Found 2 collections related to Africa -- Politics and government

David McAdams was an African American former social worker who became director of the Ford Foundation's Institut Politique Congolais in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) in 1961, and later director of the Peace Corps in the Ivory Coast (1966). The David McAdams Africa collection primarily consists of printed material, reports, articles, news summaries, news clippings, and press releases, many of which are in French, on the former Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), the Ivory Coast, and Angola. Additionally there is some correspondence. Some papers relate to Patrice Lumumba and his organization, the Mouvement National Congolais, and others concern Moise Tshombe, the Katanga Secession, and the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Republic of the Congo. The collection also contains materials on the early independence movement in Angola in the early 1960s; Portuguese colonialism; and various Angolan organizations in exile, including the General League of Angolan Workers, the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA), Roberto Holden's Government of the Republic of Angola in Exile, and the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Documents related to the Ivory Coast consist of vocational education materials, printed matter, and other training materials for a conference of regional Peace Corps directors held in Abidjan in 1967. less

George Samuel Schuyler (1895-1977) was an African-American journalist and author. Josephine Cogdell Schuyler (ca. 1900-1969), the daughter of a wealthy white Texas family, was an artist and writer who managed Philippa Schuyler's musical career. Philippa Duke Schuyler (1931-1967) was a child musical prodigy, concert pianist, composer and journalist. The collection documents the lives of musician and journalist Philippa Schuyler, her father, journalist and writer George Schuyler, and mother Josephine Schuyler, who managed Philippa's musical career, from the 1930s to the late 1960s. The collection consists of studio and candid portraits of the Schuylers; Josephine's family, the Cogdells; friends, colleagues and acquaintances; celebrities; political officials; and military personnel. Also included are views of concerts; radio broadcasts; social events and gatherings; street scenes; foreign travel; and family pets. Depictions of George Schuyler's family are very limited, and there are no depictions of his early life. Some of the images were used in the book "Composition in Black and White: the Life of Philippa Schuyler" by Kathryn Talalay, published in 1995. less