Box 1
Contains 24 Results:
Correspondence, 1971 - 1995
25 items, 46 pages, handwritten and typed.
"The Sit-In of February 1, 1960", 1990
Harris' thoughts, thirty years later, on the long-term social and economic effects of the sit-ins.
Handwritten manuscripts of the text in Scrapbook 1
Topics include the state of race relations in Greensboro prior to the sit-ins, descriptions of the Greensboro Woolworth's store, and a chronology of the 1960 sit-ins.
Magazine articles, 1974 - 1993
Subjects include affirmative action, the black middle class, the black underclass, black economic power, integration, race in the South, Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson, the Greensboro sit-ins, and the planned Greensboro Civil Rights Museum, as well as Harris himself. Arranged chronologically within the folders.
Newspaper articles and editorials, 1990 - 1997
Subjects include affirmative action, the black middle class, the black underclass, black economic power, integration, race in the South, Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson, the Greensboro sit-ins, and the planned Greensboro Civil Rights Museum, as well as Harris himself. Arranged chronologically within the folders.
Clippings about Clarence Harris, undated
Subjects include affirmative action, the black middle class, the black underclass, black economic power, integration, race in the South, Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson, the Greensboro sit-ins, and the planned Greensboro Civil Rights Museum, as well as Harris himself. Arranged chronologically within the folders.
Handwritten comments on William Snider's article, "A New Book on the Historic Sit-Ins," from the Greensboro Daily News., 1970 June 7
Two pages.
Handwritten notes on Miles Wolff's Lunch at the Five and Ten, 1970
54 pages.
Typed review of Miles Wolff's Lunch at the Five and Ten, 1970
20 pages.
Handwritten notes on William H. Chafe's Civilities and Civil Rights, 1980
Twelve pages.
Typed review of Chafe's Civilities and Civil Rights, 1980
Seven pages.
Handwritten notes on William Snider's article in the Greensboro Daily News about William A. Chafe's Civilities and Civil Rights, 1980 February 10
Two pages and a photocopy of the newspaper clipping from scrapbook.
Notes regarding Edwin Yoder Jr.'s review of Mile Wolff's Lunch at the 5 and 10 in the Greensboro Daily News, 1970 June 10
Two pages handwritten, one page typed, photocopy of article.
Harris' notes on Joe Knox's 29 May 1971 newspaper article about the sit-ins.
One-half page handwritten, one page typed, drawing of Greensboro Four.
Harris' notes on a reference to Edward R. Zane in an article about Alvin Blount's retirement, 1973
One page handwritten, one-half page typed, and article clipping posted on black construction paper.
Menus
"Harvest Home," F.W. Woolworth Company, 1977 "Woolworth Menu," F.W. Woolworth Company, undated
Photograph, 1987
North Elm Street facade of Greensboro's Woolworth building, 1987
Handwritten notes on Eric Goldman's article "Sit-in movement: More than a cup of coffee" from the Greensboro Daily News, 1980 January 27
One page, plus photocopy of article and notes from scrapbook.
Handwritten notes and essay on Dwight Cunningham's article "Few Realized Significance of 1960 Sit-In" from the Greensboro Daily News, 1980 January 27
Nine pages.
F.W. Woolworth Co. Woolworth's First 75 Years. New York: William E. Rudge's Sons
Printed materials include corporate publications from Woolworth describing the history of the corporation, and two books upon which Harris comments in the manuscripts and scrapbooks.
F.W. Woolworth Co. 1978 Annual Report. New York: F.W. Woolworth Co., 1979. Chafe, William H. Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980. Wolff, Miles. Lunch at the 5 & 10. New York: Stein and Day, 1970., 1970
Printed materials include corporate publications from Woolworth describing the history of the corporation, and two books upon which Harris comments in the manuscripts and scrapbooks.
Cochran, Edwin. The Cathedral of Commerce. [New York: circa 1916], 1916
20 unnumbered pages plus front cover, lacks title page, other pages and back cover
F.W. Woolworth Co. Fifty Years of Woolworth. New York: The Cuneo Press, 1929
Printed materials include corporate publications from Woolworth describing the history of the corporation, and two books upon which Harris comments in the manuscripts and scrapbooks.
F.W. Woolworth Co. Sixty Years of Woolworth: The Story of Everybody's Store. New York: Lord & Thomas, 1939
Printed materials include corporate publications from Woolworth describing the history of the corporation, and two books upon which Harris comments in the manuscripts and scrapbooks.