Henry O. Flipper Collection. 1914-1978.

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Henry O. Flipper Collection. 1914-1978.

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This small collection is comprised of materials gathered while planning for a commemorative ceremony honoring Flipper and recognizing his exoneration. The ceremony was sponsored jointly by Atlanta University and the Atlanta Branch of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. A significant item in this collection is a typed manuscript entitled "Biographical Sketches". This typescript is the memoir published in "Negro Frontiersman: The Western Memoirs of Henry O. Flipper". Other materials in the collection include newsclippings about Flipper (most after his death) and copies of letters and resolutions written in the effort to exonerate him. There are programs and news articles related to events posthumously honoring Flipper after his exoneration.

.5 linear ft.

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7637544

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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