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Du Bois, W.E.B.

 File — Box: B-2, Folder: 54

Scope and Contents

Two single-leaf mimeographed press releases (with four attached newspaper clippings) on the American Labor Party's refusal to allow Du Bois to speak at a 1951 event; 6-leaf mimeographed statement by Du Bois "The Campaign of 1950," with ms. annotations; four-leaf mimeographed excerpts from DuBois' address at the ALP Madison Square Garden rally (Oct. 24, 1950); six-leaf mimeographed interview with DuBois, including cover letter by William L. Patterson, typed letter signed by Hugh H. Smythe (1 leaf) attached to 15-leaf mimeographed text "My Relations with the NAACP" by Du Bois and two newspaper clippings; two-leaf mimeographed article text "Dr. Du Bois Makes History in Campaign for U.S. Senate" by Robert Lucas; three-leaf mimeographed "Supplementary Release" from Du Bois Testimonial Dinner Committee; single-leaf mimeographed "Biographical Notes of the Life of Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois"; two-leaf mimeographed "Background material for use with press release" by DuBois Memorial Committee; invitation, RSVP card, and return envelope for Black Academy of Arts and Letters' First Annual Awards Banquet; two-leaf press release with two accompanying mimeographed letters (5 leaves total) concerning Du Bois' joining the Communist Party U.S.A.; offprinted article "W.E.B. Du Bois: Prophet Not Without Honor" by William F. Bell, taken from the Mar. 2, 1968 issue of The Berkshire Eagle; single-leaf mimeographed biography of Du Bois dated Jun. 4, 1973; bundle of documents containing the Third Voice, vol. 1, no. 2, a 7-leaf photocopied prospectus of the play The Secret Place by Garrett Morriss, a 3-leaf mimeographed "Appendix" to the proposal for the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, and a two-leaf mimeographed listing of programs at the Douglass Creative Arts Center; and a 1974 publicity mailing from the Publicity Committee of the W.E.B. Du Bois Dept. of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Dates

  • Pre 1980

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

189 cubic feet.

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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