Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Biographical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Processing Information note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Immediate Source of Acquisition note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Claude M. Lightfoot Collection of Visual Materials
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Claude M. Lightfoot Collection of Visual Materials
- Identifier
- BMRC.CHM.LIGHTFOOT_VISUAL
- Repository
- Chicago History Museum
- Language
- English
- Size
- 1.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1940-1970
- Creator
- Lightfoot, Claude M., 1910-1991
Biographical note
Claude M. Lightfoot was a prominent African American official in the Communist Party (CPUSA). He was highly visible and active on local, national and international levels and often represented the CPUSA in Eastern European and other Communist countries. Lightfoot was politically active from his teen years until his death in 1991.
Scope and Contents note
Claude M. Lightfoot Collection of Visual Materials includes images of Claude M. Lightfoot, African American author, Chicago resident, political candidate, and member of the national committee of the Communist Party U. S. A. Views show Lightfoot giving speeches, being greeted at airports, and at poltical and social gatherings. Posters list Lightfoot as a speaker at events in Germany and Syracuse (N.Y.).
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 October 15 by Andrew Steadham.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Claude M. Lightfoot, 1986