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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Philadelphia Branch Records, 1943-2016, bulk 1943-1991

Title: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Philadelphia Branch Records

Correspondence, minutes, case records, reports, membership files, clippings, photographs, plaques and awards, audio tapes, and other records from the executive secretary and field secretary, as well as from the North Philadelphia Action Branch and the West Philadelphia Branch. Includes material on African Americans, race relations, discrimination, housing, legal matters, employment, education, juvenile delinquency, public health, police, unions, and legislation concerning these and other matters. This collection includes preserved versions of two iterations of the organizations website, available through Archive-It.

ArchivalResource: 40.5 linear feet (72 boxes)

https://library.temple.edu/finding_aids/national-association-for-the-advancement-of-colored-people-philadelphia-branch-records View

Fontaine family papers, 1822-1947, bulk 1830-1890.

Title: Fontaine family papers, 1822-1947, bulk 1830-1890.

The collection consists of correspondence, writings, business papers, and printed material. Most of the business correspondence concerns Stewart & Fontaine Co., merchants in Columbus, Georgia. The family and personal correspondence is from both the Shorter and Fontaine families. There is also some Civil war correspondence from Charles S. Shorter, George H. Shorter, and others who were probably their friends. The business paper include deeds, land grants and various accounts.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/436726467 View