Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956.

Description

1. 1.6 lin. ft.

Summary

1. Writings and research files, along with personal papers, and corrrespondence documenting Davis' multifaceted career, 1923-1972. Includes material on the AMERICAN NEGRO REFERENCE BOOK, 1966, edited by Davis; papers relating to Frederick Douglass, including letters to Douglass from his sons, Lewis and Frederick; historical novel about a frontier family in Louisville, Kentucky; compilation of biographies of black athletes called "Jump High;" short stories and poetry; and manuscript about Liberia entitled "Bitter Canaan," by Charles S. Johnson. Correspondents include Mary M. Bethune, Ralph J. Bunche, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Subject

1. Davis, John P. 1905-1973
2. Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
3. Douglass, Lewis, 1840-1908
4. Douglass, Frederick, 1842-
5. Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955
6. Bunche, Ralph J. 1904-1971
7. Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969
8. Douglas family
9. African American athletes
10. Families > Kentucky > Louisville
11. African American families
12. Historical fiction > History > Liberia
13. Historical fiction > History > Louisville (Ky.)
14. African American journalists
15. African American authors
16. Civil rights workers

Genre/Form

1. Poems.

Call number

1. Sc Micro R-5858

Note

1. Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
2. Sc MG 39.

Access (note)

1. Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.

Additional formats (note)

1. Collection available on microfilm;

Reproduction (note)

1. Microfilm.

Source (note)

1. Davis, Marguerite DeMond

Biography (note)

1. John Preston Davis was a journalist, author, and civil rights advocate.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Accessioned
3. Processed
4. Updated

Author

1. Davis, John P. (John Preston), 1905-1973.

Title

1. John Preston Davis papers, 1845-1972, 1891-1972 (bulk).

Access

1. Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.

Additional formats

1. Collection available on microfilm; Micrographic Preservation Service ; call number Sc Micro R-5858.

Reproduction

1. Microfilm. New York, N.Y. : New York Public Library, marketed by Scholarly Resources Inc., 19--. 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (MN *ZZ-30663)

Biography

1. John Preston Davis was a journalist, author, and civil rights advocate.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Davis, John P. (John Preston), 1905-1973. Jump high.
2. Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956.
3. Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956. Bitter Canaan.

LCCN

1. ms 82001356

Research call number

1. Sc Micro R-5858