Guide to the Frank T. Wood Papers,
1930-1993

Collection Number: 4865

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M. Flood
M.E. Warren
Date completed:
November 1994
EAD encoding:
Ann Hubert, April 2004

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Frank T. Wood papers, 1930-1993.
Collection Number:
4865
Creator:
Frank T. Wood
Quantity:
3.4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, photographs, topical files, and other material.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, photographs, topical files, and other material of a Syracuse, New York social welfare leader; also includes family papers and photographs.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, photographs, topical files, and other material of a Syracuse, New York social welfare leader; includes family papers and photographs. Subjects include African-American social and political life, literature programs in Africa, black fraternal orders, Republican politics, and other matters of social welfare. Also, transcripts of an interview with Peggy Wood.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Wood, Frank T.
Wood, Peggy.
National Republican Party--New York (State)--Syracuse.

Subjects:
Public welfare--New York (State)--Syracuse.
Social service--New York (State)--Syracuse.
Afro-Americans--New York (State)--Syracuse.
Literacy--Africa.
Friendly societies--Afro-American.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Frank T. Wood papers, #4865. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SERIES LIST

Series I. Personal papers
Boxes 1, 3-4
Series II. Correspondence
Box 1
Series III. Speeches and notes
Box 1
Series IV. Subject files
Boxes 1-2
Series V. Episcopal Church, Diocese of Central New York
Box 2, 5
Series VI. Peggy Wood Interviews
Box 6
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Personal papers
1938-1972
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 1
1957-1975
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 2
1957-1983
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 3
1967-1972
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 4
1968-1972
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 7
Photographs of Frank Wood, Jr. and Family
 Box 1 Folder 8
Photographs
 Box 5 Folder 8
Newspaper Clippings about Frank Wood, Jr.
 Box 1 Folder 9-12
Newspaper Clippings on Friends anf Family
 Box 1 Folder 13-14
Awards and Certificates
 Box 1 Folder 15-16
Selected Financial Records
 Box 1 Folder 17
1986-1987
Notebook
 Box 1 Folder 18
1967
Scrapbook
 Box 2 Folder 19
1954-1986
Pocket Diaries
 Box 3
1967
Charcoal Drawing of Cape Cod by P. Wood
 Box 4
Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings
 Box 4
Correspondence
1951-1955
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 20
1955-1957
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 21
1958-1962
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 22
1958-1974
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 23
1961-1974
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 24
1961-1980
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 25
1963-1964
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 26
1963-1965
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 27
1963-1972
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 28
1964-1969
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 29
1964-1976
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 30
1966-1968
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 31
1966-1975
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 32
1967-1968
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 33-34
1968-1972
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 35
1971-1974
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 36
1972
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 37-39
1972-1975
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 40
1973-1990
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 41
1978-1981
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 42
1978-1984
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 43
1979-1981
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 44
1980-1981
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 45-46
1980-1982
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 47
1983-1990
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 48
1985-1990
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 49-50
1971-1978
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 51
Speeches and notes
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 52-58
Remarks by Frank T. Wood
 Box 5 Folder 3-4
Subject files
Africa Postcards
 Box 1 Folder 59-61
Africa Souvenirs
 Box 1 Folder 62-63
Afrolit Files
 Box 4
1978
Afrolit Seminar
 Box 1 Folder 64
Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity
 Box 1 Folder 65-66
AAA (Triple A) Automobile Club of Syracuse
 Box 1 Folder 67
BIDCO
 Box 1 Folder 68
Black Power Caucus
 Box 1 Folder 69
Black Voters and the Republican Party
 Box 1 Folder 70
Central District
 Box 1 Folder 71
Character and Spiritual Education
 Box 1 Folder 72
Crusade for Opportunity
 Box 1 Folder 73
Funerals
 Box 2 Folder 1
Housing/Segregation Issues
 Box 5 Folder 2
Interracial Fellowship Scholarship Committee
 Box 2 Folder 2-4
Juvenile Protection Workshop
 Box 2 Folder 5-8
Jan. 20, 1986
Martin Luther King, Jr. - First Public Holiday
 Box 2 Folder 9
NAAPC
 Box 2 Folder 10
1986-1987
Newspaper Clippings
 Box 2 Folder 11
New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc. - Legislation
 Box 2 Folder 12-13
New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc. - Convention
 Box 2 Folder 14
1981
Onondaga County Inspector of Elections
 Box 2 Folder 15
Onondaga County Population
 Box 2 Folder 16
Political
 Box 2 Folder 17
Political Science Paper
 Box 2 Folder 18
Public Affairs Committee
 Box 2 Folder 19-20
School Reorganization
 Box 2 Folder 21
1967
Small Buisness Leadership Assistance Center
 Box 2 Folder 22
Training, Jobs, Education - Urban Renewal - Newark
 Box 2 Folder 23
Unemployment/Job Discrimination
 Box 5 Folder 1
United Negro College Fund (UNFC)
 Box 2 Folder 24-27
1980
UNFC Committee
 Box 2 Folder 28
Urban Affairs
 Box 2 Folder 29
Urban Crisis
 Box 2 Folder 30
White House Conference on Youth
 Box 2 Folder 31-35
Y.O.U. Group Leaders
 Box 5 Folder 6
Miscellany
 Box 2 Folder 36
Miscellany
 Box 5 Folder 7
Episcopal Church, Diocese of Central New York
Episcopal Church Hunger Committee
 Box 2 Folder 37
1988-1990
Bread for the World
 Box 2 Folder 38-39
Episcopal Diocese of Central New York, Food and Famine Committee
 Box 2 Folder 40-42
General Convention of the Episcopal Church: Commission on the Structure of the Church
 Box 2 Folder 43-45
1979
Commission on the Structure of the Church
 Box 2 Folder 46
1981
Commission on the Structure of the Church
 Box 2 Folder 47-48
1981
Commission on the Structure of the Church
 Box 2 Folder 49
1982
Commission on the Structure of the Church, Report Drafts
 Box 2 Folder 50
1982
Commission on the Structure of the Church, Report Drafts
 Box 2 Folder 51
Episcopal Church - 62nd General Convention
 Box 2 Folder 52
Grace Episcopal Church
 Box 2 Folder 53
Poems and Prayers
 Box 2 Folder 54
Project REAP
 Box 2 Folder 55
1978
Diocese of Central New York - Convention
 Box 2 Folder 56
1981
The Role of the Presiding Bishop Report
 Box 2 Folder 57-60
1980
Episcopal Church Hunger Committee
 Box 2 Folder 61
Church Issues & Documents
 Box 5 Folder 5
Peggy Wood
1993
Transripts of interviews with Peggy Wood
 Box 6 Folder 1-11
1993
8 MC60 Microcassettes - Interviews with Peggy Wood
 Box 6 Folder 12