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'Do Not File' File. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1989

Call number: Microfilm A288

Guide: 'Do Not File' File
Call number: HV8141.F421

Note: 2 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: In April 11, 1940, J. Edgar Hoover established a new procedure, outside of the Bureau's central records system, for filing certain sensitive memoranda. Assistant directors and supervisors were to distinguish these communications by using a special pink, or later blue, form. Hoover's intention was that the files were to be read, returned to the author, and destroyed. However, through both intended and inadvertent exceptions to this order, large portions of these files survived. These files are currently housed in the FBI central files in the FBI building in Washington DC.

FBI File 62116758 is an office file maintained by the head of the Bureau's Domestic Intelligence Division, FBI Assistant Director D. Milton Ladd. This file was created during the World War II period and contains approximately 1,860 pages, divided into three categories.

The first comprises the various policy memoranda leading to the creation of the special memoranda procedures. Also included are memoranda from the mid-1970s relative to the congressional inquiries into the Do Not File procedures.

The second category consists of memoranda pertaining to three very sensitive wiretaps installed in 1941-1942. These authorization memoranda, and the transcripts of intercepted conversations, were intentionally kept separate from other FBI wiretap records because of the intended targets: prominent individuals with close ties to the conservative leadership in Congress (in the case of the wiretapping of Henry Grunewald) or with ties to wealthy Americans (specifically, William Vanderbilt in the cases of John O'Brien and Lillian Moorehead).

The third category contains memoranda created by Ladd between 1940 and 1946 relating to his activities as head of the Domestic Intelligence Division. As the creator of these confidential files, Ladd's records help shed light on the files' importance in the day-to-day operations of the Bureau.

A guide is available which provides a history of the 'Do Not File' File as well as an index of the collection.

Subjects: United States Federal Bureau of Investigation; Freedom of Information Act

Administrative History of the Department of Justice During the Administration of Lyndon B. Johnson, November 1963-January 1969. History of the Department of Justice (1963-1969). Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, c1980

Call number: Microfilm A325

Guide: A Guide to History of the Department of Justice, November 1963-January 1969; History of the Federal Trade Commission, November 1963-January 1969
Call number: JK873.G85 1980

Note: 6 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: Under the leadership of Robert Kennedy, Nicholas Katzenbach, and Ramsey Clark, the Department of Justice (DOJ) supported the civil rights movement with its prestige and its power. This history (over 5,000 pages) provides a lengthy historical narrative with major supporting documents on all areas of DOJ involvement during the Johnson years.

A guide is available which provides an index of the reels within the collection.

Subjects: United States Department of Justice; Administration of Justice; Politics and Government (20th Century); Johnson, Lyndon B.

Blacks in the Railroad Industry Collection, 1946-1954. New York, NY, New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1980; Wilmington, DE], Scholarly Resources Inc., 1995

Call number: Microforms A338

Guide: Guide to Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition
Call number: E185.5.G854 1995

Note: 1 reel 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.

Description: The Blacks in the Railroad Industry Collection is a compilation of a variety of materials documenting the struggle of African American railroad employees against discriminatory practices by the industry and the white labor unions. The collection is not a cohesive unit. Instead, it is an artificial collection, seemingly gathered for research and information purposes.

The collection is divided into six sections:

Correspondence
Unions and Union related organizations
Writings
Legal Documents
Memoranda
Printed Material

A guide for the collection is available and should be consulted for the contents of each section of the collection. Also, the guide contains a reel index and a brief history of the relationship between African American workers and the Railroad industry.

Subjects: African Americans (20th Century); Employment; Railroads; Labor Unions (20th Century); United States (20th Century)

Chase, Salmon P. ( Salmon Portland ), 1808-1873. The Salmon P. Chase Papers. Frederick, MD, University Publications of America, c1987

Call number: Microfilm A341

Guide: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Salmon P. Chase Papers
Call number: E415.6.C48 1987

Note: 43 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: Salmon Portland Chase was born in Cornish, New Hampshire in 1808. In 1830, he settled in Cincinnati, Ohio as a lawyer assisting fugitive slaves. Twice Governor of Ohio (1855 - 1859), he became the Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 until 1864. In 1864, Abraham Lincoln appointed him a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court where he presided eventually presided over the trial of President Andrew Johnson in 1868.

The Salmon P. Chase Papers consists of more than 14,000 letters and documents written or received by Chase during the course of his life, and gathered from numerous collections housed in the National Archives, the historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Ohio Historical Society and numerous other collections.

The collection is divided into two sections with an index preceding (rolls 1 - 3). Series I (rolls 4 - 39) holds documents of correspondence written and received by Chase. Series II (rolls 40 - 43) contains speeches, articles, judicial opinions, legislative bills and diaries. Both series are arranged chronologically and alphabetically within each year.

The main finding aid to the edition is the index on the first three reels of the microfilm. The index entries, which contain summaries of the contents of the manuscripts, are arranged by author and, under each author, by receiver and date. Each document is accompanied on the microfilm by an editorial description that identifies the documents' author, receiver, date, place of writing, length, document type, and repository. The description also provides a brief synopsis of the documents' contents. In addition, many documents are accompanied by editorial notes that explain inferences and anomalies and that provide additional background information. Important documents that are damaged or faded and cannot be reproduced clearly are accompanied by reading transcriptions.

The microfilm is accompanied by a printed guide that contains a reel list, a list of repositories, a biographical sketch of Chase and a summary of his career, a description of Chases papers and the projects search for them among numerous archives, a discussion of the editor's selection process and manner of compiling the edition and notes on the organization and use of the edition.

Subjects: Chase, Salmon P.; Politics and Government (19th Century)

Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, Egypt, 1955-1959, Foreign Affairs : Decimal Numbers 674 and 611.74. Frederick, MD. : University Publications of America, c1989

Call number: Microfilm A272

Guide: Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, Egypt, 1955-1959, Foreign Affairs
Call number: DT82.C66 1989

Note: 7 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: The Central Files of the U.S. State Department contain instructions to and correspondence with diplomatic posts abroad. The Files also contain correspondence between the State Department and other Federal departments, agencies and Congress as well as private individuals and organizations.

This collection from the Central Files, part of Records Group 59 available at the National Archives, is from the Foreign Affairs subject classification. The Files contain information on political relations and bilateral treaties between Egypt and other nations of the Near and Far East (reels 1 - 6). Also included are those records dealing with relations between the U.S. and Egypt (reel 10).

Due to the organization of the Central Files and the duplicating process chosen by the collection publisher, the files contain information on only those countries whose filing numbers are larger than Egypt's (74). There is a guide available and it should be consulted for an explanation of the filing system as well as a list of the exact countries dealt with in this collection.

Subjects: Egypt

Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, Indochina Internal Affairs, 1945-1949. Frederick, Md. : University Publications of America, c1984

Call number: Microfilm A237

Guide: Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, Indochina Internal Affairs, 1945-1949
Call number: DS550.C6 1985

Note: 10 reels 35 mm. microfilm

This collection from the Central Files, part of Records Group 59 available at the National Archives, is from the Internal Economic, Industrial and Social Affairs subject classification. It contains files that deal with the internal situation in the modern nations of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam (collectively known as Indochina) during the era when the French government was attempting to reassert control over the area after World War II. Reel 10 also includes Confidential Correspondence Files which have since been declassified, but not reintegrated into the Correspondence Files.

A guide is available that provides both a reel and a subject index.

See also:Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, Indochina Internal Affairs, 1950-1954 (Microfilm A273, Guide DS550.C61985b)

Subjects: Indochina; Politics and Government (20th Century); Economic Conditions (20th Century); Vietnam; United States Department of State

Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931. Thomas A. Edison Papers : A Selective Microfilm Edition. Frederick, Md. : University Publications of America, 1985 [i.e. 1984]-

Call number: Microfilm A212 part 1

Guide: A Guide to Thomas A. Edison Papers
Call number: TK140.E368 part 1

Note: 28 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals are in the Edison National Historic Site at West Orange, New Jersey.

Description: Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio in 1847. Where he worked in his early life as a paper boy and telegraph operator. His later life, however, is marked by his efforts as an inventor, businessman, scientist, industrialist, entrepreneur and engineer. His inventions include the carbon filament light bulb, the phonograph, a stock ticker and numerous communication inventions including the quadraplex telegraph line and a practical receiver for the telephone. By integrating his love of technology and invention into a business background, Edison is also largely responsible for developing the era of modern industrial research.

The Edison papers, contained at the Edison National Historic Site, include over three and a half million pages. Part I of the microfilm collection covers the years from 1850 until 1878 and contains approximately 45,000 pages. This section contains the most sparse section of the papers since Edison did not begin any systematic collection of records until 1870 in anticipation of patent and contractual litigation.

The collection contains ten series which are gathered from the notebooks of Edison as well as miscellaneous documents. The series are: 1. US Patents, 2. Notebook series, 3. Patent series, 4. Litigation series, 5. Document file series, 6. Account series, 7. Menlo Park series, 8. Miscellaneous Scrapbook series, 9. Letterbook series, 10. Legal series.

A guide is available with an extensive history and chronology and description of editorial procedures. Also included are series notes, and index to Authors and Recipients and a chronological index to technical notes and financial notes.

Subjects: Edison, Thomas Alva; Inventors

FBI Wiretaps, Bugs and Break-ins : The National Security Electronic Surveillance Card File and Surreptitious Entries File. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1988

Call number: Microfilm A290

Guide: FBI Wiretaps, Bugs and Break-ins : The National Security Electronic Surveillance Card File and Surreptitious Entries File
Call number: HV8144.F43U6 1988

Note: 4 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: This collection contains two sections; The National Security Electronic Surveillance Card File and the Surreptitious Entries File.

The National Security Electronic Surveillance Card File originated in 1941 as the Symbol Number Sensitive Source Index. Kept at FBI headquarters, this was a card file that indicated next to a symbol number the specific source of field reports originating from informers, wiretaps, bugs, mail covers or intercepts, and break-ins.

The FBI has released from the inactive files approximately 700 cards identifying targeted organizations together with the start and end dates of the surveillance. It has deleted the symbol numbers and any geographic locations from the released cards and has not released cards showing individuals as subjects.

J. Edgar Hoover never intended documentation of the FBI's black bag jobs, as they were called before being renamed surreptitious entries, would become public. In 1953, he had ordered documentation of 'illegal activities' be destroyed every six months along with the 'do not file' memoranda. Despite such efforts, certain files, either deliberately or through error, have escaped destruction. In 1975, Justice Department attorneys discovered a large cache of records in the office safe of Thomas Malone, special agent in charge in New York City, who had failed to comply with the director's destruction order.

The Surreptitious Entries File (FBI 62117166) reproduced here includes the released files of the Malone safe along with the records of the Justice Department inquiries of 1975-1980 that led to the discovery and use of the files in litigation. The most prominent subjects of the documents were the Socialist Workers party and the Weather Underground, both dating from the early 1970s.

The FBI did not release copies of the targeted organization's own documents, and it deleted portions of others in the released folders. In every case the folder covers have been reproduced to indicate the original contents and the basis of the FBIs withholding claims.

A guide for the collection is available which contains a concise history of both files as well as an index of the reels.

Subjects: United States Federal Bureau of Investigation; National Security; Electronic Surveillance

Hancock, John, 1737-1793. Microfilm Edition of the Hancock Family Papers. Boston, Massachusetts Historical Society, c1977

Call number: Microfilm A318

Guide: Catalogue Guide to the Hancock Papers, 1728 -1815 : A Microfilm Edition
Call number: E302.6.H23 H36 1977

Note: 2 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: The collection contains the entire collection of the Hancock Family Papers housed at the Massachusetts Historical Society. The collection contains, mainly, letters and correspondence of the family whose most famous member, John, is remembered as the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. The collection deliberately omits deeds, commissions, printed materials, drafts of State papers and items containing only a signature. All items are arranged chronologically, except the letterbooks (Thomas Hancock, 1745 - 1750; John Hancock, 1780 - 1782), Receipt Book (Thomas Hancock, 1747 - 1755) and Reports to the Continental Congress (Ebenezer Hancock, 1776 - 1779), which are contained as four separate categories on Reel 1.

A guide to the collection is available and should be consulted for easy location of specific documents. The cards in the guide are arranged alphabetically under the names of the writer. In a few cases there are subject headings, but there are no cross reference cards in the guide.

Subjects: Hancock, John; Hancock Family

Harrison-Bundy Files Relating to the Development of the Atomic Bomb, 1942-1946. Washington, D.C., National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1980

Call number: Microfilm A344

Guide: See beginning of reel 1

Note: 9 reels 35 mm. microfilm. National Archives Microfilm Publications, Microfilm Publication M1108.

Description: The collection documents the role played by the U.S. Army in the development and production of nuclear weaponry. The files are the records of George L. Harrison and Harvey H. Bundy, two special assistants to Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson. Originally created and housed in the office of the Secretary of War, the files are now among those of the Manhattan Engineer District (The Manhattan Project), part of the Records of the Chief Engineer, Record Group 77 at the National Archives in Washington D.C.

The records contain letters, reports and memoranda and are arranged in 113 folders according to a subject-numeric scheme, which is described in appendixes A and B to the Introduction on reel 1. Within each folder, the documents are arranged in accordance with accompanying descriptive lists (filmed as the first part of each folder).

No printed guide is available, however, one is reproduced at the beginning of reel 1. It contains a history of the documents and descriptions of the subject-numeric system.

Subjects: United States Army Corps of Engineers; Manhattan Project; Atomic bomb

History of the Federal Trade Commission, 1963-1969. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, c1980

Call number: Microfilm A326

Guide: A Guide to History of the Department of Justice, November 1963-January 1969; History of the Federal Trade Commission, November 1963-January 1969
Call number: JK873.G85 1980

Note: 2 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: The 1960s were stormy years for the Federal Trade Commission. Confronted on the one hand by the public pressures exerted by the young but growing consumer movement and, on the other hand, by the private pressures of financially and politically powerful conglomerates, the FTC was in the unenviable position of pleasing almost no one. This collection is a narrative and documentary history of the FTC during pivotal years in the evolution of governmental regulation of business.

A guide is available which provides an index of the reels within the collection.

Subjects: United States Federal Trade Commission

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Langston Hughes, Material from the Vertical Files of the Schomburg Collection, 1926-1967. Wilmington, DE, Scholarly Resources, 1995

Call number: Microfilm A336

Guide: See reel 1

Note: 4 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals held by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Description: James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri in 1902. Poet, short story writer and playwright, he is celebrated as an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. His poems appeared in The Crisis and The New Negro. He is, perhaps, best known for his 'Simple Stories', which appeared as comic strips, in books and on the stage during the 1950's.

This collection consists of the vertical file holdings of Langston Hughes as of September 1971. The collection contains many types of materials, much of it donated to the Schomburg Collection by the author himself. The Material is arranged into 7 groups: A. Biography, B. Writings, C. Programs, D. Works presented, E. Material in other Libraries, F. Criticism and G. Miscellaneous items.

No printed guide is available, however, one is reproduced on the first reel of film. It includes a short biography, scope and content note and an inventory of the collection.

Subjects: Hughes, Langston; African Americans (Personal Papers)

Ickes, Harold L. ( Harold LeClair ), 1874-1952. The Harold Ickes Diaries 1933-1951. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, [197_]

Call number: Microfilm A330

Guide: Card file index on reel 10-12

Note: 12 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: Harold LeClaire Ickes was born in Frankstown Township, Pennsylvania in 1874. He studied at the University of Chicago and reported for Chicago newspapers. He became active in the Republican party reform of the early twentieth century and became a prominent figure in the Progressive Party (1912 - 1916). In 1932, he changed his affiliation and backed Franklin Roosevelt who later appointed Ickes Interior Secretary (1933 - 1946). As such, he angered the public utilities by curbing their power and providing low cost housing and utilities for the poor. He resigned in 1946 in protest of President Harry Truman's appointment of an "oil-man" as Navy Undersecretary, but supported Truman's reelection and later rejoining the Presidential Staff in 1949.

The collection contains the diaries of Harold Ickes on reels one through nine. Reels ten through twelve reproduce a card file index to the diaries and should be consulted for the location of specific subjects within the diaries as there is no printed guide for the collection.

Subjects: Ickes, Harold L.; United States History New Deal (1933-1939); Politics and Government (20th Century)

Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899. The Papers of Robert G. Ingersoll. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service, 1985

Call number: Microfilm A233

Guide: Reel guide on Reel 1

Note: 36 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in the Library of Congress.

Description: Robert Green Ingersoll was born in Dresden, New York in 1833. He moved with his family to Illinois where he eventually become a prominent lawyer and lecturer. In 1864, he joined the Republican Party. In 1867 - 1869 he served as the Attorney General for the state of Illinois. He became known for his oratory skills through a speech supporting the nomination of James Blaine at the Republican National Convention in 1876. Thereafter, he was in much demand by the party as an orator. However, his political involvement was limited to that of orator, largely because of his religious beliefs. Ingersoll was an agnostic and his fame as such was sealed by a series of lectures he delivered on religion and science in which he spoke strongly against orthodox religion.

His papers are divided into 8 series which cover numerous topics of his life and careers (especially in the years after 1866). The series are: Diaries, 1875 - 1897 (reel 1); Family Correspondence, 1842 - 1940 (reels 1 through 6); Letterbooks, 1862 - 1897 (reels 6 through 17); General Correspondence, 1861 - 1899 (reels 17 through 19; Speeches and Writing File, 1864 - 1900 (reels 19 through 24); Legal File, 1863 - 1892 (reels 23 through 25); Scrapbooks, 1857 - 1904 (reels 25 through 32) and Miscellany, 1826 - 1938 (reels 32 through 36).

No printed guide is available, however, one is reproduced at the beginning of reel 1 and includes a biography, series description and container list.

Subjects: Ingersoll, Robert Green; Free Thought

Landmarks of Science : A Comprehensive Collection of the Source Material in the History of Science, Comprising the Significant Contributions to the Advancement of Science and Technology. New York : Readex Microprint Corp, 1966-

Call number: Microprint .L35

Guide: Landmarks in science, a guide to the collection
Call number: Z7401.L3

Note: 29,000 microprint cards

Description: The Landmarks of Science collection is a collection of source material in the history of science. It includes first editions of major scientific works from the beginning of printing to the early twentieth century. Later editions have been filmed when they include important changes or new information and some English translations have been filmed for works originally published in other languages. The collection is on 25 x 16cm micro-opaque cards.

The guide available for the collection was compiled by photocopying the information available at the top of each microprint card. Arranged alphabetically by author then title, or by title for anonymous works, the guide gives the author's name, title, place of publication and date of publication for each work.

Subjects: Science

Louis Nichols Official and Confidential File and the Clyde Tolson Personal File. Bethesda, Md., University Publications of America, 1990

Call number: Microfilm A269

Guide: Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Federal Bureau of Investigation Confidential Files, the Louis Nichols Official and Confidential File and the Clyde Tolson Personal File
Call number: HV8144.F43G85 1990

Note: 12 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: The Louis Nichols Official and Confidential File and the Clyde Tolson Personal File housed in the FBI Central Files at the FBI Building in Washington DC are two of the files that, for unexplained reasons, contain sensitive FBI internal documents, but escaped the purges of such documents ordered by the Director on a regular basis.

As J. Edgar Hoover's liaison to the media and Congress, Louis Nichols was the Bureau's third most powerful official. The Nichols files contain information on such topics as wiretapping; relations with the media (both hostile, such as the Chicago Tribune, and friendly, such as the Reader's Digest); activists critical of FBI conduct during the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Raid of 1940; dealings with other intelligence agencies; FBI assistance to such prominent Americans as John D. Rockefeller III, Robert Montgomery, and Charles Edison; and derogatory information on prominent citizens, including Dwight Eisenhower.

The surviving documents of the Clyde Tolson Personal File encompass the period from January 1965 until May 1972 and consist of memos Hoover addressed to Tolson and other FBI officials on matters on which he wanted action.

Included in the Tolson files are documents recording both Lyndon Johnson's and Richard Nixon's requests for foreign intelligence operations (thus bypassing the CIA) and their political uses of the FBI, as in Nixon's attempts to change the Supreme Court and discredit the Washington press corps. Other documents provide information on Kent State, the civil rights movement, and the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra's son.

A guide to the collection is available and contains a history of the two files. It also provides both reel and subject indexes.

Subjects: Nichols, Louis B.; Tolson, Clyde A.; United States Federal Bureau of Investigation; Political Crimes and Offenses

Louisbourg Papers, Expedition of 1745. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms International, 1968

Call number: Microfilm A322

Guide: Summary at beginning of reel 1

Note: 1 reel 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Description: In 1745, William Pepperrell was placed in command of 4000 militiamen and commanded to take the impregnable French fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. By pure luck and audacity, the expedition was a success and earned Pepperrell a Baronetcy from King George II, the first native born American so honored.

The papers of the Louisbourg Expedition contain five volumes of documents relating to the expedition. The volumes are:

Volume I : Copies of the Instructions to the Commander in Chief
Volume II : Records of the Councils of War Held from Time to Time in the Expedition
Volume III : Copies of Letters Wrote [sic] on His Majesty's Service Against Cape Breton, 1745
Volume IV : Letters, Extracts, Copies and Notebooks, 11 June, 1745 - 10 April, 1758
Volume V : Some Original Papers relative to the Louisbourg Expedition

No printed guide is available and only a brief summary of content is reproduced at the beginning of reel 1.

Subjects: Louisbourg (N.S.); Massachusetts (18th Century); King George's War, 1744-1748

National Economy under President Johnson, Administrative Histories. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, c1983

Call number: Microfilm A321

Guide: The National Economy under President Johnson, Administrative Histories
Call number: HC106.6.N238 1983

Note: 9 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: This collection contains the heretofore unpublished official histories of the key federal organizations that directed the national economy during the Johnson years. Each organization is represented by a lengthy historical narrative and by voluminous supporting documents. The collection is reproduced from the Administrative History Files of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, Austin, Texas.

The organizations covered in the collection are:

Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget): Responsibilities include supervising and controlling the administration of the budget.
Council of Economic Advisers: Responsibilities include analyzing the national economy and its various segments and appraising the economic programs of the government.
Federal Reserve System: Responsibilities include making policies for the nation's credit and monetary affairs.
Securities and Exchange Commission: Responsibilities include providing the fullest possible disclosure to the investing public, protecting its interests against malpractice in the securities and financial markets.
Department of the Treasury: Responsibilities include formulating and recommending economic, financial, tax, and fiscal policies.

A printed guide to the collection is available and should be consulted for the relative position of materials within the collection as there are no frame numbers on the film.

Subjects: Economic Conditions (20th Century); Johnson, Lyndon B.; Presidents

National Security Council (U.S.). Minutes of Meetings of the National Security Council. First Supplement. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1988

Call number: Microfilm A302

Guide: Minutes of Meetings of the National Security Council. First Supplement
Call number: UA23.15.N38 1982 Supplement

Note: 5 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in the National Archives and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library.

Description: Under the National Security Act of 1947 and the Reorganization Plan of 1949, the composition and function of the National Security Council (NSC) are clearly defined. Chaired by the President, the NSC consists of Statutory members (The Vice President and the Secretaries of State and Defense), Statutory advisors (Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Director of Central Intelligence), the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the professional staff members who are on temporary assignment from the armed forces, the CIA and elsewhere in the government. The statutory function of the NSC is to advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to national security.

All of the NSC documents were formerly classified and unavailable for researchers. Now, many of these documents have been released for publication and are available for study. This collection consists of three parts: The Minutes and Meetings of the National Security Council, with Special Advisory Reports; The Minutes and Meetings of the National Security Council, first supplement and The Minutes and Meetings of the National Security Council, second supplement (Each part has a separate catalog entry). Much of the material within the three parts are interspersed and overlapping so that while the minutes of one meeting may be found in one part, the meeting's corresponding documents and summary may be found on film in a separate part of the collection. Within each part, the documents are arranged chronologically and cover the administrations of Presidents Truman and Eisenhower.

A guide for each part is available (with a reel index) and should be consulted to determine the location of specific documents. Also, the guides for the supplements contain a reproduction of the National Security Act of 1947, authorizing and establishing the NSC.

Subjects:United States National Security Council; National Security; Foreign Relations (20th Century); Eisenhower, Dwight; Truman, Harry

National Security Council (U.S.). Minutes of Meetings of the National Security Council. Second Supplement. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1989

Call number: Microfilm A303

Guide: Minutes of Meetings of the National Security Council. Second Supplement
Call number: UA23.15.N38 1988 Supplement

Note: 5 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Subjects: United States National Security Council; National Security; Foreign Relations (20th Century); Eisenhower, Dwight; Truman, Harry

National Security Council (U.S.). Minutes of the Meetings of the National Security Council, with Special Advisory Reports. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1982

Call number: Microfilm A301

Guide: Minutes of the Meetings of the National Security Council, with Special Advisory Reports
Call number: UA23.15.N38 1982

Note: 3 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Subjects: United States National Security Council; National Security; Foreign Relations (20th Century)

Negro Labor Committee Record Group, 1925-1969. Wilmington, Delaware, Scholarly Resources, 1995

Call number: Microfilm A352

Guide: Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition. Series 1 : African-American Organizations
Call number: E185.5.G854 1995

Note: 17 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library.

Description: The Negro Labor Committee was formed on July 20, 1935. The Committee sought to organize the unorganized African American workers and to break down the race barriers within the existing labor movement. At its height, the Committee represented over 250,000 black and white workers and was respected as the voice of "black labor". The Committee's founder and long time chairmen, Frank R Crosswaith, was an established labor advocate and a key figure in the success of the Committee.

The Negro Labor Committee Record Group consists of the complete noncurrent office files of the Committee and the Personal Papers of Frank R. Crosswaith. The collection contains approximately 18,500 items and is divided into two series.

Series I: Office Files of the Negro Labor Committee, is divided into three subseries reflecting the general practice of the staff under the Committee's secretary, Winifred Gittens.

Subseries (a)_contains mostly administrative and historical records of the organizations that preceded the Committee - The Trade Union Committee for Organizing Negro Workers (1925) and the Harlem Labor Committee (1934) - as well as items summarizing the Committee's general interests and activities.

Subseries (b) contains the general subject and activities files of the Committee. Arranged alphabetically, it includes materials on conferences and conventions in which the Committee participated.

Subseries (c) contains the files of the individual unions and locals associated with the Committee and its activities.

Series II: Personal Files of Frank R Crosswaith is divided into 7 subseries.

Subseries (d) contains personal correspondence, biographical data and materials relating to political campaigns.

Subseries (e) contains Crosswaith's writings and speeches, including his copies of "Letters to the Editor" (1940 - 1960) establishing the Committee's position on key events of the day.

Subseries (f) is an organizational subject file with materials regarding many of the organizations with which Crosswaith was affiliated. Subseries (g)_is the same as (f) only it deals with individuals with whom Crosswaith worked.

Crosswaith's activities as a member of the New York City Housing Authority (1942 - 1956) are represented separately as subseries (h).

The final two subseries; (i), Scrapbook Material and (j), Oversized and Nontextual Material were established to deal with those documents outside of the above filing scheme. The materials represented include clippings, photographs, copies of programs and publications, certificates, medals and awards, engraved plates and other documents. The materials are arranged into subject categories and placed in the files alphabetically.

A guide for the collection is available and contains a reel index as well as a brief history of the organization and biography of its founder.

Subjects: African Americans (20th Century); Universal Negro Improvement Association

Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson (1940-1953). Washington, D.C., University Publications of America, 1980

Call number: Microfilm A335

Guide: Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson (1940-1953)
Call number: E813.G85 1980

Note: 5 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: Dean Gooderham Acheson was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1893. He joined the Department of State in 1941 where he became an undersecretary (1945 - 1947) and later, under the Truman Administration, Secretary of State (1949 - 1953). He is largely responsible for the policy that would come to be known as The Truman Doctrine (1947) and helped to determine the Marshall Plan (1947). He also promoted the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949.

This collection makes available the transcripts and/or minutes of Acheson's top-secret conversations and meetings from 1949 to 1953 with notable individuals such as President Truman and General George C. Marshall. The reels are arranged chronologically. The range of issues reflects the major preoccupations of the postwar era: NATO, the Korean crisis, foreign aid, the China question, and the status of Israel, to name just a few.

Subjects: Foreign Relations (20th Century); Politics and Government (20th Century); Truman, Harry S.; Acheson, Dean

AAUW Journal, 1884-1888

Call number: Microfilm F324

Guide: Journal Index (1882-1975)
Call number: LC1756.A2A52

Note: ? reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: A series of documents of a miscellaneous nature puplished by the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. The portrait of a remarkable women's organization, a chronicle of the endevor to improve not only women's education but women's lives.

Continued by Graduate Woman.

Subjects: Women (19th Century); Association of Collegiate Alumnae

Oral histories of the Johnson administration, 1963-1969. Frederick, MD, University Publications of America, c1988

Call number: Microfilm A329

Guide: Guide to the Microform Edition of Oral Histories of the Johnson Administration, 1963-1969
Call number: E846.O73 1988

Note: 18 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Microfilmed from the holdings of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.

Description: The documents in this collection are reproduced from transcripts of oral history interviews available at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin, Texas. The collection (Part 1 of an intended two part collection) contains transcripts of over 300 interviews with officials and aides employed by the Johnson administration. Some of those interviewed include: on Vietnam: William Bundy, assistant Secretary of State for Pacific and East Asian Affairs; Chester L. Cooper, assistant, National Security Council and assistant to Averell Harriman; William Colby, Chief of the Far East division of the CIA; Averell Harriman, Ambassador at large and chief negotiator for the US at the Paris Peace Talks; General Maxwell Taylor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and General William Westmoreland, commanding general of the US forces in Vietnam. On other topics: Vice President Hubert Humphrey; consumer advisers Betty Furnes Midgley and Esther Peterson; CIA Director Richard Helms and Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall.

A guide to the collection is available which includes a reel index. The interviews are arranged alphabetically by interviewee. Along with the name of the interviewee, the guide also provides the position held by the person, the dates that the position was held, the number of interviews given (along with their accession numbers at the LBJ Library), the name of the interviewer and the project with which he/she is affiliated and the date of the interview.

Subjects: Johnson, Lyndon B.; Presidents; Oral Histories; United States History 1961-1969; Politics and Government (20th Century)

Papers of the NAACP. Part 13. NAACP and Labor, 1940-1955. Bethesda, MD, University Publications of America, 1991

Call number: Microfilm A331

Guide: Papers of the NAACP, part 13, NAACP and Labor, 1940-1955
Call number: E185.5.N276A2 pt.13 ser.A

Note: 58 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in 1910 to promote the legal and political rights of Afro-Americans. Early efforts focused on anti-lynching legislation. Since the Second World War, the emphasis has been on legislation and litigation for voting rights and housing and school desegregation.

The Papers of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People document the Association's structure, activities and development and provide information on every aspect of American race relations. The collection contains materials the dating from 1909 to 1950 and is filmed, in thirteen parts, from materials in the Library of Congress and certain private collections. Part 13 concerns the NAACP and labor, 1940-1955 and is divided into three series.

Series A: Subject Files on Labor Conditions and Employment Discrimination, 1940-1955, contains files arranged by industry and occupation. The files cover cases of discrimination, employment opportunities and NAACP actions on labor issues. Consisting mostly of case files, the collection helps document Association strategies and actions in with discrimination and labor conditions.

Series B: Cooperation with Organized Labor, 1940-1955 focuses on the emergence of a national lobby for civil rights, with a large segment on fair employment practices. Led by the NAACP, it was in the early 1950s that the Leadership Council on Civil Rights was formed. Series B comprises the NAACP headquarters' correspondence with its partners in the coalition for fair employment practices, memos on legislative strategies, congressional correspondence, and draft legislation generated in the course of lobbying for their common cause in Washington.

Series C: Legal Department Files on Labor, 1940-1955 documents the problems the NAACP faced in the absence of fair employment practices legislation, and the strategies assumed by the Association in order to combat work force discrimination. Here also are abundant records of a case against a railroad brotherhood, which demonstrate the impracticality of private litigation as a remedy.

A guide to the collection is available and contains both a reel and a subject index. The guide should be consulted for locating specific documents since the collection contains a great deal of material without any overlying organization.

Subjects: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; African Americans (20th Century); Labor Unions (20th Century); Employment (20th Century)

Papers of the NAACP. Part 4. The Voting Rights Campaign, 1916-1950 . Frederick, MD, University Publications of America, c1986

Call number: Microfilm A313 & Microfilm A340

Guide: Papers of the NAACP, Part 4, The Voting Rights Campaign, 1916-1950
Call number: E185.5.N276A2 pt.4

Note: 19 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Part 4: The Voting Rights Campaign, 1916-1950, contains the complete NAACP legal department files and subject files, as well as selected branch files, on all topics related to voting rights: white primary cases; the grandfather clause; literacy tests, registration abuses, intimidation, and violence; poll taxes and legislative apportionment in the South; and women's suffrage.

A supplement to Part 4 is also included. It documents the efforts of the NAACP to increase black voter registration after legal sanction to voting rights was granted by the Supreme Court in 1944. The devices used to stem black voting were typically obstruction by southern registrars and vigilante violence against politically assertive blacks. By the 1950s, the NAACP had determined that only massive voter registration drives would make the franchise a political reality for African Americans in the South.

This segment of Papers of the NAACP covers the top-level planning for NAACP voting rights drives and the state-by-state project files. Key correspondents from the South include Medgar Evers, C. G. Gomillion and Aaron Henry.

Guides for both parts of the collection are available and contain reel and subject indexes.

Subjects: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; African Americans (20th Century); Civil Rights (20th Century); Suffrage (20th Century); Voting (20th Century)

Papers of the NAACP. Part 7. The anti-lynching campaign 1912-1955. Frederick, MD, University Publications of America, 1987.

Call number: Microfilm A334 ser. A-ser. B

Guide: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Papers of the NAACP. Accompanies Papers of the NAACP

Note: 30, 35 microfilm reels. Originals are in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.

Part 7: The Anti-Lynching Campaign, 1912-1955 (edited by Robert L. Zangrando, professor of history at the University of Akron) offers the key NAACP national office files on the campaign against lynching and mob violence. It is divided into two series.

Series A contains the records of the Association's investigation into lynchings and race riots throughout the country and especially in the South.

Series B contains the records of the Association's sustained efforts to raise American consciousness of the specter of lynching and to enact federal anti-lynching legislation as a means of deterring the practice.

Guides for both series are available and should be consulted for a history of the material and the full content list of each series. The guides contain both reel and subject indexes.

Subjects: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; African Americans (20th Century); Civil Rights (20th Century); Lynching Prevention

Papers of the NAACP. Part 8. Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System, 1910-1955. Bethesda, Md., University Publications of America, c1988

Call number: Microfilm A315, ser. A-ser. B

Guide: Papers of the NAACP. Part 8. Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System, 1910-1955
Call number: E185.5.N276A2 pt.8, ser A-B

Note: 49 reels 35 mm. microfilm

The Papers of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People document the Association's structure, activities and development and provide information on every aspect of American race relations. The collection contains materials dating from 1909 to 1950 and is filmed in thirteen parts from materials in the Library of Congress and certain private collections.

Part 8: Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System, 1910 - 1955 contains case files from the NAACP Legal Department that span nearly a half century and are valuable for research on Constitutional law, politics, and blacks in the legal profession, as well as on abuses practiced within the criminal justice system. Included in Part 8 are the files for all cases that the NAACP supported in the categories of crime, extradition, jury discrimination, police brutality and rape, as well as files on cases in these categories that were investigated and rejected by the legal staff.

This part of the collection is divided into two series divided by the dates of the files contained within the series. Series A covers the years 1910 to 1939 and series B continues with 1940 through 1955.

The guides available for the two series contain descriptions of the groups of records within the files as well as subject and reel indexes.

Subjects: National Association of the Advancement of Colored People; African Americans (20th Century); Civil Rights (20th Century); Discrimination in Criminal Justice Administration; Discrimination in Education

Papers of the NAACP. Part 9,. Discrimination in the U.S. Armed Forces, 1918-1955. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, c1989

Call number: Microfilm A328 ser. A-ser. C

Guide: No guide available

Note: 18,30,12 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Part 9: Discrimination in the U.S. Armed Forces, 1918-1955, provides documents relating to blacks in the armed forces between 1918 and the early 1950s. The collection is divided into three series.

Series A, General Office Files on Armed Forces Affairs, 1918 - 1955, contains the General Office Files and focuses on the campaign to end segregation in the armed forces. The majority of the material dates from the era of the Second World War, but material is available in the series on the period prior to the war and some material dating from the First World War. The files are filmed in entirety from the original NAACP files so it is necessary to consult the guide to the series when searching for a particular subject or case.

Series B, Armed Forces Legal Files, 1940 - 1950, Deals with legal relations between African-Americans and the US Armed Forces. The files contain mostly case files arranged alphabetically by type of case (e.g. court martial) and by name of black defendant.

Series C includes the complete extant files of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. The department was created to deal with the increasing number of inquiries to the NAACP from African American veterans and service personnel. The bulk of the files deal with the work of the department's director, Jesse O. Dedmon Jr. Many of the cases found in these files are also 'continued' in the files found in series A and B of this collection.

Guides for all three series are available and should be consulted for further information as well as description of the file contents. The guides provide both reel and subject indexes for the collection.

Subjects: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; African American Soldiers; Civil Rights (20th Century); United States Armed Forces; Race Relations (20th Century)

Papers of the Nixon White House. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1987-1991

Call number: Micro 4 NIX pt. 1

Guide: Papers of the Nixon White House
Call number: E855.P37 1987 pt. 1

Note: 1397 microfiche

Description: This series has been filmed from the holdings of the Nixon Presidential Materials Project. Each file has been filmed in its entirety. Approximately 3% of the material has been withdrawn for national security reasons or concerns expressed by Nixon attorneys. The documents reproduced in this publication are among the records of the Nixon Presidential Materials staff in the custody of the National Archives of the United States. The current collection includes eight parts.

Part 1: Official Inventories of Papers and Other Historical Materials of the Nixon White House. The Official Inventories collects in one publication the finding aids to all of the Nixon presidential files that have been opened to the public. Each of the 95 official inventories included in this collection contains a scope and content note, a biographical or organizational note, and a box-by-box, folder-by-folder description of the papers that make up a given file.

The entire Papers of the Nixon White House collection contains a great deal of material on all matters of the Nixon administration. There are printed guides available for each part and these guides should be consulted for the background information that they provide as well as the indexes to the individual parts of the collection. The printed index for each part contains a document-by-document listing of all materials, as well as comprehensive subject and name indexes.

Subjects: Nixon, Richard M.; Politics and Government (20th Century)

Papers of the Nixon White House. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1987-1991

Call number: Micro 4 NIX pt. 2

Guide: Papers of the Nixon White House
Call number: E855.P37 1987 pt. 2

Note: 1397 microfiche

Part 2: The President's Meeting File, 1969-1974. This collection consists of detailed memoranda describing the numerous official sessions in which President Nixon met with key political figures and members of his administration. Although each of the meetings in this collection includes individuals outside the White House staff, the memoranda were written by staff members whose attendance was required at the meetings.

Subjects: Nixon, Richard M.; Politics and Government (20th Century)

Papers of the Nixon White House. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1987-1991

Call number: Micro 4 NIX pt. 3

Guide: Papers of the Nixon White House
Call number: E855.P37 1987 pt. 3

Note: 1397 microfiche

Part 3: John Ehrlichman: Notes of Meetings with the President, 1969-1973. John Ehrlichman was President Nixon's chief assistant in dealing with domestic policy matters; as such, his access to the President was second only to H.R. Haldeman's. Ehrlichman's contemporaneous handwritten notes for approximately 1,000 meetings and telephone conversations with Richard Nixon shed light on White House attitudes and strategies toward a number of domestic issues.

Subjects: Nixon, Richard M.; Politics and Government (20th Century)

Papers of the Nixon White House. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1987-1991

Call number: Micro 4 NIX pt. 4

Guide: Papers of the Nixon White House
Call number: E855.P37 1987 pt. 4

Note: 1397 microfiche

Part 4: The John Ehrlichman Alphabetical Subject File, 1969-1973. Throughout his years in the White House, John Ehrlichman maintained an alphabetical subject file consisting of memoranda and reports documenting his varied activities on behalf of the Nixon administration. Since Ehrlichman was given wide-ranging responsibilities in many areas of domestic affairs, his files contain a good deal of information on major policy issues.

Subjects: Nixon, Richard M.; Politics and Government (20th Century)

Papers of the Nixon White House. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1987-1991

Call number: Micro 4 NIX pt. 5

Guide: Papers of the Nixon White House
Call number: E855.P37 1987 pt. 5

Note: 1397 microfiche

Part 5: H. R. Haldeman: Notes of White House Meetings, 1969-1973. As the President's chief of staff from January 1969 through May 1973, and as Nixon's most trusted aide, H. R. Haldeman attended innumerable White House meetings and was privy to almost every political decision that Richard Nixon made. Haldeman's extensive and meticulous handwritten notes of these meetings provide a detailed inside view of the administration.

Subjects: Nixon, Richard M.; Politics and Government (20th Century)

Papers of the Nixon White House. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1987-1991

Call number: Micro 4 NIX pt. 6

Guide: Papers of the Nixon White House
Call number: E855.P37 1987 pt. 6

Note: 1397 microfiche

Part 6: The President's Office Files. Covering 1969-1974, the materials in these files are particularly revealing in that, through hundreds of notes, memos, and annotations in Nixon's handwriting, researchers are given an intimate view of the daily activities, thoughts, and opinions of the President during these crucial years.

Part 6 is further subdivided into two series: Series A: Documents Annotated by the President, 1969-1974 contains memoranda, incoming and outgoing correspondence, news clippings, and reports bearing notes in President Nixon's handwriting. Such notations served as Nixon's method of initiating action on a wide range of issues. Series B: Daily News Summaries Annotated by the President, 1969-1973 comprises a collection of all of the daily news summaries on which President Nixon made handwritten notations. The news summaries were prepared for the President on a regular basis by the Office of Media Analysis and Speechwriting. Nixon's notes on the news summaries cover a wide field of subjects and, as with the annotated documents, the notations were often intended to be directions to the staff.

Subjects: Nixon, Richard M.; Politics and Government (20th Century)

Papers of the Nixon White House. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1987-1991

strong>Call number: Micro 4 NIX pt. 7

Guide: Papers of the Nixon White House
Call number: E855.P37 1987 pt. 7

Note: 1397 microfiche

Part 7: President's Personal Files, 1969-1974. President Nixon's personal White House files are organized in three subfiles, all spanning the years 1969-1974.

The President's Speech File segment constitutes about 75 percent of Part 7. In addition to final texts it offers the drafts, critiques of drafts, notes, and background documentation in the hand of the president or others, allowing researchers to study the evolution of a speech. It also includes remarks that were never recorded by the press because the audience was limited to a small, select group such as the cabinet or legislative leaders.

The Name/Subject File consists of correspondence, memoranda, notes, and clippings involving people and topics important to the President. It includes copies of outgoing handwritten presidential letters and incoming letters. Arranged alphabetically by name or subject, this subfile makes up about 20 percent of Part 7.

The third file is of Memoranda from the President, primarily to his White House staff, his family, and other associates. Arranged in chronological order, this subfile constitutes about 5 percent of Part 7.

Subjects: Nixon, Richard M.; Politics and Government (20th Century)

Papers of the Nixon White House. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1987-1991

Call number: Micro 4 NIX pt. 8

Guide: Papers of the Nixon White House
Call number: E855.P37 1987 pt. 8

Note: 1397 microfiche

Part 8: The Nixon White House Tapes: The Complete Transcripts Prepared by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force. President Nixon's only explanation for installing a tape recording system in the Oval Office was that he wanted to keep a historical record. When Alexander Butterfield let it be known that there was such a record, and when the Supreme Court insisted that relevant parts of it be shared with Watergate prosecutors, the resulting embarrassments led directly to Nixon's resignation the following summer.

This collection of 85 Oval Office tape transcripts makes that historical record available to scholars. Prepared by the Watergate prosecutors, they cover some 59 hours of conversations on 2,786 pages. In 1991, approximately 28 hours of material that had never been published before were released, and another 12 hours have seen print only in the court records of two Watergate-related cases.

The printed guide accompanying the collection contains a general introduction to the transcripts and their history, notes on their processing at the National Archives, and an index to the microfiche. The index gives, for each transcription, the date, time of day, and participants. There is also a separate index of participants.

Subjects: Nixon, Richard M.; Politics and Government (20th Century)

President Harry S. Truman's Office Files, 1945-1953. Frederick, MD, University Publications of America, c1989-

Call number: Microfilm A342 pt. 1, pt. 4

Guide: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of President Harry S. Truman's Office Files, 1945-1953
Call number: E814.A346 1989 pt.1, pt.4-5

Note: 84 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in Harry S. Truman Library.

Description: Harry S Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri and elected to the US Senate in 1934. He became vice-president in 1944 and, upon Roosevelt's death, President of the United States. He was re-elected in 1948 in a surprise victory over Thomas Dewey. He wished to provide strong economic reform on the home-front, calling his reform package 'The Fair Deal', but he is better known for his foreign policies: the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan and the sending of US troops to Korea.

This collection is from the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, and is comprised of those materials maintained by the President's personal secretary, Rose Conway. Now known as The President's Secretary's Files, they contain material which, because of its confidential nature, the President wished to retain in files under his immediate control for security and ready reference. Included are personal correspondence, diaries, telegrams, memoranda, and reports. There are twenty-eight series in the collection. The microfilm reproductions draw from these series and are reproduced in 5 parts. Parts 1 and 4 are available and are known as the Political File and the Korean War File respectively.

Part 1, The Political File, includes letters, memos, reports, clippings, and booklets covering all of the main themes in Truman's political life during these years: his presidential campaign of 1948, his decision not to run in 1952, the campaigns of Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson in 1952, the 1950 congressional campaigns and state elections, poll results, the Democratic National Committee, and such major figures as Stevenson, Eisenhower, Taft, Kefauver, Russell, Harriman, and Wallace. The collection is arranged alphabetically by topic, name of correspondent, name of person discussed, etc. The Material in each folder is generally arranged in reverse chronological order. This arrangement has been duplicated for the microfilm collection.

Part 4, The Korean War Files, highlights the administration's conduct of the Korean conflict. The three files include are The Korean War file, the Frank E. Lowe File and the Intelligence File.

The Korean War file contains correspondence, memoranda and reports on Truman's 1950 meeting with MacArthur at Wake Island. Also included are correspondence regarding the State Departments efforts to gain Free World assistance for the UN effort in Korea.

The Frank E. Lowe File contains reports to Truman on Major General Frank E. Lowe's investigative mission to Korea. The file also provides material on the controversy between Truman and General Douglas MacArthur.

The Intelligence File (in two sections: III. Army Intelligence - Korea and IV. Publications) contains complete Joint(armed forces) Situation Reports from June 29, 1950 through Jan. 15, 1953. The file also contains reports on US military and foreign policy concerning Korea between 1945 and February 1951.

Guides containing reel indexes, as well as correspondent and subject indexes, are available for both parts of the collection.

Subjects: Truman, Harry S.; Presidents; Politics and Government (20th)

Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series A : Selections from the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1985

Call number: Microfilm A285

Guide: Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series A
Call number: HD1471.U52A13 ser. A

Note: 41 Reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina.

Description: Because the southern plantation was a commercial enterprise, recordkeeping was essential. Many planters kept journals, crop books, overseers' journals, and account books in remarkable detail. Family members often kept personal diaries and corresponded extensively with friends and relatives near and far. The Records of the Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War collection reproduces some of the documents of plantation owning families in the South. As well as the information on plantation management, these records provide information on all aspects of Southern plantation life.

Series A of the Records of the Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War: Selections from the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina is divided into two parts.

Part 1: The Papers of James Henry Hammond, 1795-1865, features the comprehensive papers of James Henry Hammond. Born in 1807, Hammond became a leading statesman and planter of ante-bellum South Carolina. Portions of the original collection dating after 1865 have not been reproduced in this edition. Also, Hammond's extensive correspondence file available at the Library of Congress is not included.

Part 2: Miscellaneous Collections, contains valuable records of plantation owners from every region of South Carolina, from the rice plantations of the coastal lowlands to the cotton plantations of the central upcountry and Piedmont, with selections highlighting the westward expansion of nineteenth century plantations.

A printed guide to the collection is available which includes a reel index along with a brief description of each group of papers.

Subjects: Plantations; Southern States; South Carolina; Hammond, James Henry

Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series B: Selections from the South Carolina Historical Society. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, 1985

Call number: Microfilm A284

Guide: Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series B
Call number: HD1471.U52A13 ser. B

Note: 10 Reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in South Carolina Historical Society.

Series B: Selections from the South Carolina Historical Society, includes papers of families and individuals from the South Carolina low country, with a concentration of materials from St. Johns Parish of the Charleston District. Also included are several plantation diaries, including that of a low country minister, the Reverend Alexander Glennie.

A printed guide to the collection is available which includes a reel index along with a brief description of each group of papers.

Subjects: Plantations; Southern States; South Carolina

Records of the Confederate States of America, 1859-1872. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, distributed by Scholarly Resources, 1967

Call number: Microfilm A347

Guide: Records of the Confederate States of America
Call number: JK9665.L53 1967

Note: 70 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: This collection consists of about 18,500 pieces spanning the years 1858 through 1872, with the bulk falling between 1861 and 1865. The Papers relate completely to the Confederate States of America, its formation and conduct of its internal, external and military affairs.

The records themselves were originally housed with the Confederate government in Richmond, Virginia. When this government fled the capital at the close of the Civil War, Secretary of State, Judah Benjamin had the records packed up and entrusted to his chief clerk, William Bromwell, who then his the records in a barn outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. After quarreling with Benjamin, Bromwell disclosed the document's location to John Pickett, a Confederate agent to Mexico, with whom he then conspired to sell the records. Pickett, the dominant partner, succeeded in making a deal with the U.S. for the sale of the records for $75,000. The records were taken into custody by the Treasury Department and then in 1906 and 1910, transfered to the Library of Congress.

The series contained in the collection include: Records of the Department of State, 1859 - 1868. 65 containers arranged in subseries; Records of the Executive and Legislative Branches of the Confederacy, 1861 - 1865. 8 containers; Confederate Constitutional Documents, 1861- 1883. 3 containers; Records of the Department of Justice, 1860 - 1867. 5 containers; Records of the Department of Treasury, 1860 - 1865. 12 containers; Records of the Post Office Department, 1861 - 1865. 15 containers; Records of the War Department, 1861 - 1865. 10 containers; Records of the Navy Department, 1861 - 1865. 3 containers and Miscellany, 1858 - 1872. 4 containers.

A printed guide is available with a scope and content note, series description and container lists. The container numbers listed in the guide correspond to the volume numbers listed on the reels.

Subjects: Confederate States of America; United States History Civil War (1861-1865); Southern States (19th Century)

Records of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colored), 1863-1865. Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration, 1992

Call number: Microfilm A333

Guide: Pamphlet describing M1659 from the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917, Record Group 94. See beginning of reel 1.

Note: 7 reels 35 mm. microfilm. National Archives microfilm publications, microcopy no. M1659.

Description: Mustered in April and May of 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (colored) was officially organized at Camp Meigs, Readville, Massacusetts, on May 13, 1863. Between its organization and the date the unit was disbanded, September 1, 1865, the men of the 54th served valiantly in many engagements. "Colored" units, origanally a questionable idea to many in power at the time, were to be justified by the actions of the 54th and other units like it. These actions have been immortalized in folk culture as well as in modern cinema.

Army regulations of the Civil War era required individual volunteer units to keep certain records. This collection is a reproduction of these records kept by the men and officers of the 54th Mass. Inf. Reg. It is divided into two groups.

The first group consists of bound record books containing: letters and endorsements sent, a register of letters received, casualties, regimental and company descriptive books and company morning reports.

The second group consists of unbound papers including: letters and telegrams received, orders issued and received, quarterly and monthly reports, rosters, casualty lists, courts-martial proceedings and sentences, morning reports, descriptive lists of deserters, lists of men detailed, recommendations for appointments, records of resignations and discharges, company inspection reports and muster rolls.

No printed guide is available, but one is reproduced at the beginning of reel one. It includes a history of the 54th, descriptions of the types of records, a list of the officers of the 54th and a content list.

Subjects: United States Army Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865); United States History Civil War (1861-1865) ; African American Soldiers; African Americans (19th Century)

Records of the Ladies Auxiliary of the BSCP, 1931-1968. Bethesda, Md., University Publications of America, 1990-1994

Call number: Microfilm A350 pt. 2

Guide: Records of the Ladies Auxiliary of the BSCP, 1931-1968
Call number: HD6515.R362B76 1990

Note: 10 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: Formed in 1938, the Ladies Auxiliary of hte Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was an effort to provide a system of family support for the struggling Brotherhood. Intended by the BSCP as a subordinate, the Ladies Auxiliary had constant friction with the BSCP while it tried to fulfill its obligation to the BSCP and at the same time forge a larger independent role as a volunteer, civil rights organization. The Auxiliary managed to become a driving force for union ideals among African American communities. It also formed numerous ties with other social action organizations.

This collection, Part 2 of series A of the Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters contain records and documents of the Ladies Auxiliary detailing its relationship with the BSCP and extensive political activity outside of its auxiliary role.

A printed guide is available which contains a history of the the BSCP and the Ladies Auxiliary. The reel index lists major subjects for each folder. A subject index is available at the end of the guide.

Subjects: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Labor Unions; Railroads; African Americans (20th Century)

United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Official History and Documents. Frederick, Md., University Publications of America, c1983

Call number: Microfilm A327

Guide: Official History and Documents
Call number: HV95.U562 1984

Note: 17 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: As recently as the Johnson administration, the budget of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) was doubling every three years, and that there was broad popular support for the unprecedented amounts of federal funds that were being allocated for social programs. Later, however, the department came to symbolize the inevitable waste that results from unchecked spending and bureaucracy. This collection is a previously unpublished official history and collected documents of HEW during the Johnson years.

A printed guide to the collection is available and contains both reel and subject indexes.

Subjects: United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

United States. Department of Justice. The Strike Files of the U.S. Department of Justice : Part 1. 1894-1920. Bethesda, MD, University Publications of America, c1990-

Call number: Microfilm A319 pt. 1

Guide: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Strike Files of the U.S. Department of Justice
Call number: HD5324.U56 1990

Note: 20 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: This collection comprises about one third of the Department of Justice Strike File, Class 16, held at the National Archives. It documents the evolution and implementation of a federal policy toward labor strikes. This part of the collection starts with the Pullman Strike of 1894 and continues through cases into 1920.

Many of the strike files offer the viewpoints of management and labor as well as that of the department. Among the most extensively documented strikes are: The Pullman Strike of 1894, The Lawrence, Massachusetts textile workers' strike of 1912, The coal strikes in West Virginia and Pennsylvania starting in 1920.

The collection follows the Justice Department's casefile numbering system. The documents within each case file are filed in folders in reverse chronological order.

A printed guide is available and contains an editorial introduction by William E. Forbath, professor of law at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, as well as a reel guide and subject index.

Subjects: United States Department of Justice; Strikes and Lockouts; Labor Unions (19th Century); Labor Unions (20th Century); Labor laws and legislation

United States. Department of State. Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Turkey, 1910-29. Washington, D.C., National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1961

Call number: Microfilm A248

Guide: Records of the Department of State relating to internal affairs of Turkey, 1910-29
Call number: DR577.U5 1969

Note: 88 reels 35 mm. microfilm. National Archives Microfilm Publication Microcopy 353.

This collection from the Central Files, part of Records Group 59 available at the National Archives, is from the Internal Economic, Industrial and Social Affairs subject classification. It contains files that deal with the internal situation in the nation of Turkey. Covering the years from 1910 until 1929 and the events of the First World War, the records document a turbulent era in the history of Turkey and its neighbors.

A guide is available that provides both a reel and a subject index.

Subjects: Turkey

United States. National War Labor Board (1918-1919). Papers of the National War Labor Board (1918-1919). Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, c1984

Call number: Microfilm A226

Guide: Papers of the National War Labor Board, 1918-1919 : A Guide
Call number: KF3372.P3 1985

Note: 22 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals are in the Washington Federal Records Center and the papers of W. Jett Lauck in the University of Virginia.

Description: Appointed in April of 1918 by President Wilson, the National War Labor Board (NWLB) represented an effort by the administration to mediate diputes between management and labor during the First World War. It followed the labor principles that had been laid out by Wilson earlier and recommended such progressive ideas as an eight hour work day and equal pay for equal jobs for women. During 1918, it was successfull in gaining many of the "labor friendly" concessions that it sought. However, as the war closed, the NWLB was faced with hardened resistence from management and by the end of the war, the NWLB was powerless.

The papers in this collection include the cases; resum,s and documents, referred to the NWLB. Also included are the Executive Session minutes. These documents were gathered from two collections, the Holdings of the Washington Federal Records Center, Suitland, Maryland and the Holdings of the W. Jett Lauck Collection, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. As each collection was filmed seperately, records from the same date may be interspersed between the two collections.

An index of cases by city and also name of participant is provided at the end of reel 22. A printed guide is available and should be consulted first for an expination of the organization of the collection and for ease of locating specific documents.

Subjects: United States National War Labor Board; Industrial Relations; Mediation and Conciliation

Universal Negro Improvement Association, Records of the Central Division (New York) 1918-1959. Scholarly Resources, 1996

Call number: Microfilm A353

Guide: Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition. Series 1 : African-American Organizations
Call number: E185.5.G854 1995

Note: 6 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League is an international self-help organization founded in Jamaica, British West Indies, by Marcus Garvey. The Central Division came into existence in 1936 and was a development arising from the fractionalization of the UNIA following the imprisonment and subsequent deportation of Garvey in 1926.

This collection constitutes the bulk of the office files of the Central Division of the UNIA and is divided into nine series: Series A: Early Records (inherited from the Parent Body and Other Sources); Series B: New York Division; Series C: Central Division, Administrative Records; Series D: Central Division, Correspondence; Series E: Central Division, Subject and Organization Files; Series F: Central Division, Program and Activities Files; Series G: Scrapbook (Clippings on the Italo-Ethiopian Crisis, 1934 - 1935); Sereies H: UNIA Affiliate Organization Files and Series I: Miscellaneous.

A printed guide is available which includes a history of the UNIA and a reel index.

Subjects: African Americans (20th Century); Universal Negro Improvement Association

Women's Movement in Cuba, 1898-1958 : The Stoner Collection on Cuban Feminism. Wilmington, De., Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1991

Call number: Microfilm A349

Guide: A Guide to the Women's Movement in Cuba, 1898-1958 : The Stoner Collection on Cuban Feminism
Call number: HQ1236.5.C9G85 1991

Note: 13 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: The Stoner Microfilm Collection on Cuban Women consists of sixteen rolls of microfilm containing documents gathered in Cuba on the women's movement, 1898 - 1958. Because Dr. K. Lynn Stoner's own research focused on the Cuban Women's Movement from 1898 - 1940, the materials are the richest between these dates.

The documents are divided into three categories: 1) Works by feminists about feminists, 2) Works by men about the status of women and 3) Literary works by feminist writers that discuss the woman's condition.

A printed guide is available which describes the content of the reels. There are also Author and Subject indexes.

Subjects: Women (20th Century); Cuba (20th Century); Feminism; Women's Rights

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. The Virginia Woolf Manuscripts, from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection at the New York Public Library. Woodbridge, Conn., Research Publications International, c1993

Call number: Microfilm A320

Guide: The Virginia Woolf manuscripts
Call number: Z6616.W6665V57 1993

Note: 21 reels 35 mm. microfilm. Originals in the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library.

Description: Virginia Woolf, born Adeline Virginia Stephen in London in 1882, was educated privately and married Leonard Woolf in 1912. Together they set up the Hogarth Press (1917). She is noted for her impressionistic style and major contribution to the development of the novel with such works as Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and The Waves (1931). The publication of her Diaries and letters after her suicide helped to enhance her reputation.

The Virginia Woolf manuscripts in the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature at the New York Public Library represent the largest collection of Woolf papers in the world. This microfilm collection reproduces those materials. The material is divided into four categories: Diaries, Manuscripts, Reading Notebooks and Correspondence however, Virginia Woolf frequently intermixed her writings and no attempt was made in this collection to artificially divide her writings into a set scheme. Notebooks are reproduced in their entirety even if they contain manuscripts, notes, diary entries and letters.

A printed guide to the collection is available with an alphabetical index to subjects. however, no attempt has been made to catalog every line of the manuscripts, and the entries in the index refer to items which have been cataloged in the Berg collection.

Subjects: Woolf, Virginia; Literary Manuscripts; Women (20th Century); Great Britain (20th Century); English Literature (20th Century)

Writers' Program (New York, N.Y.). Negroes of New York, research study. 1939 [i.e., 1936-1941]. New York, New York Public Library, 1968

Call number: Microfilm A332

Guide: Dictionary Catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History
Call number: Z881.N592S35 Q

Note: 5 reels 35 mm. microfilm

Description: No description available. Ask in Microforms for additional information.

Subjects: African Americans (20th Century); New York, New York

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