Helen G. Edmonds Papers, 1936-1995

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Helen G. Edmonds Papers, 1936-1995

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Historian and civic leader Helen Grey Edmonds was born in Lawrenceville, Va., on 3 December 1911 to John and Ann Edmonds. From 1941 until her retirement in 1977, she held faculty and administrative positions at the North Carolina College for Negroes (later, North Carolina College at Durham, and then, North Carolina Central University) including dean of the graduate school and chair of the History Department. Edmonds was the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. at Ohio State University and the first African American woman to become a graduate school dean in the United States. Correspondence, speeches, notes, reports, newspaper clippings, programs, and other files document Helen G. Edmond's involvement in civic, political, and social organizations including Links, Inc.; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; 100 Black Women; National Council of Negro Women, Inc.; NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; North Carolina College for Negroes; the National Coalition of Black Women; the National Humanities Center; the Association for Women in Math; and the United Negro College Fund. Notable correspondents include Julius L. Chambers, Elaine R. Jones, and Earl Warren. Materials also document Edmonds's influence on local, national, and international political and civic affairs of African Americans and reflect her commitment to higher education and race relations. Also included are some materials relating to the Edmonds family.

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