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Allen B. Ballard Collection

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Call Number:
BC004AB
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
Extent:
10 linear feet (20 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Allen B. Ballard Collection, BC004, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1897-1990 (inclusive)
Creator:
Ballard, Allen B., 1930-
Abstract:

Allen B. Ballard, a Philadelphia native, born in 1930 to Robert and Olive Ballard, is a prominent scholar of African American social and political life, particularly in the area of migration studies. In 1949, along with Stanley L. Jackson, Ballard became one of the first African American students to enroll at Kenyon College in Ohio. While in undergrad he participated in several social and extracurricular activities on campus; however, he was not allowed to join fraternal organizations. As the racial climate on campus caused much stress and anxiety, Ballard remained committed to academic excellence.

Following his undergraduate studies at Kenyon College he enrolled at the University of Bordeaux on a Fulbright Fellowship while he was stationed in the United States Army. Upon his return to the U.S. he entered Harvard University ultimately earning him a Ph.D. in Government.

He has taught at a number of universities including Boston University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, and the City University of New York. While at CUNY Ballard became the Assistant Dean of Liberal Arts heading the program for open enrollment of African American Students. Currently, he is Professor Emeritus at the university.

Ballard's publications include The education of Black folk: the Afro-American struggle for knowledge in white America (1973), One More Day's Journey: The Story of a Family and a People (1984), and Breaching Jericho's wall: a twentieth-century African American life (2011). His first novel Where I'm Bound was published in 2000. His other writings and articles have appeared in scholarly and popular publications, including the New York Times magazine.

This collection consists of a variety of documents including correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, notes, manuscripts, journal entries, photographs, and audio tape recordings. Most of the material in the collection is photocopied research material collected by Ballard while researching and writing his second book, One More Day's Journey. This research covers topics such as African American migration history from the South to the North, population and demographic trends, social and economic conditions in urban areas (Philadelphia), and politics. As most of the documents concern the book, including the correspondence written to and from other academics, family and friends, this collection is rich in documenting important issues regarding African American social and political history from the mid-1800s to 20th century.

  • Series 1: Research and Reading Sources, 1860-1981, undated
    • Subseries 1a: Research and Reading Material, 1860-1981, undated
    • Subseries 1b: Research Notes, undated
  • Series 2: Correspondence, 1873-1986, undated
  • Series 3: Publications, 1898-2002, undated
    • Subseries 3a: Newspaper Clippings, 1898-1983, undated
    • Subseries 3b: Programs, 1969-1979
    • Subseries 3c: Pamphlets, 1914-1985, undated
    • Subseries 3d: Magazine, 1985
    • Subseries 3e: Newsletters, 1937, undated
    • Subseries 3f: Miscellaneous, 1976-1989, undated
  • Series 4: Manuscripts, 1974-1984, undated
  • Series 5: Personal, 1969, 2002, undated
  • Series 6: Recordings, 1975-1977, undated

Gift, 2009.

Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy. Certain digital files may also be inaccessible. Please contact the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection for more information.

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Temple University Libraries: Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
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Finding Aid Date
January 2025
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Allen B. Ballard Collection is the physical property of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries. The creator/donor has not assigned their rights to Temple University Libraries. Other creators' intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to them or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

The research material in Series 1 reveals the sources that Ballard consulted or reviewed for the writing of his second book. These sources date from the mid-1800s to the early 1970s. The materials he used vary from scholarly journals to reports produced by city and community-based organizations. This series has two subseries: Research/Reading Material, and Research Notes. The reading and research material are photocopies of sources such as book chapters and articles. The research notes contain his personal reflections on the works that he read, and notes on his research while traveling between the North and South to collect information.

Taxpayer Lists: Charleston, SC, 1860.
Box 1 Folder 1
J. Miller M'Kim address & Correspondence: Stephen Colwell, Esq., 1862.
Box 1 Folder 2
Associate Justice Hoge, 1865.
Box 1 Folder 3
Physical Description

pp. 618-625

Colored People's Convention (Charleston, SC) & South Carolina Leader Office, 1865.
Box 1 Folder 4
Marriage Certificate: William H. Smith and Ursuline Parker, 1867.
Box 1 Folder 5
Testimonies (South Carolina), 1869.
Box 1 Folder 6
Allen School Monthly Report (Greenville, SC), 1870.
Box 1 Folder 7
"The Phoenix Election Riot" by Tom Henderson Wells (Phylon), 1870.
Box 1 Folder 8
Petition: Union League of Abbeyville, 1870.
Box 1 Folder 9
"An Ex Southerner in South Carolina" by Nathaniel Shaler, 1870.
Box 1 Folder 10
"An Ex Southerner in South Carolina" by Nathaniel Shaler, 1870.
Box 1 Folder 11
Minutes: 7th Annual Session- SC Conference A.M.E. Church / J. W. Penny Book & Job Printer, 1871.
Box 1 Folder 12
Testimony: Condition of Affairs in Southern States, 1871.
Box 1 Folder 13
Physical Description

pp. 1-9

Testimony: Condition of Affairs in Southern States, 1871.
Box 1 Folder 14
Physical Description

pp. 289-297, 410-413, & 584-587

"A Southern View of the Southern Problem." The Nation, 1871.
Box 1 Folder 15
Physical Description

Vol 13, pp. 4-5

Condition of Affairs in the Southern States, 1871.
Box 1 Folder 16
Physical Description

pp. xvi-xvii, 1178-1179, 1256-1261

Condition of Affairs in the Southern States, 1871.
Box 1 Folder 17
Physical Description

pp. 1580-1583, 1588-1591

Minutes: 10th Annual Session - SC Conference A. M. E. Church, Republican Printing Co., 1874.
Box 1 Folder 18
"The Phoenix Riot" by Bruce Lee Kleinschmidt, 1874.
Box 1 Folder 19
Physical Description

pp. 27-31

Sketch of the Life and Character of Rev. Simon Miller, 1875.
Box 1 Folder 20
Receipt from the University of South Carolina, 1875.
Box 1 Folder 21
"Up The Ashley and Cooper" by Constance F. Woolson, Harper's New Monthly, 1875.
Box 1 Folder 22
South Carolina in 1876 - Abbeville Country, 1876.
Box 1 Folder 23
University of South Carolina Catalogue, 1876.
Box 1 Folder 24
Error vs. Commonwealth of PA, 1876.
Box 1 Folder 25
Minutes: 12th Annual Session - SC Conference, 1876.
Box 1 Folder 26
A. M. E. Church, Walker, Evans & Cogswell Printers, undated.
Box 1
Reports: Superintendent Lipscomb, Surgeon Trezevant, & Lieutenant Canill, 1879.
Box 1 Folder 27
Report: Drs. McKie and Pope, 1879.
Box 1 Folder 28
Report: Dr. B. W. Taylor, 1879.
Box 1 Folder 29
Report: Superintendent (Columbia, SC), 1879.
Box 1 Folder 30
Claflin University Catalogue College of Agriculture and Mechanics Institute, 1890-1891.
Box 1 Folder 31
Negro Emigration Speech of Wade Hampton, 1890.
Box 1 Folder 32
Afro-American Encyclopedia Compiled and arranged by James T. Haley, 1896.
Box 1 Folder 33
The Negro of Farmville, Virginia: A Social Study" by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois, 1898.
Box 1 Folder 34
"Abraham Lincoln. Citizen-Patriot-President Martyr" by E.A.H. Bevland, 1903.
Box 1 Folder 35
The Early Negro Convention Movement by John W. Cromwell, 1904.
Box 1 Folder 36
Members: American Negro Historical Society, 1904.
Box 1 Folder 37
"Assisted Emigration from the South: The Women" by Frances A. Kellor, 1905.
Box 1 Folder 38
"Distinctive Features of the Octavia Hill Association of Philadelphia", 1906.
Box 1 Folder 39
The Philadelphia Colored Directory compiled by R.R. Wright, Jr. assisted by Ernest Smith, 1908.
Box 1 Folder 40
Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching by Fanny Jackson-Coppin, 1913.
Box 1 Folder 41
"Summer Sunday" by Eric F. Goldman, 1914.
Box 1 Folder 42
"4th Annual Philadelphia Housing Comm" & "Seventh Annual Report of the Philadelphia Housing Association", 1914-1917.
Box 1 Folder 43
"The Evolution of the Penal System of South Carolina from 1866 - 1916", 1916.
Box 1 Folder 44
"Eighth Annual Report of the Armstrong Association of Philadelphia 1916;" "Tenth Annual Report of the Armstrong Association of Philadelphia 1918;" "Twelfth Annual Report of the Armstrong Association of Philadelphia 1920", 1918-1920.
Box 1 Folder 45
"Supplementary Study of the Housing of the City Negro" by Anneta Gibson McCall, 1916.
Box 1 Folder 46
"Philadelphia Housing Association Negro Migration Study", 1917.
Box 1 Folder 47
Correspondence: Mr. Gilman To Mr. Marquette, 1917.
Box 1 Folder 48
"Negro Migration Committee Housing Sub-Committee Housing Sub-Committee", 1917.
Box 1 Folder 49
"Philadelphia Housing Association News Service, Released for Afternoon Papers", 1917.
Box 1 Folder 50
"The Octavia Hill Association", 1917.
Box 1 Folder 51
"Chicago League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes 3719 South State Street Suggestion for Black visitors", 1917.
Box 1 Folder 52
"Philadelphia Housing Association Negro Migration Study", 1917.
Box 1 Folder 53
"Round Table Conference" by John T. Emlen, 1919.
Box 1 Folder 54
Arrest reports, 19th District Police, 1917-1919.
Box 1 Folder 55
Results of Dr. Kober's Visit, 1919.
Box 1 Folder 56
"Investigation of the Negro Problem", 1919.
Box 1 Folder 57
Conference on Reconstruction Call, 1919.
Box 1 Folder 58
"Work of the Philadelphia Housing Association" by John Ihlder, 1919.
Box 1 Folder 59
Negro Population in PA, 1920.
Box 2 Folder 1
Round Table Conference for Work among Colored People, 1920.
Box 2 Folder 2
Negro Committee of P.H.A, 1920.
Box 2 Folder 3
Representatives of the Colored People Cmte, 1920.
Box 2 Folder 4
From Dorothy Warrick, The Boule Journal, 1921.
Box 2 Folder 5
"The Negro at Work During the World War and During Reconstruction," George E. Haynes Ph.D, 1921.
Box 2 Folder 6
Philadelphia Housing Association Report on block conditions, 1921.
Box 2 Folder 7
"The Standard of Living Among One Hundred Negro Migrant Families in Philadelphia" by Sadie Tanner Mossell, 1921.
Box 2 Folder 8
"Housing in Philadelphia" by Bernard J. Newman, 1923.
Box 2 Folder 9
Migrant children in public schools, 1923.
Box 2 Folder 10
Migration Committee Statistical Report, 1923.
Box 2 Folder 11
Articles on Negro Migration, 1923.
Box 2 Folder 12
Know your city, Housing Negro Migrants, PHA, 1923.
Box 2 Folder 13
The Committee on Negro Migration, 1923.
Box 2 Folder 14
"Semi-Monthly Report to Royal Meeker Department of Labor and Industry Commonwealth of PA", 1923.
Box 2 Folder 15
Negro Housing in the City of Philadelphia, 1923.
Box 2 Folder 16
"The Battle to End Discrimination Against Negroes on Philadelphia Streetcars: (Part I) Background and Beginning of the Battle" by Philip S. Foner, 1973.
Box 2 Folder 17
Negro Migrant Study, 1924.
Box 2 Folder 18
"Slave Conversion in South Carolina 1830 - 1860," by Susan Markey Fickling, 1924.
Box 2 Folder 19
"The Story of the Whittier Center", 1924.
Box 2 Folder 20
The Whittier Center Incorporated, 1893 - 1920, 1924.
Box 2 Folder 21
Housing of Negro Immigrants in Pennsylvania, 1924.
Box 2 Folder 22
Minutes: Conference on Negro Population, 1924.
Box 2 Folder 23
"The Negro Migrant in Philadelphia" by William D. Fuller, 1924.
Box 2 Folder 24
Minutes: Cmte of Management Southwest Branch, 1924.
Box 2 Folder 25
Department of Welfare, Housing Survey, 1924.
Box 2 Folder 26
Health Survey of Negro Babies, 1925.
Box 2 Folder 27
"Negro Education in South Carolina" by Valerie Maynard Schaible, 1925.
Box 2 Folder 28
P.H.A. Population Study Compiled by H.A. Moul, Bernard J. Newman, 1925.
Box 2 Folder 29
Cmte minutes, meetings, & reports, 1922-1932.
Box 2 Folder 30
"Negro Housing in Philadelphia" by T.J. Woofter, Jr.and Madge Headley Priest, 1927.
Box 2 Folder 31
Harriet E. Norris Reports, 1929-1930.
Box 2 Folder 32
"Heaven's Christmas Tree: A Christmas Sermon" by Rev. C. A. Tindley, D.D., 1929.
Box 2 Folder 33
"The Susan Parrish Whatron Memorial", 1930.
Box 2 Folder 34
Mary Felts Dixon's Resume, 1931.
Box 2 Folder 35
Minutes and Nomination Committee, 1932-1933.
Box 2 Folder 36
"In Memory of Hannah Fox. . .", 1933.
Box 2 Folder 37
Reports of Negro Education/children, 1928-1933.
Box 2 Folder 38
Lists of Faculty Members: Alexander Wilson Public School, Michael Arnold Public School, General John F. Reynolds Public School, Eugene Field Public School, and Martha Washington Public School, 1933.
Box 2 Folder 39
Record of Committee of 100, 1933.
Box 2 Folder 40
Minutes of Transition Committee (I. L. Troy), 1934.
Box 2 Folder 41
Institute of Race Relations, Swarthmore College, 1934.
Box 2 Folder 42
"Anti-Slavery Movements by Mabel Burr Cornish", 1935.
Box 2 Folder 43
Employment & Populations Reports, 1924-1955.
Box 2 Folder 44
National Youth Administration for PA, 1939.
Box 2 Folder 45
Reports: Art, Education, and Employment, 1938-1939.
Box 2 Folder 46
"Negro Population Philadelphia", 1900-1940.
Box 2 Folder 47
"After the Storm," "They Dawn Appears" and "Don't Walk on My Dreams by Annie Greene Nelson", 1942-1976.
Box 2 Folder 48
"The Preservation of University Documents: with Special Reference to Negro Colleges and Universities" by Dorothy B. Porter, 1942.
Box 2 Folder 49
P.H.A. Negro Populations in Philadelphia, 1943.
Box 2 Folder 50
Reports: Conditions of Negro Populations in Philadelphia, 1925-1936.
Box 2 Folder 51
Wade Hampton and the Negro: The Road Not Taken by Hampton M. Jarrell, 1950.
Box 3 Folder 1
"A Note of Appreciation" by Edgar Dale, 1953.
Box 3 Folder 2
"Gombo Comes to Phila." by Edward L.Tinker, 1957.
Box 3 Folder 3
"Odyssey of a Santo Dominigan Creole" by Edward Larocque Tinker, 1957.
Box 3 Folder 4
Lynching in South Carolina, 1900 - 1914 by Jack Simpson Mullins, 1961.
Box 3 Folder 5
"Pennsylvania and the Rights of the Negro, 1865 - 1887," by Turner, and Ira V. Brown, 1961.
Box 3 Folder 6
"Quaker Merchants and the Slave Trade in Colonial Pennsylvania." by Darold D. Wax, 1962.
Box 3 Folder 7
"Negro Imports into Pennsylvania 1720 - 1766, by Darold D. Wax", 1965.
Box 3 Folder 8
"Repercussions of Reconstruction: The Northern Negro, 1870 - 1883" by Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., 1968.
Box 3 Folder 9
"Violence in Philadelphia . . ." by E. M. Geffen, 1969.
Box 3 Folder 10
"The Geographic Origins of Negro Slaves in Colonial South Carolina," by W. Robert Higgins, 1971.
Box 3 Folder 11
"Report of Committee on Research", 1971.
Box 3 Folder 12
"'Hunting the Nigs' in Philadelphia: The Race Riot of August 1834" by John Runcie, 1972.
Box 3 Folder 13
"Slaves and Slaveowners in Colonial Philadelphia" by Gary B. Nash, William and Mary, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 14
"Philadelphia Negro Educator: Jacob C. White, Jr., 1837 - 1902" by Harry C. Silcox, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 15
"The Battle to End Discrimination Against Negroes on Philadelphia Streetcars: (Part II) The Victory" by Philip S. Foner, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 16
"Delay and Neglect: Negro Public Education in Antebellum Philadelphia, 1800 - 1860." By H. C. Silcox, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 17
"Ethnicity and Religion in Philadelphia Politics, 1924 - 40" by John L. Shover, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 18
"Mulattoes and Blacks: Intra-Group Color Differences and Social Stratification in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia," Theodore Hershberg, 1974.
Box 3 Folder 19
The Afro-American Historical Society: The Nucleus of Black Bibliophiles, (1879-1923) by J. Spady, 1974.
Box 3 Folder 20
"Philadelphia Social History Project" Theodore Hershberg Essays, 1974.
Box 3 Folder 21
"A quarter of a Century" by D. E. Warrick, 1975.
Box 3 Folder 22
"'Taking Care of Business' in Revolutionary South Carolina: Republicanism and the Slave Society" by Peter H. Wood, 1975.
Box 3 Folder 23
"Autobiography of Charles E. Stewart", 1976.
Box 3 Folder 24
"Celebrating the Life of Ruthena G. Matson" by Mrs. Beatrice Unthank, 1976.
Box 3 Folder 25
"New Perspective on Black Family Heritage" by J. Herman Blake, undated.
Box 3 Folder 26
"Interregional migration, Education, and Poverty in the Urban Ghetto: Another Look at Black-White Earnings Differentials" by Arvil V. Adams and Gilbert Nestel, 1976.
Box 3 Folder 27
"The Development of a Black Community: Frankford, Philadelphia, 1765 – 1880" by: Henry Williams, 1976.
Box 3 Folder 28
Harriet Tubman Poem by Samuel Allen, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 29
"'Long as I have, You have too:' The strategies of survival and adaptation of southern-born black migrants to Harrisburg, 1920-1950" by Carl D. Oblinger, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 30
"Patterns of black Excellence" by Thomas Sowell, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 31
"House Servant and Field Hands: Fragmentation in the Antebellum Slave Community" by C.W. Harper, 1978.
Box 3 Folder 32
"Masters and Mudsills: The Role of Race in the Planter Ideology of South Carolina" by G. M. Fredrickson, 1978.
Box 3 Folder 33
"Clandestine Black Labor Societies and White Fear: Hiram F. Hoover and the 'Cooperative Workers of America' in the South" by Thomas W. Kremm and Diane Neal, 1978.
Box 3 Folder 34
"Challenges to Subordination: Organized Black Agricultural Protests in South Carolina, 1886 – 1895" by Thomas W. Kremm and Diane Neal, 1978.
Box 3 Folder 35
"'I Did the Best I Could for My Day': The Study of Early Black History during the Second Reconstruction, 1960 to 1976" by Peter H. Wood, William and Mary, 1978.
Box 3 Folder 36
"Cater G. Woodson and the Institutionalization of Black History" by Darlene Clark Hine, 1979.
Box 3 Folder 37
"Black Space: George R. Carruthers, Elmer S. Imes and the background of scholarship on Blacks in Space Science" by James G. Spady, 1980.
Box 3 Folder 38
"The Lost Pharaohs of Nubia" by Bruce Williams, 1980.
Box 3 Folder 39
"A Profile of Black Episcopal Clergymen in Antebellum America" by Randall K. Burkett, 1980.
Box 3 Folder 40
Correspondence: John Hope Franklin, 1981.
Box 3 Folder 41
"Facts and Figures about South Philadelphia Territory" Submitted by Blumenfield, Hans, undated.
Box 4 Folder 1
"The Vigilant committee of Philadelphia," by Borome. Joseph A., 1968.
Box 4 Folder 2
"Black Americans in Cleveland from George Peake to Carl B. Stokes" by Davis, Russell H., undated.
Box 4 Folder 3
"The Labor Unions and the Negro" by J. Durham, Martha Schofield – Pioneer Negro Educator by Evans, Matilda A., 1898.
Box 4 Folder 4
Legal Document: City of Cape May vs. Edna Woodson and others, undated.
Box 4 Folder 5
"Negro Housing and Tuberculosis among Negroes," by Ihlder, John, undated.
Box 4 Folder 6
Rev. Frank W. D. D. Lancaster, undated.
Box 4 Folder 7
Black Carolinians: A History of Blacks in Carolina from 1895 to 1968 by Newby, I.A., undated.
Box 4 Folder 8
J. A. Rogers quote, undated.
Box 4 Folder 9
Minutes: Southwest Branch Y.W.C.A., undated.
Box 4 Folder 10
Correspondence: Shirley, Wayne D., 1979.
Box 4 Folder 11
"The Philadelphia Race riot (July 1918), Stepansky Marion, Seminar in American Social History 1877– 1914, Dr. M. Haller, undated.
Box 4 Folder 12
"The Inter-Racial Committee of Philadelphia" by Stirling, Anne Biddle, Chairman, 1923.
Box 4 Folder 13
Contents, Introduction by Willis, David W., undated.
Box 4 Folder 14
"Reverdy C. Ransom: The Making of an A.M.E. Bishop" by Wills, David Black Apostles: Afro-American Clergy Confront the Twentieth Century edited by Randall K. Burkett and Richard Newman, G.K. Hall & Co., undated.
Box 4 Folder 15
Philadelphia Map, undated.
Box 4 Folder 16
Articles on Negro Migration (8), 1923.
Box 4 Folder 17
Brewer Normal School Architectural layout, undated.
Box 4 Folder 18
Richard Bright, undated.
Box 4 Folder 19
"Family of my grandparent S Parker Side", undated.
Box 4 Folder 20
Greenville/Greenwood, Tour 8 & Tour 19A SC, undated.
Box 4 Folder 21
P.H.A. Housing Survey of 7th Ward, undated.
Box 4 Folder 22
Introduction of Whittier Centre Annual Report, undated.
Box 4 Folder 23
Invitation. From Mr. and Mrs. William H. Smith, undated.
Box 4 Folder 24
Negro in Phila., Economic Dev. Businesses, undated.
Box 4 Folder 25
"The Negro in Philadelphia. . ." Cultural Developments, Education, undated.
Box 4 Folder 26
The Negro in Philadelphia (4) Economic Development, Recreation, and Social Development, undated.
Box 4 Folder 27
The Negro in Philadelphia Professional Development, Cultural Development, Economic Development, and Teaching Profession (12), undated.
Box 4 Folder 28
The Negro in Philadelphia Civic, Social, and Educational Organizations (17), undated.
Box 4 Folder 29
The Negro in Philadelphia Politics, Education, and Political Organizations (24), undated.
Box 4 Folder 30
The Negro in Philadelphia Religion and Education (24), undated.
Box 4 Folder 31
P.H.A. RE: Special Instructive Inspection, 1920.
Box 4 Folder 32
Regarding the early life for Blacks in New York, undated.
Box 4 Folder 33
"Report of General P.H. Bradley", undated.
Box 4 Folder 34
"Report of the meeting on Negro Migration", undated.
Box 4 Folder 35
"Richard Samuel Roberts, Photographer", undated.
Box 4 Folder 36
Roster, undated.
Box 4 Folder 37
Tables: Negro Occupations & Jobs, undated.
Box 4 Folder 38
"The Philadelphia Society for Negro Records and Research", undated.
Box 4 Folder 39
Travelers AID Society, undated.
Box 4 Folder 40
Racism in Philadelphia Communities, undated.
Box 4 Folder 41
The Whittier Centre, undated.
Box 4 Folder 42
The Who's Who in Philadelphia, undated.
Box 4 Folder 43
The Reconstruction of Abbeville County, undated.
Box 5 Folder 1
On the Eve of the Migration, undated.
Box 5 Folder 2
Going to the City, undated.
Box 5 Folder 3
Additional Handwritten notes for Part I, undated.
Box 5 Folder 4
Handwritten, undated.
Box 5 Folder 5
Physical Description

Chapter 1

Handwritten, undated.
Box 5 Folder 6
Physical Description

Chapter 2

Handwritten, undated.
Box 5 Folder 7
Physical Description

Chapter 2

Handwritten, undated.
Box 5 Folder 8
Physical Description

Chapter II, Part III

Handwritten, undated.
Box 5 Folder 9
Physical Description

Chapter II, Part IV

Handwritten, undated.
Box 5 Folder 10
Physical Description

Chapter II, Part V

Handwritten, undated.
Box 5 Folder 11
Physical Description

Chapter II, Part VI

Handwritten, undated.
Box 5 Folder 12
Physical Description

Chapter II, Part VII

Handwritten, undated.
Box 5 Folder 13
Physical Description

Chapter 3

Handwritten notes, undated.
Box 5 Folder 14
Physical Description

pages 23-25

Handwritten notes, undated.
Box 5 Folder 15
Physical Description

pages 26-51

Handwritten notes, undated.
Box 5 Folder 16
Physical Description

pages 62-68

The Leaders and the Community, undated.
Box 5 Folder 17
The Church, undated.
Box 5 Folder 18
Footnotes, undated.
Box 5 Folder 19
Citations, notes and sources, undated.
Box 5 Folder 20
Handwritten assorted notes, undated.
Box 5 Folder 21
Various Handwritten notes, undated.
Box 5 Folder 22
One More Day's Journey, 1883, undated.
Box 6 Folder 1
Note cards 18-79, undated.
Box 6 Folder 2
Note cards 80-150, undated.
Box 6 Folder 3
Note cards 152-234v, undated.
Box 6 Folder 4
Philadelphia Public Ledger, Note cards 90-176, undated.
Box 6 Folder 5
Note cards, sources, undated.
Box 6 Folder 6
Note cards, undated.
Box 6 Folder 7
Southwest Belmont YWCA & H.A.D.V, undated.
Box 6 Folder 8
Housing Assoc. of Delaware Valley Office Files, undated.
Box 6 Folder 9
Various Handwritten notes, undated.
Box 6 Folder 10
Addresses, Minutes of a Committee, undated.
Box 6 Folder 11
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church, undated.
Box 6 Folder 12
Loose Note cards (various subjects), undated.
Box 6 Folder 13
Important notes for Part III, undated.
Box 6 Folder 14
quotes on Dr. William Warrick letter head, undated.
Box 6 Folder 15
Mrs. Cooper and Elizabeth Stevens, undated.
Box 6 Folder 16
Leadership in the Phila. Black community, undated.
Box 6 Folder 17
Handwritten notes, topic lynching, undated.
Box 6 Folder 18
The Phoenix Riot, undated.
Box 6 Folder 19
Physical Description

pages 1-6 plus obligations

Frederick B. Tolles/Quakers in Philadelphia, undated.
Box 6 Folder 20
Philadelphia 17th & 18Th Centuries, undated.
Box 6 Folder 21
"M.M., Bright, Dubois, etc…", undated.
Box 6 Folder 22
Proposal: book on the Black middle class, undated.
Box 6 Folder 23
Rev. Stephen, undated. 3 pgs.
Box 6 Folder 24
Physical Description

3 pgs

Notes, Citations, and Sources, undated.
Box 6 Folder 25

Scope and Contents

This series contain original and photocopies of letters from colleagues, family, and friends.

From Allen to Unknown, undated.
Box 7 Folder 1
From Juanita P. Alexander to Allen B. Ballard, 1984.
Box 7 Folder 2
From Baclard(?) to Dr. Ballard, 1979.
Box 7 Folder 3
From Lenox D. Baker, M..D. to Dr. Ballard, 1984.
Box 7 Folder 4
From Allen Ballard to various recipients (24), 1976-1991.
Box 7 Folder 5
From Allen Ballard to various recipients (9), 1974-1979.
Box 7 Folder 6
From Allen Ballard to various recipients (2), 1976-1977.
Box 7 Folder 7
From Emily Ballard to Dr. Ballard, 1982.
Box 7 Folder 8
From Mr. Hester Ballard to Allen Ballard (2), 1976-1978.
Box 7 Folder 9
From Oliver Ballard to Hester Ballard, 1982.
Box 7 Folder 10
From Dr. William J. Bennett to Dr. Ballard, 1981.
Box 7 Folder 11
From Andrew Billingsley to Allen Ballard from Allen Ballard to Andrew Billingsley, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 12
From Joseph Boromé to Allen Ballard, 1978.
Box 7 Folder 13
From Mrs. Ruby C. Boyd to Dr. Ballard, 1982.
Box 7 Folder 14
From the Brady Family to Dr. Ballard (2), 1979-1980.
Box 7 Folder 15
From Mom Brady to Allen Ballard, 1977, undated.
Box 7 Folder 16
From Carlos A. Brossard to Rev. Robert Reid, 1979.
Box 7 Folder 17
From Randall K. Burkett to Dr. Ballard, 1981.
Box 7 Folder 18
From H. Childs to Allen Ballard (7), 1978-1982.
Box 7 Folder 19
From the City College to Professor Ballard, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 20
From CUNY to June Wiggins, 1975.
Box 7 Folder 21
From Charles I. Cohento Dr. Ballard, 1976.
Box 7 Folder 22
From W. S. Cook to Dr. Ballard, 1982.
Box 7 Folder 23
From Mrs. H. Cooper to Prof Allen B. Ballard, 1984.
Box 7 Folder 24
From D.E.W.J. to Dr. Allen Ballard, 1982.
Box 7 Folder 25
From John A Davis to Dr. Allen Ballard, 1980.
Box 7 Folder 26
From Elsa Dixler to Dr. Ballard (2), 1983.
Box 7 Folder 27
From Jason Epstein to Emilie Jacobson, 1984.
Box 7 Folder 28
From Fauset to Dr. Ballard (14), 1977-1980.
Box 7 Folder 29
From George Fischer to Dr. Ballard (3), 1980.
Box 7 Folder 30
From Edward B. Fiske to Dr. Allen Ballard From Dolores Jones to Mr. Edward B. Fiske, 1976.
Box 7 Folder 31
From the Ford Foundation to Dr. Ballard, 1981.
Box 7 Folder 32
From Benjamin Gaillard to Dr. Allen Ballard, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 33
From Garnier Co., 1978.
Box 7 Folder 34
From Harvey Goldman to Dr. Ballard, 1979.
Box 7 Folder 35
From Hackett to Dr. Ballard, 1978.
Box 7 Folder 36
From Alex Haley to Elsa Dixler, 1984.
Box 7 Folder 37
From Hope Franklin to Dr. Ballard, undated.
Box 7 Folder 38
From Jeannette Hopkins to Dr. Ballard, 1974.
Box 7 Folder 39
Invitation Card, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 40
From Emily Jacobson to Dr. Ballard, 1981-1984.
Box 7 Folder 41
Mailgram: From Leonard Jefferies to Ballard, 1984.
Box 7 Folder 42
From Roland G. Johnson to Dr. Allen Ballard, 1978.
Box 7 Folder 43
From Shelley Kleiman to Dr. Ballard, 1981.
Box 7 Folder 44
From Frank Litsky to Dr. Allen Ballard, 1976.
Box 7 Folder 45
From Ella Mae to Allen Ballard, 1980.
Box 7 Folder 46
From Milo A. Manly to Mr. Allen Ballard, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 47
From Meryl to Allen Ballard, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 48
From E. Wally Miles to B.A.P.S., 1977.
Box 7 Folder 49
From Robert C. Morris to Dr. Ballard, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 50
From Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit to Colleague from Allen Ballard to Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 51
From Nell to Allen Ballard, 1979.
Box 7 Folder 52
From Robert N.C. Nix to Dr. Ballard, 1975-1976.
Box 7 Folder 53
From Sally J. Oleon to Dr. Ballard, 1974.
Box 7 Folder 54
From Akos Ostor, 1981.
Box 7 Folder 55
From Nell I. Painter to Dr. Allen Ballard, 1980-1984.
Box 7 Folder 56
From Liz Perle to Emily Jacobson, 1981.
Box 7 Folder 57
From Wayne J. Pond to Dr. Ballard, 1982, undated.
Box 7 Folder 58
From Dorothy B. Porter to Dr. Wade Wilson, 1976.
Box 7 Folder 59
From Ernest Quimby to Allan Ballard, From Allen Ballard to Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 60
Scope and Contents

From Allen Ballard to Mr. Ernest Quimby

From Thomas H. Quinn to Dr. Ballard, 1986.
Box 7 Folder 61
From Phila. PA to Dr. Allen Ballard, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 62
From James N. Reaves to Dr. Ballard, 1979-1982.
Box 7 Folder 63
From Margaret Riemerto Dr. Ballard, 1975.
Box 7 Folder 64
From Lila S. Rosenblum to Allen B. Ballard, 1975.
Box 7 Folder 65
From Barbara Rossmoore to Dr. Ballard, 1982.
Box 7 Folder 66
From Carolyn H. Simon to Dr. Ballard, 1979-1982.
Box 7 Folder 67
From Carol J. Smith to Dr. Allen Ballard, 1976.
Box 7 Folder 68
From William A. Smith to Friend, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 69
From James Spady, 1980.
Box 7 Folder 70
Pearl Spears-Gray to Dr. Allen B. Ballard, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 71
From B. Taylor to Dr. Ballard, 1982.
Box 7 Folder 72
From Iris Tillman Hill to Dr. Ballard, 1980.
Box 7 Folder 73
From unknown to Dr. Ballard (Photo), undated.
Box 7 Folder 74
Card: From Dorothy Warrick to Allen Ballard, 1976.
Box 7 Folder 75
From Marlie Wasserman to Dr. Ballard, 1982.
Box 7 Folder 76
Postcard: From Marie D. Watson to Dr. Ballard, 1981.
Box 7 Folder 77
From C. Wellsto Dr. Allen Ballard, 1976.
Box 7 Folder 78
Postcard: From Carol Wells, undated.
Box 7 Folder 79
Card: From C.A. Williams Jr to Dr. & Mrs. Ballard, 1975-1981.
Box 7 Folder 80
From Stephen J. Wright to Allen Ballard, 1979.
Box 7 Folder 81
Re: Moton Center removal, undated.
Box 7 Folder 82
From Baekenstose, J.D., 1873.
Box 8 Folder 1
From Beresford Gale Corp. to B. Newman, 1923.
Box 8 Folder 2
From Bowles, Eva D. various recipients, 1931.
Box 8 Folder 3
From Conyers, Ruth to unknown, undated.
Box 8 Folder 4
From Coolbaugh (?),K. M. to Mr. B. J. Newman, 1923.
Box 8 Folder 5
From Crown, Wm. H.to various recipients, 1936-1937.
Box 8 Folder 6
From Davis, Mamie E. to Mr. Jay Kyle, 1939.
Box 8 Folder 7
From Dixon, Mary Felts to Miss Nelson, 1931.
Box 8 Folder 8
From Dunton, L.M. to Rev. Strieby, 1875.
Box 8 Folder 9
From Emlen, John T. to Mr. Ihlder, 1917-1919.
Box 8 Folder 10
From Executive Secretary to Mr. Charles Seger, 1915.
Box 8 Folder 11
From: Fauset, Arthur Huff to Friend (3), undated.
Box 8 Folder 12
From Fraser, Albert to Mr. Bernard J. Newman, 1923.
Box 8 Folder 13
From Goodman, J.D. to Mr. Bernard J. Newman, 1935.
Box 8 Folder 14
From Green, David to John Ihlder, 1917.
Box 8 Folder 15
From Hall, Charles B. to Bernard J. Newman, 1929.
Box 8 Folder 16
From Hatfield, Charles J. to Mr. John Ihlder& to Charles J. Hatfield, 1917.
Box 8 Folder 17
From Hill, T. Arnold to Mr. John J. Ihlder, 1917.
Box 8 Folder 18
From (?) to Whittier Center, 1918.
Box 8 Folder 19
From Imes, William Lloyd to Mr. John Ihlder, 1920.
Box 8 Folder 20
From J.I. to various recipients (20), 1917-1920.
Box 8 Folder 21
From Johnstone, Albert S. to Mr. Ihlder, 1917.
Box 8 Folder 22
From Kohl, Wm. to Housing and Sanitation Div, 1924.
Box 8 Folder 23
From Lancaster, F. W. to Rev_______, undated.
Box 8 Folder 24
From Dr. Landis(?)to Mr. Ihlder, 1918.
Box 8 Folder 25
From Lee Jr., B. F. to various recipients (2), 1911.
Box 8 Folder 26
From Levitan, Harry to The Secretary, 1937.
Box 8 Folder 27
From [?] to Mr. Emlen, From Managing Director to various recipients (7), 1919-1929.
Box 8 Folder 28
From Manly, A. L. to. Mr. John Ihlder, 1920-1923.
Box 8 Folder 29
From March, Selma to Mr. John Ihlder, 1917.
Box 8 Folder 30
From Martin, Isadore to Mr. John Ihlder, 1920.
Box 8 Folder 31
Phone message from Mr. Martin, 1917.
Box 8 Folder 32
From McCrudden, James F. to Mr. J. H. Ihlder, 1917.
Box 8 Folder 33
From Migration Committee to Norman Taylor, 1923.
Box 8 Folder 34
From Murphy, Carl to P.H.A., From Managing Director to Mr. Carl Murphy, 1923.
Box 8 Folder 35
From Murphy, J. Prentice to Mr. Ihlder, 1920.
Box 8 Folder 36
From Tustin, Ernest L. to Mr. Ihlder, From J. Ihlder to Hon. Ernest L. Tustis, 1920.
Box 8 Folder 37
From Unknown to Mr. Bernard J. Newman, 1924.
Box 8 Folder 38
From Wahl, William J. to Mr. J. F. McCrudden, 1917.
Box 8 Folder 39
From Washington, Booker T. to Mr. Ihlder, 1920.
Box 8 Folder 40
From Winton, Mr. Henry to Mr. B.J. Newman, 1923.
Box 8 Folder 41
From Wright Jr., R.R. to various recipients, 1918-1923.
Box 8 Folder 42
From Dorothy B. Porter to Dr. Wade Wilson, 1976.
Box 8 Folder 43
From Chairman of Central Committee, undated.
Box 8 Folder 44

Scope and Contents

Contained in Series 3 are newspaper clippings from several newspapers including the Philadelphia Tribune, New York Times, The Greenwood Index, and The States all covering African American social and political life in the rural south and the urban north. The publications also include programs, pamphlets, newsletters, one magazine, and other miscellaneous items.

Newspaper Clippings, 1977-1981, undated.
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Scope and Contents

"Anderson Mass Set" "Betraying Black Leaders" "Gently with Gansters," "Laqbor's Kiss of Death," and "The Virginia Summit" "Composer Frank Johnson mastered fiddle, bugle and French Horn" "German town fights to hold its own" "Memorial services held for Dr. George H. Outen" "Photograph of guests attending the Philadelphia Continentals annual fund raising dance at the Sheraton Hotel" "White Supremacists Voice Support of Farrakhan" "Current Social Boom Peaks as ye olde Philadelphia Club Hosts Annual Spring Forman" "Jack and Jill Begins 41st Anniversary observance" Church Directory "President Jimmy Carter . . . talks during recent conference at White House to discuss President's youth employment program" "Rev. Claude A. Edmonds recommended for bishop" "Chavis urges Blacks to declare political freedom" "Leon Lynch: One of America's most influential union leaders" "Actor rejected because of her looks" "New city answer to Black rage" "Blacks must gain control of institutions" "Basketball Hall of Famer Tarzan Cooper found dead" "Reagan's Black cabinet choice called tokenism" "No Generation gap between Ethel and Charles Graham and Children of Zion" "Black Children: an endangered species" "Bill Cosby learned his comic routine in North Philadelphia" "Fisk Jubilee Singers" "Marian Anderson: Outstanding contralto," "Bojangles: King of tap dancers, etc. "Sissieretta denied right to perform with the met"

"The New England Baptist Convention" The Christian Review, undated.
Folder 2
"Brotherhood: La Mott Tradition" by J. Hilferty, undated.
Box 9 Folder 3
"Brotherhood Is a Way of Life in La Mott", undated.
Box 9 Folder 4
The Greenwood Index., 1898.
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"Riot in a Hotbed of Republicanism . . .", 1898.
Box 9 Folder 6
"The Trouble at Phoenix . . ." The Greenwood Index, 1898.
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"Several More Were Slain . . ." The State: Columbia SC, 1898.
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"Slew Fight in South Carolina . . ." The State: Columbia SC, 1898.
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"Commotion Has Ceased . . ." The State: Columbia SC, 1898.
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"The Closing Chapters . . ." The Greenwood Index, 1898.
Box 9 Folder 11
The Greenwood Index. (Phoenix Riots), 1898.
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"True Bill against Nine Men . . ." The Greenwood Index, 1898.
Box 9 Folder 13
"Election Declared Illegal . . ." The Greenwood Index, 1898.
Box 9 Folder 14
"Negro Exodus . . ." The Greenwood Index, 1898.
Box 9 Folder 15
"Peace and Order Shall Prevail . . ." The Greenwood Index, 1899.
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"Negroes Leave to Florida" The Greenwood Index, 1899.
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"A Homesick Negros in the Mississippi . . ." The Greenwood Index, 1899.
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"All Want to Get Back . . ." The Greenwood Index, 1899.
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The Greenwood Index. RE: Joe Tolbert, 1899.
Box 9 Folder 20
The Greenwood Index. RE: Phoenix Riots, 1899.
Box 9 Folder 21
"R.R. Tolbert, He is in Washington . . ." The Greenwood Index, 1899.
Box 9 Folder 22
The Greenwood Index, 1899.
Box 9 Folder 23
RE: Tolberts, 1899.
Box 9 Folder 24
Letters to the Editor, 1899.
Box 9 Folder 25
"Poll Tax Payers" The Greenwood Index, 1899.
Box 9 Folder 26
The Greenwood Index. List of Names, 1899.
Box 9 Folder 27
"The McCormick 'Conspiracy' Case . . ." The Greenwood Index, 1899.
Box 9 Folder 28
"The Great Philadelphia Giants" Courier, 1929.
Box 9 Folder 29
Epilogue Sources, 1979-1980, undated.
Box 9 Folder 30
Scope and Contents

"Rosen Residents are Angry About Snafu" "Scrapbook Party held during black history observance at museum" "Successful minority women attorneys work hard and have thick skin" "W. G. Smith, U.S. writer dies in Paris" "Negro death of pastor (Dr. Tindley)" "Current Social boom peaks as ye olde Philadelphia Club hosts annual spring forman" "Going down home looks like up to him: A black Philadelphia dentist moves back to South Carolina and finds it changed" "Cecil B. Moore placed on 'very critical' list" "The lion is dead, long live his memory Cecil B. Moore" "Blacks and the White House" "Charles Dorsey, Zoar Church Usher Pioneers" "More than 500 attend Georgia Pine Society's 10th annual Reunion" "Marian R. Minton Retired Teacher" "Baptist Ushers Brotherhood, auxiliary" "Captain cited for 40 years of police work" "Solidarity conference seeks solutions to Black problems" "Guardians claim black policemen are being eliminated from force" "Parents see signs of racial trouble in city's southwest" "Photograph: 31st pastoral anniversary of Dr. Mary Richardson, past of Open Door Mission Church)" "Mayor, council city century-old Berean Presbyterian, honor founder Anderson" "James Franks Family member and friends attending the annual reunion worship service and dinner at New Bethlehem Baptist Church" "Cops suspended in youth's slaying" "Gang killer sought in stabbing spree" "Steward heads Black Studies at Penn State" "Project Residents encouraged by city's crackdown on pushers"

Epilogue Sources, 1980-1982.
Box 9 Folder 31
Scope and Contents

"Rev. Sullivan, an outstanding church leader" "B.C. Harris third black woman ordained in Episcopal Church" "Triumph builds on pastor's evangelism" "Companies pay $425,000 in discrimination cases" "Jones Tabernacle chalks up 50 years of service" "Oldtimers baseball players has annual dance and drawing" "Slain cop's dad feels no animosity toward killer" "Zoar's Rev. and Mrs. Joshua E. Licorish honored at 186th anniversary banquet" "Law supports black rights to a new city" "Life through the eyes of 2 centenarians" "In city, blacks gained key positions" "Report gives view of impact of poverty and discrimination upon Black children" "1980 Black College All-Stars called 'best in recent memory" Photograph: Rev. Joseph D. Patterson "Mt. Tabor fetes pastor" "Life Among the descendants of Aaron Burr"

The Philadelphia Tribune, 1936.
Box 9 Folder 32
Photocopied newspaper clippings, 1923-1928, undated.
Box 9 Folder 33
The Philadelphia Inquirer clippings, 1935.
Box 9 Folder 34
"Black inventions need recognition" The Philadelphia Inquirer Op-Ed Page (by R. C. Maynard), 1975.
Box 10 Folder 1
"A Loving Father for Thousands of Kids . . ." Philadelphia Daily News" (by Chuck Stone), 1976.
Box 10 Folder 2
"Lancaster Leaps to Long Island" Germantown Courier (by C. R. McCoy), 1976.
Box 10 Folder 3
Poem by June Jordan, 1977.
Box 10 Folder 4
"Compensatory Education…" The New York Times, 1976.
Box 10 Folder 5
"Awards Gala' at Middle East Pays Tribute . . ." Philadelphia Tribune, 1976.
Box 10 Folder 6
"Edwina Mitchell, 90, Dies . . ." Philadelphia Tribune, 1979.
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"Land Developers find the elderly easy prey . . ." Philadelphia Tribune, 1980.
Box 10 Folder 8
"Walcott, Hearns Call [Joe] Louis an Inspiration" The Philadelphia Tribune (by Michael Kats), 1981.
Box 10 Folder 9
Various clippings explaining death rates, 1982.
Box 10 Folder 10
March 1983 Newspaper Clippings, 1983.
Box 10 Folder 11
Scope and Contents

"Thomas Sowell vs. Special Treatment for Blacks" "Team player: Anne McGrill Gorsuch Burford" "Pretension in the President Pulpit" "Make Taxes Equitable"

April 1983 Newspaper Clippings, 1983.
Box 10 Folder 12
Scope and Contents

"Despair among jobless is on rise, studies find" "Holy Week 1983"

"DNA's code: 30 years of revolution" "Epton threw the dirt" "Job plight of youth blacks tied to despair, skills lack" "Black teen-agers found eager to work"

Assorted Photocopied Clippings, 1911-1977, undated.
Box 10 Folder 13
Scope and Contents

"City U. Linguists seeks to legitimize Carolina Delta's Gullah Language" 3rd annual carnival and minstrel festival of the Colored Vaudeville Benevolent Association"

"Century-Old Trinity AME Takes Pride . . ." The Philadelphia Tribune, 1979.
Box 10 Folder 14
"In Celebration of Black Music . . ." The Philadelphia Tribune, 1980.
Box 10 Folder 15
"What Huck Finn Says to a Black Child" New York Times, 1982.
Box 10 Folder 16
May 1983 Newspaper Clippings, 1983.
Box 10 Folder 17
Scope and Contents

"Ole Miss heeds a call by blacks to furl rebel flag" "Teaching teen parents to be adults" "Brother sin blood: Prison gangs formed by racial groups pose big problem in west" "Illinois says waste with cyanide was illegally stored near homes" "A government that would sell the sky" "Lead poisoning – silent epidemic among children" "Stope penalizing the poor" "NBC plans study of why Today has declined in ratings" "Wrong missile, wrong chip" "Review and outlook: civil rights basics" "Dirty little secret"

June 1983 Newspaper Clippings, 1983.
Box 10 Folder 18
Scope and Contents

"Black troopers seek promotion" "A Rare Gig for Nina Simone, Diva of Pop" "Judges hear arguments in key case on remedies for job discrimination" "Minority malaise: Blackson Regan team fret about his failure to attract black voters" "B.B. King hometown proves music dissolves all barriers" "Ethnic differences found to affect nursing homes" "Excerpts from address on U.S. policy in Africa" "Fear and frustration beset midwest mired in recession" "State department report on minority progress: Still distressing" "Minorities are jailed longer for felonies, Rand Corp. Finds"

July 1983 Newspaper Clippings, 1983.
Box 10 Folder 18a
Scope and Contents

"Rate of infant deaths declines, but black-white gap continues to grow" "Tolerance of mixed marriages is increasing" "Jobs saved, minus jobs lost" "Race and responsibility" "The NAACP: Verging on irrelevance" "Morris Abram, LBJ and Neutrality"

"Tales of the Great Migration" Philadelphia Daily News, 1985.
Box 10 Folder 19
"The Balch Institute", undated.
Box 10 Folder 20
The Migration – What it Means . . ., 1917.
Box 10 Folder 21
The Christian Recorder, 1917.
Box 10 Folder 22
Afro-American Studies Conference, 1969.
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"Brick Baptist Church, Frogmore, SC, 1977.
Box 11 Folder 2
Funeral: Charles A. Ballard, Sr, 1978.
Box 11 Folder 3
Tindly Temple United Methodist Church, 1979.
Box 11 Folder 4
Housing of the City Negro, 1914.
Box 11 Folder 5
"List of Free Black Heads of Families . . .", 1973.
Box 11 Folder 6
A Guide Book to Historic LaMott, 1974.
Box 11 Folder 7
Graduate Fellowships for Black Americans, 1974.
Box 11 Folder 8
Social Science Research Council, 1974-1975.
Box 11 Folder 9
Allen Temple AME Sunday Service program, 1975.
Box 11 Folder 10
Faculty Research Award Program Guidelines, 1975-1976.
Box 11 Folder 11
Richard Allen's Pulpit Catalogue, 1975-1976.
Box 11 Folder 12
South Carolina accommodations Directory, undated.
Box 11 Folder 13
South Carolina Beaches, undated.
Box 11 Folder 14
South Carolina Camping, undated.
Box 11 Folder 15
South Carolina Golf & Tennis, undated.
Box 11 Folder 16
"South Carolina Points of Interest", undated.
Box 11 Folder 17
Weston Chapel A.M.E. Church Program, undated.
Box 11 Folder 18
Journal of Social History, 1976.
Box 11 Folder 19
Labor History, 1976.
Box 11 Folder 20
Physical Description

Vo. 17, No. 2

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1977.
Box 11 Folder 21
New Hope Baptist Church, 1977.
Box 11 Folder 22
South Carolina events for 1978, 1978.
Box 11 Folder 23
"Bordentown Historical Society . . .", 1979.
Box 11 Folder 24
Griffin-Bowie Family Reunion, 1980.
Box 11 Folder 25
"1982 Tax Guide for College Teachers . . .", undated.
Box 11 Folder 26
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 1984.
Box 11 Folder 27
Funeral: Rev. Arthur A. Averheart, 1985.
Box 11 Folder 28
"It Aint Been Easy for Allen B. Ballard . . .", 1984.
Box 11 Folder 29
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, undated.
Box 11 Folder 30
"Clara Barton School, Borden Town N.J.", undated.
Box 11 Folder 31
From Dr. John Hope Franklin, undated.
Box 11 Folder 32
Kenneth Goodman International Organist, undated.
Box 11 Folder 33
Bordentown Historical Society, undated.
Box 11 Folder 34
A Tribute to Black History, 1985.
Box 11 Folder 35
"The Negro History Bulletin", 1937.
Box 11 Folder 36
Newsletter: by Randall K. Burkett ed., undated.
Box 11 Folder 37
Old Camden & Amboy Railroad Company, 1976.
Box 11 Folder 38
Contemporary Auditorium, Trenton, N.J., 1989.
Box 11 Folder 39
Morris Chapel Baptist Church, undated.
Box 11 Folder 40
Index to file, undated.
Box 11 Folder 41
Photographs of Southern ministers, undated.
Box 11 Folder 42
Four syllabi on Afro-American Studies, 1969.
Box 11 Folder 43
Several pages from the Republic of Transkei, 1976.
Box 11 Folder 44
Postcard from Bonaparte Park, undated.
Box 11 Folder 45

Scope and Contents

Contained in Series 4 are primarily the writing and revising of the "One More Day's Journey." The many drafts of chapters and other sections of the book are either typed or handwritten (the bulk of the material is handwritten). There are also drafts of other writings and research interests.

Draft: Chapters on SC and Philly Migration, undated.
Box 12 Folder 1
"One More Day's Journey", undated.
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Chapter I. Origins of Black Population, undated.
Box 12 Folder 3
Book III – No. III. People moving to Phila., undated.
Box 12 Folder 4
Continuation of Notebook #1, undated.
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Chapter II, Part III. Tossed and Driven, undated.
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The Church, undated.
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The Church continued, undated.
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Part II. Chapter III. Black Leadership in Phila., undated.
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Part II. Self-Help in Modern Philadelphia, undated.
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Part I. Self-Help in Modern Philadelphia, undated.
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Part III. Making a Living in Philadelphia, undated.
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Part III. The Culture of Black Philadelphia, undated.
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Education, undated.
Box 12 Folder 14
Physical Description

pages 1-34

Part III. Education in the Black Community, undated.
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Part III. Education in the Black Community (Continued), undated.
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Part III. Culture of Black Philadelphia (continued), undated.
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Part III. Politics in Modern Black Philadelphia, undated.
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The Old Philadelphia Traditions, undated.
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The War on the Black Community, undated.
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The Foundation of the Black Phila. Community, undated.
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Part III. The Modern Philadelphia, undated.
Box 13 Folder 7
End (Please attach to end of section), undated.
Box 13 Folder 8
Drafts of Epilogue "One More Day's Journey", undated.
Box 13 Folder 9
Footnotes for One More Day's Journey, undated.
Box 13 Folder 10
"Footnotes: Part I, 1 - 251", undated.
Box 13 Folder 11
Bibliography for One More Day's Journey, undated.
Box 13 Folder 12
"There are no old Black Phila. Families", undated.
Box 13 Folder 13
"One More Day's Journey" McGraw-Hill Book Co: New York, 1984.
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Draft: "One More Day's Journey" (partial), undated.
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Draft: "One More Day's Journey" (partial), undated.
Box 14 Folder 3
"My Soul Looks Back in Wonder", undated.
Box 14 Folder 4
"My Soul Looks Back in Wonder", undated.
Box 14 Folder 5
"My Soul Looks Back in Wonder", undated.
Box 14 Folder 6
Draft: One More Day's Journey, 06/23 version, undated.
Box 15 Folder 1
Draft: One More Day's Journey, undated.
Box 15 Folder 2
Draft: One More Day's Journey, undated.
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Physical Description

Part III

Draft: One More Day's Journey, undated.
Box 15 Folder 4
Physical Description

Chps 18 – 23

Draft: One More Day's Journey, undated.
Box 15 Folder 5
Physical Description

Chps 24 – 28

Draft: One More Day's Journey, undated.
Box 16 Folder 1
Physical Description

Chp 2

Draft: One More Day's Journey/ Footnotes, undated.
Box 16 Folder 2
Draft: One More Day's Journey, undated.
Box 16 Folder 3
Physical Description

Part III

Draft: One More Day's Journey, undated.
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Physical Description

Part IV

Draft: One More Day's Journey/ Epilogue, undated.
Box 16 Folder 5
Draft: One More Day's Journey/ Notes, undated.
Box 16 Folder 6
Draft: One More Day's Journey/ Part III/Notes, undated.
Box 16 Folder 7
"Chapter Two", undated.
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"Chapter Two", undated.
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Chapter 18-Chapter 28, undated.
Box 17 Folder 3
Chapter 18 rough draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 4
Physical Description

pages 388-410

Chapter 19 (Tossed and Driven), undated.
Box 17 Folder 5
Physical Description

pages 411-442

Chapter 20, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Physical Description

pages 443-477

Chapter 22, undated.
Box 17 Folder 7
Physical Description

pages 478-507

Chapter 23, undated.
Box 17 Folder 8
Physical Description

pages 508-525

Chapter 24, undated.
Box 17 Folder 9
Physical Description

pages 526-538

Chapter 25, undated.
Box 17 Folder 10
Physical Description

pages 540-565

Chapter 26, undated.
Box 17 Folder 11
Physical Description

pages 566-600

Chapter 27, undated.
Box 17 Folder 12
Physical Description

pages 601-618

Chapter 28, undated.
Box 17 Folder 13
Physical Description

pages 619-636

Footnotes # 11-293, undated.
Box 17 Folder 14
Physical Description

pages 62-83

"One More Day's Journey" printed draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 15
Photo captions for One More Day's Journey, 1984.
Box 17 Folder 16
"Since They Got Those Separate Churches" Afro-Americans and Racism in Jacksonian Philadelphia, undated.
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Obituary: Rev. William H. Clark (1862-1918), undated.
Box 17 Folder 18
Preface to unknown text, undated.
Box 17 Folder 19
Drafts: Compensatory Education: Two Views, undated.
Box 17 Folder 20
Andress: the education of Black Youth, undated.
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Drafts: the Moton Center, undated.
Box 17 Folder 22
"Introduction to America" (A View From the Black Side), undated.
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Untitled document: Blacks and Indians in Phila., undated.
Box 17 Folder 24
Front & Back Matter, undated.
Box 17 Folder 25
Handwritten Draft of Introduction My Soul Looks Back & Wonders, undated.
Box 18 Folder 1
Draft: interview with June Wiggins, 1975.
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Draft: Dr. Ballard's study proposal, 1974.
Box 18 Folder 3
Handwritten notes from, Warrick tape, undated.
Box 18 Folder 4
Transcript from interview with Dr. Howard, undated.
Box 18 Folder 5
Transcript from interview with Dr. H. Townes, undated.
Box 18 Folder 6
Transcript from interview with Wade Wilson, undated.
Box 18 Folder 7
Transcript from interview with Hulzey Childs, undated.
Box 18 Folder 8
"Black Education, Then & Now" by A. Ballard, undated.
Box 18 Folder 9
"They Don't Care Anymore" by A.B. Ballard, 1976.
Box 18 Folder 10
Handwritten citations and footnotes, undated.
Box 18 Folder 11
Transcript from interview with Jip Hackett, undated.
Box 18 Folder 12
Interview w/Mr. Jack Saunders, 1975.
Box 18 Folder 13

Scope and Contents

This series contains personal items of Dr. Ballard.

Journal entries, 1980.
Box 19 Folder 1
Allen Ballard Family Tree, undated.
Box 19 Folder 2
Handwritten comments, undated.
Box 19 Folder 3
Dr. Ballard's biographical sketch, undated.
Box 19 Folder 4
List of numbers and business cards, undated.
Box 19 Folder 5
Personal journal entries, undated.
Box 19 Folder 6
Allen Ballard schedule book, 1975.
Box 19 Folder 7
Allen Ballard schedule book, 1979.
Box 19 Folder 8
List of telephone numbers, undated.
Box 19 Folder 9
Handwritten notes, undated.
Box 19 Folder 10
Photocopied handwritten document, undated.
Box 19 Folder 11
Typing service invoice, 1975.
Box 19 Folder 12
Photograph of Allen Ballard and father, undated.
Box 19 Folder 13
Curriculum Vitae, 2002.
Box 19 Folder 14
Allen Ballard Family Tree, undated.
Box 19 Folder 15
Blurb by Ralph Ellison, 1984.
Box 19 Folder 16
Memo from Allen Ballard, 1969.
Box 19 Folder 17
Expense Report, 1977.
Box 19 Folder 18
Citicorp Mortgage - Payoff Statement, undated.
Box 19 Folder 19

Scope and Contents

This series include several audio recordings of persons Ballard encountered in the field during his research.

Charles Andrew Ballard, March 13, 1975.
Box 20
Dorothy Warwick, May 13, 1975.
Box 20
Jack Saunders, May 18, 1975.
Box 20
Jack Saunders, May 19, 1975.
Box 20
Dr. Howard, May 18, 1975.
Box 20
Hampton(?), June 19, 1975.
Box 20
Oral Tradition, October 17, 1975.
Box 20
Logans – Greenville, November 28, 1975. 2 tapes.
Box 20
Physical Description

2 tapes

William Duckrey, November 1, 1976.
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William Duckrey, November 15, 1976.
Box 20
William Duckrey, November 29, 1976.
Box 20
William Duckrey, December 6, 1976.
Box 20
William Duckrey, December 14, 1976.
Box 20
William Duckrey, December 14, 1976.
Box 20
William Duckrey, December 14, 1976.
Box 20
Ralph Jones, April 13, 1977.
Box 20
J. Duckett, July 20, 1977.
Box 20
J. Duckett, June 29, 1977.
Box 20
J. Duckett, June 29, 1977.
Box 20
Family Genealogy, June 29, 1977.
Box 20
Mr. Hulzey Childs, August 18, 1977.
Box 20
Mr. Hulzey Childs, July 27, 1977.
Box 20
Duckrey, December 7, 1977.
Box 20
Jupiter Hackett, December 27, 1977.
Box 20
2 Tapes – Illegible, undated.
Box 20

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