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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Vancouver Branch records, 1914-1967
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Vancouver Branch (Vancouver, Wash.)
- Title
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Vancouver Branch records
- Dates
- 1914-1967 (inclusive)19141967
- Quantity
- 2.10 cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 1246 (Accession No. 1246-001)
- Summary
- Administrative records of Vancouver, Washington branch of the national civil rights organization.
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Presume open to all users.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Vancouver branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was established in 1945. In September of that year, NAACP officers were part of a special committee on housing (with the Vancouver Civil Unity League) which met with the Vancouver Housing Authority to discuss the partially segregated status of African American tenants in Vancouver. The discussion led to the creation of new housing policies which changed the pattern of semi-segregation, moving African American tenants into permanent public housing and demountables throughout the community. In the postwar period, the NAACP combined efforts with other regional civic organizations to improve job opportunities for African Americans. The Vancouver Branch continues to work towards its goals of securing equal job opportunities, eliminating racism, ensuring justice in the courts and ending mob violence and police brutality.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The bulk of the accession consists of administrative records of the NAACP Vancouver branch and NAACP conference records including correspondence, reports, minutes and ephemera. The accession also includes records of a few affiliated civil rights organizations and papers relating to Walter White, an executive director of the national NAACP.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Preferred Citation
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Vancouver Branch records. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 8 series:
- Administrative records
- NAACP Northwest Area Conference
- NAACP Washington State Conference
- NAACP Youth Council
- Vancouver Civic Unity League
- Vancouver Community Forum
- Vancouver Inter-Racial Council
- White, Walter
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative RecordsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/1 | Branch history |
undated | |
| 1/2 | Constitutions |
1945-1960 | |
Incoming letters |
|||
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/3 | Aluminum Company of
America 1 item
|
1950 | |
| 1/3 | American Cancer Society,
Inc. 1 item
|
1950 | |
| 1/3 | American Jewish
Committee 2 items
|
1954-1955 | |
| 1/3 | American Red Cross 3 items
|
1950-1952 | |
| 1/3 | Andrews, Etta 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/3 | Anti-Defamation League of the
B'nai B'rith 1 item
|
1953 | |
| 1/3 | Barnett, Arthur G. 1 item
|
1951 | |
| 1/3 | Bengston, Carl 1 item
|
undated | |
| 1/3 | Building Laborers Union, Local
410 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/3 | Burton, Philip 1 item
|
1953 | |
| 1/3 | Burton Homes
Bulletin 1 item
|
1945 | |
| 1/3 | Cain, Harry P. 1 item
|
1951 | |
| 1/3 | Camp Fire Girls (Vancouver,
Washington) 2 items
|
1949 | |
| 1/3 | Civic Unity
Committee 4 items
|
1949-1953 | |
| 1/3 | Chamber of Commerce (Vancouver,
Washington) 1 item
|
1954 | |
| 1/3 | Clark College 2 items
|
1951-1953 | |
| 1/3 | Clark County Civil Defense
Council 1 item
|
1950 | |
| 1/3 | Clark County Tuberculosis
Association 2 items
|
1949 | |
| 1/3 | Columbia River Youth
Presbytery 1 item
|
1953 | |
| 1/3 | Committee on Public
Accommodations 1 item
|
1952 | |
| 1/3 | Cornell University, Sociology
and Anthropology Department 1 item
|
1951 | |
| 1/3 | Council of Community
Agencies 2 items
|
1949-1950 | |
| 1/3 | Cushing, Eugene G. 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/4 | Davis, C. B. 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/4 | Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority 1 item
|
1950 | |
| 1/4 | Democratic Party, McLaughlin
Heights Democratic Club 1 item
|
1952 | |
| 1/4 | Fellowship of
Reconciliation 1 item
|
1945 | |
| 1/4 | First Christian Church
(Vancouver, Washington) 1 item
|
1954 | |
| 1/4 | First Congregational Church
(Vancouver, Washington) 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/4 | Fort Vancouver Regional
Library 2 items
|
1950 | |
| 1/4 | Fries, Emil B. 1 item
|
1947 | |
| 1/4 | Grimmett, J. G. 1 item
|
1949 | |
| 1/4 | Halle, Illeana Jean 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/4 | Henry, Al 1 item
|
1950 | |
| 1/4 | Hill, E. Shelton 2 items
|
1946, undated | |
| 1/4 | Hogg, John A. 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/4 | Iota Phi Lambda
Sorority 1 item
|
1948 | |
| 1/4 | Jones, Lawson 1 item
|
1949 | |
| 1/4 | Jones, William H. 1 item
|
1945 | |
| 1/4 | Koriath, Traute 1 item
|
1953 | |
| 1/4 | League of Women
Voters 4 items
|
1947-1950 | |
| 1/4 | Magnuson, Warren G. 6 items
|
1946-1951 | |
| 1/4 | Mallin, Clinton F. 1 item
|
1952 | |
| 1/4 | Miller, Irene B. 1 item
|
1951 | |
| 1/4 | Mitchell, Clarence 1 item
|
1953 | |
| 1/4 | Mitchell, Hugh B. 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/4 | Mitchell (Hugh B.) for Governor
Club 1 item
|
1952 | |
| 1/4 | Myers, Harry M. 1 item
|
undated | |
| 1/4 | NAACP, Arizona 1 item
|
1951 | |
| 1/4 | NAACP, Bremerton 19 items
|
1950-1951 | |
| 1/4 | NAACP,
The Crisis
1 item
|
1945 | |
| 1/4 | NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Committee of 100 3 items
|
1966, undated | |
| 1/5-6 | NAACP National
Offices circa 100
items
|
1945-1966 | |
| 1/7 | NAACP, New York 1 item
|
1958 | |
| 1/7 | NAACP, Pasco 1 item
|
1961 | |
| 1/7 | NAACP, Portland 2 items
|
1949-1951 | |
| 1/7 | NAACP, Seattle 7 items
|
1947-1965 | |
| 1/7 | NAACP, Tacoma 1 item
|
1964 | |
| 1/7 | NAACP, Walker (Clifford) Legal
Redress Committee 2 items
|
1946, undated | |
| 1/7 | NAACP Washington
Bureau 6 items
|
1948-1951 | |
| 1/8-9 | NAACP West Coast Regional
Office circa 100
items
|
1945-1965 | |
| 1/10 | National Council for a
Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/10 | National Education Association,
Classroom Teachers Department 1 item
|
1954 | |
| 1/10 | National Emergency Civil-Rights
Mobilization 1 item
|
1950 | |
| 1/10 | National Surveys 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/10 | Nelson, Leslie 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/10 | New American
Library 1 item
|
1948 | |
| 1/10 | New York Public
Library 1 item
|
1954 | |
| 1/10 | Oregon, Financial
Responsibility Department 1 item
|
1948 | |
| 1/10 | Oregon Committee for Fair
Employment Practices 1 item
|
1951 | |
| 1/10 | Oregon United Nations
Association 1 item
|
1954 | |
| 1/10 | Parent-Teacher Association,
Vancouver Council 2 items
|
1949 | |
| 1/10 | Patterson, Robert
P. 1 item
|
1951 | |
| 1/10 |
Pittsburgh Courier Publishing
Company 1 item
|
1954 | |
| 1/10 | Portland Mayor 1 item
|
1950 | |
| 1/10 | Progressive Party of
Washington 1 item
|
1949 | |
| 1/10 | Robinson, David 1 item
|
1945 | |
| 1/10 | Roosevelt, Eleanor 1 item
|
undated | |
| 1/10 | Savage, Charles R. 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/10 | Schroeter, Leonard 1 item
|
1953 | |
| 1/10 | Smith, Addison M. 1 item
|
1953 | |
| 1/10 | Soloos, (Reverend) Harry
A. 1 item
|
1953 | |
| 1/10 | Soroptimist Club of
Vancouver 2 items
|
1951-1953 | |
| 1/10 | Stevenson, William 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/10 | Stokes, Charles M. 1 item
|
1951 | |
| 1/10 | Southwest Washington Mass Chest
X-Ray Survey, Inc. 1 item
|
1951 | |
| 1/10 | Sutton, (Mrs.) W.
L. 1 item
|
1951 | |
| 1/11 | Technocracy 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/11 | Toner, (Reverend) Jerome
L. 1 item
|
1951 | |
| 1/11 | Truox, Lyle H. 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/11 | United Committee for Civil
Rights 1 item
|
1950 | |
| 1/11 | United States Army 1 item
|
undated | |
| 1/11 | United States Attorney
General 1 item
|
1947 | |
| 1/11 | United States Federal Security
Agency 1 item
|
1949 | |
| 1/11 | United States Post
Office 2 items
|
1949 | |
| 1/11 | United States, President's
Committee on Civil Rights 1 item
|
1947 | |
| 1/11 | United States, Veterans'
Administration 1 item
|
1953 | |
| 1/11 | United States Committee for
United Nations Day 2 items
|
1953-1960 | |
| 1/11 | Urban League of
Portland 4 items
|
1946-1949, undated | |
| 1/11 | Vancouver, Washington
Mayor 2 items
|
1953-1956 | |
| 1/11 | Vancouver, Washington Public
Schools 2 items
|
1950-1952 | |
| 1/11 | Vancouver Business and
Professional Women's Club 2 items
|
1949-1954 | |
| 1/11 | Vancouver Classroom Teachers'
Association 1 item
|
1950 | |
| 1/11 | Vancouver Congregational
Church 1 item
|
1949 | |
| 1/11 | Vancouver Council of Church
Women 1 item
|
1946 | |
| 1/11 | Vancouver Tenants'
League 1 item
|
undated | |
| 1/11 | Venture Club of
Vancouver 1 item
|
1953 | |
| 1/11 | Washington, Insurance
Commissioner 1 item
|
1948 | |
| 1/11 | Washington, Personnel
Board 1 item
|
1950 | |
| 1/11 | Washington, State Board Against
Discrimination in Employment 1 item
|
1951 | |
| 1/11 | Watts, Lewis G. 1 item
|
1955 | |
| 1/11 | Young Women's Christian
Association 2 items
|
1945-1951 | |
| 1/11 | Unknown (Melvina) 1 item
|
1950 | |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/12-17 | Outgoing letters circa 200 items
|
1944-1967, undated | |
| 2/1 | Correspondence - Complaints of
discrimination and segregation 18 items
|
1945-1952 | |
| 2/2-3 | Lists |
undated | |
| 2/4-5 | Minutes |
1945-1959 | |
| 2/6 | Minutes - Agenda |
1949-1955 | |
| 2/7-8 | Reports 48 items
|
undated | |
| 2/9 | News releases 23 items
|
1948-1964 | |
| 2/10-12 | Notes |
undated | |
| 3/1-4 | Clippings |
undated | |
| 3/5 | Photographs |
undated | |
| 3/6 | Bulletins 12 items
|
1946-1963 | |
Ephemera |
|||
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/7 | Allport, Gordon W. "The Bigot
in Our Midst" |
undated | |
| 3/7 | Clark County Child Care
Committee,
A Directory of Community Services in the Vancouver Area
|
February 1946 | |
NAACP publications |
|||
Annual
Conventions |
|||
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/7 | 40th Annual
Convention |
1949 | |
| 3/7 | 41th Annual Convention
|
1950 | |
| 3/7 | 43rd Annual
Convention |
1952 | |
| 3/7 | 43rd Annual Convention-
Resolutions |
1952 | |
| 3/7 | 44th Annual
Convention |
1953 | |
| 3/7 | 44th Annual Convention-
Resolutions |
1953 | |
| 3/7 | 47th Annual
Convention |
1956 | |
Annual Reports |
|||
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/7 | "The Fortieth Year in the
Crusade for Civil Rights" |
1948 | |
| 3/7 | "American Rights for
American Citizens" |
1949 | |
| 3/7 | "Civil Rights at
Mid-Century" |
1950 | |
| 3/7 | "The Year of the Hate
Bomb" |
1951 | |
| 3/7 | "The Fight For Freedom in a
Transition Year" |
1952 | |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/8 | "An Appeal to the Word"
|
1947 | |
| 3/8 | "Civil Rights Committee
Statement of Policy and Objectives" |
1949 | |
| 3/8 | "Civil Rights
Handbook" |
1953 | |
| 3/8 | Current, Closter B. "Martyr
for a Cause" |
1952 | |
| 3/8 | "Defending Your Civil
Rights" |
undated | |
| item | |||
| 3/8 | 1954 | "The Fight for Freedom"
|
|
| 3/8 |
Freedom Journal
|
1964 | |
| 3/9 | "The Ingram Case - Georgia
'Justice'" |
undated | |
| 3/9 | "Made in
Mississippi" |
undated | |
| 3/9 | Marshall, Thurgood, "Summary
of Annual Report" |
1954 | |
| 3/9 | NAACP |
1950 | |
| 3/9 | "National Health Program of
the NAACP" |
undated | |
| 3/9 | New AEC Project in
Kentucky |
undated | |
| 3/9 | Northern California Area 2nd
Annual Conference |
1952 | |
| 3/10 | Organization and Conference
Manual |
1963 | |
| 3/10 | Ovington, Mary White, "How
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began"
|
1914 | |
| 3/10 | Southern California Area
Council Annual Conference |
1952 | |
| 3/10 | Title VII - Equal Employment
Section Civil Rights Act of 1964 - "The War Against Poverty" |
1965 | |
| 3/11 | Velde Committee
Hearings |
1954 | |
| 3/11 | West Coast
Conference |
1948 | |
| 3/11 | Wilkins, Roy, "Stalin's
Greatest Defeat" |
1951 | |
Publications of other
organizations |
|||
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/11 | Portland City Club
Bulletin
|
1945 July 20 | |
| 3/11 | United States Veterans'
Administration, Higley, Harvey V., "The End of Segregation in V.A. Hospitals
and Domiciliaries" |
undated | |
| 3/11 | Vancouver Housing Authority,
"Living Room for a Greater Vancouver" |
1956 | |
| 3/11 | Vancouver, Superintendent of
Schools, " Education for all Vancouver Youth" |
||
| Box/Folder | |||
| 4/1-3 | Miscellaneous
ephemera |
undated | |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 4/4 | Miscellany |
undated | |
NAACP Northwest Area ConferenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Incoming letters |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/5 | Baxter, J 1 item
|
1952 |
| 4/5 | Burton, Philip L. 1 item
|
1952 |
| 4/5 | Evergreen Hotel 1 item
|
1952 |
| 4/5 | First Methodist Church
(Vancouver) 1 item
|
1952 |
| 4/5 | Hudgins, William R. 2 items
|
1951 |
| 4/5 | NAACP, Klamath
Falls 1 item
|
1952 |
| 4/5 | NAACP, Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc. 1 item
|
1951 |
| 4/5 | NAACP, National
Office 1 item
|
1951 |
| 4/6 | NAACP, Northwest Area
Conference 29 items
|
1951-1965 |
| 4/7 | NAACP, Portland 1 item
|
1952 |
| 4/7 | NAACP, Seattle 4 items
|
1951 |
| 4/7 | NAACP, Spokane 1 item
|
1964 |
| 4/7 | NAACP, West Coast Regional
Office 12 items
|
1950-1952 |
| 4/7 | NAACP, Yakima 2 items
|
1952 |
| 4/7 | Oregon State Building and
Construction Trades Council 1 item
|
1952 |
| 4/7 | Robinson, Walter H. 1 item
|
1952 |
| 4/7 | Roe, Willard J. 2 items
|
1952 |
| 4/7 | Vancouver Mayor 1 item
|
1952 |
| 4/7 | Washington State Board Against
Discrimination in Employment 1 item
|
1952 |
| 4/7 | Watson, Dolores 2 items
|
1951 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/8 | Outgoing letters 18 items
|
1950-1952 |
| 4/9-10 | Minutes 24 items
|
1948-1955 |
| 4/11 | News releases 2 items
|
1965 |
| 4/12 | Notes |
undated |
| 4/13 | Newsletters 9 items
|
1950-1952 |
| 4/14 | Clippings |
undated |
| 4/15 | Ephemera |
undated |
NAACP Washington State ConferenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Incoming letters |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/16 | First Christian Church
(Portland) 1 item
|
1949 |
| 4/16 | NAACP National
Office 5 items
|
1949-1950 |
| 4/16 | NAACP, Spokane 2 items
|
1949 |
| 4/16 | NAACP, Tacoma 3 items
|
1950 |
| 4/16 | NAACP, Walla Walla 1 item
|
1949 |
| 4/17 | NAACP, Washington State
Conference 36 items
|
1947-1951 |
| 4/18 | NAACP, West Coast Regional
Office 4 items
|
1949-1950 |
| 4/18 | NAACP, Yakima 2 items
|
1949, undated |
| 4/18 | Salem, Frank 1 item
|
1949 |
| 4/18 | Stokes, Charles M. 1 item
|
1949 |
| 4/18 | Wyman 1 item
|
1949 |
| 4/18 | Unidentified
(Melvina) 3 items
|
1949 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/19 | Outgoing letters 8 items
|
1948-1950 |
| 4/20 | Minutes 4 items
|
1947-1949 |
| 4/21 | Reports 7 items
|
undated |
| 4/22 | Speeches and writings 2 items
|
undated |
| 4/23 | News releases 1 item
|
undated |
| 4/24 | Notes |
undated |
| 4/25 | Clippings |
undated |
| 4/26 | Ephemera |
undated |
NAACP Youth Council, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 5/1
Vancouver Civic Unity League, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 5/2
Vancouver Community Forum, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 5/3
Vancouver Inter-Racial Council, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 5/4
White, Walter, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 5/5-6
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Corporate Names
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Vancouver Branch (Vancouver, Wash.)--Archives
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
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