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Middleton "Spike" Harris papers
- Title
- Middleton "Spike" Harris papers, 1929-1977.
- Author
- Harris, M. A., 1908-
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Description
- 18.2 lin. ft.
- Summary
- Papers primarily consist of research files created by Harris and the Negro History Associates (NHA) document the contributions of Blacks in the U.S., and business and organizational records of NHA. Harris family papers pertain to family history and contain copies of manumission papers, financial and legal documents. Personal papers of Harris consist of correspondence, financial records, and certificates documenting his career as a parole officer and his personal affairs. Research correspondence demonstrates the effects of the Civil Rights era on the publication of information regarding African Americana. Correspondence with Random House related to the publication of "The Black Book," 1974, which Harris was primarily responsible for compiling. Included are correspondence files of the NHA, 1963-1975, and extensive subject files comprised of research notes, clippings, and photocopies of original documents. Among topics covered are soldiers from the Revolutionary War era through the Vietnam Conflict; Black seamen; scientists and inventors; states; and individuals including Matthew Henson, Pierre Toussaint, Granville T. Woods, and George T. Downing; slavery; and benevolent societies. Material pertaining to Lewis H. Latimer consists of correspondence, military papers, patents, poems, and autobiographical notes, as well as minutes and correspondence of the Edison Pioneers. Also includes newspapers associated with the collection.
- Subjects
- Enslaved persons > Emancipation
- African Americans > Civil rights
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955
- Explorers > United States
- African Americans > History
- African American sailors
- African American scientists
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, African American
- African American historians
- African Americans > Charities
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Participation, African American
- Edison Pioneers
- Woods, Granville, 1856-1910
- Toussaint, Pierre, 1766-1853?
- African American authors
- African American press
- Random House (Firm)
- Negro History Associates
- African American families
- African American inventors
- Civil rights > United States
- Parole officers > United States
- African Americans > Societies, etc
- Fraternal organizations > United States
- African American soldiers
- Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928
- United States > Armed Forces > African Americans
- Harris family
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Material transferred to Arts and Artifacts Division.
- Reproduction (note)
- Photocopies in part.
- Source (note)
- Mary Greene-Cohen
- Biography (note)
- Author, historian, collector and dealer of African Americana. Middleton Alexander "Spike" Harris (1908-1977) was founder of the Negro History Associates in 1964, an organization which collected and disseminated information about African Americans.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 34
- OCLC
- 122455464
- Author
- Harris, M. A., 1908-
- Title
- Middleton "Spike" Harris papers, 1929-1977.
- Reproduction
- Photocopies in part.
- Biography
- Author, historian, collector and dealer of African Americana. Middleton Alexander "Spike" Harris (1908-1977) was founder of the Negro History Associates in 1964, an organization which collected and disseminated information about African Americans.
- Source
- Mary Greene-Cohen Purchase 1979 SCM 77-39.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- African American authors.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 34