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Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940. Papers, ca. 1895-1940.

Title: Papers, ca. 1895-1940.

This collection includes correspondence as well as notebooks, scrapbooks, diplomas, photographs, and 33 volumes of diaries. There is significant correspondence with his wife (ca. 500 letters) and mother (ca. 300 letters), particularly for the years 1895-1934. Of special note is the correspondence with his friend, colleague, and fellow Baltimorean, H. L. Mencken (ca. 500 letters). The papers contain interesting information on the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, "The Baltimore Sun," Birth Control Federation of America, Dartmouth College, International Institute of Statistics, the Johns Hopkins University, and the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.

ArchivalResource: ca. 15,000 items (15 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154298101 View

Lorenzo Johnston Greene papers, 1680-1988

Title: Lorenzo Johnston Greene papers, 1680-1988

Chiefly academic files documenting Greene's career as a professor of history and pioneer in the field of African American studies at Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo. Academic files include correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, grant proposals, student writings, course and curricula material, bibliographies, news releases, reports, subject files, archival resources on African Americans, drafts of books, statistical files, legal documents, and other research material. Family papers include correspondence, address books, biographical material, legal papers, concert programs, and other papers. The Speeches and Writings file includes speeches; writings by Greene and others including articles, books, dissertations, diaries, poems, and song lyrics; and transcripts of interviews and panel discussions. Also includes files for professional and public interest organizations. Records of Midwest Journal, a periodical emphasizing research in African American studies and writings which Greene edited from 1947 to 1956, include correspondence, manuscript articles, short stories, poems, transcripts, biographical material, galleys, and subscription and circulation lists. Documents Greene's work with Carter G. Woodson and Charles H. Wesley of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc.; his publications and research on African Americans in general, particularly in colonial New England; and his role as a consultant to Parting Ways, the Museum of Afro-American Ethnohistory, Plymouth, Mass. Civil rights and community activities documented include sharecroppers' roadside demonstrations in southern Missouri (1939-1940); advocacy for open housing, school desegregation, and multicultural representation in textbooks; and Greene's work with organizations such as the Missouri Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Missouri Association for Social Welfare, Missouri Commission on Human Rights, Institute for Drop-Out Prevention and Teacher Orientation, Kansas City, Mo., and Institute to Facilitate Desegregation in the Kansas City, Mo., Public Schools. The concert career of Greene's wife, pianist Thomasina T. Greene, is reflected in the family papers. Correspondents include Marjorie E. Anderson, Herbert Aptheker, Clarence Albert Bacote, Thomas Hart Benton, Cecil A. Blue, Andrew F. Brimmer, Mary E. Brooks, Adelaide M. Cromwell, Gerald L. Davis, Herman Dreer, W. E. B. Du Bois, William L. Dunn, Mervyn M. Dymally, Merl R. Eppse, John E. Fleming, Charles W. Florence, James Frank, John Hope Franklin, Jacqueline Anne Goggin, H. Hadley Hartshorn, J. Noel Heermance, Harvey H. Jackson, Luther Porter Jackson, W. B. Jason, Charles Spurgeon Johnson, Harold J. Jones, Lois Mailou Jones, Peter Kellogg, Charles L. Klotzer, Ulysses Lee, Rayford Whittingham Logan, Wilbur C. McAfee, Paul McStallworth, Louis R. Mehlinger, August Meier, M. Sammye Miller, Edward Alexander Parsons, Benjamin Quarles, Lawrence Dunbar Reddick, Richard E. Risk, William P. Robinson, Patricia W. Romero, George Shepperson, Bert Shulimson, Mabel M. Smythe, Arvarh E. Strickland, Charles W. Thomas, Harcourt A. Tynes, Raleigh Wilson, and Marion Manola Thompson Wright.

ArchivalResource: 46,200 items.106 containers plus 9 oversize.2 microfilm reels.42.8 linear feet.

https://www.loc.gov/folklife/civilrights/survey/view_collection.php?coll_id=3119 View

Lorenzo Johnston Greene Papers, 1680-1988, (bulk 1933-1972)

Title: Lorenzo Johnston Greene Papers 1680-1988 (bulk 1933-1972)

African-American historian, educator, editor, and civil rights and social activist. Chiefly academic files documenting Greene's career as a professor of history and pioneer in the field of African-American studies at Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri.

ArchivalResource: 46,200 items; 106 containers plus 9 oversize; 42.8 linear feet; 2 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001016 View

Antebellum and Civil War Collection, 1832-1935, undated.

Title: Antebellum and Civil War Collection, 1832-1935, undated.

This is a collection of documents, most of which chronicle the history of the American Civil War, particularly the Atlanta Campaign. In addition, there are several documents which reflect the history of the Antebellum South, including African American slavery. The collection includes letters, diaries, special orders, pardons, requisitions, poems, pamphlets, newspapers, personal narratives, biographies, circulars, broadsides, muster rolls, currency, bibles, research papers, and other private papers, publications, and government documents.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25314036 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part III: The Civil War: The Union, 1804-1915.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part III: The Civil War: The Union, 1804-1915.

Autograph letters and documents of officers and statesmen associated with the Union in the Civil War collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (4 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01501/catalog View

McCulloch, Warren Sturgis, 1898-1969. Papers, ca. 1935-1968.

Title: Papers, ca. 1935-1968.

This collection is composed of correspondence and papers which center on McCulloch's study of the functional organization of the central nervous system and the related field of cybernetics. There is much on computers as well, including "biological computer" studies. Other topics include the brain and neural studies, biological psychiatry, chemical warfare, space biology, and U.S. Army studies. His participation in the American Society for Cybernetics is extensively documented. There are numerous papers and notes on conferences attended.

ArchivalResource: ca. 30,000 items (30 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523433 View

Raymond Pearl Papers, Circa 1895-1940

Title: Raymond Pearl Papers Circa 1895-1940

Raymond Pearl spent the majority of his academic career (1918-1940) at Johns Hopkins University, where he was Professor of Biometry and Vital Statistics and Director of the Institute of Biological Research. Founder of the and he made significant contributions in the areas of biology, genetics, eugenics, and statistics. The Pearl Papers includes correspondence as well as notebooks, scrapbooks, diplomas, photographs, and 33 volumes of diaries. There is significant correspondence with his wife, Maud (ca. 500 letters), and mother, Ida May (ca. 300 letters), particularly for the years 1895-1934. Of special note is Pearl's correspondence with his friend, colleague, and fellow Baltimoreian, H. L. Mencken (ca. 500 letters). The collection contains important information on the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, The Baltimore , the Birth Control Federation of America, Dartmouth College, the International Institute of Statistics, Johns Hopkins University, and the National Academy of Sciences. Quarterly Review of Biology Human Biology, Sun

ArchivalResource: 19.25 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.P312-ead.xml View