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John Carter Minkins papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS 025.003
Abstract

A collection from the career and life of John Carter Minkins, whose journalism career spanned from 1888 through the 1950s. The collection includes typed manuscripts of articles and speeches he wrote, correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, and booklets.

Dates: 1896-1982

Untitled typed manuscript on Frederick Douglass

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: A collection from the career and life of John Carter Minkins, whose journalism career spanned from 1888 through the 1950s. Included are 18 typed manuscripts of articles and speeches that he wrote, 18 letters, newspaper and magazine clippings, three portraits of Minkins, a certificate appointing Minkins as Grand Reporter of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, and two booklets written by C.H.J. Taylor signed to Minkins by the author.The topics covered...
Dates: 1896-1982

Untitled typed manuscript on Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: A collection from the career and life of John Carter Minkins, whose journalism career spanned from 1888 through the 1950s. Included are 18 typed manuscripts of articles and speeches that he wrote, 18 letters, newspaper and magazine clippings, three portraits of Minkins, a certificate appointing Minkins as Grand Reporter of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, and two booklets written by C.H.J. Taylor signed to Minkins by the author.The topics covered...
Dates: 1896-1982

Untitled typed manuscript on racial intermixing in the South

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Minkins writes about Southern hypocrisy in regards to the mixing of races. He writes about Southern views of racial purity, how they don't reflect the reality of race mixing, and the Southern reverence for the Black "mammy."

Dates: 1896-1982

Untitled typed manuscript on Black and white blood, c. 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: A collection from the career and life of John Carter Minkins, whose journalism career spanned from 1888 through the 1950s. Included are 18 typed manuscripts of articles and speeches that he wrote, 18 letters, newspaper and magazine clippings, three portraits of Minkins, a certificate appointing Minkins as Grand Reporter of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, and two booklets written by C.H.J. Taylor signed to Minkins by the author.The topics covered...
Dates: c. 1944

"The Negro and the New Deal" typed manuscript, 1934

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: A collection from the career and life of John Carter Minkins, whose journalism career spanned from 1888 through the 1950s. Included are 18 typed manuscripts of articles and speeches that he wrote, 18 letters, newspaper and magazine clippings, three portraits of Minkins, a certificate appointing Minkins as Grand Reporter of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, and two booklets written by C.H.J. Taylor signed to Minkins by the author.The topics covered...
Dates: 1934

Untitled typed manuscript on civil rights and World War II, 1943

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: A collection from the career and life of John Carter Minkins, whose journalism career spanned from 1888 through the 1950s. Included are 18 typed manuscripts of articles and speeches that he wrote, 18 letters, newspaper and magazine clippings, three portraits of Minkins, a certificate appointing Minkins as Grand Reporter of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, and two booklets written by C.H.J. Taylor signed to Minkins by the author.The topics covered...
Dates: Publication: 1943

Untitled typed manuscript "Where Do We Go From Here?", 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: A collection from the career and life of John Carter Minkins, whose journalism career spanned from 1888 through the 1950s. Included are 18 typed manuscripts of articles and speeches that he wrote, 18 letters, newspaper and magazine clippings, three portraits of Minkins, a certificate appointing Minkins as Grand Reporter of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, and two booklets written by C.H.J. Taylor signed to Minkins by the author.The topics covered...
Dates: Publication: 1944

Untitled manuscript on the importance of racial justice in post-WWII America, c. 1945

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: A collection from the career and life of John Carter Minkins, whose journalism career spanned from 1888 through the 1950s. Included are 18 typed manuscripts of articles and speeches that he wrote, 18 letters, newspaper and magazine clippings, three portraits of Minkins, a certificate appointing Minkins as Grand Reporter of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, and two booklets written by C.H.J. Taylor signed to Minkins by the author.The topics covered...
Dates: c. 1945

George Washington Carver speech for 15-21 Club, c. 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: A collection from the career and life of John Carter Minkins, whose journalism career spanned from 1888 through the 1950s. Included are 18 typed manuscripts of articles and speeches that he wrote, 18 letters, newspaper and magazine clippings, three portraits of Minkins, a certificate appointing Minkins as Grand Reporter of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, and two booklets written by C.H.J. Taylor signed to Minkins by the author.The topics covered...
Dates: c. 1944