Lionel Barrow papers, 1940-2008.

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Lionel Barrow papers, 1940-2008.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/658230450

Collection includes materials from Barrow's advertising career, his teaching and tenure at Howard University, and his involvement in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The earliest materials include student work from Barrow's youth and his studies at Morehouse College, as well as materials from his service in the 24th Infantry Regiment during the Korean War. The Korean War material, 1950-1951, includes press releases, written by Barrow, regarding various battles and engagements with Communists. Also included is correspondence to his mother, Wilhelmina Barrow, discussing his activities, as well as his struggles with payment and segregation in the U.S. Army. AEJMC materials include a diversity survey from 2004, Minorities and Communications Division files, and programs and reports from organization activities in the 1970s and 1980s. Another significant portion of the collection is Barrow's newspaper clippings and subject files, dating largely from the 1960s-2000s. His research on the Freedom's Journal is also a large component of the collection. Also included are numerous photographs, some dating as early as the 1950s, but the bulk of which date 1982-2000s. These include family vacations and events, as well as professional events with AEJMC, the National Association of Black Journalists, and other conferences and organizations. Another notable component of the collection is the section of materials from Barrow's mother, Wilhelmina Barrow, who served as an American Red Cross Girl in Europe during World War II and the post-war period. Her materials also include some reports and clippings from her membership in the National Council of Negro Women in the 1950s-1960s. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.

33,075 items (44.1 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7950359

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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National Council of Negro Women

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Howard University. School of Communications

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National Association of Black Journalists

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Barrow, Wilhelmina.

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Barrow, Lionel C., 1926-2009.

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Dean of Howard University School of Communications, 1975-1985; founder of the Minorities and Communications Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. From the description of Lionel Barrow papers, 1940-2008. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 658230450 Lionel C. Barrow, Jr., was born in New York in 1926 to Lionel C. and Wilhelmina Barrow. He attended Morehouse College and graduated with Martin Luther King in 1948....

Association for Journalism and Mass Communication.

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