White, Walter
Scope and Contents
Mimeographed press release dated 3-22-1955 concerning White's death (5 leaves); mimeographed press release dated 3-22-1955 concerning a message of condolence sent by Mayor Robert F. Wagner to White's family (1 leaf); mimeographed biographical text (2 leaves); press release dated 3-22-1955 concerning the condolence message for White sent by the ACLU to the NAACP (1 leaf); typescript press release dated 3-22-1955 containing the text of a letter sent by the Negro Labor Committee to White's family (1 leaf); typescript "Statement of... James C. Thomas... on the Death of Walter White" (1 leaf); carbonscript letter signed by Ralph Ober to the Amsterdam News (1 leaf), with attached carbonscript statement by Jacob K. Javits (1 leaf), mimeographed announcement of funeral arrangements for White (4 leaves), press release dated 3-24-1955 on condolence letters sent to the NAACP (7 leaves), and press release dated 3-22-1955 on Republican tributes to White (1 leaf); carbonscript "Concurrent Resolution of the Senate and Assembly honoring the memory and expressing sympathy..." (2 leaves); mimeographed press release dated 1-19-1949 containing article text "Between the Lines" by Dean Gordon B. Hancock (2 leaves); magazine article "How Detroit Fights Race Hatred" by Walter White, removed from the July 18th, [year?] issue of the Saturday Evening Post (4 leaves); mimeographed note from "HLM" to "the Editor" dated 4-29-1948, with 9 leaves of mimeographed correspondence between White and Sen. Wayne Morse attached; mimeographed text dated 3-1-1945 on the sales of White's book A Rising Wind (1 leaf); mimeographed "Speech of Walter White... Mass Meeting of the March-on-Washington Movement on Tuesday, June 16, 1942" (2 copies, each 6 leaves); mimeographed "Testimony of Walter White... before the Senate Military Affairs Committee, April 1, 1943..." (10 leaves); and mimeographed "Keynote Address of Emergency Conference on the Status of the Negro in the War for Freedom by Walter White... June 3rd, 1943..." (14 leaves).
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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