Container List

Biography and Resume

Awards

Awards - Tribute Dinner January 13, 1968

Awards - NJH/NAC Award Dinner December 4, 1980

Awards - Tribute Dinner June 21, 1991

Correspondence

Death and Condolences

Magazine Article - Colorfornia, p. 17 n.d.

Magazine Article - KNOW, p. 12 June 1959

Magazine Article - SEPIA, p. 35-37 January 1961

Magazine Article - Sacramento Magazine, p. 78-792 September 1984

Magazine Article - Executive Place, p. 26 June 1985

Magazine Article - Executive Place, p. 44-51 April 1986

Magazine Article - Sacramento Magazine, p. 66-70 April 1986

Military Service

Newspaper Clippings 1951-1991

Newspaper Clippings, Sacramento Bee 1958-1984

Religion

Travel - Central and South America 1959

Travel - Central and South America, Report 1959

Travel - Africa and Europe 1960

Travel - China 1987

Travel - China, Report 1987

Travel - Soviet Union 1990

Travel - Soviet Union, Report 1990

Jerlean Colley

Jerlean Colley - Family Correspondence

Jerlean Colley - Genealogy

Correspondence

Newspaper Clippings

Programs and Events

Speeches - [Homecoming Address] November 7, 1965

Speeches - "Education For What?" August 1967

Speeches - "A Brain is a Terrible Thing to Wash" June 30, 1990

Speeches - "The Role of Tuskegee Institute in a Changing Society" n.d.

Correspondence

Editorials and Press Releases

"One Man's Opinion"

Correspondence

Newspaper Clippings 1950-1992

Nathaniel S. Colley, Attorney-at-Law

Nathaniel S. Colley, Attorney-at-Law - Cases

Legal Organizations - Local

Legal Organizations - State

Legal Organizations - National

Notary

Anthony Kennedy

Cruz Reynoso

Yale University, School of Law

Yale University, School of Law - Alumni

University of California, Hastings College of the Law

McGeorge School of Law

McGeorge School of Law - Seminar, "Notes for Participation in Affirmative Action in Law" March 3, 1990

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, Notes

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "Jurisprudence"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "The Nature of the Judicial Process"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "The Siblings Called Law and Religion"

McGeorge School of Law = Jurisprudence Lecture, "Morals and the Law"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, [Natural Law]

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "The Meaning, Historical Development, and Impact of Natural Law"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "Review and Summary RE: Natural Law"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "Natural Law: Cornerstone of Liberty or Merely Fiction"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "The Common Law: Its Meaning, Origins and Position or as a System of Jurisprudential Thought and Practice"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "The Origin, Nature and Impact of the Common Law"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "The Origin and Nature of the Common Law"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "The Origin and Nature of American Jurisprudence"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "From Natural Law to American Jurisprudence"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "American Jurisprudence in Historical Perspective"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "Legal Realism, Sociological Jurisprudence and Some Tentative Conclusions"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "Crime and Punishment"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "Discovery in Criminal Cases"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "Points on Selecting Juries"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, "The Method of Evolution"

McGeorge School of Law - Jurisprudence Lecture, [Unknown]

Speeches - "The New Lawyer in a Changing Society" June 2, 1973

Speeches - "Recent Developments in Class Actions" September 1974

Speeches - "Remarks RE: Loren Miller on Occasion of Presentation of First Loren Miller Award" November 18, 1977

Speeches - "Idealism and Realism in Law: How Can the Gap be Bridged?" April 26, 1980

Speeches - "Law as a Weapon for Social Control" n.d.

Speeches - "The Relevance of Legal Education to the Needs of Society" n.d.

Correspondence

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy - Speech, "The Right to Equality of Opportunity in Housing" c. 1960

John F. Kennedy - Speech, "He Killed Our Lincoln" November 27, 1963

Newspaper Clippings 1952-1976

Programs and Events - Local

Programs and Events - State

Programs and Events - National

State Senate Campaign, 1956 - Campaign Material 1956

State Senate Campaign, 1956 - Correspondence 1956

State Senate Campaign, 1956 - Newspaper Clippings 1956

State Senate Campaign, 1956 - Speech 1956

Awards

California State Board of Education Appointment Certificate

Correspondence

Correspondence - William and Rita Mack Case 1960

Education Publications

Newspaper Clippings 1953-1988

Programs and Events

Publication - "Loyalty and Patriotism" January 1962

Publication - "Public School Desegregation in California Historical Background" September 1971

Speeches - "Public Schools - Tool of Democracy" c. 1962

Speeches - "Pro-Confederate Bias in Elementary Social Science Textbooks" February 19, 1962

Speeches - "The Future Belongs to the Prepared" August 12, 1962

Speeches - "An Ounce of Prevention" c. 1966

Speeches - "The Future Belongs to the Prepared" June 9, 1977

Speeches - "The Joys and Dangers of Success" February 27, 1989

Speeches - "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Wash" July 30, 1990

Speeches - "A Few Worlds in Aid of a Complete Diagnosis of the Problems of Black Children" n.d.

Speeches - "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Wash" n.d.

Speeches - [Negro Youth and Education] n.d.

Speeches - "Philosophy of Education" n.d.

Speeches - "Physical Fitness in the New Frontier" n.d.

Speeches - "Problems Facing Negro Youth in Sacramento" n.d.

Speeches - "Scholarship and Scholarships" n.d.

Speeches - "Shall We Integrate the Schools?" n.d.

Speeches - "Sketches of Horizons in New Dimensions as it Relates to Vocational Outlook" n.d.

Speeches - "Youth and Responsibilities" n.d.

Statements - [Attendance Areas] n.d.

Awards

Correspondence

Elections

Legal Actions

Newspaper Clippings 1954-1992

Programs and Events 1958-1979

Programs and Events 1980-1989

Programs and Events, Life Membership and Awards Banquet March 30, 1961

Programs and Events, National Headquarters Dedication October 18, 1986

Publications and Reports

Speeches - "The American Dilemma" c. 1959

Speeches - [Lawyers' Panel at NAACP Convention] September 23, 1961

Speeches - "Two Letters" April 23, 1972

Speeches - [Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty] June 15, 1973

Speeches - "The Moment to Decide" September 20, 1977

Speeches - "The New Conspiracy to Steal the 14th Amendment" May 19, 1978

Speeches - "Remarks Before the Sacramento City Council" November 8, 1978

Speeches - "The American Dilemma [Medgar Evers]" n.d.

Speeches - "The American Dilemma" n.d.

Speeches - ""The Meaning of Bakke" n.d.

Speeches - "The NAACP - Agitation or Advancement" n.d.

Speeches - [The NAACP and Labor] n.d.

Speeches - [The NAACP is Not Dead] n.d.

Speeches - "Seven Ways to Live Without Self-Respect and Die Broke" n.d.

Statements - "Affirmative Action or Quotas? It Depends Upon Whose Bull is Gored" November 15, 1972

Statements - "Concerning the Confirmation of the Appointment of Justice Malcolm Lucas as Chief Justice of California" February 5, 1987

Statements - "Concerning Exposure Draft No. 2 FNMA and FHLMC Proposed Uniform Mortgage and Deed Trust Forms" n.d.

Statements - "Concerning Police Procedures" n.d.

Statements - "On Selective Certification of Employees" n.d.

Correspondence

Legislation - California 1959-1968

Legislation - United States 1970

Newspaper Clippings 1949-1987

Newspaper Clippings - Fair Housing 1954-1974

Paper - "Civil Actions For Damages Arising out of Violations of Civil Rights," Hastings Law Journal, vol.17 December 1965

Paper, Housing - "The California and Washington Fair Housing Cases" n.d.

Paper, Housing - "Statutory and Judicial Enforcement of the Right to Housing," with Loren H. Miller c. 1959

President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces - Application

President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces - Initial Report, "Equality of Treatment and Opportunity for Negro Military Personnel Stationed Within the United States" June 13, 1963

Programs and Events

Publications

Speeches - [The American Negro in the Business World] April 9, 1952

Speeches - [An Analysis of AB900, Fair Employment Practices] c. 1953

Speeches - [Legal Aspects of the Problems Attendant to Racial Integration in America] April 25, 1957

Speeches - "The Status of the Negro in the United States" April 13, 1962

Speeches - "The Emancipation Proclamation - A 100 Year Report" 1963

Speeches - "Ethnic Peace and Progress - Strategy and Future Prospects" December 1966

Speeches - "Pressed to the Wall" January 15, 1970

Speeches - "Integration versus Black Nationalism" January 30, 1970

Speeches - "Civil Rights Aspects of Personnel Management" October 4, 1971

Speeches - "Breaking In and Holding On" August 23, 1975

Speeches - "Retreat in the Face of Victory" March 26, 1977

Speeches - [In Fact as In Law] 1987

Speeches - "Afro-American Progress and Plans for the Future" c. 1988

Speeches - "Civil Liberties and Human Dignity" n.d.

Speeches - "Communism and Civil Rights" n.d.

Speeches - "Constitutional Liberties and Restraints - A Series of Compromises" n.d.

Speeches - "Democrats vs. Republicans - Civil Rights" n.d.

Speeches - "Due Process - A Triumph of Western Civilization" n.d.

Speeches - "Integration and Negro Enterprise" May 24, 1958

Speeches - "The Moment to Decide" n.d.

Speeches - "The Nature of the Problem of Discrimination" n.d.

Speeches - "New Dimensions of Negro Political Thought" n.d.

Speeches - "Our Cup Runneth Over" n.d.

Speeches - "Random Thoughts on Neutrality in the Struggle for Social Justice" n.d.

Speeches - "The Relevance of Dissent and Law and Order" n.d.

Speeches - [The Role of a Council for Civic Unity in a Given Community] n.d.

Speeches- "Strike While the Iron is Hot" n.d.

Speeches - "Three Challenges to Men of Tomorrow" n.d.

Speeches - "The Time is Now - Justice Delayed is Justice Denied" n.d.

Speeches - "The Time is Now or Strike While the Iron is Hot" n.d.

Speeches - "The White Man's Problem" n.d.

Speeches - [With Respect to Civil Rights in America] n.d.

Speeches - [Fragments] n.d.

Speeches, Affirmative Action - "Affirmative Action or Quotas? It Depends Upon Whose Bull is Gored" November 15, 1972

Speeches, Affirmative Action - "The Legal Issues of Goals, Quotas and Merit Principles" March 30, 1973

Speeches, Affirmative Action - "A View of Affirmative Action from in a Hole" February 22, 1980

Speeches, Affirmative Action - "The Legal, Moral and Social Imperatives of Affirmative Action" n.d.

Speeches, Affirmative Action - "The Nature of the Problem" n.d.

Speeches, Housing - "Desegregation in Housing" n.d.

Speeches, Housing - "Housing" n.d.

Speeches, Housing - [Large Lot Laws] n.d.

Speeches, Housing - "The Legal Situation in Housing" n.d.

Speeches, Housing - "Ming vs. Horgan - A Judicial Approach to Racial Discrimination in Housing" n.d.

Speeches, Housing - [Proposition 14] n.d.

Statements - [California Statutory Provisions Against Racial Discrimination] n.d.

Statements - "Testimony Before Senate Labor Committee - AB91" n.d.

Statements - "Why the Bar Should Oppose Proposition 14" n.d.

White House Conference - "To Fulfill These Rights" June 1966

California Horse Racing Board Appointment Certificate

Correspondence

Newspaper Clippings 1960-1987

Priscilla Bell Farm

Programs and Events

Racing Programs

Statements - "On Governmental Organization" October 5, 1976

Drawing of Nathaniel S. Colley c. 1990

Key to the City of Mobile (AL) n.d.

Plaques - D.D. Mattocks Award February 3, 1962

Plaques - California Trial Lawyers Association May 1, 1966

Plaques - Los Angeles Tuskegee Alumni Club January 13, 1968

Plaques - NAACP November 10, 1973

Plaques - NJH/NAC December 4, 1980

Plaques - NAACP-Bremerton (WA) Branch June 8, 1985

Plaques - Association of Black Correctional Workers April 17, 1986

Plaques - NAACP June 21, 1991

Sacramento Outlook, p. 1 October 17, 1952

Sacramento Outlook, p. 2 May 1, 1953

Sacramento Outlook, p. 1 October 23, 1953

Sacramento Outlook, p. 1, 4 May 21, 1954

Sacramento Outlook, p. 1, 3 March 11, 1960

Sacramento Outlook, p. 1 May 6, 1960

Sacramento Outlook, p. 1, 2 September 9, 1960

Sacramento Outlook, p. 1, 4 January 26, 1962

Sacramento Outlook, p. 1 February 23, 1962

Sacramento Observer, p. 2 January 3, 1962

Sacramento Observer, p. 2 May 17, 1963

Sacramento Observer, p. 2 October 1, 1964

Sacramento Observer May 13, 1965

Sacramento Observer, p. 1 January 6, 1966

Sacramento Observer, p. 5 January 11, 1967

Sacramento Observer, p.E-1, E-3 January 6, 1972

Sacramento Observer, p. 111 December 1989

Renegade Rip, p. 1 October 13, 1961

The State Hornet, p. 1, 3 February 23, 1962

Sacramento Legal Press, p. 1 December 19, 1967

Sacramento Press-Journal, p. 1 September 9, 1974

Captain Nathaniel Colley, Philippines c. 1944

Lieutenant Nathaniel Colley c. 1942

Nathaniel Colley shoveling snow, New Haven, CT c. 1946

Yale Law student Nathaniel Colley studying, New Haven, CT c. 1946

Nathaniel Colley passport photo c. 1951

Nathaniel Colley studio portrait c. 1963

Nathaniel Colley studio portrait c. 1980

Nathaniel Colley portrait c. 1975

Jerlean (Jackson) Colley studio portrait c. 1941

Nathaniel Colley studio portrait c. 1940

Jerlean Colley passport photo c. 1987

Colley family photo taken in their home, 5441 Pleasant Drive, Sacramento, CA, (L to R) Natalie, Jerlean, Sondra, Nathaniel, Ola Marie, Jerlean May 1956

Colley family photo taken in their home, 5441 Pleasant Drive, Sacramento, CA, (L to R) Jerlean, Jerlean, Sondra, Nathaniel, Ola Marie, Natalie; May 1956

Colley family photo taken in their home, 5441 Pleasant Drive, Sacramento, CA, (L to R) Jerlean, Jerlean, Sondra, Nathaniel, Natalie, Ola Marie May 1956

Sondra Colley portrait May 1956

Nathaniel Colley, Jr. with Santa Claus c. December 1962

Exterior views of Colley home, 5441 Pleasant Drive, Sacramento, CA May 1956

Nathaniel Colley, 5441 Pleasant Drive, Sacramento, CA c. July 1959

Exterior views of Colley home, 5441 Pleasant Drive, Sacramento, CA c. July 1959

Kenneth Johnson, Nathaniel Colley, Jerlean Colley, Ruth Johnson July 1959

Jerlean, Nathaniel, Nathaniel Jr.; [color transparency] December 1971

Jerlean and Nathaniel Colley with Santa Claus c. 1980

Nathaniel Colley before flight c. 1959

Nathaniel and Jerlean Colley during China trip May 1987

Nathaniel Colley on Alaskan fishing trip c. 1985

Tuskegee Institute class reunion, Jerlean Colley fourth from the right c. 1951

Tuskegee Institute Alumni, Nathaniel and Jerlean Colley middle row, third and seventh from the left, Los Angeles, CA August 1961

NAACP West Coast Region biennial conference September 1961

Harold Craft entering the Law Offices of N.S. Colley, 621 P Street, Sacramento, CA c. 1950

Interior of P Street office, Secretary Lala ?? on right c. 1955

Attorney Nathaniel Colley in his office c. 1952

Secretary Roberta Craft (Jerlean Colley's sister) c. 1952

Construction views of 621 P Street August 1952

Attorney Nathaniel Colley in his office c. 1972

Exterior of Amador County Court House c. 1972

Nathaniel Colley portrait c. 1975

Nathaniel Colley presiding at western regional Mock Trial competition in the McGeorge School of Law Courtroom of the Future January 25, 1979

Nathaniel Colley introducing Solicitor General Wade H. McCree, Jr. at McGeorge School of Law April 11, 1978

Unknown meeting with Nathaniel Colley c. 1980

Gov. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Nathaniel Colley, Sen. Clair Engle c.1962

Nathaniel Colley, Jerlean Colley, Bernice Brown, Gov. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, unknown, Sen. Clair Engle, unknown c.1962

Sen. Clair Engle, Eddie Hall, Nathaniel Colley, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, Clarence Canson, Rev. Joseph Williams, Gov. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown November 1960

Rep. John E. Moss and Nathaniel Colley November 5, 1968

Nathaniel Colley giving an address, Seattle, WA 1962

Nathaniel Colley speaking before the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority annual convention, Seattle, WA August 12, 1962

Nathaniel Colley and Jerlean Colley in classroom c.1961

Nathaniel Colley attending 30th Anniversary events of the Little Rock Nine, included Gov. Bill Clinton, Little Rock, AR October 1987

John Garamendi, Patti Garamendi, Jerlean Colley, Nathaniel Colley 1986

Unknown, Jerlean Colley, Nathaniel Colley c.1948

Jerlean Colley with United Crusade trophy October 1967

NAACP event, unknown, Rev. Odom, Nathaniel Colley, unknown, unknown, unknown, Novalin Sims, Sacramento, CA c. 1950s

NAACP event, front row - fourth from right, Novalin Sims, second from right Virna Canson, back row - first and second from left, Rev. Odom, Nathaniel Colley, Sacramento, CA c. 1950s

NAACP event, second from right, Virna Canson, first from right, Nathaniel Colley c. 1965

Church event, Jerlean Colley upper-left corner, Sacramento, CA c. 1941

Nathaniel Colley at banquet c. 1960s

Nathaniel Colley with unknown group c. 1970s

Pasadena NAACP awards banquet, Unknown, Nathaniel Colley, Ruby McKnight Williams c. 1972

Pasadena NAACP awards banquet, Phyllis Dorn, Nathaniel Colley, LA County Supervisor Warren Dorn c. 1972

Pasadena NAACP awards banquet, Ruby McKnight Williams, Phyllis Dorn, Nathaniel Colley, LA County Supervisor Warren Dorn c. 1972

Pasadena NAACP awards banquet, Earl Raines, Ruby McKnight Williams, Phyllis Dorn, Nathaniel Colley, LA County Supervisor Warren Dorn c. 1972

Jerlean and Nathaniel Colley c. 1985

Nathaniel Colley receiving humanitarian award from the National Asthma Center, Sacramento, CA December 4, 1980

Winner's circle photos of horses owned by Nathaniel Colley/Priscilla Bell Farms, includes Willie Shoemaker 1960-1987

Priscilla Bell Farm horses 1965-1975

Priscilla Bell Farm horses; [color transparencies] 1966

Nathaniel Colley, Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, CA c. 1970s

California State Board of Education meeting c. 1961

California State Board of Education April 13, 1962

Jerlean and Nathaniel Colley at White House reception for Grand Duchess of Luxembourg April 30, 1963

Nathaniel Colley and President George H.W. Bush at White House January 21, 1990

Nathaniel Colley and President Jimmy Carter at the White House March 27, 1980