Papers of Pauli Murray, 1827-1985: A Finding Aid

Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985. Papers of Pauli Murray, 1827-1985: A Finding Aid

The collection documents many aspects of Murray's professional and unpaid work, as well as some areas of Murray's personal life. Information about areas in which the professional and personal aspects of Murray's life intersected can be sometimes be found in two different series. For example, in addition to the papers about Murray's ancestors in the family section of Series I, Personal and biographical, family materials that Murray assembled while doing research for Proud Shoes and Song in A Weary Throat are in Series III, Writings and speeches. These materials are significant because they illuminate the lives of some 19th century middle-class African American families. Murray's personal life is less well documented. While there is much incoming correspondence from friends, there are few personal letters or materials written by and about Murray; notable exceptions are the drafts of Song in a Weary Throat--information that Murray intended to make public. Nevertheless, the collection is rich in documenting most aspects of Murray's work, travels, and activist interests.

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Identifier: g158bh29z
Collection: Discovery Resources
Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Creator(s): Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Contributor(s): von Salis, Susan
Hartry, Bert
Garfield, Janet
Upton, Tish
Campbell, Winifred
Humez, Jean
Date Created: Aug. 1992
Oct. 2011
Dates Covered: 1827 to 1985
Genre: Finding Aids
Subject(s): Eleanor Roosevelt
Pauli Murray
Places: New York
Massachusetts
Sweden
Ghana
North Carolina > Durham County > Durham Township > Durham
Topic(s): Abortion
Activists
African-americans
Anglicanism
Civil rights
Discrimination
Employment discrimination
Equal rights amendments--United States
Gender identity
Genderism
Human rights
Sex discrimination
Sexism
Women's movement
Women's rights
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Related URL: https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/8/resources/4874/collection_organization
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