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Title: Edward E. Schaupp papers
Dates: circa 1920s-1969
Collection number: MS 89
Collector:
Schaupp, Edward E.
Collection Size:
.1 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Abstract: The Edward E. Schaupp papers includes artifacts, ephemera, and photographs mostly related to the civil rights movement in
the 1960s. The collection consist of eight protest buttons related to SNCC, C.O.R.E., fair housing, and the March on Washington,
two arm/head bands, an invitation to the Berkeley Chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality sip, and a letter from attorney
William J. Woods informing Schaupp of the dismissal of his ‘mass bust’ case. The collection also includes three photographs
of a street scene, four men in suits, and a man standing in the street.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Permission to publish from the Edward E. Schaupp Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.
Edward E. Schaupp papers, MS 89, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Donated to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland by Marianna S. Wells on March 6, 1998.
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 12/04/2013.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Edward E. Schaupp papers includes artifacts, ephemera, and photographs mostly related to the civil rights movement in
the 1960s. The collection consist of eight protest buttons related to SNCC, C.O.R.E., fair housing, and the March on Washington,
two arm/head bands, an invitation to the Berkeley Chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality sip, and a letter from attorney
William J. Woods informing Schaupp of the dismissal of his ‘mass bust’ case. The collection also includes three photographs
of a street scene, four men in suits, and a man standing in the street.
Series I. Civil rights memorabilia
Series II. Photographs
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Schaupp, Edward E.
Congress of Racial Equality.
A German lapel pin, arm band, and map were removed from the collection and added to accession file.