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Guide to the Earl B. Dickerson Papers
Processed by:
Christopher Dingwall, Mapping the Stacks, University of Chicago; Rachel Watson, Mapping the Stacks, University of Chicago
Supervised by:
Michael Flug, Senior Archivist, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
| Title: | Earl B. Dickerson Papers |
|---|---|
| Size: | 12 linear feet |
| Repository: |
Chicago Public Library |
Provenance
Gift of Steven and Joshua Cohen, grandsons of Earl B. Dickerson.
Access
No restrictions
Citation
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is:
Earl B. Dickerson Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
Biographical Note
Earl Burrus Dickerson was among the most prominent leaders in African American business, politics, and law in the twentieth century. He was born on June 22, 1891 in Canton, Mississippi, near Jackson. His parents, Emma Garrett Fielding and Edward Dickerson, married in 1890. His father, an upholster, died in 1896. His maternal grandfather Benjamin Franklin Garrett, who purchased himself and Earl's grandmother Eliza Montgomery out of slavery, operated a livery and carriage service in Canton during the Civil War, and accumulated property in the city which would sustain the family after his death in the 1880s. Dickerson was raised by his grandmother Eliza, his mother Emma, and his half-sister Gertrude from his father’s first marriage.
Dickerson first moved to Chicago in 1907 to attend the Laboratory Schools at the University of Chicago. After returning briefly to Mississippi, and working as a stevedore and dishwasher in Memphis, he returned to Chicago to attend Wendell Phillips High School in 1908. An exceptional student, Dickerson transferred to Evanston Academy where he earned his high school diploma in 1909, and enrolled in Northwestern University that fall. He would transfer again in 1911 to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and earn his B.A. in 1914. There he met one of his lifelong friends and colleagues, Claude A. Barnett, and was among the founding members of the school's chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi (then Kappa Alpha Nu) black fraternity. In 1915, he entered the University of Chicago Law School.
Over the course of his education, Dickerson supported himself with several jobs, from Pullman porter (in 1909) to teacher at Tuskegee Institute (1913-14), principal at a black high school in Vincenees, Indiana (1914-15), and librarian at the University of Chicago Law Library. In 1917, Dickerson enlisted in the Army and was commissioned as the Second Lieutenant in the 92nd Division. In France, he worked as a French interpreter, advocated for better treatment of black soldiers in the Army, and became a founding member of the American Legion.
After returning to Chicago in 1919 and completing his law degree in 1920, Dickerson's career immediately opened onto the paths of law, business, and politics which he pursued for the rest of his life. He began his legal career by opening his own practice in 1921, and quickly parlayed his expertise into positions of general counsel at Supreme Life Insurance Co. in 1921, attorney for the city government in 1923, board member of the Chicago Urban League in 1925, and chairman of the NAACP Legal Redress Committee in 1926. By the end of the 1940s, Dickerson had risen to the top of these fields. He would be elected as Alderman of Chicago's Second Ward (1939- 1943); become President of the National Bar Association (1945-1947) and the National Lawyers Guild (1951-1954); become Vice President (1937) and then President (1939-1940) of the Chicago Urban League; and serve as a board member of the national NAACP (1941-1971).
Founded in 1919 by Frank L. Gillespie, Supreme Life Insurance Co. (renamed Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Co. in 1929) was the first African American life insurance company to operate in the North. Gillespie hired Dickerson as general counsel and director in 1920, and Dickerson would rise to the head of investment and mortgage development in 1942 and later to President and CEO in 1955. Supreme was among the few insurance companies not only to offer life insurance, loans, and mortgages to African Americans, but also to offer white collar work to a rising black middle class. It was engaged in the civic and political life of black Chicago. Supreme was among the chief backers of the American Negro Exposition of 1940. As Supreme's general counsel, Dickerson led the legal team in Hansberry v. Lee (1940), which overturned the Woodlawn Property Owner's Association's housing covenant against black homeowners. (Supreme had originally supplied the mortgage for Carl Hansberry's property.) Though the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the covenant on a legal technicality, the decision would provide the foundation for future legal challenges against racially-restrictive housing covenants.
In 1941, on the recommendation of Walter White of the NAACP, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed Dickerson to the newly-created Fair Employment Practices Committee. The FEPC was created to enforce the President's Executive Order 8802, which forbade racially discriminatory hiring practices by private businesses supplying the wartime defense industry. With the Committee, Dickerson held public hearings into hiring violations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Birmingham, and was an insistent advocate for black labor rights. His perceived militancy, however, caused him to run afoul of the Roosevelt administration, and he was the only member of the original committee not reappointed in 1943.
Earl Dickerson married Kathryn Kennedy on June 15, 1930. Earl's first marriage to Inez Moss began in 1912 an ended in divorce in 1927. Kathryn was recently divorced from Rodger Wilson, with whom she had a son, Rodger Wilson, Jr. A student at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922, Kathryn maintained an active interest in the burgeoning arts and culture of the Chicago Renaissance. She was a founding officer of the South Side Community Arts Center in 1940 and among the organizers of the American Negro Exposition of 1940. Earl and Kathryn Dickerson's daughter Diane was born on May 13, 1934 at Chicago's Provident Hospital, and would go on to attend Frances W. Parker High School in Chicago and Mills College in Oakland, California, where she kept an extensive correspondence with her father. The Dickersons frequently appeared together socially and often travelled together, including tours of Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America, and Asia.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Dickerson’s leadership role in Chicago's black community and in the national Civil Rights movement grew larger. In 1963, for instance, he not only headed the Chicago Exposition of the Centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, but also shared the stage with Martin Luther King, Jr., and A. Philip Randolph at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He retired as President of Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Co. in 1971, but continued to serve as Chairman until 1973 and as Director until 1977. In his later years, Dickerson continued his active social life and was sought after as a public speaker. He was honored at a NAACP Legal Defense Fund dinner in 1975, garnered honorary doctorates from the University of Illinois and Northwestern University, and was the subject of biographical retrospectives by the Chicago Reader, the Hyde Park Herald, and the Chicago Tribune. Kathryn Dickerson, after enduring Alzheimer's disease for several years, died in a nursing home on March 6, 1980. Earl Dickerson died in his Hyde Park apartment at 4800 Chicago Beach Drive on September 1, 1986.
Sources
- Robert J. Blakely and Marcus Shepard, Earl B. Dickerson: A Voice for Freedom and Equality (Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 2006)
- Adam Green, Selling the Race: Culture, Community, and Black Chicago, 1940-1955 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007)
- Entry on Earl B. Dickerson, et al, in John Ingham and Lynne B. Feldman, African American Business Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994), pp. 198-220.
Scope & Content
The Earl B. Dickerson Papers consist mainly of personal correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia, a modest collection of professional correspondence, manuscripts of speeches, newspaper clippings, programs of public events, serials, and recorded oral histories. Particularly extensive are Dickerson's correspondence with his daughter and the photographic record of his public activities and private life. This collection is divided into ten series: Biography; Correspondence; Manuscripts; Clippings, Dickerson's FBI files; Programs; Serials; Photographs; Audiotapes; and Memorabilia.
Related papers in the Harsh Collection include the Etta Moten Barnett Papers; the Ben Burns Papers; and the Just the Beginning Foundation Archives.
Series 1: Biography
This series is comprised of biographical clippings related to Dickerson's life and career, obituaries, and public tributes paid to Dickerson at the end of his life and after his death.
Series 2: Correspondence
This series is organized into correspondence between Dickerson and his daughter Diane, correspondence by Kathryn Dickerson, and other personal and professional correspondence to and from Dickerson (arranged alphabetically). The correspondence between Earl and Diane Dickerson are photocopies of letters originally kept in two family albums. They have been rearranged chronologically; the bulk of them span the years 1952 to 1956, while Diane attended Mills College in Oakland, California. Kathryn and Earl Dickerson also maintained an extensive correspondence from the 1930s to the 1950s. The remainder of the series consists of correspondence between Dickerson and his friends and colleagues in law, business, and politics, including a letter from W. E. B. Du Bois requesting Dickerson stand as a Progressive Party candidate in the 1952 U.S. elections; and several letters to Kathryn Dickerson from African American political and social organizations.
Series 3: Manuscripts
This series is largely comprised of speeches Dickerson made toward the end of his life upon the occasion of major anniversaries and the receipt of honorary degrees. The manuscripts also include remarks made about Dickerson by colleagues and friends at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner in 1975.
Series 4: Clippings
This series includes newspaper clippings which chronicle Dickerson's career as a lawyer, politician, and businessman. This series also contains a significant number of clippings from the Defender recording Kathryn Dickerson's activity on the South Side throughout the 1930s and 1940s, including her notable involvement in the South Side Community Art Center at the American Negro Exposition of 1940.
Series 5: FBI Freedom of Information Act Files
This series includes Earl B. Dickerson's FBI file obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request. Blacked-out passages have been redacted by the FBI.
Series 6: Programs
This series consists of programs of events and organizations in which the Dickersons participated, such as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner in 1975 or South Side Community Art Center events in the 1940s, and in which Dickerson was posthumously honored, such as by the Chicago Bar Association.
Series 7: Serials
The serials comprise full issues of newspapers and magazines which covered the events of Dickerson's public life, as well as a small collection of historic newspapers and journals acquired by Dickerson. These range from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century.
Series 8: Photographs
Dickerson kept an extensive photographic record, dating from his childhood in Canton, Mississippi, to his receipt of multiple awards and honors at the end of his life. This series encompasses formal studio portraits of the Dickerson family, photographs of the Supreme Life Insurance Co. offices, and family photographs and snapshots of the Dickersons at home, at public events, and on vacation. This series also includes whole sets of photographs recording several public events in Dickerson's life: Diane Dickerson's formal social debut in 1952; the visit of Nigerian Ambassador Julius Momo Udochi to Chicago in 1961; the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner in honor of Earl B. Dickerson in 1975.
Series 9: Audiotapes
This series contains audio recordings of Dickerson's speeches at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner (1975), at the Chicago Sunday Evening Club (1976), and First National Bank's Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial (1982). It also contains some of the oral interviews conducted by Dickerson's biographer, Robert J. Blakely, with many of Dickerson's colleagues and friends, including John H. Johnson and Dr. Leonidas Berry, from November 1983 to April 1984.
Series 10: Memorabilia
Dickerson's memorabilia includes his extensive collection of awards and honors accrued during his career as well as souvenirs from his many trips abroad. This series also includes some records from his family, financial, and social life.
INVENTORY
Box 1
Folder 1
Biographical clippings from Chicago Tribune and Voice, 1979-1982
Box 1
Folder 2
Harold Washington Proclamation of EBD Day, 4/29/1983
Box 1
Folder 3
Obituaries for EBD in Chicago Defender, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Dollars & Sense, Jet, New York Times, 1986
Box 1
Folder 4
Memorial Program and Biographical ms., 9/6/1986
Box 1
Folder 5
Judge Leighton remarks, memorial for EBD, 10/20/1986
Box 1
Folder 6
Illinois House resolution & documents commemorating EBD, 1986
Box 1
Folder 7
City Council of Chicago tribute to EBD, 1986
Box 1
Folder 8
Chicago Business Hall of Fame, Programs, 1992-1998 [incl. speech given by Diane Dickerson, 1992]
Box 1
Folder 9
Genealogical Research (by Diane Dickerson), c. 1994
Box 1
Folder 10
Chicago Council of Black Law Students, Program, "Honoring Legacy of EBD," 1998
Box 2
Folder 1
Scrapbook album cover, n.d.
Box 2
Folder 2
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 5/7/1936
Box 2
Folder 3
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 9/23/1952
Box 2
Folder 4
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 10/1/1952
Box 2
Folder 5
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 10/14/1952
Box 2
Folder 6
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 10/23/1952
Box 2
Folder 7
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 10/28/1952
Box 2
Folder 8
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 11/7/1952
Box 2
Folder 9
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 11/12/1952
Box 2
Folder 10
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 11/12/1952
Box 2
Folder 11
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 11/13/1952
Box 2
Folder 12
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 11/18/1952
Box 2
Folder 13
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 1/7/1953
Box 2
Folder 14
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 1/17/1953
Box 2
Folder 15
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 1/22/1953
Box 2
Folder 16
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 1/27/1953
Box 2
Folder 17
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 1/29/1953
Box 2
Folder 18
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 2/5/1953
Box 2
Folder 19
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 2/9/1953
Box 2
Folder 20
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 2/10/1953
Box 2
Folder 21
Unknown to Diane Dickerson, 2/10/1953 [empty envelope]
Box 2
Folder 22
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 2/20/1953
Box 2
Folder 23
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 2/25/1953
Box 2
Folder 24
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 2/26/1953
Box 2
Folder 25
Herbert Smith (Frances W. Parker School) to Mr. and Mrs. EBD, 2/28/1953
Box 2
Folder 26
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 3/2/1953
Box 2
Folder 27
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 3/3/1953
Box 2
Folder 28
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 3/4/1953
Box 2
Folder 29
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 3/7/1953
Box 2
Folder 30
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 3/16/1953
Box 2
Folder 31
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 4/15/1953
Box 2
Folder 32
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 4/30/1953
Box 2
Folder 33
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 5/11/1953
Box 2
Folder 34
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 5/18/1953
Box 2
Folder 35
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 9/28/1953
Box 2
Folder 36
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 10/15/1953
Box 2
Folder 37
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 10/20/1953
Box 2
Folder 38
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 10/21/1953
Box 2
Folder 39
Kathryn Dickerson to Diane Dickerson, 10/21/1953
Box 2
Folder 40
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 10/22/1953
Box 2
Folder 41
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 10/30/1953
Box 2
Folder 42
EBD to Diane Dickerson, 11/23/1953
Box 3
Folder 1
Scrapbook album cover, n.d.
Box 3
Folder 2
Diane and Rex to EBD, Easter Card, 4/19/1935
Box 3
Folder 3
Diane Dickerson to EBD c. 1944?
Box 3
Folder 4
Diane Dickerson to EBD, father’s day card, c. June 1952
Box 3
Folder 5
Diane Dickerson to Kathryn Dickerson and EBD, 7/4/1952
Box 3
Folder 6
Diane Dickerson to Kathryn Dickerson and EBD, 7/6/1952
Box 3
Folder 7
Diane Dickerson to Kathryn Dickerson and EBD, 7/7/1952
Box 3
Folder 8
Diane Dickerson to Kathryn Dickerson and EBD, 7/13/1952
Box 3
Folder 9
Diane Dickerson to Kathryn Dickerson and EBD, 7/19/1952
Box 3
Folder 10
Diane Dickerson to Kathryn Dickerson and EBD, 7/27/1952
Box 3
Folder 11
Diane Dickerson to Kathryn Dickerson and EBD, 7/29/1952
Box 3
Folder 12
Diane Dickerson to Kathryn Dickerson and EBD, 8/5/1952
Box 3
Folder 13
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 9/22/1952
Box 3
Folder 14
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 10/11/1952
Box 3
Folder 15
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 11/3/1952
Box 3
Folder 16
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 11/14/1952
Box 3
Folder 17
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 11/17/1952
Box 3
Folder 18
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 1/15/1953
Box 3
Folder 19
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 1/18/1953
Box 3
Folder 20
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 1/30/1953
Box 3
Folder 21
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 2/11/1953
Box 3
Folder 22
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 2/12/1953
Box 3
Folder 23
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 2/25/1953
Box 3
Folder 24
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 3/5/1953
Box 3
Folder 25
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 3/13/1953
Box 3
Folder 26
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 4/8/1953
Box 3
Folder 27
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 4/18/1953
Box 3
Folder 28
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 5/9/1953
Box 3
Folder 29
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 5/15/1953
Box 3
Folder 30
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 5/28/1953
Box 3
Folder 31
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 9/20/1953
Box 3
Folder 32
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 9/28/1953
Box 3
Folder 33
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 10/1/1953
Box 3
Folder 34
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 10/2/1953
Box 3
Folder 35
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 10/14/1953
Box 3
Folder 36
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 11/5/1953
Box 3
Folder 37
Diane Dickerson to Kathryn Dickerson, 2/4/1954
Box 3
Folder 38
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 2/5/1954
Box 3
Folder 39
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 2/5/1954
Box 3
Folder 40
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 2/9/1954
Box 3
Folder 41
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 2/15/1954
Box 3
Folder 42
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 2/27/1954
Box 3
Folder 43
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 3/8/1954
Box 3
Folder 44
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 3/17/1954
Box 3
Folder 45
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 4/25/1954
Box 3
Folder 46
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 5/25/1954
Box 3
Folder 47
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 5/27/1954
Box 3
Folder 48
Diane Dickerson to EBD, c. May 1954
Box 3
Folder 49
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 7/16/1954
Box 3
Folder 50
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 8/15/1954
Box 3
Folder 51
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 9/28/1954
Box 3
Folder 52
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 10/1/1954
Box 3
Folder 53
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 10/5/1954
Box 3
Folder 54
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 10/8/1954
Box 3
Folder 55
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 10/14/1954
Box 3
Folder 56
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 11/4/1954
Box 3
Folder 57
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 11/5/1954
Box 3
Folder 58
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD [from Mills College], 11/7/1954
Box 3
Folder 59
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD [from Mills College], 11/9/1954
Box 3
Folder 60
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 2/22/1955
Box 3
Folder 61
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 3/12/1955
Box 3
Folder 62
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 3/16/1955
Box 3
Folder 63
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 3/22/1955
Box 3
Folder 64
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 4/13/1955
Box 3
Folder 65
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 4/17/1955
Box 3
Folder 66
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 4/27/1955
Box 3
Folder 67
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 5/6/1955
Box 3
Folder 68
Diane Dickerson to EBD, father’s day card, c. June 1955
Box 3
Folder 69
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 6/15/1955
Box 3
Folder 70
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 6/17/1955
Box 3
Folder 71
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 9/30/1955
Box 3
Folder 72
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 10/25/1955
Box 3
Folder 73
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 11/7/1955
Box 3
Folder 74
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 11/16/1955
Box 3
Folder 75
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 11/20/1955
Box 3
Folder 76
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 1/20/1956
Box 3
Folder 77
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 2/16/1956
Box 3
Folder 78
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 2/24/1956
Box 3
Folder 79
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 2/28/1956
Box 3
Folder 80
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 3/9/1956
Box 3
Folder 81
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 5/1/1956; with note on envelope by EBD, 1978
Box 3
Folder 82
Diane Dickerson to EBD, 7/16/1973
Box 3
Folder 83
EBD to Chuck Brown re: Correspondence Album, 1978
Box 4
Folder 1
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, c. 1930s? [loose pages]
Box 4
Folder 2
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, telegram, 12/31/1930
Box 4
Folder 3
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 8/29/1931
Box 4
Folder 4
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, telegram, 9/3/1931
Box 4
Folder 5
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, telegram, 10/4/1931
Box 4
Folder 6
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, telegram, 10/7/1931
Box 4
Folder 7
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, telegram, 10/21/1931
Box 4
Folder 8
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 11/14/1931
Box 4
Folder 9
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, telegram, 4/25/1932
Box 4
Folder 10
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, telegram, 5/18/1932
Box 4
Folder 11
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, telegram, 5/25/1932
Box 4
Folder 12
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 8/3/1932
Box 4
Folder 13
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 8/23/1932
Box 4
Folder 14
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 11/18/1933
Box 4
Folder 15
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, 2/21/1934
Box 4
Folder 16
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, telegram, 2/26/1934
Box 4
Folder 17
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, telegram, 3/10/1934
Box 4
Folder 18
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 5/24/1934
Box 4
Folder 19
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, 3/2/1935
Box 4
Folder 20
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, 3/6/1935
Box 4
Folder 21
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, 3/13/1935
Box 4
Folder 22
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, 3/18/1935
Box 4
Folder 23
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, 4/5/1935
Box 4
Folder 24
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, 4/8/1935
Box 4
Folder 25
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, 4/28/1935
Box 4
Folder 26
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, 5/8/1935
Box 4
Folder 27
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, 5/15/1935
Box 4
Folder 28
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, 5/27/1935
Box 4
Folder 29
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 6/13/1935
Box 4
Folder 30
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 6/14/1935
Box 4
Folder 31
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 6/16/1935
Box 4
Folder 32
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 6/18/1935
Box 4
Folder 33
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 2/15/1936
Box 4
Folder 34
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 2/21/1936
Box 4
Folder 35
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 2/28/1936
Box 4
Folder 36
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 3/6/1936
Box 4
Folder 37
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 3/7/1936
Box 4
Folder 38
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 3/13/1936
Box 4
Folder 39
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 3/24/1936
Box 4
Folder 40
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 3/27/1936
Box 4
Folder 41
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 3/29/1936
Box 4
Folder 42
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 3/30/1936
Box 4
Folder 43
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 4/6/1936
Box 4
Folder 44
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 4/9/1936
Box 4
Folder 45
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 4/15/1936
Box 4
Folder 46
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 4/20/1936 (with enclosure from Family Service Bureau, Chicago)
Box 4
Folder 47
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 4/24/1936
Box 4
Folder 48
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 4/30/1936
Box 4
Folder 49
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 5/2/1936
Box 4
Folder 50
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 5/6/1936
Box 4
Folder 51
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 5/7/1936
Box 4
Folder 52
Kathryn Dickerson(?) to Diane Dickerson, birthday card, 5/9/1936
Box 4
Folder 53
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 5/15/1936
Box 4
Folder 54
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 5/18/1936
Box 4
Folder 55
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 5/24/1936
Box 4
Folder 56
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 5/29/1936
Box 4
Folder 57
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 6/6/1936
Box 4
Folder 58
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 6/20/1936
Box 4
Folder 59
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 6/26/1936
Box 4
Folder 60
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, telegram, 10/27/1940
Box 4
Folder 61
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 8/4/1945
Box 4
Folder 62
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 9/7/1945
Box 4
Folder 63
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 6/30/1947
Box 4
Folder 64
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 3/13/1949
Box 4
Folder 65
Kathryn Dickerson to EBD, 4/18/1955
Box 4
Folder 66
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 4/26/1956
Box 4
Folder 67
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, 9/28/1960
Box 4
Folder 68
EBD to Kathryn Dickerson, partial letter and card, n.d.
Box 4
Folder 69
Envelopes addressed to Kathryn Dickerson, 1935, 1956
Box 5
Folder 1
1233 Club to Kathryn Dickerson, invitation, 4/6/1936
Box 5
Folder 2
Anonymous, "You Gossip" card, n.d.
Box 5
Folder 3
James Baxter to EBD, 12/9/1970
Box 5
Folder 4
Edward W. Beasley, M.D. (Physicians reference for travel), 1960
Box 5
Folder 5
Gerard Casper [Dean of University of Chicago Law School] to EBD, 6/19/1981
Box 5
Folder 6
EBD to Gerard Casper, 12/12/1985 [original in Etta Moten Barnett Papers]
Box 5
Folder 7
D.C. Chandler to John Morning (EBD photos attached), 12/3/1963 [See Photograph 051-054]
Box 5
Folder 8
Chicago Police Department (reference for travel), 1960
Box 5
Folder 9
Thomas G. Church (VP Continental Bank) to EBD, 1/23/1976 [re: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner]
Box 5
Folder 10
Gertrude Dickerson (?) to EBD, picture postcard, c. 1907? [See Photograph 029]
Box 5
Folder 11
W. E. B. Du Bois to EBD, 2/12/1952
Box 5
Folder 12
Frank Ellsworth to EBD, 3/2/1977
Box 5
Folder 13
First National Bank of Chicago, 1937-1982
Box 5
Folder 14
Bernard D. Fischman to EBD, 10/29/1974
Box 5
Folder 15
Geeting and Fromm Importers (letters of introduction for wine tour), 1960
Box 5
Folder 16
John Hammond to EBD, 6/20/1984
Box 5
Folder 17
Judson Hixson to EBD, 12/21/1981
Box 5
Folder 18
John H. Johnson (Johnson Publishing Co.) to EBD, 1953-1986 [originals in Etta Moten Barnett Papers]
Box 5
Folder 19
John and Eustice Johnson to EBD, postcard from Haiti, n.d.
Box 5
Folder 20
J. R. Kennedy to Kathryn Dickerson, 9/13/1930
Box 5
Folder 21
Frank J. Molek (Assistant Dean of University of Chicago Law School) to EBD, 1/7/1986 [original in Etta Moten Barnett Papers]
Box 5
Folder 22
Frank Molek to EBD, 10/8/1986
Box 5
Folder 23
Norral Mornes (Dean of University of Chicago Law School) to EBD, 3/24/1977
Box 5
Folder 24
Earl A. Morris (Kappa Alpha Psi) to EBD, 2/25/1977
Box 5
Folder 25
Morris & Cashin Law Office, 8/20/1931
Box 5
Folder 26
NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Chicago Committee Annual Dinner, with programs enclosed, 1975
Box 5
Folder 27
Office of Production Management (Travel Authorization), 1941
Box 5
Folder 28
Esther L. Newman to EBD, 2/21-2/27/1933
Box 5
Folder 29
Richard H. Pell to EBD, 5/9/1963
Box 5
Folder 30
Charles H. Percy to EBD, 4/28/1983
Box 5
Folder 31
Judge Eugene Pincham to Robert Strotz, EBD notes, 2/23/1977
Box 5
Folder 32
EBD to Eugene T. Reed, 6/19-6/24/1986
Box 5
Folder 33
Pauline Reed to Diane Dickerson [Montgomery], with clipping, 2/15/1985
Box 5
Folder 34
Roosevelt University Development Council to EBD, 11/2/1959
Box 5
Folder 35
Rose Bargain Center to Kathryn Dickerson, 6/7/1936
Box 5
Folder 36
Smith-for-President Colored League (empty envelope), n.d.
Box 5
Folder 37
Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Co. (envelope with handwritten notes), 1929
Box 5
Folder 38
Weathers B. Sykes to EBD, handwritten note, n.d.
Box 5
Folder 39
University of Illinois at Chicago to EBD, 4/27/1984
Box 5
Folder 40
Archie L. Weaver (NAACP) to EBD, 12/15/1932
Box 5
Folder 41
Archie L. Weaver (NAACP) to Kathryn Dickerson, 12/15/1932
Box 5
Folder 42
Welcome Tour & Travel Service, 4/6/1957
Box 5
Folder 43
Ruth Weyand to R. J. Blakely (EBD biographer), 1/22/1984 [original in Etta Moten Barnett Papers]
Box 5
Folder 44
Frank White to Kathryn Dickerson, 4/11/1945
Box 5
Folder 45
Wilberforce University to EBD (re: Honorary degree), 1961
Box 5
Folder 46
Bennie Williams, 1977-1980
Box 5
Folder 47
Kebbie and Rodger [Wilson?] to Kathryn Dickerson, 9/5/1934
Box 5
Folder 48
Whitney Young, Jr. (National Urban League) to Chicago Commission on Human Relations, re: Kathryn Dickerson, 12/6/1962
Box 5
Folder 49
Whitney Young to Kathryn Dickerson, 12/10/1962
Box 6
Folder 1
Taylor v. Birmingham, U.S. Supreme Court (EBD Atty. for petitioner), 1949
Box 6
Folder 2
EBD speech on Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, First Chicago Center, 1/15/1982
Box 6
Folder 3
EBD remarks on Hyde Park Career Academy Hero's Day, 3/18/1983 [orignal in Etta Moten Barnett Papers]
Box 6
Folder 4
EBD remarks for Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, 11/20/1983 [original in Etta Moten Barnett Papers]
Box 6
Folder 5
EBD eulogy to Metz Lochard, 2/7/1984
Box 6
Folder 6
EBD draft of speech for 94th birthday, 6/22/1985
Box 6
Folder 7
EBD speech, "Onward March of Kappa Alpha Psi," 10/8/1985
Box 6
Folder 8
EBD, "Thoughts on Founders Day of Kappa Alpha Psi Sorority," 2/1/1986 [original in Etta Moten Barnett Papers]
Box 6
Folder 9
EBD remarks on 95th birthday (NAACP Party), 6/28/1986
Box 6
Folder 10
EBD speech to Kappa Alpha Psi 75th Anniversary (Indianapolis, Ind.), 8/10/1986
Box 6
Folder 11
EBD amendment to Earl B. Dickerson Trust, 8/18/1986
Box 6
Folder 12
T. Arnold Hill and Ira De A. Reid, "Unemployment among Negroes" (National Urban League), Nov. 1930
Box 6
Folder 13
[Kathryn Dickerson handwritten copy?], Recipe for Indian Curry (Home Journal, Nov. 1957)
Box 6
Folder 14
John J. Johnson, remarks on EBD (NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner), 10/30/1975
Box 6
Folder 15
Herman Kogan, commenting on EBD (NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner), 10/30/1975
Box 6
Folder 16
William T. Coleman, remarks on EBD (NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner), 10/30/1975
Box 6
Folder 17
Etta Moten Barnett, "A Roast and a Toast" (with handwritten account of event), n.d. [original in Etta Moten Barnett Papers]
Box 7
Folder 1
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner, Theresa Fambro Hooks column in Chicago Defender, 10/13/1975
Box 7
Folder 2
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner, Chicago Sun-Times, 10/17-10/30/1975
Box 7
Folder 3
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner, Vernon Jarrett column, Chicago Tribune, 10/24/1975
Box 7
Folder 4
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner, Chicago Defender, 10/25/1975
Box 7
Folder 5
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner, Vernon Jarrett column, Chicago Tribune, 10/26/1975
Box 7
Folder 6
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner, Sun-Times and Daily News, 10/30/1975
Box 7
Folder 7
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner, Chicago Defender, 10/30/1975
Box 7
Folder 8
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner, New York Times, 11/1/1975
Box 7
Folder 9
NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Chicago Committee Annual Dinner, Jet, 11/20/1975
Box 7
Folder 10
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner, Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins, remarks on EBD, Congressional Record, 12/5/1975
Box 7
Folder 11
Anniversary of Hansberry v. Lee (1940) in Chicago Tribune 5/2/1979 and Hyde Park Herald, 6/6/1979
Box 7
Folder 12
Charles Branham, "A History of Black Politics" pt. 1, The Chicago Journal, 1/26/1983
Box 7
Folder 13
Lerone Bennett, Jr., "The Last Half-Hour: Earl Dickerson, gadfly of the black establishment, makes his final stand," Ebony, 1976
Box 7
Folder 14
Robert McClory, "A Supreme Life: Earl Dickerson at 92," Chicago Reader, 1984
Box 7
Folder 15
"Linking the Ages in Bronzeville," Chicago Sun-Times, 1996 [Supreme Life Building]
Box 7
Folder 16
“Earl B. Dickerson: Warrior,” Ebony, Dec. 1961
Box 7
Folder 17
Ellis E. Reid, "Earl, Bob and Me," The Law School Record, 1991
Box 7
Folder 18
EBD, letter to editor, unknown publication, c. 1960-63?
Box 7
Folder 19
EBD, remarks for 14th Annual Joint Negro Appeal Dinner, 12/6/1970; rpt. In Congressional Record 12/22/1970
Box 7
Folder 20
Diane Dickerson, debut, Chicago Defender, 6/28/1952
Box 7
Folder 21
Kathryn Dickerson (Chicago Defender, Pittsburgh Courier), 1933-1952
Box 7
Folder 22
Kathryn Dickerson (Chicago Defender, Pittsburgh Courier), c. 1941-1949?
Box 7
Folder 23
Kathryn Dickerson (Chicago Bee), 1943
Box 7
Folder 24
Publicity, 1971-1992
Box 7
Folder 25
Publicity, Hyde Park Savings & Loan, Hyde Park Herald, 6/28/1978 (EBD photo)
Box 7
Folder 26
Publicity, American Airlines ("Earl B. Dickerson: How He Chalked Up His First Million"), n.d.
Box 7
Folder 27
Poetry from unidentified newspapers, c. 1948, n.d.
Box 7
Folder 28
Japanese Art (reception at Dickerson home), Chicago Tribune, 10/19/1953 [see Corr.; Pauline Reed to Diane Dickerson Montgomery, 2/15/1985]
Box 7
Folder 29
Zvi Raphaeli (artist), Jewish Advocate, 1962
Box 7
Folder 30
Collection of clippings on EBD from Chicago Defender, 1939-1970
Box 8
Folder 1
Memo from J. E. Hoover to Atty. Gen. re: EBD, 6/3/1943
Box 8
Folder 2
EBD FBI File, obtained via FOIA [passages redacted by FBI], 1960
Box 8
Folder 3
EBD FBI File, obtained via FOIA [passages redacted by FBI], 1969
Box 9
Folder 1
American Freedom of Residence Fund, Golden Key Award to Eleanor Roosevelt, 1961
Box 9
Folder 2
Chicago Bar Association, EBD Award Luncheon, 2/25/1993
Box 9
Folder 3
Chicago Bar Association, EBD Award Luncheon, 2/23/1994
Box 9
Folder 4
Chicago Bar Association, EBD Award Luncheon, 3/14/1995
Box 9
Folder 5
Chicago Bar Association, EBD Award Luncheon, 5/23/1996
Box 9
Folder 6
Chicago Bar Association, EBD Award Luncheon, 6/13/1997
Box 9
Folder 7
Chicago Bar Association, EBD Award Luncheon, 6/6/2000
Box 9
Folder 8
Chicago Bar Association, EBD Award Luncheon, 6/6/2002
Box 9
Folder 9
Cook County Bar Association, 4/20/1969
Box 9
Folder 10
Interracial Symposium, 12/14/1930
Box 9
Folder 11
Memorial Service on MLK's birthday, First Chicago Center, 1/15/1982
Box 9
Folder 12
NAACP Madame C. J. Walker Awards Committee, Minutes, 1933 [Kathryn Dickerson nominated]
Box 9
Folder 13
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner, 10/30/1975
Box 9
Folder 14
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner, List of Contributors, 1975
Box 9
Folder 15
Northwestern University Commencement Program, 1977
Box 9
Folder 16
South Side Community Art Center, Eleanor Roosevelt Dedication, 1941
Box 9
Folder 17
South Side Community Art Center, c. 1940s [Kathryn Dickerson V.P.]
Box 9
Folder 18
University of Illinois at Chicago Commencement, 6/10/1984
Box 9
Folder 19
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Commencement, 5/17/1981
Box 10
Folder 1
Business History Review, 1969 [off-print of "Supreme Life: The History of a Negro Life Insurance Company, 1919-1962]
Box 10
Chicago Bee, vol. 32, no. 8, 2/23/1941
oversized
Box 10
Folder 2
The Chicago Circuit, February 1945
Box 10
The Chicago Daily Tribune, Tuesday, August 1, 1882
oversized
Box 10
The Chicago Defender (Chicago Local), 6/21/1930 (pp. 17-20: "In Woman's Realm")
oversized
Box 10
The Chicago Evening Post, Thursday, October 12, 1871
oversized
Box 10
The Chicago Times, Wednesday, July 15, 1874 [uncut]
oversized
Box 10
Chicago Whip, 6/25/1932
oversized
Box 10
Folder 3
Congressional Record, 12/5/1975
Box 10
Folder 4
The Crisis, July 1920 [includes leter from Diane(?) to Steve, 8/6/1986]
Box 10
Folder 5
Kappa Alpha Psi Journal, 10/1923-5/1925
Box 10
Folder 6
Kappa Alpha Psi Journal, February 1965 [EBD cover]
Box 10
Leslie's Weekly, March 13, 1902
oversized
Box 10
Saturday Evening Herald, Saturday Evening, February 19, 1876 [uncut]
oversized
Box 10
Folder 7
University of Chicago Magazine, December 1930
Box 10
Folder 8
University of Chicago Magazine, February 1931
Box 10
Folder 9
University of Illinois Alumni News, January 1981
Box 11
Folder 1
EBD reading Alinsky, "Revelle for Radicals," c. 1946
Box 11
Folder 2
EBD portrait, photo and ink, Chicago, c. 1949; credit: Moffett Chicago
Box 11
Folder 3
EBD portrait (wallet-sized), 1958
Box 11
Folder 4
EBD, hand drawn picture; Sheraton Hotel, NAACP, Philadelphia, 1961; photo by Willie B. Dix, Jr., Louisville KY
Box 11
Folder 5
EBD b/w portrait, c. 1960s [handwritten note to Diane on reverse]
Box 11
Folder 6
EBD portrait proofs (4), c. 1970s
Box 11
Folder 7
EBD, n.p., c. 1980s
Box 11
Folder 8
EBD portrait, n.d. (photo by Myron Davis, Life)
Box 11
Folder 9
EBD portrait, n.d. (photo by Moffett)
Box 11
Folder 10
EBD portrait (wallet-sized), n.d. [11 copies]
Box 11
Folder 11
EBD portrait (wallet-sized), n.d. [2 copies]
Box 11
Folder 12
EBD portrait, n.d [oversized in folder]
Box 11
Folder 13
EBD, Life Magazine, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 14
EBD, Life Magazine, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 15
EBD, Life Magazine, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 16
EBD, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 17
Kathryn Dickerson baby picture, c. 1904?
Box 11
Folder 18
Kathryn Dickerson, 9/3/1952
Box 11
Folder 19
Kathryn Dickerson, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 20
Kathryn Dickerson, n.p, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 21
Kathryn Dickerson, Life Magazine, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 22
Diane Dickerson (?), c. 1930s?
Box 11
Folder 23
Diane Dickerson (?) and classmates, marionette show, c. 1940s
Box 11
Folder 24
Diane Dickerson, studio portrait, 1949; photo by Harry Johnson, Chicago
Box 11
Folder 25
Diane Dickerson, studio portrait, 1951; photo by Harry Johnson, Chicago
Box 11
Folder 26
Diane Dickerson, studio portrait, 1952; photo by Harry Johnson, Chicago
Box 11
Folder 27
Diane Dickerson, studio portrait, 1956; photo by Harry Johnson, Chicago [inscribed]
Box 11
Folder 28
Diane Dickerson, studio portrait, 1956; photo by Harry Johnson, Chicago
Box 11
Folder 29
Diane Dickerson in wedding dress, 1956 (photo by Harry Johnson)
Box 11
Folder 30
Diane Dickerson in wedding dress, 1956 (photo by Harry Johnson)
Box 11
Folder 31
Eliza Garrett (maternal grandmother), Emma Garrett Fielding Dickerson (mother), Gertrude Dickerson (half-sister), Luella Fielding (half-sister), EBD; Canton, Mississippi (?), c. 1899
Box 11
Folder 32
EBD with grandmother (?), c. 1900
Box 11
Folder 33
Gertrude Dickerson, picture postcard, c. 1907? [see Correspondence]
Box 11
Folder 34
Lydia, inscribed to Kathryn Dickerson, 1935; photo by Odiorne
Box 11
Folder 35
unidentified child portrait, Chicago, c. 1930s
Box 11
Folder 36
Edith Sampson (photo by Gordon Parks), c. 1941
Box 11
Folder 37
Jessica (?) (photo by Gordon Parks), c. 1941
Box 11
Folder 38
Raymond Pace Alexander, 9/25/1944
Box 11
Folder 39
Dr. Metz T. P. Lochard, editor, Defender, in office, c. 1945
Box 11
Folder 40
Alan, inscribed to EBD and Kathryn Dickerson, 1949
Box 11
Folder 41
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, John Johnson, Eunice Johnson; Chez Paree, 4/4/1953
Box 11
Folder 42
Cameron (grandson), 1956; photo by Harry Johnson, Chicago
Box 11
Folder 43
Carl B. Stokes, 2/19/1968
Box 11
Folder 44
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, 3 unidentified persons; Hotel Sherman, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 45
Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson, EBD; dinner party; Life Magazine, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 46
Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson, EBD; dinner party; Life Magazine, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 47
EBD, Diane Dickerson, Kathryn Dickerson; dinner party; Life Magazine, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 48
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson; dinner party; Life Magazine, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 49
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, dancing; Life Magazine, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 50
Rodger Wilson, Jr., n.d. [inscribed]
Box 11
Folder 51
Rodger Wilson Jr. (?) [with drawing enclosed]
Box 11
Folder 52
Officers of Supreme Liberty Life, paying 1st 10yr endowment policy, August 15, 1932, Defender
Box 11
Folder 53
EBD, several unidentified men, women; Formal Dinner in honor of Supreme Liberty Life Board of Directors (and wives), Bismark Hotel, 4/4/1960
Box 11
Folder 54
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and EBD at Supreme Life, Dec. 27, 1962 (photo by Clifford Burress)
Box 11
Folder 55
4 unidentified persons; Supreme Life Insurance Co, Cleveland, Ohio, 11/15/1963; photo by Cliff Burress [see letter, D. C. Chandler to John Manning, 12/3/1963]
Box 11
Folder 56
2 unidentified persons; Supreme Life Insurance Co, Cleveland, Ohio, 11/15/1963; photo by Cliff Burress [see letter, D. C. Chandler to John Manning, 12/3/1963]
Box 11
Folder 57
EBD, 2 unidentified persons; Supreme Life Insurance Co, Cleveland, Ohio, 11/15/1963; photo by Cliff Burress [see letter, D. C. Chandler to John Manning, 12/3/1963]
Box 11
Folder 58
Supreme Liberty Life Shareholders Meeting, DC Chandler, George Gund, EBD, John F. Morning, 1964
Box 11
Folder 59
Sammy Davis, Jr., and EBD, Supreme Life office, 5/7/1968
Box 11
Folder 60
Sammy Davis, Jr., and EBD, Supreme Life office, 5/7/1968 [2 copies]
Box 11
Folder 61
Sammy Davis, Jr., and EBD, Supreme Life office, 5/7/1968 [2 copies]
Box 11
Folder 62
EBD portrait, Supreme Liberty Life, Chicago c. 1960s; credit: Moffett Chicago
Box 11
Folder 63
EBD, 2 unidentified men, Supreme Life building, Chicago, c. 1960s; photograph owned by Ebony Mag., Johnson Publishing
Box 11
Folder 64
EBD Polaroid, Supreme Life, Chicago, 9/29/1972 ["snap taken by Ives Merrell on the eve of his retirement"]
Box 11
Folder 65
EBD at Supreme Life c. 1970s (photo by Moneta Sleet)
Box 11
Folder 66
Col. Midian O. Bousfield, EBD at Supreme Life, n.d. (photo by Myron Davis, Life)
Box 11
Folder 67
EBD, Supreme Life, Board of Directors Meeting, Chicago, September 1984 [inscribed on reverse to Diane Dickerson and Chuck]
Box 11
Folder 68
EBD portrait in office, Supreme Life, Chicago, c. 1980s; photographer: Moneta Sleet, Jr.
Box 11
Folder 69
EBD office portrait photo, Supreme Life, Chicago, c. 1980s
Box 11
Folder 70
EBD Supreme Life, photo in book
Box 11
Folder 71
EBD, Supreme Life office; Life Magazine, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 72
EBD, Supreme Life office; Life Magazine, n.d.
Box 11
Folder 73
EBD and unidentified baby and mother, Supreme Life office, n.d.
Box 12
Folder 74
EBD c. 1900s
Box 12
Folder 75
EBD, "Mother's Backyard," Canton, Miss., August 1913 (inscription on back)
Box 12
Folder 76
EBD and unidentified graduates; Commencement, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, 1914
Box 12
Folder 77
Emma Garrett Fielding Dickerson; 602 E. White St., Champaign, IL, 6/14/1914
Box 12
Folder 78
Kappa Alpha Psi Training Camp, WWI; Des Moines, Iowa, c. June to October, 1917
Box 12
Folder 79
EBD, WWI Training Camp; Des Moines, Iowa, 6-10/1917
Box 12
Folder 80
WWI Squad Soldiers, c. 1917
Box 12
Folder 81
WWI photo, c. 1917
Box 12
Folder 82
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, c. 1930s
Box 12
Folder 83
Kathryn Dickerson, EBD; n.p., July 1932
Box 12
Folder 84
Kathryn Dickerson, EBD; n.p., July 1932
Box 12
Folder 85
Kathryn Dickerson, Rodger Wilson, Jr., EBD; n.p., July 1932
Box 12
Folder 86
unidentified children, n.p., 1937
Box 12
Folder 87
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson, unidentified person; n.p., c. 1930-1940
Box 12
Folder 88
EBD, Diane Dickerson; n.p., 1930-1940
Box 12
Folder 89
Kathryn Dickerson, EBD; n.p., c. 1930
Box 12
Folder 90
EBD, c. 1930s
Box 12
Folder 91
Rodger Wilson, Jr., EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson; n.p., c. 1930-1940
Box 12
Folder 92
Diane Dickerson, Kathryn Dickerson, Rodger Wilson, Jr., EBD; n.p., c. 1930-1940
Box 12
Folder 93
Kathryn Dickerosn, Rodger Wilson, Jr.; n.p., c. 1930-1940
Box 12
Folder 94
Kathryn Dickerson, Mrs. Vivian Powell, unidentified attendant; National Youth Administration booth, American Negro Exposition, Chicago, July 1940 [appeared in Chicago Defender 7/27/1940]
Box 12
Folder 95
Kathryn Dickerson, Della Dawson, Edward Gillespie, at Oakwood Village, 448 Oakwood Blvd, c. 1940
Box 12
Folder 96
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson; n.p., c. 1941
Box 12
Folder 97
Kathryn Dickerson, Artist Models Ball, 11/7/1944
Box 12
Folder 98
EBD, Grad ceremony for honorary degree, Wilberforce University, 1945
Box 12
Folder 99
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, 4 unidentified people; Café Zanzibar, New York City, 1946
Box 12
Folder 100
EBD, unidentified man; Japanese Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, 1/7/1949
Box 12
Folder 101
EBD, portrait on matchbook; Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, n.d. (c. 1949?)
Box 12
Folder 102
2 unidentified women, n.p., c. 1940s
Box 12
Folder 103
Kathryn Dickerson, unidentified women, n.p., c. 1940s; copyright Holiday Magazine
Box 12
Folder 104
Kathryn Dickerson and friends, Parkway Ballroom, May 12, 1950
Box 12
Folder 105
EBD, Cincinnati, OH, August 1950
Box 12
Folder 106
David Ross, Gordon Parks, Eartha Kitt, Kathryn Dickerson; South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, 5/30/1953
Box 12
Folder 107
Stan Williamson, Eartha Kitt, Gordon Parks; South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, 5/30/1953 [appeared in Chicago Defender May 30, 1953, p. 9]
Box 12
Folder 108
Kathryn Dickerson; from letter KD to EBD, 4/18/1955 [1 of 3]
Box 12
Folder 109
Kathryn Dickerson; from letter KD to EBD, 4/18/1955 [2 of 3]
Box 12
Folder 110
Diane Dickerson; from letter KD to EBD, 4/18/1955 [3 of 3]
Box 12
Folder 111
EBD at garden reception, c. 1955? (photo by B. H. Miles)
Box 12
Folder 112
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, unidentified couple; Gaylord's New Dehli, India, 5/13/1957 [inscription on reverse]
Box 12
Folder 113
EBD, Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers (first World Series game at Chicago), 1959
Box 12
Folder 114
EBD and greeters; Honolulu Int'l Airport, August 28, 1959
Box 12
Folder 115
EBD, Eleanor Roosevelt, John H. Johnson, c. 1950s
Box 12
Folder 116
EBD, 2 unidentified men; Chicago, 11/15/1964
Box 12
Folder 117
EBD, unidentified man; Chicago, 11/15/1964
Box 12
Folder 118
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson; Athens, Greece, 1965
Box 12
Folder 119
Sen. Paul Douglas and EBD, c. 1960s
Box 12
Folder 120
Kathryn Dickerson, boarding plane, n.p., c. 1960s; photographer: Velma Thomas, NY [1 of 2]
Box 12
Folder 121
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, boarding plane, n.p., c. 1960s; photographer: Velma Thomas, NY [2 of 2]
Box 12
Folder 122
Judge R. D. Alexander, unidentified woman, with portrait painting of Judge Alexander; Philadelphia, 1/29/1970 [inscribed to EBD on reverse]
Box 12
Folder 123
EBD, keynote speaker, Chicago Minorities Business Organization, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, 5/11/1973
Box 12
Folder 124
EBD, grandson, Kathryn Dickerson, July 1973
Box 12
Folder 125
Kathryn Dickerson, EBD, 12/25/1975
Box 12
Folder 126
EBD, ceremony, Northwestern University, 1977
Box 12
Folder 127
EBD, ceremony, Northwestern University, 1977
Box 12
Folder 128
EBD, ceremony, Northwestern University, 1977
Box 12
Folder 129
EBD, ceremony, Northwestern University, 1977
Box 12
Folder 130
EBD, ceremony, Northwestern University, 1977
Box 12
Folder 131
EBD, Montreal Expo, c. 1970s [1 of 8]
Box 12
Folder 132
EBD, Montreal Expo, c. 1970s [2 of 8]
Box 12
Folder 133
EBD, Montreal Expo, c. 1970s [3 of 8]
Box 12
Folder 134
EBD, Montreal Expo, c. 1970s [4 of 8]
Box 12
Folder 135
EBD, Montreal Expo, c. 1970s [5 of 8]
Box 12
Folder 136
EBD, Montreal Expo, c. 1970s [6 of 8]
Box 12
Folder 137
EBD, Montreal Expo, c. 1970s [7 and 8 of 8]
Box 12
Folder 138
Kathryn Dickerson and Judy (grand daughter), c. 1970s
Box 12
Folder 139
EBD, departing place, n.p., c. 1970s
Box 12
Folder 140
EBD, 2 unidentified men, document; n.p., c. 1970s
Box 12
Folder 141
Diane Dickerson, Joshua (grandson), EBD, Mark (grandson?), Kathryn Dickerson; photo by Isaac Sutton (Ebony-Jet), c. 1970s
Box 12
Folder 142
Mark (grandson), Stephen (grandson), EBD, Joshua (grandson), Diane Dickerson, c. 1970s
Box 12
Folder 143
Diane Dickerson, EBD, Stephen, Mark, Kathryn Dickerson, Joshua; photo by Isaac Sutten (Ebony-Jet), c. 1970s
Box 12
Folder 144
EBD, 3 unidentified men, n.p., c. 1970s
Box 12
Folder 145
EBD, unidentified man; Holleb Dinner, Chicago, September 1981; photographer: Judson Hixson [1 of 2; see letter from photographer, 12/21/1981]
Box 12
Folder 146
EBD, unidentified man; Holleb Dinner, Chicago, September 1981; photographer: Judson Hixson [2 of 2; see letter from photographer, 12/21/1981]
Box 12
Folder 147
EBD, Windermere Hotel Banquet, Sept 1982
Box 12
Folder 148
EBD, Dr. Lerone Bennett, 20th Anniversary of the DuSable Museum, 10/1/1982
Box 12
Folder 149
EBD, 20th Anniversary of the DuSable Museum, Hyatt, Chicago, 10/1/1982
Box 12
Folder 150
EBD, Joe Belmonte, Kiki Stonitsch, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Homecoming, c. 10/14-10/20/1982
Box 12
Folder 151
EBD, Joe Belmonte, Kiki Stonitsch, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Homecoming, c. 10/14-10/20/1982
Box 12
Folder 152
EBD, 94th birthday, 6/22/1985
Box 12
Folder 153
EBD 95th birthday, June 22, 1986
Box 12
Folder 154
EBD and Lerone Bennett, Jr., c. 1980s
Box 12
Folder 155
EBD, unidentified men and interviewer, n.p., c. 1980s
Box 12
Folder 156
EBD, unidentified man, n.p. c. 1980s
Box 12
Folder 157
EBD, c. 1980s
Box 12
Folder 158
EBD, c. 1980s
Box 12
Folder 159
EBD, c. 1980s
Box 12
Folder 160
EBD Polaroid, n.p., c. 1980s
Box 12
Folder 161
EBD at podium, n.p., c. 1980s [1 of 5]
Box 12
Folder 162
EBD at podium, n.p., c. 1980s [2 of 5]
Box 12
Folder 163
EBD at podium, n.p., c. 1980s [3 of 5]
Box 12
Folder 164
EBD at podium, n.p., c. 1980s [4 of 5]
Box 12
Folder 165
EBD at podium, n.p., c. 1980s [5 of 5]
Box 12
Folder 166
EBD, Harper Granger Luncheon, Morris Café, n.d.
Box 12
Folder 167
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, n.p., n.d.
Box 12
Folder 168
EBD and John H. Johnson, n.d. (photo by Nancy Campbell Hays)
Box 12
Folder 169
Kathryn Dickerson, unidentified men, formal event; n.p., n.d.
Box 12
Folder 170
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, n.p., n.d.
Box 12
Folder 171
EBD and 4 unidentified people, n.p., n.d.
Box 12
Folder 172
unidentified men, women, formal event - series of proofs, n.p., n.d., photographer: William Lanier (Ebony-Jet)
Box 12
Folder 173
EBD vacation snapshot, n.p., n.d.
Box 12
Folder 174
EBD vacation snapshot, n.p., n.d.
Box 12
Folder 175
EBD and Kathryn Dickerson, vacation snapshot, n.p., n.d.
Box 12
Folder 176
EBD vacation snapshot, n.p., n.d.
Box 13
Folder 177
Diane Dickerson, EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 178
4 unidentified persons, 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 179
Diane Dickerson, EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, 6/17/1952; photo by David Jackson, Ebony
Box 13
Folder 180
John Johnson, 6/17/1952; photo by David Jackson, Ebony
Box 13
Folder 181
John Johnson, Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson, EBD, Emma Garrett Fielding Dickerson (mother)[?]; 6/17/1952; photo by David Jackson, Ebony
Box 13
Folder 182
Diane Dickerson, 6/17/1952; photo by David Jackson, Ebony
Box 13
Folder 183
Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson, EBD, Emma Garrett Fielding Dickerson (mother)[?]; 6/17/1952; photo David Jackson, Ebony
Box 13
Folder 184
Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson, EBD, 2 unidentified persons; 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 185
Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson, EBD; 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 186
Diane Dickerson and 2 unidentified persons; 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 187
Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson, 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 188
7 unidentified adults and one child; 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 189
Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson, 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 190
Catering staff, 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 191
Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson, EBD; 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 192
Kathryn Dickerson, Diane Dickerson, EBD; 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 193
Partygoers (unidentified); 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 194
Coffee service; 6/17/1952
Box 13
Folder 195
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, and Diane Dickerson, 1952 (photo by Tony Rhoden)
Box 13
Folder 196
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, and Diane Dickerson, n.d. (photo by Myron Davis, Life)
Box 13
Folder 197
EBD, Kathryn Dickerson, and Diane Dickerson, debut, June 1952 (photo by Tony Rhoden)
Box 14
Folder 198
Edward S. Gillespie, Fred K. Hockler, EBD, Udochi; Chicago Arrival, 8/15/1961
Box 14
Folder 199
Udochi, James Del Rio (Pres., Metropolitan Mortgage Co), Coral Mason (Treasurer of Metropolitan), Gillespie, EBD; Chicago Arrival, 8/15/1961
Box 14
Folder 200
Harry Price, Del Rio, EBD, Gillespie, Udochi; Luncheon, Cmt. For Comparative Study of New Nations, University of Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 201
Udochi, Dr. Lowell Coggeshall, Prof. Edward Shils; University of Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 202
Udochi, Coggeshall, Ms. Grace Alele (Ph.D. student); University of Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 203
Udochi, EBD, et. al.; University of Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 204
Udochi, EBD, et. al.; University of Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 205
Udochi, Abaigail Ekeledo (student), Mrs. Shirley Clarkson (Admin. Sec. of Cmte.), Shils; University of Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 206
Udochi, EBD, et. al.; Press Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 207
Udochi, EBD, et. al.; Press Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 208
Robert Peck, Gillespie; Press Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 209
Udochi, Peck; Press Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 210
Ted Smart, C. J. Akinyele, EBD, Jesse Mann, Gillespie; Press Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 211
Ulmer Turner, Gillespie; Press Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 212
Udochi, EBD, et. al.; Press Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 213
Udochi, EBD, et. al.; Press Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 214
Udochi; Press Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 215
Udochi, James E. Rutherford, Gillespie; Tour of Prudential Bldg, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 216
Udochi, Gillespie, et. al.; Tour of Prudential Bldg, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 217
Udochi; Tour of Prudential Bldg, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 218
Udochi, Rutherford, et. al., Tour of Prudential Bldg, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 219
Udochi, EBD, Kathryn Dickerson; "Stag Dinner," EBD home: 5027 S. Drexel Ave, Hyde Park, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 220
Udochi, W. Sylvester White, EBD; "Stag Dinner," 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 221
Udochi, EBD, Judge Fred (Duke) Slater; "Stag Dinner," 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 222
Udochi, EBD, Diane Dickerson Brown; "Stag Dinner," 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 223
Udochi, Stephen Brown, Diane Dickerson Brown; "Stag Dinner," 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 224
Udochi, EBD, George S. Harris (Pres. Chicago Metropolitan Mutual Assurance Co.); "Stag Dinner," 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 225
Udochi, Richard L. Jones (Exec. VP Victory Mutual Life Insurance Co.), EBD; "Stag Dinner," 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 226
Udochi, Truman K. Gibson, Sr. (Chairman of the Board of Directors), EBD; "Stag Dinner," 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 227
Udochi, A. W. Williams (Pres., Unity Mutual Life), EBD; "Stag Dinner," 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 228
Udochi, Theodore A. Jones, Leonard Jewell, EBD; "Stag Dinner," 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 229
Udochi, Edwin C. Berry, B. A. Williams, George W. Reed, EBD; "Stag Dinner," 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 230
Joseph D. Bibb, Sr., James H. Jones, Reed, Udochi; "Stag Dinner," 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 231
Udochi; Chicago Board of Trade Observation Tower, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 232
Udochi; Chicago Board of Trade, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 233
Udochi, Judge Parker, Daryl Grisham; Parker House Sausage Co., Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 234
Udochi, Gillespie; Parker House Sausage Co., Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 235
Udochi, Leroy Jeffries (Ebony); Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 236
Udochi, Gertrude Williams, Gillespie; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 237
Udochi, Jeffries, Williams, Hoyt Fulter, Era Bell Thompson, Robert Johnson; Ebony Publication Luncheon, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 238
Udochi, Jeffries; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 239
Udochi, Jeffries, Gillespie; Ebony office, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 240
Udochi, Kenneth Wilson, et. al.; Chicago Daily Defender, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 241
Udochi, et. al.; Chicago Daily Defender, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 242
Udochi; Chicago Daily Defender, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 243
Udochi, Wilson, portrait of Robert S. Abbott; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 244
Udochi, EBD, Diane Dickerson Brown; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 245
Udochi, Maudelle B. Bousfield, Mrs. Leonard Evans, EBD; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 246
Udochi, Mr. & Mrs. Julian Black, EBD; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 247
Udochi, Lloyd G. Wheller and wife, Madge Scott, EBD; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 248
Udochi, Etta Moten Barnett; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 249
Udochi, Edith S. Sampson, Clifford J. Campbell, EBD; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 250
Udochi, Gillespie, Edreaner Gillespie; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 251
Udochi, Alton A. Davis; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 252
Udochi, William H. Jones; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 253
Udochi, Mrs. Edward S. Gillespie, Truman K. Gibson, James E. Rutherford, Martha H. Frye; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 254
Udochi, Mrs. John Sengstacke, Mr and Mrs. Truman K. Gibson, Jr.; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 255
Udochi; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 256
Udochi, G. C. Mayhew; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 257
Udochi, Harry Finke, Betty Hollrad; Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 258
Udochi; Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 259
Udochi, Edward S. Gillespie; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 260
Udochi; Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 261
Udochi, EBD; Supreme Life Home Office, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 262
Udochi, EBD, Gillespie; Supreme Life Home Office, founder portrait, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 263
Udochi, Gillespie, EBD; Supreme Life Home Office, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 264
Udochi, Bertha Wilson; Supreme Life Home Office, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 265
C. L. Akinyele (Asst. to the Ambassador), Gillespie, Katherine H. Marshall; Supreme Life Home Office, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 266
Udochi, Youree Wright; Supreme Life Home Office, RAMAC console, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 267
Udochi, EBD, Gillespie, et. al.; Supreme Life Home Office, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 268
Udochi, Katherine H. Moore; Supreme Life Home Office, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 269
Udochi, Ruth Hilburn, EBD, Gillespie; Supreme Life Home Office, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 270
Udochi, Theodore M. Berry, John H. Johnson; Supreme Life Home Office, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 271
Udochi, Claude A. Barnett (Dir. of Assoc. Negro Press); bedside, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 272
Udochi, Etta Moten Barnett, EBD, Gillespie; Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 273
Udochi, Dr. Melville J. Herskovitz (Dir. African Studies, NWU); Northwestern University, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 274
Udochi, Herskovitz; Northwestern University, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 275
Udochi, Herskovitz, Gillespie, Mr. Sowande (student and composer); Northwestern University, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 276
Udochi, Herskovitz, Gillespie; Northwestern University, leaving for Midway, Chicago, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 277
Udochi, Gillespie, Akinyele; Chicago, en route to Midway airport, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 278
Udochi; Chicago, Midway airport, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 279
Udochi, Vernon Watson, Officers Reagan and Wendt (police escort); Chicago, Midway airport, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 280
Akinyele, Reagan and Wendt; Chicago, Midway airport, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 281
Udochi, Gillespie; Chicago, Midway airport, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 14
Folder 282
Udochi, Akinyele, Gillespie; Chicago, Midway airport, departing, 8/15-8/17/1961
Box 15
Folder 283
William T. Coleman (Transportation Secretary), EBD
Box 15
Folder 284
EBD, Diane Dickerson Cohen
Box 15
Folder 285
EBD, Jetta Jones, George A. Ranney, Jr. (NAACP Legal Defense Fund Co-Chairs)
Box 15
Folder 286
Joshua Cohen (grandson), Diane Dickerson Cohen, EBD, Judy Cohen (grand daughter)
Box 15
Folder 287
Atty. Albert E. Jenner (?), EBD
Box 15
Folder 288
EBD, 2 unidentified persons
Box 15
Folder 289
EBD, 2 unidentified persons
Box 15
Folder 290
Jenner, EBD, Coleman, and 2 unidentified persons
Box 15
Folder 291
John H. Johnson, EBD
Box 15
Folder 292
EBD, unidentified man
Box 15
Folder 293
EBD, unidentified woman
Box 15
Folder 294
EBD, unidentified man
Box 15
Folder 295
EBD, unidentified man
Box 15
Folder 296
Gov. Daniel Walker, EBD, Jetta Jones
Box 15
Folder 297
Dr. Stephen Z. Cohen (son-in-law), Judy Cohen, Joshua Cohen, Diane Dickerson Cohen, and 6 unidentified persons
Box 15
Folder 298
Judge Garland W. Watt and 9 unidentified persons
Box 15
Folder 299
Diane Dickerson Cohen and 10 unidentified persons
Box 15
Folder 300
EBD at podium
Box 15
Folder 301
John H. Johnson at podium
Box 15
Folder 302
8 unidentified persons
Box 15
Folder 303
9 unidentified persons
Box 15
Folder 304
Coleman at podium
Box 15
Folder 305
Jetta Jones at podium
Box 15
Folder 306
George A. Ranney, Jr., at podium
Box 15
Folder 307
EBD, Judy Cohen, Joshua Cohen
Box 15
Folder 308
Gov. Daniel Walker at podium; Jetta Jones, EBD, John H. Johnson, William T. Coleman, and George A. Ranney seated
Box 16
Folder 309
EBD in military uniform, c. 1917-19?
Box 16
Folder 310
Diane Dickerson, 1934 and unidentified boy and girl(?), n.d. [portraits framed together]
Box 16
Folder 311
Kathryn Dickerson, 1950; by Burchette, Chicago [tinted]
Box 16
Folder 312
Diane Dickerson, 1956; by Harry Johnson
Box 16
Folder 313
Stephen Garrett (grandson), 1957; by Harry Johnson
Box 16
Folder 314
Kathryn Dickerson and Diane Dickerson, 1961; photograph by H. S. Rhoden
Box 16
Folder 315
Kathryn Dickerson, n.d.; photograph by Norman A. Hunter (Jet-Tan)
Box 16
Folder 316
Eleanor Roosevelt (autographed), n.d.
Box 16
Folder 317
unidentified?, n.d.; by Hatch & White, Burlington, Wisc.
Box 16
Folder 318
EBD portrait, n.d.
Box 16
Folder 319
EBD portrait, with photographs of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X on desk); by Moneta Sleet, Jr [cropping directions on back]
Box 16
Folder 320
Joshua and Judy Cohen (?), n.d.
Box 16
Folder 321
EBD and grandchildren, n.d.
Box 16
Folder 322
EBD portrait with biographical quotation, n.d.
Box 17
Folder 1
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner, October 30, 1975
Box 17
Folder 2
Chicago Sunday Evening Club, WTTW/Channel 11 (EBD the featured “living philosophy speaker”), Jan. 18, 1976
Box 17
Folder 3
First National Bank, Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial (incl. EBD address), WGCI broadcast, Jan. 15, 1982
Box 17
Folder 4
Paul Berger, 5816 Blackstone (Interviewed by Robert J. Blakely), Nov. 19, 1983
Box 17
Folder 5
Elmer Gertz, 315 S. Plymouth Ct. (Interviewed by RJB), Nov. 22, 1983 [Robert McDougal erased: see tape 016]
Box 17
Folder 6
Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovetz(?) (interviewed by RJB), Nov, 23, 1983
Box 17
Folder 7
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Smith, 5700 S. Prairie (Interviewed by RJB), Dec. 6, 1983 (45 mins)
Box 17
Folder 8
Lovelyn Evans, 7342 S. King Dr. (Interviewed by RJB), Dec. 12, 1983
Box 18
Folder 9
Judge George Leighton, Jan. 5, 1984; Judge Odes Nicholson (Interviewed by RJB), Jan. 8, 1984 [continued on 010]
Box 18
Folder 10
Nicholson, con't [erased?]; rest Sidney Jones (Interviewed by RJB), Jan. 1, 1984
Box 18
Folder 11
Jesse Mann [?], 2:00pm (Interviewed by RJB), Jan. 12, 1984; Quentin Young (Interviewed by RJB), Jan. 13, 1984
Box 18
Folder 12
Elmer Henderson (Interviewed by RJB), Jan. 18, 1984; Judge James Crossen (Interviewed by RJB), Jan. 18, 1984; John H. Johnson (Interviewed by RJB), Jan. 17, 1984
Box 18
Folder 13
Eleanor Peterson (Interviewed by RJB), Jan. 28, 1984 (30 mins.); Judge W. S. White (Interviewed by RJB), Jan. 31, 1984; Ralph Helstein (Interviewed by RJB), Feb. 15, 1984
Box 18
Folder 14
EBD (interviewed by Thomas 'Abu' Steward, Center for Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University), March 1, 1984 (42 mins)
Box 18
Folder 15
Dr. Leonidas Berry (Interviewed by RJB), April 28, 1984 [James A. Compton[?], April 4, 1984 and Frank Anglia [?], April 19, 1984 erased]
Box 18
Folder 16
McDougal, Alvin Boutte, Tom Lewis, n.d. (transcripts of interviews read by RJB)
Box 19
Congress Mondial Pour la Paix, L'Independence Nationale et le Desarmement General (Helsinki), document portfolio, July 1965
oversized
Box 19
Folder 1
James D. Crosson autobiography, inscribed to EBD, 1984
Box 19
Folder 2
Kathryn Dickerson (Art Institute student card, dance card, receipt), 1922-1930
Box 19
Folder 3
Evanston Academy Yearbook (EBD entry), c. 1908
Box 19
Folder 4
Forty Club of Chicago 50th Anniversary Record, 1970
Box 19
Guestbook, 5/2/1948-5/25/1953
oversized
Box 19
Folder 5
Hyde Park Herald business card, n.d.
Box 19
Kappa Alpha Psi signet rings and pins (ziploc bag)
oversized
Box 19
Folder 6
John F. Kennedy Library prospectus, n.d.
Box 19
Folder 7
Martin Luther King, Jr., Ebony Picture Biography (Johnson Publishing), 1968
Box 19
Philadelphia Bar Association pen
oversized
Box 19
Folder 8
J. P. Potez print, n.d.
Box 19
Folder 9
Paul Robeson (German biography, "Tage mit Paul Robeson"), inscribed to EBD, 12/4/1963
Box 19
Folder 10
Paul Robeson ("Songs for Peace"), inscribed to EBD, n.d.
Box 19
Folder 11
Supreme Life Insurance Co., business card, c. 1968-1975?
Box 19
Folder 12
Tuskegee postcards (blank, stamped), n.d.
Box 19
Folder 13
University of Chicago Law School, contributors to the 5th Annual Alumni Fund, 1968
Box 19
Awards and Honors, American Legion (Department of Illinois, Bloomington), Founder of the American Legion, 1940 [framed]
oversized
Box 19
Awards and Honors, Illini Comeback, 10/16/1982 [bound]
oversized
Box 19
Folder 14
Awards and Honors, Illinois State Bar Association, 1970
Box 19
Awards and Honors, Inaugural Committee, Certificate of Attendance, FDR and Wallace, 1941 [framed]
oversized
Box 19
Awards and Honors, Inaugural Committee, Certificate of Attendance, LBJ and Humphrey, 1965 [framed]
oversized
Box 19
Awards and Honors, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner (“A Tribute to Earl Dickerson”), October 30, 1975
oversized
Box 19
Awards and Honors, Northwestern University, Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, 1977 [framed]
oversized
Box 19
Folder 15
Awards and Honors, President of the United States, Selective Service System, c. 1948?
Box 19
Folder 16
Awards and Honors, State of Illinois, Service Recognition for Charles R[odger?]. Wilson, 1947
Box 19
Awards and Honors, State of Illinois Supreme Court, admittance to bar, 1920 [framed]
oversized
Box 19
Awards and Honors, U.S. District Court, North District of Illinois, admittance to bar, 1922 [framed]
oversized
Box 19
Folder 17
Awards and Honors, University of Chicago Alumni Association, 1970
Box 19
Awards and Honors, University of Illinois, Memorial to EBD, 1986 [bound]
oversized
Box 19
Awards and Honors, University of Illinois, Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, 1984 [bound]
oversized
Box 19
Awards and Honors, University of Illinois, Alumni Association, Illini Achievement Award, 1981 [bound]
oversized
Box 19
Folder 18
Awards and Honors, University of Illinois Illini Achievement Award, 1981
Box 19
Awards and Honors, Wilberforce University, Honorary Degree of Humanities, 1961 [bound]
oversized
Box 19
Folder 19
Family, note from EBD to family, 7/4/1936
Box 19
Folder 20
Family, Pasadena YMCA Track Meet, 1938
Box 19
Folder 21
Family, Diane Dickerson, Frances W. Parker School Report Cards, 1949-1951
Box 19
Folder 22
Family, child's artwork, n.d.
Box 19
Folder 23
Family, "To Baby Girl," n.d.
Box 19
Folder 24
Family, Rodger Wilson report card, n.d.
Box 19
Folder 25
Finances, EBD mortgage, 11/29/1949
Box 19
Folder 26
Finances, Car Insurance (Fidelity and Casualty Co.), 1939
Box 19
Folder 27
Finances, Kappa Alpha Psi Principal Notes, 1921
Box 19
Folder 28
Finances, receipt for Zri Raphaeli artwork sold to EBD, 9/29/1964
Box 19
Folder 29
Finances, burial vault receipt for Kathryn Dickerson, 1980
Box 19
Folder 30
Finances, receipt for Mercury automobile bought by EBD, 12/20/1938
Box 19
Folder 31
Invitations, Charles Frank & Co. re-opening, 1975
Box 19
Folder 32
Invitations, Presidential Inauguration, 1941
Box 19
Folder 33
Travel, baggage ticket, 6/1957
Box 19
Folder 34
Travel, Kariye Mosque (Istanbul, Turkey), 1956
Box 19
Folder 35
Travel, Lok Sabha (India), 1957
Box 19
Folder 36
Travel, invoice for "Baccarat" purchase (Paris, France), 1960
Box 19
Folder 37
Travel, Bar-Ilan University (Israel), c. 1957?
Box 19
Folder 38
Travel, EBD U.S. Passport, 1966
Box 19
Folder 39
Travel, maps (Colombia), n.d.
Box 19
Folder 40
Travel, itinerary for EBD and Kathryn Dickerson, 12/1946
Box 19
Folder 41
Travel, itinerary for EBD and Kathryn Dickerson, Asia and Europe, 1957
Box 19
Folder 42
Travel, itinerary for EBD and Kathryn Dickerson, Europe, 1960
Box 19
Folder 43
Travel, itinerary for EBD and Kathryn Dickerson, Latin America, n.d.
Box 19
Folder 44
Travel, Caribbean, 1947 (postcards, brochures, receipts)
Box 19
Folder 45
Travel, German Embassy, Paris, 1937
Box 20
Chicago Bee, vol. 32, no. 8, 2/23/1941
Box 20
The Chicago Daily Tribune, Tuesday, August 1, 1882
Box 20
The Chicago Defender (Chicago Local), 6/21/1930 (pp. 17-20: "In Woman's Realm")
Box 20
The Chicago Evening Post, Thursday, October 12, 1871
Box 20
The Chicago Times, Wednesday, July 15, 1874 [uncut]
Box 20
Chicago Whip, 6/25/1932
Box 20
Leslie's Weekly, March 13, 1902
Box 20
Saturday Evening Herald, Saturday Evening, February 19, 1876 [uncut]
Box 21
Awards and Honors, Illini Comeback, 10/16/1982
Box 21
Kappa Alpha Psi signet rings and pins (ziploc bag)
Box 21
Guestbook, 5/2/1948-5/25/1953
Box 21
Philadelphia Bar Association pen
Box 21
Congress Mondial Pour la Paix, L'Independence Nationale et le Desarmement General (Helsinki), document portfolio, July 1965
Box 22
Awards and Honors, Northwestern University, Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, 1977 [framed]
Box 22
Awards and Honors, American Legion (Department of Illinois, Bloomington), Founder of the American Legion, 1940 [framed]
Box 22
Awards and Honors, Inaugural Committee, Certificate of Attendance, FDR and Wallace, 1941 [framed]
Box 22
Awards and Honors, Inaugural Committee, Certificate of Attendance, LBJ and Humphrey, 1965 [framed]
Box 22
Awards and Honors, U.S. District Court, North District of Illinois, admittance to bar, 1922 [framed]
Box 22
Awards and Honors, State of Illinois Supreme Court, admittance to bar, 1920 [framed]
Box 23
Awards and Honors, Wilberforce University, Honorary Degree of Humanities, 1961 [bound]
Box 23
Awards and Honors, University of Illinois, Memorial to EBD, 1986 [bound]
Box 23
Awards and Honors, University of Illinois, Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, 1984 [bound]
Box 23
Awards and Honors, University of Illinois, Alumni Association, Illini Achievement Award, 1981 [bound]
Box 23
Awards and Honors, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Dinner (“A Tribute to Earl Dickerson”), October 30, 1975