Madeline Stratton Morris Papers
Finding Aid: Madeline Stratton Morris Papers
Repository:
Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
 | 'Dreams of Junior Authors', a collection of student poetry from Emerson School, edited by Madeline Stratton Morris in 1936. Note: Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | Cover of the 'Negro History Week Bulletin' published by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1946. Madeline Stratton Morris and her second husband Samuel Stratton were active members in the organization and spoke at its Negro History Week events from the 1940s to the 1970s. Note: Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | Samuel Stratton's handwritten draft of 'The Negro in Art', a presentation he gave on an educational television program hosted by the University Broadcasting Association of Chicago in 1962. Note: Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | 'A Note to the Teacher' introduces Madeline Stratton Morris's innovative Negro History Curriculum, the 'Supplementary Units.' Morris conducted research and composed the curriculum in 1941 and it was implemented in social studies classes in the Chicago Public Schools in 1942. On her personal copy, Morris has handwritten a partial list of the magazines and scholarly journals which had noticed her curriculum by 1944. Note: Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |