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Julian Mayfield papers, 1949-1984.

Title: Julian Mayfield papers, 1949-1984.

The collection documents Julian Mayfield's career as a writer, educator and actor, and his activities as a political expatriate in West Africa and Guyana. Significant correspondents include fellow African-American expatriates and friends Maya Angelou, Herman Kofi Bailey, Sylvia Boone, William Branch, Tom Feelings, David DuBois, Preston King, Jim Lacy, Calvin and Elinor Sinnette, and Alice Windom. Other correspondents are John Henrik Clarke, Jules Dassin, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, James Forman, Richard Gibson, Gloria Joseph, Woodie King, Paul Mann, William Marshall, Truman Nelson, and Conor Cruise O'Brien.

ArchivalResource: 14.4 lin. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122485249 View

John Henrik Clarke papers, 1937-1996.

Title: John Henrik Clarke papers, 1937-1996.

Consisting mainly of correspondence, lecture notes, course outlines, writings, research material, organizational records and printed matter, the John Henrik Clarke papers are a unique archive for the study and interpretation of African and African-American history during the second half of the 20th century.

ArchivalResource: 42.4 lin. ft. (30 cartons, 19 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144651915 View

John Henrik Clarke papers, 1937-1996

Title: John Henrik Clarke papers 1937-1996

Consisting mainly of correspondence, lecture notes, course outlines, writings, research material, organizational records and printed matter, the John Henrik Clarke papers are a unique archive for the study and interpretation of African and African-American history during the second half of the 20th century. As a sergeant-major in a segregated unit in Kelly Field, Texas, during World War II, Clarke helped train African-American enlisted men for mess and other maintenance duties. The collection partially records the lives of these men, changes in their personal and military status, and disciplinary procedures against them.

ArchivalResource: 42.4 lin. ft. (30 cartons, 19 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20834 View