Integration, 1957-1969
File — Box: 29, Folder: 18
From the Sub-Series:
This subseries contains materials dating from 1943-1980, with a bulk from the 1950s-1970s. Arranged alphabetically, materials consist of files that cover the advisory board, academic, student groups, budgets, funds, and coordinating council.
Dates
- 1957-1969
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 75 linear feet
- Letter from Harold C. Fleming, that includes a list of formely all-white colleges and universities that have desegregated since 1935
- Memorandum from Walter F. Williams Jr. to Philip G. Hoffman, regarding the film "Operation Abolition"
- Memorandum from Patrick J. Nicholson to Philip G. Hoffman, regarding keeping a study on integration at the University of Texas for future reference
- Memorandum from Howard F. McGaw to Philip G. Hoffman, expressing embarrassment over the University of Houston not being desegregated yet
- Memorandum from Houston Council on Human Relations to Philip G. Hoffman
- Memorandum from Patrick J. Nicholson to A. D. Bruce, suggesting he create a file of statements made by university officials regarding the "integration crisis"
- Letter from A. D. Bruce to the members of the board of governors, which includes a report on the status of desegregation at the university
- Address by Honorable Shelby M. Jackson
- Problems Incident to Integration in Our Schools by Dr. John W. McFarland
- Memorandum to A. D. Bruce, concerning the university possibly being under investigation of the House Un-American Committee
- College and University Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 6, December 15, 1960
- Correspondence between W. Astor Kirk, John Q. Taylor King, Patrick J. Nicholson, and Ramon A. Vitulli, concerning a survey on the study of "desegregation and the negro college" in Texas
- Memorandum from Patrick J. Nicholson to Philip G. Hoffman, concerning an editorial from a "negro" newspaper
- Correspondence between L. C. McMillan and Clanton W. Williams, requesting admission records of "negro" applicants
- Handwritten notes written by Philip G. Hoffman
Repository Details
Part of the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
MD Anderson Library
4333 University Drive
Houston TX 77204-2000 USA
713-743-9750
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
MD Anderson Library
4333 University Drive
Houston TX 77204-2000 USA
713-743-9750