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Benjamin F. Seldon Papers
- Title
- Benjamin F. Seldon Papers, 1907-1942.
- Author
- Seldon, Benjamin F.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 173 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- .2 lin. ft.
- Summary
- The Benjamin F. Seldon Papers consist of correspondence pertaining to various aspects of his career and personal life, and a scrapbook Seldon maintained containing news clippings relating primarily to African Americans in World War I.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Adult education and state > New Jersey
- African Americans > Employment > New Jersey
- Randolph, Bertha B
- Seldon, Benjamin F
- African American soldiers
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
- Adult education teachers > Training of > New Jersey
- World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Afro-American
- United States > Works Progress Administration
- Powell, A. Clayton (Adam Clayton), 1865-1953
- African Americans > Education > New Jersey
- Source (note)
- Provenance unknown
- Biography (note)
- Benjamin F. Seldon was State Supervisor of Negro Adult Education for the New Jersey Works Progress Administration from 1938 to 1941.
- Processing Action (note)
- Calendared
- Cataloged
- Inventoried
- Call Number
- Sc MG 173
- OCLC
- NYPW086000020-A
- Author
- Seldon, Benjamin F.
- Title
- Benjamin F. Seldon Papers, 1907-1942.
- Biography
- Benjamin F. Seldon was State Supervisor of Negro Adult Education for the New Jersey Works Progress Administration from 1938 to 1941. He served in World War I, then completed his education in Europe where he studied the economic, social and political conditions of several countries. He also taught in France, and in 1928 at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.
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- Added Author
- Wood, L. Hollingsworth (Levi Hollingsworth), 1873-1956.Powell, A. Clayton (Adam Clayton), 1865-1953.Randolph, Bertha B.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 173