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BOX X:258-283 Part X: Armed Services and Veterans Affairs, 1959-2004
The Armed Services and Veterans Affairs series documents the activities of the Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Department and other programs aimed at assisting military personnel and their families. The series dates mostly from the 1970s and largely contains the files of department head Julius E. Williams, as well as those of Samuel D. Wright, and John J. Johnson. The majority of the series comprises case files documenting discrimination complaints by active-duty service members and challenges of veterans attempting to access benefits and health care. Additional topics include military recruitment, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs, job fairs and vocational counseling, and the activities of individual branch Veterans Affairs Committees.
Material types include correspondence, case files, newsletters, reports, event programs, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX X:258 Banquets and dinners, 1989-1992, 2004
BOX X:258 Case file
BOX X:258 A-B, 1959-1979, 1990-2000
(5 folders)
BOX X:259 B, 1959-1976, 1991-2000
(6 folders)
BOX X:260 B, 1959-1976, 1991-2000
(6 folders)
BOX X:261 B-C, 1959-1976, 1989-2000
(6 folders)
BOX X:262 C-D, 1967-1977, 1989-2000
(6 folders)
BOX X:263 D-F, 1967-1977, 1991-2000
(7 folders)
BOX X:264 F-H, 1967-1983, 1990-2000
(6 folders)
BOX X:265 H, 1967-1983, 1990-2000
(6 folders)
BOX X:266 H-I, 1967-1983, 1990-2000
(6 folders)
BOX X:267 J, 1967-1976, 1991-2000
(6 folders)
BOX X:268 J-M, 1967-1976, 1990-2000
(6 folders)
BOX X:269 M-R, 1967-1976, 1997-1999
(7 folders)
BOX X:270 R-S, 1967-1974, 1991, 1998
(6 folders)
BOX X:271 T-W, 1967-1976, 1997-1999
(7 folders)
BOX X:272 W-Y, 1967-1976
(3 folders)
BOX X:272 Correspondence
BOX X:272 1968-1971
(4 folders)
BOX X:273 1972-1973
(6 folders)
BOX X:274 1973-1974
(6 folders)
BOX X:275 1974-1975
(6 folders)
BOX X:276 1975
(6 folders)
BOX X:277 1975-1976
(6 folders)
BOX X:278 1976
(6 folders)
BOX X:279 1977
(6 folders)
BOX X:280 1977
(6 folders)
BOX X:281 1978
(6 folders)
BOX X:282 1983-1984, 1990-2000
(3 folders)
BOX X:282 Department of Defense briefing, 1990
BOX X:282 Jobs for Veterans, 1970-1971
BOX X:282 Miscellany, 1970-2000, undated
(2 folders)
BOX X:282 Newsletters, 1970-1977, 1986-1992, 2001
BOX X:283 "Proposal for an Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Program," 1969-1970
BOX X:283 Reports, 1969-1976, 1990-1998
(3 folders)
BOX X:283 Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Minority Officer Procurement Program, 1974-1975
BOX X:283 Veterans outreach centers, 1969-1970
(2 folders)
BOX X:283 Williams, Julius E., biography, 1966, undated
BOX X:284-761 Part X: Branch Department, 1940-2018
The Branch Department series encompasses the work of the Branch Department, whose chief responsibility involved overseeing and guiding the organization’s many local branches across all fifty states and on military bases abroad. Aside from general administration, the Branch Department was also responsible for annual membership and life membership recruitment, prisoner membership through the Prison Program, and youth membership through its Youth and College Division.
Arranged into seven subseries.
BOX X:284-345 General Office File, 1949-2006
The General Office File spans 1949 to 2006 and consists primarily of the subject files of Gloster B. Current and William Penn, directors of the Branch Department during the majority of that period. Notable records include material related to the NAACP Image Awards, a branch officers study, the organizing of marches in Washington, D.C. and Boston, and the restructuring of multiple branches within major metropolitan areas, including Houston and Philadelphia. Items related to the fundraising efforts following the court ruling and subsequent appeal of Claiborne Hardware Company v. NAACP can be found within the Mississippi crisis file.
Material types include correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting minutes, news clippings, and printed matter. A membership database is in digital format.
Arranged alphabetically by subject, name of person, or type of material. The file structure of the digital content maintained as received.
BOX X:284 Abortion, 1978-1982
BOX X:284 AFL-CIO, 1973, 1977
BOX X:284 Afro-Academic Cultural Technological Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO), 1992-1994
BOX X:284 American Committee on Africa, 1967-1973
BOX X:284 Ames and Rollinson Co., 1967-1975
BOX X:284 Annual convention
BOX X:284 1962-1964
(4 folders)
BOX X:285 1964-1967
(7 folders)
BOX X:286 1967-1969
(7 folders)
BOX X:287 1970-1990
(8 folders)
BOX X:288 1991-1994
(6 folders)
BOX X:289 Bomb threats, 1989-1994
(2 folders)
BOX X:289 Bork, Robert H., 1987
(2 folders)
BOX X:289 Branch officers study, 1963-1967
(2 folders)
BOX X:290 Branch officers study, 1963-1967
(6 folders)
BOX X:291 Branch officers study, 1963-1967
(6 folders)
BOX X:291 Branch president biographies, 1981-1982
BOX X:292 Branch president biographies, 1981-1982
(2 folders)
BOX X:292 Budget, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1988-1995
(3 folders)
BOX X:292 Chavis, Ben, 1993-1994
BOX X:292 Chronological file
BOX X:292 Current, Gloster B.
BOX X:292 1964-1968
(2 folders)
BOX X:293 1968-1969
(7 folders)
BOX X:294 1970-1974
(9 folders)
BOX X:295 1975-1978
BOX X:295 Penn, William
BOX X:295 1973-1992
(6 folders)
BOX X:296 1993-1995
(7 folders)
BOX X:296 Chronologies, undated
BOX X:297 Church work, 1974-1976
(2 folders)
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