Richetta Randolph Wallace papers, 1906-1971
3.0 Linear feet
The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Richetta Randolph Wallace (1884-circa 1971), an African-American woman having a longstanding engagement with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Harlem (New York City), African-American literary and arts culture, and matters of race relations, racial justice and civil rights. Documents include correspondence, pamphlets and other published print matter, event programs and other ephemera, photographs, receipts, manuscripts, and newspaper clippings. Commonly known by her maiden name, Randolph was office manager for the NAACP until the mid-1940s and personal secretary to Mary White Ovington and James Weldon Johnson. The collection includes correspondence with Ovington and Johnson as well as other NAACP principals. including Walter White, William Pickens, and others. The collection includes a full typescript draft of Johnson's Black Manhattan, with notes, and a galley proof (1930) of the book. Much of the collection consists of print matter, which centers on matters of race in the United States, including discrimination, lynching, justice (or injustice), and civil rights. Other print matter includes programs, sermons, church newsletters, and other materials, principally concerning Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Correspondence documents Randolph's activities on behalf of Mt. Olivet over the years. There are a small number of photographs in the collection, including those of Randolph, of Johnson and his wife in Great Barrington (1929), of Ovington, and stock images of NAACP principals, among others.
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Current results range from 1761 to 1971
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- Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company.1
- Covered Tube Cable Railway Co. (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.).1
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 -- Correspondence1
- Long Island Historical Society.1
- Mount Olivet Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.).1
- Nassau Cable Railway Company of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.).1
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.1
- Ovington, Mary White, 1865-1951 -- Correspondence1
- Pierpont, Hez. B., (Hezekiah Beers), 1768-18381
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- Account books1
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