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Colored Women as Industrial Workers in Philadelphia

One pamphlet entitled, "Colored Women as Industrial Workers in Philadelphia," dated approximately in 1920. Pertains to completing a study on a low number of African American women employed before World War I outside of domestic service. Provides...

GLC09777

[Portrait photographs of Rosa Parks] [Decimalized .01-.07]

Collection of seven photographs of activist, Rosa Parks dates range from 1956-1955. Includes Parks speaking at events in the 1990s, press photographs of Parks aboard a bus on Montgomery, Alabam in 1956 prior to her arrest, and Parks in the sheriff's...

GLC09778

[Photographs, ephemera and magazines dated 1919-1969][Decimalized .01-.14]

Collection of 14 items dated 1919-1969. Consists of photographs, cover images of Life magazines, tin advertisements and signs. Subjects pertain to Cream of Wheat, segregation in public spaces and covers from Life magazine featuring police brutality...

GLC09779

[Items related to Jefferson Davis's capture][Decimalized .01-.04]

Collection of four items dated 1865 related to Jefferson Davis's capture. Davis is depicted wearing his wife's dress at the moment of the arrest. Frequent characters in the depictions are Union soldiers, Capitol Hill, and his wife, Varina Davis...

GLC09780

West Point Account Book

An account book for J. C. Shofner a cadet of West Point dated September 1, 1873 to June 14 1877. This account book records his commissary purchases including books, equipment, supplies, Christmas gifts, and more. There are also rules in regard to the...

GLC09781

Letters from Famous People

One book entitled, "Letters from Famous People" by Sharpless Dobson Green, published in 1925. This book is a collection of letters solicited by Green. He wrote to people eminent in their professional fields for advice he could share with his students...

GLC09782

Journal of Negro Education [Spring 1960]

One pamphlet entitled, "The Journal of Negro Education, Spring 1960." Includes articles pertaining to education; desegregation of classrooms, Booker T. Washington's relationship with the NAACP, John Dewey's philosophy, courses in African-American...

GLC09640.103.01

The Way It Is

One brochure entitled, "The Way It Is..." from the University Settlement Summer Appeal. Images on brochures display the city life for children and one of a child being comforted by an adult at the summer camp.

GLC09640.103.02

The Way It Is

One brochure for University Settlement Summer program with a metered envelope.

GLC09640.103.03

[University Settlement donation request]

One letter dated June 17, 1970 from Herbert Bungard, Chairman of the Summer Program requesting donations. Writes about children playing "face dreary days" in the summer living in the city.

GLC09640.103.04

The Fortieth Year in the Crusade for Civil Rights, Annual Report for 1948

One pamphlet entitled, "The Fortieth Year in the Crusade for Civil Rights, NAACP Annual Report for 1948." Topics covered are government branches, housing, education, suffrage, transportation, legal criminal cases, issues, political action, public...

GLC09640.124.01

The Fortieth Year in the Crusade for Civil Rights, Annual Report for 1948

One pamphlet entitled, "The Fortieth Year in the Crusade for Civil Rights, NAACP Annual Report for 1948." Topics covered are government branches, housing, education, suffrage, transportation, legal criminal cases, issues, political action, public...

GLC09640.124.02

Look at the Filibuster

One pamphlet entitled, "Look at the Filibuster," dated 1949. Pertains to the restrictions of filibustering, amendments and other issues related to Rule XXII adopted by the Senate in March 1917.

GLC09640.125

American Rights for American Citizens, Annual NAACP Report Forty-First Year

One pamphlet entitled "American Rights for American Citizens, Annual NAACP Report Forty-First Year," dated 1950. Highlights an award given to Ralph J. Bunche; current conditions of housing; relationship between the NAACP, the church, and the armed...

GLC09640.126

[Letters belonging to Sharpless D. Green dated 1922-1927] [Decimalized .01 - .03]

A collection of three letters dated 1922-1927 addressed to Sharpless Dobson Green from Franklin D. Roosevelt. Materials are related to correspondence between the president and educator on the matters of education and politics.

GLC09783

"NAACP: A Record of Leadership"

One pamphlet entitled "NAACP: A Record of Leadership," dated June 20, 1950. Highlights the program scheduling for the 41st Annual NAACP Convention. Details meeting times, and mass schedules at the Union Methodist Church for the week.

GLC09640.128

Civil Rights at Mid-Century, NAACP Annual Report, Forty-second Year, 1950

One pamphlet entitled, "Civil Rights at Mid-Century, NAACP Annual Report, Forty-second Year, 1950," dated 1951. Highlights the 1950 Supreme Court ruling on "separate but equal," which made impacts on cases on segregation in education, discrimination...

GLC09640.129

90 Years + 10 = Freedom, NAACP Annual Report

One pamphlet entitled "90 Years + 10 = Freedom, NAACP Annual Report," dated June 1954. Highlights Channing H. Tobias, the new boardmember of NAACP; annual convention highlights; public school segregation and the plans to move forward with how abolish...

GLC09640.131

Year of the Great Decision, NAACP Annual Report, 1954

One pamphlet entitled, "Year of the Great Decision, NAACP Annual Report, 1954," dated June 1955. Reflects on the decision to retract "separate but equal" in public education; implementation of the decision on a state by state level; other levels of...

GLC09640.133.01

Year of the Great Decision, NAACP Annual Report, 1954

One pamphlet entitled, "Year of the Great Decision, NAACP Annual Report, 1954," dated June 1955. Reflects on the decision to retract "separate but equal" in public education; implementation of the decision on a state by state level; other levels of...

GLC09640.133.02

Progress and Reaction, NAACP Annual Report, 47th Year

One pamphlet entitled "Progress and Reaction, NAACP Annual Report, 47th Year," dated June 1956. Details membership enrollment in 1955; creation of a Housing Department for the NAACP's National Office; coverage of the 46th Annual Convention, finances...

GLC09640.135.01

Progress and Reaction, NAACP Annual Report, 47th Year

One pamphlet entitled "Progress and Reaction, NAACP Annual Report, 47th Year," dated June 1956. Details membership enrollment in 1955; creation of a Housing Department for the NAACP's National Office; coverage of the 46th Annual Convention, finances...

GLC09640.135.02

Civil Rights Crisis of 1957, NAACP Annual Report

One pamphlet entitled, "Civil Rights Crisis of 1957, NAACP Annual Report," dated June 1958. Topics covered: Little Rock Nine, finances, segregation in the workforce and attacks incurred from Southerners. Chapters included are "Violence at Little Rock...

GLC09640.140.01

Civil Rights Crisis of 1957, NAACP Annual Report

One pamphlet entitled, "Civil Rights Crisis of 1957, NAACP Annual Report," dated June 1958. Topics covered: Little Rock Nine, finances, segregation in the workforce and attacks incurred from Southerners. Chapters included are "Violence at Little Rock...

GLC09640.140.02

Truth versus Ugly Lies about the NAACP

One pamphlet entitled, "Truth versus Ugly Lies about the NAACP," dated January 1975. Displays the efforts of the Citizens' Council (White Citizens Council) to disparage the NAACP's efforts for civil rights. Pages are split in two columns; The Lie and...

GLC09640.141.01