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Papers of Shirley Graham Du Bois, 1865-1998 (inclusive), 1905-1975 (bulk)

Title: Papers of Shirley Graham Du Bois, 1865-1998 (inclusive), 1905-1975 (bulk)

Papers of Shirley (Graham) Du Bois, African American writer, playwright, composer, biographer, teacher, civil rights and left-wing activist.

ArchivalResource: 44 file boxes, 2 folio boxes, 1 folio+ box, 1.5 linear ft. of photographs, 24 folio folders, 24 folio+ folders, 8 oversize folders

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00211/catalog View

The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk).

Title: The Nation records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk).

Records of the weekly magazine, The Nation, primarily during the editorship of Freda Kirchwey.

ArchivalResource: 34 boxes (42.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00189/catalog View

Poston, Ted, 1906-1974. Ted Poston scrapbook, 1949-1960.

Title: Ted Poston scrapbook, 1949-1960.

The Ted Poston Scrapbook contains newspaper articles by journalist Ted Poston, for four series: "Dixie's Fight for Freedom" (1959) called the Little Scottsboro Case concerning three African-American youth convicted of raping a white woman in Tavares, Florida in 1949, "Nine Kids Who Dared: Human Drama in Little Rock" (1957), "Inside the Policy Racket" focusing on the Harlem numbers racket (1960), and "Prejudice and Progress in New York," n.d., all published by the "New York Post." Ted Poston won the George Polk journalism award for the rape case article and was nominated for additional awards for other articles.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/692846104 View

Federal Writers' Project (N.Y.). Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers, 1927-1940.

Title: Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers, 1927-1940.

Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of African Americans cover religion in the Colonial era, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad. Essays documenting African American cultural forms cover dance, literature, and theater, and feature several pieces on music, including songs of protest, spirituals, and folk music. Many essays in the collection also document contributions of individual African Americans, including James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and William Christopher Handy. Contributing authors include Wesley Curtwright, Ralph Ellison, Lawrence Gellert, Abram Hill, Claude McKay, Henry Lee Moon, Ted Poston, and others.

ArchivalResource: 0.63 linear feet (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702186237 View

Poston, Ted, 1906-1974. Ted Poston Tribute Album, 1945.

Title: Ted Poston Tribute Album, 1945.

The Ted Poston Tribute Album contains letters of tribute presented to Poston on September 27, 1945 upon leaving his position as a member of President Franklin Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet" and also as head of the Negro News Desk. Accolades poured in from men in the military, the War Department and other government agencies and private organizations. Campbell C. Johnson wrote of Poston's "important part in interpreting the needs and reactions of the Negro group during the war period in top level circles, particularly those close to the White House..." And George M. Johnson of the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice stated that Poston's "departure point[s] up graphically the need for a White House spokesman for the 13,000,000 American citizens who fall under the category of the term "Negroes."

ArchivalResource: 1 vol.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/664883119 View

Watson, James S., 1882-1952. James S. Watson papers, 1913-1991 (bulk 1913-1952).

Title: James S. Watson papers, 1913-1991 (bulk 1913-1952).

The James S. Watson Papers, 1913-1991, document his career as a judge, his legal decisions and opinions, his numerous civic and community activities, and his personal and family life. The Papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, minutes, writings, financial records, clippings and printed material. The Personal Papers include biographical material and correspondence to and from family, friends, and acquaintances, both in Jamaica and the United States. Letters from son James to his parents while serving during World War II are located in the Personal Papers and the Family Papers series where additional family correspondence is filed. Although material prior to 1930 is sketchy, the Professional Series documents the entirety of Watson's working career and his electoral campaigns. Of special interest in this series are two files located in the General File sub-series which deal with cases filed by the Newspaper Guild of New York against The New York Amsterdam News in 1936 and 1937, respectively, regarding the firing of city editor Ted Poston and reporter Henry Lee Moon in 1936 and editor Obie McCullum and sports writer and theater critic Roi Ottley in 1937. On both occasions Watson acted as arbitrator. Watson's professional life is further documented in the Speeches and Writings series, as is his role in the Harlem and West Indian communities which is also recorded in the collection's Civic and Community Activities series. Overall, the Civic and Community Activities series contain correspondence, requests for aid, meeting notices, minutes and reports from the Harlem Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, the Harlem Adult Education Committee and various labor and civil rights groups. The General File series contain requests for immigration and financial assistance as well as correspondence from Claude McKay and editor A.M. Wendell Malliet with whom Watson consulted regarding a projected autobiography.

ArchivalResource: 5 lin. ft. (14 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/466878627 View

Hauke, Kathleen A.,. Ted Poston research collection, 1927-1971.

Title: Ted Poston research collection, 1927-1971.

The Kathleen Hauke and Ted Poston Research Collection consists of biographical information about Poston and a transcript of an interview that Professor Luther P. Jackson did with Ted Poston on "interracial reporting" in October 1968. Most of the collection consists of typescripts of articles and columns written by Poston (1927-1971) collected and prepared by the donor, Kathleen Hauke.

ArchivalResource: .4 lin. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183416500 View

Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977. Papers, 1865-1998 (inclusive), 1905-1975 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1865-1998 (inclusive), 1905-1975 (bulk).

Majority of material found within 1905-1975 Collection includes personal and professional correspondence; manuscripts, scores, scripts, writings, and speeches by Du Bois; photographs; diaries and calendars; scrapbooks; programs; financial records; passports; awards, certificates, flyers, clippings, printed material; and sermons, essays, and other writings by David A. Graham.

ArchivalResource: 21.5 linear ft.

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00211/catalog View