African American women
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Black Workers in the Labor Movement Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH002210
Abstract
In late 1967, Herbert Hill, labor director for the NAACP, visited Wayne State University in Detroit to conduct oral histories with African American men and women on their experiences in the labor movement. Between 1967 and 1970, Hill, with local interviewers Roberta McBride, Jim Keeney, and Norman McRae, completed numerous interviews in Detroit. Hill also visited New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Berkeley for several additional interviews to round out what would become known as the Blacks in...
Dates:
1967-1970
Carrie Burton Overton Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000340
Abstract
Carrie Burton Overton served as a stenographer for the NAACP from 1924 to 1928; as executive secretary to Julian Rainey, head of the "Colored Division" of the National Democratic Committee for 1932, 1936 and 1940; and in secretarial positions with Howard University, Vanguard Press and the Community Church of New York City. Her papers comprise correspondence, leaflets, reports, notes and clippings. Subjects include Black voters, employment in the federal government for Blacks, activities of the...
Dates:
1856 - 1969
Carrie Burton Overton Photographs
Collection
Identifier: UAV000340
Abstract
Carrie Burton Overton was active in African-American educational, political and arts organizations through much of the twentieth century. The collection includes a series of studio portraits dating from around the time of her marriage; portraits of family members and some other individuals; scenes at Howard University and the Tuskegee Institute; and several panoramic group pictures at alumni, political and arts events.
Dates:
1913 - 1960
Folklore Archive: Student Field Projects Photographs
Collection
Identifier: WSAV002714
Abstract
The Folklore Archive, established in 1939 by WSU English professors Emlyn Gardner and Thelma James, contains the oldest and largest record of urban folk traditions in the United States. To document these traditions, Wayne State University students conducted field research projects, some of which included photographic records. Collection consists of 71 projects (or aggregations of multiple projects on a single topic) conducted by student interviewer-collectors. Student field research projects...
Dates:
1958 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1980
Gloria Johnson Oral History
Item
Identifier: LOH002326
Abstract
In 1993, Dennis Deslippe interviewed International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE) staffer and Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) president and co-founder Gloria Johnson for his book,
Dates:
1993-06-08
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Gloria Johnson Oral History
Low Income and Minority Women Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH001496
Abstract
Between 1976 and 1990, Fran Leeper Buss conducted a series of interviews with low-income and minority women across the Southern, Western, Midwestern, and Appalachian regions of the United States. As part of a collaborative project of the Southwest Institute for Research on Women at the University of Arizona and the Schlesinger Library on the History of American Women at Radcliffe, these interviews were then transcribed, indexed, and processed, with funding from the Ford Foundation. The...
Dates:
1976 - 1992
Nettie Jones Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP002734
Abstract
This collection documents the career and personal life of author Nettie Jones.
Dates:
1971 - 2017
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Nettie Jones Papers