Joseph Vaudrey Baker papers, 1935-1974.

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Joseph Vaudrey Baker papers, 1935-1974.

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The collection consists of the papers of Joseph Vaudrey Baker from 1935-1974, including business records, personal papers and photographs. Business records include correspondence, financial records, and administrative records relating to Joseph V. Baker Associates and the publication of Brown American, Caravan, On the Track, and Wayfarer. Personal papers include, primarily, scrapbooks, with a small amount of other material such as awards. Also present is printed material collected by Baker and one notable pamphlet written by Baker, "A Primer for Race Relations." Finally, photographs in the collection were used for publication in Baker's periodicals. They include images of notable African Americans, African American employees of American corporations, as well as universities, churches, and other organizations and places.

3.25 linear ft. (7 boxes, 1 bound volume (BV), 9 oversized bound volumes (OBV) and 5 oversized papers (OP))

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Philadelphia Inquirer (Firm)

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Baker, Joseph V. (Joseph Vaudrey), 1908-1993

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Joseph Vaudrey Baker, an African American journalist and public relations specialist, was born August 21, 1908, the youngest of nine children to Reverend Samuel Butler and Mary Guillard Baker in Abbeville, South Carolina. He received his education from Abbeville State Teachers Training School and Temple University where he earned a degree in journalism. Baker married Hazel Powell Strange in 1938. He worked as a reporter for the Philadelphia Tribune and later became the first Black columnist for ...