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Public housing, racial policies, and civil rights : the Inter-Group Relations Branch of the Federal Public Housing Administration, 1936-1963

Records of the Inter-Group Relations Branch of the Federal Public Housing Administration. Collection includes directives and memoranda related to the PHA's policies and procedures. Contains correspondence about civil rights, racial policy, records regarding labor-based state activity, court cases involving housing decisions, racially restrictive covenants, and more. 

United States - History

Autobiographies and Personal Papers

Edward Everett papers.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1794-1865

These are the papers of Everett, a Unitarian minister, orator, and educator.
Ettwein, John. Papers.
Research Publications Inc.
1721-1802

GUIDE: Hamilton, Kenneth Gardiner. John Ettwein and the Moravian Church. The documents in this set are indexed and listed in the appendix to the Hamilton biography. The original papers are held in the archives of the Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Knox, Henry, 1756-1806. Papers.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1756-1806

Knox was an army officer and Secretary of War. His papers,  owned by the New England Historic Genealogical Society and deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, include family and business correspondence, correspondence with Revolutionary War associates, bills, receipts, ledgers, maps, and military records.
Papers of John Foster Dulles and of Christian A. Herter, 1953-1961.
University Publications of America
1953-1961

Dulles was secretary of state under Eisenhower, Jan. 1953-Apr. 1959. Herter was Dulles' undersecretary of state, Feb. 1957-Apr. 1959, and succeeded him as secretary of state, Apr. 1959-Jan. 1961. The microfilm set includes White House correspondence and memos between Dulles, Eisenhower and his advisors, memos of conversations with the president, statements and speeches, Cabinet briefing materials, classified letters, and diplomatic notes.
Sir Frederick Haldimand : unpublished papers and correspondence, 1758-1784.
World Microfilms
1758-1784

This is the microfilm set of the papers of General Haldimand, concerning his service in North America; they comprise British Library Add. mss. 21661-21892.
Stimson, Henry Lewis, 1867-1950. Papers and diaries.
Yale University
1911-1945

Two sets of microfilm represent the complete collection in Yale University Library of diaries and correspondence of Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War in 1911 to 1913 and 1940 to 1945.
The Felix Frankfurter papers.
University Publications of America
1939-1962

This microfilm set includes the papers of Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter held at the Harvard Law School Library. The bulk of the papers consists of Frankfurter's case files of opinions and memoranda spanning the years 1939 to 1962. Frankfurter retained his files for all the cases in which he wrote opinions of the Court, concurrences with the majority, dissents, concurrences in dissents, and memoranda.
The Papers of Albert Gallatin.
Rhistoric Publications
1761-1849

This set reproduces the correspondence and other papers of Gallatin as well as documents from the U.S. Treasury Department. Reel 46 contains an index to the papers.
The Papers of Charles Sumner, 1811-1874.
Chadwyck-Healey

Collection of about 26,000 letters to and from Sumner, collected from over 200 repositories in the U.S., Great Britain, Canada and France.
The Thomas Penn papers, 1729-1832, at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Rhistoric Publications
1729-1832
The Timothy Pickering papers, 1785-1829.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1785-1829

Pickering was a soldier during the Revolutionary War and one of the first Postmasters General. He later served as Secretary of War and Secretary of State.

Native Americans

Records of the Moravian Mission among the Indians of North America, 1735-1900.
Research Publications, Inc.
1735-1900

This set reproduces the materials held in the archives of the Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Moravian Mission was influential through its Indian leaders, many of whom were educated by the missions and even converted to Christianity. The mission also maintained contact with American governmental officials. Included in the collection are the missionaries' diaries of daily events, references to physical conditions and letters dealing with personal matters and problems. Church registers and catalogs provide detailed information about members and Indian converts.

Political Organizations

Henry G. Teigan, Papers, 1916-1923.
Minnesota Historical Society
1916-1923

These papers cover Teigan's tenure as secretary of the National Nonpartisan League. A reel guide appears on reel 1.
National Nonpartisan League. Papers, 1910-1928.
Minnesota Historical Society
1910-1928

This set includes the correspondence and miscellaneous papers of the League.

Regimental Histories and Military Records

Regimental histories of the American Civil War.
University Microfilms International

Over 1,500 titles from an estimated 5000 total at the U.S. Army Military History Institute at Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania.  "... this microfiche collection has attempted a comprehensive filming of all ... monographic histories listed in C.E. Dornbusch's Military Bibliography of the Civil War, Volumes I and II ... In order to preserve the subject and organizational integrity ... individual volumes from larger sets were generally avoided, as were monographs which only dwelt in small part with the Civil War experience."  Guide, unit 1, p. i

Regional and Local Histories

California County and Regional Histories
Research Publications, Inc.

GUIDE: Reference Folder #35 This set includes county and regional histories, geographical works, atlases and maps. All titles are individually cataloged in CRLCATALOG.
Travels in the Confederate States
Lost Cause Press

Microcard set based on selections from the bibliography by Ellis Merton Coulter. The full set of 485 volumes includes writings of soldiers, journalists, and visitors. All the titles are individually cataloged and appear in the Center's catalog.
Travels in the Old South
Lost Cause Press
1527-1860

 Microcard set based on selections from the bibliography by Thomas D. Clark. The full set of 1,174 volumes includes writings from 1527-1860.  All the titles are individually cataloged and appear in the Center's catalog.
Wisconsin County and Regional Histories
Research Publications

Includes county and regional histories, geographical works, atlases and maps. There are 158 titles in the set, and all titles are individually cataloged in the Center's catalog.

U.S Government Documents and Records

Irish University Press area studies series, British parliamentary papers: United States of America
Irish University Press

This subset of the "Irish University Press area studies series" covers Brtitsh relations with America (ca. 1840-1900). A significant portion of the set relates to commercial interests between the two nations, incorporating yearly reports of British consulates and legations on the social and economic conditions of the district in which the officer resided.
Letters received by the Office of the Adjutant General (Main series), 1822-1860.
U.S. National Archives
1822-1860

This set includes personnel actions affecting Army officers and enlisted men, issuances of the War Department, and records of military expeditions, installations and campaigns from the files of the U.S. Adjutant-General's Office.
Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson, 1949-1953.
University Publications of America
1949-1953

This set records the activities of Truman’s Secretary of State.
Public housing, racial policies, and civil rights : the Inter-Group Relations Branch of the Federal Public Housing Administration, 1936-1963
Primary Source Media, Gale Cengage Learning
1936-1963

Records of the Inter-Group Relations Branch of the Federal Public Housing Administration. Collection includes directives and memoranda related to the PHA's policies and procedures. Contains correspondence about civil rights, racial policy, records regarding labor-based state activity, court cases involving housing decisions, racially restrictive covenants, and more. 
Records of the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor, 1918-1965.
University Publications of America
1918-1965

 The Center holds only part 1: Reports of the director; annual summaries, major conferences, speeches and articles.
The Records of the Children's Bureau, 1912-1969.
Chadwyck-Healey
1912-1969

The Children's Bureau was established as a federal agency to improve the health and welfare of children. The pamphlets and reports from the National Archives included in this set reflect the evolving concerns of the Bureau in view of the prevailing conditions in the six decades covered. 


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Regimental histories of the American Civil War.

Over 1,500 titles from an estimated 5000 total at the U.S. Army Military History Institute at Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania.  "... this microfiche collection has attempted a comprehensive filming of all ... monographic histories listed in C.E. Dornbusch's Military Bibliography of the Civil War, Volumes I and II ... In order to preserve the subject and organizational integrity ... individual volumes from larger sets were generally avoided, as were monographs which only dwelt in small part with the Civil War experience."  Guide, unit 1, p. i