Powell, Adam Clayton
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
- From the Collection: New York Amsterdam News (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
189 cubic feet.
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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