Papers of the NAACP, Pt. 13, Series A, B, & C on Microfilm, 1940- 1955
Collection Number: 5925 mf
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Papers of the NAACP, Pt. 13, Series A, B, & C on Microfilm, 1940- 1955
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5925 mf
Abstract:
Correspondence, press releases, and clippings regarding employment opportunities and
traning programs for blacks in national defense industries. Principal correspondents:
Sidney Hillman and Robert C. Weaver.
Creator:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Quanitities:
6.44 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Founded Feb. 12. 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized
grassroots-based civil rights organization. Its more than half-million members and
supporters throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for
civil rights in their communities, campaigning for equal opportunity and conducting
voter mobilization.
Series A- 21 reels "Subject Files on Labor Conditions & Employment Discrimination";
Series B - 25 reels "Cooperation with Organized Labor"; Series C - 12 reels "Legal
Department Files on Labor"
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Papers of the NAACP, Pt. 13, Series A, B, & C on Microfilm #5925 mf. Kheel Center
for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
The container list for Series A of this collecion can be found in the University Publications
of America finding aid and is available here.
The container list for Series B of this collecion can be found in the University
Publications of America finding aid and is available here.
The container list for Series C of this collecion can be found in the University
Publications of America finding aid and is available here.
Names:
Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946.
Weaver, Robert C.(Robert Clifton), 1907-1997.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Archives.
United States. Office of Production Management-Labor Division.
Subjects:
Defense industries, United States.
Discrimination in employment, United States.
African Americans, Employment.
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