Robert H. Beecher papers, 1941-1987.

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Robert H. Beecher papers, 1941-1987.

Personal papers, correspondence, writings and research materials relating to education in the Panama Canal Zone and the education of minorities in the United States.

2.2 lin. ft. (6 record cartons)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6751785

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Westerman, George W.

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Journalist, sociologist, and diplomat, George Washington Westerman was a Panamanian of West Indian origin and has been identified with almost every major social, cultural, civic and labor struggle, particularly those affecting people of West Indian descent on the Isthmus, from the 1940's until the late 1970's. Westerman served as a bridge between Panamanian West Indians, the American managers of the Canal Zone, and the Panamanians. He waged a relentless battle against social inequit...

Greenidge, Jim.

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Beecher, Robert Houston, 1914-1987

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Panamanian-born educator. Robert Beecher's elementary education took place in Jamaica, his parents' country of origin before they migrated to Panama at the time of the construction of the Canal. He graduated from the University of Panama in 1948 and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1951. He served as a college and high school teacher in the Canal Zone until 1956, when he migrated to the United States. Hired by the New York City Board of Education in 1958, he worked first as a high scho...

Jones, Thomas R., 1913-2006

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Carter, Patrick

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Weusi, Kasisi Jitu.

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Baker, Bertram.

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Beecher, Clarence

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