Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of Rosa Parks, civil rights activist, were placed on deposit at the Library of Congress by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation in 2014, and converted to a gift in 2016.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Sound recordings have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Rosa Parks Papers.
Other Repositories
Other papers of Rosa Parks can be found at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Online Content
The papers of Rosa Parks are available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000037.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Rosa Parks Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.