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Additional authors

1. Delany, Hubert T.
2. Fairley, James Alexander.
3. Jenkins, Philip Merriman, 1898-1988.
4. King, Woodie, Jr., 1937-
5. Meyer, Max, 1946-
6. Tate, DuDonna E. (DuDonna Elizabeth), 1916-2004.
7. White, Walter.
8. Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981.

Description

1. 4.8 lin. ft. (13 boxes)

Summary

1. This collection consists of correspondence, reports, speeches, minutes, notes, clippings and other material documenting Collymore's activities at the vanguard of civil rights in Westchester County, New York. There are files for all of the major organizations that Collymore was associated and held office with, among them: NAACP (White Plains Branch), including the nation-wide anti-lynching campaign that he worked on; the Colored Republicans Committee containing information on Black Republican activities and politics in Westchester County; the YMCA-White Plains; and White Plains Community Church (which he and his family integrated in 1927). There are also correspondence and miscellaneous documents that provide a glimpse into his personal and professional lives.

Subject

1. Collymore, Errold, 1892-1972
2. Collymore, Errold Duncan
3. Collymore, Magdalene Lewis
4. Collymore, Errold Duncan Jr
5. Collymore, Cynthia
6. Collymore, James
7. Collymore, Johnnie Nazarene Ewing
8. United States. Federal Works Agency
9. American Unitarian Association
10. Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.)
11. Howard University
12. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
13. National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses
14. United Colored Republican Clubs (White Plains, N.Y.)
15. Community Unitarian Church (White Plains, N.Y.)
16. White Plains Urban League
17. White Plains YMCA
18. African Americans in dentistry
19. African American dentists
20. African American theater
21. African American theater > New York (State) > New York
22. Amateur theater
23. Caribbean Americans
24. Civil rights
25. Emigration and immigration
26. Families, Black
27. World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American
28. African Americans > Political activity
29. African Americans in the performing arts
30. African Americans > Intellectual life
31. Heads of state > Caribbean Area
32. Barbados > Social life and customs

Genre/Form

1. Radio scripts.
2. Manuscripts.
3. Theater programs.

Call number

1. Sc MG 888

Source (note)

1. James L. Collymore

Biography (note)

1. Born in Barbados, Errold Collymore immigrated to the United States in 1912 and graduated from Howard University's dental school eleven years later. His subsequent struggle to rent an office in White Plains, New York compelled him into a life of civil rights activism which saw him organize a local NAACP chapter and become chairman of Westchester County's United Colored Republican Clubs. He was also involved with the YMCA and served on a number of committees concerned with housing equality and standards for Westchester County's Black residents. Attending to equality in the religious realm as well, Collymore and his family integrated the White Plains Community Church when they joined its congregation in 1927.

Author

1. Collymore, Errold, 1892-1972.

Title

1. Errold D. Collymore papers, 1928-1999 (bulk 1929-1971).

Biography

1. Born in Barbados, Errold Collymore immigrated to the United States in 1912 and graduated from Howard University's dental school eleven years later. His subsequent struggle to rent an office in White Plains, New York compelled him into a life of civil rights activism which saw him organize a local NAACP chapter and become chairman of Westchester County's United Colored Republican Clubs. He was also involved with the YMCA and served on a number of committees concerned with housing equality and standards for Westchester County's Black residents. Attending to equality in the religious realm as well, Collymore and his family integrated the White Plains Community Church when they joined its congregation in 1927.

Source

1. James L. Collymore Gift July 2013 SCM 13-36

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Delany, Hubert T.
2. Fairley, James Alexander.
3. Jenkins, Philip Merriman, 1898-1988.
4. King, Woodie, Jr., 1937-
5. Meyer, Max, 1946-
6. Tate, DuDonna E. (DuDonna Elizabeth), 1916-2004.
7. White, Walter.
8. Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 888