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Additional authors

1. Wood, L. Hollingsworth (Levi Hollingsworth), 1873-1956.
2. Powell, A. Clayton (Adam Clayton), 1865-1953.
3. Randolph, Bertha B.

Description

1. .2 lin. ft.

Summary

1. The Benjamin F. Seldon Papers consist of correspondence pertaining to various aspects of his career and personal life, and a scrapbook Seldon maintained containing news clippings relating primarily to African Americans in World War I.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

1. Seldon, Benjamin F
2. Powell, A. Clayton 1865-1953
3. Randolph, Bertha B
4. Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
5. United States. Works Progress Administration
6. Adult education teachers -- Training of -- New Jersey
7. African Americans -- Employment -- New Jersey
8. African Americans -- Education -- New Jersey
9. African American soldiers
10. Adult education and state -- New Jersey
11. World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Afro-American

Call number

1. Sc MG 173

Source (note)

1. Provenance unknown

Biography (note)

1. Benjamin F. Seldon was State Supervisor of Negro Adult Education for the New Jersey Works Progress Administration from 1938 to 1941.

Processing action (note)

1. Calendared
2. Cataloged
3. Inventoried

Author

1. Seldon, Benjamin F.

Title

1. Benjamin F. Seldon Papers, 1907-1942.

Biography

1. Benjamin F. Seldon was State Supervisor of Negro Adult Education for the New Jersey Works Progress Administration from 1938 to 1941. He served in World War I, then completed his education in Europe where he studied the economic, social and political conditions of several countries. He also taught in France, and in 1928 at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.

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1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Wood, L. Hollingsworth (Levi Hollingsworth), 1873-1956.
2. Powell, A. Clayton (Adam Clayton), 1865-1953.
3. Randolph, Bertha B.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 173