Special Collections and University Archives, - Selected African Holdings

Special Collections and University Archives, - Selected African Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Selected items with African Origination


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1934 English

Signed Carl Murphy, President; describing managing editor William N. Jones's recent trip to Liberia, and inviting Du Bois to participate in a Washington, D.C. meeting geared towards the formulation or …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1934 English

From Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Editor. Concerns Du Bois's proposed article on Mussolini's intentions with regard to Ethiopia: not willing to commit to it but willing to read the article if …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1934 English

Concerns possibility of Du Bois representing Liberia at League of Nations meeting: "I should very glad to have your advice and guidance if I should go, and I would certainly …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1934 English

Addressed to the Honorable L. A. Grimes; calling for a formal response to James C. Young's book "Liberia Re-Discovered"l offering to address its claims through articles in "The Crisis" or …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1934 English

Addressed to the Chief Justice L. A. Grimes; relaying recent contact with Dorothy Detzer; discussing the possibility of the Liberian government's financing a book in defense, or exposition, of its …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1934 English

Signed L. A. Grimes; thanking him for his correspondence of July 3, its "sympathetic interest" and its "willingness and readiness to serve our country"; enclosing a letter to Dorothy Detzer …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1934 English

Concerning an editorial in "The New York Age" entitled "America, Save Liberia" and efforts by Liberian President Barclay to enlist the support of the United States for a reconstruction program. …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1934 English

Addressed to the Honorable L. A. Grimes; inquiring what he can do to assist in the "Liberian dilemma," the vicissitudes of which he has been following "with great interest"; describing …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1934 English

Typed draft of unpublished article discussing conditions in Liberia and the relationship between it and African Americans.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1934 English

Signed L. A. Grimes; discussing W. E. B. Du Bois's offer to represent Liberia at the League of Nations, provided his expenses are covered; relaying that the U.S. Dept. of …