Research Catalog
Franklin Williams papers
- Title
- Franklin Williams papers, 1917-1990.
- Author
- Williams, Franklin, 1917-1990.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 68 | Mixed material | Request in advance | Sc MG 378 Box 68 | Offsite |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 52 | Mixed material | Request in advance | Sc MG 378 Box 52 | Offsite |
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Details
- Description
- 28.4 lin. ft. (67 archival boxes, 7 flat boxes)
- Summary
- The collection is divided into nine chronological series reflecting Williams' career and includes Personal Papers, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, California Attorney General's Office, Peace Corps, U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO, Ambassador To Ghana, Columbia University Urban Center, Phelps Stokes Fund Years and Writings and Miscellany. Very little of the material in the collection can be considered of a private nature. There is scattered correspondence with family members and close friends, the vast majority of the collection deals with Williams' public work.
- Subject
- United States. Supreme Court
- United States Commission on Civil Rights. New York State Advisory Committee
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Phelps-Stokes Fund
- NAACP Task Force on Africa
- Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
- National News Council (U.S.)
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Peace Corps (U.S.)
- African Americans > Societies, etc
- Associations, institutions, etc. > African American membership
- Civil rights > United States
- Endowments > United States
- Civil rights > New York (State)
- African Americans > Civil rights
- African Americans and mass media
- African American diplomats
- African Americans > Politics and government
- Broadcast journalism > United States
- Fairness doctrine (Broadcasting) > United States
- National service > United States
- Diplomatic and consular service, American > Ghana
- United States > Foreign relations
- Africa > Economic conditions
- United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Scrapbooks.
- Photoprints.
- Source (note)
- Williams, Franklin H.
- Biography (note)
- Franklin Hall Williams was an African-American civil rights lawyer, diplomat, and foundation president who worked towards fostering better relations between the black and white communities in the U.S. and between the African-American community and Africa.
- Williams held many positions, among them was the West Coast regional director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1951-1956; California Assistant Attorney General, 1959-1961; Special Assistant, Peace Corps, 1961-1963; U.S. Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, 1963-1965; U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, 1965-1968; director, Columbia University Urban Center, 1968-1970; president of Phelps-Stokes Fund, 1970-1990. Williams died in 1990.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Processed
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- Sc MG 378
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A233
- Author
- Williams, Franklin, 1917-1990.
- Title
- Franklin Williams papers, 1917-1990.
- Biography
- Franklin Hall Williams was an African-American civil rights lawyer, diplomat, and foundation president who worked towards fostering better relations between the black and white communities in the U.S. and between the African-American community and Africa.Williams held many positions, among them was the West Coast regional director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1951-1956; California Assistant Attorney General, 1959-1961; Special Assistant, Peace Corps, 1961-1963; U.S. Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, 1963-1965; U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, 1965-1968; director, Columbia University Urban Center, 1968-1970; president of Phelps-Stokes Fund, 1970-1990. Williams died in 1990.
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- Added Author
- Williams, Franklin, 1917-1990.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 378