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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

James L. Smith papers and audio recordings

Interviews and correspondence of James L. Smith by his daughter Pam Smith, regarding the Association of the 2,221 Negro Volunteers of WWII, Mr. Smith 's military career, and Affirmative Action. Mr. Smith served in the U.S. Army, 1942 to 1953, and was a member of the first group of African American soldiers chosen to serve in a racially integrated unit

Dates: 1922-1999   |   Extent: 0.5 linear ft.; 11 micro sound cassettes.
Archives: Chicago History Museum