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Guichard Parris collection
- Title
- Guichard Parris collection, 1936-1983.
- Author
- Parris, Guichard.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Request in advance | Sc MG 506 Box 2 | Offsite |
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- Description
- 1.4 lin. ft.
- Summary
- The bulk of the Guichard Parris Collection is comprised of photocopies of research material and biographical information Parris compiled for a translation of nineteenth century French abolitionist Bishop Henri Gregoire's "De la litterature des Nègres." In addition, there is a scrapbook and printed matter from the New York Urban League (1950s) as well as some personal papers.
- Subjects
- Antislavery movements > France
- Black author
- Parris, Guichard
- Slavery > Colonies > France
- African American civil rights workers > New York (State) > New York
- Abolitionists > France
- New York Urban League
- Grégoire, Henri, 1750-1831
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Societies, etc
- France > Colonies > History
- Blacks > Colonies > France
- Source (note)
- Parris, Guichard
- Biography (note)
- Guichard Parris was director of public relations of the National Urban League from 1944-1968. Born in Guadeloupe, Parris held degrees from Amherst College and Columbia University. He taught at three colleges (1930-1936), then became director of the Negro Affairs National Youth Administration Region I (1939-1942). The bulk of his career was spent at the National Urban League in New York before becoming a consultant for urban affairs for Underwood Jordan Associates (1968-1978). Parris served as president of The Schomburg Corporation (1984-1986).
- Call Number
- Sc MG 506
- OCLC
- 122431050
- Author
- Parris, Guichard.
- Title
- Guichard Parris collection, 1936-1983.
- Biography
- Guichard Parris was director of public relations of the National Urban League from 1944-1968. Born in Guadeloupe, Parris held degrees from Amherst College and Columbia University. He taught at three colleges (1930-1936), then became director of the Negro Affairs National Youth Administration Region I (1939-1942). The bulk of his career was spent at the National Urban League in New York before becoming a consultant for urban affairs for Underwood Jordan Associates (1968-1978). Parris served as president of The Schomburg Corporation (1984-1986).
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- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 506