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Description

1. 5.9 lin. ft.

Summary

1. The William Pickens papers reflect Pickens' activities as Dean of Morgan College in Baltimore, his work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other aspects of his multi-faceted career with correspondence being the principal series.
2. There is extensive general correspondence, 1918-1954,in addition to correspondence pertaining to lectures Pickens delivered in various cities across the country while serving as Dean of Morgan College, Baltimore, Maryland. Selective Service correspondence contains materials relevant to his activities as a member of the Appeals Board of Draft Board #5 in New York City, 1937-1941. The collection also includes correspondence detailing his activites as Director of the Interracial Section of the Savings Bond Division of the Treasury Department. Personal family correspondence completes this series, 1946-1954.
3. Of interest is the series pertaining to Pickens' editorials, which includes essays, editorials, manuscripts, clippings and some letters relating to his editorials. Subjects include Marcus Garvey, the Ku Klux Klan, lynching, the Scottsboro Case, his disputes with Walter White (chief of the NAACP), and his 1952 Mediterranean trip. The last two series consist of Pickens' personal financial papers followed by Morgan College fund raising campaign material which is comprised of letters, programs and leaflets pertaining to a fundraising drive which occurred while Pickens served as Dean of Morgan College, 1918-1919.

Subject

1. Pickens, William, 1881-1954
2. White, Walter, 1893-1955
3. Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940
4. Pickens family
5. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
6. Morgan College (Baltimore, Md.)
7. United States. National Selective Service Appeal Board
8. United States. Selective Service System
9. United States. Department of the Treasury
10. Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
11. Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931
12. Civil rights
13. Lynching
14. Universities and colleges, Black
15. Educational fund raising -- Maryland -- Baltimore
16. Universities and colleges -- Maryland -- Baltimore

Genre/Form

1. Editorials.

Call number

1. Sc Micro R-993

Note

1. Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.

Reproduction (note)

1. Microfilm.

Source (note)

1. Pickens, Harriet; Holbrook, Ruby Pickens

Biography (note)

1. Author, educator. William Pickens was Dean of Morgan College in Baltimore, Md., 1918-1919; Field Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1920-1942; and employee of the United States Treasury Department, 1941-1951.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. "Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition." Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1995. Sc F 95-444.

Processing action (note)

1. Processed

Author

1. Pickens, William, 1881-1954.

Title

1. William Pickens papers, 1906-1954.

Reproduction

1. Microfilm. New York: New York Public Library, marketed by Scholarly Resources Inc., 1969. 6 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (MN *ZZ-7348)

Biography

1. Author, educator. William Pickens was Dean of Morgan College in Baltimore, Md., 1918-1919; Field Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1920-1942; and employee of the United States Treasury Department, 1941-1951.

Finding aids

1. Finding aid in repository.

Indexes

1. "Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition." Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1995. Sc F 95-444.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Pickens, William, 1881-1954.

Research call number

1. Sc Micro R-993