Franklin H. Williams papers 1915-1990 [bulk 1961-1989]

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Franklin H. Williams papers 1915-1990 [bulk 1961-1989]

1915-1990

https://archives.nypl.org/scm/21220

Franklin H. Williams Papers document the career of an African-American civil rights lawyer, diplomat, and foundation president. The collection is divided into six chronological series representing Williams' career paths; a seventh series is comprised of his writings, speeches, and other miscellaneous material. Very little of the material in the collection, with the exception of the first series, can be considered to be of a private nature. While there is scattered correspondence with family members and close friends, the vast majority of the collection deals with Williams' public life and work. The Franklin H. Williams papers are arranged in nine series: Personal Papers (1917-1944, 1.8 linear feet); National Association of The Advancement of Colored People (1945-1959, 2.5 linear feet); California Assistant Attorney General (1959-1961, 0.4 linear feet); Peace Corps (1961-1963, 1.0 linear feet); United States Ambassador to The Economic And Social Council Of The United Nations (1963-1965; 1.0 linear feet); Ambassador to Ghana (1964-1968, 1.2 linear feet); Columbia University Urban Center (1968-1970, 1.6 linear feet); Phelps Stokes Fund Years (1970-1990, 13.4 linear feet); Writings (1965-1990, 5.6 linear feet).

24.7 linear feet (74 boxes)

eng, Latn

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6724090

Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

Peace Corps (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s28v75 (corporateBody)

The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924, issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, announced by televised broadcast March 2, 1961, and authorized by Congress on September 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Public Law 87-293). Since 1961, over 200,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps and have served in 139 countries. From the guide to the Brown University Peace Corps files, 1965-1967, (John Hay Library Special Collections) The Pea...

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k17w53 (corporateBody)

Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

United States. Supreme Court

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66b7t15 (corporateBody)

Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Williams, Franklin H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q84wk0 (person)

Council on foreign relations

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66h8c81 (corporateBody)

United States Commission on Civil Rights. New York State Advisory Committee

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw67jt (corporateBody)

Westinghouse Broadcasting Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61p392s (corporateBody)

National News Council (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c58vf5 (corporateBody)

The National News Council was created in 1973 in New York City upon the recommendation of an independent task force of the Twentieth Century Fund, a research foundation. Conceived as a private, nonprofit organization, the council began operation with two basic objectives: to consider complaints brought against the media, whether by individual citizens or organizations, concerning alleged misstatements, inaccuracies, or unfairness; and to study possible infringements on the freedom of the press. ...

NAACP Task Force on Africa

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p90gwk (corporateBody)

Williams, Franklin, 1917-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v69nd9 (person)

Ambassador, foundation president. From the description of Reminiscences of Franklin Hall Williams : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574202 Ambassador. From the description of Reminiscences of Franklin Hall Williams : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122565379 Franklin Hall Williams was an African-American civil rights lawyer, diplo...

Phelps-Stokes Fund

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w99t0b (corporateBody)

The Phelps and Stokes families had long been associated with a variety of philanthropic enterprises in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Phelps-Stokes Fund was created in 1911 as a non-profit foundation under the will of Caroline Phelps Stokes. Its original objectives were to improve housing for the poor in New York City, and the "education of Negroes, both in Africa and the United States, North American Indians, and needy and deserving white students." The contacts maintained by the staff and tr...