Moton family papers, 1850-1991 (bulk 1930-1940).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 8,700 items; 25 containers plus 1 classified; 11.2 linear feetSubject(s): - Alexander, Will Winton, 1884-1956 -- Correspondence
- Ames, Jessie Daniel, 1883-1972 -- Correspondence
- Blanton, Tom M. -- Correspondence
- Bouldin, Susie Vera, 1888- -- Correspondence
- Campbell, Thomas M. (Thomas Monroe), 1883-1956 -- Correspondence. -- Correspondence
- Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 -- Correspondence
- Davis, Jackson, 1882-1947 -- Correspondence
- DeMent, Ada B. (Ada Belle) -- Correspondence
- Hewlett, Helen M. (Helen Mable) -- Correspondence
- Holsey, Albon L., 1883- -- Correspondence
- Johnson, Bertha LaBranche, 1882- -- Correspondence
- Jones, Eugene Kinckle, 1885-1954 -- Correspondence
- Jones, Thomas Jesse, 1873-1950 -- Correspondence
- King, R. Hayne (Richard Hayne), 1878-1941 -- Correspondence
- Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988 -- Correspondence
- Spaulding, C. C. (Charles Clinton), 1874-1952 -- Correspondence
- Stewart, Ella P. (Ella Phillips), 1893-1987 -- Correspondence
- Stewart, Sallie W. (Sallie Wyatt), 1881- -- Correspondence
- Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958 -- Correspondence
- Stowe, Lyman Beecher, 1880-1963 -- Correspondence
- Taylor, Robert R. (Robert Rochon), 1900- -- Correspondence
- Thomas, Jesse O., 1885- -- Correspondence
- Tobias, Channing H. -- Correspondence
- Waring, Mary F. (Mary Fitzbutler) -- Correspondence
- White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955 -- Correspondence
- Wood, L. Hollingsworth (Levi Hollingsworth), 1874-1956 -- Correspondence
- Wright, Arthur D. (Arthur Davis), 1885-1947 -- Correspondence
- Moton family
- Boston. Committee of Vigilance
- United States. Agricultural Adjustment Administration
- United States. Department of State. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
- Colored Merchants Association
- Commission on Interracial Cooperation
- Hampton Institute
- National Association of Colored Women (U.S.)
- National Negro Business League (U.S.)
- National Urban League
- Negro Rural School Fund, Inc
- Phelps-Stokes Fund
- Tuskegee Institute
- Veterans Administration Hospital (Tuskegee, Ala.)
- National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department
- African American business enterprises
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Economic conditions
- African Americans -- Education
- African Americans -- Societies, etc
- Agriculture -- Southern States
- Race relations
Restrictions apply.
Classified, in part.
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, printed materials, and other papers relating primarily to efforts in the 1930s by the Motons to promote educational and economic opportunities for African Americans and to improve race relations. Documents Robert Russa Moton's work with African American businesses and institutions and civil rights organizations including the Colored Merchants Association, Commission on Interracial Cooperation, Hampton Institute, National Negro Business League, National Urban League, Negro Rural School Fund, Phelps-Stokes Fund, Tuskegee Institute, Veterans Administration Hospital (Tuskegee, Ala.), and Colored Work Dept. of the National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America; Jennie Moton's activities as field agent for the U. S. Agricultural Adjustment Administration's southern division, as president of the National Association of Colored Women, and as director of Women's Industries at Tuskegee Institute; and Charlotte Moton Hubbard's service as U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs. Also includes a facsimile reproduction of an account book of the Committee of Vigilance, Boston, Mass. (1850-1861).
Correspondents include Will Winton Alexander, Jessie Daniel Ames, Tom M. Blanton, Susie Vera Bouldin, Thomas M. Campbell, George Washington Carver, Jackson Davis, Ada B. DeMent, Helen M. Hewlett, Albon L. Holsey, Bertha LaBranche Johnson, Eugene Kinckle Jones, Thomas Jesse Jones, R. Hayne King, Frederick D. Patterson, C.C. Spaulding, Ella P. Stewart, Sallie W. Stewart, Anson Phelps Stokes, Lyman Beecher Stowe, Robert R. Taylor, Jesse O. Thomas, Channing H. Tobias, Mary F. Waring, Walter Francis White, L. Hollingsworth Wood, and Arthur D. Wright.
Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Map transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
Books transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
Family members represented include Robert Russa Moton and his wife, Jennie Dee Booth Moton, African American educators and community leaders; and their daughter, Charlotte Moton Hubbard, government official.
Collection material in English.
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