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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

Vincent Harding papers, 1952-2014

211.5 linear feet (242 boxes), 1 oversized papers box (OP), AV Masters: 10.25 linear ft. (11 boxes and CLP3), and 14.4 GB born digital material (2,084 files)

Papers of African American historian and civil rights activist Vincent Harding documenting his work in Atlanta, Georgia, with the Mennonite Church, Spelman College, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center; and the Institute of the Black World.

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