Guide to Material at the LBJ Library Pertaining to Civil Rights
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LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON L I B R A R Y & M U S E U M www.lbjlibrary.org 5/94 (updated 11/07) HU 2 (rev. 6/10, 9/10, 7/11) LE/HU 2 MATERIAL AT THE LBJ LIBRARY PERTAINING TO CIVIL RIGHTS This list includes files in the Johnson Library that contain material relating to Civil Rights. It is not definitive, however, and researchers should seek out other potentially useful files. The guide includes those collections which have been opened for research in part or in whole, and those collections which are currently unprocessed or unavailable. See also the guides: Affirmative Action; Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 1954; Civil Rights Act of 1964; Civil and Racial Disturbances; Fair Housing Act of 1968;The F.B.I., J. Edgar Hoover, Surveillance and Privacy; Mexican-Americans; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP); Race Relations in the Armed Forces, 1965-69; Racial Integration of the Air Force; The 1965 Voting Rights Act and the Violence in Selma, Alabama; Women. WHITE HOUSE CENTRAL FILES (WHCF), SUBJECT FILE This permanent White House office was the main filing unit during the Johnson presidency, though not the primary one for foreign policy documents. Material was filed under 60 major subject headings, descriptions of which are in the WHCF finding aid. FG, Federal Government-Organizations Box # FG 11-15, Office of Economic Opportunity 124-28 FG 11-15-1, Job Corps 129-30 FG 11-15-2, National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity 130 FG 110-4, Coast Guard 153-54 FG 120-7, Women's Army Corps 174 FG 125-5, Marine Corps (includes women) 178-79 FG 125-6, WAVES 179 FG 130-7, Women of the Air Force 183 FG 135-9, Dept. of Justice: Immigration and Naturalization Service 184-94 FG 145-6, Dept. of Interior: Bureau of Indian Affairs 208 FG 155-18, Dept. of Commerce: Community Relations Service 229-30 FG 160-6, Dept. of Labor: U.S. Employment Service 237 FG 160-7, Dept. of Labor: Women's Bureau 237 FG 160-8, Dept. of Labor: Neighborhood Youth Corps 237 FG 165, Department of Health, Education and Welfare 243-45 FG 170, Department of Housing and Urban Development 252-56 FG 250, Indian Claims Commission 290 FG 411/E, House Committee on Education and Labor 290 FG 411/U, House Un-American Activities Committee 290 FG 634, Commission on Civil Rights 375 FG 642, President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces 378 FG 655, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 380-82 FG 686, Interdepartmental Committee on the Status of Women 385-86 FG 687, Interagency Committee on Mexican American Affairs 386 FG 690, National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders 386-89 FG 731, President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity 402 FG 737, President's Commission on the Status of Women 402 FG 743, President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing 402 FG 744, President's Council on Equal Opportunity 405 FG 745, President's Commission on Registration & Voting Participation 405 FG 791, President's Commission for the Observance of Human Rights Year 417 FG 792, National Council on Indian Opportunity 417 HU, Human Rights All categories. The subject "Human Rights" is used for all material pertaining to human and civil rights, the promotion and denial of such rights, discrimination, or discriminatory practices, and matters relating to segregation, ideologies, and voting rights, including all complaints about such matters. HU, Human Rights 1 HU 1, Citizenship 2 HU 2, Equality of the Races 2-57 HU 3, Equality for Women 58 HU 4, Freedoms 59-67 HU 5, Genocide 68 HU 6, Ideologies 68-73 IN, Indian Affairs IN, Indian Affairs 1-4 IT, International Organizations IT 47-23, Commission on Status of Women (UN) 14 JL, Judicial –Legal Matters JL, Judicial-Legal Matters 1-2 JL 3/King, Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King 35-37 JL 7, Lawyers-Legal Aid 42 LE, Legislation LE/FG 11-15, Office of Economic Opportunity 45 LE/HS, Legislation/Housing 64 LE/HU 2, Legislation/Equality of the Races 65-71 LE/HU 2-2, Equal Housing 66-71 LE/HU 2-5, Equal Education 66-71 LE/HU 2-7, Voting Rights 67-72 LE/HU 2-7/FG 216, Legislation/Voting Rights/Washington D.C. 67 LE/HU 3, Equality of Women 67-72 LE/LA 2, Conditions, Employment, Unemployment 135-137 LE/LG, Legislation/Local Government LE/WE 9, Poverty Program-Great Society 166 LG, Local Government LG, Local Government 1-5 LG/A-Z, Local Government/[alphabetically by locality] 5-23 PE, Personnel Management PE 2, Employment-appointments 7-26 PE 3, Fair Employment 27 PL, Political Affairs PL/ST 24, Political Affairs/Mississippi [Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party] 52-53 PL 1/ ST 24, Political Affairs/Conventions/Mississippi 81 PL 9, Political Affairs, Women 129 PU, Publications PU 1/FG 135-6, Federal Bureau of Investigation 7,26 PU 1/FG 634, U. S. Commission on Civil Rights 20,33 PU 1/FG 655, Equal Employment Opportunity Comm. 20,33 PU 1/FG 687, Interagency Comm. on Mexican American Affairs 21,33 2 PU 1/FG 690, National Advisory Comm. on Civil Disorders 21,33 PU 1/FG 731, President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity 23,33 SP, Speeches (see Civil Rights finding aid for list) ST, States ST 24, State of Mississippi [Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party] 11 WE, Welfare WE 9, Poverty Program 25-45 WE 9-1, Project Head Start 45-47 WHCF NAME FILE This file serves as a name index to the Subject File. Name Files, in general, contain copies of the first page of documents (used as cross references) filed in the Subject Files. Request files by name of individual or organization. Examples of pertinent names files are "Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernathy, SCLC, Poor People's Campaign, Resurrection City, and Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. There is a card file in the Reading Room card catalogue indicating those Name Files which are already available for research. Any files that are currently unavailable will be processed upon request. WHCF OVERSIZED ATTACHMENTS Oversized Attachment #2302, June 7, 1968 Boxes 370-371 Ten folders of agency responses to James Gaither's request for comments and recommendations re legislation concerning the Poor People's Campaign. CONFIDENTIAL FILE Arranged in the same subject categories as the WHCF Subject File, this file contains security classified or otherwise sensitive material. The CF Name File serves as a name index to the CF Subject File. This collection also includes agency reports and oversize attachments. The CF is entirely processed, but portions are still classified. The researcher should see the WHCF Subject File categories listed above. APPOINTMENT FILES The Diary Cards in the Reading Room provide an alphabetically arranged name index to the President's appointments. Once the date of an appointment has been determined, check the "Diaries and Logs" finding aid for the number of the appropriate boxes in both the Daily Diary and the President's Appointment File [Diary Backup]. The Daily Diary is a log sheet of appointments and phone calls maintained by the White House secretaries. The Diary Backup contains preparation material, press releases, and schedules for meetings and appointments, as well as some reports and notes from the meetings. OFFICE FILES OF THE WHITE HOUSE AIDES Many White House aides maintained office files of their own, separate physically from the rest of the White House Central Files. The files of each aide reflect his or her responsibilities. This list is not 3 definitive, but it does include most pertinent folders in the aides files. Box # Advertising Council Files "Immigration and Naturalization Service" 2 Bellinger, Ceil "American - Italians" 1 "American - Poles" 1 "American - Scandinavians" 1 "1967 Riots" 13 "Riots, etc., Summer 1968" 14 "Status of Women" 15 "Great Society - Civil Rights" 26 "Great Society - Housing" 27 "Great Society - Indians" 27 "Great Society - Mexican/Americans" 28 "Great Society - Poverty/Headstart" 28 Benchley, Peter "Miss Furness Testimony Before a Civil Disorders Commission Panel 11/3/67" 3 Bohen, Fred "Office of Economic Opportunity re: Programs, November 1966 to June 1967" 15 "OEO Material" 15 "Gordon-Reorganization HEW legislation, 1966" 14 "Indian Message - 1968" 9 Busby, Horace "Voting Rights 3/15/65" 3 "Voting Rights, Bill Signing, etc." 3 "Voting Rights Message" 3 "Women in Government Reception" 4 "Civil Rights Act of 1964" 5 "President's Commission on Crime in D.C." 5 "Memos for Sec. Celebrezze (HEW) 1964-65" 18 "Memos for Wilbur Cohen (HEW) 1965" 18 "Status of Women Commissions, 7/29/65" 25 "Messages - HEW Crime & Delinquency" 28 "Report from HEW - background reports on departmental item of current 32 interest" "Report on Equal Employment Opportunity in the Post Office" 32 "Civil Liberties Statement 9/24/64" "Economic Opportunity Act - August 20, 1964" 43 "Equal Employment Opportunity, President's Committee on" 43 "Equal Pay conference - June 11, 1964" 43 "Operation Head Start" 44 "Housing Act of 1964 - September 2, 1964" 45 "Italian-American Labor Council" 45 "Mexican American Leaders, June 1, 1965" 53 Califano, Joseph Booklets - "A President's Commitment" Four Statements on Human Rights and 3 Equal Justice for all Americans - by LBJ "School Desegregation" 8 "Commission on Civil Disorder 7/67-12/67" 11 "HUD - Job Program 2/67-11/67" 13 "HUD - Job Program - 2" 13 "Italian Americans" 19 "Stokely Carmichael" 20 4 "Task Force on Urban Affairs and Housing" 26 "Background on HEW Programs" 32 "Economic Opportunity Act Amendments of 1967" 34 "The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders - Three Volume Rept." 36 "HEW - Report on Education" 36 "HEW: Economic Assistance OEO: International Financial Institution" 37 "1967