John and Lugenia Hope papers, 1888-1947.

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John and Lugenia Hope papers, 1888-1947.

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The collection consists of the personal papers of John and Lugenia Burns Hope from 1888-1947. The bulk of the collection consists of official and personal correspondence (1886-1945) concerning the Hopes' lives in Atlanta, Georgia, while Hope was president of Morehouse College and Atlanta University and Mrs. Hope was engaged in civic and social service. The collection reflects the Hopes' involvement with organizations such as the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Commission on Interracial Cooperation, Federal Council of Churches, NAACP, National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, and the YMCA. The collection reflects Mrs. Hope's involvement with the Neighborhood Union, the National Council of Negro Women and other civil rights, church, and civic organizations. The Hopes numbered among their personal correspondents almost all of the major black educational, political and civil rights figures of the early nineteenth century including Mary McLeod Bethune, George Haynes, J.E. Moorland, Robert R. Moton, Benjamin Brawley, John W. Davis, W.E.B. Du Bois, Mordecai Johnson, Thomas Jesse James, Channing Tobias, and W.T.B. Williams. The collection also contains official records (1915-1939) and financial records (1928-1930) of Morehouse College and Atlanta University; personal financial records (1931-1940) including tax records, property records, and some savings and checking statements; and articles and essays published by Hope and speeches and addresses given by Hope and his wife. The entire collection provides insight into such topics as black education, civil rights and social services, politics, religion, social activities and attitudes, economic conditions, and the black press.

19 linear ft.21 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403934

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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