National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records, 1842-2019 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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BOX I:H1-H11	Part I: Addition, 1926-1940
BOX I:H1-H11		Correspondence, reports, financial records, lists, bylaws, and minutes relating to the Scottsboro Defense Committee, the South Jamaica Property Owners Association, and the Workers Defense League.
		Arranged alphabetically by topic and thereunder chronologically.
BOX I:H1		Scottsboro Defense Committee
			General Correspondence
				1935
				1936
					Jan.-Apr. 11
						(10 folders)
BOX I:H2					Apr. 12-Dec.
BOX I:H2						(11 folders)
				1937
					Jan.-June
						(4 folders)
BOX I:H3					July-Dec.
BOX I:H3						(12 folders)
				1938
					Jan.
BOX I:H4					Feb.-Dec.
BOX I:H4						(17 folders)
				1939
					Jan.
BOX I:H5					Feb.-Dec.
BOX I:H5						(5 folders)
				1940, undated
					(2 folders)
BOX I:H6		Scottsboro Defense Committee
			Branch correspondence
				Baltimore, Md., 1936-1939, undated
				Boston, Mass., 1936-1938
					(2 folders)
				Brooklyn, N.Y., 1936-1938
				Buffalo, N.Y., 1936
				California, 1936-1938
					(2 folders)
				Chicago, Ill., 1936-1939
					(3 folders)
				Cleveland, Ohio, 1936-1938
				Columbus, Ohio, 1936
				Connecticut, 1937
				Denver, Colo., 1936-1937
BOX I:H7				Detroit, Mich., 1936-1937
				Erie, Pa., 1937-1938
				Indiana, 1937-1938
				Iowa, 1937
				London, England, 1937-1939
				Louisville, Ky., 1938
				Milwaukee, Wis., 1937-1939
				Minnesota, 1936-1938
				Missouri, 1936-1938
				New Jersey, 1936-1939
				New York City, 1936-1938, undated
					(3 folders)
				New York state, 1938
				Ohio, 1937-1938
BOX I:H8				Oklahoma City, Okla., 1937-1939
				Oregon, 1937-1938
				Philadelphia, Pa., 1936-1937
					(2 folders)
				Pittsburgh, Pa., 1936-1938
				Rhode Island, 1937, undated
				Southern, 1935-1938, undated
					(3 folders)
				Utah, 1937-1938
				Virginia, 1937
				Washington state, 1937-1938
				Washington, D.C., 1936-1939, undated
					(3 folders)
				West Virginia, 1937-1938
BOX I:H9			Financial records
				Bank statements, 1936-1939
				Bills and receipts, 1936-1937
					(6 folders)
BOX I:H10				Contributions
					Lists, undated
						(4 folders)
					Receipts, 1936-1939
				Financial statements and expenses, 1936-1938, undated
				Miscellany, undated
				Newspaper clippings, 1938-1939
BOX I:H11		South Jamaica Property Owners' Association
			Correspondence, 1927-1928
			Membership lists, bylaws, minutes, and clippings, 1926-1928
		Workers Defense League
			Correspondence
				General, 1936-1939
					(4 folders)
				McCallister, Frank, dinner, 1939
			Financial records, 1935-1939
				(2 folders)
			Miscellany, 1936-1939
			Reports, Frank McCallister, 1938, undated
				(2 folders)
BOX I:OV 1-OV 3	Part I: Oversize, 1928
BOX I:OV 1-OV 3		Lynching flag, political advertisement, and a chart containing a survey of American history textbooks.
		Arranged and described according to the series, container, and folder from which the items were removed.
BOX I:OV 1		Administrative File
			Subject File
				Education
					Chart containing a survey of American history textbooks, undated (Container I:C291)
BOX I:OV 2				Lynching, mob violence, and race riots
					Flag flown at NAACP headquarters following reports of lynchings, undated (Container I:C342)
BOX I:OV 3				Politics
					Topical file
						Saunders, Clarence, campaign advertisement from the Commercial Appeal, Shelby County, Tenn., 1928 (Container I:C399)
BOX II:A1-A676	Part II: General Office File, 1940-1956
BOX II:A1-A676		Correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, newspaper clippings, lists, notes, drafts and galley proofs of speeches and articles, petitions, job applications, miscellaneous financial material, questionnaires, proposals, minutes, and printed matter.
		Arranged alphabetically by name of person, type of material, or subject and thereunder chronologically. Annual convention material is arranged by year and thereunder alphabetically by type of material or subject. Most organizations, except for African-American, labor, and political associations, are arranged alphabetically by name under "leagues and organizations." Church, Labor, and Public Relations department files remain in the General Office File as received.
BOX II:A1		"A" miscellaneous
			1940-1949
				(7 folders)
BOX II:A2			1950-1955
BOX II:A2				(4 folders)
		Abolition of certain government agencies, 1941-1942
		Absenteeism, E. Simms Campbell, cartoons, 1943
		Adams, Josephine, 1941
		Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense
			1940
BOX II:A3			1941
		Africa
			African News, 1954-1955
			Eboué, Eugenie Tell, 1944-1952
			Eboué, Felix, 1941-1944
			Ethiopia, 1942-1955
				(2 folders)
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