African American historian; professor emeritus at Duke University. Served on President Clinton's Advisory Board for the President's Initiative on Race, 1997-1998. The John Hope Franklin Papers span the years 1889-1998, and document Franklin's professional career as a historian, as well as his personal life and political interests, focusing especially on his activities since 1970. Items in the collection include correspondence, research material assembled by Franklin, writings by and about Franklin, manuscripts, materials relating to family history, printed material, notebooks, information and multimedia packets, clippings, photographs, video and sound recordings, as well as a few artifacts. The earliest materials in the collection relate to Franklin's writings and research, particularly regarding the 19th-century army officer, minister, and historian George Washington Williams. The collection is organized into the following series: , and . Collection acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African American Documentation. Audiovisual Materials, the Advisory Board for the President's Initiative on Race (ABPIR), Correspondence, Engagements and Activities, Honors and Awards, Personal and Family, Photographs, Subject Files Writings
