Guide to the John L. Leflore Papers

Box Inventories

Box 1 - NAACP Files, Mobile Branch, Correspondence

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Folder(s)

Dates

1 1930-1931
2 Jan-March 1932
3 April 1932
4 May-Dec 1932
5 Jan-May 1934
6 June 1934
7 July-Aug 1934
8 Sept-Oct 1934
9 Nov-Dec 1934
10-11 January 1935
12 February 1935
13 March 1935
14 April 1935
15 May-June 1935
16 July 1935
17 September 1935
18 August 1935
19 October 1935
20 November 1935
21 December 1935
22-23 January 1936
24 February 1936
25-26 March 1936
27-28 April 1936
29-30 May 1936
31 June 1936
32 July 1936
33-34 August 1936
35 September 1936
36 October 1936
37 November 1936
38 December 1936
39 January 1937
40 February 1937
41 March 1937
42 April 1937
43 May 1937
44 June 1937

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Folder(s) Dates
45 July 1937
46 August 1937
47-48 September 1937
49 October 1937
50 November 1937
51 December 1937
52 January 1938
53-54 February 1938
55 March 1938
56 April 1938
57 May 1938
58 June 1938
59-60 July 1938
61-62 August 1938
63 October 1938
64 Nov-Dec 1938
65 1939
66 Jan-April 1940
67 May-June 1940
68 July-Aug 1940
69 Sept-Oct 1940
70 November 1940
71 December 1940

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Box 2 - NAACP Files, Mobile Branch, Correspondence

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Folder(s) Dates
1 Jan-March 1941
2 April-June 1941
3 July-Dec 1941
4 1942
5 Jan-June 1943
6 Oct 1943-March 1944
7 April 1944-January 1945
8 Feb-July 1945
9 Sept-Dec 1945
10 January 1946
11 Feb-April 1946
12 May 1946
13 June-Nov 1946
14 1948
14A 1949
15 June 1950-May 1951
16 June-Sept 1951
17 Oct-Dec 1951
18 Jan-Feb 1952
19 March-May 1952
20 June-Sept 1952
21 Oct-Nov 1952
22 December 1952-January 1953
23 Feb-May 1953
24 June-July 1953
25 Aug-Oct 1953
26 Nov-Dec 1953
27 Jan-Feb 1954
28 March-April 1954
29 May-Sept 1954
30-31 Oct-Dec 1954

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Folder(s) Dates
32 Jan-Feb 1955
33 March 1955
34 April-May 1955
35 June-July 1955
36 Aug-Sept 1955
37 October 1955
38 Jan-April 1956
39 May-June 1956
40 October 1956-1958
41-42 not dated

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Box 3 - NAACP Files, Mobile Branch

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Folder(s) Contents
1 Affidavits, 1941, 1944
2 Affidavits, 1946
3 Affidavits, 1948-1951
4-5 Affidavits, 1953-1956
6 Brookley Field Cases (McCants & Coleman)
7A Bank Statements (not microfilmed)
7B Bills (not microfilmed)
8 Charter, 1926
9-11 City of Mobile v Napoleon Rivers
12-13 Complaints/Correspondence (Post Office)
14 Employment Opportunities
15-18 Expense Lists, 1938, 1946-1956
19 Financial Records, not dated (not microfilmed)
20 Financial Statements, 1945-1946
21-22 Financial Statements, 1953-1955
23 Leadership
24-25 Legal Documents (laws, forms, etc.)
26 Membership Campaigns
27-33 Membership Lists
34 Membership Records - National
35 Minutes, 1934, 1937, 1944
36 Minutes, November 1952-May 1953
37-39 Minutes, June-Dec 1953
40-44 Minutes, 1954
45 Minutes, 1955
46 Minutes, 1956
47 Minutes, not dated
48 Misc. Civil Rights Materials
49-50 Misc. List of Names, not dated

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Folder(s) Contents
51-52 Misc. Notes, 1942-1956
53 Misc. Notes (complaints, cases)
54 Misc. Notes (employment, history), not dated
55 Misc. Notes (reports, etc.), not dated
56-57 Press Releases
58-59 Promotional Materials, Meeting Programs
60 Related Committees and Organizations
61 Reports, Summaries
62 Student Retainer and Information Sheets, 1955
63 Duplicate Materials (not microfilmed)

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Box 4 - NAACP Files, Regional, Alabama, and National, Correspondence

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Folder(s) Dates
1 1936
2 1937
3 January 1938
4 February 1938
5 March 1938
6 April 1938
7 May 1938
8 June 1938
9 July 1938
10 Aug-Sept 1938
11 October 1938
12 November 1938
13 December 1938
14 March-Dec 1939
15 Jan-March 1940
16-17 April 1940
18 May 1940
19 June 1940
20-21 July 1940
22 August 1940
23 September 1940
24-25 October 1940
26 November 1940
27 December 1940
28 Jan-Feb 1941
29 March 1941
30-31 April 1941
32-33 May 1941
34 June 1941
35-36 July 1941
37 August 1941
38 Sept-Dec 1941
39-40 1942
41-42 March-Oct 1943
43 November 1943-March 1944
44-45 April-June 1944
46 September 1944-December 1945
47-48 not dated
49 Membership/Newsletters
50 Press Releases, 1941-1943
51 Report Forms

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Folder(s) Contents
52 Constitution
53 Correspondence, 1945-1951
54 Correspondence, 1952-1953
55 Meetings
56 Membership Records
57 Bulletins
58 Meetings
59 Membership Campaign Material
60 Pamphlets
61 Press Service
62 Press Service (not microfilmed)
63-64 Publications
65 Structure

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Box 5 - Mobile Housing Board (MHB), Correspondence

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Folder(s) Dates
1-4 1966
5-9 1967
10-19 1968
20-32 1969
33-44 1970
45 1971-1973
46 not dated

Box 5 - Mobile Housing Board (MHB), Minutes

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Folder(s) Dates
47-49 1966
50 Jan-Feb 1967
51 Feb-March 1967
52 April-May 1967
53 June 1967
54 July 1967
55 August 1967
56-57 September 1967
58 October 1967
59-60 November 1967
61 December 1967
62 January 1968
63 February 1968
64-67 March 1968
68 April 1968
69-70 June 1968
71 July 1968
72 August 1968
73 September 1968
74-75 October 1968
76 November 1968
77 December 1968
78-79 January 1969
80-81 February 1969
82 Feb-March 1969
83 March 26, 1969
84 April 1969
85-86 May 1969
87 June 1969
88 July 1969
89 August 1969
90-91 October 1969
92-93 November 1969
94 December 1969
95 January 1970
96-97 February 1970
98-99 March 1970
100-102 April 1970
103 May 1970
104 June 1970
105-106 July 1970
107 August 1970
108 Miscellaneous

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Box 6 - Mobile Housing Board, Subject Files

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Folder(s) Contents
1 Alabama Association of Housing Authorities
2 Appraisals
3 Articles/Newsclippings
4 Bids/Appraisals
5-6 Budgets, 1968-1970
7 Bylaws
8 Carriage House Restaurant
9-11 Complaints
12 Contractors/Developers
13-14 Contracts
15 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
16-17 Financial Records (reports)
18 Financial Records (travel)
19 Forms (blank)
20-24 HUD, 1966-1970
25 HUD, Grant Program Handbook, 1969
25A HUD, Low-Rent Housing Engineering Survey Report, 1967
26-28 List of Pending Items, 1969-1970
29 Management Study, March 1970
30 Maps/Floor Plans
31 Miscellaneous
32 Mobile Housing Board v George N. Cross et. al.
33-34 National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
35-36 Notes
37-38 Personnel, Job Descriptions
39-42 Personnel, Records
43-44 Printed Materials
45-46 Printed Materials, Journal of Housing
47 Public Housing Program, September 1967
48 Public Housing Program, March 1968
49 Public Housing Program, September 1968
50 Public Housing Program, December 1968
51 Resolutions/Policies
52 South Alabama Regional Planning Comm. Report, December 1969
53-56 South Alabama Regional Planning Comm. Report, not dated
57 Tenant Newsletters
58 Turnkey Homes

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Folder(s) Contents
59 Urban Renewal Activities, March 1968
60 Urban Renewal and Public Housing Activities, May and July 1970
61-64 Urban Renewal Projects, Ala. 2.1-2.12
64-65 Urban Renewal Projects, Ala. R-33, 34, 38
66 Urban Renewal Projects, E. Church Street Area, Ala. R-33
67 Urban Renewal Projects, E. Church Street, Status Report, Dec. 1967
68 Urban Renewal Projects, Water Steet Area Project, Ala. R-34     
69-72 Urban Renewal Projects, Central Texas Street, Ala. R-38
73 Urban Renewal Projects, Central Texas Street, April 1967
74 Urban Renewal Projects, Report, March 1970

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Box 7 - Other Committees and Organizations

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1 Alabama Civic Affairs Association, 1959
2 Alabama Public Affairs Assocation, 1958
3 Ala. State Advisory Comm. to the U.S. Civil Rights Comm., 1964-1966
4 Ala. State Advisory Comm. to the U.S. Civil Rights Comm., 1966   
5 Ala. State Advisory Comm. to the U.S. Civil Rights Comm., 1967
6-7 Ala. State Advisory Comm. to the U.S. Civil Rights Comm., 1968
8-9 Ala. State Advisory Comm. to the U.S. Civil Rights Comm., 1969-1972 
10-12 Ala. State Advisory Comm. to the U.S. Civil Rights Comm., 1972-1973
13 Ala. State Advisory Comm. to the U.S. Civil Rights Comm., n.d.   
14 Ala. Committee for Equal Justice, Correspondence, 1945
15 Ala. Committee on Correctional Institutions and Procedures, 1969
16-17 Ala. Advisory Council for Comprehensive Health Planning, 1969
18-22 Ala. Advisory Council for Comprehensive Health Planning, 1970
23 Ala. Advisory Council for Comprehensive Health Planning, 1971
24-27 Ala. Advisory Council for Comprehensive Health Planning, 1972
28-29 la. Advisory Council for Comprehensive Health Planning, 1973
29A Ala. Advisory Council for Comprehensive Health Planning, 1973 (not filmed)
30 Ala. Advisory Council for Comprehensive Health Planning, 1974-1975    
31 Ala. Council for Volunteer Family Planning, 1971-1972
32 Ala. Council for Volunteer Family Planning, 1973
33 Ala. Council for Volunteer Family Planning, 1974-1975
34 Ala. Council for Volunteer Family Planning, n.d.

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Folder(s) Contents
35 Ala. Council on Human Relations, 1955-1971
36 Ala. State Conference of Negro Veterans, 1946
37 AFL-CIO, 1943
38 AFL-CIO, 1943-45
39 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 1939-1941
40 Citizens Civic Council, 1955
41 Mobile Beacon, 1957-1961
42 Mobile Comm. for the Support of Public Education (MCSPE), Articles, 1972-1974
43 MCSPE, Correspondence, 1971-1972
44 MCSPE, Correspondence, 1972
45 MCSPE, Correspondence, 1973-1974
46 MCSPE, Correspondence, 1974-1975
47 MCSPE, Correspondence, 1975-1976
48 MCSPE, Emergency School Aid and Grants, 1972
49 MCSPE, Emergency School Aid and Grants, 1973
50 MCSPE, Emergency School Aid and Grants, 1974-1975
51 MCSPE, Emergency School Aid and Grants, not dated
52 MCSPE, Financial Records, 1972
53 MCSPE, Financial Records, 1974-1975
54 MCSPE, Financial Records, not dated
55 MCSPE, Incorporation, Membership, Bylaws, Lease, 1972-1974
56A MCSPE, Minutes, Notes, 1967-1972
56B MCSPE, Minutes, Notes, 1974
57 Mobile Public Transit Committee, 1966
58 Mobile United, Revitalization of Downtown Mobile, 1973-1976
59 Mobile United Citizens Association, 1956-1958
60 Salvation Army Advisory Board, 1974-1975
61 Today's World, 1958-1959
62 United Seaman's Service, 1944-1945

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Box 7A - Editorials and Articles

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Folder(s) Dates
63 1940-1943
64 1944
65 not dated
66 1947
67-75 1948
76-83 1949
84-93 1950
94-99 1951
100 1952
101-105 not dated and incomplete

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Box 8 - Personal Correspondence

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Folder(s) Dates
1 1930-1934
2-3 1935
4 1936-1937
5 1938-1939
6-7 1940
8 1941
9 1942-1943
10 1944
11-12 1945
13-16 1946
17 1947-1950
18 1951-1952
19-20 1953

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21 1954-1955
22 1956
23-24 1957
25-26 1958
27 1959
28 1960-1962
29 1963-1964
30 1965
31-32 1966
33-36 1967
37-40 1968
41-42 1969
43-45 1970
46-49 1971
50-51 1972
52-54 1973
55-57 1974
58 1975
59 1976

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Folder(s) Contents
60-64 Correspondence, not dated
65 Correspondence, Newsletters, Invitations, Programs
66-74 Correspondence, Fire Bombing of LeFlore Home, 1967

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Box 8A - Personal Records

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Folder(s) Contents
75-76 Biographical Information
77-79 Financial (not microfilmed)
80 Legal
81 Memorial for LeFlore, 1976-1977
82-83 Overton Hygenic Mfg. Co., 1930-1939
84-95 Postal Employee Records, 1935-1973
96-101 Thesis by Joe Whatley, 1974
102-106 U.S. Senate Campaign, 1972

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Box 9 - Azalea Home Builders, Ltd.

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1 Contractors
2-7 Correspondence, 1973
8 Correspondence, 1974
9 Financial Reports
10-15 General Partners Meetings, 1973
16-17 General Partners Meetings, 1974
18 Job Proposals and Completions, 1974-1975
19-20 Miscellaneous Properties
21-26 Office Messages, 1971-1973
28 Partnership Records, Bonds, Licenses, Insurance
29 Personnel
30 Proposals and Completions, 1974-1975

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31 Appraisals, Inspections
32 Banking Records
33-38 Building Supplies, 1973-1975
39 Contracts
40 Floor Plans
41 Forms
42 Newspaper Clippings
43 Notes
44 Office Supplies
45 Payroll
46 Printed Materials

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Box 10 - Alabama State Legislature

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Folder(s) Contents
1-5 Legislative Campaign, 1974
6-10 Correspondence, January 1975
11-16 Correspondence, February 1975
16A Correspondence, re: Bishop State, Feb-March 1975

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Folder(s) Contents
17-21 Correspondence, March 1975
22-30 Correspondence, April 1975
31-37 Correspondence, May 1975
38-43 Correspondence, June 1975
44-45 Correspondence, July 1975
46-50 Correspondence, August 1975
51 Correspondence, September 1975
52-54 Correspondence, October 1975
55 Correspondence, November 1975
56 Correspondence, December 1975
57 Correspondence, not dated
58-59 Correspondence, Legislative Meetings, and Misc.
60-68 Correspondence, Bills and Proposed Legislation
68A Legislation Sponsored by LeFlore

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Box 10A - Published Materials

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Folder(s) Contents
69 Alabama Progressive Economic Council, Inc.
70 Black Veterans
71-74 Civil Rights Committees, Meetings, 1943-1952
75-77 Congressional Records, Politicians, etc.
77A Education
78 Health
78A Housing
79 Interstate Commerce Commission
80-81 Newsclippings (not microfilmed)
82 Opportunities Industrialization Center
83-84 Periodicals, Articles, 1938-1967, and not dated
85-86 Southern Negro Youth Congress
87 United Seaman's Service Log

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Box 10A - Legal Materials

(Files 88-93 have not been microfilmed.)

88 Clarence Moses, Attorney Records, 1959-1966
89 James E. Kidd Case
90 Med-Dent Health Services Bylaws
91 Girard Raine, Postal Employee Records, 1947-1952
92 Pecola D. Moore and Anthony L. Moore, Guardianship Case, 1963-1965
93 Thomas McAboy Jr., U.S. Army Proceedings

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Box 10A - Photographs

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Folder(s) Contents
94 LeFlore (individual and group shots)
95 George W. Carver Hotel Celebration
96 Police Brutality and Union Strikers
97 Group Meetings
98 Lynching Victims, Monroe, Georgia, 1946
99 Black Firemen and Policemen
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