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Cook, Mercer, 1903-1987. Papers, 1890-1985 ; (bulk 1899-1981).

Title: Papers, 1890-1985 ; (bulk 1899-1981).

Personal and family papers, correspondence, writings and translations by Cook, biographical materials, papers and correspondence of Cook's parents, singer and actress Abbie Mitchell and composer Will Marion Cook, sheet music, writings by others, printed materials, photographs, and scrapbooks, relating to Cook's academic career as an authority on Francophone literature, and his work as a diplomat.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70939788 View

Milnes, Harriett. Duke Ellington oral history, 1939-1987 (inclusive).

Title: Duke Ellington oral history, 1939-1987 (inclusive).

The Duke Ellington Oral History is comprised of ninety-two interviews with and about Ellington, one of America's greatest composers. Included among the interviewees are musicians, family members, friends, and colleagues. A series on Billy Strayhorn, Ellington's longtime close collaborator, is also included.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft.

https://orbis.library.yale.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=5991235 View

Horace Mann Bond Papers, 1830-1979, 1926-1972

Title: Horace Mann Bond Papers, 1830-1979 1926-1972

Educator, sociologist, scholar, and author. Includes personal and professional correspondence; administrative and teaching records; research data; manuscripts of published and unpublished speeches, articles and books; photographs; and Bond family papers, especially those of Horace Bond's father, James Bond. Fully represented are Bond's two major interests: black education, especially its history and sociological aspects, and Africa, particularly as related to educational and political conditions. Correspondents include many notable African American educators, Africanists, activists, authors and others, such as Albert C. Barnes, Claude A. Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Arna Bontemps, Ralph Bunch, Rufus Clement, J.G. St. Clair Drake, W.E.B. Du Bois, Edwin Embree, John Hope Franklin, E. Franklin Frazier, W.C. Handy, Thurgood Marshall, Benjamin E. Mays, Kwame Nkrumah, Robert Ezra Park, A. Phillip Randolph, Lawrence P. Reddick, A.A. Schomburg, George Shepperson, Carter Woodson and Monroe Work.

ArchivalResource: 169 boxes; (84.5 linear ft.)

http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/umass/mums411.html View

Stewart, Ollie Anderson, 1906-1977. Ollie Anderson Stewart collection, 1942-1976.

Title: Ollie Anderson Stewart collection, 1942-1976.

Papers including correspondent credentials and newspaper clippings about Stewart and about Josephine Baker; correspondence with Josephine Baker, Mercer Cook, the Social Security Administration, newspaper colleagues from the Afro-American, potential publishers, editors, and friends; writings by Stewart including articles and columns (ca. 1952-1976) for the Baltimore Afro-American and for newspapers and magazines in France and abroad; and photographs of Stewart and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70960421 View