Prepare for a visit to AAMLO with these special topic resource guides.
This resource guide is intended to help users locate holdings at AAMLO related to the NAACP.
It highlights holdings in the following areas:
● Selected Library Material at AAMLO
● Selected Archival Collections at AAMLO
Other collections may contain relevant materials. Please contact AAMLO (aamlo@oaklandlibrary.org) with any questions or to schedule an appointment to view materials in person.
A printable PDF version of this resource guide is available for download.
Selected Library Materials
NAACP, a history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP : celebrating a century : 100 years in pictures by the NAACP and Crisis magazine
Lift every voice : the NAACP and the making of the civil rights movement by Patricia Sullivan
Roy Wilkins : the quiet revolutionary and the NAACP by Yvonne Ryan
Selected Archival Collections
Bryant Family Papers. The Bryant Family Papers include correspondence, records, realia, publications, photographs, and artwork that document aspects of the family's work life, social life, and political activities.
NAACP Series, Physical Description: 2 folders. Contains programs, publications, and clippings
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Collection. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Collection includes newsletters, brochures, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, convention programs, ephemera, scrapbooks, and records created by national, regional, and local California branches of the NAACP.
The collection is organized into five series: West Coast Regional Office records, California regional and local branch records, NAACP publications, 2nd Annual Youth Conference scrapbook, and newspaper clippings.
Virna M. Canson Papers. The Virna M. Canson papers include photographs, correspondence, programs, certificates, and newspaper clippings documenting Canson’s activities with the NAACP and credit unions, politics, and her personal and family history.
James E. Brackett Papers. The James E. Brackett papers include 91 photographs and Olive Brackett’s class notes and textbook attending Lee Ann’s Academy of Cosmetology in Oakland, California. Photographs are arranged by subject into four subseries: Brackett family photographs, military service, NAACP events, and assorted.
The African American Museum & Library at Oakland Photograph Collection. The African American Museum & Library at Oakland Photograph Collection consists of 1,953 photographs documenting African Americans in California between 1869-2008.
Tarea Hall and William Pittman Papers. The Tarea Hall and William Pittman Papers includes photographs, correspondence, awards, certificates, financial and legal records, newspaper clippings, programs, audio recordings, and ephemera documenting the life and career of William Pittman and Tarea Hall Pittman.
Tarea Hall Pittman was an active member of the NAACP serving in various roles as an officer of the Alameda County Chapter of the NAACP, Regional Director of the West Coast Region, and Regional Acting Secretary of the NAACP.
Carter Gilmore Papers. African American elected to the Oakland City Council. He served from 1977 to 1990, during which time he also acted as vice mayor to Lionel J. Wilson. Gilmore also served as president of the NAACP's Alameda branch and, later, of its Northern California division.
Lillian M. Potts Papers. Lillian Potts was active in advocating for civil rights issues and with the N.A.A.C.P., with Potts acting as an advisor to the Berkeley Youth Council for five years during the 1960s.
Additional Information
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