Bayard Rustin Papers There are four separate series of material: (1) Alphabetical Subject File; (2) Chronological Subject File; (3) Articles, Essays, Symposia Remarks, and Speeches; and (4) General Correspondence File.
Fannie Lou Hamer: Papers of a Civil Rights Activitist, Political Activitist, and Woman Fannie Lou Hamer was an voting rights activist and civil rights leader. She was instrumental in organizing Mississippi Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and later became the Vice-Chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, attending the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in that capacity. Her plain-spoken manner and fervent belief in the Biblical righteousness of her cause gained her a reputation as an electrifying speaker and constant activist of civil rights.
Mary McLeod Bethune Papers: The Bethune Foundation Collection, Part 1: Writings, Diaries, Scrapbooks, Biographical Materials, and Files on the National Youth Administration and Women's Organizations, 1918-1955 Part 1 comprises biographical material, writings and speeches, diaries, scrapbooks, and files that were left largely intact on the National Youth Administration (NYA), the National Association of Colored Women, and the National Council of Negro Women. Researchers will want to consult the companion parts for related materials.
Mary McLeod Bethune Papers: The Bethune Foundation Collection, Part 3: Subject Files, 1939-1955 Part 3: The Subject Files, 1939-1955, of the Bethune Foundation Collection features the Bethune in relation to a wide variety of subjects from the height of her career until death. The subjects include invitations to speak, newspaper clippings, testimonial birthday celebrations, personal and family concerns, and matters pertaining to Daytona Beach and the state of Florida.
Mary McLeod Bethune Papers: The Bethune Foundation Collection, Part 4: Administration of Bethune-Cookman College and the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, 1915-1955 The records in Part 4 focus on the daily administration of Bethune-Cookman College, particularly the financial pressures and fundraising challenges faced by the college. The establishment of the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation is also a major focus of Part 4.
Mary McLeod Bethune Papers: The Bethune-Cookman College Collection, 1922-1955 This collection contains the administrative records of Mary McLeod Bethune as president of Bethune-Cookman College. The bulk of the collection begins in the early 1930s, although there are substantial materials from the 1920s.
Papers of A. Philip Randolph Consists of the following series: Family Papers, 1942- 1963; General Correspondence, 1925-1978; Subject Files, 1909-1978; Speeches and Writings File, 1941-1978; Biographical File, 1945-1979; and Miscellany, 1920-1978.
Printed guides to accompany microfilm sets are located in Microform Services on A-floor in Firestone Library.
A. Philip Randolph Papers
RECAP Microfilm 11722 Printed guide (Film B) E185.97.R27
Alexander Crummell Collection
RECAP Microfilm 11828 Printed guide na
Alexander Pierre Tureaud Papers (1901-1972)
RECAP Microfilm 12003 Printed guide (FilmB) F375.T88A4 2001 58 reels
Arthur A. Schomburg Papers (1874-1938)
Microfilm 06953 Printed guide (FilmB) E184.6.S365
Arthur B. Spingarn Papers
RECAP Microfilm 11888 Guide contents list located on Reel 1 58 reels
Bayard Rustin Papers
RECAP Microfilm 11662 Printed guide (Film B) E185.97.R93 B392 23 reels
Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1915-1950, Papers
RECAP Microfilm 11590 Printed guide (FilmB) E175.5.W65A3 34 reels
Charlotte Eugenia Hawkins Brown Papers (1883-1961)
RECAP Microfilm11986 Printed guide (FilmB) LA2317.B598 A3 1999 4 reels
Claude A. Barnett Papers
RECAP Microfilm 02648 Printed guide (FilmB) PN4841.A73 M44
Countee Cullin Papers (1921-1969)
RECAP Microfilm 11820 Printed guide (FilmB) Z8204.55.xB6 7 reels
Daniel Alexander Payne Murray Papers
Microfilm 09021 Printed guide (FilmB) Z1361.N39W76 27 reels
Fannie Lou Hamer Papers, 1966-1978
RECAP Microfilm 11839 Printed guide: none 17 reels
Frederick Douglass Papers (1817-1895)
RECAP Microfilm 1083.309 Printed guide: none 20 reels
George A. Myers Papers (1859-1930)
RECAP Microfilm 09177 Printed guide (FilmB) E748.M93 8 reels
Horace Mann Bond Papers, Parts 1-4
RECAP Microfilm 11591 Printed guide (FilmB) E185.97.B65A3 98 reels
John and Lugenia Burns Hope Papers
Microfilm 05653 Printed guide (FilmB) Z6616.H67H67
Lugenia Burns Hope and John Hope Papers
RECAP Microfilm 05653 Printed guide (FilmB) Z6616.H67H67 21 reels
Mary Church Terrell Papers
RECAP Microfilm 11885 Finding aid 34 reels
Mary McLeod Bethune Papers: The Bethune-Cookman College Collection, 1922-1955
RECAP Microfilm 10234 Printed guide (FilmB) E185.97.B34 A3 13 reels
Paul L. Dunbar Papers (1872-1906)
Microfilm 09609 Printed guide (FilmB) PS1557.P385 9 reels
Paul Robeson Collection
Microfilm 06952 Printed guide (FilmB) E185.97.R63A35 9 reels
Robert H. Terrell Papers
Microfilm 11868 Guide contents listed at the beginning of reel 1
W.E.B. Du Bois Papers (1868-1963)
RECAP Microfilm 04494 Printed guide (FilmB) Z6616.D8 M35 89 reels
W.E.B. Du Bois Papers at Fisk University
Microfilm 11721 Printed guide: none
William H. Hastie Papers. Part 2. Civil Rights, Organizational, and Private Activities
RECAP Microfilm 11824 Printed guide (FilmB) KF373.H38A25 42 reels