Summary Information

Title: Vanguard League Records
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1972

Creator:

• Vanguard League (Columbus, Ohio)

Call Number: Mss 40; Micro 570

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 3 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of the Vanguard League, a watchdog organization composed almost entirely of Afro-Americans and devoted to eliminating racial discrimination in the Columbus, Ohio, area. In 1950, it affiliated with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The collection is composed of correspondence, minutes of the central organization and several committees, affidavits of black workers, leaque publications, and reports relating to race relations, housing, and labor.

Note:

There is a restriction on use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00040