Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist and author, were presented to the Library of Congress between 1988 and 1994 as a bequest from Rustin via Walter Naegle, executor of Rustin's estate.
Processing History
The papers of Bayard Rustin were arranged and described by Kathleen M. Dondanville with the assistance of Joseph K. Brooks in 1992. Additional material received in 1994 was incorporated into the collection in 1997 by Joseph K. Brooks. The finding aid was updated in 2024 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
Transfers
Photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of these papers.
Related Material
Researchers using the papers of Bayard Rustin may wish to examine the Manuscript Division's related holdings. These include the papers of A. Philip Randolph, Kenneth Bancroft Clark, Roy Wilkins, and the records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Urban League, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and other civil rights organizations.
Microfilm
University Publications of America microfilmed the Bayard Rustin Papers before the collection was delivered to the Library of Congress and arranged by the Manuscript Division. A copy of this commercial microfilm edition is available for research use in the Manuscript Reading Room. A register of the microfilm is also available. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Bayard Rustin Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.