National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records, 1842-2019

Arrangement of the Collection

This collection is composed of ten parts composed of seventy-eight series.

Part I:

• Board of Directors File, 1909-1959
• Annual Conferences, 1913-1939
• Administrative File, 1885-1949
• Legal File, 1910-1941
• Youth File, 1919-1940
• Crisis File, 1914-1939
• Branch Files, 1910-1947
• Addition, 1926-1940
• Oversize, 1928

Part II:

• General Office File, 1940-1956
• Legal File, 1940-1955
• Branch File, 1940-1955
• Financial File, 1938-1959
• Youth File, 1940-1959
• Crisis File, 1940-1955
• Veterans Affairs File, 1940-1950
• Washington Bureau File, 1942-1955
• Scrapbooks, 1940-1953
• Miscellany, 1940-1955
• Printed Matter, 1940-1955
• Addition, 1910-1969
• Oversize, 1916-1955

Part III:

• Administrative File, 1909-1969
• Branch File, 1956-1965
• Financial File, 1953-1965
• Youth File, 1956-1965
• Crisis File, 1956-1963
• Washington Bureau, 1956-1962
• Miscellany, 1956-1965
• Printed Matter, 1952-1969
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1951-1965
• Oversize, 1956-1964

Part IV:

• Administrative File, 1961-1972
• Branch File, 1961-1973
• Youth File, 1966-1973
• Miscellany, 1966-1969
• Printed Matter, 1965-1975
• Oversize, 1966-1969

Part V:

• Legal Department, 1842-1997
• Classified, 1987
• Oversize, 1925-1993

Part VI:

• Administrative File, 1910-1992
• Armed Services and Veterans Affairs, 1952-1978
• Branch Department, 1919-1986
• Education Department, 1952-1977
• Fund-Raising Department, 1958-1977
• Housing Department, 1948-1984
• Labor Department, 1953-1981
• Training Department, 1956-1985
• Voter Education Project, 1930-1984
• Miscellany, 1884-1984
• Oversize, 1917-1977

Part VII:

• Gilbert Jonas Company, 1951-1995
• Oversize, 1982-1992

Part VIII:

• Administrative File, 1867-1999
• Legal Department, 1927-1994
• Oversize, 1914-1987

Part IX:

• Washington Bureau, 1914-1993

Part X:

• Administrative File, 1911-2019
• Armed Services and Veterans Affairs, 1959-2004
• Branch Department, 1940-2018
• Crisis File, 1919-2018
• Economic Development Programs, 1967-2018
• Education Department and Programs, 1952-2015
• Financial File, 1911-2011
• Gilbert Jonas Company, 1923-2006
• Labor Department, 1965-2005
• Legal Department, 1927-2002
• Mississippi Papers, 1940-1999
• Program Division, 1968-1984
• Public Relations Department, 1934-2013
• Region II, 1964-2009
• Region V, 1930-2007
• Training Department, 1959-1978
• Voter Education and Empowerment, 1940-2008
• Washington Bureau, 1945-2008
• Restricted, 1991-1995
• Oversize, 1949-2016