Search

Start Over Subjects African Americans

Mildred Davenport dance ephemera collection .01 Linear Feet 4 items

Davenport, Mildred, 1900-1990
Content warning: outdated racial language to describe African Americans. Three programs and one pamphlet documenting the dance career of African American dancer Mildred Davenport, 1936 - 1940.
  1. George Mason University

Nydrie and Algoma related papers 1 Cubic Feet 1 legal document box and 1 over size small flat box

This collection consists of papers relating to Nydrie and Algoma, consisting chiefly of photographs and articles pertaining to the family homes of the Logan and Forsyth families. Included is a scrapbook of articles by Lily Logan Morrill.This collection contains material from around 1880, when the homes were built, to about 1960, when the Forsyth family, which owned "Nydrie" at the time, started a discussion about what to do with the house due to its dilapidated conditions. This collection focuses on two families, the Logans who owned "Algoma," and the Forsyths who owned "Nydrie."

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Obelia "Bee" Graves Papers 0.50 Linear Feet

Graves, Obelia "Bee"

This collection contains letters to Obelia "Bee" Graves, from her family and friends, while she attended Winston-Salem Teachers College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The institution is presently known as Winston-Salem State University. Winston-Salem Teachers College was the first historically black college to grant bachelors degrees in elementary school education. The collection also includes college documents from her time at college such as report cards and her admission acceptance. The collection also contains letters from two soldiers to Bee Graves' sister, Cleonis. The soldiers served during World War II in the Philippines.

  1. College of William and Mary

Obelia "Bee" Graves Papers 1936-1945 1937-1939 0.50

Graves, Obelia "Bee" arrangement
This collection contains letters to Obelia "Bee" Graves, from her family and friends, while she attended Winston-Salem Teachers College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The institution is presently known as Winston-Salem State University. Winston-Salem Teachers College was the first historically black college to grant bachelors degrees in elementary school education. The collection also includes college documents from her time at college such as report cards and her admission acceptance. The collection also contains letters from two soldiers to Bee Graves' sister, Cleonis. The soldiers served during World War II in the Philippines.
  1. College of William and Mary

Pamphlet for poem "The Negro Mother" by Langston Hughes inscribed and signed by author with illustration by Charles White .01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Hugh Havilon Gordon Cultural Center (Los Angeles, California)
Bifold pamphlet for poem "The Negro Mother" by Langston Hughes inscribed and signed by the author with illustration by Charles White created for the "Make History Live Series" by the Hugh Havilon Gordon Cultural Center.
  1. George Mason University

Paul Robeson sound recording collection 1 Linear Feet 1 box

Lofland, John
This collection contains reel-to-reel tapes, as well as duplicates of these reels on cassette and CD of Paul Robeson's 1955 concert performance at Swarthmore, and his 1955 speech, "America to Me, Waterboy."
  1. George Mason University

Pearl S. Buck letters 0.02 Linear Feet 2 legal size folder

Two letters from Pearl S. Buck to her editor. The first letter refers to something enclosed that she wanted to say to African Americans. The enclosed item is not present. She sent copies of this letter to all African American journals, and was glad to have her editor use the letter if they wished on or after February 28.

  1. College of William and Mary

Philip Levy civil rights collection 1 Linear Feet 2 boxes

Levy, Philip, -1970
This collection contains meeting minutes and grant proposals from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as well as correspondence on civil rights and race relations between senators and NAACP members. Many of the materials deal with the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC), issued by Franklin Roosevelt in 1941 as executive order 8802.
  1. George Mason University

Content Warning

ARVAS is an aggregator of archival resources. ARVAS does not have control of the descriptive language used in our members’ finding aids.

Finding aids may contain historical terms and phrases, reflecting the shared attitudes and values of the community from which they were collected, but are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical or mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.

Many institutions and organizations are in the process of reviewing and revising their descriptive language, with the intent to describe materials in more humanizing, inclusive, and harm-reductive ways. As members revise their descriptive language, their changes will eventually be reflected in their ARVAS finding aids.

Limit your search

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »