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Jerome New Frank papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 222
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, legal material (including opinions, decisions, calendars, memoranda, and other papers), writings, speeches, Yale course materials, and family and personal papers of Jerome N. Frank, lawyer, government official during the New Deal, author, legal philosopher, teacher, and federal judge. The papers reflect Frank's wide range of activities, interests, and associations, and include important correspondence with many well known government officials, lawyers,...
Dates:
1918-1972, bulk 1929-1957
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Freedom to Marry records
Collection
Call Number: MS 2038
Abstract:
Freedom to Marry (2003-2015) was an organization and campaign founded by Evan Wolfson in 2003, with the sole purpose of legalizing marriage for same-sex couples at both the state and federal level. The campaign formulated a three-part strategy to accomplish its goals: win marriage equality in more states, build support for marriage equality, and end federal discrimination. Freedom to Marry’s campaign culminated in 2015 when the Supreme Court decided the landmark case, Obergefell v. Hodges,...
Dates:
Circa 1948-2016, bulk 2003-2015
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders records
Collection
Call Number: MS 1961
Abstract:
The records document the organization and activities of the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), a nonprofit legal organization dedicated to defending the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and people with HIV, primarily in New England. The collection primarily consists of litigation, amicus, and legal research files. Also included are correspondence, topical files, reports, meeting minutes, publications, volunteer and training manuals, and...
Dates:
1973-2018
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
James and Margaret Goff Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 170
Abstract:
This collection contains materials gathered and produced in the course of the Goffs' work, particularly in the areas of religious liberty and religious implications of social development in Latin America. The papers provide first-hand perspective on major shifts taking place in Protestant missions in the later 20th century, including the nationalization of Latin American churches and the rise of liberation theology. The collection is strong in documenting the Goffs' early career in Colombia...
Dates:
1929-2003
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Lester Blackwell Granger papers
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 58
Abstract:
The collection consists of writings, notes, clippings, correspondence, and other papers, stemming from Lester Blackwell Granger's work as executive secretary of the National Urban League and his involvement in social work and civil rights issues. Writings consist of annotated and corrected typescript drafts and printed copies of speeches and addresses, autobiographical works, and social commentaries by Granger, as well as some fiction. Also found are papers relating to the National Urban...
Dates:
1936-1970
Fowler Vincent Harper papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1347
Abstract:
The papers consist of legal documents, correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Harper's participation as a party or as attorney on cases involving government prosecution of alleged Communists during the McCarthy era of the late 1940s and 1950s. Included are papers on his own libel suit against the Hearst newspapers (1947-1948), his defense of Lyman R. Bradley in a suit against New York University (1951-1952) and of J.P. Peters in a loyalty investigation (1952-1954). Also in the...
Dates:
1941-1966
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Herluf M. Jensen papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 312
Abstract:
This collection documents Herluf Jensen's work with ecumenical and student Christian organizations, including the World Student Christian Federation, United Student Christian Council, a variety of Lutheran ministries, the National Council of Churches, and others. His writings focus primarily on the relation between churches and the academy, religion on university campuses, Christian mission and ethics, ecumenicalism, and contemporary political issues such as the civil rights movement and...
Dates:
1943-2002
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Grace Mott Johnson papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 622
Abstract:
The Grace Mott Johnson Papers are comprised of correspondence, writings, photographs, and personal papers, which document the personal and professional life of the American artist Grace Mott Johnson. The Papers reflect Grace Mott Johnson's involvement in civil rights and involvement in the N.A.A.C.P. The papers also include material pertaining to Grace Mott Johnson's ancestors, including her father Alfred Van Cleve Johnson and grandfather Ebenezer Alfred Johnson. The most prominent...
Dates:
1802-1979
James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson papers
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 49
Abstract:
The James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson Papers provide evidence of the personal and professional lives of James Weldon Johnson, Grace Nail Johnson, and to a lesser degree, the Johnson and Nail families, spanning the years 1850 to 2005, with the bulk of material dating between 1900 and 1976. The papers chronicle Johnson’s writing career and involvement in education, politics, and cultural affairs and consist of a variety of documents, including correspondence, writings, personal...
Dates:
circa 1850-2005, bulk 1900-1976
Harold Dwight Lasswell papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1043
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, research material, and personal memorabilia which document Harold Dwight Lasswell's boyhood and his career from 1939-1978, primarily as director of War Communications Research at the Library of Congress and as professor of law and political science at Yale University. The papers also reflect Lasswell's diverse research interests in content analysis, communications, psychology, values, policy sciences, and other fields in political and social...
Dates:
1877-1999
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Arthur Lazarus papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2684
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings and printed briefs relating to Arthur Lazarus, his activism in the area of Native American civil rights, and his legal clients. The papers document Lazarus's legal work for two prominent cases: Tuscarora Indian Nation v. Power Authority of the State of New York, which came before the Supreme Court in 1958, and Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe, which came before the Supreme Court in 1985. Other clients and cases are also documented in...
Dates:
1947-2011
Leon F. Litwack collection of Berkeley, California, protest literature
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2616
Abstract:
The collection consists of newspapers, periodicals, flyers, handbills, newsletters, mailings, memoranda, reports, sound recordings, and other materials compiled by Leon Litwack that primarily document the protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in and around Berkeley, California. The collection includes materials related to civil rights, Vietnam War protests, the Black Panther Party, the Free Speech Movement and the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s. Also included are...
Dates:
1939-2004, bulk 1964-1989
A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation digital archive
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1249
Abstract:
The digital archive consists of born-digital audio files and publicity materials relating to the production of the 2018 documentary A Long way from home: the untold story of baseball's desegregation.
Dates:
2017-2020
Walter Lowenfels papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 367
Abstract:
The Walter Lowenfels Papers document the life and work of the writer, journalist, editor, activist, and member of the Communist Party USA, Walter Lowenfels. The papers consist of correspondence, writings, writings of others, photographs, personal papers, printed material, and other papers spanning the years 1897-1979, with the bulk of the material dating from 1930-1976. Correspondence, writings, and writings of others comprise the bulk of the papers. The correspondence records his personal...
Dates:
1897-1979, bulk 1930-1976
John Augustus Hendrix McLane papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 3
Abstract:
Politician. Correspondence, essays, diaries, clippings, and other papers of J. Hendrix McLane, southern political independent, South Carolina gubernatorial candidate in 1882, and reformer in the Republican party. The papers are mainly concerned with McLane's political career, though there is some material relating to his studies at Tufts Theological School. Notable among the correspondents are George Washington Cable, Selden Connor, and Wendell Phillips.
Dates:
1841-1893, bulk 1864-1893
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
National Algonquin Indian Council records
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3671
Abstract:
Correspondence, minutes, membership cards, printed material, scrapbook, and other records by or relating to the National Algonquin Indian Council (NAIC), a pan-Indian organization founded in New England in the 1920s. Materials chronicle the membership and activities of the council as it sought to practice ancestral traditions, engage in community building, and secure equality through political action. Also present is a scrapbook assembled by Barbara Farrow, daughter of NAIC secretary Annie...
Dates:
1850-2017, bulk 1924-1980s
Study Sets of Photographs
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 363
Abstract:
Collection of eleven "study sets" that represent selections from series created by Parks, chiefly 1942-1976. Photographic prints in the sets include images reproduced by the Gordon Parks Foundation, 2012-2021, as well as examples of prints created by Parks during his professional life, 1942-2006.
Dates:
1942-2021
William Pickens papers
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 125
Scope and Contents:
Manuscript and printed works, scrapbooks, ephemera, and realia documenting the career of William Pickens. Writings of Pickens and others on African-American culture, emancipation and civil rights are present, as are scrapbooks, ephemera, and commemorative items documenting Pickens' academic accomplishments, including with Phi Beta Kappa, career as a civil servant in the United States Savings Bonds Program of the Treasury Department, and civil rights activist. Photographs of Pickens' Yale...
Dates:
1875-1991, bulk 1910-1954
Printed ephemera of African American political activism and arts
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 36
Abstract:
Printed ephemera related to African American political activism and arts primarily in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1913-1990, with the bulk of the material from 1963 to 1976. Significant organizations documented in the collection include the Philadelphia chapters of the Black Panther Party and Peace and Freedom Party, as well as local and national electoral campaigns of the Communist Party of the United States of America. Many of the items document speakers and events sponsored by...
Dates:
circa 1913-1990, bulk 1963-1976
Ogden Rogers Reid papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 755
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, student papers, writings, speeches, subject files, congressional papers, clippings, photographs and miscellanea documenting the personal life and professional career of Ogden Rogers Reid. Among the subjects documented in the papers are Reid's student years at Yale University, his central role with the New York Herald Tribune, and his activities as ambassador to Israel and as a United States congressman. Files relating to his newspaper career include...
Dates:
1925-2019
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives