A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of BLACK STUDIES RESEARCH SOURCES Microfilms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections General Editors: John H. Bracey, Jr., Sharon Harley, and August Meier PAPERS OF THE NAACP Part Branch Department Files 25 Series D: Branch Department General Department Files, 1956–1965 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., Sharon Harley, and August Meier PAPERS OF THE NAACP Part 25: Branch Department Files Series D: Branch Department General Department Files, 1956–1965 Edited by John H. Bracey, Jr. and Sharon Harley Project Coordinator Randolph Boehm Guide compiled by Daniel Lewis A microfilm project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA An Imprint of LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions 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. 25. Branch Department Files.—[etc.]—pt. 27. Selected Branch Files, 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 1-55655-841-4 (microfilm: pt. 25, series D) Copyright © 2001 by University Publications of America. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-55655-841-4. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Scope and Content Note .......................................................................................................... xi Source Note.............................................................................................................................. xv Editorial Note ........................................................................................................................... xv Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................... xvii Reel Index Group III, Series C, Branch Department Files General Department File Reel 1 Group III, Box C-216 “A,” 1956–1963 ............................................................................................................... 1 Adopt-A-Branch Plan, 1957 ............................................................................................ 1 Alabama Reorganization, 1964–1965 .............................................................................. 1 Allen, Thomas H. (Field Secretary), 1962–1964.............................................................. 1 Group III, Box C-217 Allen, Thomas H. (Field Secretary), 1965 ....................................................................... 2 Allen, Thomas H. (Field Secretary), Expense Accounts, 1964–1965 .............................. 2 Anchorage, Alaska, Election Dispute, 1960 .................................................................... 2 Reel 2 Group III, Box C-217 cont. Anderson, Houston D., Jr. (Field Secretary), 1958–1959 ................................................ 2 Annual Convention, Branch Membership Reports, 1956 ................................................. 2 Group III, Box C-218 Annual Convention, Branch Membership Reports, 1957, 1961 ....................................... 2 Group III, Box C-219 Annual Report, Branch Department, 1956–1957 ............................................................. 2 Reel 3 Group III, Box C-219 cont. Annual Report, Branch Department, 1958–1964 ............................................................. 3 Annual Staff Conference, 1961 ....................................................................................... 3 Applications, Field Secretary, 1958–1960 ....................................................................... 3 Group III, Box C-220 Applications, Field Secretary, 1963–1965 ....................................................................... 3 Applications, Various Positions, 1957–1961 ................................................................... 4 Area Conferences, 1956–1964 ........................................................................................ 4 Reel 4 Group III, Box C-220 cont. “Ba”–“Bl,” 1956–1965 ...................................................................................................... 4 “Bo”–“By,” 1956–1965 ..................................................................................................... 4 iii Group III, Box C-221 Bailey, Lester P. (Field Secretary), 1956–1958 ............................................................... 4 Banks, Calvin D. (Field Secretary), 1957–August 1959 .................................................. 4 Reel 5 Group III, Box C-221 cont. Banks, Calvin D. (Field Secretary), September–December 1959 .................................... 5 Group III, Box C-222 Banks, Calvin D. (Field Secretary), 1960–1961 .............................................................. 5 Bates, L. C. (Field Secretary), 1960–1961 ...................................................................... 5 Group III, Box C-223 Bates, L. C. (Field Secretary), 1962–1964 ...................................................................... 5 Reel 6 Group III, Box C-223 cont. Bates, L. C. (Field Secretary), 1965................................................................................ 6 Berkeley, California, Branch Election Dispute, 1964–1965 ............................................. 6 Biographical Sketches of Branch Presidents and Secretaries, 1963–1964 ..................... 6 Battle Creek, Michigan, Branch Dispute, 1960–1961 ...................................................... 6 Group III, Box C-227 “Ca,” 1956–1965 .............................................................................................................. 6 Group III, Box C-228 “Ce”–“Cu,” 1956–1965 ..................................................................................................... 6 Group III, Box C-230 Carter, Leonard H. (Field Secretary), Reports, 1960–1962 .............................................. 6 Reel 7 Group III, Box C-231 Carter, Leonard H. (Field Secretary), Reports, January 1963–March 1964 ...................... 7 Carter, Leonard H. (Field Secretary), Speeches and Statements, 1957–1965 ................ 7 Group III, Box C-232 Cheagle, Roselyn (Field Secretary), 1962 ....................................................................... 7 Chester, Pennsylvania, Branch Dispute, 1964–1965 ...................................................... 7 Chicago, Illinois, Branch Dispute, 1958–1960 ................................................................. 7 Chicago, Illinois, [Hiring of] Executive Secretary, 1956 .................................................. 8 Cincinnati, Ohio, Election Dispute, 1958......................................................................... 8 Group III, Box C-233 Committee on Branches, Actions Taken By, 1956–1962 ................................................ 8 Committee on Branches, Agendas, 1956–1965 .............................................................. 8 Reel 8 Group III, Box C-233 cont. Committee on Branches, Correspondence and Memoranda, 1958–1959 ........................ 8 Group III, Box C-234 Committee on Branches, Correspondence and Memoranda, 1960 .................................. 8 Committee on Branches, General, 1961–1965 ................................................................ 9 Committee on Branches, Minutes, 1956–1965 ............................................................... 9 Committee on Memberships, 1956 ................................................................................. 9 Committee on Political Dom[ination], 1956 ..................................................................... 9 Constitution and By-Laws for Branches, 1958, 1960–1961 ............................................. 9 Group III, Box C-235 Cox, Leon, Jr. (Field Secretary), 1963–1965 ................................................................... 10 Credit Unions, [West Coast], 1961 .................................................................................. 10 iv Reel 9 Group III, Box C-235 cont. Cromwell, Colin A. (Field Secretary), 1958–1965 ............................................................ 10 Current, Gloster B., Correspondence and Memoranda, 1956–1959 ................................. 10 Group III, Box C-236 Current, Gloster B., Correspondence and Memoranda, 1960 .......................................... 11 Reel 10 Group III, Box C-236 cont. Current, Gloster B., Correspondence and Memoranda, 1961–1964 ................................. 11 Group III, Box C-237 Current, Gloster B., Correspondence and Memoranda, 1965 .......................................... 12 Reel 11 Group III, Box C-237 cont. Current, Gloster B., [Correspondence–Speeches], 1956–1964 ....................................... 12 Current, Gloster B., Itineraries, 1956–1965 ..................................................................... 12 Current, Gloster B., Reports, 1958–1964 .......................................................................