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William Pickens papers
- Title
- William Pickens papers, 1906-1954.
- Author
- Pickens, William, 1881-1954.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | r. 6 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc Micro R-993 r. 6 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | r. 5 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc Micro R-993 r. 5 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | r. 4 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc Micro R-993 r. 4 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | r. 3 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc Micro R-993 r. 3 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | r. 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc Micro R-993 r. 2 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | r. 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc Micro R-993 r. 1 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Pickens, William, 1881-1954.
- Description
- 5.9 lin. ft.
- 6 microfilm reels.
- Summary
- 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.
- 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.
- Subjects
- United States > Selective Service System
- White, Walter, 1893-1955
- Lynching
- Morgan College (Baltimore, Md.)
- Pickens, William, 1881-1954
- United States > National Selective Service Appeal Board
- Universities and colleges, Black
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
- Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931
- Educational fund raising > Maryland > Baltimore
- Editorials
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Civil rights
- Universities and colleges > Maryland > Baltimore
- United States > Department of the Treasury
- Pickens family
- Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940
- Genre/Form
- Editorials.
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Reproduction (note)
- Microfilm.
- Source (note)
- Pickens, Harriet; Holbrook, Ruby Pickens
- Biography (note)
- 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)
- "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)
- Processed
- Call Number
- Sc Micro R-993
- OCLC
- NYPW95-A153
- Author
- Pickens, William, 1881-1954.
- Title
- William Pickens papers, 1906-1954.
- Reproduction
- Microfilm. New York: New York Public Library, marketed by Scholarly Resources Inc., 1969. 6 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (MN *ZZ-7348)
- Biography
- 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
- Finding aid in repository.
- Indexes
- "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:
- Added Author
- Pickens, William, 1881-1954.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Micro R-993