The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Boston University. Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

Boston University; 771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02215

Email: [email protected]

Fax: 617-353-2838

Phone: 617-353-3696

Repository URL: http://www.bu.edu/dbin/archives/index.php

Repository code: mbu

Repository description (extant): The mission of the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center is to capture and document history by collecting the manuscripts from individuals who play a significant part in the fields of journalism, poetry, literature and criticism, dance, music, theater, film, television, and political and religious movements. We preserve the documents and make them readily available to researchers while administering all legal copyrights and restrictions . . . . The Center is a major resource for researchers, biographers, historians, producers and students. The collections vary in size and content and contain a variety of manuscripts, drafts, galleys, notes, notebooks, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, reviews, photographs, memorabilia, and personal and professional correspondence. Most collections have a finding aid and are available for research by appointment.

Repository type: University Special Collection

Collections:

David Halberstam collection
Martin Luther King, Jr. collection
Howard Thurman collection
Malcolm Boyd collection
Edward W. Brooke III collection
James Haskins collection
Nat Hentoff collection
Allan Knight Chalmers collection
Libby Holman collection
Della Hardman collection
Jay Richard Kennedy collection
John W. McCormack collection
Elton C. Fax collection