Southern Conference for Human Welfare collection

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Southern Conference for Human Welfare collection

1938-1972

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Correspondence, minutes of meetings, drafts of speeches, financial records, photographs, clippings and other printed matter from the files of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare make up this collection. These papers were donated to Trevor Arnett Library in 1950 by Clark Howell Foreman, one time president of the Conference. They span the years 1938 to 1972, with the greatest concentration of material falling in 1946-1948. This Collection is particularly rich in information on the activities of the Committee for North Carolina and the Committee for Washington, and includes what is, presumably, Clark Foreman's complete personal file vis-a-vis SCHW. There is also a great deal of printed material issued by the National Office and state committees present in the collection. The collection is divided into six series. Clark Foreman's papers contain a great deal of correspondence and reports relating to the formation of the Conference and its ongoing activities in general. The records for the Committee on North Carolina and Washington contain much information on the activities and specific areas of concern for these two parts of the South. There is scant information on the activities of most of the other states. The records of the Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax, an organization closely allied to the SCHW, contain correspondence of national figures who at the time, were working to remove the poll tax as an obstacle to voting. Finally, a small group of photographs are included, most of which document activities and life in Washington D.C. Complementary to this collection is a large collection of Southern Conference for Human Welfare materials at Tuskegee Institute.

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8005519

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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