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Found in 11 Collections and/or records:

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Ray Stannard Baker Papers

Identifier: MSS11593
Abstract Journalist and author. Correspondence, diaries, journals, notebooks, drafts of books and articles, family papers, scrapbooks, clippings, and printed matter concerning Baker's career in newspaper and magazine writing, his books, and his role in the Paris Peace Conference. Included is a large group of papers collected by Baker for his biography of Woodrow Wilson. Also includes portions of an autobiography of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925) and material relating to Baker's study of African...
Dates 1836-1947; Majority of material found within 1907-1944
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Martha Dodd Papers

Identifier: MSS80875
Abstract Author and political exile. Correspondence, writings, research materials, memoirs, genealogical material, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating to Dodd's experiences (1933-1937) in Berlin with her father, William Edward Dodd, American ambassador to Germany; her exile (1957-1990) with her husband, Alfred Kaufman Stern, in Cuba and Czechoslovakia following indictment for participation in Soviet espionage; and her writings on topics including the civil rights movement in the United...
Dates 1898-1990; Majority of material found within 1950-1990
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James A. Emanuel Papers

Identifier: MSS83268
Abstract

Poet and educator. Appointment calendars, biographical material, correspondence, poems, interviews, material relating to poetry festivals and readings, anthologies and collections, subject files, teaching material, photographs, textbooks, and writings by others relating primarily to Emanuel's career.

Dates 1922-2018; Majority of material found within 1960-2012
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Lorenzo Johnston Greene Papers

Identifier: MSS77480
Abstract

African-American historian, educator, editor, and civil rights and social activist. Chiefly academic files documenting Greene's career as a professor of history and pioneer in the field of African-American studies at Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri.

Dates 1680-1988; Majority of material found within ( 1933-1972)
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William LePre Houston Family Papers

Identifier: MSS57570
Abstract

Lawyers. Correspondence, diaries, financial records, academic papers, printed matter, and miscellaneous material related to the Houstons’ family life, fraternal organizations, the law, and Charles Hamilton Houston’s military service during World War I.

Dates 1777-1936; Majority of material found within ( 1890-1936)
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Robert C. Ogden Papers

Identifier: MSS35097
Abstract

Businessman and philanthropist. Correspondence, memoranda, notes and drafts of articles and speeches, reports, and printed matter primarily concerned with Ogden's business career, his interests in philanthropy and religion, and his activities on behalf of education in the South.

Dates 1843-1913; Majority of material found within 1890-1913
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Milton Rogovin Papers

Identifier: MSS85262
Abstract

Social documentary photographer. Correspondence, draft of autobiography and other writings, interviews, printed matter, Federal Bureau of Investigation file, and miscellaneous papers relating to Rogovin's work as a photographer, especially of working people of the world and the working-class neighborhoods of his home city, Buffalo, New York, and his publications and exhibitions as well as the political activism that underlay his art work.

Dates 1928-2006; Majority of material found within 1960-2003
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Arthur B. Spingarn Papers

Identifier: MSS40949
Abstract

Civil rights leader and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, wills and estate files, reports, briefs, hearing and trial transcripts, and other papers relating chiefly to Spingarn's service with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as vice president, chairman of the legal committee, and president (1911-1965).

Dates 1850-1970; Majority of material found within 1920-1955
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Mary Church Terrell Papers

Identifier: MSS42549
Abstract

African-American civil rights leader, lecturer, and educator. Correspondence, diaries, printed material, clippings, speeches and writings, and other papers focusing primarily on Terrell's career as an advocate of women's rights and equal treatment for African Americans.

Dates 1851-1962; Majority of material found within 1886-1954
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Booker T. Washington Papers

Identifier: MSS44669
Abstract African-American leader, educator, and author. Correspondence, memoranda, book drafts and notes, articles, speeches, reports, minutes, financial papers, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to the early history and administration of Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881, as well as to the National Negro Business League which he organized in 1900, the General Education Board, New York, N.Y., Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., other African-American...
Dates 1853-1946; Majority of material found within 1900-1915
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Carter Godwin Woodson Papers

Identifier: MSS46342
Abstract

Historian, author, and collector. Papers of prominent African Americans, research files, business records, writings, correspondence, and other material relating to Woodson's leadership of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and to scholarship and publishing in the field of African and African-American history.

Dates 1736-1974; Majority of material found within 1915-1950