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William Augustus Bell diaries, 1910, 1932

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Diaries of Georgia African American educator, William Augustus Bell, from 1910 and 1932.

Repository: Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

John Biggers papers, 1950-2001

31 linear feet (62 boxes), 6 oversized papers boxes and 2 oversized papers folders (OP), 2 oversized bound volumes (OBV), 1 extra-oversized paper (XOP), and AV Masters: .25 linear feet (1 box)

Papers of African American mural artist and professor John Biggers including correspondence, photographs, printed materials, professional materials, subject files, writings, and audiovisual materials documenting his work as an artist and educator.

Repository: Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

Horace Mann and Julia W. Bond family papers, 1866-2009

63 linear feet (99 boxes), 20 oversized papers folders (OP), 2 bound volumes (BV), AV masters: .5 linear foot (1 box), and Born digital: .25 linear feet (1 box)

Papers of African American educator Horace Mann Bond, librarian Julia Washington Bond, and their family including correspondence, personal papers, professional papers, printed material, photographs, and audiovisual material.

Repository: Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

Owen Dodson papers, 1910-1998

14.875 linear ft. (28 boxes) and AV Masters: .5 linear ft.

Papers of African American playwright, director, and poet Owen Dodson including correspondence; notes and drafts of poetry, scripts, novels, and other writings; subject files; printed material; personal files; photographs; and audio recordings.

Repository: Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

Emory University desegregation collection, 1960-1994

2 linear ft. (3 boxes)

Emory University was officially desegregated in September of 1962 and admitted its first African American undergraduate in the fall of 1963. The collection consists of records documenting the process of desegregation and other events relating to racial issues at Emory. Included are documents summarizing the process of integration; copies of various statements issued by Emory faculty and students; a copy of the Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Injunction to the Superior Court of Dekalb County; accounts of activities surrounding campus racial protests that occurred in 1969 (print and audio); and information concerning more recent events that took place in the 1990s.

Repository: Emory University Archives

Department of African American Studies records, 1970-2003

10 linear feet (17 boxes)

The Department of African American Studies was established at Emory University in 2003 from the African American Studies Program, 1992-2003, previously known as the Black Studies Program, 1971-1980; Afro-American and African Studies Program, 1980-1984; and African American and African Studies Program, 1984-1992. Prominent faculty members included Dolores P. Aldridge, the program's first chairperson, and Rudolph P. Byrd. The collection is chiefly the records of the Department of African American Studies' institutional predecessors at Emory University. Records consist of administrative materials, curriculum and course offerings, correspondence, programs and event planning, annual reports and audio-visual materials. There are also materials related to Emory University's affirmative action program, racial inequities at the University, and the recruitment of African American faculty members and students.

Repository: Emory University Archives

Dean of Emory College of Arts and Sciences records, 1919-1998

12.25 linear feet (24 boxes)

The collection contains records from the Office of the Dean of Emory College of Arts and Sciences, as well as materials related to Graduate School governance, such as annual reports, minutes, correspondence, faculty information, subject files, and visual materials. Notable topics and events represented in the collection include coeducation, racial integration, faculty member J. J. Altizer and his "God is Dead" theology, student protests and subsequent court trials in the 1970s, and departmental formations and reorganizations.

Repository: Emory University Archives

Paul Carter Harrison papers, 1939-2016

30 linear feet (60 boxes), 2 oversized papers boxes (OP), 2 bound volumes (BV), A/V Masters: 2.5 linear ft., and 1.66 GB born digital material (2,819 files)

Papers of African American playwright and scholar Paul Carter Harrison, including correspondence; play scripts, books and other writings by Harrison; subject files; writings by others; printed material; photographs; and audiovisual and born digital material.

Repository: Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

James V. Hatch and Camille Billops papers, 1954-2011

15.75 linear feet (30 boxes), 1 oversized papers box and 4 oversized papers folders (OP), AV Masters: 1.5 linear feet (2 boxes), and 1.34 MB born digital material (32 files)(.25 linear feet, 1 box)

Personal personal of James V. Hatch and Camille Billops and records of their work relating to the curation of the Hatch-Billops Collection and the publication of Artist and Influence.

Repository: Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

Eloise McKinney Johnson papers, 1940-2011

202.375 linear feet (202 boxes)

Papers of African American educator Eloise McKinney Johnson, including subject files, photographs, books and periodicals, correspondence, teaching files, and family papers.

Repository: Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library