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Pittsburgh Courier Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University Manuscript Division Finding Aids Finding Aids 2018 Pittsburgh Courier MSRC Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_manu Recommended Citation Staff, MSRC, "Pittsburgh Courier" (2018). Manuscript Division Finding Aids. 269. https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_manu/269 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Finding Aids at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Manuscript Division Finding Aids by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MOORLAND-SPINGARN RESEARCH CENTER Howard University Washington, D C. 20059 PITTSBURGH COURIER, WASHINGTON BUREAU Collection 190-1 to 190-17 Prepared by: Katie Salzmann Assisted by: Raul Gordon July, 1998 MANUSCRIPT DIVISION Scope and Content The Papers of the Pittsburgh Courier Washington Bureau span the years 1946-1968 and measure approximately 13 linear feet. The manuscript portion of the collection documents the relationship between the Washington branch and the main office of the Courier in Pittsburgh. Correspondence forms the bulk of this portion and documents the inter-departmental relationships of the Washington Bureau. Primary correspondents include Washington Bureau Chiefs, Levi Jolley and Hugo Warren, as well as Bookkeeper Josephine E. Lowery. Correspondents are listed alphabetically. The remainder of the manuscript portion of the collection includes material documenting the roles of the advertising, circulation, and financial and legal departments of the Washington Bureau. The bulk of the collection (9 1/2 linear feet) consists of approximately 3,500 photographs from the 1940's to the 1960's documenting all aspects of African-American life in Washington and across the Nation. Primary photographers include Blackburn, Cabell, Harris, Pease, and Scurlock. The photographs are arranged by subject including People, Business, Education, Entertainment, Social Events, and Sports. The bulk of the photographs are of entertainment figures and include images of such notable performers as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, The Edward Sisters, Katherine Dunham, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holliday, Dinah Washington, and Muddy Waters. The Moor land-Spingarn Research Center purchased the collection after the Washington Bureau closed in the 1970's. Series Description Box 190-1 A Correspondence, 1948-1968 to 190-3 The correspondence document the inter-departmental functioning of the Washington Bureau, as well as its relationship with the main office in Pittsburgh, and with its subscribers. The bulk of the correspondence are from the offices of Levi Jolley, E. Josephine Lowery, Robert Robinson, and Hugo Warren. Their correspondence are arranged alphabetically. Other significant correspondents include Trezzvant Anderson, George F. Brown, J. Walter Carroll, W, Beverly Carter, Jackson Lowe, John C. Moore, George Nunn, and Willard Savoy. The subseries, Metropolitan Police Department, is a collection of letters documenting the Courier1s role in the D.C. police department’s "Award of Merit." The subseries, Other Correspondence, includes both internal and external communications. B Advertising Department, 1956-1958, n.d. Box 190-3 Insertion orders, weekly reports, bills and purchase to 190-4 orders document the daily activities of the advertising department of the Pittsburgh Courier's Washington Bureau. C Circulation Department, 1953-1958, n.d. Reports, route sheets, and files of distributors document Box 190-4 the circulation department of the Washington Bureau of the to 190-5 Pittsburgh Courier. D Financial/Legal Department, 1946-1958, n.d. Business licenses, certificates, bank books, and legal Box 190-6 documents highlight the financial and legal activities of the Washington Bureau. Of note are legal summons’ for court cases involving the Pittsburgh Courier. The bulk of this series consists of the proof of publication of numerous legal notices from 1951-1958. E Press Releases, 1952-1968, n.d. Arranged by issuing organization or office, this series documents the variety of press releases received by the Box 190-6 Washington Bureau of the Pittsburgh Courier. to 190-8 Box 190-8 F Reports, 1955-1968, n.d. This series contains a number of reports sent to the Washington Bureau of the Courier. They are arranged alphabetically by title. Box 190-8 G Subject Files, 1956-1963, n.d. This series contains printed material documenting a variety of subjects such as the 1963 March on Washington, the NAACP, and travel in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. H Blank Forms, n.d. Box 190-8 This series contains blank forms used for the daily operation of the Washington Bureau of the Courier. I Photographs, 1940’s - 1960's Box 190-9 This series forms the bulk of the collection and consists to 190-17 of approximately 3,500 photographs documenting all aspects of African-American life in Washington, D.C. and across the nation. The photographs are arranged in the following subseries’: Men, Women, Groups, Children, Buildings, Business, Education, Entertainment, Organizations, Professions, Protests, Religion, Social Events, Sports, Street Scenes, Transportation, and Travel. The bulk of the series is comprised of entertainment photographs documenting local and national performers including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, The Edward Sisters, Katherine Dunham, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holliday, The Orioles, Muriel Rahn, Dinah Washington, and Muddy Waters. Other subseries of note include those of Businesses, highlighting African American owned businesses in the District; Social Events, including anniversaries, banquets, beauty pageants, birthdays, debutantes, embassies, fashion, formal occasions, funerals, parades, parties, presentations, and weddings; and Sports, including images of local and national athletes participating in baseball, basketball, boating, bowling, boxing, equestrian, football, golf, tennis, track and field, weight-lifting, and wrestling. > 3 Container List Folder A Correspondence, 1948-1968 Anderson, Trezzvant W. - Editor, Washington 1 Edition 2 Brown, George F. - Manacrina Editor 3 Carroll, J. Walter - Director. Advertisina 4 Carter, W. Beverly - Publisher 5 Gaither, A.D. - Manaqer, Circulation Jolley, Levi - Chief, Washington Bureau 6 A 7 Ba-Bo 8 Br-By Brown, George F. (Magazine Editor) 9 1955-1956 1957 10 11 12 C 13 Cabell, Clifton Carroll, J. Walter (Advertising Director) 14 Carter, W. Beverly (Publisher) Cobb, James 15 W. 14 Coveil, Howard V. 17 Crawford, Theodore 18 D 19 Dawson, William L. (Congressman) Diggs, 20 Charles C. 21 E 22 Evans, James C. 23 F 24 G 25 Gaither, A.D. (Circulation Director) 26 H 27 Hill, Lorenzo A. (Auditor) 28 Hord, Earl V. (General Manager) Box Folder A Correspondence Jolley, Levi, continued Humphrey, Hubert H. 190-1 29 30 I-K 31 Klipstein, Abner D. 32 L 33 34 M 35 Mitchell, Clarence Morrow, Corienne R. 36 N 37 Nunn, William (Managing Editor) 38 O-Q 39 Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. 40 R 41 42 S 43 Schulyer, George C. (New York Editor) Scott, 44 Hon. Arnold Sewell, Joseph B. 45 Shipley, Ruth Somerville, Wendell C. 46 Stanley, J. Edgar 47 48 T 49 W 50 West, William B. 51 Y 52 Zephirin, Mauclair 53 Unidentified - relating to organizational structure 190-2 1 Lowe, Jackson - Sales Manager Lowery, E. Josephine - Bookkeeper 2 B-G 3 H-M 4 Haines, Malcolm (Advertising Dept.) Hill, 5 Lorenzo A. (Auditor) Box Folder A Correspondence Lowery, E. Josephine, continued Houston, (Mrs.) W.O. (Subscription 190-2 6 Superviser) 1952-1953 7 1955-1956 a Lampkin, Daisy E . (Vice President) 9 Lavelle, Robert (Advertising Department) 10 Moore, Esther M. (Collection Department Manager) n Nunn, William G. (Managing Editor) 12 R-S 13 Vann, (Mrs.) Robert L. (President and Treasurer) 14 Washington, Russell T. (Assistant Business Manager) Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D. C. "Award of Merit" 15 1955 16 1956 17 1957-1958 18 Moore, John C. - Assistant Auditor 19 Nunn, William G., Sr. - Editor Robinson, Robert F. - Representative, Washington Bureau 20 Coveil, Howard V. 21 E-H 22 Hill, Lorenzo A. (BusinessManager) 23 J-N 24 P-T 25 Prattis, Percival (Executive Editor) 26 Savoy, Willard - Advertising Representative 6 Box Folder A Correspondence, continued Warren, J. Hugo - Manager, Washington Bureau A Anderson, Trezzvant, W. (City Editor) 190-2 27 28 29 B 30 Brown, George F. (Magazine Editor) Brown, 31 Ralph B. (Promotion Dept.) 32 C 33 Carroll, J. Walter (Advertising Director) 34 Carter, W. Beverly, Jr. (Publisher) Coveil, 35 Howard V. 36 D 37 E 38 Entwistle, Forest R. 190-3 1 F n G 3 Gaither, A.D. (Circulation Director) 4 H 5 Haines, Malcolm (Advertising Dept.) Height, 4 —r Dorothy I. t Hill, Lorenzo A. (Auditor) 8 Hord, Earl V. (Business Manager) 9 J 10 Johnson, John W. (Advertising Dept.) 11 K-L 12 Lampkin, Daisy (Vice-President) Lindsey, 13 Henry (Comptroller) 14 M 15 Moore, John C. (Asst. Auditor) 16 Morris, Arthur (Asst. Circulation Manager) 17 N-O 18 Nunn, William G. (Managing Editor) 19 P 19 Page, Wm. Clyde (Promotion Manager) Prattis, 21 Percival (Executive Editor) 7 Box Folder A Correspondence Warren, J. Hugo, continued 190-3 22 R 23 S 24 T 25 Vann, (Mrs.) Robert L. (President and Treasurer) 26 W Washington, Russell T. (Assistant Business Manager) 27 1948, 1951-1952 28 1953 Other Correspondents 29 Internal 30-31 External B Advertising Department, 1952-1958, n.d. 190-3 32 Rates and Instructions, 33 Insertion Orders, 1957 34 Layout Cards, n.d. Weekly Reports 190-4 1 1956 2 1957 3 1958 4 Advertising Bills, n.d 5 Purchase Orders, 1954-: 6 Home Fairs, 1952-1958 C Circulation Department, : 7 Circulation Reports, 1' 8 Route Sheets, 1953 9 Auditor's Report, 1962 190-5 1 Circulation Statistics 2-5 Distribution Cards, n.' 8 Box Folder D Financial/Legal Department, 1946-1958, n.d. 190-6 1 Business Licenses, Certificates, 1950-1957 2 Bank Books, 1946-1957 3 Lease Agreements, 1945, 1953 4 Legal Summons’, 1952, 1956 5 Legal Notes, n.d. 6-8 Legal Notices and Proofs of Publication, 1951- 1958 E Press Releases, 1952-1968, n.d.
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