T003: Schuyler, George S.; Black and Conservative: The Autobiography of George S. Schuyler; 1966

Item — Box: 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: Collection traces the black military experience from colonial times through the Gulf War. These experiences are documented in personal narratives, biographies, and regional, world and regimental histories. The collection covers a wide range of topics relating to race relations and the social and economic world of blacks through history. The theme of race relations is an important focus of the collection. The collection documents the change in the perception of black peoples and their culture over time, especially in the last century. Race riots are one subject covered extensively, especially the Tulsa, Oklahoma Race Massacre of 1921. The collection is primarily books, but also contains some manuscripts, interviews, clippings, maps, and rertpos.

Dates

The collection covers military actions from the beginning of America in the 1600s to the present. Publication dates on the books range from 1858 to the present.

Condtions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Oklahoma Open Records Act (http://www.odl.state.ok.us/lawinfo/docs/2006-LibraryLaws-PartE.pdf), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Oklahoma State University Libraries assumes no responsibility.