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 fourth floor (#5 on map - PDF)
that will allow you to read, scan, or print from the microform.
See this link for more information.
there are machines on the fourth floor (#5 on map - PDF)
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 guideSee Guide online
- 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.