AfAm. African-Americans

Content Description

This collection contains materials pertaining to the Freedom Libraries project undertaken by Virginia Steele during Freedom Summer of 1964. The materials were assembled by Mary Steele Morgan, Virginia’s sister. The collection consists primarily of journal articles about the project.

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Collection consists of 3 original financial items (2 receipts, 1 IOU), a news clipping, and a photocopy (2 sheets) of the 1891 graduation program from Dayton's Central High School, of which Dunbar was a class member.

Scope and Contents The collection contains a two-page letter typed by a World War I soldier returning by ship to the United States from Europe. The letter describes the conditions and activities aboard the transport ship U.S.S. Aeolus, on which he is travelling, as well as the writer’s duties while he is aboard. The author writes about the people he would like to see once he reaches the United States. He also offers insight into race relations in a segregated army. Additionally, the collection contains a...

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This collection contains 31 photographs relating to a demonstration that occurred in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1964. There are also copies of court cases that arose from the demonstration.

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Photocopy of portion of book about Bessie Coleman and copies of several photographs of Bessie Coleman.

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Transcript of an autobiography by C.J. McLin, Jr. Also available in published form in the Archives and the Libraries collections.

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Original voice and piano score for song written by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

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Sheet music and RCA phonograph recording of "Who Knows".

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The collection contains seven newspaper clippings concerning the death and funeral of Paul Laurence Dunbar, as well as his mother, Matilda Dunbar. Two of these include poems written by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

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The collection consists of sheet music for a single piece of music: “Dusky Sleep-Song,” with words by Paul Laurence Dunbar and music by Grace A. Hammon.