mss0099_0899.xml Finding aid for Rayford W. Logan letter to Pauline Young1969 June 11 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2011 August 4) Finding aid encoded 2011 August 4 English Rayford W. Logan letter to Pauline Young1969 June 11 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Logan, Rayford Whittingham, 1897-1982. Rayford W. Logan letter to Pauline Young1969 June 11 MSS 099, F899 1 item (1 p.) Howard University history professor Rayford W. Logan wrote this letter of thanks to enclose with a copy of his book, Haiti and The Dominican Republic, which he presented to Pauline Young, an African-American librarian and civil rights activist in Wilmington, Delaware. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Originally laid in a copy of Logan's Haiti and The Dominican Republic (Spec Coll Annex F1901 .L6 1968).

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MSS 099, F899, Rayford W. Logan letter to Pauline Young, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

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 Biographical Notes Rayford W. Logan

American historian and educator Rayford W. Logan was a professor of history at Howard University, Washington, D.C. (1938-1969, and 1971-1974), as well as Distinguished Professor Emeritus from 1974 to 1982, and Historian of the University.

Shortly before his death Logan completed, with the assistance of co-editor Michael R. Winston, the massive Dictionary of American Negro Biography, which included people from all walks of life who were chosen for their historical significance.

Active in the Civil Rights Movement through out his life, Rayford Logan received the Springarn Medal from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1980.

Born on January 07, 1897 in Washington, D.C., Rayford W. Logan died on November 4, 1982.

 Pauline Young

Educator, librarian, and author Pauline A. Young was an active civil rights leader in Delaware.

Born on September 17, 1900, in West Medford, Massachusetts, Young taught history and Latin at Howard High School, in Wilmington, Delaware for thirty years. She was also the author of the first comprehensive state history of blacks, The Negro in Delaware: Past and Present, published in 1947.

As an activist for education and civil rights, Young served as president of the Delaware Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as well as the chair of the state NAACP Education Committee.

Recognized by numerous national and local organizations for her lifetime of contributions, Pauline Young was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women in 1982. Pauline Young died on June 26, 1991.

"Rayford Whittingham Logan." Contemporary Authors Online. (reproduced in Gale Biography In Context). http://ic.galegroup.com (accessed August 2011)."Pauline A. Young." University of Delaware Library Pauline A. Young Residency Biographical Note. http://www2.lib.udel.edu/personnel/residency/youngbio (accessed August 2011).

 Scope and Content Note

Howard University history professor Rayford W. Logan wrote this letter of thanks to enclose with a copy of his book, Haiti and The Dominican Republic, which he presented to Pauline Young, an African-American librarian and civil rights activist in Wilmington, Delaware.

In addition to thanking Pauline Young for her hospitality during his recent visit to Wilmington, and for her recent letter, Logan said he would be pleased to return next year and invited Young and their mutual friends to be his guests at that time.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Logan, Rayford Whittingham, 1897-1982--Correspondence. Young, Pauline A.--Correspondence. Topical Terms African American historians--20th century--Correspondence. Form/Genre Terms Correspondence. Personal Contributors Young, Pauline A., correspondent. Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

MSS 256, Pauline A. Young Collection

MSS 179, Robert H. Richards, Jr. Delaware Oral History Collection

 Detailed Contents List 62 F899 Typed letter signed1969 June 11