| Abstract:
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The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Richetta Randolph Wallace
(1884-circa 1971), an African-American woman having a longstanding engagement with
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Mt. Olivet
Baptist Church in Harlem (New York City), African-American literary and arts culture,
and matters of race relations, racial justice and civil rights. Documents include
correspondence, pamphlets and other published print matter, event programs and other
ephemera, photographs, receipts, manuscripts, and newspaper clippings. Commonly known
by her maiden name, Randolph was office manager for the NAACP until the mid-1940s
and personal secretary to Mary White Ovington and James Weldon Johnson. The collection
includes correspondence with Ovington and Johnson as well as other NAACP principals.
including Walter White, William Pickens, and others. The collection includes a full
typescript draft of Johnson's
Black Manhattan, with notes, and a galley proof (1930) of the book. Much of the collection consists
of print matter, which centers on matters of race in the United States, including
discrimination, lynching, justice (or injustice), and civil rights. Other print matter
includes programs, sermons, church newsletters, and other materials, principally concerning
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Correspondence documents Randolph's activities on behalf
of Mt. Olivet over the years. There are a small number of photographs in the collection,
including those of Randolph, of Johnson and his wife in Great Barrington (1929), of
Ovington, and stock images of NAACP principals, among others.
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