Papers 1876-1977.

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955

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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (born Mary Jane McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council for Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and resided as president or leader for myriad African American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration'...

Sensenbrenner, Maynard E.

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Wilkins, Roy.

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Wylie, Chalmers P. (Chalmers Pangburn), 1920-1998

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Lausche, Frank J.

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Rhodes, James Francis, 1940-....

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Clarke Co., Ala. businessman. From the description of Papers, 1849-1866. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635514 ...

Siebert, Wilbur Henry, 1866-1961

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Emeritus Professor of History, The Ohio State University. An authority on the Civil War underground railroad and on the loyalists of the American Revolution. Prof. Siebert also served OSU in various administrative capacities as Secretary of the Faculty, Acting Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and Acting Dean of the Graduate School. From the description of Papers, 1911-1934. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 14720301 Wilbur Henry Siebert (1866-...

Bricker, John W.

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Columbus Urban League (Columbus, Ohio)

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Keller, Helen Rex.

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Reuther, Walter P.

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Shapp, Milton J. (Milton Jerrold), 1912-1994

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Milton Jerrold Shapp (June 25, 1912 – November 24, 1994) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 40th Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1979. He was the state's first Jewish governor. Born Milton Jerrold Shapiro in Cleveland, Ohio, he earned a degree in engineering from the Case School of Applied Science. Shapp worked as a coal truck driver before moving to Pennsylvania to sell electronic parts. It was during this ...

Bates, Daisy, 1914-1999

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Daisy Bates, born Daisy Lee Gatson, born on November 11, 1914, Huttig, Arkansas, was a social activist and author. She married L. Christopher Bates, publisher of the Arkansas State Press, in 1942. The couple lived in Little Rock (Pulaski County) where they published their newspaper and were active in the Arkansas State Conference of the NAACP. She became the advisor to the Little Rock Nine, the first group to integrate Central High School in 1957. Following the writing of her memoirs in 1960, Mr...

Still, William Grant, 1895-1978

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Composer; d. 1978. From the description of William Grant Still papers, 1937-1969. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972606 Epithet: composer and conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000212 William Grant Still was a prominent African-American composer. Verna Arvey, Still's wife, was a journalist and musician who collaborated with her husband on many compositions. ...

White, Walter

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Epithet: Assistant Sec and Librarian Royal Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x0003dc ...

Weygandt, Carl V.

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Grange, Lester B.

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Yassenoff, Leo.

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Young Men's Christian Associations of North America

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After several preliminary attempts, the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) was established in Spokane Falls, Washington Territory on November 4, 1884. William Markham was its first secretary. The Association, combining interests in social, physical and spiritual welfare among men, grew rapidly in the rapidly expanding trade center of eastern Washington. Soon after 1900, attempts were made to raise funds for a permanent home with full facilities. A large new building was constructed at ...

Walcott, Roscoe C.

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Wilberforce University

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Wilberforce University has its beginnings in a 28 Sept. 1853 meeting, during which the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church agreed to fund a coeducational college for African-American people of the state to be called Ohio African University and to be located in Tawas Springs, Ohio. Chartered as Wilberforce University in 1856, enrollment reached 207 people, and second year collegiate instruction was offered. Because of financial difficulties due to the Civil War (1861-1865), th...

Westlake, W. Ralston.

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Taft, Robert A., Jr.

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Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951

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Sinclair Lewis (b. Feb. 7, 1885, Sauk Centre, MN–d. January 10, 1951, Rome, Italy) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. ...

Hale, Phale.

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Frontiers International

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Methodist Episcopal Church

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The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the U.S. in 1784. The first general conference was held in 1792 and the constitution was adopted in 1900. In 1939 the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant Church united to form the Methodist Church (U.S.). From the description of Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455885 From the guide to the Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945, (The New ...

Vorys, John M.

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Allen, Nimrod Booker, 1886-1977

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Maddox, James A.

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Saunders, James Edward.

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O'Neill, C. William.

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Wright, Stephen K., 1949-

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