Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Arthur B. Spingarn papers, 1850-1968 |
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Inclusive Dates | 1850-1970 |
Bulk Dates | 1920-1955 |
ID No. | MSS40949 |
Creator | Spingarn, Arthur B. (Arthur Barnett), 1878-1971 |
Extent | 35,000 items |
Extent | 66 containers plus 2 oversize |
Extent | 30 linear feet |
Extent | 58 microfilm reels |
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.ms997006 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79040949 |
Summary | Civil rights leader and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, wills and estate files, reports, briefs, hearing and trial transcripts, and other papers relating chiefly to Spingarn's service with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as vice president, chairman of the legal committee, and president (1911-1965). |