Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The records of the National Urban League were given to the Library of Congress by the organization from 1966 to 1994. A gift was received from Ann Tanneyhill in 1991.
Processing History
Part I, containing the records of the National Urban League's national office and its affiliates, was processed in 1976 and described in the Library publication, The National Urban League, Volume I, 1910-1960. Additions to those records were processed as Parts II and III in 1980 and 1993. Parts IV and V contain the records of the organization's Washington, D.C., office and were processed in 1980 and 1994. Parts VI and VII comprise the records of the league's Southern Regional Office. Part VI was arranged in 1968-1969 and an addition received in 1979 was added in 1982. In 1983 the Library published The National Urban League Southern Regional Office, A Register of Its Records in the Library of Congress describing the contents of this part of the collection. Part VII contains later additions to the records of the Southern Regional Office and was processed in 1994. A comprehensive finding to all of the parts was created in 2010. Manuscript Division staff responsible for processing the collection were Joseph Sullivan, Clarencetta Jelks, and Harry G. Heiss, with the assistance of Paul Colton, Patrica Craig, Patrick Kerwin, Melissa Little, Lisa Madison, Sherralyn McCoy, John Monagle, and William Parham.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographs, engraving plates, and plaques have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Books have been transferred to the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Some maps have been transferred to the Geography and Map Division. Tapes, and sound recordings have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Some periodicals have been transferred to the Serial and Government Publications Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the National Urban League Records.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of part of these records is available on eighteen reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.
Online Content
Several items including the minutes of the first meeting of the Committee on Urban Conditions among Negroes, September 29, 1910, are available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997012.001.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Roman numeral designating the Part followed by a colon and a container or reel number, National Urban League Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.