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Claudia Jones research collection
- Title
- Claudia Jones research collection, 1935-1998.
- Author
- Sherwood, Marika
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 699 box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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 699 box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Additional Authors
- Jones, Claudia, 1915-1964.
- Description
- .8 lin. inches
- Summary
- The Claudia Jones research collection consists of material complied by author Marika Sherwood during her research for a biography on Jones entitled "Claudia Jones: A Life in Exile." The collection provides information on Jones' life just prior to her deportation, her early years in London, and individuals' recollections of Jones. Comprised mainly of photocopies of documents obtained from the Federal Bureau Investigation through the Freedom of Information Act, there are also letters from Sherwood to people who knew and/or worked with Jones seeking information about first hand experiences they had with her.
- Subjects
- Black people > Civil rights
- African American communists
- Communist Party of the United States of America
- Jones, Claudia, 1915-1964
- United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953
- African Americans > Civil rights
- Communism > United States
- Communists > United States
- United States > Politics and government > 1953-1961
- Communist parties > United States
- Source (note)
- Marika Sherwood
- Biography (note)
- Claudia Cumberbatch Jones rose through the ranks of the Communist Party - USA to become one of its leaders. Between 1948 and 1955, she was arrested several times and imprisoned for violations of the Smith Act and eventually deported to England in December 1955. Jones spent the last fourteen years of her life actively participating in the struggles of oppressed and poor people throughout the world. At the end of her life, Jones had earned the title of being a political theorist and an activist in the United States and in the international community.
- Processing Action (note)
- Accessioned
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Sc MG 699
- OCLC
- NYPW04-A253
- Author
- Sherwood, Marika, collector.
- Title
- Claudia Jones research collection, 1935-1998.
- Biography
- Claudia Cumberbatch Jones rose through the ranks of the Communist Party - USA to become one of its leaders. Between 1948 and 1955, she was arrested several times and imprisoned for violations of the Smith Act and eventually deported to England in December 1955. Jones spent the last fourteen years of her life actively participating in the struggles of oppressed and poor people throughout the world. At the end of her life, Jones had earned the title of being a political theorist and an activist in the United States and in the international community.
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- Added Author
- Jones, Claudia, 1915-1964.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 699