Descriptive Summary
Access
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection
Dates: 1828-2017
Collection number: MS 179
Collector:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Collection Size:
61.5 linear feet
(82 boxes + 13 oversized boxes)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: The African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection consists of programs, flyers, correspondence, posters,
pamphlets, and ephemera collected by the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. The East Bay Negro Historical Society
began vertical files in the late 1960s, collecting ephemera and newspaper clippings about African American history and culture.
The vertical files are arranged alphabetically by subject, organization, or last name, and include correspondence, programs,
flyers, and pamphlets mostly about African American organizations and cultural institutions in the Oakland and the East Bay
during the mid-20th century (1940s-1970s).
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection must be obtained from
the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection, MS 179, African American Museum & Library at Oakland,
Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 08/21/2015. Updated for additions on August 24, 2016. Updated for additions on September 17, 2016.
Updated for additions (Acc. 2016-090) on December 14, 2016.Updated for additions (Acc. #2017-016 and Acc. #2017-017) on April
21, 2017.Updated for additions (Acc. 2016-090) on December 14, 2016. Updated for additions (Acc. #2017-032, #2017-35, #2017-038,
#2017-039 and #2017-040) on October 6, 2017. Updated by Sean Heyliger for additions Acc.# 2017-041 and 2017-044 on October
7, 2017. Updated by Sean Heyliger for additions Acc.# 2017-014, 2018-013, 2018-014, 2018-018, 2018-020, 2018-021, 2018-022
and 2018-023 on October 31, 2018. Updated for additions accessions #2018-028, #2018-029 on November 17, 2018.
Scope and Content of Collection
The African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection consists of programs, flyers, correspondence, posters,
pamphlets, and ephemera collected by the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. The East Bay Negro Historical Society
began vertical files in the late 1960s, collecting ephemera and newspaper clippings about African American history and culture.
The vertical files are arranged alphabetically by subject, organization, or last name, which is followed by a / and a short
description of the item. The collection includes correspondence, programs, flyers, and pamphlets mostly about African American
organizations and cultural institutions in the Oakland and the East Bay during the mid-20th century (1940s-1970s). The vertical
files include church programs and ephemera of numerous African American churches in Oakland and Berkeley, California, and
flyers and pamphlets on African American radicalism in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1960s-1970s.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by either subject, organization, or last name.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
African Americans--California.
African Americans--California--Allensworth--History.
Civil rights--California.
Oakland (Calif.)--History.
Oakland (Calif.)--Politics and government.
Oakland (Calif.)--Race relations.
Oakland (Calif.)--Social conditions.
West
Oakland
(Oakland, Calif.)--History.
African Americans--Religion--History.