Papers of the NAACP, Pt. 13, Series A, B, & C on Microfilm
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Scope and Contents
Series A- 21 reels "Subject Files on Labor Conditions & Employment Discrimination"; Series B - 25 reels "Cooperation with Organized Labor"; Series C - 12 reels "Legal Department Files on Labor"
Dates
- 1940- 1955
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
Founded Feb. 12. 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization. Its more than half-million members and supporters throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, campaigning for equal opportunity and conducting voter mobilization.
Extent
6.44 cubic feet
Abstract
Correspondence, press releases, and clippings regarding employment opportunities and traning programs for blacks in national defense industries. Principal correspondents: Sidney Hillman and Robert C. Weaver.
Other Finding Aids
The container list for Series A of this collecion can be found in the University Publications of America finding aid and is available here.
The container list for Series B of this collecion can be found in the University Publications of America finding aid and is available here.
The container list for Series C of this collecion can be found in the University Publications of America finding aid and is available here.
Quantity:
58 microfilm reels
Forms of Material:
Papers, 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, March 08, 2016
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, March 08, 2016
- Title
- Papers of the NAACP, Pt. 13, Series A, B, & C on Microfilm
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- March 08, 2016
- 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
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853