Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 28.4 lin. ft. (67 archival boxes, 7 flat boxes)

Summary

1. The collection is divided into nine chronological series reflecting Williams' career and includes Personal Papers, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, California Attorney General's Office, Peace Corps, U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO, Ambassador To Ghana, Columbia University Urban Center, Phelps Stokes Fund Years and Writings and Miscellany. Very little of the material in the collection can be considered of a private nature. There is scattered correspondence with family members and close friends, the vast majority of the collection deals with Williams' public work.

Subject

1. United States. Supreme Court
2. United States Commission on Civil Rights. New York State Advisory Committee
3. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
4. Phelps-Stokes Fund
5. NAACP Task Force on Africa
6. Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
7. National News Council (U.S.)
8. Council on Foreign Relations
9. Peace Corps (U.S.)
10. African Americans > Societies, etc
11. Associations, institutions, etc. > African American membership
12. Civil rights > United States
13. Endowments > United States
14. Civil rights > New York (State)
15. African Americans > Civil rights
16. African Americans and mass media
17. African American diplomats
18. African Americans > Politics and government
19. Broadcast journalism > United States
20. Fairness doctrine (Broadcasting) > United States
21. National service > United States
22. Diplomatic and consular service, American > Ghana
23. United States > Foreign relations
24. Africa > Economic conditions
25. United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Scrapbooks.
3. Photoprints.

Call number

1. Sc MG 378

Source (note)

1. Williams, Franklin H.

Biography (note)

1. Franklin Hall Williams was an African-American civil rights lawyer, diplomat, and foundation president who worked towards fostering better relations between the black and white communities in the U.S. and between the African-American community and Africa.
2. Williams held many positions, among them was the West Coast regional director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1951-1956; California Assistant Attorney General, 1959-1961; Special Assistant, Peace Corps, 1961-1963; U.S. Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, 1963-1965; U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, 1965-1968; director, Columbia University Urban Center, 1968-1970; president of Phelps-Stokes Fund, 1970-1990. Williams died in 1990.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Processed
3. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Williams, Franklin, 1917-1990.

Title

1. Franklin Williams papers, 1917-1990.

Biography

1. Franklin Hall Williams was an African-American civil rights lawyer, diplomat, and foundation president who worked towards fostering better relations between the black and white communities in the U.S. and between the African-American community and Africa.
2. Williams held many positions, among them was the West Coast regional director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1951-1956; California Assistant Attorney General, 1959-1961; Special Assistant, Peace Corps, 1961-1963; U.S. Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, 1963-1965; U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, 1965-1968; director, Columbia University Urban Center, 1968-1970; president of Phelps-Stokes Fund, 1970-1990. Williams died in 1990.

Connect to:

1. Finding aid

Added author

1. Williams, Franklin, 1917-1990.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 378