Research Catalog

Title

The papers of Mary Church Terrell, 1851-1962.

Author

Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

34 microfilm reels; 35 mm

Summary

Correspondence, diaries, printed material, clippings, speeches and writings, and other papers, mainly 1886-1954, focusing primarily on Mrs. Terrell's career as an advocate of both women's rights and equal treatment for blacks. Also included are manuscripts of Mrs. Terrell's autobiography.

Subject

• Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954
• National Association of Colored Women (U.S.)
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• African American women social reformers > History > Sources
• Women's rights > United States > History > Sources
• African Americans > Civil rights > History > Sources
• African American women civic leaders
• African American women civil rights workers
• African American women > Political activity > History
• African Americans > Suffrage > History
• Women > Suffrage > History. > United States
• Suffragists > United States > History
• African American women college teachers
• Social reformers
• Women college teachers

Genre/Form

• Diaries.
• Clippings.
• Correspondence.
• Speeches.
• Articles.
• Biography.

Note

• Microfilm of the Mary Church Terrell collection at the Library of Congress, consisting of approximately 13,000 items in 51 containers.
• Finding aid at the beginning of the first reel.

Reproduction (note)

• Microfilm of mss.

Biography (note)

• Mary Church Terrell (Sept. 23, 1863, Memphis, Tennessee - July 24, 1954, Annapolis, Maryland), the daughter of small-business owners who were former enslaved people, was an African American civic leader who fought for women's rights, democracy, peace and suffrage; was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree; she graduated from Oberlin College in 1884. She was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She taught and was a principal at an academic high school in Washington, DC. Terrell led several important associations, including the National Association of Colored Women.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid at the beginning of the first reel.

Call Number

Sc Micro R-3920

OCLC

144692329

Author

Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954.

Title

The papers of Mary Church Terrell, 1851-1962.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

microform

Type of Carrier

microfilm reel

Reproduction

Microfilm of mss. Washington : Library of Congress, 1977. 34 reels ; 35 mm.

Biography

Mary Church Terrell (Sept. 23, 1863, Memphis, Tennessee - July 24, 1954, Annapolis, Maryland), the daughter of small-business owners who were former enslaved people, was an African American civic leader who fought for women's rights, democracy, peace and suffrage; was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree; she graduated from Oberlin College in 1884. She was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She taught and was a principal at an academic high school in Washington, DC. Terrell led several important associations, including the National Association of Colored Women.

Indexes

Finding aid at the beginning of the first reel.

Connect to:

Finding aid

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc Micro R-3920