Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Biographical/Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Processing Information note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
9525 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60628
Era Bell Thompson papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Era Bell Thompson papers
- Identifier
- BMRC.HARSH.THOMPSON
- Repository
- Chicago Public Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, Woodson Regional library
- Language
- English
- Size
- 99.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1930-1987
- Creator
- Thompson, Era Bell, 1906-1986
Biographical/Historical note
Era Bell Thompson, author of American Daughter and Africa, Land of My Fathers, was a pioneering photo-journalist for Ebony and international editor for Johnson Publishing Company for over thirty years. She was also an important figure in the Chicago Renaissance; her ties to the Vivian G. Harsh Collection span nearly 50 years.
Scope and Contents note
Thompson’s papers include correspondence, diaries, financial records, audio and videotapes, monographs, journals, subject clipping files, photographs and memorabilia.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 August 30 by Lisa Calahan.