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Descriptive Summary Ralph J. Bunche Papers, 1922-1988 Sc MG 290 Bunche, Ralph J . 64 boxes The New York Public Library Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture English Administrative Information Provenance

Gift of the Bunche Family, 1990.

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Biography

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

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 Family Papers, 1922-1988

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 1 1 Address and date books 1 2 Educational -- Valedictory, 1928, 1930 1 3 Jefferson High School 1 4-5 University of California at Los Angeles 1 6-8 Harvard University 1 9-10 Financial 1 11 Funeral 1 12 Household furnishing 1 13 Johnson family 1 14 Last will and testament 1 15 Medical 1 16 Personal effects 1 17 Travel 1 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 4 1 Speeches and miscellaneous writings 4 2 Address and note books 4 3 Certificates and awards 4 4 Letters sent 4 5 Letters received, to 1971 4 6 Letters received, 1972-1988 4 7 Educational and professional activities 4 8 Family insurance 4 9-10 Legal 4 11 Memoirs (shorthand notes) 4 12 Memorial tributes 4 13 Passports and miscellaneous items 4 14 Printed matter 5 1 Christmas card lists 5 2 Guest book, 1952-1964 5 3 Guest book, n.d. 5 4 Funeral book 5 5 Miscellaneous 5 6 Receptions Plaques Correspondence, 1929-1971

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

Family correspondence

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

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.

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

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

Conferences and Academic Writings

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.”

12 1 Articles and reviews 12 2 Articles and essays “Political Theory of Sir Robert Filmer” 12 3 Typescript 12 4 Research notes 12 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 13 1 Correspondence and program 13 2 Address by Ralph Bunche 13 3 Summary of discussions 13 4 Verbatim records Addresses and Articles

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.

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

(cancelled)

18 1 Pacem In Terris, Geneva, May

(cancelled)

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Clippings 62 1 Articles re RJB 62 2 Obituaries 62 3 Ralph Bunche, Jr. 62 4 Ruth Harris Bunche and family 62 5 The Crisis, Special issue on RJB, 1972 62 6 Articles by RJB 62 7 Reviews of The Political Status of the Negro in the Age of FDR, 1975 62 8 Reviews of Peggy Mann's biography of RJB 62 9 RJB's Nobel Peace Prize 62 10 Bunche in India 62 11 Bunche in the Middle East 62 12-13 Bunche at the United Nations 62 14 Dag Hammarskjold 62 15 General 63 1-4 General Publications “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

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.

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 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. 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: 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 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.)