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BOX II:OV 1-OV 6 Part II: Oversize, 1916-1955
Branch charters, broadsides, posters, newsletters, certificates, and a flag.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
BOX II:OV 1 General Office File
Leagues and organizations
National Thrift Committee, NAACP membership certificate, undated (Container II:A391)
Paton, Alan
“The Negro in America Today,” reprint of article, 1954 (Container II:A466)
Staff
White, Walter Francis
Posthumous tribute from the New York state senate, 1955 (Container II:A611)
Wilkins, Roy
Certificates, 1950-1955 (Container II:A611)
Legal File
Voting
North Carolina
General, 1940 (Container II:B213)
Branch File
Charters (Container II:C246)
Illinois, Pembrook Township, 1954
Kentucky, Boyle County, 1945
Oklahoma
Beckham County, 1947
Lenapah, 1946
Texas
Lamesa, 1948
Terrell, 1945
BOX II:OV 2 Youth File
General Department File
Youth flag, circa 1945-circa 1950 (Container II:E66)
BOX II:OV 3 Printed Matter
NAACP
Broadsides and posters (Container II:K4)
At the Front--Action! 93rd Division at Bougainville (Solomon Islands), 1943-1944
Colored Voters Attention! undated
Destroyers of the United States Navy, recruitment of Negroes poster, Naval Recruiting Station, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1940
Eighth Annual Youth Conference, New Orleans, La., 1946
Forward! Fight for Freedom poster, 1948
Help End Racial Tyranny in Mississippi, broadside of New York Times advertisement, 1955, Oct. 3
Installation of officers poster, Danville, Ill., undated
It's All the Same to Him, blood bank poster, circa 1941-circa 1945
Keep Anti-Semitism Out of New York, undated
Lewis, Joe, We're Going to Do Our Part, poster, 1942
Membership drives
California, Tracy, 1950
Michigan, Detroit, 1951
Unidentified, 1951
NAACP Credit Union, Columbus, Ohio, undated
NAACP Youth Week, 1946
A Pledge for American Unity, circa 1941-circa 1945
Postwar Army policy on the use of Negro manpower poster, 1947
Sixth Annual Youth Conference, Richmond, Va., 1944
“Stars Over Miami,” benefit show poster, Miami, Fla., undated
They Were in on the Kill, circa 1941-circa 1945
Voting appeal, Baltimore, Md., branch, undated
Warning--An Alert to All Rumor-Wardens, circa 1941-circa1945
We're Too Young To Register ... What's Your Excuse? undated
What's New? poster for Walter Francis White's radio broadcast on WBMS, undated
Who Is Blocking Federal Aid to School Construction? broadside of New York Times advertisement, 1955, July 18
Why a Nationwide Shipping Strike June 15th, broadside of Washington Post advertisement, 1946, June 6
World Youth Festival, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1947
Your Vote Is the One That Counts--Pay Your Poll Tax! undated
BOX II:OV 4 NAACP Bulletin, 1940-1949 (Container II:K7)
Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 19,141
BOX II:OV 5 Addition
Printed Matter
NAACP
Branch Bulletin, 1916-1923 (Container II:L269)
Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 19,141
BOX II:OV 6 Broadsides and posters (Container II:L269)
He Came to His Death at the Hands of Parties Unknown, broadside of New York World-Telegram advertisement, 1936, May 13
Let's Put It Over, 1924
The Shame of America, 1922
BOX III:A1-A334 Part III: Administrative File, 1909-1969
BOX III:A1-A20 Annual Conventions, 1956-1965
Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, speeches, minutes, resolutions, and printed matter.
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by name of person, type of material, or subject and thereunder chronologically.
BOX III:A1 1956, San Francisco, Calif.
Assessments
Cleveland, Ohio, branch
Committee on Conference Procedure
Committees, general
Delegates
Correspondence
Credentials
Registered
Detroit, Mich., facilities
Expenses and receipts
Form letters
Freedom Fund Dinner
BOX III:A2 General
(2 folders)
Greetings
Hotel accommodations
National Youth Work Committee
New York, N.Y., metropolitan branches
Press releases
Program
Publicity
Resolutions
Adopted
Considered
BOX III:A3 San Francisco, Calif., branch
Speakers
Speeches
Staff
Summary minutes
Trade unions
Travel
Workshops
Youth and College Division
1957, Detroit, Mich.
Assessments
Cleveland, Ohio, branch
Committee on Conference Procedure
Committees, general
BOX III:A4 Delegates
Credentials
Registered
Voting
Detroit, Mich., branch
Expenses and receipts
Form letters
General
Greetings
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