Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Roy Wilkins papers, 1901-2001 |
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Inclusive Dates | 1901-2001 |
Bulk Dates | 1932-1980 |
ID No. | MSS75939 |
Creator | Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981 |
Extent | 28,700 items |
Extent | 78 containers |
Extent | 31.3 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002001 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81075939 |
Summary | Civil rights leader and journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, diary, manuscripts of speeches, newspaper columns, and articles, subject files, reports, minutes, committee, board, and administrative material, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Wilkins's career with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in various positions between 1931 and 1977, especially his service as executive director (1965-1977). |