Civil Rights
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:
Alberta Henry papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2069
Abstract
The Alberta Henry papers (1946-2005) consist of files maintained by Alberta Henry which detail her work as President of the Salt Lake City branch of the NAACP and as a minority consultant for the Salt Lake County School District. Also included are the records of various community orgainzations of which Henry was a member, as well as the records of the Rainbow Honor Society, a multicultural student organization which she founded.
Dates:
1946-2005
Alberta Henry photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1158
Abstract
The Alberta Henry photograph collection spans four decades, from the 1950s through 1980s. The collection includes personal family portraits, candid photographs, and images of Alberta Henry with Governor Calvin Rampton, Ted Kennedy, and Wayne Owens.
Dates:
1950s-1980s
Indian Self-Rule oral histories
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2186
Abstract
This collection contains transcripts of two interviews conducted in the 1970s and six transcripts of interviews and speeches given during the Conference on Indian Self-Rule, which took place in Sun Valley, Idaho, in August 1983. The conference was sponsored by the Institute of the American West. In 1995 the Utah State University Press published a book which grew out of this conference entitled Indian Self-Rule: First-Hand Accounts of Indian-White Relations from...
Dates:
1976-1983
International Women's Year records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0236
Abstract
The International Women's Year records(1975-1977) consist primarily of minutes, memoranda, form letters, flyers, correspondence, and news clippings concerning this conference held in Utah in 1977.
Dates:
1975-1977
Japanese American relocation collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0144
Abstract
The Japanese American relocation collection (1941-1945) contain materials concerned with the War Relocation Authority (WRA), the Tule Lake Relocation Center, the Topaz Relocation Center, and the Heart Mountain Relocation Project. The collection contains correspondence, reports, statistics, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and other related material. In 1942, after the Pearl Harbor Bombing, Americans of Japanese ancestry, living on the West Coast, were ordered to internment centers in...
Dates:
1941-1945
Japanese oral histories
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0806
Abstract
The Japanese oral histories (1964-1969) consist of transcripts of a number of interviews conducted between 1964 and 1969 by members of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) in Los Angeles, California, as part of the Japanese American Research Project. The original reel-to-reel tapes are housed at the University of California at Los Angeles. Topics discussed include immigration, social life and customs, adaptation to life in the United States, and the effects of World War II.
Dates:
1964-1969
Beth S. Jarman correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MS 0557
Abstract
The Beth S. Jarman correspondence (1977-1979) is from the years 1977 to 1979, arranged chronologically. The correspondence stems from Jarman's activities as Executive Director of the Utah State Department of Community Affairs and Chairwoman of the Utah Housing Finance Agency, a division of the Department.
Dates:
1977-1979
Sonia Johnson audio-visual collection
Collection
Identifier: A0099
Abstract
The bulk of the Sonia Johnson collection is concerned with Johnson's excommunication from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and her campaign in support of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
Dates:
1976-1981
Sharon Keigher papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0270
Abstract
The Sharon Keigher papers (1975-1979) consist of materials collected and created by Keigher (d. 1981) from her affiliation mainly with the International Women's Year, but also with other Utah women's organizations.
Dates:
1975-1979
LGBT protest poster and news clipping
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2754
Abstract
This collection contains a poster from the Salt Lake march supporting the Common Ground Initiative in 2009. The collection additionally contains an article from the Deseret News describing the march.
Dates:
2009