

b. 200, f. 1803 Philadelphia Library Company 1967

b. 200, f. 1804 Phillis Wheatley Collection 1947

b. 200, f. 1805 Program Corporation of America Undated

b. 200, f.1806-1807

Publications 1925–1994

b. 201, f.1808-1812

Reprints, photostat copies of early letters (1861-1903) Undated



b. 201, f. 1813 Richard T. Greener 2001

b. 201, f. 1814 Robert Hayden 1975–1976

b. 201, f. 1815 St. Paul's School 1922

b. 201, f. 1816 Separate and Unequal essays Undated

b. 201, f. 1817 "The Sexual Mountain and Black Women Writers" by Calvin C. Hernton 1987

b. 201, f. 1818 Sidney Bechet Undated

African American Literature and Culture > General Research Files > National Afro-American Museum,Wilberforce (continued)

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b. 202, f. 1819 "Starvation of Young Black Minds: The Eect of Book Boycotts in SouthAfrica", Sponsored by the Association of American Publishers and theFund for Free Expression

1989

b. 202, f. 1820 Tuskegee Institute (blank postcards) Undated

b. 202, f. 1821 William A. Joiner (postcards) 1907–1914

b. 202, f. 1822 William Carol Bolivar 1907–1912

b. 202, f. 1823 William H. H. Hart Undated

b. 202, f. 1824 William H. Sheppard 1958–2011

b. 202, f.1825-1826

William Montague Cobb 1973–2002

b. 202, f.1827-1828

Women 1992

b. 203, f.1829-1835


b. 204, f.1836-1841



Notes 1928–1941

Early Negro Writings

b. 205, f.1842-1847

Drafts Circa 1963-1972

General Research

b. 205, f. 1848 "Constitution of the African Marine Fund, for the Relief of theDistressed Orphans, and Poor Members, of This Fund" Printed byJohn C. Totten (copy)

1810

b. 205, f. 1849 "Constitution and By-Laws of the Phoenix Society of the City ofNew York" (copy)

1835

b. 205, f. 1850 "Constitution and Rules to be Observed and Kept by the FriendlySociety of St. Thomas's African Church, of Philadelphia" printedby W.W. Woodward (copy)

1797

b. 205, f. 1851 "Conventional address" by Abraham D. Shadd (copy) 1833

b. 205, f. 1852 Early Negro Writings Reviews 1971–1977

b. 206, f. 1853 Early Negro Writings Reviews 1971–1977

b. 206, f.1854-1861

Illustations for Book Undated

b. 207, f. 1862 "Memorial of the Free People of Colour" (Copy) 1826


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b. 207, f. 1863 "Missonary Pioneer" (copy) 1827

b. 207, f.1864-1865

Negatives Undated

b. 207, f. 1866 Orders 1963–1964

b. 207, f. 1867 "Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates" Undated

b. 207, f. 1868 The Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealthof Pennsylvania

Undated

b. 207, f. 1869 Sources Circa 1968-1972

b. 207, f. 1870 Titles not to be used or Duplicates Circa 1968-1972

b. 207, f.1871-1873


Afro-Braziliana researchThe Afro-Braziliana research subseries contains materials documenting DorothyPorter Wesley's travels to Brazil collecting information and items for theMoorland Spingarn Research Center and for her bibliography Afro-Braziliana: AWorking Bibliography (1978).

General research

b. 208, f. 1874 Abolition 1953

b. 208, f. 1875 "African Culture in Brazil" by Milton Hare Circa 1966


b. 208, f. 1877 Alzofon Books 1974


Alzofon Books 1951

b. 208, f. 1878 Authors 1943–1954


Authors 1952–1953

b. 208, f. 1879 Azucena by Jose Cid Perez 1943

b. 208, f. 1880 "Book Report on the Rebellion in Backlands" by Dorothy Porter Wesley 1944

b. 208, f. 1881 Brazillian American Cultural Institute 1965

b. 208, f.1882-1883

Brazillian Authors of Negro Ancestry 1943

b. 208, f. 1884 Brazillian Books and Booksellers 1973

b. 208, f. 1885 Brazilians in Lagos 1963

b. 208, f. 1886 "The Brazillian Racial Situation" by Donald Pierson 1944

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b. 208, f. 1887 Carnaval 1947–1953

b. 209, f. 1888 Catalogs Circa 1951-1954

b. 209, f. 1889 Colonial Period 1974

b. 209, f. 1890 Congresso do Negro Brasileiro 1937–1950

b. 209, f. 1891 Entertainers 1952–1953


Entertainers 1944

b. 209, f. 1892 Individuals 1952

b. 209, f. 1893 Latin American Literature, Rosenwald Project Undated

b. 209, f. 1894 Latin American Materials on the Negro Undated

b. 209, f. 1895 Luso-Brazilian Studies 1950


Maps Undated

b. 209, f. 1896 The Negro in the Brazilian Abolition Movement by Dorothy PorterWesley

Undated

b. 209, f. 1897 Poetry Circa 1953


Poetry 1953

b. 209, f. 1898 Postcards and photographs 1951

b. 209, f.1899-1900


b. 210, f.1901-1902


b. 210, f. 1903 Race Question 1952


Race Question 1949–1951

b. 210, f. 1904 Race Relations Circa 1944-1993

b. 210, f. 1905 "Reflections of an Afro-Braziliano" by Abdias do Nascimento 1978–1979

b. 210, f. 1906 Religious Cults 1952


Religious Cults 1952–1953

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b. 210, f. 1907 Sample lists outlines Undated

b. 210, f. 1908 Sao Paulo 1952


Sao Paolo 1951

b. 210, f. 1909 Silva Alvarenga Undated

b. 210, f. 1910 Society and Culture Undated

b. 211, f. 1911 South America trip, bills, tickets and booklists 1959

b. 211, f. 1912 Subjects, names and notes Circa 1952

b. 211, f. 1913 Teatro do Negro and Abdias Nascimento 1951–1953

b. 211, f. 1914 Travel expenses for 4th International Colloquium on Luso BrazilianStudies in Salvador

1959–1960

b. 211, f. 1915 Untitled author lists 1958–1959


Untitled author lists 1944

b. 211, f.1916-1918


b. 212, f.1919-1925


b. 213, f.1926-1928


b. 213, f.1929-1930


b. 276a(Oversize), f.2562-2562c


Afro-Braziliana: A Working Bibliography (1978), (research and drafts)Contains files related to authors used in Afro-Braziliana: A WorkingBibliography (1978)

Circa 1978

Author Files

b. 213, f. 1931 Alameida Rosa, Francisco Octaviano, 1825-1889

b. 213, f. 1932 Amado, Jorge, 1912

b. 213, f. 1933 Andrade, Mario de, 1893-1945

b. 214, f. 1934 Anjos, Augusto de Carvalho Rodrigues Dos, 1884-1913

b. 214, f. 1935 Austregesilo Rodrigues Lima, Antonio 1876

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b. 214, f. 1936 Barreto, Joao Paulo Alberto Coelho, 1881-1921

b. 214, f. 1937 Barreto de Mendezes, Tobias, 1839-1889

b. 214, f. 1938 Bilac, Olavo dos Guimares, 1865-1918

b. 214, f. 1939 Brito, Francisco de Paula, 1809-1861

b. 214, f. 1940 Brito, Raimundo de Farias, 1862-1917

b. 214, f. 1941 Caldas Brabosa, Domingos, 1740-1800

b. 214, f. 1942 Campos, Humberto de, 1886-1934

b. 214, f. 1943 Carneiro, Edison de Souza, 1912-1972

b. 214, f. 1944 Castriciano de Souza, Henrique, 1874-1947

b. 214, f. 1945 Castro Alves, Antonio de, 1847-1871

b. 214, f. 1946 Correa, Viriato 1883-

b. 214, f. 1947 Cruz e Souza, Joao da, 1862-1898

b. 214, f. 1948 Dantas, Raymundo Souza, 1923

b. 214, f. 1949 Delfino dos Santos, Juiz, 1834-1910

b. 214, f. 1950 Dias de Mesquito, Teofilo Oderico, 1854-1889

b. 214, f. 1951 Ferreira da Veiga, Evaristo, 1799-1837

b. 214, f. 1952 Fontes, Hermes, 1888-1930

b. 214, f. 1953 Gama, Domincio da, 1862-1925

b. 214, f. 1954 Gama, Jose Basilio da, 1740-1795

b. 214, f. 1955 Gama, Luiz Gonzaga Pinto da, 1830-1882

b. 214, f. 1956 Goes, Fernando

b. 214, f. 1957 Gomes Pimenta, Silverio, 1840-1922

b. 214, f. 1958 Goncalves Crespo, Candido Antonia, 1846-1883

b. 214, f. 1959 Goncalves Dias, Antonio, 1823-1864

b. 214, f. 1960 Goncalves, Francisco de Paula, 1899-1927

b. 215, f. 1961 Guerra, Gregorio de Matos, 1623-1696

b. 215, f. 1962 Jurandir, Dalcidio

b. 215, f. 1963 Lima Barreto, Afonso Henrique de, 1881-1992

b. 215, f. 1964 Lima, Jorge de, 1893-1953

b. 215, f. 1965 Lopes, Bernardino da Costa, 1859-1916

Afro-Braziliana research > Afro-Braziliana: A Working Bibliography (1978) , (research and d [...] >Author Files (continued)

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b. 215, f. 1966 Lopes de Moura, Caetano, 1780-1960

b. 215, f. 1967 Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria, 1839-1908

b. 215, f. 1968 Martens Junior, Jose Isidoro, 1860-1904

b. 215, f. 1969 Melo, Agnelo Rodrigues de,

b. 215, f. 1970 Moraes, Antonio Evaristo de, 1871-1939

b. 215, f. 1971 Nascentes, Antenor, 1886-1972

b. 215, f. 1972 Nina Rodriques, Raymundo, 1862-1906

b. 215, f. 1973 Palhares, Victoriano Jose Marinho, 1840-1890

b. 215, f. 1974 Paltrocinio, Jose do Carlos, 1853-1905

b. 215, f. 1975 Patrocinio Filho, Jose do, 1885-1929

b. 215, f. 1976 Pereira Reboucas, Antonio, 1798-1880

b. 215, f. 1977 Pereira, Reboucas, Filho Antonio, 1839-1874

b. 215, f. 1978 Querino, Manuel Raimundo, 1851-1923

b. 215, f. 1979 Raimundo, Jacques

b. 215, f. 1980 Ramos, Alberto Guerreiro,

b. 215, f. 1981 Reboucas, Andre Pinto, 1838-1898

b. 215, f. 1982 Rego, Joao de Deus do, 1867-1902

b. 215, f. 1983 Rego, Jose Lins do, 1910-1957

b. 215, f. 1984 Rocha, Justiniano Jose da, 1812-1862

b. 215, f. 1985 Rodrigues, Ironides

b. 215, f. 1986 Saldanha, Jose da Natividade, 1796-1830

b. 215, f. 1987 Sampaio, Theodoro Fernandes, 1855-1937

b. 215, f. 1988 Santos, Hermeterio Jose dos, 1858

b. 215, f. 1989 Santos, Jose Maria dos, 1877-1954

b. 215, f. 1990 Silva, J. Romao da

b. 215, f. 1991 Silva Rabello, Laurindo Jose da, 1826-1864

b. 216, f. 1992 Silva Alvarenga, Manoel Ignacio da, 1749-1814

b. 216, f. 1993 Teixeira E. Souza, Antonio Goncalves, 1812-1861

b. 216, f. 1994 Titara, Ladislau dos Santos, 1801-1861

b. 216, f. 1995 Trinidade, Solano


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b. 216, f. 1996 Vianna, Francisco Jose de Oliveira, 1885-1951

b. 216, f. 1997 Viera, Antonio, 1608-1697

b. 216, f. 1998 Wanderly, Joao Barao de Cotegipe, 1815-1889

b. 216, f. 1999 Corrections 1978

b. 216, f. 2000 Dedications Circa 1978

b. 216, f. 2001 Outline Circa 1978

b. 216, f. 2002 Preface Circa 1978

b. 216, f. 2003 Poetry Circa 1978

b. 216, f. 2004 Revisions Circa 1978

b. 216, f. 2005 Reviews 1978–1979

b. 216, f. 2006 Royalties 1984–1992

Subjects Circa 1978

b. 216, f. 2007 Bibliographies

b. 216, f. 2008 General Works

b. 216, f. 2009 Travel

b. 217, f. 2010 Traveller's Accounts of Brazil

b. 217, f.2011-2013

African Slave Trade, Slavery, and Abolition

b. 217, f. 2014 Slave Insurrections and the Quilombo of Palmares

b. 217, f. 2015 Bandeirante Movement

b. 217, f. 2016 Additional Aspects of Afro-Brazilian History

b. 217, f. 2017 History

b. 217, f. 2018 Social conditions and race relations

b. 217, f. 2019 Sociology

b. 217, f. 2020 Sociology and Anthropology

b. 218, f. 2021 Medicine and Health

b. 218, f. 2022 Africanisms in the Brazilian Portuguese Language

b. 218, f. 2023 African Influence on Brazilian Cookery

b. 218, f. 2024 Art

b. 218, f. 2025 Art and Artists


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b. 218, f.2026-2027

Music, Dance and Carnival

b. 218, f.2028-2029

Folklore

b. 218, f.2030-2031

Religion

b. 218, f. 2032 Football-Soccer

b. 219, f. 2033 Literature

b. 219, f. 2034 Anthologies

b. 219, f. 2035 History and Criticisim

b. 219, f. 2036 Poetry with and Afro-Brazilian theme

b. 219, f. 2037 Prose with Afro-Brazilian theme

b. 219, f. 2038 Prose Fiction

b. 219, f. 2039 Drama

b. 219, f. 2040 Individual and Collective Biography

Caribbean and South American ResearchContains clippings and notes documenting the research conducted by DorothyPorter Wesley during her travels to the Caribbean and South America.

b. 220, f. 2041 Bibliographies Circa 1961

b. 220, f. 2042 La Biblioteca Colombia Undated

b. 276a(Oversize), f.2563

La Biblioteca Colombia 1982–1992

b. 220, f. 2043 Books 1944

b. 220, f. 2044 Caribbean literature 1932–1961


Caribbean literature 1961

b. 220, f. 2045 Cuban booklists and notes Undated

b. 220, f. 2046 Haiti 1966

b. 220, f. 2047 Mexico 1944

b. 220, f. 2048 Rachel Pringle Undated

b. 220, f. 2049 San Martin De Porres Circa 1971


Afro-Braziliana research > Afro-Braziliana: A Working Bibliography (1978) , (research and d [...] >Subjects (continued)

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b. 220, f. 2051 South America clippings 1960–1974


South America clippings 1960

Remond Family Research PapersThe Remond Family Papers consists of the research conducted by Dorothy PorterWesley on the abolitionist Remond family of Salem, Massachusetts, specificallySarah Parker Remond and Charles Lenox Remond. A majority of the subseriesconsist of articles, clippings and notes documenting the Remond family.

Dorothy Porter Wesley Research on the Remond Family

b. 221, f.2052-2054

Correspondence related to Remond Family Research 1945–1995

b. 221, f. 2055 Bibliographical notes Circa 1976-1981

b. 221, f. 2056 A Biography of Sarah Parker Remond, project notes 1972–1985


A Biography of Sarah Parker Remond, project notes 1985

b. 221, f. 2057 Charles Lenox Remond, 1810-1873, By Dorothy Porter Wesley essay andnotes

Circa 1974

b. 221, f.2058-2059

Ford Foundation Report: Remond-Grant 1972–1978

b. 221, f. 2060 Ford Foundation Report: Remond-Grant 1972–1978

b. 222, f. 2061 Remonds in 19th Century Europe 1989

b. 222, f.2062-2063

The Remonds of Salem: A Forgotten Nineteenth Century Family Circa 1972-1973

b. 222, f.2064-2067

"The Remonds of Salem, Massachusettes: A Nineteenth-CenturyFamily Revisited"

1985–1986

b. 223, f. 2068 Remond Research Fund 1977–1978

b. 223, f. 2069 Remond, Sarah Parker Undated

b. 223, f.2070-2071

"Sarah Parker Remond Abolitionist and Physician" 1935

b. 223, f. 2072 Sarah Pintor, Probate Court Undated

b. 223, f. 2073 Sources to be checked 1971

b. 223, f.2074-2075

Travel expenses 1972–1973

b. 223, f. 2076 Untitled Writings Circa 1971-1978

Remond Family Papers

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b. 223a, f. 2077 Empty Undated

b. 223a, f.2078-2081

Census Records 1755-1870 (copies) Circa 1973

b. 223a, f.2082-2084

Chronology of Remond family Undated

b. 223a, f. 2085 Directories of Salem notes Undated

b. 224, f.2086-2091

Genealogy, deaths, wills and obituaries Undated

b. 224, f. 2092 Agnes Ellen Babcock Undated

b. 224, f. 2093 Cecelia Babcock, marriage certificates, leases, correspondence andnotes

Circa 1891-1916

b. 225, f. 2094 Cecelia Babcock, marriage certificates, leases, correspondence andnotes

Circa 1891-1916

b. 225, f. 2095 Charles Babcock Undated

b. 225, f. 2096 Edward P. Cassell Undated

b. 225, f. 2097 John M. Cassell Undated

b. 225, f. 2098 Maritchie Cassell 1978

b. 225, f. 2099 Cornelius Lenox Undated

b. 225, f. 2100 John Lenox Undated

b. 225, f. 2101 Louisa Lenox Undated

b. 225, f. 2102 Perry Lenox 1975

b. 225, f.2103-2104

Caroline E. Putnam Undated

b. 225, f. 2105 Edmund Quincy Putnam 1972–1975

b. 226, f.2106-2111

Edmund Quincy Putnam 1972–1975

b. 277(Oversize), f.2567-2568

Edmund Quincy Putnam 1986–1990

b. 226, f. 2112 George Putnam Undated

b. 226, f. 2113 Joseph Putnam Undated

b. 226, f. 2114 Quincy Putnam Undated

b. 227, f. 2115 Amy Matilda Remond Undated

b. 227, f.2116-2122

John Remond deeds, illustrations, and notes Circa 1947-1991

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b. 228, f.2123-2129

John Remond deeds, illustrations, and notes Circa 1947-1991

b. 229, f. 2130 Lizzie M. Remond, 1868 Undated

b. 229, f. 2131 Maritchia Jaun Remond Undated

b. 229, f. 2132 Nancy Remond Undated

b. 229, f. 2133 Susan H. Remond 1993

b. 229, f. 2134 James Lee Sherman Undated

b. 229, f. 2135 Sarah Parker Remond Lee Sherman Undated

General Research Files Undated

b. 229, f. 2136 Annual Report of the Edinburgh Ladies' Emancipation Society,1854-1862

Undated

b. 229, f. 2137 Anti-Slavery Issues of the 1850s Undated

b. 229, f. 2138 "The Black Leadership Class and Education in Antebellum Boston" byArthur O. White

1973

b. 229, f. 2139 "The Black Putnams of Charlotte Forten's Journal" by Gloria Oden 1990

b. 229, f. 2140 Boston Negroes Undated

b. 229, f. 2141 Broadsides Undated

b. 229, f. 2142 Civil War articles on colored troops 2001

b. 229, f. 2143 The Colored American Magazine (copy) 1903

b. 229, f. 2144 Colored Regiments 2001

b. 230, f.2145-2148

Curacao Circa 1971-1991


Curacao 1971–1991

b. 230, f. 2149 East Indian Marine Hall Circa 1976

b. 230, f. 2150 Essex Institute Historical Collections, catalogs 1990

b. 230, f. 2151 George Downing Undated

b. 230, f. 2152 Illustrations 1971–1988

b. 230, f. 2153 Indexes Undated

b. 230, f. 2154 James Wormley 1993

b. 230, f. 2155 Lewis Hayden Undated

Remond Family Research Papers > Remond Family Papers (continued)

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Lectures Undated

b. 231, f. 2156 List of free black heads of families, 1790 1973

b. 231, f. 2157 Maps and menus Circa 1962-1972


Oversize Undated

b. 231, f. 2158 Memories of a hundred years by Edward Everett Hale Circa 1900

b. 231, f. 2159 Ministers without Portfolios by Benjamin Quarles 1954

b. 231, f. 2160 The New England Anti-Slavery: Pioneer Abolition Organization Societyby Roman J. Zorn

1957

b. 231, f. 2161 The Non-Slaveholder edited and published by Abm. L. Pennock, SamuelRhoads and Geo. W. Taylor (Original)

1847

b. 231, f. 2162 "Our Exemplars" by Matthew Davenport Hill (copy) 1861

b. 231, f. 2163 People of color in Salem Undated

b. 231, f. 2164 Po Harvey disks Circa 1988-1990

b. 231, f. 2165 Real estate (notes) 1967

b. 231, f. 2166 Remarks On Slavery, 1806 1970


b. 231, f. 2168 Report of the Committee of the Edinburgh Ladies EmancipationSociety, 1864

1967

b. 231, f. 2169 Report on the Sundry Petitions Respecting Distinctions of Color,Petitions, 1839 (copy)

1839

b. 231, f. 2170 Rescue of the Shadrock , 1851 1897

b. 231, f. 2171 Salem articles (copies) 1959

b. 231, f. 2172 Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal history by Reverend James A.Handy (copy)

Undated

b. 231, f. 2173 Sketches of Places and People Abroad by William Wells Brown (copy) 1855

b. 231, f. 2174 Streets (notes) Undated

b. 231, f. 2175 Travel 1980–1988


Travel 1976–1988

b. 231, f. 2176 Underground railroads 1933–1971

Remond Family Research Papers > General Research Files (continued)

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b. 231, f. 2177 Vital Statistics-Salem (copies) 1918–1925

b. 231, f. 2178 William Bentley, diary (notes) Undated

b. 232, f. 2179 William Bentley, diary (notes) Undated

b. 232, f.2180-2184


b. 233, f.2185-2190


b. 234, f.2191-2194



Notes 1968–1989




b. 234, f. 2196 Publications Circa 1938-1994

b. 235, f.2197-2201

Publications Circa 1938-1994

b. 236, f.2202-2207


b. 237, f.2208-2210


b. 238, f.2211-2217


Sarah Parker Remond research files

b. 239, f.2218-2220

Correspondence, (copies) 1857–1897

b. 239, f. 2221 African Americans in Europe Circa 1977

b. 239, f. 2222 African Meeting House 1979

b. 239, f. 2223 American Anti-Slavery Society Circa 1990

b. 239, f. 2224 Anthony Trollope Undated

b. 239, f.2225-2226

Anti-Slavery Advocate Circa 1858

b. 239, f. 2227 Anti-Slavery Convention Undated

b. 239, f. 2228 Anti-Slavery Meetings in Salem (notes) Undated

Remond Family Research Papers > General Research Files (continued)

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b. 240, f. 2229 Anti-Slavery pamphlets (copies) 1864

b. 240, f. 2230 Anti-Slavery reporter, 1827-1851 1967

b. 240, f. 2231 Artifacts in Essex Museum Undated

b. 240, f. 2232 Aubrey House Undated

b. 240, f. 2233 Autobiography of Sarah Parker Remond (excerpt, copies) 1861

b. 240, f. 2234 Bowditch Papers Guide Essex Institute in Salem Undated

b. 240, f. 2235 British for Anti-Slavery Society 1859

b. 240, f. 2236 British Isles maps 1976–1988

b. 240, f. 2237 Charlotte Forten 1976–1988

b. 240, f. 2238 Chase Family Letters (excerpt copies) 1975–1988

b. 240, f. 2239 Churches Undated

b. 240, f. 2240 Douglas Monthly, (copies) 1859

b. 240, f. 2241 Early authors Undated

b. 240, f. 2242 Edinburgh National Library, Scotland Undated

b. 241, f. 2243 Elizabeth Blackwell notes Undated

b. 241, f. 2244 England 1974

b. 241, f. 2245 Essex Institute 1983

b. 241, f. 2246 Ethiopia, (poem) By a lady of color from London empire, (copy) 1855

b. 241, f. 2247 Female Salem Anti-Slavery Society (copies) 1839–1853

b. 241, f. 2248 Fred Scott Decision Undated

b. 241, f. 2249 Frederick Douglass and the Remonds Circa 1968

b. 241, f. 2250 Fugitive slave stories Undated

b. 241, f. 2251 Giuseppe Garibaldi Circa 1983

b. 241, f. 2252 Glasgow Mitchell Library Undated

b. 241, f. 2253 Harmony Grove Cemetary 1960–1989

b. 241, f. 2254 Harriet Beecher Stowe 1976


Harriett Beecher Stowe 1976

b. 241, f. 2255 Howard Athenaeum Case, 1835 Undated

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Illustrations Undated

b. 241, f. 2256 Hymns Sung (copy) 1835

b. 242, f. 2257 Illustrations Circa 1975-1989


Illustrations 1975–1992

b. 242, f. 2258 Indexes 1991

b. 242, f.2259-2259a

Italy Circa 1968-1994


Italy 1994

b. 242, f. 2260 John Bishop Eslin Undated

b. 242, f. 2261 Jurors Undated

b. 242, f. 2262 Ladies College Undated

b. 242, f. 2263 Ladies Society for the Aid of Fugitive Slaves in England Undated

Lectures Circa 1974

b. 242, f. 2264 Lecture Schedules

England

b. 242, f. 2265 Bristol


Oversize 1859

b. 243, f. 2266 Chesterfield

b. 243, f. 2267 Finsbury

b. 243, f. 2268 Halifax

b. 243, f. 2269 Leeds

b. 243, f. 2270 Liverpool

b. 243, f. 2271 London

b. 243, f. 2272 Manchester

b. 243, f. 2273 Penketh

b. 243, f. 2274 Ulverston


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b. 243, f. 2275 Wakefield

b. 243, f.2276-2277

Warrington


Oversize

Ireland

b. 243, f. 2278 Clonmel

b. 243, f. 2279 Cork

b. 244, f. 2280 Dublin

b. 244, f. 2281 Waterford

Scotland

b. 244, f. 2282 Dumfries

b. 244, f. 2283 Edinburgh

b. 244, f.2284-2286

Notes

b. 245, f. 2287 Notes

b. 245, f.2288-2290

The Liberator, copies of clippings and notes Circa 1832-1859


The Liberator, copies of clippings and notes 1858–1859

b. 245, f. 2291 Literary Societies Undated

b. 245, f. 2292 Lola Montez Undated

b. 245, f. 2293 London (general notes) 1972

b. 245, f. 2294 London Emancipation Committee, 1859 Circa 1972

b. 245, f. 2295 Maps of the United Kingdom Undated

b. 245, f. 2296 Mary Lenox Estate Undated

b. 245, f. 2297 Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Undated


b. 245, f. 2299 National Anti-Slavery Bazaars Undated

b. 245, f. 2300 National Anti-Slavery Standard (copies) Circa 1845-1868

b. 245, f. 2301 Negroes and Anglo-Africans as Freedmen and Soldiers compiled bySarah Parker Remond, 1864 (copy)

1864

Remond Family Research Papers > Sarah Parker Remond research files > Lectures > England(continued)

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b. 246, f. 2302 New England Anti-Slavery Convention Undated

b. 246, f. 2303 New York Colonization Journal 1859

b. 246, f. 2304 Passport data Circa 1981

b. 246, f. 2305 Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Fair Undated

b. 246, f. 2306 Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, 1857 Circa 1987

b. 246, f. 2307 Philadelphia Women's Association (copies) Undated

b. 246, f. 2308 The Red Lodge Undated

b. 246, f. 2309 Remond family grave site 1989

b. 246, f. 2310 Reverend Samuel Joseph May Undated

b. 246, f. 2311 Richard D. Webb (1854-1859) Undated

b. 246, f. 2312 Salem Charitable Mechanic Association Undated

b. 246, f. 2313 Salem-Hawthorne, 1804-1864 1988–1992

b. 246, f. 2314 Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society 1990

b. 246, f. 2315 Salem Martine National Historic Site 1976–1987

b. 247, f. 2316 Salem's early slave history 1985

b. 247, f. 2317 Samuel May 1973

b. 247, f. 2318 Samuel R. Ward 1976

b. 247, f. 2319 Sardinia 1986–1987


Sardinia 1978

b. 247, f. 2320 Ships Undated

b. 247, f. 2321 Susan B. Anthony 1968

b. 247, f. 2322 Susan Paul Circa 1833-1837

b. 247, f.2323-2325

Trip to Rome, Italy (photos) Circa 1967-1990

b. 248, f. 2326 Wendell Phillips on Crispus Attucks 1849

b. 248, f. 2327 William Hull Undated

b. 248, f.2328-2329

Willliam Wells Brown 1979

b. 248, f. 2330 William P. Powell Circa 1973

b. 248, f. 2331 Women professors Circa 1963-1981


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b. 248, f.2332-2333


b. 249, f.2334-2340


b. 250, f.2341-2343



Notes 1983–1992


Ephemera 1986

Charles Lenox Remond research files

b. 251, f. 2344 Amy M. Remond Undated

b. 251, f. 2345 Anti-Slavery Women of Pawtucket, Rhode Island Undated

b. 251, f.2346-2348

Articles about Charles Remond Circa 1975-1988

b. 251, f. 2349 Catalogue calendar and Bibliography of the Collections 1990

b. 251, f. 2350 Charles Remond Jr. 1861-1881 Undated

b. 251, f.2351-2352

Chronology Undated

b. 252, f. 2353 Elizabeth M. Remond Circa 1988

b. 252, f. 2354 Ellen and William Craft 1965–1967

b. 252, f. 2355 George T. Downing Undated

b. 252, f. 2356 House and Land Undated

b. 252, f. 2357 Illustrations 1989

b. 252, f. 2358 Joshua B. Smith 1974

b. 252, f.2359-2363

Letters 1839-1843 (copies) Circa 1967

b. 279, f.2587-2588

Oversize (copies) Circa 1839-1843

b. 253, f.2364-2365

The Liberator (copies) Undated

b. 253, f. 2366 National Anti-Slavery Standard (copies) Circa 1840-1859


Oversize (copies) Circa 1857


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b. 280, f.2589-2590b

Newspaper file photocopies (oversize) Circa 1844-1858

b. 253, f. 2367 North Star (copies) Circa 1850

b. 253, f. 2368 Photographs Circa 1972

b. 253, f. 2369 Probate Records Undated

b. 253, f.2370-2372


b. 254, f. 2374 References to be checked Undated

b. 254, f. 2375 Richard Cobden (photograph) Undated

b. 254, f.2376-2377

Salem publications Circa 1882-1896

b. 255, f.2378-2379

Speeches (1854-1867) Circa 1972-1978

b. 255, f. 2380 Thomas Cole Undated

b. 255, f. 2381 United States Lectures 1856-1858 Circa 1856-1858

b. 255, f. 2382 Wendall Phillips Remond Undated

b. 255, f. 2383 William Lloyd Garrison 1978

b. 255, f.2384-2386


b. 256, f.2387-2388



Clippings (oversize) 1974–1983

William Cooper Nell Research FilesThe William Cooper Nell Research Files consists of writings and materials onabolitionist William Cooper Nell by Dorothy Porter Wesley, her second husbandCharles Harris Wesley, and daughter Constance Porter Uzelac. Research forthe bibliography William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-Century African AmericanAbolitionist, Historian, Integrationist: Selected Writings 1832-1874 (2002) iscontained in this series.

Charles Harris Wesley Writings on William Cooper Nell

b. 256, f. 2389 Correspondence on William Cooper Nell research to and from CharlesHarris Wesley

1978

b. 256, f. 2390 Biographical information Circa 1974-1994

b. 256, f. 2391 Crispus Attucks 1852-1863 1991

b. 256, f.2392-2393

Drafts, Chapters 1-3 Circa 1976-1987

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b. 256, f.2394-2395

Notes on William Cooper Nell Circa 1976-1978

b. 257, f.2396-2397

Notes on William Cooper Nell Circa 1976-1978

b. 257, f.2398-2400

Notes (general) Circa 1976-1987

Dorothy Porter Wesley Writings on William Cooper Nell

b. 258, f. 2401 Correspondence on William Cooper Nell research to and from DorothyPorter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac

1979–2001

b. 258, f. 2402 Chapter outlines 1991–2001

b. 258, f. 2403 Footnotes 1995

b. 258, f. 2404 William Cooper Nell 1816-1874, Introduction (draft) 1994–1995

b. 258, f. 2405 William Cooper Nell: Integration vs. Seperation The Black Dilenmma(draft)

1992

General Research Files

b. 259, f. 2406 Adelphic Union Library Association Institute, 1838-1840 Undated

b. 259, f. 2407 Advertisements 1990–1993

b. 259, f. 2408 Amos Germon Beman and Jehiel C. Beman 1937–1992

b. 259, f. 2409 Amy Kirby Post, biographical information 1978–1990

b. 259, f. 2410 Anderson Auction Catalogue 1905 1995

b. 259, f. 2411 Anti-Slavery Literature (copies) Circa 1854-1859

b. 259, f. 2412 Bibliographies Undated

b. 259, f.2413-2414

Biographical information 1951–1994

b. 259, f. 2415 Biography notes Circa 1994


Biography notes 1994

b. 259, f. 2416 Black Abolitionist Papers 1961–1983

b. 259, f. 2417 Book Cover 2002

b. 259, f. 2418 Boston Directories (copies) Circa 1813-1818

b. 259, f. 2419 Boston Massacre (copy) 1858

b. 259, f. 2420 Boston Newspapers to be checked 1994

b. 260, f. 2421 Checklists 1994

William Cooper Nell Research Files > Charles Harris Wesley Writings on William Cooper Nell(continued)

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b. 260, f. 2422 Colored National Convention (copies) Circa 1855-1856

b. 260, f. 2423 Colored Patriots the American Revolutionary (copies) Circa 1855-1864

b. 260, f. 2424 Crispus Attucks Celebration, 1865-1866 2004

b. 260, f. 2425 Death Certificates, 1874 1977

b. 260, f. 2426 Donald Jacobs 1970–1971

b. 260, f. 2427 Elijah William Smith 1902

b. 260, f. 2428 Employment Agency (copies of clippings) Circa 1843-1859

b. 260, f. 2429 Facts, Figures and Players Undated

b. 260, f. 2430 Flags of America 1991

b. 260, f. 2431 Forest Hill Cemetary 1978–1989

b. 260, f. 2432 Format Policies and Procedures Undated

b. 260, f. 2433 Frances Ames, 1860 1993

b. 260, f. 2434 Frances Harper Undated

b. 260, f. 2435 Frederick Douglass 1976–1990


Frederick Douglass 1990

b. 260, f. 2436 Fugitive Slave Act of 1850-1851 Circa 1987

b. 260, f. 2437 George Lowther 1990–1991

b. 260, f. 2438 Gerrit Smith Collection Undated

b. 260, f. 2439 George W. Forbes Undated

b. 261, f.2440-2441

Grave marker for William Cooper Nell 1989

b. 261, f. 2442 Harper's Ferry Undated

b. 261, f. 2443 Harriet Ann Nell Undated

b. 261, f.2444-2445

Illustrations 1991–1998


Illustrations Circa 1991-1998

b. 261, f. 2446 Integration vs. Seperation: William Cooper Nell's Role in the Strugglefor Equality by Dorothy Porter Wesley

1991

b. 261, f. 2447 Jeremiah Sanderson Circa 1952-1968

William Cooper Nell Research Files > General Research Files (continued)

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b. 261, f. 2448 The Liberator, copies of clippings and notes Circa 1859-1995

b. 262, f.2449-2451

The Liberator, copies of clippings and notes Circa 1859-1995

b. 262, f. 2452 Louisa Gray (copies of letters) 1865

b. 262, f. 2453 Madame Carteaux Bannister Undated

b. 262, f. 2454 Mary C. Munroe scrapbook (copy clippings) Undated

b. 262, f. 2455 Mirror of Liberty, 1838 (copy) Circa 1940


Mirror of Liberty, 1838 (copy)

b. 262, f. 2456 National Antislavery Standard, 1869 1976

b. 262, f. 2457 National Archives and Records Administration 1973

b. 262, f. 2458 Negatives Undated

b. 262, f. 2459 North Star Undated

b. 262, f. 2460 Property Qualifications 2004

b. 263, f.2461-2465


b. 263, f. 2466 Public conveyances, discrimination 1993

b. 263, f. 2467 Ripley Indexes 1991

Sarah Roberts Case

b. 264, f. 2468 African Meeting House 1979

b. 264, f.2469-2470

Case Comments 1979

b. 264, f. 2471 Reports 1979

b. 264, f.2472-2473

Empty Undated

b. 264, f.2474-2476

Script 1979–1981

b. 265, f. 2477 Notes 1979–1981

b. 265, f. 2478 Services of Colored Americans in 1776-1812 Undated

b. 265, f. 2479 Smith School 1975

b. 265, f. 2480 Theodore Parker Undated

b. 265, f. 2481 Thomas Jennings Undated


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b. 265, f. 2482 Vigilance Committtee Undated

b. 265, f. 2483 Weekly Anglo-African and Anglo-African Magazine excerpts Undated

b. 265, f. 2484 Wendell Phillips (copies of clippings) 1866


Wendell Phillips (original Anti-slavery standard clippings) 1868

b. 265, f. 2485 Will of Jesse Nell 1979

b. 265, f.2486-2488

William Cooper Nell clippings, copies of speeches, memorandum andcorrespondence

Circa 1830-1874

b. 266, f.2489-2493


Circa 1830-1874

b. 267, f.2494-2499


Circa 1830-1874

b. 268, f.2500-2504


Circa 1830-1874

b. 269, f.2505-2510


Circa 1830-1874

b. 270, f.2511-2514


Circa 1830-1874

b. 271, f.2515-2519


Circa 1830-1874

b. 272, f.2520-2522


Circa 1830-1874

b. 272, f.2523-2525


b. 273, f.2526-2532



Notes 1992–1993


General clippings 1854–1976

b. 282, f.2598-2600c

Clippings, copies by or about William Cooper Nell Circa 1853


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Series IV. Personal Papers Dorothy Porter Wesley papersJWJ MSS 93

Series IV. Personal PapersPersonal Papers includes photographs, financial documents and ephemera belonging to Dorothy PorterWesley, Constance Porter Uzelac, James Amos Porter, Charles Harris Wesley, and other extended familymembers. Dorothy Porter Wesley received personal items from her parents and siblings upon their deathsincluding tennis records, a memoir and records documenting the tennis career of Wesley's mother, Roberta(Bertha) Ball Burnett, and deeds and journals from her sisters Leonie Burnett Harper and Alice Taylor. Otheritems include original commencement records from Howard University School of Medicine and LincolnUniversity respectively belonging to Wesley's father Hayes Joseph Burnett and brother Hayes Burnett II.Wesley was also a beneficiary of the estate belonging to Lula V. Allan and Bertha Allan, who were librarians,teachers and mentors to Wesley at Miner Normal School. The materials belonging to Lula and Bertha Allaninclude third party correspondence, wills, photographs and ephemera.

Personal Papers is organized into five subseries: General Personal Papers belonging to Dorothy PorterWesley; Financial records; Ephemera; Family Papers; and Lula and Bertha Allan papers.


General Personal Papers of Dorothy Porter Welsey

b. 283, f.2600-2605

Addresses and Business Cards Circa 1935-1995

b. 284, f.2606-2611


b. 285, f.2612-2615


b. 285, f. 2616 Adavit 1977

b. 285, f. 2617 Alpha Stationary Circa 1981

b. 285, f.2618-2622

Awards, Honors and Certificates 1957–1998

b. 286, f.2623-2629


b. 287, f.2630-2637


b. 288, f. 2638 Awards, Honors and Certificates 1957–1998

b. 338(Oversize), f.3029-3030


b. 339(Oversize), f.3031-3032


b. 340(Oversize), f.3033-3034

Awards, Honors and Certificates 1993

b. 288, f. 2639 Blank application forms Cica 1973–1991

b. 288, f.2640-2641

Blank Postcards Circa 1906-1995

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b. 288, f.2642-2643

Blank stationery Undated

b. 289, f.2644-2649

Calendars 1962–1995

b. 341 (Oversize),f. 3035(Oversize)

Calendars 1990

b. 290, f. 2650 California Afro-American Museum, deed of gift 1985–1986

b. 290, f. 2651 Christmas List 1965

b. 290, f. 2652 Codicil to the Porter Wesley Family Trust 1988–1994

b. 290, f. 2653 Dedication and Naming of Church Library 1993

b. 290, f.2654-2658

Dorothy Porter Wesley's death, memorial service and obituaries 1995–1996


Oversize 1995

b. 290, f.2659-2660

Driver's liscence and passports 1935–1989

b. 291, f. 2661 France Trip 1935


France Trip Undated

b. 291, f. 2662 Funeral programs and obituaries of others 1914–1996

b. 291, f. 2663 Geneaology of Burnett and Ball Families Undated

b. 291, f. 2664 Geneaology of Murray Family Undated


Gettysburg Address, 1863 (copy) Undated

b. 291, f.2665-2666

Guestbooks 1962–1973

b. 291, f. 2667 Hymns Circa 1906

b. 291, f. 2668 Jury Duty 1990–1995

b. 291, f. 2669 Marriage Certificate and bridal book of James Amos Porter and DorothyBurnett Porter

1929

b. 291, f. 2670 Marriage Certificate of Charles Harris Wesley and Dorothy Porter Wesley 1979

b. 292, f. 2671 May Sullivan, power of attorney 1992

b. 292, f. 2672 Medical files 1994

b. 292, f. 2673 Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, loan agreement 1973

General Personal Papers of Dorothy Porter Welsey (continued)

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b. 292, f. 2674 Reccomendations 1974–1990

b. 292, f. 2675 Reminiscenes (notes) Undated

b. 292, f. 2676 Resumes of others Circa 1969-1984

b. 292, f. 2677 Ribbons Undated

b. 292, f. 2678 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, deed of gift 1990

b. 292, f. 2679 Student Papers 1969


Shew Fly! Arranged by Rollin Howard 1869

b. 292, f. 2680 Scrapbook materials and clippings Circa 1935-1994


Scrapbook materials and clippings Circa 1935-1994

b. 293, f. 2681 Table Graces Undated

b. 293, f. 2682 Transcripts and report cards 1918–1952

b. 293, f. 2683 Trip ephemera and travel diary Circa 1920-1935

b. 293, f. 2684 Visa Applications 1963

b. 293, f. 2685 Wilson-Greene's Concert 1928–1929

b. 293, f.2686-2688

Yearbooks 1929–1956

b. 294, f. 2689 Yearbooks 1960

b. 294, f. 2690 Notebooks Circa 1942-1989

b. 295, f.2691-2696

Clippings collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley 1918–1995

b. 342(Oversize), f.3049-3054

Clippings collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley Circa 1925-1996

b. 342a(Oversize), f.3054a-3054f

Clippings collected by Dorothy Porter Wesley circa 1925-1976

Financial Records

b. 296, f.2697-2700

Airline Expenses 1962–1990

b. 296, f. 2701 Auto expenses and gasoline 1977–1978

b. 296, f.2702-2703

Bank Statements Circa 1963-1991

General Personal Papers of Dorothy Porter Welsey (continued)

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b. 297, f.2704-2708


b. 298, f.2709-2715


b. 299, f. 2716 Bank Statements Circa 1963-1991

b. 299, f.2717-2720

Bills and Receipts Circa 1943-1998

b. 300, f.2721-2727


b. 301, f.2728-2733


b. 302, f. 2734 Bills and Receipts Circa 1943-1998

b. 302, f. 2735 Canceled checkbooks 1968–1978

b. 302, f.2736-2740

Checks and receipts 1966–1991

b. 303, f.2741-2747


b. 304, f.2748-2754


b. 305, f. 2755 Checks and receipts 1966–1991

b. 305, f.2756-2757

Closed Accounts 1975–1988

b. 305, f. 2758 Contributions 1987

b. 305, f. 2759 Deed of trust 1977–1978

b. 305, f. 2760 Deposit Books 1957–1967

b. 305, f. 2761 Event tickets 1992

b. 305, f. 2762 Falmouth lot 1970–1985

b. 305, f. 2763 Gifts 1972–1973

b. 305, f. 2764 Harriet Lane taxes 1967–1970

b. 305, f. 2765 Howard University Credit Union 1948–1966

b. 306, f.2766-2767

Howard University payslips 1967–1989

b. 306, f.2768-2776

Income tax returns and receipts 1975–1992

b. 307, f.2777-2780

Income tax returns and receipts 1975–1992

Financial Records (continued)

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b. 307, f. 2781 Insurance 1960–1991

b. 307, f. 2782 Medical expenses 1991–1992

b. 307, f.2783-2784

Oyster Harbor bills and receipts 1950–1956

b. 308, f.2785-2792

Receipts 1963–1996

b. 309, f.2793-2795


b. 310, f.2796-2801


b. 310, f. 2802 Receipts for art 1960–1961

b. 311, f. 2803 Royalties 1971–1977

b. 311, f. 2804 Single Family Home Sales 1996

b. 311, f. 2805 Snider House bills and receipts 1969

b. 311, f. 2806 Stocks 1977

b. 311, f. 2807 Supreme Life Insurance 1991

b. 311, f.2808-2809


Photographs

b. 311, f.2810-2811

Portraits Circa 1941-1995

b. 312, f.2812-2824

Portraits Circa 1941-1995

b. 343(Oversize), f.3055-3056

Portraits Circa 1941

b. 312, f. 2825 Friends and Family Circa 1920-1995

b. 313, f.2826-2835

Friends and Family Circa 1920-1995

b. 314, f.2836-2841

Friends and Family Circa 1920-1995

b. 314, f. 2842 Photogravure Undated

b. 314, f.2843-2845

Places Circa 1930-1969

b. 315, f.2846-2855

Places Circa 1930-1969

Financial Records (continued)

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b. 315, f.2856-2859

Work Circa 1940-1997

b. 316, f.2860-2868


b. 317, f.2869-2872


b. 317, f.2873-2874

Negatives and slides Circa 1961

Ephemera

b. 318, f. 2875 Book covers

b. 318, f. 2876 Bookmarks

b. 318, f.2877-2882

Brochures and programs 1935–1995

b. 319, f.2883-2888


b. 320, f.2889-2894


b. 321, f.2895-2901


b. 322, f.2902-2903



Brochures and Programs 1965

b. 322, f. 2904 Cardboard and matchbook Undated

b. 322, f. 2905 Jewelry Undated

b. 322, f.2906-2908

Magazines 1927–2002

b. 323, f.2909-2915


b. 324, f.2916-2921


b. 325, f. 2922 Magazines 1927–2002

b. 341 (Oversize),f. 3042-3043


b. 325, f. 2923 Maps Undated

b. 325, f.2924-2929

Newsletters 1963–1996

Photographs (continued)

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b. 326, f.2930-2936

Newsletters 1963–1996

b. 327, f. 2937 Newsletters 1963–1996

b. 327, f. 2938 Parking permits and stickers 1972–1973

b. 327, f. 2939 Stamps Undated

Family Papers

Constance Porter Uzelac (1939-2012)

b. 327, f.2940-2945

Art Noir Circa 1995-2000

b. 328, f.2946-2947

Art Noir Circa 1995-2000


Art Noir 1995

b. 328, f.2948-2951

The Bondwoman's Narrative, Rebuttal (Copy) 2001

b. 328, f.2952-2953

Broward County Library 2000–2003

b. 329, f. 2956 Court documents 1990

b. 329, f. 2957 Drawings Circa 1943-1944

b. 329, f. 2958 Exhibition Sketches Circa 1990

b. 329, f. 2959 James Amos Porter Colloquium Series Circa 1992-1995


Oversize 1995

b. 329, f. 2960 James Amos Porter papers (loan documents) Circa 1998-2006

b. 329, f. 2961 Receipts 2003

b. 329, f. 2962 Social Security card and Marriage Certificate 1964

b. 329, f. 2963 Clippings collected by Constance Porter Uzelac Circa 1937-2002


Clippings collected by Constance Porter Uzelac Circa 1937-2002

b. 344(Oversize), f.3057-3058

Clippings collected by Constance Porter Uzelac 2003

James Amos Porter (1905-1970)

b. 329, f. 2964 Art Book Research 1941–1969

Ephemera (continued)

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b. 328, f.2954-2955

Death Certificate, obituaries and estate 1970–1971

Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987)

b. 329, f. 2965 Memorial Services 1987

Roberta (Bertha) Ball Burnett Sadler (1887-1961)

b. 329, f. 2966 Autobiography 1959

b. 330, f. 2967 Bills and receipts 1956

b. 330, f. 2968 Death Certificates, grave deed and funeral expenses 1942–1961

b. 330, f. 2969 St. Marks Methodist Chruch, Play Circa 1940

b. 330, f. 2970 Tennis records 1927–1937

b. 330, f. 2971 Clippings and ephemera 1937–1960


Clippings and ephemera 1960

b. 330, f. 2972 Notebook 1950

Hayes Joseph Burnett (1877-1922)

b. 330, f. 2973 Certificates and Clippings 1902–1923

b. 330, f. 2974 Hair Perscription Circa 1900-1922

b. 330, f. 2975 Howard University Medical Department commencement 1903-1904and The National Medical Association magazine

1903–1910

Hayes Joseph Burnett II (1905-1955)

b. 330, f. 2976 Clippings and photographs 1948–1987

b. 331, f. 2977 Lincoln University commencement books 1928–1929

George W. Burnett

b. 331, f. 2978 Clippings and Bualo Soldier papers 1937–1991

Leonie Burnett Harper (1906-1992)

b. 331, f. 2979 Awards, honors, and certificates 1957–1985

b. 331, f. 2980 Bills and receipts 1984

b. 331, f. 2981 Driver's permit and passport Circa 1960-1963

b. 331, f.2982-2983

Harper Family Trust 1914–1994

b. 331, f. 2984 Memorial service, program, and obituary 1992

Alice Taylor

Family Papers > James Amos Porter (1905-1970) (continued)

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b. 331, f. 2985 Certificates, job applications and clippings 1930–1978

b. 332, f. 2986 Recipes Undated

b. 332, f.2987-2988

Notes Undated

Mary Louisiana Burnett Artis

b. 332, f. 2989 Contracts, will and ephemera 1908–1943

Lula and Bertha Allan Papers

Lula Allan (1879-1968)

b. 332, f.2990-2992

Correspondence Circa 1926-1957

b. 333, f.2993-2999

Correspondence Circa 1926-1957

b. 333, f. 3000 Address Books Undated

b. 334, f.3001-3002

Address Books Undated

b. 345 Bible (oversize) 1956

b. 334, f. 3003 Death certificate, obituaries and memorial 1968


Death certificate, obituaries, and memorial 1968

b. 334, f.3004-3005

Estate papers 1929–1973

b. 335, f.3006-3007

Estate papers 1929–1973

b. 335, f.3008-3010

Financial Documents 1936–1970

b. 336, f. 3011 Financial Documents 1936–1970

b. 336, f. 3012 Miner Teachers College 1922–1952

b. 336, f.3013-3014

Photographs Circa 1900-1973

b. 336, f. 3015 Writings collected by Lula Allan 1905


Bertha Allan (1883-1971)

b. 336, f.3017-3019

Correspondence 1912–1970

b. 337, f. 3020 Death Certificate 1971

Alice Taylor (continued)

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b. 337, f. 3021 Ephemera 1929–1964

b. 337, f. 3022 Estate and lot 1929–1963

b. 337, f.3023-3026

Financial Documents 1922–1969

b. 337, f. 3027 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 1937–1971

b. 337, f. 3028 Power of Attorney 1971

Lula and Bertha Allan Papers > Bertha Allan (1883-1971) (continued)

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Selected Search TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's onlinecatalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation andlisted alphabetically therein.

SubjectsAfrican American abolitionistsAfrican American authors -- BibliographyAfrican American librariansAfrican literature -- BibliographyBrazilian literature -- Bibliography

OccupationsBibliographers -- United States

NamesNell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1894Wesley, Dorothy Porter, 1905-1995

Corporate BodyAssociation for the Study of Afro-AmericanLife and History

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