Finding aid for the Floyd C. Covington papers 7057
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2018 November
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Floyd C. Covington papers
Creator:
Covington, Floyd C., 1901-1989
Creator:
Covington, Alma
Identifier/Call Number: 7057
Physical Description:
20 Linear Feet
27 boxes, 5 oversize folders, and 1 artifact
Date (inclusive): 1901-1989
Date (bulk): 1930-1970
Abstract: Floyd C. Covington was a Black civic leader in Los Angeles from the late 1920s to the 1970s. Through his work as the first
Executive Director of the Los Angeles Urban League and his service in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Covington
redefined social welfare and equal opportunity in both employment and housing for various communities in Los Angeles. Covington's
papers contain his early scholarship and poetry from his youth and education in Seattle, Washington and Topeka, Kansas; scrapbooks,
photographs, posters, and reports from his leadership of the Los Angeles Urban League during the 1930s and 1940s; correspondence,
speech drafts, and other writings documenting Covington's work in intergroup relations and equal opportunity at the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development; family mementos -- including papers and photographs from Covington's wife, Alma Covington,
and his father in law, Thomas Augustus Greene, Sr.; and lastly, correspondence, realia, and creative works documenting Covington's
strong relationships with community associations, such as the YMCA in Los Angeles, and his passions for creative writing,
music, and theater. The Covington papers document the history of Los Angeles' African American community in both the pre-
and post-World War II periods.
Language of Material:
English
.
Biographical / Historical
Floyd C. Covington (1901-1989) was a Black civic leader in Los Angeles from the late 1920s to the 1970s. Through his work
as the first Executive Director of the Los Angeles Urban League and his service in the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Covington redefined social welfare and equal opportunity in both employment and housing for various communities in Los Angeles.
Born Floyd James Cornelius Covington to Charles Covington and Lulu Jeltz Covington, Floyd was orphaned during his youth in
Denver, Colorado and subsequently adopted by Reverend James Logan Craw and Lillian J. Brown. Covington attended Broadway High
School in Seattle, Washington and then Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, receiving a bachelor's degree in Sociology and
Economics in 1927. Covington then acquired his MA degree at the University of Pittsburgh and a Degree in Mundane and Arcane
Sciences from the Rosicrucian University in San Jose, California. During the 1940s when Covington was working at the Los Angeles
Urban League, he also began taking courses toward a PhD at the University of Southern California -- matriculating in USC's
departments of Sociology and Economics.
Covington's employment history spans from 1928 to 1970:
- 1928-1930: Industrial Relations Secretary, Los Angeles Urban League
-
1930-1931: Membership Secretary and Acting Physical Director, 28th Street Branch YMCA
- 1931-1950: Executive Director, Los Angeles Urban League
- 1950-1957: Intergroup Relations Adviser, Zone V., Federal Housing Administration
- 1957-1970: Equal Opportunity Specialist, Zone V., Department of Housing and Urban Development
In 1929, Floyd Covington married Willa Alma Greene, also known as Alma Covington", who taught and served as an elementary
school principal in the Los Angeles Unified School District until 1965. Floyd also worked with Alma's father, Thomas Augustus
Greene, Sr., who was another prominent African American community leader in Los Angeles. T. A. Greene served as secretary
of the "Los Angeles Colored YMCA" from 1906 to 1932 and he led the effort to raise funds for and open the 28th Street Branch
of the YMCA in 1926. Floyd and Alma had one son, Floyd C. Covington, Jr., who also worked for the Los Angeles Urban League.
[This collection only contains one or two files relating to Covington, Jr. Files in this collection referring to "Floyd Covington"--without
"Jr." or "Sr." specified--always relate to Floyd C. Covington, Sr.]
In his personal and professional life, Covington was a community leader, educator, poet, author, and playwright. Among other
achievements, Covington prevented the Santa Monica freeway from cutting through a historically black neighborhood, he advocated
for equal pay for African Americans, and he demanded more authentic portrayals of African Americans in film. Along with his
father in law, T. A. Greene, Covington was instrumental in establishing the first black YMCA in Los Angeles.
After retiring in 1970, Covington devoted much of his labor to religious and community associations, including the Men of
Tomorrow, the Scottsboro Boys Defense Fund, Wesley Methodist Church, Holman United Methodist Church, and various housing and
zoning initiatives.
Scope and Contents
The Floyd C. Covington papers document Covington's early life and education, his leadership of the Los Angeles Urban League
during the 1930s and 1940s, the local advances in intergroup relations and equal opportunity initiatives that Covington directed
at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, his strong relationships with both family and community, and his
personal creativity in writing, music, and theater.
The parts of Covington's papers that relate to his work at the Los Angeles Urban League document important milestones for
African American communities in Los Angeles. One of Covington's Urban League scrapbooks contains news clippings, photographs,
and correspondence highlighting Covington's work at the Los Angeles Urban League -- with photographs demonstrating successful
job placements for African Americans as Safeway clerks and managers, Pay'N Take Store employees, Helms Bakeries salesmen,
Thrifty Drug Co. employees, manufacturers at Pacific Parachute Company aircraft plants, and others. This part of the collection
also holds nine large Urban League posters that visualize racial inequalities in labor economics and job market opportunities
-- as well as photographs documenting the "first transcontinental negro flight".
The series comprising records from Covington's employment at the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contain a significant amount of correspondence between Covington and notable public figures,
including former Governor of California, Earl Warren and former mayor of Los Angeles, Fletcher Bowron. The HUD portion of
the collection also holds material relating to a series of Loyalty Board hearings, which investigated claims against Covington's
potential communist influences "for the purpose of establishing [Covington's] suitability for employment in the Federal service."
Other highlights of Covington's papers include his family mementos--such as Alma Covington's photograph albums and travel
diaries; materials illustrating Covington's artistic creations, such as his poetry, personal narratives, and his violin; published
articles that Covington authored; and a large scrapbook documenting a testimonial banquet held in 1971 following Covington's
retirement titled, "Four Decades of Service - Honoring Floyd C. Covington." The testimonial scrapbook is accompanied by various
awards, tributes, and official resolutions honoring Covington's contributions.
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Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Floyd C. Covington papers, Collection no. 7057, Regional History Collection, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Elizabeth Covington via John Ralmon, August 2017.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Discrimination in housing -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Minorities -- Employment -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Minorities -- Housing -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Occupational segregation -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Social justice -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Photograph albums
Posters
Scrapbooks
Covington, Floyd C., 1901-1989 -- Archives
Covington, Alma -- Archives
Los Angeles Urban League -- Archives
United States. Federal Housing Administration -- Archives
United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development -- Archives
Box 4, Folder 8
[Broadway High School, class of 1923 - yearbook and anniversary programs]
1923, 1973
Box 11, Folder 8
[Educational and merit certificates and diplomas - unframed]
1923-1969
Processing Information
These documents were found in the collection unframed. The other certificates and awards described in this collection were
donated to USC still in their frames (and subsequently removed from the frames during processing).
Box 16, Folder 4-6
Graduate Courses -- Ph.D.
1936-1941
Box 1, Folder 1, Box 5, Folder 1
Seminar in Planning, University of Southern California
1964-1965
Box 7, Folder 9
Student Manual for Stenotypy
1951 September
Box 13, Folder 5
[Untitled binder with lecture notes and religious quotations]
1939, 1951
Box 4, Folder 9-10
Classmates and Memories scrapbook [Washburn College and University of Pittsburgh]
1927
Scope and Contents
Includes loose photographic prints, negatives, and correspondence that were inserted in the last blank pages of the book (now
stored in separate folder).
Box 6, Folder 1
The Kaw 1925 Yearbook [Washburn College, Topeka, Kansas]
1925
Box 6, Folder 2-3
Washburn Alumnus
1965-1974
Box 5, Folder 11
Washburn University Alumni Association [correspondence]
1971-1977
Scope and Contents
"Includes letter from Mayor Tom Bradley."
Box 9, Folder 4-5
Religion 17: History of Religions [course notebook]
1925
Scope and Contents
Includes a Bible and a small amount of material from other courses (e.g., Spanish).
Box 9, Folder 6
Scrap Book of Philosophical Sayings
1927
Processing Information
Outer binding of notebook was removed.
Box 11, Folder 6
[Washburn Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award]
1972 May 13
Scope and Contents
Includes a photograph of Covington with Richard J. Peters and the citation read by Peters at awards ceremony.
Box 20
[Bronze medal from Washburn University of Topeka Alumni Association]
circa 1972
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Related Materials
See also: subseries titled, "Thomas Augustus Greene, Sr." -- under Series VII, "Family and travel mementos."
Box 7, Folder 12
"Directors for YMCA Announced" [article in
Los Angeles Sentinel]
1935 February 28
Box 13, Folder 2
[Drafts of a speech on the "history of the YMCA for colored men and boys"]
undated
Scope and Contents
Multiple drafts of a speech on the "history of the YMCA for colored men and boys in the city of Los Angeles, for the information
and entertainment of the ladies of this Chapter."
Box 8, Folder 5
General Report and Financial Statements of the Young Men's Christian Association of Los Angeles
1932 October 27
Box 21, Folder 1
National Conference of the YMCA
1929 October
Box 8, Folder 9
[Twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of the 28th Street Branch YMCA]
1932 November 6; 1933 March
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs from the event and an article about Thomas Augustus Greene, Sr. with a picture from this celebration,
published in the March 1933 issue of
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races
Box 8, Folder 10
The Y Men
1926 November 13
Scope and Contents
Includes an article featuring Thomas Augustus Greene, Sr., an invitation to the dedication of the new building for the 28th
Street YMCA branch, and brochures for annual YMCA Track and Field Meets.
Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL)
Box 17, Folder 13
[Certificate of Merit to Floyd Covington from Pacific Parachute Co.]
1945 March 25
Box 18, Folder 6
[City of Los Angeles certifications of appointment of the Housing Authority to Floyd Covington]
1944-1945
Box 13, Folder 8
[Clippings and ephemera from Urban League office]
1933-1950
Box 15, Folder 6
First Transcontinental Negro Flight
1933
Box 20
[Floyd Covington desk plate]
undated
Box 8, Folder 6
[Joe Louis and Freddy Ginyard coming out of plane at Lockheed plant]
undated
General
Others pictured: Herman Hill, Robert Brown, Jim Williamson, Lt. Lawrence Oxley, Floyd Covington, and Earl Griffin.
Box 15, Folder 5
Los Angeles Community Chest - Negro [news clippings]
1928-1929
Box 13, Folder 6
Los Angeles Urban League - 50th Anniversary Membership Meeting
1971 May 23
Scope and Contents
Contains a program for the event and drafts of Covington's speech.
Box 14, Folder 1
[Los Angeles Urban League annual and biennial reports]
1950-1951
Box 25, Folder 1
[Los Angeles Urban League scrapbook]
1930-1954, 1972
Scope and Contents
A scrapbook of news clippings, photographs, and correspondence highlighting Covington's work at the Los Angeles Urban League.
Includes photographs of successful job placements of African Americans as Safeway clerks and managers, Pay'N Take Store employees,
Helms Bakeries salesmen, Thrifty Drug Co., and others.
Box 17, Folder 12
[National Urban League certificate for 10 years of service]
1945 October
Box 7, Folder 5
"The Negro Market" by Floyd Covington
1932
Box 17, Folder 14
[News clippings featuring Floyd Covington and pencil drawing portraits]
1929-1938
Scope and Contents
Also includes articles authored by Covington in
The Urban Light and
Flash: A Weekly News Magazine.
Box 17, Folder 7
[Pacific Parachute Company - correspondence and photographs]
1951
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Floyd Covington and Mayor Fletcher Bowron with employees of aircraft parts plants in Los Angeles.
Folder 3
America's Number 1 Problem: A Socio-economic and Cultural Lag - Another Vicious Circle
circa 1931-1950
Folder 1
Inconsistency - The Other Vicious Circle
circa 1931-1950
Scope and Contents
Four Los Angeles Urban League posters illustrating inconsistencies relating to racial groups in labor economics and job market
opportunities. Includes two large graphs illustrating the "percentage of jobs allotted to racial group based upon percentage
of racial group to total population."
Folder 4
The Urban League - Red Feather Services
circa 1931-1950
Full Text
The Urban League - Red Feather Services - Symbol of Community Service - "Shedding Rays of Light Without Sparks of Heat On
Community Problems"
Folder 2
The Vicious Circle
circa 1931-1950
Scope and Contents
Three Los Angeles Urban League posters illustrating the problems with traditional education, vocational training, and available
employment opportunities.
Box 17, Folder 8
Report of the Executive Director
1935
Box 13, Folder 4
Replies to Questionnaire
1944
Scope and Contents
Responses from various National Urban League affiliate organizations to a questionnaire sent by Covington.
Box 18, Folder 2
Special Crime Study Commission on Social and Economic Conditions Contributing to Crime and Delinquency [certificate]
1947 November 4
Box 20
To Floyd Covington for Inspirational Leadership, 1928-1951
circa 1951
Box 14, Folder 2
[Transcript of interview with Judge Jefferson, former Urban League President]
undated
University of Southern California coursework
Box 16, Folder 1-2
[Occupational Attitudes and Values; General Notes; Clinical Psychology]
1948
Box 15, Folder 8
"A Comparison of Some of the Subjective Factors Related to the Concept of Social Distance" by Floyd Covington
1941, 1948
Box 16, Folder 3
Doctor of Philosophy Data for Floyd C. Covington
1947-1948
Box 21, Folder 5
"Urban League Grows with the Sentinel" [article in
Los Angeles Sentinel]
1983 April 14
Urban League Testimonial Banquet Honoring Resigning Director, Floyd C. Covington
Box 12, Folder 7
[Photograph album]
1951 May 29
Box 14, Folder 13
[Invitation, speech notes, testimonials, biographical information, and news clippings]
1947-1954
Box 13, Folder 9
Urban League - Tom Bradley
1971-1974
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Box 6, Folder 6
Address by Floyd C. Covington to the Victoria Business and Professional Women's Club
1962 February 25
Box 2, Folder 1-5
F. C. Covington's Writings and Speeches
1961-1968
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Alphabetical correspondence files
Box 18, Folder 10
A
1950-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: James W. Anthony, Mrs. S. Alexander, Walter H. Aiken, R. M. Ariss, Hugh H. Anderson,
Edward M. Abrams, Joseph H. Andrews, American Civil Liberties Union, Joseph F. Albright, Titus Alexander, Ethyl M. Alexander,
Gerhard Arland, John Allen, Gustave O. Arlt, Mrs. Chrystabelle Armstrong, Miss Barbara Amori, Avalon Community Center, Frances
Adams, and John H. Alderson.
Box 17, Folder 20
B
1948-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Mrs. D. M. Bell, Glenette Blackwell, Sam C. Bottler, Rebecca C. Barton, Russell H.
Broadhead, William A. Bledsoe, Thelma B. Battle, W. J. Bassett, Carnella J. Barnes, Bel-Vue Community Church, Building Contractors
Association, W. Miller Barbour, Bnai Brith Youth Organization, Clyde J. Broadnax, Reverend Frank E. Butterworth, Vinnie J.
Bell, James Berry, Everett Bean, Frederick W. Berens, Booker T. Bush, Thelma B. Battle, Elmer Belt, Russell Brown, John H.
Ballantyne, Sara Boynoff, Dorothy Boone, Hal Braman, Edward C. Brown, Charles Brandon Booth, Edward Cabell Brown, Ralph J.
Bunche, Carl Bobbitt, Bertrand B. Bratton, Albert D. Burghardt, Jr., Marsha Bullock, R. E. Brown, Jr., Mayor Fletcher Bowron,
Reuben W. Borough, C. E. Brown, Ida Blair, and George A. Beavers, Jr.
Box 17, Folder 21
C
1950-1955
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Henry Cooke, Rose Greer Connolly, W. Scott Chapman, Jr., Mrs. Willis Carson, Jannet
Collins, John W. Crawford, Harold B. Covington, Frank E. Cane, California Adult Education, Cliftons Cafeteria, Janet Collins,
Howard A. Campion, California Credit Union League, California Federation for Civic Unity, Juanita Cable, B. Clarence Cooke,
Ed Cooper, Hotel Cosmopolitan, Henry L. Chester, Frank F. Chuman, Denver Cook, Chester C. Carter, Jr., Frank T. Clark, Mrs.
Robert Cox, Willis Carson, Community Health Association, Eugene Conser, Fred R. Case, Frederick D. A. Carpenter, Harrison
Caldwell, M. C. Cooley, William C. Carr, Ed Clark, and Narvella Covington.
Box 17, Folder 22
D
1950-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Department of Vital Statistics (Denver, CO), William H. B. Dunn, Joseph S. Dunning,
George H. Davenport, Charles Dearborn, Baxter Carroll Duke, Jean Delacour, W. E. B. Du Bois ["To Leaders of the American Negro
People"], Robert Douglas, Gwendolyn Dusuau, Anna H. Dozier, N. P. Dotson, Jr., George T. Davis, B. T. Davis, Jr., and Eugene
A. Desch.
Box 18, Folder 11
E
1950-1953
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Stanley C. Elsis, Robert Ellis, Mrs. Edward A. Engel, John B. Elliott, Billy Eckstine,
Ada Ernst,
Box 19, Folder 1
F
1948-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: A. L. Foster, Harold Fisher, Michael D. Fanning, E. C. Farnham, Merrill Francis,
Mrs. Vassar Lee Freeman, Father Albert S. Foley, W. H. Fitchmiller, Katheryn Bruner, Robert S. Filly, Audrey D. Farris, E.
J. Franklin, G. W. Fowler, The Frontiers of America, Elaine V. Fritz, and Fisk University.
Box 18, Folder 12
G
1950-1955
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Ruby Berkley Goodwin, Jack Gross, James Goodrich, Walter A. Gordon, Allen George,
Thomas L. Griffith, Jr., Mrs. J. O. Garland, Adaline C. Guenther, Catherine Garcia, Helen Garland, Gertrude Gipson, Herbert
A. Greenwood, U. S. Griggs, Hayes Garver, Bessie Gogol, William Goldman, W. J. Guinan, Edward Grice, Nathaniel Norris George,
Velma Grant, L. Grossman Sons, Norma Grayson, Mrs. Leroy Gill, and Lester B. Granger.
Box 19, Folder 2
H
1950-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Marricloth Hilburn, Flora Y. Hatcher, Harold K. Hensley, Franke Horne, Egbert Hayes,
John Randolph Haynes, Alice Harper, Fred Herzberg, Betty Hill, Jayne W. Holmes, Rose Helper, Rosemary Hampton, Samuel Hughes,
Tom Hamby, Leroy Hurte, Washington Holmes, John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, Herman Hill, Freddie Mae Hurd,
John L. Howell, William E. Hill, Walter R. Hoefflin, Jr., Betty Hill, Frank S. Horne, Albert Hardy
Box 19, Folder 3
J
1946-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Willie B. Johnson, Barbara Jones, Bernard S. Jefferson, Albert Justice, Nathaniel
H. Jeltz, Bernard F. Jefferson, Dr. Arleen Johnson, Emily A. Johnson Realty Co., Mrs. Howard Jordan, Jay Loft-Lynn, Ruth L.
Jones, Jewish Labor Committee, John H. Johnson, Louis Jasper, James E. Jones, Fay Jackson, Percy L. Julian, Frederick D. Jordan,
Leroy Johnson, Ernest E. Johnson, Miss Dallas Johnson, Daurice G. Johnston, Bethune Jones, and A. Quincy Jones, Jr.
Box 19, Folder 4
K
1950-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Frank E. Kane, Knowles A. Ryerson, Keith Kanaga, Goodwin J. Knight, Jack G. Kuhrts,
Charles D. Kennedy, Ruth L. Krohn, Margaret Kane, Velma D. Grant, Rufus B. von KleinSmid, Claire Kassler, and Ella Kube.
Box 19, Folder 5
L
1950-1955
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Edmond M. Lazard, Gerald B. Lambert, William H. Luke, Frances Lee, Almena Lomax,
Travis T. Lott, Labor Reports, Luigi M. Laurenti, Douglas Lathrop, C. E. Lively, Albert T. Lunceford, Harold K. Logan, Ida
M. Lazard, Sherrill Luke, Karen LeRoque, and Ralph Lemley.
Box 18, Folder 13
M
1950-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Alex Marks, Loren Miller, Wendell L. Miller, Rossye Leigh Meeks, Robert S. Morris,
Jr., B. C. Morton, Edward Walsh Mehren, Howard G. Mayer, Raymond G. Mimee, Albert Morini, Reverend H. Randolph Moore, Hazel
Macbeth, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, Albert J. McNeil, Mrs. Robert Mitchell, Louelle McDowell, Morris Milgram, Zane Meckler, Loren
Miller, R. W. Mitchell, W. H. Monroe, Gilbert McMillan, Samuel Milton, Jr., W. Conrad McKelvey, Hugh E. MacBeth, Cecil Murrell,
Loren Miller, Cole Madsen, Belden Morgan, Richard V. Marks, William J. Mountin, John E. McGovern, Mary Moriarty, Max Mont,
Ruth Mill, W. G. Mathes Inc., F. D. R. Moote, Thomas J. Meyers, Herbert W. McCanlies, Esther Murray, Hospital Foundation of
the Methodist Church, Alice M. Moriarty, R. M. Ariss, Walter Rothman, and Harry Maizlish.
Box 19, Folder 6
N
1950-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Charles Nichamin, Mrs. R. W. Newkirk, Negro Newspaper Week, Oliver S. Norsworthy,
Lorenze Smyth Norton, and Solomon Naman.
Box 18, Folder 14
O
1950-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Thomas J. O'Dwyer, Ernest Oganesoff, James R. O'Rourke, Oceana Publications, and
Mas Oyama.
Box 19, Folder 7
P
1950-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Paul E. Pfuetze, Charles S. Palmerlee, Raymond E. Pollich, Paul K. Pfuetze, Roy V.
Peel, Irwin Parnes, Leila Peake, Lee F. Payne, Virgil Pinkley, Thomas Roy Peyton, W. E. Pollard, Pacific Coast-International
Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, R. E. Pierce, William Clyde Page, Eloise Parrish, and Frances Payne.
Box 19, Folder 8
R
1950-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Virginia Prince Ross, Harry Rheubottom, Helen O. Rice, Joseph Roos, James A. Robinson,
Jr., Anne Roberts, Edward Rutledge, Frankye O. Rolark, E. I. Robinson, Edna Lee Roof, E. W. Rakestraw, National Association
of Real Estate Boards, Rosecrucian Sanatorium, Pearl Reggert, and Rudolph Rivera.
Box 19, Folder 9
S
1950-1955
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Herbert Simmons, John A. Somerville, Gayle Seamas, Bill Schmidt, Sumner Spaulding,
S. F. Sorensen, I. J. Shain, Ted Shultz, Eddie Streeter, Anthony Sanchez, M. Morton Strassman, Jack J. Spitzer, David E. Swift,
William T. Stansbury, William T. Stansbury, Vincent V. Stone, Samuel Spiegler, Robert F. Smith, Adlai E. Stevenson II, Elmer
M. Sanders, Irving Smith, N. A. Sweets, Nathaniel A. Sweets, John Sparkman, Jean R. Sandberg, Anne O. Schwennsen, Celia Sperling,
Arthur L. Solomon, Jr., Ruby Shelby, Jack J. Spitzer, Stern Lauer & Co., Leonard Stovall, and Charles I. Schottland.
Box 19, Folder 10
T
1950-1955
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Leon Thompson, Lessie Louise Terry, Alonzo C. Thayer, Charles S. Truehill, Dr. H.
Arvis Talley, Turnabout Charity Club, Aneita L. Tidball, Lloyd M. Taylor, Robert B. Tapp, and Robert R. Taylor.
Box 19, Folder 11
V
1950-1954
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: Volunteers of America, Raymond A. Voigt, Veterans Administration, and John van der
Velde.
Box 18, Folder 15
W
1950-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to, from, or relating to: David W. Williams, Christy Walsh, Daisy Wilson, Westminster Presbyterian Church,
Charles A. Wells, Earl Warren, A. L. Wirin, Lawrence B. Wilson, D. D. Watson, Woman's Political Study Club, D. D. Watson,
Vassie D. Wright, Lawrence B. Wilson, Preston L. Wright, Marion A. Wright, John R. Williams, Oscar White, Thomas H. Wright,
Lawrence B. Wilson, William G. Wert, Van Williams, Wolverine Mortgage Company, George W. Washington, Mrs. H. T. Wilken, Alvin
White, Who's Who in Colored America, Robert C. Weaver, George L. P. Weaver, Horace Woodland, Harry Wallach, Horace C. Woodland,
Frank Wilkinson, W. A. Worton, Mrs. Kelly Williams, Mrs. David Williams, Mrs. James Woods, Paul R. Williams, Roscoe C. Washington,
Harold B. Washington, Billie L. White, and Walt Disney Productions.
Box 14, Folder 7-8
[Appointment and address books]
1950-1955, 1970
Box 1, Folder 8
FHA Project (apartments for low-income people), created by Floyd C. Covington
1959 June
Scope and Contents
These photographs picture the Montclair Apartments, Montclair St. and 7th Ave.
Box 4, Folder 7
Floyd Covington's Work and Few Photos
1951, undated
Box 2, Folder 12
Large Size Pictures of F. C. Covington Sr. - FHA and real estate relating material
1954-1971
1960-1962
Box 17, Folder 16
Lieutenant Commander Dennis D. Nelson, USN
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Includes photographic prints of Floyd Covington with Mr. Wesley Brazier, Captain Georges Bayard, Miss Jill St. John, and LCDR
Dennis Nelson -- previously stored in an envelope labeled "The Hoist."
Box 17, Folder 15
Man of Color - Radio Program - William H. Luke, Producer
1953 November
Box 18, Folder 9
Personal File - Biography - Floyd C. Covington - Birth Records
1953
Box 1, Folder 9
Program for Purchase and Rehabilitation of Housing for Resale to Low-Income Purchasers
1950-1952
Box 17, Folder 19
Re: Housing Commissioner, City of Los Angeles
1948 August
Scope and Contents
Los Angeles Housing News, Vol. 5, No. 8 (August, 1948).
Box 18, Folder 8
Secretary - Intergroup Relations Advisor's Office - FHA, Los Angeles
1962-1968
Box 17, Folder 17
SF Form 57 - Application for Federal Employment
undated
Box 24
Speeches, Addresses, and Talks [on index cards]
1951-1961
Box 12, Folder 2
First Annual Meeting of Westminster Neighborhood Association, Inc.
1961 November 28
Box 11, Folder 5
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles - Directory of Commissioners
undated
Box 2, Folder 7
"Housing Opportunities for All" by Floyd C. Covington
1969 July
General
Article in
Realtist's News.
Loyalty Board hearings
General
"In accordance with existing procedures, an investigation has been made for the purpose of establishing your suitability for
employment in the Federal service." The hearings concern charges of potential communist influence for Floyd Covington.
Box 5, Folder 19
Research Notes, Etc. On Formal Security Board Hearing
1954
Box 5, Folder 20
The Urban Light - Los Angeles Urban League Bulletin Number 9
1935 January; 1938
General
Handwritten on cover: "Exhibit-- FHA Loyalty Hearing - 12/14/54. See pp. 26-27-28."
Box 7, Folder 13
Exhibits and Letters to be Submitted to Loyalty Board
1943-1955
Box 5, Folder 21-22
Exhibits - Formal Security Board Hearing
1954 December 14
Box 7, Folder 14-15
Letters of Testimony & Commitment Blanks of Witnesses Re: Formal Security Board Hearing
1954-1956
Box 7, Folder 16
Personal File - Regional Loyalty Board Hearing
1951-1955
Box 10, Folder 1
To Be Opened By Addressee Only - Mr. Floyd C. Covington
1954-1955
Scope and Contents
Includes lists of recommenders for affidavits.
Box 7, Folder 17
Previous Hearings [transcripts]
1943-1951
Box 8, Folder 1
Extra copies for Floyd Covington
1954
Box 8, Folder 2
Expenses - Security Cash
1955
Box 10, Folder 2
Personal Letters for Acknowledgment
1954-1955
Box 10, Folder 3
"Floyd Covington Reinstated in Housing Authority Job" - article in
California Eagle
1955 February 10
Box 11, Folder 10
[Loose pages from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file on Floyd Covington]
1901-1960
Scope and Contents
Contains pages on Floyd Covington's ancestors, identification, religion, education, personal health, employment, and marriage
-- with photographs.
Box 1, Folder 2
Miscellaneous Materials to Keep - Speeches, Reports, Correspondence
1966-1971
Scope and Contents
Much of the material in this folder relates to the Manhattan Beach Community Church.
Box 8, Folder 3-4
Personnel Records of Floyd C. Covington
1947-1978
General
For FHA
Scope and Contents
Includes HUD brochures, employment forms and applications, résumés, correspondence, and news clippings.
Box 1, Folder 3
Racial Caricatures and Stereotypes
1963 June
Box 15, Folder 2
Retirement Information Seminar
1967-1971
Box 6, Folder 7
South Central Area Welfare Planning Council - Agency Executive Advisory Committee
1967
General
Includes a 1967 booklet titled "HUD: What it is, What it Does" with a draft of a thank you letter inserted in the booklet.
Box 2, Folder 6
This is Your Life - Mrs. Jessie L. Terry
circa 1961
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten letter from Covington to Terry.
Box 13, Folder 7
"Violence in the City -- An End or a Beginning?" A Report by the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots
1965 December 2
Box 15, Folder 4
Wellington Square Improvement Association
1963-1964
News clippings and publications
Scope and Contents
This series contains published writings both collected by Covington and, in many instances, authored by Covington.
Box 7, Folder 3
The Bachelor's Congress by Griffin Galbraith
1918
Scope and Contents
"Mrs. Craw" handwritten on cover.
Box 5, Folder 13
California Eagle
1933 November 17
Scope and Contents
This issue features a photograph of Floyd Covington. Also features a photograph captioned: "Heroes of the First Transcontinental
Flight Westward made by Negro Aviators--C. Alfred Anderson and Dr. Albert Forsyth being welcomed by Lieutenant William J.
Powell at Grand Central Airport."
Box 14, Folder 10
"Chicago Negro Labor and Civil Rights" by Tim Black
1966
Box 11, Folder 1-3
Collectanea Miscellanea Compiled By Floyd C. Covington
1923-1952
Box 14, Folder 9
Ernie Barnes: A Twentieth Century Genre Painter
1971
Box 1, Folder 11
The Human Culture Digest [two articles featuring Floyd Covington]
1943 August, 1944 February
Box 11, Folder 4
"Jules Saxe Dies in Palm Springs" [news clipping]
1963 March 14
Box 8, Folder 13
Letter From Birmingham Jail
1963 April 16
Scope and Contents
Letter addressed to "My Dear Fellow Clergymen" from Martin Luther King, Jr. "Response to a published statement by eight fellow
clergymen from Alabama."
Box 7, Folder 1
Negro Who's Who in California
1948
General
"Mr. T.A. Greene" handwritten on first page.
Box 8, Folder 8
[News clippings]
1931, undated
Box 8, Folder 14, Box 10, Folder 5-6, Box 21, Folder 2
[Newspapers and magazines with articles featuring Martin Luther King, Jr.]
1968-1972
Box 7, Folder 4
Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life
1930 September; 1931 December
Scope and Contents
Includes a photograph of Floyd Covington.
Box 16, Folder 14
Pocket Prayer Book
1944
General
Inscribed to Floyd Covington from J. W. Bryant.
Box 14, Folder 6
Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin [exhibit description]
1948
Box 5, Folder 12
Silhouette Pictorial
1940 May
General
Floyd Covington is listed as a contributing editor.
Box 14, Folder 3
The United States Law Week
1948
Scope and Contents
Includes an issue on religious instruction in public schools and a booklet titled "Congress at Work" published by Scholastic.
Portraits of Floyd Covington
Box 16, Folder 9
[Group portraits with Floyd Covington]
1938-1984
Scope and Contents
Includes a photograph of Mayor Tom Bradley holding the document declaring April 24, 1984 "Floyd and Alma Covington Day,"
with Floyd and Alma Covington and John Mack, Urban League President. Also includes a 1938 photograph of Floyd Covington guest-speaking
at a Women's Civic League, San Diego.
Box 16, Folder 7-8
[Individual portraits of Floyd Covington]
circa 1907-1962
Box 21, Folder 4
[Large photographic portraits of Floyd Covington in Urban League Office by Lous Ruiz]
1942
Box 21, Folder 3
[Portrait drawing of Floyd Covington by Charles Haywood]
1936
Family and travel mementos
Box 14, Folder 5
[1932 Summer Olympics scrapbook]
1931-1932
Box 11, Folder 7
[1959 photographic prints]
1959
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Floyd and Alma traveling in Mexico City and photographs from 30th anniversary.
Box 6, Folder 8-11
[25th wedding anniversary cards and telegrams to Floyd and Alma Covington]
1954
Box 2, Folder 8
Alma Covington's Reception - In Appreciation For Her Years of Service in Education
1965 October
Box 2, Folder 9
To Be A Woman: The Experience of Womanhood in Selected Writings
1969
General
Inscribed: "Happy Mother's Day / Love, Sis, Suela [or Buela]"
Box 2, Folder 10
[News clippings featuring Alma Covington]
1957-1959
Box 3, Folder 1
[24th Street School yearbook]
1955 April
Box 5, Folder 3
Family Pictures
1939-1960
Box 2, Folder 11
24th Street School Pictures
1954-1963
Box 5, Folder 4
[Sheet music and issue of
Song Hit Folio
1933-1934
Box 3, Folder 2
[Photographic portraits of Alma Covington]
1955-1965
Box 3, Folder 3
[24th Street School paperwork and ephemera]
1961
Box 5, Folder 5
1965 Retirement Party [news clippings]
1965 November
Box 3, Folder 4
["Safety Project" - Article in
Los Angeles City Press
1962 September 20
Box 3, Folder 5
My Commencement [scrapbook from high school graduation]
1921 June 15
Box 3, Folder 7-8
[USC commencement programs and Bachelor of Science in Education diploma]
1939, 1948
Box 3, Folder 9-10
[Coursework for USC School of Education]
1947-1948
Box 5, Folder 6
Letters to Parents and Personal Letters - 24th Street School
1964-1965, 1975
Box 3, Folder 12
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races
1933 August
Box 5, Folder 9
California Eagle
1948 June 17
General
Features an image of Alma Covington.
Box 3, Folder 13
Obituary of Lula Walton Greene
1969
General
Lula Walton Greene was Alma Covington's mother.
Box 3, Folder 14
[Correspondence from Floyd Covington to Alma Covington]
undated
Box 3, Folder 15
[Guides to Schools and Offices - Los Angeles City School District]
1957-1964, 1983
Box 4, Folder 1
Autobiography of Willa Alma Greene Covington
1920-1975
Box 4, Folder 2
[Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) programs and directories]
1951-1965
Box 4, Folder 3
[Certificates and awards]
1917, 1961
Box 4, Folder 4
Addresses, telephones
undated
Box 4, Folder 5
Meditations for Women
1957
Box 1, Folder 6-7
Those Christmas Lights - A One-Act Skit by Floyd and Alma Covington
undated
Box 12, Folder 3-5
[Reference material on health and nutrition]
1954-1966
General
Title on outer binder: "'Raw Vegetable Juices - What's Missing In Your Body' / 'Diet and Salad Suggestions' (W. W. Walker)
/ Knudsen Recipes." (Outer binder removed.)
Box 25, Folder 2
[Photograph album - U.S. and Canada travels]
1939
Box 15, Folder 1
Bible of F. C. Covington's mother
undated
General
Includes a "family history" on one of the first pages.
Box 11, Folder 9
[Birth certificates and passports for Floyd and Alma Covington]
1901, 1966
Box 9, Folder 1-3, Box 10, Folder 8
[Brochures, receipts, guides, and souvenirs from Europe trip]
1966
Box 7, Folder 8
Chicago World's Fair
1934
Box 16, Folder 12
[Floyd Covington, Jr.]
1950, 1981
Box 14, Folder 11
Home Dedication Ritual
undated
Box 20
["House of Covington" stamp]
undated
Box 16, Folder 11
[Loose family photographs]
1954, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs captioned: "Candice-Denise" and "Craig Jerome Powers." Also includes negatives and a portrait of Floyd
Covington's mother.
Box 16, Folder 13
[Lula Catherine Greene]
1941, undated
Box 6, Folder 4-5
Mrs. Lillian J. Brown
1972
General
Mrs. Lillian J. Brown was Floyd Covington's adoptive mother.
Scope and Contents
Material from Lillian J. Brown's funeral and memorial service
Box 7, Folder 7
"Out of the Past: A Pageant of the Negro Race" by Lillian J. Craw
1926
General
Authored by Floyd Covington's mother -- with a foreword by Floyd Covington.
Box 13, Folder 1
Photographs [family photograph album]
1915-1944, undated
Box 8, Folder 15-17, Box 10, Folder 7
[Photographs, souvenirs, and brochures from trip to Hawaii]
1962
Box 12, Folder 9
Pictures Tell the Story [family photograph album]
1922-1928, undated
Box 16, Folder 10
[Portraits and snapshots of Floyd and Alma Covington]
1929-1972
Scope and Contents
Also includes a few snapshots of Alma Covington alone and an envelope of wedding flowers dated July 17, 1929.
Box 22
[Slides and negatives from travels]
circa 1960s
Scope and Contents
Mostly European travels. Includes two small photographic prints.
Thomas Augustus Greene, Sr.
General
T. A. Greene was Alma Covington's father (and Floyd Covington's father in law) and secretary of the Los Angeles Colored YMCA
from 1906 to 1932. Greene helped lead the effort to raise funds for and open the 28th Street Branch of the YMCA in 1926.
Related Materials
See also Series II: "Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)."
Box 3, Folder 11, Box 5, Folder 7
Floyd's file on Dad - T. A. Greene Related Materials
1919-1976
Box 5, Folder 8
T. A. Greene - Material on Dad and unveiling
1957-1966
Box 5, Folder 15
Greene-Mills & Co. [booklet for potential investors]
circa 1931-1950
Box 10, Folder 4
Souvenir Journal of the Semi-Centennial of Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church
1938 May
Box 8, Folder 11
[News clippings featuring T. A. Greene]
1919-1953
Box 8, Folder 12
[Photographic portrait of T.A. Greene and Lula Walton Greene]
undated
Box 17, Folder 4
Wesley Methodist Church Debt Liquidation Certificates
1941-1942
Box 20
[Bronze cup presented to T. A. Greene, Executive Secretary, 1906-1932, 28th Street YMCA]
circa 1932
Box 12, Folder 10
[Untitled family photograph album]
1926-1935, undated
Poetry, personal narratives, and résumés
Box 14, Folder 12
[Biographical and autobiographical notes and narratives]
undated
Box 1, Folder 4-5
Personal File - Honors - Manuscripts - Published Writings
1929-1966
Box 7, Folder 6
"Picture and Perspective" [personal narrative] by Floyd Covington
1928 December
Box 5, Folder 10
[Poems by Floyd Covington]
1922-1923, 1938, undated
Box 10, Folder 11
Poetry of Floyd J. Covington Craw
1920
Box 11, Folder 12
[Résumés and list of publications]
1968, undated
Box 4, Folder 6
[Scrapbook - young years and writings]
1918-1934
Processing Information
This scrapbook was found in a box previously labeled "Young years and writings."
Box 20
Adventures in Negro History
1963
Physical Description: 12" LP vinyl phonograph record with jacket, sleeve, and liner notes.
General
Highlight Radio Productions
Community and family theater
General
Floyd Covington and Alma Covington (along with other Covington family members) produced, acted, wrote, and directed various
theatrical productions for community and church venues as well as for the home and family.
Box 17, Folder 2
["Our Minister's…" theatrical productions]
1948
Box 15, Folder 9
"All Star Fun-O-Cade" written and directed by Floyd C. Covington
1951
Box 15, Folder 10
[Productions of "Our Town" with Covington in various roles]
1953, undated
Box 15, Folder 11
[Theater notebook]
1949-1955
Box 17, Folder 3
[Wesley Community Center theater notebook]
1949-1953
Box 15, Folder 7
[Concert and theater programs]
1942-1955
Scope and Contents
Programs and clippings relating to performances featuring Roland Hayes, Dorothy Maynor, Mattiwilda Dobbs, and Carol Brice.
Many of these performances took place at the Hollywood Bowl.
Box 5, Folder 17-18
F.C.C. Sr's [Floyd Covington's] Musical Notebooks - for Violin
undated
Box 13, Folder 10
The Four Trumpets Quartet [and Floyd Covington]
1933 August 19
Box 12, Folder 1
Graham-Page Intermediate Music Booklet
1932
General
Booklet inscribed to Floyd Covington from Eugene Edgar Page.
Box 14, Folder 15
[Marian Anderson - clippings and concert programs]
1944-1946
Box 20
Misc. 10" 78s [album of vinyl phonograph records]
undated
Physical Description: 3 10" LP phonograph records in album.
Scope and Contents
An album of Covington's collected 10" records.
Box 14, Folder 4
[Published playscripts collected by Floyd Covington]
1933-1968
Scope and Contents
Includes multiple works by Langston Hughes.
Box 7, Folder 2
Sure Fire Acts for Amateur Vaudeville
1929
Scope and Contents
Includes Floyd Covington's handwritten notes.
Box 8, Folder 7
They Shall Not Die - A Play by John Wexley
1934
Item 1
[Violin and bow in case]
undated
Religious and community associations
Box 17, Folder 10
[Los Angeles County Conference on Community Relations]
1950 October
Scope and Contents
Includes a Citation of Outstanding Service awarded to Covington and correspondence from W. Henry Cooke to Covington.
Box 16, Folder 15
[Memberships, contacts, and business cards]
1943-1976, undated
Box 23
[Men of Tomorrow Inc. - Special Award to Floyd Covington]
undated
Box 15, Folder 3
Men of Tomorrow [membership lists, correspondence, and minutes]
1966-1977
Box 23
[Orange County Apartment House Association - Award of Recognition]
undated
Box 17, Folder 6
[Southern California Alumni Association - Wesley Methodist Church - annual reception programs]
1921-1939
Box 17, Folder 5
[Wesley Methodist Church - event programs]
1941-1959
Four Decades of Service - Testimonial Dinner Honoring Floyd C. Covington
General
Event sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Box 1, Folder 10
[Photograph album / scrapbook]
1971
Scope and Contents
An album of photographs, testimonials, correspondence, and news clippings.
Box 12, Folder 8
[Speech drafts and planning correspondence]
1971
Box 18, Folder 3
Resolution of the City Council of the City of Compton Commending Floyd C. Covington, Sr.
1971 April 13
Box 17, Folder 11
Men of Tomorrow, Inc. - Back Patter's Citation
1971 April 14
Box 18, Folder 1
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 92nd Congress
1971 April 7
Scope and Contents
Includes the appointment of this position to Covington, signed by Earl Warren.
Box 18, Folder 4
[City of Los Angeles commendation to Floyd Covington, Sr.]
1971 April
Box 18, Folder 5
[City of San Bernardino resolution and commendation to Floyd C. Covington]
1971 April 5
Box 20
[Plaque to Floyd C. Covington from Consolidated Realty Board]
1971 April 16
Box 23
To Floyd Covington, Sr. In Recognition of Outstanding Service
1971 April 16
General
From Los Angeles Urban League.
Box 14, Folder 14
[Testimonial recordings]
1971 April 16
Physical Description: 1/4" magnetic tape - 5" reel
Folder 5
[Oversize resolutions honoring Floyd Covington's 40 years of service]
1971 April
Scope and Contents
Three resolutions honoring Covington's 40 years of service: (i) by the Assembly Rules Committee - California Legislature,
signed by John L. Burton and Bob Moretti; (ii) by the County of Los Angeles, signed by James S. Mize and Kenneth Hahn; and
(iii) by the Council of the City of Los Angeles, resolved and signed by Thomas Bradley, Councilman 10th District.
Box 18, Folder 7
Retirement Testimonial Items
1970-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes "Autobiographical Sketch of Floyd C. Covington Sr."
Box 17, Folder 9
Welfare Planning Council Award of Merit for Community Service
1971 May 25
Box 13, Folder 3
Holman United Methodist Church - 25th Anniversary Gift Committee
1972
Box 5, Folder 16
Last Will & Testament of F. C. Covington
undated
General
"Last Will & Testament of F. C. Covington (while he was young)" was written on the folder that previously housed this material.
Box 7, Folder 10
Medical Bills and Hospital Records
1973-1979
Box 11, Folder 11
Notes for Biography and Funeral Services of Floyd C. Covington Sr.
1989
Box 10, Folder 10
[Proper zoning for residential board and care facilities]
1972-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes Floyd Covington's correspondence, position papers, notes, etc. regarding a Board and Care ordinance within the City
of Los Angeles.
Box 7, Folder 11
Scottsboro Boys Defense Fund film project [correspondence]
1971
Covington family book collection
Scope and Contents
At the time of acquisition by the USC Libraries, the books described under this series were stored together in a separate
series of boxes. Some of the books are marked as the property of Floyd Covington, while others are marked as Alma Covington's.
Many of the books include handwritten notes and inserts by or belonging to Floyd or Alma. The Covingtons received some of
these works as gifts, in which case an inscription is also included.
Separated Materials
The USC Libraries deaccessioned a portion of the books that were acquired with this collection. The Libraries deaccessioned
each book based on (i) the amount of notes added to the book by Floyd Covington or a member of his family and (ii) the availability
of duplicate editions already held by the USC Libraries at the time of deaccessioning. A full list of titles that were acquired
with the Covington papers--including titles that the Libraries deaccessioned--is held with the collection's accession file
in USC Libraries Special Collections.
Box 26
From My Kitchen Window, Ruby Berkley Goodwin
Box 26
Woman: Her Sex and Love Life, William J. Robinson
Box 26
"Presbyterian Summer Conference" [binder of conference booklets], Presbyterian Board of Christian Education
Box 26
Mad Sea, Hjalmar Rutzebeck
Box 26
A Guide to Citizen Participation in Environmental Action, Regional Plan Association of Southern California
Box 26
Common Sense in Idealism, Hjalmar Rutzebeck
Box 26
The Dynamic Laws of Healing, Catherine Ponder
Box 26
Rational Fasting, Arnold Ehret
Box 26
The Man Nobody Knows, Bruce Barton
Box 26
The Negro Trail Blazers of California, Delilah L. Beasley
Box 26
Native Son, Richard Wright
Box 26
How to Heal and Help One's Self, Charles F. Winbigler
Box 26
The Gift of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois
Box 26
An Epitaph for Dixie, Harry S. Ashmore
Box 26
Who's Who in Colored America (1950)
Box 26
South Town, Lorenz Graham
Box 26
They Seek a City, Arna Bontemps and Jack Conroy
Box 26
The Hitler Terror, Lord Marley
Box 26
Let the People Know, Norman Angell
Box 26
I Have Lived with the American People, Manuel Buaken
Box 26
Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous People, Elbert Hubbard
Box 26
The Methodist Hymnal, The Methodist Publishing House
Box 26
The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon
Box 26
How to Get a Good Job and Keep It!, Walter B. Pitkin
Box 26
The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrim's Progress, Mark Twain
Box 27
Strategy in Handling People, Ewing T. Webb & John J.B. Morgan
Box 27
Is Plenty too Much for the Common People, George R. Kirkpatrick
Box 27
The Public Speaker's Treasure Chest, Herbert V. Prochnow
Box 27
Race Riot, Alfred McClung Lee
Box 27
Fundamentals and Requirements of Health and Disease, Thomas Powell
Box 27
The Lord Helps Those… How the People of Nova Scotia Are Solving Their Problems Through Co-operation, Bertram B. Fowler
Box 27
Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book
Box 27
Light on the Path or Emmanuel, Percilla Lawyer Randolph
Box 27
Man, The Unknown, Alexis Carrel
Box 27
California Blue Book, 1946
Box 27
Living with Peace of Mind, Kirby Page
Box 27
The Book of Holidays, Harry Spencer Stuff
Box 27
Spread Your Wings Learn to Fly, I.L. McEnheimer
Box 27
Others: A Book of Service, Harvey Hamlyn
Box 27
Selections from Lincoln, Ida M. Tarbell
Box 27
Peace of Mind, Joshua Loth Uebman
Box 27
To Heal and to Build, James MacGregor Burns
Box 27
The Negro's Opportunity, Henry L. Jones
Box 27
Black Dimensions in Contemporary American Art, J. Edward
Box 27
Meet the Negro, Karl E. Downs
Box 27
Anthology of American Negro Literature, V.F. Calverton
Box 27
The Negro Mood, Lerone Bennett
Box 27
Before the Mayflower, Lerone Bennett
Box 27
The Science of Living: Health Preservation and Disease Prevention, Leo A. Haas
Box 27
The Victor Book of Symphonies, Charles O'Connell
Box 27
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, introduction by Tom Wicker
