John C. Dancy papers, 1898-1970.

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John C. Dancy papers, 1898-1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70970067

Materials include certificates; scrapbooks, original manuscript of the book, Sand Against the Wind, with forward by Frank Angelo, which contains personal recollections of Dancy concerning his 42 year association with the Detroit Urban League; 400 photographs pertaining to the Detroit Urban League; family photographs; scrapbook of family photographs; correspondence; news clippings; testmonial letters to Dancy pertaining to his Urban League service (1960); notebooks; publications; obituary of Lillian Dancy Reid; and copy of A Brief History of 75 Years of Negro Progress.

75 linear ft.

Livingstone College, Andrew Carnegie Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8059565

Livingstone College, Andrew Carnegie Library

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