Payne, Ethel L. <br/><br/>
Ethel L. Payne papers, 1857-1991  (bulk 1973-1991). 

 - 15,500  items. 45  1  containers plus  classified. 18  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research.  Classified, in part. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, speeches, reports, articles, syndicated columns, transcripts of radio broadcasts, notes, biographical subject file, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Payne's career as a foreign correspondent (1950s); syndicated columnist (1957-1989) for two African American newspaper chains, Afro-American Newspapers and Sengstacke Enterprises; and commentator (1972-1982) with the Columbia Broadcasting System, inc., (later CBS Inc.) Spectrum radio program.  Documents Payne's coverage of the war in Vietnam and her involvement as a journalist and activist in African and Third World causes especially her work in Southern Africa, with Africare, and at the 1955 Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia.  Documents her activities in the Democratic Party official especially with the Metropolitan Women's Democratic Club of Washington, D.C., and her year as a professor at Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.  Also includes material pertaining to the Payne family and to the allied Austin and Boswell families.  Family correspondents include Payne's sisters Thelma E. Gray and Avis Ruth Johnson and a nephew James A. Johnson.  Other correspondents include Clifford L. Alexander, Faith Berry, Hyman Harry Bookbinder, Dennis Brutus, Ofield Dukes, Joseph C. Dumas, John H. Hicks, Mal Johnson, Winnie Mandela, Fatima Meer, Richard M. Nixon, A. Philip Randolph, Charles R. Sadler, Mal Whitfield, and Aurelia Norris Young. 
<br/><br/><br/>Audiotapes and videotapes <br/>Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. <br/>transferred to <br/>Some photographs and posters <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Journalist and social activist.  Born 1911; died 1991. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011042 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 95081191  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Alexander, Clifford L., 1933- --Correspondence.<br/>Berry, Faith--Correspondence.<br/>Bookbinder, Hyman Harry, 1916- --Correspondence.<br/>Brutus, Dennis, 1924-2009 --Correspondence.<br/>Dukes, Ofield, 1932- --Correspondence.<br/>Dumas, Joseph C.--Correspondence.<br/>Gray, Thelma E. 1905-1987 --Correspondence.<br/>Hicks, John H., 1928- --Correspondence.<br/>Johnson, Avis Ruth, 1918- --Correspondence.<br/>Johnson, James A. 1944- --Correspondence.<br/>Johnson, Mal, 1924- --Correspondence.<br/>Mandela, Winnie--Correspondence.<br/>Meer, Fatima--Correspondence.<br/>Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994 --Correspondence.<br/>Randolph, A. Philip 1889-1979 --Correspondence.<br/>Sadler, Charles R.--Correspondence.<br/>Whitfield, Mal, 1924- --Correspondence.<br/>Young, Aurelia Norris--Correspondence.<br/>Austin family.<br/>Boswell family.<br/>Payne family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Africare (Organization)<br/>African American Newspapers.<br/>CBS Inc.<br/>Columbia Broadcasting System, inc.<br/>Democratic Party (U.S.)<br/>Fisk University--Faculty.<br/>Metropolitan Women's Democratic Club.<br/>Sengstacke Enterprises.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>Asian-African Conference.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Spectrum (Radio program)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American newspapers.<br/>Congresses and conventions--Indonesia--Bandung.<br/>Foreign correspondents--Africa, Southern.<br/>Foreign correspondents--Developing countries.<br/>Social problems--Africa, Southern.<br/>Social problems--Developing countries.<br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Journalists.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Journalists.<br/>Social activists.