Collection of Negroiana : [microform], 1800-1981
22 ReelsA collection concerned with the various phases of black life in America, containing clippings, pamphlets, photographs, pictures, extracts from periodicals, and a representative group of approximately 350 letters, signatures, manuscripts, and documents. Among the letters are several each from Countee Cullen, Frederick Douglass, Alexander Dumas, fils, William Lloyd Garrison, Claude McKay, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Mencken, William Pickens, Albert A. Smith, and Booker T. Washington. Also, eighteen slavery documents.
Ford Foundation records, Catalogued Reports, Reports 13949-17726, 1936-2005, bulk 1950s-1990s
55.1 Cubic FeetThe Ford Foundation's Catalogued Reports collection includes policy and programming documents, program evaluations, and periodic program status reports produced by Foundation officers and staff, as well as consultants and grantees. Some published material produced by Ford Foundation grants is also included in the collection. The collection also includes some of the Ford Foundation's own publications, such as the Annual Reports and newsletters.
L. S. Alexander Gumby collection of Negroiana, 1800-1981
88 linear feetA collection concerned with the various phases of black life in America, containing clippings, pamphlets, photographs, pictures, extracts from periodicals, and a representative group of approximately 350 letters, signatures, manuscripts, and documents. Among the letters are several each from Countee Cullen, Frederick Douglass, Alexander Dumas, fils, William Lloyd Garrison, Claude McKay, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Mencken, William Pickens, Albert A. Smith, and Booker T. Washington. Also, eighteen slavery documents.
Richetta Randolph Wallace papers, 1906-1971
3.0 Linear feetRocky Simmons photographs, 1920's-2008, bulk 1940-1970
1 Cubic feetThe Rocky Simmons photographs (1920s-2008) are comprised of photographs originally assembled by Simmons in an album, plus additional materials donated by his children and family. The photos feature Simmons, his family and friends, and various locations central to his life. It also contains photographs he took as a professional photographer, featuring local events, weddings, musicians, sports teams, beauty contests, award ceremonies, and new businesses. The photographs are a unique window on the lives of Rochester's African American community at mid-20th century.
Ruth Scott papers, 1940-2009
44 Linear FeetThe Ruth H. Scott Papers are comprised of three series: Career Materials, Civic Activism, and Personal Papers. The majority of the items in Career Materials document Scott's terms serving on the Rochester City Council, from 1977-1989. A small group of materials in this series includes items from her unsuccessful 1993 campaign for Rochester City Mayor. There are additional materials related to her consulting work for banks, and non-profit companies. Most of the consulting material dates from 1989, when she began Scott Associates Consulting, Inc. The second series, Civic Activism, documents Scott's participation and interest in a variety of community organizations, locally and nationally. This series includes three subseries: Leadership America, Housing and Urban Development, and Education. The materials on education also include consulting work and positions held within the Rochester City School systems, beginning in the 1950s. The final series, Personal Materials, includes family photographs, documents related to Scott's primary, secondary and college education. There are also awards, invitations, and birthday cards from the 1940s-2000s.
Sylvia Ardyn Boone Papers, 1925-2011, bulk 1961-1993
40 linear feetLimit your search
- Ford Foundation records, Grants L-N, 1936-20062
- 1791 New York City Legal Deposition by Free African American Woman Nelley Mumpherd, 17911
- Collection of Negroiana : [microform], 1800-19811
- Ford Foundation records, Catalogued Reports, Reports 13949-17726, 1936-2005, bulk 1950s-1990s1
- L. S. Alexander Gumby collection of Negroiana, 1800-19811
- Richetta Randolph Wallace papers, 1906-19711
- Rocky Simmons photographs, 1920's-2008, bulk 1940-19701
- Ruth Scott papers, 1940-20091
- Sylvia Ardyn Boone Papers, 1925-2011, bulk 1961-19931
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