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 · 1933 English

Copy of a telegram to be sent by Walter F. White of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to President Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding discussions between the …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1933 English

This date is inferred. Draft of a telegram describing actions to be taken towards the full recognition of Liberia's sovereignty and independence.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1933 English

Delineating a series of possible alternatives relative to the Liberian situation; describing what their general objective ought to be; and attesting to the merits and sound efforts of General Winship …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1933 English

Expresses interest in coming to Geneva to support Liberia but only when it is "imperative."


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1933 English

Sent by Dorothy Detzer, Executive Secretary; thanking him for his recent letter (mums312-b067-i243) and confirming its assertions and assumptions; insisting that the Plan therein described is still subject to criticism, …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1933 English

Asking if he would be willing or able to serve as a representative to the League of Nations on behalf of Liberia and enclosing correspondence from Dorothy Detzer regarding said …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1933 English

Typed draft of article published in Foreign Affairs, discussing industry, policy, and government in Liberia, as well as her relations with the United States.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1933 English

Concerns establishing a plan of assistance for reforms in Liberia, particularly in administration and in finances. See also mums312-b066-i163.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1933 English

This date is inferred. Collection of documents detailing the recent history of Liberia's relationship to the United States, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, the use of slave labor by …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1933 English

Relaying the contents of the NAACP's telegram to President Roosevelt, bidding he publicly and unambiguously deny the United States' support of the Firestone Rubber Company in Liberia or nefarious involvement …