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361.
Collection
The scrapbooks

Description:
The Scrapbooks Collection is compiled of newspaper clippings covering different historical events in Alabama, Mississippi, and other states in the nation.
Date of Original:
1913/1995
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

362.
Collection
Black trailblazers, leaders, activists, and intellectuals in Cleveland

Description:
Black Trailblazers, Leaders, Activists, and Intellectuals in Cleveland contains approximately 2000 images of 500 individuals selected from the photographs in the Cleveland Press Collection. The photographs in the collection generally date from the 1920s on, with most of them from 1960 to 1982 and are arranged alphabetically by the individual's last name. To be included in the collection, an individual had to be either born or raised in the greater Cleveland area or have lived a significant part of his/her life in the region.
Date of Original:
1912/1990
Contributing Institution:
Michael Schwartz Library

364.
Collection
Grace Towns Hamilton papers

Description:
Grace Towns Hamilton (1907-1992) was a civic leader and Georgia General Assembly member. She is known as the first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly. She represented the Vine City area of Atlanta in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1965 to 1984.
Date of Original:
1910/1984
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

365.
Collection
Madam C.J. Walker

Description:
Records of Indianapolis-based African American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker.
Date of Original:
1910/1998
Contributing Institution:
Indiana Historical Society

367.
Collection
Asa and Elna Spaulding papers, 1909-1997 and undated, bulk 1935-1983

Description:
Materials document the lifelong involvement of African American civic leaders Asa and Edna Spaulding in the business, political, educational, religious, and social life of Durham, N.C.; the Spauldings were active in a broad range of political bodies, businesses, civic groups, and activist organizations.
Date of Original:
1909/1997
Contributing Institution:
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

368.
Collection
Modjeska Monteith Simkins Papers, 1909-1992

Description:
Activist Modjeska Simkins of Columbia, S.C. served as the South Carolina State Secretary for the NAACP, 1941-1957; as Campaign Director for the renovation of Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital, 1944-1950; as Public Relations Director for the Richland County Citizens Committee, 1956-1988; and as President of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, 1972-1974.
Date of Original:
1909/1992
Contributing Institution:
South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

371.
Collection
Photographs

Description:
A collection of photographs of the architecture, businesses, and people of Birmingham. Included in the collection are portraits of prominent historical figures and photographs that document the civil rights movement in the city.
Date of Original:
1908/1966
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)