African-Americans
Most microforms are in off-site storage. Use Sooner Xpress to have materials retrieved. This guide does not include journals or magazines; please check the Local Catalog to see library holdings of periodicals.
Once you receive the microforms you requested through Sooner Xpress, there are machines on the east side of the fourth floor (see map) that will allow you to read, scan, or print from the microform. See this link for more information.
- American Missionary Association Archives Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, LouisianaCall Number: Microfilm 783Library has -- Ohio (reels 157-177) -- Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon (reel 178).
- Black Literature, 1827-1940Call Number: Microfiche 166Library owns Unit 1 only. Indexed in the database Black Studies Center.
- Black Workers in the Era of the Great Migration, 1916-1929Call Number: Microfilm 596 and guide
- Life and Works of Paul Laurence DunbarCall Number: Microfilm 199r.1 (3407) Books of poems.- r.2 (3408) Short stories and novels.- r.3 (3409) Sheet music, manuscripts, scrapbooks, and commentary.- r.4 (3410) New York Times reviews.- r.5-6 (3411-12) Periodical articles from leading literary magazines.- r.7-8 (3413-14) Periodical articles from leading negro periodicals.- r.9 (3415) The works of Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar
- Martin Luther King, Jr., FBI fileCall Number: Microfilm 579 and guidept. 1. FBI file (16 reels), Guide online
pt. 2. The King-Levison file (9 reels) Guide online
Also see this site. - Martin Luther King, Jr. FBI Assassination FileCall Number: Microfilm 549 and guide
- Papers of Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1915-1950Call Number: Microfilm 599 and guide
- Papers of the Civil Rights CongressCall Number: Microfilm 581 and guidept. 1. Case files (40 microfilm reels) -- pt. 2. Files of William L. Patterson and the National Office (42 microfilm reels) -- pt. 3. Publications (19 microfilm reels) -- pt. 4. Communist Party USA files (16 microfilm reels) -- pt. 5. Citizens Emergency Defense Conference files (8 microfilm reels).
- Papers of the NAACP, 1909-1972Call Number: varies, click on title for call numbersPlease note that one set, Papers of the NAACP. Part 12, Selected Branch Files, 1913-1939, Series D, The West, is at the Law Library.
Guides online. (Search for NAACP.) - Papers of the National Negro CongressCall Number: Microfilm 580 and guidept. 1. Records and correspondence, 1933-1942 -- pt. 2. Records and correspondence, 1943-1947 -- pt. 3. Financial records, 1940-1947, and publications -- pt. 4. Negro Labor Victory Committee, 1942-1945.
- Paul Robeson CollectionCall Number: Microfilm 279 and guideIncludes correspondence, speeches, newspaper and magazine excerpts by and about Robeson.
- Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Suppression of the African Slave Trade and Negro Colonization, 1854-72Call Number: Microfilm 914 and pamphletFile microcopies of records in the National Archives ; M160.
Guide online - Records of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1954-1970Call Number: Microfilm 582pt. 1. Records of the President's Office (21 reels) -- pt. 2. Records of the Executive Director and Treasurer (22 reels) -- pt. 3. Records of the Public Relations Department (10 reels) -- pt. 4. Records of the Program Department (29 reels).
Guide online - Slavery Source Materials (Amistad Research Center)Call Number: Microfiche 243Books and pamphlets (441 titles) written before the Civil War by and about the African-Americans, slavery, and antislavery, selected by the staff of Amistad Research Center. Check the online catalog for specific titles, or click HERE for a complete list. Note: some also available online. See catalog results.