Civil Rights -- United States -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Doren Benjamin Boyce papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233616637]
Identifier: MSS 7980
Scope and Contents
Contains information on Doren Benjamin Boyce's work at the Topaz Relocation Camp. Includes his correspondence with friends and camp administrative officials, as well as inventories and receipts for purchases made because of the camp and other financial documents. Also includes records about the camp, mostly orinetation materials about the purpose and function of Topaz. Collection also contains some documents about the members of the camp, as well as newspaper clippings and articles on U.S....
Dates:
approximately 1942-1983
Civil Rights Act records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 814
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials documenting the fight against the proposed Civil Rights Act of 1984 headed by the American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities.
Dates:
1985
William and Annette Curtis collection of African Americana and LDS Church history materials
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6223
Overview
This collection contains items dealing with African American history in the 19th and 20th century. The collection especially deals with materials of Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver. This collection also contains items concerning religious, particularly LDS, history. Collection spans from approximately 1833-1981.
Dates:
approximately 1833-2000
Helen Hunt Jackson papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233293965]
Identifier: Vault MSS 664
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letters, poem, and manuscripts. The letters deal with personal and business matters. The manuscripts are leather bound holographs of Jackson's works "Christmas in the Pink Boarding House," "Passion Play at Oberammergau," "The People's Choice," and "Parson Williams Sabbath Breaking." Also included are a signed poem titled "Lifted Over," and a book by Jackson titled "Colorado." Also includes an image of Helen Hunt Jackson.
Dates:
1873-1941
William and Annette Curtis collection of African American items, 1895-1981
Series
Identifier: MSS 6223 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Letters, map, advertisements, newspapers, postcards, photographs, pamphlets, painting, and other papers concerning African American history. Also contains photographs, sketches, letters, pamphlets, memorial coins, and other items concerning very prominent African American figures such as George W. Carver, Booker T. Washington, and Frederick Douglas.
Dates:
1895-1981
William and Annette Curtis collection of African American letters, 1833-1928
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6223 Series 1 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
Eight African American letters. Dated 1833-1928.
Dates:
1833-1928
William and Annette Curtis collection of African American miscellaneous items, 1833-1981
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6223 Series 1 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents
Materials include maps, newspapers, pamphlet, envelope, and printed ephemera related to African Americans in the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries. Dated approximately 1833-1981.
Dates:
1833-1981
William and Annette Curtis collection of African American photographs, 1850-1977
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6223 Series 1 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents
Undated John Brown photograph with inscription, two Hiram Revels pictures dated 1977, and three unidentified photographs with explanations.
Dates:
1850-1977
William and Annette Curtis collection of Booker T. Washington items, 1895-1975
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6223 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Postcard, letters, photograph, pamphlets, memorial coin, stamps, and sketch related to Booker T. Washington, dated approximately 1895-1975.
Dates:
1895-1975
William and Annette Curtis collection of Frederick Douglass items, 1865-1895
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6223 Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents
Newspaper, letter, and photograph related to Frederick Douglass. Dated 1881-1883.
Dates:
1865-1895