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Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972

Biography:

"U.S. public official who, as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1924 until his death in 1972, built that agency into a highly effective, if occasionally controversial, arm of federal law enforcement."-- "Hoover, J. Edgar." Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 13 Feb. 2008 .

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Asa and Elna Spaulding papers, 1909-1997 and undated, bulk 1935-1983 (Duke University Libraries)
  • Box AOM-2, Folder 1: Biographical data: certificate from National Academy of Music, 1932 (Certificates)
  • Box EC-2, Folder 3: Durham County Schools, 1976-1982 (Letters (correspondence))
  • Box EO-15, Folder 8: G, 1982 (Order forms)
  • Box EO-18, Folder 9: National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc., 1981, undated (Press releases)
  • Box ES-1, Folder 4: Calendars, Appointments, and Contacts, 1976-1982 (Calendars (documents by form))
• Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library. (Digital Library of Georgia)
  • --Next, the chair recognizes-- / Baldy, 1967 Nov. 7. (Editorial cartoons)
• Barbara C. Jordan Archives (Portal to Texas History)
  • Shaping the American Experience (Speeches (documents))
• Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Oral History Collections (Butler Center for Arkansas Studies)
  • Jim Porter interview audio clip 21 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Joycelyn Elders interview audio clip 22 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Joycelyn Elders interview audio clip 23 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Kathryn Fitzhugh interview audio clip 24 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Kathryn Fitzhugh interview audio clip 25 (Oral histories (document genres))
• Charles N. Hunter papers, 1850s-1932 and undated (Duke University Libraries)
  • Box 6, Folder 123: "Some of the Evils of Reconstruction" (Text)
• Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection (University of Southern California Libraries)
  • Charlotta Bass and other party-goers listen to a speech at a birthday party for Independent Progressive Party of California, circa 1949, Los Angeles (Photographs)
  • John Kinloch in front of the California Eagle offices, circa 1941, Los Angeles (Photographs)
• Citizens' Council Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Association of Citizens' Council of Mississippi, "A Resolution" (Resolutions (administrative records))
• Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981 (Duke University Libraries)
  • Box 2, Folder 1: Ford Foundation Reports, Black Studies Reports, 1970-1972 (Text)
  • Box 2, Folder 20: Koman, Janice, Co-Chairperson Duke Union Cable Television Project, 1976 (Text)
• Integration Correspondence (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Judy C. Franz to Mr. Meredith (1 October 1962) (Correspondence)
  • Julia B. Mozley to Mr. Meredith (1 October 1962) (Correspondence)
• James W. Silver Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • James W. Silver to the Editor, 15 March 1963 (Correspondence)
  • James W. Silver to The Mississippian, undated (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Report From Britain, 25 September 1949 (Articles)
  • Rodes to Dr. S. (Correspondence)
  • The Southern Reposure (Clippings (information artifacts))
• Modjeska Monteith Simkins Papers, 1909-1992 (University of South Carolina)
  • Modjeska Simkins Papers, Topical Papers, Campaigns, Miscellaneous 2 (Manuscripts (documents))
  • Modjeska Simkins Papers, Topical Papers, Columbia Town Council, 1946 and No Date (Manuscripts (documents))
• Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement (Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill))
  • Oral history interview with Glennon Threatt, June 16, 2005 (Transcripts)
  • Oral history interview with Loistine Defreece, February 16, 1991 (Transcripts)
  • Oral history interview with Ray Spain, January 26, 1990 (Transcripts)
  • Oral history interview with Viola Turner, April 15, 1979 (Transcripts)
• Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress)
  • [Rosa Parks travelling with President Bill Clinton's whistle-stop presidential campaign tour, 1996] [graphic] / (Photographic printsColor1990-2000.gmgpc)
  • [Rosa Parks with nieces Rhea and Susan McCauley and Rhea's children] [graphic]. (Photographic printsColor1970-1980.gmgpc)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph [Image of Sidney Walker] (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Thomas Madison Armstrong, III following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 23 (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of William Andrew Wendt following his arrest for his participation in a Freedom Ride of Episcopal clergymen, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 September 13 (Black-and-white photographs)
• Voices of Civil Rights (Library of Congress)
  • Civil rights demonstrators from the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chained to a federal courthouse in New York City in protest of civil rights abuses in Jackson, Mississippi (Black-and-white photographs)

Educator Resources

• Civil Rights Documentation Project (Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center)