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Don L. Crawford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-332
Abstract

This collection documents Dayton politics and race relations as reflected in the life and career of Don Crawford. The collection includes newspaper clippings, magazine articles, scrapbooks, correspondence, speech notes and publicity, photographs, certificates, and campaign literature. Most items are by or about Don L. Crawford, Jr., one of Dayton's best-known African American leaders of the 1960s-1980s.

Dates: 1918-2003; Majority of material found within 1960-1979
Found in: Special Collections

Dayton Urban League Records (MS-38)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-38
Abstract The Dayton Urban League was chartered in 1947. In conjunction with a nation-wide League Network, the Dayton Urban League made an important contribution to the general welfare of the local community through its services to African-Americans in Dayton. The League attempted to improve employment opportunities, accelerate guidance programs for young people, initiate greater participation of Blacks in the activities of other welfare agencies and civic organizations, and to improve the climate of...
Dates: 1940-1969
Found in: Special Collections

Springfield Urban League Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-39
Abstract

Records include constitution and by-laws, Board of Directors' minutes, reports, correspondence, financial records, subject files, news releases, clippings and other related materials of this chapter of the National Urban League.

Dates: 1915-1970; Majority of material found within 1961-1970
Found in: Special Collections

Dr. Arthur E. Thomas, President Emeritus, Central State University, Collection (MS-667)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-667
Abstract

The collection contains personal papers, legal documents and court proceedings, photographs, audio and video recordings, news clippings, awards and certificates, correspondence, and other materials relating to Dr. Thomas’s life and career in education and civil rights activism. The collection includes a significant amount of analog audiovisual material, including recordings of most episodes of Thomas’s interview program “Like It Is.”

Dates: circa 1920 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1969 - 2000
Found in: Special Collections
  • UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
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  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES
  • 3640 COLONEL GLENN HIGHWAY
  • DAYTON, OHIO 45435
  • 937-775-2092