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040 _aDLC
_beng
_edacs
_cDLC
_dDLC
072 7 _aB
_2lcmd
100 1 _aRobinson, Jackie,
_d1919-1972.
245 1 0 _aJackie Robinson papers,
_f1934-2001
_g(bulk 1947-1987).
300 _a7,000
_fitems.
300 _a17
_fcontainers.
300 _a6.6
_flinear feet.
351 _aAarranged in 8 series. Series 1: Baseball File, 1945-2000; Series 2: Civil Rights, 1947-1990; Series 3: Political File, 1949-1986; Series 4: Business and Corporate File, 1952-1981; Series 5: Religious and Civic Activities, 1951-2001; Series 6: Subject File, 1953-1999; Series 7: Speeches and Writings, 1934-1999; and Series 8: Miscellany, 1942-1998.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, memoranda, telegrams, fan mail, speeches, writings, congressional testimony, baseball contracts, subject files, financial and legal records, military records, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Robinson's career as a baseball player and corporate executive, and to his participation in political activities, religious and civic organizations, the civil rights movement, and media affairs. When Jackie Robinson began his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, he broke the unwritten racial color line that had existed in major league baseball since the late nineteenth century, and a significant portion of the collection is devoted to his pioneering efforts in this regard. Topics also include the Albany movement, African independence movement, and economic development in the African-American community. Correspondents include Buzzie Bavasi, Roy Campanella, Happy Chandler, Charles Dressen, Alfred Duckett, Arthur Mann, Ralph Norton, Walter F. O'Malley, Joseph L. Reichler, and Branch Rickey.
520 8 _aIndividuals represented include Chester Bowles, Barry M. Goldwater, W. Averell Harriman, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Kenneth B. Keating, Robert F. Kennedy, Adam Clayton Powell, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Carl Thomas Rowan, and Malcolm X. Organizations represented include the African American Students Foundation, American Committee on Africa, Chock Full O'Nuts, Freedom National Bank, New York, N.Y., Jackie Robinson Foundation, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, New York Giants, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the U.S. Congress House Committee on Un-American Activities.
544 _3Phonograph recording
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
545 0 _aBaseball player, civil rights leader, and corporate executive. Full name: Jack Roosevelt Robinson.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003031
600 1 0 _aBavasi, Buzzie
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBowles, Chester,
_d1901-1986.
600 1 0 _aCampanella, Roy,
_d1921-1993
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aChandler, Happy,
_d1898-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDressen, Charles
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDuckett, Alfred
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGoldwater, Barry M.
_q(Barry Morris),
_d1909-1998.
600 1 0 _aHarriman, W. Averell
_q(William Averell),
_d1891-1986.
600 1 0 _aHumphrey, Hubert H.
_q(Hubert Horatio),
_d1911-1978.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, Lyndon B.
_q(Lyndon Baines),
_d1908-1973.
600 1 0 _aKeating, Kenneth B.
_q(Kenneth Barnard),
_d1900-1975.
600 1 0 _aKennedy, Robert F.,
_d1925-1968.
600 1 0 _aMann, Arthur
_q(Arthur William),
_d1901-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aNorton, Ralph
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aO'Malley, Walter F.
_q(Walter Frank),
_d1903-1979
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPowell, Adam Clayton,
_d1908-1972.
600 1 0 _aReichler, Joseph L.,
_d1915-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRickey, Branch,
_d1881-1965
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRockefeller, Nelson A.
_q(Nelson Aldrich),
_d1908-1979.
600 1 0 _aRowan, Carl T.
_q(Carl Thomas),
_d1925-2000.
600 1 0 _aX, Malcolm,
_d1925-1965.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bHouse.
_bCommittee on Un-American Activities.
610 2 0 _aAfrican American Students Foundation.
610 2 0 _aAmerican Committee on Africa.
610 2 0 _aBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
610 2 0 _aChock Full O'Nuts.
610 2 0 _aFreedom National Bank (New York, N.Y.)
610 2 0 _aJackie Robinson Foundation.
610 2 0 _aNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
610 2 0 _aNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
610 2 0 _aNew York Giants (Baseball team)
610 2 0 _aSouthern Christian Leadership Conference.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xEconomic conditions.
650 0 _aBaseball.
650 0 _aBusiness.
650 0 _aCivil rights movements.
650 0 _aMass media.
650 0 _aRace discrimination.
651 0 _aAfrica
_xPolitics and government
_y20th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y20th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial life and customs
_y20th century.
656 7 _aBaseball players.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aCivil rights leaders.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aExecutives.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003031
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003031.3
999 _c44580
_d44580