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Ward, Sandra Nichols, 1943-. Correspondence, 1961-1965.

Title: Correspondence, 1961-1965.

Letters to her parents and sister describe social and academic activities as a student at Mount Holyoke College. Also includes letters describing summer employment as a chambermaid at Star Island, N.H., a Unitarian-Universalist conference site, 1962 and 1963, and experiences working with Operation Crossroads Africa, in Gambia, 1964.

ArchivalResource: 128 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14914168 View

Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe Papers, circa 1895-1997, (bulk 1960-1990)

Title: Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe Papers

Diplomats, educators, and scholars. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, photographs, reports, writings, subject files and other papers relating to the Smythes’ ambassadorships to Cameroon, Malta, and Syria and their work on African and African-American issues with a variety of organizations and educational institutions.

ArchivalResource: 36,500 items; 105 containers plus 1 classified; 42 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042 View

Boniface I. Obichere papers, 1959-1996

Title: Boniface I. Obichere papers, 1959-1996

Correspondence, notes, and writings of Boniface Obichere, a UCLA professor of African history. Includes student and class papers, along with materials from various committees and organizations in which Obichere participated, particularly UCLA's African Study Center and the . Journal of African Studies

ArchivalResource:

http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMM06481.xml View

Coffin, William Sloane. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. papers, 1916-2006 (inclusive).

Title: William Sloane Coffin, Jr. papers, 1916-2006 (inclusive).

The papers include correspondence, subject files, writings, clippings, audio and video recordings, and other materials that document the career of William Sloane Coffin, Jr. The collection includes documentation relating to the civil rights movement, Vietnam War protests, amnesty for war resisters, the Peace Corps, Operation Crossroads Africa, and Yale University during the time when Coffin served as chaplain of Yale University.

ArchivalResource: 80.53 linear feet (248 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702122722 View

Rutgers University. Office of the University Chaplain. Records of the University Chaplain, 1928-1974.

Title: Records of the University Chaplain, 1928-1974.

The records created by Bradford Abernethy document his responsibilities and functions as the University Chaplain for Rutgers University. They consist of general correspondence, subject files, chapel files, files related to various organizations including international student organizations and the National Association of College and University Chaplains, Abernethy?s writings and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 11.25 cubic ft (34 manuscript boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767568395 View

Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe Papers, circa 1895-1997, (bulk 1960-1990)

Title: Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe Papers

Diplomats, educators, and scholars. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, photographs, reports, writings, subject files and other papers relating to the Smythes’ ambassadorships to Cameroon, Malta, and Syria and their work on African and African-American issues with a variety of organizations and educational institutions.

ArchivalResource: 36,500 items; 105 containers plus 1 classified; 42 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042 View

William Sloane Coffin, Jr. papers, 1916-2006

Title: William Sloane Coffin, Jr. papers 1916-2006

The papers include correspondence, subject files, writings, clippings, audio and video recordings, and other materials that document the career of William Sloane Coffin, Jr. The collection includes documentation relating to the civil rights movement, Vietnam War protests, amnesty for war resisters, the Peace Corps, Operation Crossroads Africa, and Yale University during the time when Coffin served as chaplain of Yale University.

ArchivalResource: 80.53 linear feet (248 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1665 View

Floyd B. McKissick Papers, 1940s-1980s

Title: Floyd B. McKissick Papers, 1940s-1980s

<p>Floyd B. McKissick (1922-1991) was born in Asheville, N.C. He was an attorney, businessman, and civil rights leader. McKissick married Evelyn Williams, with whom he had four children: Joycelyn; Andree; Floyd, Jr.; and Charmaine. The collection contains materials documenting Floyd B. McKissick's work as an lawyer, businessman, and civil rights leader. Included are items pertaining to his law practice in Durham, N.C.; his service, beginning in 1966, as national director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); his work as advisor to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); and his interests in politics and education. Many items relate to Soul City, N.C., a town owned and operated by African Americans near Warrenton, N.C. Included are items describing the impact of Soul City on rural Warren County, N.C., and Vance County, N.C. Among the companies documented are McKissick Enterprises of New York and North Carolina; City Development, Inc.; HealthCo, Inc.; Madison and McKissick Development, Inc.; McKissick S.C. Associates; the Soul City Foundation and other Soul City companies; and the Warren Regional Planning Corporation. There are also a few items relating to the McKissick family and to his affiliation with the Republican Party at the local, state, and national levels.</p> <p>Collection is jointly held by Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the African American Resources Collection of North Carolina Central University.</p>

ArchivalResource: 126.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 157,000 items)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04930/ View

Inventory to the Records of the Rutgers University Chaplain (Bradford S. Abernethy), 1928-1974

Title: Inventory to the Records of the Rutgers University Chaplain (Bradford S. Abernethy) 1928-1974

The records of the Rutgers University Chaplain detail Bradford S. Abernethy's role and responsibilities at Rutgers as its religious leader. Many of Abernethy's papers contain material regarding his affiliations with religious and foreign exchange associations. They also demonstrate his concern with issues such as civil rights, conflict, and international relief efforts. Other papers detail the business matters of the use and maintenance of Kirkpatrick Chapel. The papers are divided into seven series, I. General Correspondence, II. Subject Files, III. Chapel Files, IV. International Organizations, Foreign Exchanges and Students Files, V. National Association of College and University Chaplains (NACUC) Files, VI. Writings, and VII. Photographs.

ArchivalResource:

http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/uarchives/abernethyf.html View

Obichere, Boniface I. Boniface I. Obichere papers, 1959-1996.

Title: Boniface I. Obichere papers, 1959-1996.

Professional papers of Boniface I. Obichere document his career as a UCLA African history professor, an author, and an editor. The papers include correspondence; student and class files; professional reviews and recommendations; papers from various conferences; papers used as editor of the Journal of African Studies, with submissions to that journal; and both Obichere's own book manuscripts and those of other authors. The papers also contain material pertaining to UCLA's African Studies Center (now the James S. Coleman African Studies Center), including newsletters, reports, committee papers, grant information, and papers created by various colloquiums and conferences hosted by the Center. The collection also documents numerous organizations and committees in which Obichere participated, in particular: the Biafra Children's Relief Committee/Peace in Biafra; the L.S.B Leakey Foundation; Operation Crossroads Africa; UCLA's Committee on International and Comparative Studies; UCLA's Education Abroad Program to Africa and its Ad hoc Advisory Committee; UCLA's Senate Equal Opportunity Committee/Academic Affirmative Action Compliance Committee; and the United Nations Economic Council for Africa, Conference of African Planners. Maps, photographs, postcards, cassette and reel-to-reel tapes are also incorporated.

ArchivalResource: 29.9 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64095220 View

Hugh H. Smythe papers, 1942-1963.

Title: Hugh H. Smythe papers, 1942-1963.

Papers covering Smythe's professional career centering upon research, writing, and university teaching in the fields of sociology and anthropology, with special emphasis on East Asian and African studies. Correspondence including that written about his fieldwork in Nigeria. Smythe's manuscripts for articles, books, book reviews, and speeches pertaining to Africa, Nigeria, Japan, and race relations in the United States. Preliminary data relates to Hugh and Mabel Smythe's book, THE NEW NIGERIAN ELITE (1960). Material relating to Smythe's professional interests and activities includes syllabi, bibliographies, and lecture notes pertaining to his teaching at Yamaguchi National University (Yamaguchi Daigaku) in Japan and Brooklyn College. Also included is material illustrating Smythe's extra-academic interests including United Nations affairs, Crossroads Africa, and civil rights activities. The papers of Mabel Smythe (Hugh Symthe's wife) include a scrapbook, manuscripts, and some correspondence. Of particular interest is her research material on segregation in education, which was used by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People legal staff in the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education barring segregation in public schools. Also, manuscripts of articles and speeches, and some correspondence by W.E.B. Du Bois including "Economic Illiteracy," 1947, and "Race Relations in the U.S.," 1948.

ArchivalResource: Originals: 5 lin. ft.Copies: 5 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122455521 View

Hugh H. Smythe papers, 1942-1963

Title: Hugh H. Smythe papers 1942-1963

Papers covering Smythe's professional career centering upon research, writing, and university teaching in the fields of sociology and anthropology, with special emphasis on East Asian and African studies. Correspondence including that written about his fieldwork in Nigeria. Smythe's manuscripts for articles, books, book reviews, and speeches pertaining to Africa, Nigeria, Japan, and race relations in the United States. Preliminary data relates to Hugh and Mabel Smythe's book, THE NEW NIGERIAN ELITE (1960). Material relating to Smythe's professional interests and activities includes syllabi, bibliographies, and lecture notes pertaining to his teaching at Yamaguchi National University (Yamaguchi Daigaku) in Japan and Brooklyn College. Also included is material illustrating Smythe's extra-academic interests including United Nations affairs, Crossroads Africa, and civil rights activities. The papers of Mabel Smythe (Hugh Symthe's wife) include a scrapbook, manuscripts, and some correspondence. Of particular interest is her research material on segregation in education, which was used by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People legal staff in the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education barring segregation in public schools. Also, manuscripts of articles and speeches, and some correspondence by W.E.B. Du Bois including "Economic Illiteracy," 1947, and "Race Relations in the U.S.," 1948.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20775 View

Operation Crossroads Africa. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1975.

Title: Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1975.

Contains letter from Jerome M. Vogel.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 l.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63560597 View

Robinson, James Herman. Papers. 1935-1979.

Title: Papers. 1935-1979.

Presbyterian clergyman. Correspondence, chiefly relating to Operation Crossroads Africa, which Robinson founded, and his work as an adviser to the Peace Corps; sermons and speeches (1938-61) from Robinson's career as pastor, Church of the Master, New York, N.Y., and director of Morningside Community Center, New York, N.Y.; reports of the Church of the Master, Morningside Community Center, Church of the Covenant, Operation Crossroads Africa, Peace Corps, and U.S. State Dept.; and plaques, citations, awards, and photos. Correspondents include Eugene Carson Blake, Chester H. Bowles, Kyoji Buma, Lincoln Maynard Catchings, William Sloane Coffin, William O. Douglas, Dwight D, . Eisenhower, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Lyndon B. Johnson, Kenneth Kaunda, John F. Kennedy, Jomo Kenyatta, Thomas Patrick Melady, Bill Moyers, Richard M. Nixon, James A. Pike, Sargent Shriver, Carl Stokes, Percy Sutton, Jack Vaughn, Warren William Wiggins, and G. Mennen Williams.

ArchivalResource: 22.0 linear ft. (ca. 35,000 items). 55 Boxes, 7 OS Boxes, and 2 OS items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20314137 View

Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe Papers, circa 1895-1997, (bulk 1960-1990)

Title: Hugh H. Smythe and Mabel M. Smythe Papers

Diplomats, educators, and scholars. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, photographs, reports, writings, subject files and other papers relating to the Smythes’ ambassadorships to Cameroon, Malta, and Syria and their work on African and African-American issues with a variety of organizations and educational institutions.

ArchivalResource: 36,500 items; 105 containers plus 1 classified; 42 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001042 View

Operation Crossroads Africa. Archives. 1958-81.

Title: Archives. 1958-81.

Foreign exchange program between U.S. and Africa, model for the Peace Corps. Includes correspondence, minutes, notes, reports, speeches, publications, press clippings, and photographs. Correspondence accounts for approximately half of the items and includes U.S. State Department officials and administrative staff of OCA among the principal senders or receivers of letters, etc. Among these are OCA founder, James H. Robinson, Jerome M. Vogel, director of the African Leaders Program of OCA (formerly African Youth Leadership Program), Barthelemy A. Rousseve, and his associate Judith Waite. Items of special interest are grantee profiles and grantee reports which provide insight into the character, expectations, and assumptions of many individuals currently holding positions of leadership in various African countries. Finding aid located in the repository.

ArchivalResource: 34.4 linear ft. (86 Boxes) (Arr.) and 21.0 linear ft. (21 p.) (U)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20287463 View

J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated

Title: J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated

J. B. Matthews (1894-1966) was a Methodist missionary, college professor, author, lecturer, and prominent conservative spokesman. Collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, statements, speeches, reprints, clippings, broadsides, newsletters, press releases, petitions, and other printed material, chiefly 1930-1969. The principal focus of the collection relates to the work and research of Matthews and his associates in the area of anti-communism, particularly in connection with Matthews' role as Director of Research for the Special Committee on Un-American Activities of the U.S. House of Representatives (1938-1945), Executive Director of the Permanent Subcommittee on Government Operations of the U.S. Senate (1953), and a consultant for John A. Clements Associates. Many of the organizations, newspapers, periodicals, and persons represented in the collection have various leftist, socialist, communist, radical, or pacifist (especially anti-Vietnam War) connections.Individuals represented in the files include Ralph Abernathy, Bella Abzug, Roy Cohn, John Foster Dulles, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Michael Harrington, Alger Hiss, J. Edgar Hoover, Jesse Jackson, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King, Joseph Lash, Joseph McCarthy, Carl McIntire, Benjamin Mandel, Richard Nixon, Aristotle Onassis, Lee Harvey Oswald, Linus Pauling, Drew Pearson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Louis Untermeyer.

ArchivalResource: 479 Linear Feet; 307,000 Items

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/matthews/ View