Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1899, Nov. 16 | Born, Ansonia, Conn. |
| 1924 | B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1926 | M.A. in history, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1928-1933 | Field representative and research assistant to Carter G. Woodson, director, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Washington, D.C. |
| 1930 | Published with Carter G. Woodson The Negro Wage Earner (Washington, D.C.: Associated Publishers. 388 pp.) |
| 1931 | Published with Myra C. Callis The Employment of Negroes in the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.: Associated Publishers. 89 pp.) |
| 1933-1972 | Instructor and professor of history, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo. |
| 1942 | Ph.D. in history, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Published The Negro in Colonial New England, 1620-1776 (New York: Columbia University Press. 404 pp.) Married Thomasina Tally |
| 1955 | Chairman, program committee, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History annual meeting, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1947-1956 | Editor, Midwest Journal, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo. |
| 1964 | Chairman, program committee, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History annual meeting, Detroit, Mich. |
| 1959-1961 | Chairman, SubCommittee on Education, Missouri Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights |
| 1965-1966 | President, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History |
| 1971 | Honorary LH.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. |
| 1971-1972 | Director, Institute for Drop-Out Prevention and Teacher Orientation, Jefferson City, Mo. |
| 1972-1974 | Director, Institute to Facilitate Desegregation in Kansas City Public Schools, Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1980 | Published with Antonio F. Holland and Gary Kremer Missouri's Black Heritage (St. Louis: Forum Press. 195 pp.) |
| 1988, Jan. 24 | Died, Jefferson City, Mo. |
| 1988 | Posthumous publication of Working with Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History, a Diary, 1928-30 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 487 pp.) |