RG 13. RECORDS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission was created in 1945 to consolidate the functions of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, the State Museum, and the State Archives. Charged with the responsibility of preserving the Commonwealth’s heritage, the commission administers the state archival and records management program, operates and maintains museums and historical sites, assists local historical societies and governmental agencies, and conducts research and publication programs to promote Pennsylvania history. The commission consists of the Bureau of Management Services, the Bureau of Archives and History, the Bureau for of the State Museum, the Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums, and the Bureau for Historic Preservation.
The State Archives was originally established in 1903 as an administrative unit of the State Library and was designated the Division of Public Records. A State Museum was also created under the State Library in accordance with legislation passed in 1905. As part of a general reorganization in 1919, the State Library was named the State Library and Museum. In 1923 the State Library and Museum was made an administrative unit of the Department of Public Instruction as was the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, which had functioned as an independent commission since its establishment in 1913. In 1945, the State Archives, State Museum, and the Pennsylvania Historical Commission were removed from the Department of Public Instruction to form the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Administrative and Correspondence Files of the Commission Chairman, 1956-1961. (3 cartons) Arranged alphabetically by topic and thereunder chronologically by date of correspondence. Administrative and correspondence files of Commission Chairman Frank W. Melvin. Included are photographs of the following African American subjects: Andrew M. Bradley, governor’s office, 1956-1960; James E. Flood, secretary, M.H. Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Harrisburg, 1958; Robert N. C. Nix, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.; as well as photographs of historical markers dedicated to African Americans in Philadelphia in 1960.
Administrative and Correspondence Files of the Executive Director, 1945-1988. (138 cartons, 2 boxes) Grouped chronologically by year and grouped thereunder alphabetically by topic. Correspondence documenting the administrative activities of the executive director’s office. The material consists of annual reports, photographs, news clippings, correspondence, petitions, and memoranda. Included in these files are correspondence relating to Pennsylvania’s Affirmative Action Plan, the Balch Institute, the Black History Advisory Committee, Black History Conferences in Pennsylvania, the Department of Community Affairs, the Cornwall Iron Furnace, the Council of the Arts, the Pennsylvania Historical Marker Program, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the Neighbor Youth Corps, and the state Program for Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment.
Records of the Special Features Coordinator of the Public Resources Development Section, 1975-1986. (3 cartons) Arranged alphabetically by subject. This series contains correspondence, press releases, news clippings, brochures, minutes, and photographs of the special features coordinator of the Public Resources Development Section in the office of the executive director of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The special features coordinator provided public relations and publicity support to Commission programs. The subject folder includes information on the Black History Advisory Committee including minutes of its June 1983 meeting wherein the location of the next two Pennsylvania Black History Conferences were decided upon: California State College with Ida Belle Minnie as contact person and Carlisle Barracks, with Ruth E. Hodge as contact person. There are also a large number of brochures, news releases, and newspaper articles on Black History Conferences in Pennsylvania, 1980, 1982-1983; a photograph of the Black History Month Celebration, 1981-1982; and dedication programs, newspaper articles, and releases for the following historical markers: Daisy Lampkin (Pittsburgh); First Protest Against Slavery (Philadelphia); and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Chester). Also included is a catalog of the Charles L. Blockson Collection, Of Color, Humanities and Statehood: The Black Experience in Pennsylvania over Three Centuries, showcased at the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, Philadelphia, in October of 1981.
BUREAU OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
Administrative and Correspondence Files of the Bureau Director, 1943-1981. (25 cartons, 1 box) Grouped chronologically by bureau director’s tenure and thereunder alphabetically by name of correspondent. Files include correspondence, ethnic culture surveys for 1966-1981, and staff reports for 1974-1976. The ethnic culture surveys contain oral history interviews, written histories on Pennsylvania’s ethnic groups including African Americans, and microfilms of ethnic newspapers published in Pennsylvania. Included in the director’s files is correspondence referring to the William Penn Memorial Museum exhibit for Negro History Week held February 12-16, 1975. This exhibit displayed twenty-six paintings by African American artist David Washington of Harrisburg. There is also a list of booklets, photographs, and handbills that were used in the exhibit. Included in the bureau director’s correspondence is a letter dated July 1, 1976 and a monthly report for July 1976 referring to the establishment of a state advisory committee on Black history. Both were made possible by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Other correspondence relates to the 1974 Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History in Philadelphia at which annual meeting the Pennsylvania State Archives arranged to provide an exhibit booth featuring relevant publications and original documents on African American history.
Administrative and Correspondence Files of the State Historian and Staff, 1945-1973. (10 cartons, 1 box) In 1945, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission was given responsibility for a program to erect historical markers throughout the state. Included in the marker files are correspondence, proposals for markers, and prepared texts for markers approved for installation. Among the markers related to the African American experience in Pennsylvania are: First Protest Against Slavery, Edward Hector, Richard Henderson, Hopewell Furnace, James Family Cemetery, Daisy E. Lampkin, Joanna Furnace, Martin Luther King Jr., Horace Pippin, St. Patrick’s Church (Roman Catholic School), St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Thomas Rutter. Also included in the marker file are newspaper articles opposing the nomination of Edward Hector as not being a legitimate African American.
Writings on Pennsylvania History, 1947-1949. Contains correspondence, bibliographies listing studies, theses, and dissertations relative to Pennsylvania African American history (including locations of the institutional holdings of the materials cited). One such institution is Lincoln University’s Vail Memorial Library, which had the Pennsylvania Colonization Society Papers, 1838-1912 and the Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Young Men’s Colonization Society of Pennsylvania, June 10, 1831-February 9, 1841.
Conference on Black History in Pennsylvania Files, 1978-1995. (2 cartons, 3 boxes) {Unprocessed} In 1978, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission sponsored the first annual Conference on Black History in Pennsylvania. The purpose of the conference is to educate and share with the citizens of this Commonwealth the history and culture of African Americans by meeting in communities across the state. These files include: minutes of local conference committees; correspondence of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; budget reports; documentation on local awards, cultural events and historical markers; addresses from keynote speakers and other conference participants; grant applications; press releases and other forms of publicity; contracts with speakers, caterers, hotels, and transportation companies; and conference brochures and posters. In addition, there are photographs of the Annual Conference on Black History in Pennsylvania, as well as reproductions of documents that were part of a Black History Month exhibit in February, 1985.
Ethnic Culture Survey File, 1948-1976. (6 cartons, 1 box) Arranged alphabetically by subject or name of correspondent. A file consisting of various types of material including brochures, newspaper articles, and correspondence relating to Pennsylvania’s rich ethnic diversity. This file contains the following information on African Americans:
• A brochure on the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc. (ASNLH)
• An Arno Press catalog The American Negro: His History and Literature, 1968-1969.
• A program for the 1968 ASNLH conference; newspaper articles on school integration.
• American Traveler’s Guide to Negro History
• Pennsylvania and American History and Government for Grade 8, prepared for the Philadelphia Public Schools.
Among the newspapers, a copy of the September 10, 1913 issue of The Philadelphia Record, includes the following articles on the Negro Exposition:
• "Parade and Oratory Open Negro Exposition: Vast Assemblage of Colored Race at Inauguration of Emancipation Fair."
• Addresses by ex-Governor Pennypacker, Director of Public Safety Porter, and State Representative Harry W. Bass.
• "Emancipation Fair Opens with Religious Services," with Bishop J. S. Caldwell who presided over the exposition.
• Sermon preached by Bishop I. P. Coppin of the African Methodist Episcopal Church on the theme of "The Religious Progress of the Emancipated Race."
• Emancipation Exposition building and Active Promoters" featuring the pictures of William Palmer of Pittsburgh, Julius Smith of Westmoreland County, Bishop J. S. Cadwell, executive committee chairman; and Dr. H. Y. Arnett of Philadelphia.
The correspondence includes:
• Letter from Philip S. Foner to Mr. Henry Glassie, state Folklorist.
• Letter to Professor Orrin Clayton Suthern, II, Department of Music, Lincoln University, from C. Edgar Patience.
• Photographs and art work of K. Leroy Irvis.
• Press release entitled "Museum Exhibit Will Pay Tribute to Negro Role in Pennsylvania History."
• Copy of an article entitled "Museum Spotlight Focuses on Negro."
National Historical Publications and Records Commission Re-grant Project Files, 1985-1990. (1 carton, 1 box) Arranged alphabetically by name of institution.
Pennsylvania State Historical Records Advisory Board. The Pennsylvania College and University Archival and Manuscript Repository Re-grant Program operated under auspices of the Pennsylvania State Historical Records Advisory Board. The files of this program contain documentation on the grant given to Lincoln University in support of an archives processing project under the direction of archivist Sophy Cornwell of the Langston Hughes Memorial Library.
Photographs for Publications, 1950-1990. (5 boxes) Contains photographs of the "resurrection" of Henry "Box" Brown, who made his escape to freedom sealed inside a wooden box, the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, and Richard Allen and the leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Photographs of Commission Properties for Publications, 1950-1990. (9 boxes) Contains photographs of Cornwall Furnace and Hopewell Furnace, which employed African Americans during their years of operation.
Reports, Correspondence, and Research File Relating to the War History Program, 1938-1947. (36 cartons) Arranged chronologically by date of report, correspondence, or research document. Includes correspondence, news releases, and many newspaper articles on African Americans. Of particular interest are copies of the addresses of General Edward Martin, then governor of Pennsylvania, given before the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, May 3, 1944, and of the commencement exercises at Cheyney Training School for Teachers on May 27, 1944, and at Lincoln University on June 6, 1944. These addresses focused on various aspects of the history of African Americans such as their strong faith in God, their zeal for education, and their commitment to serving in the country’s armed forces during World War II. There are also several articles on African American servicemen who served in Europe during the war including: "Negro Aviators Have Won Fame in Anzio Battle," "Negro Fliers Win Fame over Anzio," "U.S.O. Aid Asked for Negro Troops," "Local Club Keeps in Touch with Colored Soldiers," "Negroes Act to Aid Air Raid Evacuees," "Negro Firms Plan Drive to Buy Bonds," and "First Negroes Take Oath Here for Service as US Seamen." In addition, newspaper clippings such as "Negroes Seek Tenement Action," and "Mulcting on Rents Charged by Negroes" reflect the National Association for the Advancement for Colored People’s movement to fight for better conditions in Philadelphia’s black tenement neighborhoods. Also included in this file are newspaper articles addressing the five-day employee strike against the Philadelphia Transportation Company during August 1944. This strike came about as a result of African Americans getting upgraded jobs at the Philadelphia Transportation Company. Some of the newspaper articles are entitled: "Pennsy to Hire Negroes as Dining Car Stewards," "Negroes Get Trolley Jobs Next Month," "60 Negroes Seek Skilled PTC Jobs," "State, City Heads Get Request for Immediate Action," "Plan to Find Jobs for Negroes Drawn," and "Greater Use of Colored Workers Seen."
Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File, undated. (40 drawers) Arranged alphabetically by surname of soldier. The file consists of 4" x 6" abstract cards compiled by the Division of Archives and Manuscripts from original muster rolls, payrolls, military accounts, depreciation certificates, militia loans, and delinquent lists in its custody. Information contained on the cards differs for each individual. While some entries may only give the person’s name and county of service, others may also list rank and dates of service, the name of the officer under whom he served, and the military unit to which he was attached. In a few instances, father and son relationships are also indicated. It is difficult to determine whether a soldier was an African American, and even when a racial designation appears after the name very little additional information was generally recorded. One example of an African American who served in the Revolutionary War was John Francis. According to his card, Francis was also an invalid pensioner.
Revolutionary War Pension Index Cards, 1785-1893. (9 boxes) Indexed alphabetically by surname of soldier. Each card provides the veteran’s name and volume reference for pension information. In some cases service time is also given.
PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION, 1913-1945
Reports and Miscellaneous Papers Relating to the War History Program, 1942-1945. (1 folder) Unarranged. This series contains a record of the work completed by the War History Program to document Pennsylvania’s role in World War II. Documents relating to African Americans include War Production Training Bulletins for workers in various factories throughout the state of Pennsylvania, and bulletins addressing "Negro Women in Industry" (as production workers in aircraft factories, ordnance plants, shipyards, garment factories, and as sheet metal welders). Also included are some photographs of African American troops training for duty overseas.
Working Files of the Works Progress Administration’s Pennsylvania Historical Survey, Consisting of Administrative Files, Transcripts, Photographs, Inventories, Notes, and Other Working Papers Relating to Various Projects, [ca. 1935-1950. (133 cartons, 5 boxes, 79 microfilm rolls, 40 folders, 7 volumes, 1 bundle)
Records of the Pennsylvania Writers, Pennsylvania Historical Commission, American Guide Series, 1935-1941. (27 cartons, 1 box) These records pertain to Pennsylvania’s involvement with the Federal Writers Project and most notably the American Guide Series. The project was designed to employ white collar workers who were left without work by the Great Depression to write comprehensive guides for states. Project workers in Pennsylvania compiled such works as Job 11, Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State (1940), Job 5; Philadelphia: A Guide to the Nation’s Birthplace (1937); and many guides for individual counties and historical subjects. Records consist primarily of field notes, manuscripts, and photographs taken or collected for a particular guide. Not all of the manuscripts and photographs prepared were actually published. The WPA historical investigations of African Americans of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh covered all periods from slavery down to the Great Depression. Most of the authors were apparently local African American journalists, writers, or social welfare workers. The articles are typed, double-spaced, and are either in pre-final or final form. Field notes are sometimes included. Below are subject outlines for the projects relating specifically relating to African Americans:
• Job #54: Pennsylvania Anthracite. In this group of stories, there is one entitled "Story of a Follower of Father Divine Hauling Bootleg Coal."
• Job #63: The Negro in Philadelphia, 1938-39, 1941. Contains manuscripts of various chapters written by different people filed in fifteen folders. Some of the topics include abolition societies, the underground railroad, cultural folkways and superstitions, education, literature, medical services, economic development, housing, professional development, interracial trends, military materials including the Colored Soldiers War Memorial, the law, personalities, railroads, religion, sports, fraternal organizations, employment (including slavery), and music. Also included in this collection is a Directory of Negro Children. Some pertinent organizations discussed include Fellowship House, Bright Hope Baptist Church, the Negro Church of Philadelphia, Tindley Temple, Temple University Interracial Club, Colored Protective Association, American Negro Historical Society, Philadelphia Association for the Protection of Colored Women, Berean Manual and Industrial Training School, Royal Bears (a boys’ club), Robert Wood Industrial Home, Charles Young Camp #27, Richard Allen Home, First Annual Convention of the People of Color, Musicians Protective Union, Debating Society of Pennsylvania, Black Affairs Center, Black Legislative Caucus, Black Ward Leaders of Pennsylvania, Black Political Forum, Public Writers’ Association, the Philadelphia Library Company of Colored Persons, Demostheman Institute, Minerva Literary Association, Edgewood Literary Association, Gilbert Lyceum, Rush Library Company, Leaf Nursing Auxiliary, William A. Jackson Dental Society; Opportunity Magazine, Pittsburgh Courier, and the Armstrong Association. Also included in this collection are forty-two 8" x 10" prints showing African American housing conditions, churches, individuals, etc. The photographic subjects include the Mercy Hospital and School for Nurses located at 50th and Woodland Streets in Philadelphia, both exterior and interior views of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons at Delmont and Girard Avenues, the Monument to Negro Soldiers, St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church at 12th Street, Holland’s Restaurant, the Allen Building, the Tindley Temple on Board Street, the First African (Cherry Memorial) Baptist Church on Christian Street, the First Colored Food Show at the Octavius Catto Lodge together with a copy of a view of Catto as it appeared ca. 1800, the Philadelphia Tribune Building, the Bureau for Colored Children, the Berean Manual Training and Industrial School, the Philadelphia Independent building, the Susan Parrish Wharton Settlement (interior view), the Wissahickon Boys’ Club, the Young Men’s Christian Association, the Young Women’s Christian Association, Neil’s Gown Shop, and the Works Progress Administration Sewing Project.
• Job #64: The Negro in Pittsburgh, 1939-1941. Titles of the various manuscript chapters include: "Plantation Shadow," "Negro on the Frontier, the early Negro Community," "Abolition years," "Civil Rights," "Negro Wage Worker," "Middle Class and Professional Negro," "Negro Church, Negro in the Schools," "Negro and the Press," "Negro in Politics," "Community," "Folkways," "Arts and Culture," "Recreation and Athletics," "Health, Housing, Health and Social Adjustment," and "The People Speak," where twenty-four African Americans talked about their life in Pittsburgh. Also included are two poems written by George B. Vashon, a memorial titled "Memorial of the Free Citizens of Color in Political Destiny of the Colored Race on the American Continent," church registers of births and baptisms (1787), and transcriptions of newspaper articles on Pittsburgh’s African Americans that originally appeared in Pittsburgh Daily Post, and Pittsburgh Gazette Times between 1841 and 1941 and the Pittsburgh Commercial, Pittsburgh Leader, Pittsburgh Gazette, and Pittsburgh Press.
• Job #179: A Picture of Dauphin County, 1940-1941. In this collection are portions of a manuscript making reference to Hercules," a Negro slave who belonged to the John Harris family of Harris Landing, Lancaster County (now Harrisburg, Dauphin County).
Records of the Pennsylvania Historical Records Survey, 1937-1942, 1946, 1950. (74 cartons, 3 boxes, 21 folders)
• Inventory of Church Archives of Pennsylvania, including Records of Pennsylvania Jewish Congregations, 1937-1940, and undated. This is the most comprehensive collection on churches throughout the Commonwealth. Since black churches were also included in the survey (they were designated "Negro" churches within the specific denominations), many details on the evolution and condition of dozens of these churches are available. The survey was carried out on a county by county basis employing a uniform four-page questionnaire. The type of information provided by these questionnaires included both the official name and the name by which the church was most commonly known in the community, the address, the date the congregation began, the date of formal organization, the name of the founder or of the mother church body, changes in the name of the church, the method of organization, any former addresses and dates of occupancy, information on properties purchased and sold including dates of transactions and the names of sellers and buyers, the type of building occupied, the date of consecration and dedication, and architectural characteristics. Also found are the name of the first settled pastor and his secular occupation, the name of the current pastor and the dates of service, the status of administrative church records and minute books, materials relating to Sunday school, published and unpublished histories and biographies, directories, registers of baptisms (marriages, members, deaths), and church cemetery information. In addition to the questionnaire, brochures, programs, and photographs may be found in the files. Some of the African American churches for which the Archives has surveys are:
• Allegheny County: African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Allen Chapel, A.M.E. Trinity Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal Zion (A.M.E.Z.) Trimble Chapel, First African Baptist Church, First Baptist Church (one of several), Friendship Baptist Church, Gospel Hall Assembly, Homestead Second Baptist Church, John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, McCurdy’s Presbyterian Mission, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Park Place A.M.E. Church, Second Baptist Church, St. John Baptist Church , St. Mark’s A.M.E. Church, St. Paul’s A.M.E.Z. Church, St. Paul’s Baptist Church, Sunrise Baptist Church, Trimble Chapel, Triumph Spiritualist Church, True Vine Church, United Free Gospel Missionary Church, Wayman A.M.E. Church, White Lily Baptist Church, etc.
• Chester County: Second Baptist Church, Kennett Square; St. Paul’s Baptist Church, West Chester.
• Crawford County: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Meadville.
• Cumberland County: African Methodist Episcopal Church of Newville; Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Carlisle; Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church, Carlisle; Third Presbyterian Church, Carlisle; West Street African Methodist Episcopal; Zion Church, Carlisle.
• Erie County: Calvary Baptist Church, Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Shiloh Baptist Church, all in Erie.
• Fayette County: Beulah Baptist Church, Smithfield; Tri-Stone Baptist Church, Georges Township; Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Connellsville; New Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Fairchance.
• Franklin County: John Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Chambersburg; St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Chambersburg.
• Lancaster County: Colored Baptist Congregation of Columbia, Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lancaster, St. Paul’s Baptist Church in Columbia; Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Columbia, Ebenezer Baptist Church in Lancaster, St. Paul’s African Methodist Episcopal Church, Lancaster; Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lancaster, First Baptist Church in Lancaster, Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Marietta.
• Philadelphia County: First African Baptist Church, Shiloh Baptist Church, Philadelphia (City).
Records of the Philadelphia Maritime Statistics Project, Pennsylvania Historical Commission, [ca. 1937-1941]. These records were compiled as part of a Works Progress Administration Project.
• Chronological List of Masters and Crews, 1798-1880. (41 microfilm rolls) This series includes three types of records for each year. The alphabetical masters list of the names of ship captains appearing in the volume gives the page number on which they appear and the year. The ships lists give the date of travel, the name of the vessel, the name of the home port and name of the master, and the destination. The crew lists identify the names of the members of the crew serving on each vessel. The crew lists contain names of African American boys and men who served aboard merchant marine vessels. For each vessel listed as leaving or entering the Port of Philadelphia, the following information is given: name of crewman, his age, and place of birth; a physical description of the seaman (identified as free, black, mulatto, Negro, or coloured); his height; and the name of vessel. Sometimes the description is ambiguous, such as "dark complexion" which could be Caucasian as well as African American. Four specific vessels, the ship Caroline, the ship Delaware, the schooner Industry, and the sloop Commerce, are known to have carried slaves. (See also Record Group 41, Health Officers Register of Passengers Names, 1772-1794)
• Slave Manifests, 1800-184l. (1 microfilm roll) Manifests prepared by the captains of domestic slave ships list the name, gender, age, stature, class or color, and the residence of each of the slaves on board as well as the name of the shipper or owner. For example, the ship Champlaine carried Leah, a black female, age 37, 5’ 2", shipped/owned by one Samuel Oakford who lived in Louisiana. Two ships are included that arrived from foreign ports, bringing new slaves directly from Africa. The schooner Phoebe brought "one-hundred and eighteen Africans men, women, and children," and the schooner Prudence carried "Sixteen Water Casks, One Key Tobacco, Seventeen African men, women and children."
Records of the Survey of the Federal Archives, Pennsylvania Historical Records Survey, Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1942. (2 volumes)
• Ships Registers of the Port of Philadelphia, Pa., Vol. 1, A-D, 1942. (1 volume) This incomplete set of volumes documents the three specific vessels Caroline, Delaware, and the sloop Commerce, which are known to have carried slaves. The register provides the history of each ship including when it was built, the home port, the dimensions, date of registration, owners, master, as well as previous owners and registrations. (See also Record Group 41, Health Officers’ Register of Passengers Names, 1772-1794)
The following new unprocessed accessions have made to this record group since Ruth Hodge’s original Guide was published in 2000:
• Minutes of the Black History Advisory Committee, 1976-2007. (2 cartons, 2 binders) {#13.156}[unprocessed accession #2771, 5049)
• PHMC Black History Conference Files, 1976-2006. (3 cartons, 3 boxes) {#13.157} [unprocessed accession #2770, 4894]
• PHMC Black History Conference Posters, 1981-2001. (30 items) {#13.158} [unprocessed accession #4867]
• African-American History Guide Project Files, 1993-2001. (5 cartons) {#13.159} [unprocessed accession #4075)]
• African American World War II Veterans Oral History Project at the Pennsylvania Military Museum, 1999-2000, (3 boxes) {#13.332} [unprocessed accession #3670]
• Eric Ledell Smith Research Files, 2001-2008 (12 cartons) {#13.240} [unprocessed accession #5265, 5266, 5267, 5268, 5269]
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