Universal Negro Improvement Association miscellaneous collection

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Description: The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was an international self-help organization founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) in Jamaica. The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) miscellaneous collection is comprised of several file-folder level collections. The collections contain materials dating from the early 1920s and include such memorabilia as membership certificates and loan books, Black Star Line certificates, and receipts for shares in the shipping line. Correspondence in the collection from UNIA and Garvey Club officials include letters from Marcus and Amy Jacques Garvey, Gershom Harris, Uriah Gittens and Cecil A. Walters and disclose such concerns as the negative portrayal of Blacks in film and the ongoing development of both the UNIA and Garvey Clubs. Antithetically opposed to such growth, the correspondence from British colonial officials in West Africa and the Caribbean reveal their anxieties about the increasing presence of UNIA members and propaganda in their colonies.
Names: Universal Negro Improvement Association (Creator); Garvey, Amy Jacques (Correspondent); Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940 (Correspondent); Gittens, Uriah (Correspondent); Harris, Gershom E. (Correspondent); Walters, Cecil A.; Black Star Line, Inc. (Creator); Garvey Club, Inc. (Creator); Great Britain. Colonial Office (Creator)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1918 - 1948
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division; Shelf locator: Sc MG 442
Topics: African Americans -- Societies, etc; Associations, institutions, etc; Black nationalism -- United States; Pan-Africanism; Great Britain -- Colonies; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936; Universal Negro Improvement Association; Black Star Line, Inc.; Garvey Club, Inc.; Great Britain. Colonial Office
Notes: Biographical/historical: The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was an international self-help organization founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) in Jamaica.; Content: The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) miscellaneous collection is comprised of several file-folder level collections. The collections contain materials dating from the early 1920s and include such memorabilia as membership certificates and loan books, Black Star Line certificates, and receipts for shares in the shipping line. Correspondence in the collection from UNIA and Garvey Club officials include letters from Marcus and Amy Jacques Garvey, Gershom Harris, Uriah Gittens and Cecil A. Walters and disclose such concerns as the negative portrayal of Blacks in film and the ongoing development of both the UNIA and Garvey Clubs. Antithetically opposed to such growth, the correspondence from British colonial officials in West Africa and the Caribbean reveal their anxieties about the increasing presence of UNIA members and propaganda in their colonies.
Physical Description: Extent: 0.26 linear feet (1 oversize folder, 1 box)
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: Other local Identifier: Sc MG 442; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18155599; MSS Unit ID: 20930; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b6d21c50-5fdf-013c-ebcc-0242ac110002