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Claude A. Barnett papers

Correspondence, clippings, reports, minutes, speeches, and financial records of Claude Albert Barnett, the director of the Associated Negro Press (ANP); news releases of the ANP (1928-1964) and of the World News Service (1961-1963). Topics include African American newspapers and journalists; colleges, especially Tuskegee Institute and the Conference of Presidents of Negro Land Grant Colleges; businesses, especially advertising, beauty products, and

Dates: 1918-1967,   |   Extent: 180 linear ft.; 2 oversize folders.; 1 microfilm reel : b&w ;(camera negative of Robinson scrapbook). 35 mm.; 1 box. (Index to the collection).
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Oscar De Priest papers

Correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks, bulletins, and other papers of Oscar De Priest relating to his political career and family. He was U.S. Congressman (Republican) from 1st District of Illinois (Chicago's near South Side), 1929-1935, and active in Chicago politics before and after that period. Materials include several dozen condolence letters received by De Priest and his wife in 1916 upon the

Dates: 1916-1983   |   Extent: 2.5 linear ft. (2 boxes; 3 scrapbooks)
Archives: Chicago History Museum