Click for accessible search Skip Navigation

Finding Aid for Bunche, Ralph/FBI File

Inventory of the Ralph J. Bunche Papers, 1922-1988

Sc MG 290
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. New York Public Library.
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037-1801
(212) 491-2224
scmarbref@nypl.org
http://nypl.org/research/sc/scm/marb.html

    ©2000 The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. All rights reserved.

    Table of Contents

    Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

    Title
    Ralph J. Bunche Papers, 1922-1988
    Collection Number
    Sc MG 290
    Creator
    Bunche, Ralph J .
    Size
    64 boxes
    Repository
    The New York Public Library
    Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    Administrative Information Table of Contents

    Provenance

    Gift of the Bunche Family, 1990.

    SCM 90-1

    SCM 90-99

    Biography Table of Contents

    Ralph Johnson Bunche began his career as an educator and a political scientist, and later joined the United Nations, serving for the last twenty years of his life as a special assistant to the General Secretary of that world body.

    Born in 1904 of a working class family in Detroit, Michigan, Bunche went to live with his maternal grandmother in Los Angeles, California, after the death of his mother in 1917. He graduated from Jefferson High School in 1921, the University of California at Los Angeles in 1927 and the Harvard Graduate School in 1928. In 1929 he was awarded the Ozias Goodwin Memorial Fellowship at Harvard. His doctoral dissertation “French Administration in Togoland and Dahomey” received the Toppan Prize in 1934. Bunche conducted post-doctoral work in anthropology and colonial policy at Northwestern University in 1936, the London School of Economics in 1937 and the University of Capetown, South Africa, in 1938. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

    Bunche met Ruth Harris in Washington, D.C. at the start of his career at Howard University in 1928. They married in 1930. Born in Montgomery, Ala. in 1906 and the youngest of ten children, she graduated from Alabama State Normal and the Minor Normal School in Washington, D.C. where she worked as a teacher in the city's public school. Her father, Charles Harris, was the chief mailing clerk and a prominent civic leader in Montgomery. The Bunche couple had three children: Joan, Jane and Ralph, Jr.

    Ralph Bunche joined the staff of Howard University in 1928, first as a lecturer and later as the chairman of the Department of Political Science. While at Howard, he organized a series of conferences on the problems of African-American communities in the United States. He joined various committees protesting discrimination by department stores and theaters, and organized his students to join picket lines in Washington, D.C. In 1932, Bunche traveled to West and North Africa on a Rosenwald Fellowship to survey French colonial administration. His pamphlet “A World View of Peace” was published in 1936. The same year, he received a two year Social Science Research Council Fellowship for field and research work in Africa and Europe.

    Bunche took a leave of absence from Howard University in 1938 and joined the staff of the Carnegie Corporation in conducting and organizing a comprehensive survey of the social, political and economic status of blacks in the United States. Entitled “The Negro in America” and also known as the “Carnegie-Myrdal Study,” the survey was directed by the Swedish sociologist Gunnar Myrdal, and was based on the field work and the extensive research memoranda prepared by a staff of scholars and collaborators. In addition to coordinating various administrative aspects of the project, Bunche conducted several field trips in the South in 1939 and was the author of four sizable research memoranda: “A Brief and Tentative Analysis of Negro Leadership,” “Conceptions and Ideologies of the Negro Problem,” “The Political Status of the Negro” and “The Programs, Ideologies, Tactics and Achievements of Negro Betterment and Interracial Organizations.” These works are quoted extensively in Myrdal's American Dilemma (Harper & Brothers, 1944).

    After the entrance of the United States in the Second World War, Bunche accepted a temporary assignment at the State Department, working first as a Senior Research Analyst in the Office of Strategic Services and, in 1944, as an area specialist for Africa and dependent territories. He became a member of the U.S. delegation at the founding of the United Nations in 1945, serving consecutively as Acting Chief of the Division of Dependent Area Affairs, Commissioner of the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission and, in 1946, as Director of the Division of Trusteeship.

    Bunche joined the Permanent Secretariat of the United Nations in 1948 with the title of Principal Director of the Trusteeship Council. Known also as Committee Four of the General Assembly, the Council supervised the administration of colonial territories formerly belonging to Germany. These territories included French and British Togoland, the French and British Cameroons, the Belgian Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, New Guinea and Western Samoa. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation of the Armistice Agreement between Israel and the Arab states in 1948, and was also credited for his role in organizing the U.N. Green Berets. He also played a major role in the day to day work of the organization, and enjoyed a wide reputation for his integrity, his commitment to world peace and his gift as a negotiator and administrator. Gravely ill toward the end of his life, Ralph Bunche retired from the United Nations in 1971, the year of his death.

    Ralph Bunche enjoyed wide prominence and respect both as a scholar and statesman. A political moderate, he believed in petitioning government for justice but did not hesitate to march in protest when all else failed. During the 1960s, however, he came under attack for his apparent lack of support and identification with the politics of protest and direct action advocated by the civil rights movement of that era. He was also criticized for his role in the Congo after the failure of the U.N. peacekeeping force in preventing the overthrow and the assassination of Patrice Lumumba. Bunche is honored today, nonetheless, as an outstanding world leader and as a role model in the African American community.

    Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

    The Ralph Bunche Papers document Bunche's personal life and professional career, from his enrollment at the University of California to his retirement in 1971. They have been divided into the following series: FAMILY PAPERS, comprising personal and biographical materials on Ralph and Ruth Bunche; CORRESPONDENCE, both family and general; ADDRESSES, ARTICLES AND ESSAYS; the HOWARD UNIVERSITY files, comprising administrative and academic materials; the SOUTH AFRICA RESEARCH TRIP in 1937; writings and research materials for the CARNEGIE-MYRDAL STUDY; working papers, mimeographed reports and printed matter relating to the United Nations' TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL; AWARDS, MEMBERSHIPS AND TRIBUTES; SCRAPBOOKS; PRINTED MATTER AND CLIPPINGS.

    Container list Table of Contents

       
    Family Papers, 1922-1988 Table of Contents

    FAMILY PAPERS (1922-1988) comprise personal papers of Ralph and Ruth Harris Bunche. The Ralph Bunche subseries includes educational, medical and financial papers, passports, personal and family documents. The Ruth Harris Bunche subseries consists of general and professional correspondence, speeches and miscellaneous writings, certificates and awards, scrapbooks and printed matter. The correspondence reflects her contributions to various benefits, charities and social activities, sponsored in many cases by wives of influential men such as David Rockefeller, Walter White, Vladimir Horowitz, Count Bernadotte and Roy Wilkins. Other noted correspondents include Martin Luther King, Jr., Bayard Rustin, Eubie Blake, Marian Anderson, Edward Koch, Irving Berlin, Jeane Kirkpatrick and George Bush. Mrs. Bunche served as a New York State delegate to the White House Conference on Education in 1955. She participated, along with her husband, in the March on Washington in 1963.

       
    Ralph J. Bunche Table of Contents
    b. 1   f. 1    
    Address and date books
    b. 1   f. 2    
    Educational -- Valedictory, 1928, 1930
    b. 1   f. 3    
    Jefferson High School
    b. 1   f. 4-5    
    University of California at Los Angeles
    b. 1   f. 6-8    
    Harvard University
    b. 1   f. 9-10    
    Financial
    b. 1   f. 11    
    Funeral
    b. 1   f. 12    
    Household furnishing
    b. 1   f. 13    
    Johnson family
    b. 1   f. 14    
    Last will and testament
    b. 1   f. 15    
    Medical
    b. 1   f. 16    
    Personal effects
    b. 1   f. 17    
    Travel
    b. 1   f. 18    
    Travel and speaking engagements
       
    U.C.L.A. Southern Branch, The SouthernCampus, 1927
    2 volumes
       
    Passports, 1932-1965 (15)
       
    Jefferson High School and University of California publications.
       
    Ruth Harris Bunche Table of Contents
    b. 4   f. 1    
    Speeches and miscellaneous writings
    b. 4   f. 2    
    Address and note books
    b. 4   f. 3    
    Certificates and awards
    b. 4   f. 4    
    Letters sent
    b. 4   f. 5    
    Letters received, to 1971
    b. 4   f. 6    
    Letters received, 1972-1988
    b. 4   f. 7    
    Educational and professional activities
    b. 4   f. 8    
    Family insurance
    b. 4   f. 9-10    
    Legal
    b. 4   f. 11    
    Memoirs (shorthand notes)
    b. 4   f. 12    
    Memorial tributes
    b. 4   f. 13    
    Passports and miscellaneous items
    b. 4   f. 14    
    Printed matter
    b. 5   f. 1    
    Christmas card lists
    b. 5   f. 2    
    Guest book, 1952-1964
    b. 5   f. 3    
    Guest book, n.d.
    b. 5   f. 4    
    Funeral book
    b. 5   f. 5    
    Miscellaneous
    b. 5   f. 6    
    Receptions
       
    Plaques
       
    Correspondence, 1929-1971 Table of Contents

    The CORRESPONDENCE series (1929-1971) is divided into Family and General Correspondence

       
    Family correspondence Table of Contents

    The subseries consists of letters exchanged between Ralph Bunche and his wife from 1929 to 1944, letters from his aunts Nelle and Ethel Johnson, his sister Grace Robinson, his mother Olive, correspondence with his children, and occasional correspondence between the Bunche household and the Harris, Johnson and Taylor families.

       
    Ralph Bunche to Ruth Bunche
    b. 7   f. 1    
    1929
    b. 7   f. 2    
    1930
    b. 7   f. 3    
    1930
    b. 7   f. 4    
    1932
    b. 7   f. 5    
    1933
    b. 7   f. 6    
    1934-1941
    b. 7   f. 7    
    n.d.
    b. 7   f. 8    
    Postcards, telegrams and fragments
    b. 7   f. 9    
    Ralph Bunche to his children
       
    Ruth Bunche to Ralph Bunche
    b. 8   f. 1    
    1929
    b. 8   f. 2    
    1929
    b. 8   f. 3    
    1930
    b. 8   f. 4    
    1930
    b. 8   f. 5    
    1932-1933
    b. 8   f. 6    
    1936-1944
    b. 8   f. 7    
    n.d.
    b. 8   f. 8    
    Postcards, telegrams and fragments.
    b. 9   f. 1    
    Olive Johnson Bunche
    b. 9   f. 2    
    Grace Bunche Robinson
    b. 9   f. 3    
    Nelle (Nellie Millie) Johnson
    b. 9   f. 4    
    Nelle (Nellie Millie) Johnson
    b. 9   f. 5    
    Ethel Johnson
    b. 9   f. 6    
    Joan Bunche
    b. 9   f. 7    
    Jane Bunche Pierce
    b. 10   f. 1    
    Ralph Bunche, Jr.
    b. 10   f. 2    
    Ralph Bunche, Jr.
    b. 10   f. 3    
    Johnson family
    b. 10   f. 4    
    Harris family
    b. 10   f. 5    
    Harris family
    b. 10   f. 6    
    Pierce family
    b. 10   f. 7    
    Taylor family
    b. 10   f. 8    
    Alton, Ill. relatives
    b. 10   f. 9    
    Miss Houston (housekeeper)
    b. 10   f. 10    
    re “Lady,” (family pet)
       
    General Correspondence Table of Contents

    General Correspondence consists of three separate files: correspondence from his residency in London in 1937; correspondence relating to his retirement in 1971; and occasional correspondence between 1928 and 1971. Noted correspondents include Walter White, Alain Locke, George Padmore, T.R. Makonnen and Eric Williams.

    b. 10   f. 11    
    1928-1935
    b. 10   f. 12    
    Alain Locke, 1931-1932, n.d.
    b. 10   f. 13    
    1937
    b. 10   f. 14    
    1937
    b. 10   f. 15    
    Walter White, 1939-1940
    b. 10   f. 16    
    1938-1972
    b. 11   f. 1    
    Esquire Magazine Award
    b. 11   f. 2    
    Retirement, A-F, 1971
    b. 11   f. 3    
    Retirement, G-M, 1971
    b. 11   f. 4    
    Retirement, N-Z, 1971
    b. 11   f. 5    
    Ralph Bunche's death, 1971
    b. 11   f. 6    
    Funeral arrangements, 1971
    b. 11   f. 7    
    Condolences, U. Thant, 1971
    b. 11   f. 8    
    Condolences, letters received, 1971
    b. 11   f. 9    
    Condolences, letters received, 1971
       
    Addresses, Articles and Essays, 1928-1969 Table of Contents

    ADDRESSES, ARTICLES AND ESSAYS (1928-1969) are divided into two subseries: Conferences and Academic Writings and Addresses and Articles.

       
    Conferences and Academic Writings Table of Contents

    The first subseries consists primarily of essays, articles and reviews written by Bunche, in addition to research notes and typescripts of his master's thesis “The Political Theory of Sir Robert Filmer” and his doctoral dissertation “French Administration in Togoland and Dahomey.”

    b. 12   f. 1    
    Articles and reviews
    b. 12   f. 2    
    Articles and essays
       
    “Political Theory of Sir Robert Filmer”
    b. 12   f. 3    
    Typescript
    b. 12   f. 4    
    Research notes
    b. 12   f. 5    
    “French Administration in Togoland and Dahomey”
       
    Seminar on the “Contribution of Gandhian Outlook and Techniques to the Solution of Tensions Between and Within Nations,” New Delhi, India, January 1953
    b. 13   f. 1    
    Correspondence and program
    b. 13   f. 2    
    Address by Ralph Bunche
    b. 13   f. 3    
    Summary of discussions
    b. 13   f. 4    
    Verbatim records
       
    Addresses and Articles Table of Contents

    Addresses and Articles consist of files of Bunche's handwritten and typescript articles and speeches, with attachments. Spanning from 1951 to 1969, they are arranged chronologically, and alphabetically therein. Addressed mainly to academic and university audiences, and to civic and international gatherings, they deal with issues of world peace and his role at the United Nations. Also included are eulogies, television interviews and acceptance speeches for prizes, awards and honorary degrees conferred on him. Other writings by Bunche are located in the Carnegie-Myrdal series.

    b. 14   f. 1    
    1950
    b. 14   f. 2    
    Nobel Peace Prize
       
    1951
    b. 14   f. 3    
    A-H
    b. 14   f. 4    
    I-Q
    b. 14   f. 5    
    R-Z
       
    1952
    b. 14   f. 6    
    A-O
    b. 14   f. 7    
    P-Z
    b. 14   f. 8    
    1953
       
    1954
    b. 14   f. 9    
    A-H
    b. 14   f. 10    
    I-Z
    b. 14   f. 11    
    1955
       
    1956
    b. 15   f. 1    
    A-I
    b. 15   f. 2    
    J-Z
    b. 15   f. 3    
    1957
    b. 15   f. 4    
    1958
       
    1959
    b. 15   f. 5    
    A-S
    b. 15   f. 6    
    T-Z
       
    1960
    b. 15   f. 7    
    A-R
    b. 15   f. 8    
    S-Z
    b. 15   f. 9    
    1961
    b. 16   f. 1    
    1962
       
    1963
    b. 16   f. 2    
    A-Q
    b. 16   f. 3    
    R-Z
    b. 16   f. 4    
    1964
    b. 16   f. 5    
    1965
    b. 16   f. 6    
    1966
       
    1967
    b. 16   f. 7    
    Bombay, India
    b. 16   f. 8    
    The Hill School
    b. 17   f. 1    
    International House, January
    b. 17   f. 2    
    Dayton Beach Open Forum, Feb. 6
    b. 17   f. 3    
    Radcliffe Club of New York, Feb. 15
    b. 17   f. 4    
    Marble Collegiate Church, Feb. 19
    b. 17   f. 5    
    Yale Political Union, Feb. 21
    b. 17   f. 6    
    Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, Mar. 2
    b. 17   f. 7    
    Texas Technical College, Mar. 3
    b. 17   f. 8    
    Gridiron Club Dinner, Mar. 11
    b. 17   f. 9    
    NBC-TV “Today” Show, Mar. 21
    b. 17   f. 10    
    Columbia University School of International Affairs, Mar. 26
    b. 17   f. 11    
    Foreign Policy Association, Apr. 4
    b. 17   f. 12    
    University of Chicago, Apr. 6
    b. 17   f. 13    
    University of Nebraska, Apr. 26
    b. 17   f. 14    
    Queens County Bar Association, May 4
    b. 17   f. 15    
    NAACP Legal Defense Fund, May 17
    b. 17   f. 16    
    U.N. International School, May 24
    b. 17   f. 17    
    Pacem In Terris, Geneva, May

    (cancelled)

    b. 18   f. 1    
    Pacem In Terris, Geneva, May

    (cancelled)

    b. 18   f. 2    
    Deutscher Evangelisher, Germany, Jun. 25
    b. 18   f. 3    
    Expo '67, Montreal, Aug.
    b. 18   f. 4    
    Purdue University, Oct.
    b. 18   f. 5    
    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Nov. 4
    b. 18   f. 6    
    Pugwash Conference (17th), Sweden
    b. 18   f. 7    
    University of California at Los Angeles
       
    1968
    b. 18   f. 8    
    World Affairs Council, CA., Feb. 20
    b. 18   f. 9    
    California State College, Feb.
    b. 18   f. 10    
    Ohio State University, Mar. 5
    b. 19   f. 1    
    Old First Church, Springfield, MA. Mar. 20
    b. 19   f. 2    
    Aruba, Mar. (cancelled)
    b. 19   f. 3    
    McCall Forum on Black Awareness, Jun. 13
    b. 19   f. 4    
    Institute of World Affairs, Aug. 5
    b. 19   f. 5    
    University of Nebraska, Jun. 1
    b. 19   f. 6    
    Queensboro Community Coll., NY, Jun. 18
    b. 19   f. 7    
    Pugwash Conference (18th), Sep.
    b. 19   f. 8    
    UCLA Alumni Magazine, Oct.
    b. 19   f. 9    
    Esquire Magazine Round Table, Dec. 10
       
    1969
    b. 19   f. 10    
    Alfafa Club Dinner, Jan.
    b. 19   f. 11    
    Apollo 8 Astronauts Visit U.N., Jan.
    b. 19   f. 12    
    Tryvie Lie Funeral, Jan.
    b. 19   f. 13    
    St. Paul School, Feb.
    b. 19   f. 14    
    UCLA, Associated Students Speakers Program, Feb.
    b. 19   f. 15    
    Virginia Polytechnic Inst., Feb.
    b. 19   f. 16    
    Compton College, Feb.
    b. 19   f. 17    
    R.F. Kennedy School, Compton, CA,
    b. 19   f. 18    
    NBC-TV “Today” Show, Feb.
    b. 20   f. 1    
    D. Eisenhower Funeral, Mar.
    b. 20   f. 2    
    Rockefeller Project, Mar.
    b. 20   f. 3    
    Ralph Bunche, Jr. Graduation, Fort Benning, GA, Apr.
    b. 20   f. 4    
    Rockefeller Project, Apr.
    b. 20   f. 5    
    University of Detroit, Apr.
    b. 20   f. 6    
    Greenwich Fair Housing, CT, May
    b. 20   f. 7    
    Temple University, May
    b. 20   f. 8    
    Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, May
    b. 20   f. 9    
    UCLA, Bunche Hall Dedication
    b. 20   f. 10    
    Autobiographical, Jun. 1
    b. 20   f. 10    
    Teachers Remembrance Day, Jun. 1
    b. 21   f. 1    
    UCLA, 50th Anniversary Dedication, May
    b. 21   f. 2    
    Pi Sigma Alpha Banquet, May
    b. 21   f. 3    
    Honolulu, May
    b. 21   f. 4    
    Readers' Digest article, Jun.
    b. 21   f. 5    
    U.N. Association of the U.S.A., Jun.
    b. 21   f. 6    
    East-West Conference, Hawaii, Jul.
    b. 21   f. 7    
    East-West Philosophers Conference, Hawaii, Jul.
    b. 21   f. 8    
    East-West Philosophers Conf. Jul.
    b. 21   f. 9    
    Nobel Symposium, Sep.
    b. 22   f. 1    
    Pugwash Conference (19th), Dec.
    b. 22   f. 2    
    Pugwash Conference (19th), Dec.
       
    South Africa Trip, 1937 Table of Contents

    The SOUTH AFRICA RESEARCH TRIP series (1937) consists of letters of recommendation, correspondence with the United States Department of State, South African officials and the Rosenwald Fund, in addition to field notes, legal documents and printed matter.

    b. 23   f. 1    
    Main file
    b. 23   f. 2    
    Correspondence, General
    b. 23   f. 3    
    Correspondence, Social Science Research Council
    b. 23   f. 4    
    Letters of recommendation
    b. 23   f. 5    
    Letters of recommendation
    sealed copies
    b. 23   f. 6    
    Letters of recommendation (pre 1937)
    b. 23   f. 7    
    Reports
    b. 23   f. 8    
    Notes, addresses and memoranda
    b. 23   f. 9    
    Income, acknowledgements, receipts
    b. 23   f. 10    
    Travel arrangements
    b. 23   f. 11    
    Expenses
    b. 23   f. 12    
    Equipment
    b. 23   f. 13    
    Foreign Policy Association
    b. 23   f. 14    
    L-P
    b. 23   f. 15    
    M
    b. 23   f. 16    
    T
       
    Howard University, 1928-1941 Table of Contents

    HOWARD UNIVERSITY (1928-1941). Divided into correspondence and office files and arranged alphabetically, materials in this series reflect the scope of Bunche's activities during his tenure at this institution. Included are class syllabi, students' examinations and grades, lecture notes, reports and printed matter. Correspondents include Saul Bellow, Rupert Emerson, Melville Herskovits, Benjamin Azikiwe, and many of his colleagues at Howard: E.P. Davis, Emmett Dorsey, Mordecai Johnson, Charles H. Wesley, Frederick Wilkinson and Eric Williams.

       
    Correspondence Table of Contents
    b. 24   f. 1-2    
    A
    b. 24   f. 3-4    
    B
    b. 24   f. 6-7    
    C
    b. 24   f. 8-9    
    D
    b. 24   f. 10-11    
    E
    b. 24   f. 12    
    G
    b. 24   f. 13-14    
    H
    b. 24   f. 15    
    I
    b. 24   f. 16    
    K
    b. 24   f. 17    
    L
    b. 24   f. 18    
    M
    b. 24   f. 19    
    N-P
    b. 24   f. 20-22    
    P
    b. 25   f. 1    
    R
    b. 25   f. 2-4    
    S
    b. 25   f. 5    
    T
    b. 25   f. 6    
    Unidentified
    b. 25   f. 7    
    U-V
    b. 25   f. 8    
    W
       
    Office Files Table of Contents
    b. 25   f. 9    
    Alumni Association
    b. 25   f. 10    
    The Amenia Conference
    b. 25   f. 11    
    American Federation of Teachers
    b. 25   f. 12    
    American Association of University Professors
    b. 25   f. 13-14    
    Applications (prospective teachers)
    b. 25   f. 15    
    Athletic and recreational activities
    b. 25   f. 16    
    Awards
    b. 26   f. 1    
    Books
    b. 26   f. 2    
    Book orders
    b. 26   f. 3    
    Budget, Department of Political Science
    b. 26   f. 4    
    Budgets, books, departmental expenses
    b. 26   f. 5    
    Colonial policy
    b. 26   f. 6    
    Davis, E. P., College of Liberal Arts
    b. 26   f. 7    
    Davis, E. P., the Graduate Division
    b. 26   f. 8    
    Disciplinary
    b. 26   f. 9    
    Dorsey, Emmett E.
    b. 26   f. 10    
    Education and National Defense Committee
    b. 26   f. 11    
    Enrollment
    b. 26   f. 12    
    Examinations
    b. 26   f. 13    
    Faculty
    b. 26   f. 14    
    Grades, students, 1931-1936
    b. 26   f. 15    
    Grades, students, 1937-1941
    b. 26   f. 16    
    Grades, students, n.d.
    b. 27   f. 1    
    The Graduate Council
    b. 27   f. 2    
    The Graduate School
    b. 27   f. 3    
    The Italo-Ethiopian Conflict, background study
    b. 27   f. 4    
    Joint Committee on National Recovery, 1935
    b. 27   f. 5    
    Lecture and class notes
    b. 27   f. 6    
    Librarian, W. Daniel
    b. 27   f. 7    
    Lucy Moten Fellowship
    b. 27   f. 8    
    National Negro Congress
    b. 27   f. 9    
    Newsletter (Howard U., Oct. 1939)
    b. 27   f. 10    
    Notebook: “Citizenship and Suffrage”
    b. 27   f. 11    
    Political science majors, 1937
    b. 27   f. 12-13    
    Political Science Department
    b. 27   f. 14-15    
    Printed matter
    b. 27   f. 16    
    Purchase orders
    b. 27   f. 17-18    
    Reading lists
    b. 27   f. 19    
    Registrar
    b. 28   f. 1    
    Reports
    b. 28   f. 2    
    Roosevelt, Franklin D. Petition to, 1938
    b. 28   f. 3-5    
    Social Science Division
    b. 28   f. 6    
    Student papers
    b. 28   f. 7    
    Student Council
    b. 28   f. 8    
    Thompson, Charles H.
       
    Carnegie-Myrdal Study, 1938-1941 Table of Contents

    CARNEGIE-MYRDAL STUDY. This series consists of correspondence, draft manuscripts and typescripts of memoranda written by Bunche, as well as interviews, reports and field notes prepared by Bunche, Myrdal and a staff of assistants and collaborators. This material is arranged into four subseries: research and administrative correspondence and memoranda, arranged alphabetically and chronologically; research memoranda prepared by Bunche; reports, field notes and research materials filed by the name of their creators; reports, field notes and research materials filed by city, by county or by state; and printed matter. The memorandum on “Negro Leadership” is incomplete, while separate files exist for each chapter of the lengthy “Programs, Ideologies, Tactics and Achievements of Negro Betterment and Interracial Organizations,” along with questionnaires and questionnaire analyses prepared for the study. Principal contributors to this series, in addition to Bunche and Myrdal, include George Stoney, Whilhelmina Jackson and James Jackson. Major surveys were conducted in St. Louis and Kansas City (Missouri); Jackson, Vicksburg and Natchez county (Mississippi); Birmingham, Huntsville, Godsen and Tuskegee

    (Alabama); Chattanooga, Tuscalooga and Nashville (Tennessee); Cleveland and Dayton (Ohio); Augusta, Atlanta, Savannah and Putnam County (Georgia); Charleston, the Sea Islands, Columbia, Winston-Salem and Greensville (South Carolina); Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami (Florida); and in Little Rock, Chicago, Minneapolis and Oklahoma City. Materials collected include voting charts, annotated city maps indicating segregated boundaries, campaign literature, newsletters and pamphlets.

       
    Correspondence Table of Contents
    b. 29   f. 1    
    1939
    b. 29   f. 2    
    1939-1940
    b. 29   f. 3    
    1940-1941
    b. 29   f. 4    
    Bunche to Alva Myrdal
    b. 29   f. 5    
    Davis, Harry
    b. 29   f. 6    
    Johnson, Guy
    b. 29   f. 7    
    McKinney, G.W.
    b. 29   f. 8    
    Myrdal, Gunnar
    b. 29   f. 9    
    Norgren, Paul
    b. 29   f. 10    
    Sterner, Richard
    b. 29   f. 11    
    Stoney, George
    b. 29   f. 12    
    Stouffer, Samuel
    b. 29   f. 13    
    Thomas, Dorothy
    b. 29   f. 14    
    Whitten, Richard
       
    Administrative Correspondence Table of Contents
    b. 29   f. 15    
    Budget
    b. 29   f. 16    
    Jackson, Wilhelmina
    b. 29   f. 17    
    Personnel
    b. 30   f. 1    
    Rowena Hadsell
       
    Research Memoranda by Bunche Table of Contents
    b. 30   f. 2-7    
    “A Brief and Tentative Analysis of Negro Leadership”
    b. 30   f. 8    
    “Types of Negro Leadership”
    b. 30   f. 9-10    
    “Conceptions and Ideologies of the Negro Problem”
    b. 31   f. 1    
    “Conceptions and Ideologies of the Negro Problem”
    b. 31   f. 2    
    “Political Status of the Negro,” Voting in the Cotton Referenda
       
    “The Programs, Ideologies, Tactics and Achievements of Negro Betterment and Interracial Organizations”
    b. 31   f. 3    
    First draft
    b. 31   f. 4    
    “Civic Protest, Betterment...”
    b. 31   f. 5    
    Commission on Interracial Cooperation
    b. 31   f. 6    
    District of Columbia Interracial Commission
    b. 31   f. 7    
    “Constructive Suggestions”
    b. 31   f. 8    
    “General Critique of Negro Organizations”
    b. 31   f. 9    
    “Independent Local Organizations”
    b. 31   f. 10    
    “Independent Local Organizations in Negro Communities”
    b. 31   f. 11    
    The Jewish Labor Committee
    b. 31   f. 12    
    “Liberal and Left-Wing Organizations”
    b. 31   f. 13-14    
    “Miscellaneous Negro Organizations”
    b. 31   f. 15    
    “The NAACP, National Urban League,” Drafts of chapters
    b. 32   f. 1-7    
    Questionnaires on Negro organizations
    b. 33   f. 1    
    “The NAACP,” Drafts of chapters
    b. 33   f. 2    
    National Negro Business League
    b. 33   f. 3    
    National Urban League
    b. 33   f. 4    
    Negro Cooperative Guild
    b. 33   f. 5    
    Outlines
    b. 33   f. 6-7    
    Questionnaires
    b. 33   f. 8-11    
    Questionnaire analysis
    b. 33   f. 12    
    The Universal Negro Improvement Association
    b. 33   f. 13    
    “Working Guide Memorandum”
    b. 33   f. 14-17    
    Corrigenda
       
    Field Notes, and Research Materials Table of Contents
    b. 33   f. 18    
    Boas, Franz: “Race: America's Social Barrier”
       
    Bunche, Ralph
    b. 33   f. 19    
    “Charts of Population Voting,” Southern states, 1936
    b. 33   f. 20    
    Interview with Mrs. Roosevelt, 1940
    b. 34   f. 1    
    Birmingham notes
    b. 34   f. 2-3    
    Southern trip
    b. 34   f. 4    
    Negroes and the vote
    b. 34   f. 5    
    Bunche & Myrdal: Field notes, Southern trip
    b. 34   f. 6    
    Bryant, William: Slave revolts and the Negro Convention
    b. 34   f. 7    
    Cahn, Z.: “The Jewish Phase in the Negro Problem”
    b. 34   f. 8    
    Cayton, Horace: “Negro Migration”
    b. 34   f. 9    
    Fleming, James: “The Negro Press”
    b. 34   f. 10    
    Franklin, Bostic: “Memphis Where the Black Balance of Power Fails to Get the Fruits of Victory”
    b. 34   f. 11    
    Grant, Davis
    b. 34   f. 12    
    Gross, Bella: Black nationalism
    b. 34   f. 13    
    Harris, A.: Memoranda
       
    Jackson, James
    b. 34   f. 14    
    Arkansas
    b. 34   f. 15    
    Kansas City, MO
    b. 35   f. 1    
    Oklahoma
    b. 35   f. 2    
    Jackson, MS
    b. 35   f. 3    
    Nashville, TN
       
    Jackson, Wilhelmina
    b. 35   f. 4    
    Augusta, GA
    b. 35   f. 5    
    Brunswick, GA
    b. 35   f. 6    
    Darien, GA
    b. 35   f. 7    
    Savannah, GA
    b. 35   f. 8    
    Waycross, GA
    b. 35   f. 9    
    Jacksonville and Tampa, FL
    b. 35   f. 10    
    Miami, FL
    b. 35   f. 11    
    St. Petersburg, FL
    b. 36   f. 1    
    Charleston and the Sea Islands, SC
    b. 36   f. 2    
    Columbia, SC
    b. 36   f. 3    
    Greenville, SC
    b. 36   f. 4    
    Winston-Salem, SC
    b. 36   f. 5    
    “Southern Plantation”
    b. 36   f. 6    
    Research notes
    b. 36   f. 7    
    Jones, A. Butler: “Negroes in Atlanta”
    b. 36   f. 8    
    Jones, A. Butler: Atlanta, GA
    b. 36   f. 9    
    Kester, Howard: Arkansas
    b. 36   f. 10    
    Lewis, Emmanuel Judge: Savannah, GA
       
    Myrdal, Gunnar
    b. 36   f. 11    
    Bibliographies
    b. 36   f. 12    
    Field notes, Chicago and Minneapolis
    b. 36   f. 13-16    
    Interviews
    b. 36   f. 17    
    “Memorandum on the Disposition of the Study on the American Negro”
    b. 36   f. 18    
    Methodological memoranda
    b. 36   f. 19    
    Norgren, Paul: Memoranda
       
    Raper, Arthur
    b. 36   f. 20    
    Buffalo, NY. Interviews
    b. 37   f. 1    
    Cleveland, OH
    b. 37   f. 2    
    Dayton, OH
    b. 37   f. 3    
    Sterling,?: Little Rock, AR
    b. 37   f. 4    
    Sterner, Richard: Southern trip.
       
    Stoney, George
    b. 37   f. 5    
    Bibb County, AL
    b. 37   f. 6    
    Birmingham, AL
    b. 37   f. 7-8    
    Gadsden, AL
    b. 37   f. 9    
    Huntsville, AL
    b. 37   f. 10    
    Tuscaloosa, AL
    b. 37   f. 11    
    Tuskegee, Macon County, Dallas County, Montgomery, AL
    b. 38   f. 1    
    Beaufort & Charleston Counties, SC
    b. 38   f. 2    
    Burke County, GA
    b. 38   f. 3    
    Dougherty, Ware, Chatham and Johnson Counties, GA
    b. 38   f. 4    
    Gainsville, Greensboro, GA
    b. 38   f. 5    
    Noxubree County, MS
    b. 38   f. 6    
    Putnam County, GA
    b. 38   f. 7    
    Saluda and Greenville, SC
    b. 38   f. 8    
    Sumter and Pickens County, SC
    b. 38   f. 9    
    Certified lists
    b. 38   f. 10    
    Interviews
    b. 38   f. 11    
    “One Third Democracy for One Sixth of the Nation”
    b. 38   f. 12    
    Notes on the Southern Policy Committee meeting
    b. 38   f. 13    
    The Poll Tax
    b. 39   f. 1    
    Charts: Election and Poll Tax lists (Alabama, Georgia)
    b. 39   f. 2    
    Alabama, research material
    b. 39   f. 3    
    Whitten, Richard: New Orleans.
       
    Subject Files Table of Contents
    b. 39   f. 4    
    Alabama, clippings
    b. 39   f. 5    
    Anti-Lynching Bill, Senate Hearings, 1940 (William Bryant)
    b. 39   f. 6    
    Bibliography, Africa
    b. 39   f. 7    
    Discrimination memorandum (D. Thomas)
    b. 39   f. 8    
    Chattanooga, TN
    b. 39   f. 9    
    District of Columbia, Reorganization Proposal
    b. 39   f. 10    
    Instruction to field researchers
    b. 39   f. 11    
    Little Rock, AR
    b. 39   f. 12    
    Memphis. TN
    b. 39   f. 13    
    Natchez, MS
    b. 39   f. 14    
    “Negro Office Holders” ( Crisis)
    b. 39   f. 15    
    Petersburg, VA
    b. 39   f. 16    
    “The Police in a Southern City”
    b. 39   f. 17    
    Statesville, Salisbury, Wilksboro, SC
    b. 40   f. 1    
    St. Louis, MO
    b. 40   f. 2    
    South Carolina -- Elections
    b. 40   f. 3    
    Vicksburg, MS
    b. 40   f. 4-5    
    Voting Laws in the South. Research notes and reviews of books and periodical literature.
       
    Printed Matter Table of Contents
    b. 40   f. 6    
    Clippings
    b. 40   f. 7-8    
    Tennessee -- Democratic primary, 1939
    b. 41   f. 1    
    Tennessee -- Democratic primary, 1939
    b. 41   f. 2    
    Tennessee -- Repeal of the Liquor Law, 1939.
    b. 41   f. 3    
    Tennessee -- Absentee voters' supplies
    b. 41   f. 4    
    Tennessee -- County Elections, 1938
    b. 41   f. 5    
    Africa, French colonies
    b. 41   f. 6    
    General
    b. 41   f. 7    
    Commission on Interracial Cooperation
    b. 41   f. 8    
    NAACP Report, American Fund for Public Service, 1930
    b. 41   f. 9    
    Alabama -- Elections, 1940
    b. 41   f. 10-13    
    General
       
    Newspapers (oversize)
       
    Maps (oversize)
       
    Trusteeship Council, 1946-1950 Table of Contents

    TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL (1946-1950). Working papers and mimeographed reports of the Trusteeship Council (1946-1950). Committee Four of the General Assembly (the Trusteeship Council) appointed a Sub-Committee of seventeen members, in 1946, to examine and make recommendations to the Fourth Committee on trusteeship agreements proposed for the mandated territories by the corresponding colonial governments. Working papers leading to the formation of the Sub-Committee, proceedings of its 26 meetings, the proposed agreements, in addition to amendments and modifications, statements and resolutions from the various delegations, are included in the files of the Sub-Committee. A major part of this series consists of the complete verbatim records of the 81 meetings of the Trusteeship Council at its sixth session in 1950. Also included are petitions from civic and political associations in the mandated territories challenging colonial rule on such issues as forced labor, abuse of authority and trade-union restrictions.

       
    United Nations General Assembly. Fourth Committee Working Papers, Nov-Dec. 1946. Table of Contents
    b. 44   f. 1    
    Statements by the Chairman
    b. 44   f. 2    
    Speeches by Delegates
    b. 44   f. 3    
    Procedures
    b. 44   f. 4    
    List of Representatives
    b. 44   f. 5    
    Speakers inscribed
    b. 44   f. 6    
    Committee notices
    b. 44   f. 7    
    Communications
    b. 44   f. 8    
    Corrigenda: Journals
    b. 44   f. 9    
    List of documents
    b. 44   f. 10    
    Press
    b. 44   f. 11    
    Roll call forms (voting materials)
    b. 44   f. 12    
    Sub-Committee reports
    b. 44   f. 13    
    Reports
    b. 44   f. 14    
    Agenda
    b. 44   f. 15-16    
    Agreements
    b. 44   f. 17    
    Modifications
       
    First Session of Sub-Committee One
    b. 44   f. 18    
    4th Meeting
    b. 44   f. 19    
    5th Meeting
    b. 44   f. 20    
    6th Meeting
    b. 44   f. 21    
    7th Meeting
    b. 45   f. 1    
    8th Meeting
    b. 45   f. 2    
    9th Meeting
    b. 45   f. 3    
    10th Meeting
    b. 45   f. 4    
    11th Meeting
    b. 45   f. 5    
    12th Meeting
    b. 45   f. 6    
    Meetings 13-20, 25-27
    b. 45   f. 7    
    21th Meeting
    b. 45   f. 8    
    22th Meeting
    b. 45   f. 9    
    23th Meeting
    b. 45   f. 10    
    24th Meeting
    b. 45   f. 11    
    Proposed Agreement: Western Samoa
    b. 45   f. 12    
    Proposed Agreement: British Togoland
    b. 45   f. 13    
    Proposed Agreement: British Cameroons
    b. 45   f. 14    
    Proposed Agreement: Tanganyika
    b. 45   f. 15    
    Proposed Agreement: New Guinea
    b. 45   f. 16    
    Proposed Agreement: French Togoland
    b. 45   f. 17    
    Proposed Agreement: French Cameroons
    b. 45   f. 18    
    Proposed Agreement: Ruanda-Urundi
    b. 46   f. 1    
    Draft Trusteeship Agreements: Modifications
    b. 46   f. 2    
    Draft Trusteeship Agreements: Amendments and modifications
    b. 46   f. 3    
    Draft Trusteeship Agreements: Statements and resolutions
    b. 46   f. 4    
    Reports
    b. 46   f. 5    
    Trusteeship Council, Third Session. Journal, Jun. 1948-Jun. 1949
    v. I-IV     
    Trusteeship Council Documents. Sixth Session, Jan.-Apr. 1950
    v. V-IX     
    Trusteeship Council Documents. Sixth Session, Jan.-Apr. 1950
       
    Awards, Membership and Tributes, 1927-1984 Table of Contents

    AWARDS, MEMBERSHIP AND TRIBUTES (1927-1984). This series consists of correspondence, certificates, programs, invitations and souvenir journals of luncheons, testimonial dinners and banquets held in Bunche's honor, in addition to documents relating to various memorial tributes and commemorative events following his death. The latter category includes the Ralph Bunche Memorial at the United Nations, the Ralph Bunche Institute of the United Nations at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, the Ralph Bunche School, the Peace Form One Memorial Project, the Ralph Bunche Memorial at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, and the “Peace to One” musical tribute by Oscar Brown, Jr. Also included are a letter from President Lyndon Johnson to Bunche awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963, and a letter from U.N. Secretary General U. Thant to Mrs. Bunche awarding a posthumous Peace Medal to her husband in 1972.

    b. 49   f. 1    
    Correspondence
    b. 49   f. 2-4    
    Certificates, memberships and awards
    b. 49   f. 5    
    Commencement exercises
    b. 49   f. 6    
    School appearances and awards
    b. 49   f. 7    
    “Ralph Bunche, World Servant,” English Teaching Study Unit
    b. 49   f. 8    
    Ralph Bunche Memorial (United Nations)
    b. 49   f. 9    
    “A Tribute to a Man of Peace,” Lincoln Center, Feb. 27, 1972
    b. 49   f. 10    
    Memorial tributes and obituaries
    b. 50   f. 1-2    
    “Peace Form One” Memorial, 1980
    b. 50   f. 3    
    Other memorial projects
    b. 50   f. 4    
    Programs in honor of Ralph Bunche
    b. 50   f. 5    
    Oscar Brown, Jr. “Peace To One” Musical tribute
    b. 50   f. 6    
    Ralph Bunche Stamp (U.S.)
    b. 50   f. 7    
    Ralph Bunche Community School dedication, 1967
       
    Certificates (oversize)
       
    Scrapbooks, 1930-1971 Table of Contents

    SCRAPBOOKS (1930-1972): the Howard University Scrapbook which consists of memorabilia and press clippings, 1930-1939; Ruth Bunche's Art Student Scrapbook, 1934-1935; the “Voices of American Liberty” Scrapbook presented to Ralph Bunche at Lord and Taylor's Nineteenth Annual Luncheon on March 18, 1956; the Ralph Bunche Hall Scrapbook at the University of California at Los Angeles; the Jane Bunche Pierce Memorial Scrapbook (1966) consisting of condolence letters, telegrams and sympathy cards, following her death in 1966 (3 volumes); the Ralph Bunche Memorial Scrapbook (1971 - 1972) and the “Peace Form One” Scrapbook (1980) marking the dedication ceremony of the Ralph Bunche Memorial Monument near the United Nations. The Ralph Bunche Memorial Scrapbook consists of seven separate volumes. The first five volumes contains telegrams, sympathy cards and letters of condolence, with attachments, arranged alphabetically. Volume 6 includes obituaries, memorial tributes, registers and printed matter. Volume 7 consists of condolence letters with attachments received by U.N. General Secretary U. Thant, with carbon copies of his replies.

    b. 52   f. 1    
    Howard University, 1930-1939
    b. 52   f. 2    
    “Voice of American Liberty,” 1956
    b. 52   f. 3    
    “Albuquerque Salutes Ralph Bunche, 1962
    b. 52   f. 4    
    “Peace Form One Memorial,” 1980
    b. 52   f. 5    
    Ralph Bunche Hall, UCLA
       
    Ruth Bunche Art Student Scrapbook, 1935
    v. I-II     
    Ralph Bunche Memorial Scrapbook, 1971-72
    v. III-IV     
    Ralph Bunche Memorial Scrapbook, 1971-72
    v. VI     
    Ralph Bunche Memorial Scrapbook, 1971-72
    v. V, VII     
    Ralph Bunche Memorial Scrapbook, 1971-72
       
    Ralph Bunche Memorial Scrapbook, 1971-72 Index of condolences
    v. I     
    Jane B. Pierce Memorial Scrapbook, 1966.
    v. II     
    Jane B. Pierce Memorial Scrapbook, 1966.
    v. III     
    Jane B. Pierce Memorial Scrapbook, 1966.
       
    Printed Matter, 1931-1975 Table of Contents

    PRINTED MATTER AND CLIPPINGS (1931 - 1971) relates primarily to Ralph Bunche, his family life and his career at the United Nations.

       
    Clippings Table of Contents
    b. 62   f. 1    
    Articles re RJB
    b. 62   f. 2    
    Obituaries
    b. 62   f. 3    
    Ralph Bunche, Jr.
    b. 62   f. 4    
    Ruth Harris Bunche and family
    b. 62   f. 5    
    The Crisis, Special issue on RJB, 1972
    b. 62   f. 6    
    Articles by RJB
    b. 62   f. 7    
    Reviews of The Political Status of the Negro in the Age of FDR, 1975
    b. 62   f. 8    
    Reviews of Peggy Mann's biography of RJB
    b. 62   f. 9    
    RJB's Nobel Peace Prize
    b. 62   f. 10    
    Bunche in India
    b. 62   f. 11    
    Bunche in the Middle East
    b. 62   f. 12-13    
    Bunche at the United Nations
    b. 62   f. 14    
    Dag Hammarskjold
    b. 62   f. 15    
    General
    b. 63   f. 1-4    
    General
       
    Publications Table of Contents
       
    “Proceedings in the General Assembly of the United Nations in Connection with the Acceptance of a Gift from the Ford Foundation for the United Nations Library,” 1959
       
    Ralph Bunche, “The International Trusteeship System” in Peace on Earth, New York: Hermitage House, 1949.
       
    Articles by and about Bunche in several publications.
       
    Articles by and about Bunche in various publications.

    Separation Record Table of Contents

    The following items were removed from:

    Name of Collection: Ralph Bunche Papers

    Accession Numbers: SCM 90-1

    SCM 90-99

    Donor: Ms. Joan Bunche

    Date received: 1990

    Date transferred: 1990, 1991.

    The item(s) listed below have been sent to the division indicated, either to be retained or disposed of there. Any items that should receive special disposition are clearly marked.

    Table of Contents

       
    Schomburg Library:
    21 boxes, Books, pamphlets, periodicals, monographs and typescripts.
       
    Schomburg Art and Artifacts Division:
    2 boxes
       
    Medals:
       
    Peace Medal presented posthumously to Ralph Bunche by U.N. Secretary General U. Thant, Dec. 1971.
    18K gold, @1½ ounce.
       
    Medal of the Philadelphia Cotillion Society, presented to Ralph Bunche, 1950.
    14K gold, with mounted chips.
       
    N.A.A.C.P. Spingarn Medal awarded to Ralph Bunche, 1949.
       
    “N.S.B.W.G. Black Medallion Award,” 1985. With facial engravings of Bishop Desmund Tutu, Ralph Bunche, Martin Luther King and Albert Luthuli.
       
    Drawings:
       
    Ralph Bunche with bird of peace, by M.A. Aziz. Appeared in Karachi (Pakistan), Feb. 4, 1953
       
    “Big News form the Middle East,” by Karl Knecht. Appeared in Evansville Courrier (Indiana). Feb. 26, 1949
       
    “Another on His Well Marked Honor Path,” Peoria Journal Star, May 5, 1960
       
    Ralph Bunche on background of map of Israel, by Marty Wolfson. 1950
       
    “Man of the Week,” by Georg Olden. Presented to Ralph Bunche by CBS-TV, Aug. 17, 1952
       
    “Dr. Ralph Bunche,” by Robert Roché. 1957
       
    Posters:
       
    “Leaders in Their Fields.” Advertising poster issued by Pepsi-Cola without Bunche's permission and later retracted.
       
    Photo collage of Ralph Bunche with hospital workers in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Mounted on scenic background, 1962.
       
    Reprint of Morgan Bank advertisement in the New York Times (May 17, 1978), showing Ralph Bunche Jr. in group photo.
       
    3 boxes and 2 trunks of African and Indonesian art and artifacts, and 5 boxes of robes, hats and articles of clothing from accession SCM 90-1 were previously transferred to Arts and Artifacts.
       
    Schomburg Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division:
    4 boxes
       
    Record Discs
    b. Box 1     
    Interview with Ralph Bunche re: the Nobel Peace Prize, the Palestinian question and the Trusteeship Council. U.N. Radio Division, Oct. 5, 1950. L.P. Disk
       
    Ralph Bunche presentation at Boston College. n.d.
       
    WNBC “Hi Jinx Show,” March 6, 1949.
    4 discs
       
    “We the People,” April 26, 1949.
       
    “Builders of Destiny,” WLW Cincinnati, Ohio, July 21, 1949.
    Radio recording, 3 discs
       
    Bronx reception honoring Ralph Bunche. WOR Radio, June 8, 1949.
    5 discs
       
    “This I Believe.” Radio broadcast by Edward Murrow.
       
    “Memo from Lake Success.” U.N.-CBS Series, April 23, 1949.
    3 discs
       
    “Tribute to Dr. Bunche.” Warner Bros. FFWB, Hollywood.
    7 discs
       
    “Ceremony for Count Bernadotte.” U.N. Recordings, Sep. 16, 1949.
    2 discs
       
    “Statement on Receiving Announcement of Nobel Peace Prize.” U.N. Radio Division.
       
    “Biography of an American.” WMCA, NY.
    4 discs
       
    Dag Hammarskjöld, Ralph Bunche Capitol Event: Political Science Luncheon. WCFM Radio Broadcast, Wash., DC Sep. 11, 1953.
    2 discs
       
    University of Massachusetts, 1956.
    b. Box 2     
    “Adlai Stevenson: In His Own Words and As Remembered by.”
       
    “Minority Report.” CBS-KNX News in cooperation with the Fund for Republic,” n.d.
    2 discs
       
    “Dr. Ralph Bunche,” Virgil Pinkley News. May 4, 1956
       
    “Israel Is Born.” With voices of Ralph Bunche and others.
       
    “Voices of American Liberty,” Nineteenth Annual Lord and Taylor Luncheon. May 18, 1956
       
    “Great Negro Americans.” Narrated by Hilda Simms and Frederick O'Neal.
       
    Seven long playing records from accession SCM 90-1 were previously transferred to the Moving Images and Recorded Sound Division.
       
    Film Reels:
    b. Box 3     
    “Heritage,” produced by the Educational and Television Center. Reel 1: Eleanor Roosevelt. Reel 2: unidentified.
       
    “Ralph Bunche,” combined print.
    1 reel
       
    “Bunche Gets Nobel Prize,” Jan. 1, 1951
       
    Unidentified.
    16 mm.
       
    Audio Recordings (reel to reel tapes):
       
    “Portraits in Patriotism.” Ralph Bunche and others.
       
    “Funeral of Dr. Ralph Bunche,” U.N. Archives,
    2 reels
       
    “Ruth Bunche,” Feb. 27, 1972
       
    Ceremony commemorating Ralph Bunche. U.N. Archives, 1980.
    2 reels
       
    Dedication ceremony, Ralph Bunche Memorial. U.N. Archives
       
    Interview with Ralph Bunche on the 25th anniversary of the United Nations. BBC, 1970
       
    “Tribute to Dr. Ralph Bunche,” U.N. General Assembly. U.N. Radio Division, Dec. 9, 1971.
       
    U.N. meeting, Aug. 28, 1961
       
    Ralph Bunche television appearance (audio recording), n.d.
       
    BBC interview with Katanga mercenary, Nov. 4, 1960
       
    Unidentified recordings
    4 reels
       
    Cassette Tapes:
       
    Ralph Bunche Memorial. Dedication ceremony, Sep. 15, 1980.
    2 tapes
       
    “Lucy and the Children, 1875-1928” by Nelle Johnson. Dec. 7, 1971.
       
    Ruth Harris Bunche's memoir
    one micro cassette
    b. Box 4     
    Assorted musical and documentary recordings (released and non-released) not related to Ralph Bunche and not itemized.
       
    Schomburg Photographs and Print Division:
    4 boxes
       
    Family portraits and group photos
       
    Personalities: U. Thant, Nehru, Lyndon Johnson, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson, Robert Kennedy, others.
       
    Travel albums (family and U.N.)

    Chat with a librarian now