Irene McCoy Gaines papers, 1893-1968 (bulk 1940-1959).

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Irene McCoy Gaines papers, 1893-1968 (bulk 1940-1959).

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Correspondence, mimeographed and printed material, certificates, phonograph record, text of speeches, minutes of meetings and conventions, scrapbook, and other papers relating to activities of Mrs. Gaines, a leader in local, state, and national organizations of African American club women, Chicago social service organizations, and the Republican Party. Topics include the civil rights movement; her service as president of the National Association of Colored Women; Republican Party activities and Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick's senatorial campaign; and personal family matters. Little in the collection relates directly to Mrs. Gaines' career as a social worker in Chicago. The collection includes few papers of Mrs. Gaines' husband, Harris B. Gaines, who was a Chicago lawyer and Illinois legislator, and of her sons, Harris B. Gaines, Jr., (known as Harry) and Charles E. Gaines. There are a few radio and play scripts relating to African American history in which her son, Harry Gaines, performed. Collection includes ca. 200 items, 1893-1919, of Mrs. Gaines' uncle, George Washington Ellis (1875-1919), who was an author and lawyer. Includes letters, diary, articles, and other papers, some relating to his book "Negro Social Life and Culture in Africa" (1914?). Other topics include African Americans, especially in Chicago; West Africans and political topics; Progressivism in the U.S.; his service as a secretary to the U.S. Legation in Liberia (1902-1910); and personal activities. Additional items re. Ellis are in an unprocessed addition to this collection.

8 sound discs.1 microfilm reel : neg. ; 35 mm. (Camera negative of George W. Ellis papers).

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