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Box OSL.06

 Container

Contains 18 Results:

Lynching Legislation - 75th Congress (1937-1939) - H.R. 1507 - Letters, 1937

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Includes a 1937 telegram from Representative Hamilton Fish of New York to Carl Murphy with Murphy's response. Also contains advocacy letters circulated by the NAACP, letters to the editor of the AFRO, and letters from members of Congress including Emanuel Celler of New York, Representatives T. Alan Goldsborough (First District of Maryland), Stephen W. Gambrill (Fifth District of Maryland), William P. Cole, Jr. (Second District of Maryland), and Ambrose J. Kennedy (Fourth District of...
Dates: 1937

Louis, Joe, 1930s-2010

 Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

The Joe Louis folders of the morgue span his public life and career, covering significant bouts, family life, military service, as well as posthumous honors and works. The majority of material are in the form of clippings and photographs. Press releases, programs, magazine features, and unpublished textual documents are also found.

Dates: 1930s-2010