Sterling Stuckey papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Sterling Stuckey papers
Dates: 1938-2004
Predominant Dates: (bulk 1950-1989)
Creator: Stuckey, Sterling
Creator: Emergency Relief Committee for Fayette & Haywood Counties, Tennessee
Creator: Congress of Racial Equality
Size: 6 linear ft. (13 boxes).
Language: Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Conditions for Access

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Conditions Governing Use

The donor granted Chicago History Museum permission to make copies of materials in this collection for researchers when the collection is open. Persons who wish to make more reproductions of those copies or to disseminate or publish those copies should request permission from the donor.

Preferred Citation

A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.

Custodial History

Gift of Dr. P. Sterling Stuckey (2000.0092; 2003.0082; 2005.0071; 2008.0012.1; and 2009.0107.1).

Biography or History

Professor Stuckey was born in 1932 and holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.

Scope and Content

Correspondence with friends and professional colleagues; manuscripts of books, lectures and articles by Dr. Stuckey, written as a student or later as a professional historian; miscellaneous materials on his various research projects focusing on African American history; newsclippings, meeting announcements, and programs, primarily 1950-1989. Also present in the collection are minutes, press releases, and correspondence relating to his work as a civil rights activist and leader with the Emergency Relief Committee for Fayette & Haywood Counties, Tennessee, in 1960-1962, Box 1 especially, and work with CORE.

Related Material

Related material at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, includes the Elma Stuckey papers; the Elma Stuckey family photograph collection (1998.0154); the Elma Stuckey photograph collection (2005.0071); and publications cataloged separately. Artifacts related to Elma Stuckey also are in the collection of Chicago History Museum.

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