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Description

1. 2 folders, 1 ledger

Summary

1. The Universal Negro Improvement Association - Philadelphia Division Records consist of one ledger, only partially filled in, containing membership lists, and a number of entries relating to embezzlement charges leveled against the President of the division, Fred A. Toote. There are two folders of letters, 1919-1920, containing 3 authorgraph letters signed from Hubert H. Harrison to Joseph St. Prix (who appears to have been the owner of this collection), one letter from Henry Dolphin to Anderson Joseph, St. Prix's partner in a shoe repair business, and the rest relate to UNIA business matters. Additionally, there are several flyers for a parade given by the Universal African Legion, 1920 in Camden New Jersey and for a UNIA mass meeting.

Subject

1. Black people > Societies, etc
2. Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940
3. Associations, institutions, etc > African American membership
4. Black militant organizations > United States
5. Pan-Africanism
6. Universal African Legion
7. United States > Politics and government > 20th century
8. African Americans > Societies, etc
9. Black nationalism > United States
10. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Societies, etc
11. Universal Negro Improvement Association
12. Harrison, Hubert H
13. St. Prix, Joseph
14. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions
15. Back to Africa movement
16. African Americans > Colonization > Africa

Call number

1. Sc MG 442

Source (note)

1. Amacedo Dumaka

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Joseph St. Prix Collection; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.

Biography (note)

1. The Universal Negro Improvement Association was an international self-help organization founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) in Jamaica.

Author

1. Universal Negro Improvement Association.

Title

1. Universal Negro Improvement Association Philadelphia Division records, 1919-1920.

Biography

1. The Universal Negro Improvement Association was an international self-help organization founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) in Jamaica.

Location of other archival materials

1. Joseph St. Prix Collection; Also located at; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.

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1. Finding aid

Research call number

1. Sc MG 442