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| Title: | Wells, Ida B. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1884-1976 |
| Size: | 6 linear feet (11 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Ida B. Wells, (1862-1931) teacher, journalist and anti-lynching activist. Paper contain correspondence, manuscript of Crusade for Justice: the Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, diaries, copies of articles and speeches by Wells, articles and accounts about Wells, newspapers clippings, and photographs. Also contains Alfreda M. Duster's (Wells' daughter) working copies of the autobiography which Duster edited. Correspondents include Frederick Douglass and Albion Tourgee. Includes photocopies of correspondence of Wells' husband Ferdinand Barnett and a scrapbook of newspapers articles written by him. |
The collection is open for research. A scrapbook, located in Series XVIII, Subseries 1, by Ferdinand Barnett is restricted due to its fragile condition. A photocopy has been produced for researchers and is located in a binder in Box 10.
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Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862, six months before the Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to her enslaved parents. Following the death of both her parents of yellow fever in 1878, Ida, at age 16, began teaching in a one-room schoolhouse in rural Mississippi. Some time between 1882 and 1883 Wells moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to teach in city schools. She was dismissed, in 1891, for her outspoken criticism of segregated schools.
Her dismissal from the Memphis school system would be the beginning of her protests about justice, particularly as they pertained to the treatment of Black Americans. In 1884, Ida B. Wells sued the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad for forcing Black people to ride in segregated and inferior carriages. Ida B. Wells won this case in the local court, but was defeated in the State Supreme Court. Undaunted by heavy opposition and a seemingly hopeless cause, Wells, from that point on, made the welfare of African American people her main concern, meeting every obstacle head on with a characteristic determination.
A firm believer in the necessity for vast change, and in the value of education and direct challenge to bring this change about, Ida B. Wells began contributing articles to newspapers in 1887. She used these articles as a political tactic to further her cause; something she continued to do all her life. As editor of the Memphis Free Speech, her printing press was destroyed by white mobs angered by editorials condemning "lynch law." One of the foremost crusaders against lynching, Wells was not silenced by such threats. Twice, in 1893 and 1894, she took her cause abroad on speaking tours of England, Scotland, and Wales.
In 1895 she published A Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynchings in the United States, 1892-1893-1894 (Chicago: [1895]). The years 1893-1895 also saw Wells produce, with Frederick Douglass, Ferdinand L. Barnett (whom she was to marry in 1895), and I. Garland Penn, the booklet, The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the Columbian Exposition -- The Afro-American's Contribution to Columbian Literature (Chicago: Ida B. Wells, 1893).
From 1910 on, Wells moved within the mainstream of Black civic and political life in Chicago. She had, in earlier years, founded civic clubs -- the first of their kind for Black American women; the Ida B. Wells Women's Club is still in existence today. Between 1910 and 1931 she established the Negro Fellowship League, was instrumental in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and organized the Alpha Suffrage Club, the first suffrage club for Black Women. She led the fight to elect Chicago's first Black alderman and congressman, Oscar DePriest, and herself ran (unsuccessfully) for state senator of Illinois in 1930. Her participation and leadership in numerous organizations, and her constant vigilance in the interests of Black Americans was far-reaching.and a particularly difficult and courageous task.
About 1927, Ida B. Wells began to write her autobiography, which she finished before her death on March 21, 1931. Edited by her daughter, Alfreda M. Duster, the autobiography was published as Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, as part of a series of Negro American Biographies and Autobiographies edited by John Hope Franklin (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970).
The Ida B. Wells Papers consists of six linear feet of original manuscripts, correspondence, newspaper and journal articles written and compiled by Ida B. Wells-Barnett. The amount of material in the collection is rather small due to two house fires (1915 and 1923) that destroyed virtually all of her personal and professional papers. The papers have been divided into nineteen series that range from originals and transcripts of Crusade for Justice, biographical information, diaries, and writings and clippings to files on her lawsuit against the Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad, the Ida B. Wells Woman's Club, and secondary materials and photographs.
Aside from the original manuscripts of her autobiography Crusade for Justice: Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, there are 27 original photographs, articles, and correspondence. The collection also contains Wells' diaries from 1885-1887 and 1930, and two other books owned by her. The papers include contemporary accounts and articles about Ida B. Wells, including her trips to England and her suit against the Chesapeake, Ohio, & Southwestern Railroad Company. The oversize materials in Box 11 contain additional contemporary newspaper accounts. The remainder of the collection consists chiefly of her daughter Alfreda M. Duster's working copies of the autobiography, including a few biographical versions, research correspondence, notes, background material, publication correspondence concerning Crusade for Justice, and articles about Ida B. Wells.
Much of the information on the original folder headings has been retained, including information in quotation marks taken from Alfreda M. Duster's folder heading notes. The use of the initials "AMD" and "IBW" in the inventory refer to Alfreda M. Duster and Ida B. Wells, respectively. Ida B. Wells' name also appears as "IBW-B" to indicate her married name, Barnett.
Series XIX contains a small amount of addenda material relating to Ida B. Wells that came at a later date. It includes a small but important collection of manuscript and primary printed materials concerning Ida B. Wells including correspondence with Frederick Douglass and Judge Albion Tourgee, articles, and original newspaper clippings written by and about her. This series also includes photocopies of correspondence of her husband Ferdinand Barnett and a scrapbook of newspaper articles written by Ferdinand Barnett. The scrapbook is in fragile condition and is not available for research, but a photocopy of the entire scrapbook has been made and is located in Box 10 Folder 8.
A Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynchings in the United States, 1892-1893-1894 (Chicago: [1895]).
On Lynchings, Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books, c2002.
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All It's Phases, New York, N.Y.: New York Age Print, 1982.
United States atrocities lynch law, London : "Lux" Newspaper and Pub. Co., [1892]
The Memphis diary of Ida B. Wells, Boston : Beacon Press, c1995.
Mob rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and his fight to the death, Chicago, IL : [s.n.], 1900.
Series I: Crusade for Justice Manuscript (Original and Typescript) |
Series I contains the original manuscript of Crusade for Justice: Autobiography of Ida B. Wells as well as six versions of the typescript. Folder 1 through 8 contain the original manuscript versions of Crusade for Justice, 77 pages. Chapter divisions follow those of the printed edition, University of Chicago Press, 1970. Chapters in parentheses and page numbers are those of Mrs. Wells-Barnett. IBW and AMD have been used to delineate the versions produced by Ida B. Wells and the versions produced by her daughter, Alfreda M. Duster.
| Box 1 Folder 1-8 | Preface, two versions, (5 p.); Chapters I through VI, (30 p.), Chapters VII through XVI (42 p.); "Shipmates on first voyage to England... Chapter 5 of my first writing" in pencil; newspaper clippings, circa 1926 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | IBW typescript, 40p. |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | IBW typescript, 40p. |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | IBW typescript, 40p. |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | IBW typescript, Preface and Chapters I through XVI |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | IBW typescript, Preface and Chapters I through XVI |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | IBW typescript, Preface and Chapters I through XVI |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | IBW typescript, Preface and Chapters I through XVI |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | IBW typescript, Chapters XVII-XXVII |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | IBW typescript, Chapters XVII-XXVII |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | IBW typescript, Chapters XXVIII-XXXVII |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | IBW typescript, Chapters XXVIII-XXXVII |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | IBW typescript, Chapters XXXVIII-XLVI |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | IBW typescript, Chapters XXXVIII-XLVI |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | AMD typescript, same as Box 1, Folder 11-14 with some editing; Preface (with footnotes) through Chapter XVI |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | AMD typescript, same as Box 1, Folder 11-14 with some editing; Preface (with footnotes) through Chapter XVI |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | AMD typescript, same as Box 1, Folder 11-14 with some editing; Preface (with footnotes) through Chapter XVI |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | AMD typescript, Chapters XVII-XXX |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | AMD typescript, Chapters XVII-XXX |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | AMD typescript, Chapters XVII-XXX |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | AMD typescript, Chapters XXI-XLV |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | AMD typescript, Chapters XXI-XLV |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | AMD typescript, Chapters XXI-XLV |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | AMD typescript, Chapters XLVI-XLVII; footnotes for some chapters, some marked "not done" |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | AMD typescript from IBW typed original, 16 chapters |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | AMD typescript from IBW typed original, 16 chapters |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | AMD typescript from IBW typed original, 16 chapters |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | AMD typescript, another version, 16 chapters |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | AMD typescript, another version, 16 chapters |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | AMD typescript, another version, 16 chapters |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | AMD typescript, Chapters XXXVII-XLVI plus summary, outline, and introduction |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | AMD typescript, Chapters XXXVII-XLVI plus summary, outline, and introduction |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | "Old Copies of the Introduction," includes two by AMD, one by Jan Olsen (assistant to AMD) |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | AMD typescript, with annotations "for verification of facts requested by Dr. Franklin. First section," Introduction through Chapter XVII, with footnotes |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | AMD typescript, with annotations "for verification of facts requested by Dr. Franklin. First section," Introduction through Chapter XVII, with footnotes |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | AMD typescript, with annotations "for verification of facts requested by Dr. Franklin. First section," Introduction through Chapter XVII, with footnotes |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | AMD typescript, with annotations "for verification of facts requested by Dr. Franklin. First section," Introduction through Chapter XVII, with footnotes |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | AMD typescript, Second section," Chapters XVIII-XXXIII |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | AMD typescript, Second section," Chapters XVIII-XXXIII |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | AMD typescript, Second section," Chapters XVIII-XXXIII |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | AMD typescript, continued, with annotations "for verification of facts requested by Dr. Franklin," "Third Section," chapter XXXIV-46 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | AMD typescript, continued, with annotations "for verification of facts requested by Dr. Franklin," "Third Section," chapter XXXIV-46 |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | AMD typescript, continued, with annotations "for verification of facts requested by Dr. Franklin," "Third Section," chapter XXXIV-46 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Typescript, 12 Chapters (p. 1 & 2 of Chapter 1 missing) |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Typescript, 12 Chapters (p. 1 & 2 of Chapter 1 missing) |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Typescript, 12 Chapters (p. 1 & 2 of Chapter 1 missing) |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Typescript, 12 Chapters (p. 1 & 2 of Chapter 1 missing) |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Typescript, 4 Chapters (67 p.), "Sent to Adolph Slaughter" (Ebony magazine?) [See AMD to A. Slaughter, March 29, 1965 ] |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Typescript, blue copy of same, includes summary and outline |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Typescript, complete copy, includes outline of life of IBW |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Typescript, complete copy, includes outline of life of IBW |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | Typescript, complete copy, includes outline of life of IBW |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | Typescript, complete copy, includes outline of life of IBW |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | Typescript, complete copy, includes outline of life of IBW |
| Box 6 | Original manuscript of Crusade for Justice used by University of Chicago Press |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Typescript, "Last copy of first 56 pages of Biography I Wrote." |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | Typescript, novelized version written under guidance of Mrs. McCutcheon of The Ethel McCutcheon Writers, Chapters 1, 2 and 8 p. of Chapter 3 (2 copies); 3 page summary (4 copies), also outline "for McDade School 1967 Negro History Program" |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Typescript, novelized version written under guidance of Mrs. McCutcheon of The Ethel McCutcheon Writers, Chapters 1, 2 and 8 p. of Chapter 3 (2 copies); 3 page summary (4 copies), also outline "for McDade School 1967 Negro History Program" |
Series II: Alfreda M. Duster Editorial and Research Notes |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Footnotes for most chapters of Crusade for Justice, "Footnotes Corrected by Dr. [John Hope] Franklin" |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Footnotes for most chapters of Crusade for Justice, "Footnotes Corrected by Dr. [John Hope] Franklin" |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Editorial notes, some footnotes on small slips of paper "cut to place in ms." |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | Research notes Folder 7: Research notes |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | Research notes |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | Research notes |
Series III: Alfreda M. Duster Research Correspondence |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | Correspondence, 1940-1958, includes two short holograph articles by Stella Reed Garnett attached to letters of March 30, 1941 & April 26, 1951; one letter from Langston Hughes to AMD, October 23, 1958 |
| Box 7 Folder 11 | Correspondence, 1963-1971, includes a few solicitations from institutions concerning the placing of IBW's papers |
| Box 7 Folder 12 | Correspondence, 1963-1971, includes a few solicitations from institutions concerning the placing of IBW's papers |
| Box 7 Folder 13 | Correspondence, 1963-1971, includes a few solicitations from institutions concerning the placing of IBW's papers |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Floyd W. Crawford, 1958-1974, attached to letter of March 24, 1963: "A Final Word," speech on IBW |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | Floyd W. Crawford, 1958-1974, attached to letter of March 24, 1963: "A Final Word," speech on IBW |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Library of Congress and Newberry Library |
Series IV: Crusade for Justice: Publication and Publicity |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | Correspondence concerning publication, 1940-1966, includes correspondence with Herman K. Barnett, Dr. Herbert Aptheker, and Dr. John Hope Franklin |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | University of Chicago Press correspondence, 1965-1971 |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | Correspondence concerning publication, distribution, and reviews, 1969-1972 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | Book reviews and advertisements |
Series V: Ida B. Wells, Writings on Lynching |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Item 1: "Marriage Bells," The New York Age, November 1892, photocopy, 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Item 2: "Lynch Law in All its Phases," (address at Tremont Temple in the Boston Monday Lectureship, February 13, 1893), photocopy, no source, 8 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Item 3: "The Reign of Mob Law: Iola's Opinion of Doings in the Southern Field," New York Age, February 18, 1893, combined with "The Lynchers Wince," New York Age, September 19, 1891, holograph copy, 6 p., with typescript, 3 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Item 4: "Lynch Law in the United States: to the Editor of the Daily Post," Birmingham Daily Post, May 14, 1894, [annotated by Ida B. Wells], photocopy, 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Item 5: "How Enfranchisement Stops Lynching," Original Rights Magazine, vol. I, no. 4 (June 1910): 42-52, photocopy, 5 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Item 6: Title page of Ida B. Wells, Lynch Law, photocopy, 1 p. |
Series VI: Ida B. Wells, Biographical Materials |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Item 1: Personal note [from diary?], "Have just returned from watch meeting...," January 1, 1886, typescript, 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Item 2: "Editorial," New York Age, September 12, 1891, holograph copy, 4 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Item 3: "Afro-Americans and Africa," The A.M.E. Church Review, vol. 9, no. 1 (July 1892): 40-44, photocopy |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Item 4: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, National Afro-American Council, Chicago, Illinois, to Chas. W. Chestnut[t], Cleveland, Ohio, June 4, 1901, photocopy of T.L.S. with holograph annotations, 2 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Item 5: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, The Negro Fellowship League, Chicago, Illinois, to Charles W. Chestnutt, Cleveland, Ohio, May 18, 1915, photocopy of T.L.S., 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Item 6: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, May 29, 1916, photocopy of T.L.S., 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Item 7: [Ida B. Wells?], "The Alpha Suffrage Club," The Alpha Suffrage Record, vol. 1, no. 1 (March 18, 1914), original document mounted on cardboard, 1 p., with photocopy |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Item 8: "To the Young Men Who Want to Go to France," original flyer, undated [ca. 1910-1920], with holograph letter on verso from "Wm. McCormick" to Ida B. Wells, concerning "Levena Sharp," a pregnant 17-year old rooming with "Mrs. Wm. Dorsey," A.L.S., 1 p., and photocopies annotated by Alfreda Duster, 2 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Item 9: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, to daughters Ida and Alfreda, [October] 30th, 1920, A.L.S. (signed "Mother"), 5 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Item 10-11: "The New Year" and "The Old Year," January 1, 1931, holograph draft, 3 p., with typescripts, 3 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Item 12: Calling card of Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, inscribed on verso with holograph reservation form for the Women's Republican League's Whist Party, A.D.S., undated |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Item 13: Campaign card supporting Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, candidate for Delegate to Republican National Convention, Kansas City, MO, June 1928 |
Series VII: Ida B. Wells, Press Clippings |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 1: [Article which appeared in The Ladies Pictorial, England], (on Wells' trip to England), May 1893, typescript, 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 2: "Never Allowed to be Dear," (quoting Wells on economic inequality in the South), The Chicago Times, Sunday, September 3, 1893, photocopy, 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 3: Editorial notice of Wells' visit to Manchester, England, Manchester Guardian, [April 1894], [annotated by Ida B. Wells], photocopy, 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 4: [A City Councillor], "A Wearied Councillor's Protest," May 12, 1894, and reply by Ida B. Wells, "Lynch Law in the United States," Birmingham Daily Post, [annotated by Ida B. Wells], May 14, 1894, photocopy, 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 5: Lynch Law in the United States," Birmingham Daily Post, [May 17, 1894], [annotated by Ida B. Wells], photocopy, 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 6: "Lynch Law in America," Birmingham Daily Post, [May 17, 1894], [annotated by Ida B. Wells], photocopy, 2 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 7: Editorial, Birmingham Daily Gazette, May 18, 1894, [annotated by Ida B. Wells], photocopy, 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 8: "Against Lynching: Ida B. Wells and her Recent Mission in England," The Daily Inter-Ocean, August 4, 1894: 9, photostat, 2 p., and photocopy, 2 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 9: "Idol of her People: Ida B. Wells, the Colored Advocate, Welcomed Home," The Daily Inter-Ocean, August 8, 1894: 2, photostat, 3 p., and photocopy, 3 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 10: "Ida J. [sic] Wells Speaks," no source, September 2, no year, photocopy of fragment, 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 11: Henry Davenport Northrop, Joseph R. Gay, and I. Garland Penn, The College of Life or Practical Self-Educator: A Manual of Self-Improvement of the Colored Race (Chicago: Chicago Publication and Lithograph Co., 1895): 99 ff, summarizing life of Ida B. Wells, typescript, 3 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 12: Rev. Norman B. Wood, The White Side of a Black Subject (Chicago: American Publishing House, 1897): 381 ff, supporting Wells' anti-lynching campaign, typescript, 2 p. [see Box 5:16] |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 13: Mrs. Delores Johnson Farrow, "Side Lights or Shadows on the Recent Race Riots at East St. Louis, Illinois," The Broad Ax, Chicago, July 28, 1917, on Farrow's trip to East St. Louis with Wells, photocopy, 1 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Item 14: Obituary, "Mrs. Ida Barnett, Colored Leader, 62, Dies Suddenly," The Chicago Tribune, March 25, 1931, carbon copy of typescript, 1 p. |
Series VIII: Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad Company v. Wells |
| Box 8 Folder 11 | Item 1: "A Darky Damsel Obtains a Verdict for Damages Against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad," Memphis Appeal-Avalanche, December 25, 1884, typescript, 4 p. |
| Box 8 Folder 11 | Item 2: "Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee," Shelby County, April Term, 1887: 613-615, 631, regarding appeal and overturn of Railroad v. Wells case, photocopy, 3 p., and typescript, 3 p. |
Series IX: Ida B. Wells Woman's Club |
| Box 8 Folder 12 | Woman's Club
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Series X: Racial Conflict, Secondary Material |
| Box 8 Folder 13 | Research Materials
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Series XI: Ida B. Wells, Secondary Biographical Materials |
| Box 8 Folder 14 | Essays about Ida B. Wells
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| Box 9 Folder 1 | Essays about Ida B. Wells
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| Box 9 Folder 2 | Essays about Ida B. Wells
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Series XII: Ida B. Wells, Published Illustrations |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | Published Illustrations
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Series XIII: Ida B. Wells Homes, Chicago Housing Authority |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Item 1: "Good Homes, Low Rents," brochure and preliminary application (detached) for apartments in Ida B. Wells Homes, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Item 2: "Let's Make History!" promotional flyer issued by the Ida B. Wells Woman's Club, to name the new C.H.A. Housing project after Ida B. Wells, [1938] |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Item 3: Press release, Chicago Housing Authority, September 3, 1940, typed carbon copy, 2 p. |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Item 4: Alfreda M. Duster, Chicago, to Mr. A.E. Perkins, New Orleans, October 2, 1940, typed carbon copy, T.L.S., 1 p. |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Item 5: Dedication invitation from The Honorable Edward J. Kelly, October 27, 1940 |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Item 6: Program for the Dedication of Ida B. Wells Homes, October 27, 1940 |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Item 7: List of Articles Laid in the Cornerstone of the Ida B. Wells Homes, typed carbon copy, 1 p. |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Item 8: "Project named for Ida B. Wells," Chicago American, undated [1940], photocopied with "Let's Make History," promotional flyer, 1 p. |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Item 9: "Ida B. Wells Homes -- the Monument Immortal," advertisement, back cover of Negro Youth Photo Script, graduation issue, vol. I, no. 3 (June 1942) |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Item 10: "Famous Chicago Monuments: `City in City' Honors Ida B. Wells," Defender, January 9, 1954: 36, photocopy, 1 p. |
Series XIV: Alfreda M. Duster, Secondary Biographical Material |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Research Materials
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Series XV: Colored Women of America |
| Box 9 Folder 6 | Historical Records of the Conventions of 1895-96 of the Colored Women of America (Boston: 1902), 122 p. |
Series XVI: Diaries and Published Works |
| Box 9 Folder 7 | Ida B. Wells' pocket diary, 1930. Entries begin Christmas Day, 1929, and end May 14, 1930 [entries do not accord with printed date headings], including addresses and record of household expenses, 18 p., accompanied by photocopy of diary, 18 p. |
| Box 9 Folder 8 | Ida B. Wells' diary, 1885-1887. Entries begin in Holly Springs, Mississippi, December 29, 1885, and end in Woodstock, Tennessee, September 12, 1887, 213 p. |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | Norman B. Wood, The White Side of a Black Subject (Chicago: American Publishing House, 1897), 408 p. |
Series XVII: Photographs |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Photo 1: Ida B. Wells, standing left, with Maurine Moss, widow of Tom Moss, lynched in Memphis March 9, 1892, with Tom Moss Jr., born circa 1893, 16.5x11.5 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Photo 2: Ida B. Wells, portrait photograph, ca. 1893-1894, 14 x 9.5 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Photo 3: Ida B. Wells, photograph of engraved illustration from J. Garland Penn, Afro-American Newspapers and their Editors, 16.5 x 11.5 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Photo 4: Ida B. Wells-Barnett with first-born son, Charles Barnett, ca. November 1896, 14 x 10 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Photo 5: Ferdinand L. Barnett, 1906-1908, 15 x 10 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Photo 6: Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her children, 1909, 13.7 x 9.5 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Photo 7: Postcard featuring photograph of Ida B. Wells, ca. 1910, 13.6 x 8.5 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Photo 8: Maureen Moss Browning, foster daughter of Ida B. Wells [see photograph 1], 12.5 x 8.9 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Photo 9: Ida B. Wells-Barnett with daughters Ida, 13, and Alfreda, 10, September 1914, 15.5 x 11.5 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Photo 10: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, [1920?], 14.8 x 9.9 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Photo 11: Barnett family, 1917, 19.5 x 24.5 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Photo 12: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, wearing "Martyred Negro Soldiers" button, ca. 1917-1919, 23.8 x 19 cm Two exposures. |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Photo 13: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, with nephew, Jack Calvert Wells, at 3624 Grand Boulevard (formerly South Parkway, now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), Chicago, August 1919, 17 x 12 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Photo 14: Ferdinand L. Barnett with daughter, Alfreda, at 3624 Grand Boulevard (now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), Chicago, August 1919, 17 x 12 cm Two exposures. |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Photo 15: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, with husband, Ferdinand, and daughter, Alfreda, with son Herman K. Barnett in window in background, at 3624 Grand Boulevard (now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), Chicago, August 1919, 17.5x12.5 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Photo 16: Ferdinand L. Barnett, with son, Herman K. Barnett in window in background, at 3624 Grand Boulevard (now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), Chicago, August 1919. Inscribed on recto: "Uncle Ferd," 6.3 x 3.9 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Photo 17: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, flanked by daughter, Alfreda (at left of photograph) and daughter-in-law Fiona Davis-Barnett (at right), at 3624 Grand Boulevard (now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), Chicago, September 1919, 12x17 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Photo 18: Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her sisters, 1920, 22 x 18.5 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Photo 19: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, standing portrait photograph, ca. 1920?, 15 x 9.7 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Photo 20: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, informal portrait, June 6, 1920, 16.5 x 11.5 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Photo 21: Alfreda Barnett, at age 16, 16.2 x 11.5 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Photo 22: Ida B. Wells at banquet |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Photo 23: Barnett family, looking at a photograph of themselves taken 40 years ago. Left to right, standing: Charles Aked Barnett, Ferdinand L. Barnett Jr., Albert Graham Barnett, Herman Kohlsaat Barnett. Left to right, seated: Ida B. Wells-Barnett Jr., Alfreda Marguerita Barnett Duster, about 1948, 12x17 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Photo 24: Alfreda Duster, portraying her mother Ida B. Wells in "Great Women of Chicago" pageant, 1950, 18 x 23.2 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Photo 25: "Great Women of Chicago," group photograph of the pageant players, 1950, 19.3 x 24 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Photo 26: Scene from "Great Women of Chicago," featuring the characters of Mary McDowell, Jane Addams, Harriet [Kittum], Ella Flagg Young, Flora J. Cooke, and Ida B. Wells greeted by Hannah S. Solomon, 1950, 19.5 x 24 cm |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Photo 27: Rev. Carl Fugua making presentation to Alfreda Duster at Blue Ribbon Tea, Parkway Ballroom, with framed photograph of Ida B. Wells in foreground, 1963, 23.5 x 19 cm |
Series XVIII: Ida B. Wells, Addenda |
Subseries 1: Ida B. Wells, Writing and Correspondence |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Item 1: "Ida B. Wells Abroad. The Bishop of Manchester on American Lynching," The Daily Inter-Ocean, April 28, 1894: 10; pasted on verso: "Ida B. Wells Abroad. Speaking in Liverpool Against Lynchers of Negroes," The Daily Inter-Ocean, April 9, 1894: 8, 1p. |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Item 2: Untitled article, The Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1894, annotated by Ida B. Wells, 1p. |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Item 3: "Lynch Law in the United States: Protest by Birmingham Audiences," The Birmingham Daily Post, May 17, 1894, annotated by Ida B. Wells, 1p. |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Item 4: "Lynch Law in America," The Birmingham Daily Post, May 17, 1894, annotated by Ida B. Wells, 1p. |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Item 5: [A City Councillor], "A Wearied Councillor's Protest," May 12, 1894, and reply by Ida B. Wells, "Lynch Law in the United States," Birmingham Daily Post, annotated by Ida B. Wells, May 14, 1894, 1p. |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Item 6: Editorial notice of Well's lecture at Temperance Hall, Ashton, Manchester Guardian, [1894], annotated by Ida B. Wells, 1p. |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Item 7: "Ida J. [sic] Wells Speaks," The Courier Journal, September 2, no year |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Item 8: T. Thomas Fortune, "Greeting to the Presidents of the Local Leagues... ," Weekly Call, Topeka, July 21, 1894, in defense of Ida B. Wells, transcript, 1p. |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Item 9: Untitled clipping, fragment, undated |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | Ida B. Wells, The Reason Why the Colored American is Not in the World's Columbian Exposition. Pamphlet. Chicago: privately printed, 1893. Photocopy, 40p. |
| Box 10 Folder 6 | Correspondence
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| Box 10 Folder 7 | Correspondence
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| Box 10 Folder 8 | Photocopy of scrapbook [collected by Ferdinand Barnett], 73p. Includes personal memorabilia and published articles by Barnett |
| Volume 1 | Original scrapbook [collected by Ferdinand Barnett], 73p. Includes personal memorabilia and published articles by Barnett |
Subseries 2: Secondary Materials |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | Correspondence
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| Box 10 Folder 10 | Research Materials
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| Box 10 Folder 11 | Historical Records of the Conventions of 1895-96 of the Colored Women of America (Boston: 1902), photocopy, 122p. |
Series XIX: Oversize |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | Oversize Materials
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