Papers, 1900-1993.

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Papers, 1900-1993.

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Correspondence, programs, photographs, records, clippings, and printed materials dealing with Richardson's family and education in Georgia, and her family and activities in Indianapolis. Materials from social, civic, educational, and religious organizations and institutions include the Indianapolis and National Urban Leagues, Shortridge High School and its Career Sampling Program, Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Browsers Book Club, Dialogue Today, and Witherspoon United Presbyterian Church. Topics include desegregation in education, race relations, career choice and education, and civil rights. Photographs, 1900s-1992, depict Richardson's family, student days at Clark College, work with the American Friends Service Committee, and home and activities in Indianapolis.

41 boxes of manuscripts 4 boxes of photographs 5 oversized folders.

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Witherspoon United Presbyterian Church (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Shortridge High School

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Indianapolis High School was founded in 1864 as the state's first free high school. Its name was changed to Shortridge High School in 1898 in honor of school superintendent Abram C. Shortridge. From the description of Indianapolis High School Graduates, 1869-1911. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 32518728 Founded in 1864 as Indianapolis High School, Shortridge was the state's first free high school. Its name was changed to Shortridge in 1898 in honor...

Dialogue Today.

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Clark College

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Browsers Book Club.

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Friends of the Indianapolis Urban League.

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Richardson, Roselyn Comer, 1913-

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A native of Georgia, Richardson attended college in Atlanta before marrying Indianapolis attorney and legislator Henry J. Richardson, Jr. In Indianapolis, Richardson became active in a number of civic, religious, educational, and political organizations, and supported her husband's projects while raising two sons. From 1971 through 1978 she directed the Career Sampling Program at Shortridge High School. After her husband's death, she has continued her community activities. From the d...

Indianapolis Urban League

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The Indianapolis Urban League was founded in 1965 as an affiliate of the National Urban League, and is the successor to the Association for Merit Employment. It is a nonprofit, charitable organization whose purpose is to eliminate racial discrimination and create opportunities in housing, education, health, and employment for African Americans, other minorities, and the poor. From the description of Records, 1933-1983. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 3188400...

American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

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National urban league

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The National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, later the National Urban League, resulted from the 1910 merger of three welfare organizations in New York, N.Y.: the Committee for Improving Industrial Conditions among Negroes in New York, the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, and the National League for Protection of Colored Women. From the description of Records of the National Urban League, 1910-1986 (bulk 1930-1979). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130941 ...

Richardson, Henry J. (Henry Johnson), 1902-1983

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