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Robert C. Weaver papers 1869-1970 [bulk 1923-1970]

Title: Robert C. Weaver papers 1869-1970 [bulk 1923-1970]

The Robert Clifton Weaver Papers, 1869, 1923-1970, document the varied career of a major figure in the field of urban affairs. The collection primarily concerns Weaver's professional activities and development from his entry into the federal service in 1933 until his return to the government under the Kennedy administration in 1961. Material prior to 1933 relates largely to the Weaver family. The documentation of Weaver's years as administrator of the U.S. Housing and Home Finance Agency and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is less complete than that for the earlier period.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes. Also available on 5 reels microfilm

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20790 View

National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, Inc. records. 1945-1974

Title: National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, Inc. records. 1945-1974

Topics include housing opportunity centers, desegregation, federally assisted housing. Correspondence makes up approximately a fourth of the collection. The Archives also include financial and corporate records (ca. 16 linear ft.), administrative files (including memoranda, agenda, minutes, and personnel records), programs, research reports and studies (ca. 10 linear ft.). Also files of articles, directors, newsletters, pamphlets, periodicals, reports, speeches, photographs, press clippings. Documentation covers the public programs of NCDH, federal state, and local governments, and private organizations.

ArchivalResource: 87.6 linear ft. 219 Boxes, and 1 OS Box; Arranged. 135 ft.; unarranged.

https://amistad-finding-aids.tulane.edu/repositories/2/resources/21 View

Robert C. Weaver papers 1869-1970 [bulk 1923-1970]

Title: Robert C. Weaver papers 1869-1970 [bulk 1923-1970]

[bulk 1923-1970] The Robert Clifton Weaver Papers primarily concern Weaver's professional activities and development from his entry into government service in 1933 to 1961. Material prior to 1933 relates to the Weaver family. Weaver's writings and speeches include drafts of his "The Negro Ghetto" (1948), scholarly articles, commencement addresses and official reports, as well as reprints of his published articles (1933-1970). The collection also contains printed material consisting of programs, transcripts, housing reports, memoranda, bulletins and news clippings on such topics as housing, urban development and slum clearance. The photographs, scrapbooks and albums (1925-1970) concern events in which Weaver participated, such as official visits to housing projects and other venues developed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the United States and Puerto Rico. The creation of HUD is also documented.

ArchivalResource: Originals: 1.8 lin. ft.Copies: 5 microfilm reels.

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20790#acquisition_processing View

Annette H. Peyser papers, 1945-1951

Title: Annette H. Peyser papers 1945-1951

Peyser was a socio-economic analyst with the office of the Special Counsel of the NAACP and was employed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1946-1953. Papers deal with the NAACP's fight against segregation in housing, includes a letter from Roy Wilkins to President Harry Truman and a letter from Robert Weaver to Thurgood Marshall; speeches by Marshall, Weaver, and Frank Horne; memoranda and research reports from Peyser to Walter White and Marshall; and legal briefs and minutes.

ArchivalResource: .2 lin. ft.

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20762 View

Buckley, Gail Lumet, 1937-. The Horne Family research collection 1777-1989.

Title: The Horne Family research collection 1777-1989.

Collection of photographs, original documents and correspondence related to the Horne family, assembled by Gail Lumet Buckley during the research and writing of her book "The Hornes: An American Family" (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.)

ArchivalResource: 1.5 lin. ft. (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122465717 View

Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956. Papers. 1866-1965.

Title: Papers. 1866-1965.

Research director of the National Urban League, Chairman of Fisk University, Social Science Department, founder and director of United Church Board for Homeland Ministries Race Relations Department, president of Fisk University. Includes correspondence, writings, minutes, collected printed items.

ArchivalResource: 80 reels micro. and 10 items (SC)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19719257 View