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Randolph, A. Philip

 File — Box: B-7, Folder: 16

Scope and Contents

Pamphlet "A. Philip Randolph at 80: Tributes and Recollections," containing excerpts from speeches made at Randolph's 80th birthday dinner, May 6, 1969, with 5 inserted handbills and photocopies; pamphlet "Annual Report of the A. Philip Randolph Institute: November 1968-November 1969" (2 copies); printed fundraising letter by Bayard Rustin dated Feb. 1970 (1 leaf); mimeographed "Statement by A. Philip Randolph" dated 9-10-1968, endorsing Hubert Humphrey (4 leaves, with attached mailing envelope and single-leaf press release of the same date); printed packet from the "A. Philip Randolph Society Luncheon honoring A. Philip Randolph... and Installation of Officers", 6-24-1972 (5 leaves); pamphlet "The Anatomy of Frustration: An Address by Bayard Rustin" (delivered at the 55th National Commission Meeting of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 5-6-1968); mass-mailed letter by Bayard Rustin dated July 1968, with offprinted articles "Education in a Changing Society" and "The Labor-Negro Coalition - A New Beginning," both by Rustin; mass-mailed letter by Rustin dated 1-16-1968, with 2 attached leaves of photocopied newspaper articles, one mimeographed letter from Vernon E. Jordan to the New York Times dated 1-5-1968, and the complete Nov. 1967 issue of The Federationist; mimeographed letter from Willie Baxter to George Meany dated 10-1-1959 (2 leaves); Randolph Institute memorandum dated Apr. 1967 (3 leaves); typescript text "Summer and Smoke" by Rustin, with attached typed cover letter signed by Rustin dated 4-27-1967 (5 leaves total); memorandum dated 5-16-1967 by Rustin, with attached newsletter Youth Action on the Freedom Budget (4-30-1967 issue); pamphlet "'Right to Work' Laws--A Trap for America's Minorities" by Rustin, with attached mass-mailing cover letter dated May 1967; and 19 newspaper clippings.

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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