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The East St. Louis Race Riot of 1917 on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5749 mf

Scope and Contents

The public record on a murderous riot against Blacks sparked by the racial hatred and the uncertain economic conditions in post-World War I America.

The complete Univeristy Publications of America guide to this microfilm may be accessed at: http://cisupa.proquest.com/ksc_assets/catalog/10728_EastStLouisRaceRiot1917.pdf

Dates

  • 1917-1920

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Extent

0.89 cubic feet

Abstract

The public record on a murderous riot against Blacks sparked by the racial hatred and the uncertain economic conditions in post-World War I America.

Quantity:

8 microfilm reels

Forms of Material:

Records (documents), microfilm.

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, September 26, 2012
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, June 13, 2019
Title
The East St. Louis Race Riot of 1917 on Microfilm
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
June 13, 2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853