National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Spokane Branch Records, 1923-1984

Overview of the Collection

Creator
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Spokane Branch
Title
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Spokane Branch Records
Dates
1923-1984 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.2 linear feet, (3 manuscript boxes)
Collection Number
SPC 979-0092
Summary
This collections contains correspondence, minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and a photograph of the Spokane Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Repository
Eastern Washington University
Archives & Special Collections
Eastern Washington University Libraries
320 Media Lane - 100 LIB
Cheney, WA
99004-2453
Telephone: 5093592475
archives@ewu.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open to the public.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collections contains records of the Spokane Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). It includes correspondence, minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and a photograph showing branch officals in March 1979.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Use of this collection is subject to the rules concerning access to archival and manuscript collections at Eastern Washington University. For more information, see: http://www.ewu.edu/Library/Services/Archives.xml

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply. For more information or permission to publish, contact Eastern Washington University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections at (509) 359-2475, or archives@ewu.edu.

Preferred Citation

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Spokane Branch Records; SPC 979-0092; box number; folder number; Archives & Special Collections, Eastern Washington University.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Minute book, 1923-1938. Lillian C. Stokes; 1979

Acquisition Information

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photograph. Lydia T. Sims;1979

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Minutes, 1923-1980Return to Top

0.1 linear feet, (5 folders)
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Minutes
1923-1948
1 2
Minutes
January 1971 - December 1977
1 3
Minutes
January 1978 - December 1978
1 4
Minutes
January 1979 - December 1979
1 5
Minutes
January 1980 - December 1980

Series 2:  Reports, 1977-1982Return to Top

0.01 linear feet, (2 folders)
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 6
Reports
1977-1979
1 7
Reports
1979-1982

Series 3:  Correspondence, 1943-1982Return to Top

0.4 linear feet, (7 folders)
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 8
Incoming correspondence, Anderson - Haley
1944-1982
1 9
Incoming correspondence, Haynes - Hope
1977-1982
1 10
Incoming correspondence, Jackson - Polite
1943-1982
1 11
Incoming correspondence, Pugh - Zehr
1944-1982
1 12
Outgoing correspondence
October 12, 1944 - November 11, 1975
2 1
Outgoing correspondence
January 21, 1976 - December 10, 1980
2 2
Outgoing correspondence
March 1, 1981 - October 11, 1982

Series 4:  Newsletters and clippings, 1948-1984Return to Top

0.2 linear feet, (5 folders)
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 3
News releases
1948-1982
2 4
Newsletters
September 1977 - May 1980
2 5
Newspaper clippings
1977-1982
3 7
Newspaper clippings
1984
2 6
Scrapbook
1956-1976

Series 5:  NAACP offices, 1945-1982Return to Top

0.5 linear feet, (8 folders)
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 7
Northwest Regional NAACP
1945-1981
2 8
Northwest Regional NAACP
May 1981 - May 1982
3 1
Spokane Branch NAACP
February 1978 - August 1980
3 6
Spokane Chapter officer group portrait by Wally Hagin
1979
3 2
NAACP national office
1977-1980
3 3
NAACP national office
1980-1982
3 4
NAACP national office
1982
3 5
NAACP national office
1979

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • African Americans--Civil Rights--Washington (State), Eastern
  • African Americans--Washington (State), Eastern--Societies, etc.

Corporate Names

  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Spokane Branch--Records and correspondence

Geographical Names

  • Spokane (Wash.)--Race relations
  • Washington (State), Eastern--Race relations

Form or Genre Terms

  • Clippings (information artifacts)
  • Correspondence
  • Minutes
  • Photographs
  • financial records
  • scrapbooks