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African-Americans Collections |
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African-Americans Collections |
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| MS-38 | DAYTON URBAN LEAGUE.
Records, 1947-1968. 18.5 lin. ft. |
| Includes Board of Directors' minutes, annual reports, financial records, extensive correspondence, committee reports, subject files, news releases, and other related materials. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-39 | SPRINGFIELD URBAN LEAGUE.
Records, 1960-1970. 14 lin. ft. |
| Includes constitution and by-laws, Board of Director's minutes, reports, correspondence, financial records, subject files, news releases, and clippings for the Springfield, Ohio, chapter of the Urban League. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-248 | MATTHEWS-HOWARD FAMILY.
Papers, 1908-1992. 4 lin. ft. |
| Graduates of Wilberforce University, Rev. Wesley Matthews and his wife, Ruth "Pat" Matthews, were active in civil rights, church work, and community organizing in the Dayton, Yellow Springs, and Urbana areas of Ohio. After Rev. Matthews died in 1978, Pat Matthews remarried Wendell Howard, a Springfield pharmacist. Papers in this collection include business and personal correspondence from both families, records from a depression-era WPA education program in Clark County, family photographs, a scrapbook and correspondence from Tuskegee Institute, a Tuskegee Airmen yearbook, and materials pertaining to the Matthews' various civic involvements. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-267 | CHARLES M. AUSTIN COLLECTION.
Papers, 1981-1999. 4 lin. ft. |
| The Charles M. Austin Collection documents the results of Mr. Austin’s extensive research on African-American history in the Miami Valley, and particularly in Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio. His papers include recorded speeches/interview and articles. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-322 | MCGEE, JAMES H. (1930-) Papers, 1930-1980. 2.5 lin.ft. |
| James Howell McGee was the first African-American mayor of Dayton, Ohio and one of the first African-American mayors of a major U.S. city. McGee was born in West Virginia and spent his developmental years in Steubenville, Ohio. He received his undergraduate degree from Wilberforce University and his law degree from Ohio State University in 1948. Upon graduation, McGee practiced law in the Miami Valley and became involved in civil rights and Dayton city politics. His papers include speeches, correspondence, and photographs. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-332 | CRAWFORD, DON L. (1921-2000) Papers, 1918-2003. 2.5 lin.ft. |
| This collection includes newspaper clippings, magazine articles, scrapbooks, correspondence, speech notes and publicity, photographs, certificates, and campaign literature. Most items are by or about Don L. Crawford, Jr., one of Dayton’s best-known African American leaders of the 1960s-1980s. A few items in the collection relate to other Crawford family members Don L., Sr., Agatha Crawford Payne, and Donella Crawford. Finding aid available. | |
| SC-8 | DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE (1872-1906).
Papers, 1898-1903. 3 items. |
| Consists of two receipts and an IOU for $215.00. The IOU is for Dunbar's friend and patron, Dr. H.A. Toby, and is signed by Dunbar. | |
| SC-82 | McLIN, C.J., JR. (1921- 1989).
Papers, 1988. 1 item. |
| A typescript of a short autobiography by long-time Dayton, Ohio, legislator, C.J. McLin, Jr. | |
| MFM-6 | REGISTER OF BLACK AND MULATTO PERSONS.
Records, 1804-1856. 1 reel. |
| Records of freed Blacks from Greene, Logan, Miami, and Montgomery counties in Ohio. Information usually includes name, age, birthdate, place and date of freedom, name of former owner, and a short physical description. | |
| MFM-18 | PETERSON, MINNIE (1924-1978).
Papers, 1949-1978. 1 reel. |
| Collection includes scrapbooks, correspondence and photographs of a well-known African-American civil rights activist from Dayton, Ohio. | |
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