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Powell, Adam Clayton

 File — Box: B-7, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

Press release dated 7-5-1965, endorsing the Voting Rights Act (2 leaves); typescript postcard from the "Harlem Bi-Partisan Committee to Stop Powell" (1 leaf); copy of a typed letter from Powell to Omar Burleson (6 leaves); 1 blank sheet of Adam Powell Day Committee (In Formation) letterhead; mimeographed minutes of a meeting of the Adam Powell Day Committee, with cover letter by John H. Young (3 leaves total); typed letter signed by Herman P. Osborne and George A. Weston to James Hicks, dated 9-14-1964, concerning Adam Powell Day (1 leaf); typed note from "Odell" to "Jimmy" [Hicks?], undated (1 leaf); empty envelope addressed to James Hicks from the House of Representatives, postmarked 12-18-1963; empty envelope addressed to "Miss Wade" and James Hicks, from Consolidated Publishers, undated; typed letter signed by Herbert M. Gussack of Saga Magazine to the Amsterdam News, dated 6-25-1963, concerning an article on Powell in Saga (1 leaf); attachment note from an unidentified piece of correspondence, dated in ms. 3-6-1964; 7 leaves of ms. notes; 5 leaves of photocopied ms. notes; and approximately 110 original and 1 photocopied newspaper clippings.

Number of Prints: 2

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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