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African American Collections at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
In this guide, we highlight our collections from posters to streaming interviews relevant to African American experiences in the United States and abroad.
Collections Highlight
Select Archival Collections and Library Materials
Boyd (Leonard Russell) papers - Diaries, correspondence, unit histories, clippings, and memoranda, relating to the activities of the 93rd Division at the battle of Bougainville, and in other operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
David Benjamin Bolen papers, 1944-2001 - Speeches and writings, correspondence, dispatches, memoranda, reports, clippings, and photographs, relating to American relations with South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and East Germany. Also available on microfilm (32 reels).
Inventory of the Robert West Beyers papers - Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, press releases, memoranda, and printed matter, relating to work of the Council of Federated Organizations (composed of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and other organizations) in carrying out a voter registration drive among black citizens of Mississippi in 1964, involvement of Northern college student volunteers, and attendant violence.
The Militant photographic collection, ca. 1900-2000 - Photographs, drawings, and printed reproductions of illustrations, depicting activities of antiwar, civil rights, labor, racial justice, women's rights and other protest movements in the United States and other countries, mainly from the 1960s through the 1990s.
Ruth Ricci Eltse papers, 1935-1942 - Correspondence, writings, and photographs, relating to the Italo-Ethiopian War, to Italian colonization of Libya, and to Italian relations in North and East Africa. Includes an album of photographs of Benito Mussolini.
Rice (Condoleezza) papers - The Condoleezza Rice papers (1976-2019) consists of papers, photographs, albums, scrapbooks, videorecordings and media relating to her education, academic career and government service.
US 8129 - Political prisoners of USA Fascism. Ministry of Information. Black Panther Party. Box 2967 Custom House, San Francisco, CA 94126.
Select Firing Line Episodes
The Firing Line broadcast records include videotapes from the Firing Line television show, as well as sound recordings, administrative and speaker files, program research files, photographs, transcripts, and other materials from the show. The types of program research materials available for each program are listed in the Episode Guide. The Episode Guide also includes a summary and guest list for each episode, as well as a link to the episode details page on Hoover's digital collections website.