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Papers of the Naacp A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of BLACK STUDIES RESEARCH SOURCES Microfilms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections General Editors: John H. Bracey, Jr. and August Meier PAPERS OF THE NAACP Part Special Subjects, 24 1956-1965 Series C: Life Memberships-Zangrando UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of BLACK STUDIES RESEARCH SOURCES Microfilms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections General Editors: John H. Bracey, Jr. and August Meier PAPERS OF THE NAACP Part 24: Special Subjects, 1956-1965 Series C: Life Memberships-Zangrando Edited by John H. Bracey, Jr. and August Meier Project Coordinator Randolph Boehm Guide compiled by Blair Hydrick A microfilm project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA An Imprint of CIS 4520 East-West Highway * Bethesda, MD 20814-3389 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Papers of the NAACP. [microform] Accompanied by printed reel guides. Contents: pt. 1. Meetings of the Board of Directors, records of annual conferences, major speeches, and special reports, 1909-1950 / editorial adviser, August Meier; edited by Mark Fox--pt. 2. Personal correspondence of selected NAACP officials, 1919-1939 --[etc.]--pt. 24. Special subjects, 1956-1965. 1. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Archives. 2. Afro-Americans--Civil Rights--History--20th century--Sources. 3. Afro- Americans--History--1877-1964--Sources. 4. United States--Race relations--Sources. I. Meier, August, 1923-. II. Boehm, Randolph. III. Title. E185.61 [Microfilm] 973'.0496073 86-892185 ISBN 1-55655-658-6 (microfilm: pt. 24, series C) Copyright © 1999 by University Publications of America. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-55655-658-6. TABLE OF CONTENTS Scope and Content Note vii Note on Sources xxi Editorial Note xxi Abbreviations xxii Reel Index Reels 1-7 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File Group III, Boxes A-214-A-222 Life Memberships 1 Reel 8 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-222 cont.-A-223, A-228 Life Memberships cont.-Marshall, Thurgood 14 Reel 9 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-228 cont., A-231-A-234 Meier, August-NAACP..-. 17 Reel 10 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-234 cont.-A-236 NAACP cont.-NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund 20 Reel 11 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-236 cont.-A-238 NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund cont.- National Newspaper Publishers Association 23 Reel 12 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-238 cont.-A-239, A-243 National Research and Survey Service-Police Brutality 26 Reel 13 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-243 cont.-A-244 Police Brutality cont.-Powell, Adam Clayton 30 Reel 14 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-244 cont.-A-246 Powell, Adam Clayton cont.-Presidential Campaign of 1960 33 Reel 15 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-246 cont.-A-247 Presidential Campaign of 1960 cont.-Program Department 36 Reels 16-17 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-247 cont.-A-250 Program Department cont 40 Reel 18 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-251-A-252 Program Department cont.-Public Relations 48 Reels 19-20 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-252 cont.-A-257 Public Relations cont 51 Reel 21 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-257 cont.-A-258, A-261-A-262 Public Relations cont.-Publications 55 Reel 22 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-262 cont.-A-263 Publications cont 58 Reel 23 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-263 cont., A-283. Publications cont.-Robinson, Jackie 61 Reel 24 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-283 cont., A-290-A-291 Robinson, Jackie cont.-Speakers 64 Reels 25-32 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-291 cont.-A-299, A-303-A-304 Speakers cont 66 Reel 33 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-304 cont., A-322 Speakers cont.-Supreme Court 78 Reel 34 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-323-A-324 Supreme Court cont.-Television 80 Reel 35 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-324 cont.-A-325 Television cont.-Travel 81 Reel 36 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-325 cont.-A-326 Truman, Harry S.-U.S. Air Force 82 Reel 37 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-326 cont.-A-327 U.S. Air Force cont.-U.S. Army 84 Reel 38 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-327 cont.-A-328, A-330 U.S. Army cont.-Walling, Mrs. William English 85 Reel 39 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Box A-331 War on Poverty-Washington Bureau 88 Reel 40 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Box A-332 Washington Bureau cont 90 Reel 41 Group III, Series A, Administrative File, General Office File cont. Group III, Boxes A-332 cont.-A-334 Washington Bureau cont.-Zangrando, Robert L 91 Principal Correspondents Index 95 Subject Index 131 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The subject files that have been selected for UPA's Papers of the NAACP, Part 24 document many important aspects of the NAACP program between 1956 and 1965 as well as various facets of American race relations during the period. Taken together, these miscellaneous subject files serve as a valuable reference collection on the range of issues that engaged the NAACP during this time. Earlier editions of Special Subject files can be found in UPA's microfilm publications Papers of the NAACP, Part 11: Special Subjects, 1910-1939 and Papers of the NAACP, Part 18: Special Subjects, 1940- 1955. Researchers should note that many of the subjects covered in Part 24 have counterparts in Parts 11 and 18. The largest subject files in Series C include "Life Memberships," "NAACP," and the "NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund." Other sizeable files include "Politics," "Presidential Campaigns" from 1956 through 1964, the "Program Department" of the NAACP, and the "Public Relations" Department of the NAACP. They also include "Publications" of the mass news media, "Publicity Protests" against negative images of African Americans, "Speakers" from the NAACP national office, and the U.S. "Supreme Court." The larger file series end with "Television," the "U.S. Armed Forces" (including Army, Marines, and Navy departments), and the NAACP "Washington Bureau." In addition to these major subject groups are numerous smaller files. Many are names of prominent individuals, such as Thurgood Marshall, August Meier, Pauli Murray, Richard Nixon, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Jackie Robinson, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Malcolm X. Others are smaller files on topics such as "Negro Press," "Negro Vote," "Poll Tax," "United Nations," and "Watts, California Riot." Substantive Files The Life Membership Campaign was one of the NAACP's major fund- raising programs. It was established in 1927 to provide an endowment fund from which the NAACP would draw upon the interest only. By the 1950s, however, proceeds from the campaign were applied directly to the association's mushrooming expenses. Life memberships cost $500 and made the donor a life member without further obligation for annual dues contributions. The campaign was greatly energized in the late 1940s and early 1950s by Massachusetts industrialist Kivie Kaplan. Kaplan made the NAACP something of a second career and used both his personal connections and an energetic determination to enlist hundreds of new life members. His ability to recruit life members from the Jewish community was an especially significant development in the relationship between Jews and the NAACP. The Life Membership Campaign also sought out wealthy celebrities, and the success of these initiatives provides insights into the evolution of the NAACP's positive public image. The Life Membership Campaign grew to the point that by 1953, Mildred Bond was hired as its full-time secretary. Bond's regular reports from 1953 through 1963 begin at frame 0815 of Reel 7 and continue through frame 0050 of Reel 8. The reports indicate that the target inquiries included NAACP convention participants; local branch members; and black churches, labor unions, and fraternal organizations. Bond was succeeded in 1962 by Morris DeLisser. There are correspondence files for both Bond and DeLisser in the "Life Memberships" series. The series, which covers over seven reels of material, is arranged alphabetically and includes key individuals in the Life Membership Campaign as well as subjects. A large series on the NAACP itself begins with frame 0225 on Reel 9 and runs through frame 0409 of Reel 10. The series includes files on administrative policies, historical aspects of the association, and fund-raising. One of the important administrative files is "Policy on Political Action" (Reel 9, frame 0597). By the 1960s African American community leaders were succeeding in quests for local political offices.
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