National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Racine Branch: Records, 1954-1984
outline view | full-text/printable view [size: 0.0 KB] | Add this to my bookbag

Summary Information

Title: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Racine Branch: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1954-1984

Creator:
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Racine Branch (Wis.)
Call Number: Parkside Mss 66; PH Parkside Mss 66; Audio 1153A

Quantity: 8.4 cubic feet (21 archives boxes), 6 tape recordings, 7 photographs, and 2 negatives

Repository:
Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections and Archives & Area Research Center, Library/Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Parkside; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections.

Archival Locations:
UW-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Records of the Racine branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), dating mainly from the presidency of Julian Thomas (1964- ). Included are correspondence, activity files, and brief records on national and state NAACP events. There is also personal correspondence and notes of Thomas, mainly illustrating his work with other Racine civil rights and civic groups; as well as annual reports, membership records, minutes, newsletters and clippings, and reference files. The collection documents affirmative action and equal opportunity programs in Racine, school desegregation, open housing efforts, community action programs, and police community relations. There are also records of the Racine Environment Committee collected during Thomas's tenure on its board of directors, and a few papers from Thomas's minority relations work as an employee of the J.I. Case Company. National, regional, and state NAACP records primarily consist of records of conventions collected by Racine branch members who attended the meetings. Photographs include images of Thomas and other branch members.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-pks0066
 ↑ Bookmark this ↑