- Creator
- Universal Negro Improvement Association
- Call number
- Sc MG 442
- Physical description
- 2 folders, 1 ledger
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Universal Negro Improvement Association Philadelphia Division records, Sc MG 442, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
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The Universal Negro Improvement Association was an international self-help organization founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) in Jamaica. The Universal Negro Improvement Association - Philadelphia Division Records consist of one ledger, only partially filled in, containing membership lists, and a number of entries relating to embezzlement charges leveled against the President of the division, Fred A. Toote. There are two folders of letters, 1919-1920, containing 3 authorgraph letters signed from Hubert H. Harrison to Joseph St. Prix (who appears to have been the owner of this collection), one letter from Henry Dolphin to Anderson Joseph, St. Prix's partner in a shoe repair business, and the rest relate to UNIA business matters. Additionally, there are several flyers for a parade given by the Universal African Legion, 1920 in Camden New Jersey and for a UNIA mass meeting.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Amacedo Dumaka, 1991
Key terms
Names
- Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940
- Harrison, Hubert H.
- St. Prix, Joseph
- Universal African Legion
- Universal Negro Improvement Association
Subjects
- African Americans -- Colonization -- Africa
- African Americans -- Societies, etc
- Associations, institutions, etc -- African American membership
- Back to Africa movement
- Black militant organizations -- United States
- Black nationalism -- United States
- Blacks -- Societies, etc
- Pan-Africanism
Places
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor