Guide to NAACP and Civil Rights ephemera collection Mss 331
Finding aid prepared by Wyatt Young and Beaudry Allen, 2016.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2016
Title: NAACP and Civil Rights ephemera collection
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 331
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.6 linear feet
(1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1952-1968
Abstract: Contains flyers, posters, pamphlets, and correspondence relating to the activities of several Civil Rights organizations--
including National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Harvard Society of Minority Rights, and Committee
of Racial Equality (CORE)-- during the Civil Rights movement.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UCSB Library
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Acquisition Information
Library purchase, 2016.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], NAACP and Civil Rights ephemera collection, Mss 331. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa
Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Historical note
The Civil Rights movement encompasses a wave of social movements in the United States, between the 1950s and 1960s, whose
main objectives were to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans through the means of securing
legal recognition and protection of the citizenship rights enumerated in the Constitution and federal law. Prior to the 1960s,
issues of equality across America had reached a crisis point as disenfranchisement, segregation and various forms of oppression,
including race-inspired violence, existed with the continuation of Jim Crow laws and other "separate but equal" actions.
The movement was characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance by various organizations, students, and unions. One
of the most preeminent organizations was the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), founded 1909,
which pressed for civil rights legislation. Between 1955 and 1968, acts of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience gained
momentum, and resulted in the passage of several major pieces of federal legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and The Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Scope and Content
The collection mainly contains flyers, posters, pamphlets, and other ephemera relating to campaigns and protests for racial
equality. Much of the material consists of announcements of rallies, meetings, conferences, and forums and spans across different
civil rights issues from equality in education, the workplace, and elections. The collection is dated from 1948-1989, and
are representative of the many approaches and organizing methods by groups like Committee of Racial Equality (CORE), International
Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and Harvard Society for Minority Rights. The majority
of the papers are from the NAACP, which also contains announcements as well as adminstrative materials regarding membership.
Of particular note, the collection contains correspondence from Camille Carter, President of NAACP Youth Council, to Dwight
Eisenhower.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by title and organization.
Related Archival Material
Social Protest Collection, Mss 183, UC Santa Barbara Special Research Collections
Grover Barnes Papers, CEMA 115, UC Santa Barbara Special Research Collections
James Baldwin correspondence, Mss 329, UC Santa Barbara Special Research Collections
Subjects and Indexing Terms
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Committee of Racial Equality
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Civil rights -- United States
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
AFL-CIO
NAACP and Civil Rights ephemera
"A Report from the South," flyer for New York Assembly
1956 April 17
Committee of Racial Equality (CORE)
box 1
Committee of Racial Equality Newsletter (CORE) Newsletter
1961 Summer
box 1
Committee of Racial Equality Newsletter (CORE), St. Louis Branch, includes envelope addressed to Olivia Collins.
1950 July
box 1
"A First Step Toward School Integration," Committee of Racial Equality Newsletter (CORE), pamphlet
1958 June
box 1
Bills from the 84th Congress: S.902 and H.R. 3476
1957 February 1
box 1
Correspondence from Ora Williams Mobley-Sweeting to editors of Crisis Magazine
Scope and Content
Provenance is noted from Detroit, Michigan 1989. Contains photographs of Ora Williams, Rosa Parks, and Robert Franklin Williams.
Harvard Society for Minority Rights
box 1
Sam Cary Folk Concert Flyer, Harvard Society for Minority Rights
1957 March 15
box 1
Sign for panel discussion on Civil Rights issues
1956 March 13
box 1
"Mississippi and Murder" flyer
1955 February 16
box 1
Highlander Folk School Feedback correspondence and Baltimore self survey youth pamphlet
1955
box 1
Highlander Folk School Workshop pamphlet on desegregation
1955
box 1
"How to Register Votes." AFL-CIO pamphlet
circa early 1960s
International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU)
box 1
International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) flyer
undated
Scope and Content
Contains information about the Labor Day Demonstration for Civil Rights, Medical Care for Elderly, and repeal of Landrum-Griffin
Anti-Labor Law.
box 1
International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) pamphlet on the 1960 election
circa 1960
Scope and Content
Election pamphlet compares positions held by Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy regarding Martin Luther King Jr.
box 1
Dressmakers Union Local 22, Action bulletin.
1961 April 7
box 1
"Multi-Racial Communities and Discussion Forum" pamphlet from the World Assembley of Youth
1955 June
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
box 1
Correspondence from Camille Carter, President of NAACP Youth Council to Dwight Eisenhower
1955 September
box 1
Invitation to Youth March for Integrated Schools and NAACP Youth Council Conference and Ball
1959 February 14
box 1
"Fight for Freedom Campaign," Newsletter report and membership goals
1954
box 1
NAACP membership application
undated
box 1
Boston Branch Rally
April 5 (?)
box 1
Boston Youth Council, newsletter and pamphlet
undated
box 1
Membership station signage
box 1
Youth Advisor guidelines and duties packet
undated
box 1
Youth Legislation Conference Washington D.C. 1955, February 3-6, poster
box 1
"Supreme Court Order on School Desegregation" NAACP New York
1955 May 31
box 1
NAACP Membership Button
undated
box 1
National Social Welfare Assembly Bulletin for United States Assembly of Youth
1955 September 8-13
box 1
New York Times Open Letter to Governor of Alabama
1963 May 17
box 1
Newsday newspaper, Long Island, New York, edition
1968, April 9.
box 1
Petition Campaign and Youth March for Integrated Schools, newsletter
1959, March.
box 1
Semi-Centennial of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, program
1965, October 21-23
box 1
"Media Treatment of Martin Luther King Jr., "Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) pamphlet
1967 April
box 1
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Fifth anniversay celebration invitation
1965 January 31
box 1
National Student Conference for Academic Freedom, Equality, and Peace, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1952 April 25-27
box 1
"Vengence on the Young," pamphlet
1952 June
Scope and Content
Contains excerpt from Albert E. Kahn book
The Game of Death: War Preparations for American Children.
box 1
Willie McGee, flyer and pamphlet authored by Harry Raymond
1946 January, 1951 February
box 1
Young Adult Youth Council pamphlets and programs for Chicago, Wisconsin, and Ohio
1954-1955
box 1
"40 Acres and a Mule Newspaper," volume 2, number 2
1969, February-March
box 1
1199 Drug News Magazine
1965 December
