40923599 http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m950gp revised SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context VIAF revised 2015-09-19 machine CPF merge program Merge v2.0 revised 2016-08-13T20:40:04 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Parser Bulk ingest into SNAC Database revised 2016-08-13T20:40:04 human System Service (system@localhost) created 2026-05-27 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Serializer SNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPF /data/source/findingAids/harvard/law00134.xml Omega Psi Phi Fraternity corporateBody Omega Psi Phi Fraternity presumed active 1959 Archer, Samuel Howard, 1870-1941. Dent, Francis Morse, 1894-1964. Faulkner, William J. Fitzgerald, Harry B. Hastie, William. Lewis family. Potts, John F. Stroud, Gerson L., 1919-2006. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Lewis family. Lewis family papers, 1910s-2007. Lewis family. Lewis family papers, 1910s-2007. About 3000 items (8.5 linear feet) The collection consists of papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials that chiefly relate to J.D. Lewis's working life and the civic and community organizations he supported. Lewis's career is documented by materials from Capitol Broadcasting Company, including editorials he wrote and produced; GROW, Incorporated; Manpower; Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company; National Association of Market Developers; and the National Business League. Lewis's civic leadership is evident in records of the Raleigh Community Relations Committee, which worked to integrate Raleigh public schools; political campaigns; and the Team of Progress, a group interested in political leadership at the city and county levels of government. Community organizations represented in the collection include the Garner Road YMCA; Alpha Kappa Alpha Debutante Ball; the Eastside Neighborhood Task Force; the Citizens Committee on Schools; Omega Psi Phi; and Meadowbrook Country Club, which was founded in 1959 by a small group of African American community leaders. Other materials document the Method Post Office dedication in 1965; the Montford Point Marine Association; and a youth charrette, possibly on integration of Durham schools. There are also clippings and printed materials on such topics as black power, African American history, Morehouse College, and Shaw University. There are several issues of Perfect Home, a home design and decorating magazine published by John W. Winters, a real estate broker, home builder, city councilman, state senator, and civic leader. Family materials are mainly biographical and include newspaper clippings, funeral programs, school materials, awards and certificates, and photographs. There are a few family letters, including one from 1967 with a first-hand account of rioting on Twelfth Street in Detroit and a copy of a 10 January 1967 letter in which the Lewis family opposed the selection of Mark Twain's Mississippi Melody for student performance on the grounds that it perpetuated stereotyped images of African Americans. Photographs include portraits and snapshots of four generations of the Lewis and related Cox families, documenting family life from the 1910s through the 2000s. There are non-family group portraits of Omega Psi Phi members of Durham, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company employees on its 21st anniversary, and of unidentified groups at other civic and community events. There is one folder of J.D. Lewis photographs that depict him in various work contexts. Also included is a portrait of a young Clarence Lightner, who owned a funeral home business and later served as the first African American mayor of Raleigh. Audiovisual materials chiefly relate to J.D. Lewis's work at Capitol Broadcasting Company/WRAL and his interest in African American community and history. Included are audiotapes of his editorials for WRAL; videotape of Harambee, a public affairs program about the concerns of the general public and especially African Americans; audiotape of musical performances, possibly for Teen-Age Frolic, a teenage dance and variety show; audiotape of Adventures in Negro History, an event sponsored by Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Raleigh; and film of unidentified wedding and seashore scenes. Also included are several published educational film strips on African American history with accompanying audio. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Papers, 1916-1976 Hastie,William, 1904-1976 William Hastie papers 137 boxes The papers of William Henry Hastie relate to hisprofessional career, mainly starting with 1937, until his death in1976; to his interest in and championship of civic causes; and to hisefforts in behalf of anti-discrimination. There are small groups ofdrafts of speeches and of biographical material, the latter relatingto his various appointments, and to academic and civichonors. English Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 Stroud, Gerson L., 1919-2006. Papers, 1905-2001 1942-1997 / Gerson L. Stroud. Stroud, Gerson L., 1919-2006. Papers, 1905-2001 1942-1997 / Gerson L. Stroud. 3.5 cubic feet This collection includes papers of Gerson Stroud, an educator and principal in the public school system in Charlotte, N.C., in the second half of the twentieth century. His papers reflect his personal life and career in education, including his assistance to African-American youth. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library Dent, Francis Morse, 1894-1964. Francis Morse Dent papers, 1886-1976. Dent, Francis Morse, 1894-1964. Romney, George W., 1907-1995. Francis Morse Dent papers, 1886-1976. 1 large mansucript33 boxes Papers in this collection include personal and business materials, such as biographical data, organizations and legal cases of Dent and the Dent family. Of particular interest is an autographed letter from Governor George Romney to Clottee Dent, 1965. Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library Faulkner, William J. William J. Faulkner papers, 1914-1981. Faulkner, William J. Faulkner, Elizabeth Abele Cook. Faulkner, Florence. Faulkner, Ethel Hinton. Faulkner, William, Jr. William J. Faulkner papers, 1914-1981. ca. 40 boxes. Bulk of the collection contains Faulkner's correspondence and writings, including professional and personal correspondents. The writings, sermons, and speeches by Faulkner chronicle his broad interest in Christian and secular issues facing African Americans, such as segregation, racism, Christian love, African American folklore, current events, and death and dying. There is also a small amount of material regarding his political life while living in Cape May and Wildwood, N.J. In the Writings by Others series, there is material from numerous philosophers and Christian thinkers, many of which were used to augment sermons and for quotes and vignettes at funerals. His organizational affiliiations are represented by material regarding the Omega Psi Phi fraternity and the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity (programs and agendas). Other topics and persons represented include the Barlow family; Simon Brown (a freedman who influenced Faulkner's love for African American folktales); Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah, and John F. Kennedy; speaking engagements, civic activism and business transactions. Also includes photographs of trips to Europe and in the U.S. Artifacts include Faulkner's tuxedo and ministerial robe, William Faulkner, Jr.'s military uniform, grandson Larry Brown's airline steward's uniform and other material, including Dr. Faulkner's study Bible. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1959. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1959. 2 items (4 l.) University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library Fitzgerald, Harry B. Scrapbook. 1937-1964. Fitzgerald, Harry B. Scrapbook. 1937-1964. 0.2 linear ft. 1 item 13" x 10" Pittsburgh alderman, police magistrate, and member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Fitzgerald was first elected alderman of the Fifth Ward in 1937 and served in the office, as a result of successful periodical elections, until 1962. He was appointed to serve the unexpired term of Robert E. (Pappy) Williams and subsequently elected to the position of police magistrate in 1964. Items in the scrapbook generally pertain to his political career. There is congratulatory correspondence, including letters and telegrams. Of particular interest are two election certificates from 1937 and 1943. Newspaper clippings relate the story of his public life; programs, an invitation, etc. indicate his status in the community which he served. Subjects include civil rights, relates Pittsburg race relations, and equal rights. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center Potts, John F. John Foster Potts, Sr. papers, 1885-2005 (bulk 1935-1991). Potts, John F. John Foster Potts, Sr. papers, 1885-2005 (bulk 1935-1991). 4.5 linear ft. The papers are divided into numerous series. Biographical papers include an unpublished autobiography and material re Potts's service as a U.S. navy recruiter. Family papers include Potts's narrative history of the family, with some correspondence, clippings, ephemera and related matter. Materials re Potts's wife Muriel's family and their children include data on the Logan family, including notes re dismissing Dr. William Miller Logan from military service (c. 1917) for being African American; sheet music autographed by Langston Hughes and school and other papers re her teaching career, along with report cards, programs, etc. of the children; and some personal correspondence that includes thank you notes from Elizabeth Avery Waring. Potts family property papers detail ownership and use of land in East Flat Rock, N.C., putting it into the U.S. Soil Bank program and a tree conservation program. Also included is Potts's history of early black families in East Flat Rock, and his history of The Society of Necessity, a mutual aid society for African Americans, and The Kingdom of Happy Land, a community established by emancipated slaves from Mississippi, as well as papers re his service as a historian at the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. Charleston, S.C. real estate papers document Potts's ownership and sale of two properties, one being 54 Montagu St., sold to Palmer College. Writings of Potts include speeches and articles on various educational, civil rights, religious and other topics, with many commencement speeches. Longer works include a draft of his master's thesis (1937) re growth of African American population in Gary, Ind., and drafts of his history of the Palmetto Education Association, along with notes on that organization and date re the Palmetto State Teacher Association, as well. School materials document Potts's education and teaching in secondary schools in Gary, Ind., Columbia, S.C., and Charleston, S.C. There is material, as well, re his directorship of Avery Institute, and his presidency of Voorhees School and Junior College (later Voorhees College), with some information on student unrest there (ca. 1969), employment of his wife Muriel, and loan of Edwin Augustus Harleston paintings. Other papers document his affiliation with the Triangle Association of Colleges of South Carolina and Georgia, the Moton College Service Bureau, and the Technical Assistance Consortium to Improve College Services (TACTICS), and other agencies for whom Potts consulted. Civic and social organization papers include materials re Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, the Wolverine Social Club of Flat Rock, N.C. and some card clubs. Miscellaneous materials include plaques, awards, some photographs, newspapers, and printed matter. College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library Archer, Samuel Howard, 1870-1941. Samuel Howard Archer collection, [ca. 1898-1990] (bulk 1923-1941). Archer, Samuel Howard, 1870-1941. Samuel Howard Archer collection, [ca. 1898-1990] (bulk 1923-1941). 6 cubic ft. The collection consists of papers of Samuel Howard Archer from ca. 1898-1990. The papers include some personal correspondence (1923-1937) including letters of recommendation (1898-1902), newspaper clippings, tributes, and letters of condolence from academic institutions throughout the South regarding Archer's death. Other materials relating to Archer include records documenting his involvement in Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; Friendship Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.); awards and certificates; newspaper clippings (ca. 1964) relating to race relations in Nashville (Tenn.); and publications of various colleges particularly Morehouse College (1923-1983, with gaps), Spelman College (1939-1944, with gaps), and Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College (1931-1935). The collection also contains some material relating to Archer's wife Jessie Thelma Beasley Archer and his sons Samuel Howard Archer, Jr. and Nelson T. Archer. Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Central Library