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Robeson, Paul

 File — Box: B-8, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a letter by James Earl Jones to unidentified recipient dated 6-22-1977 (2 leaves); packet of 4 photocopied letters between Martin Popper, Paul Robeson Jr, and officials at NBC, dated from 2-3-1976 to 3-4-1976 concerning an NBC special on the life of Robeson (4 leaves); packet of photocopied correspondence between Charles Rangel and Paul Robeson Jr., dated from 11-30-1977 to 2-13-1978 (5 leaves); packet of transcripts from NBC dated between 2-9-1978 and 3-2-1978, concerning James Earl Jones's play about Robeson (13 leaves); photocopied letter by the National Ad Hoc Committee to End the Crimes Against Paul Robeson to WNBC-TV dated 2-27-1978 (6 leaves); printed biographical cartoon by Alston (1 leaf); photocopy of text "A Man Before His Time: A Tribute" by Dr. Nathan Wright (1 leaf); typed letter signed by Chris Reynolds to Lucia Robinson dated 4-1-1977 (1 leaf, with 2 attached two-leaf press releases); press release dated 2-24-1978 containing an address given by Tran Van Dinh on that date entitled "Here We All Stand" (4 leaves), with two attached newspaper clippings; photocopied "Address by Mayor Richard Hatcher: Salute to Paul Robeson" dated 4-15-1973 (6 leaves); typescript leaf containing memorial quotes about Robeson from Georgia Jenkins and Adelle Lambert; carbonscript text "My Meetings with Paul Robeson" by Konstantin Kudrov (5 leaves); mimeographed legal complaint Paul Robeson v. Dean G. Acheson (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Civil Action no. 5500-50) (17 leaves); photocopied "Tribute by Bishop J. Clinton Hoggard" dated 1-27-1976 (4 leaves); press release dated 4-26-1945 concerning Robeson's receipt of the Spingarn Medal; souvenir program from the Spingarn Medal ceremony on Oct. 18, 1945carbonscript text "Ten Thousand Welcome Robeson at Wrigley Field..." by Rev. Daniel L. Reed (3 leaves); press release dated 8-9-1950 concerning the voiding of Robeson's passport by the State Department; press release dated 10-24-1950 containing the text of a speech delivered by Robeson at the American Labor Union Party Rally on that date; typed letter signed by Victor Grossman to the Amsterdam News concerning the founding of a Robeson Archive at the German Academy of Arts; and one photocopied newspaper clipping.

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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