Scope and Content Note The collection includes significant materials pertaining to celebrities such as Bob Burns, Chester Lauck, Gail Patrick, and others. Also, significant materials pertain to the relationship between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Kevin McCann. Materials pertaining to Dr. Thomas Dooley, famed for his volunteer work in Laos and co-founder of MEDICO, the Medical International Cooperation Organization, include items related to his visit to Winnetka, Illinois, in 1959, as well as efforts to...

Scope and Content Note The careers of William Grant Still and Verna Arvey were far-reaching as they related to not only the emerging status of African-Americans in classical music, but also as they related to United States social history, race relations and politics. The William Grant Still and Verna Arvey collection contains materials that span the 20th century, and it serves as a rare testament to a period of time in which little documentation exists for African-Americans in American history. The...