Dorothy I. Height Papers 1937-2005
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topic: "Tribute to a Living Legend" dinner, National Council of Negro Women 1991
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topic: The Christian Citizen and Civil Rights: A Guide to Study and Action, by Dorothy I. Height and J. Oscar Lee, Woman's Press 1949
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topic: The Core of America's Race Problem, edited by Dorothy I. Height, Woman's Press 1945
subject: The Core of America's Race Problem, edited by Dorothy I. Height, Woman's Press 1945
topic: The Interracial Charter and Related Policy, National Board YWCA of the U.S.A. , edited by Dorothy I. Height 1955
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topic: The Job of the Program Director, Publications Services, YWCA 1951
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Dorothy I. Height Papers 1937-2005
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acquisitions: The Dorothy I. Height Papers came to the Sophia Smith Collection with the Records of the YWCA of the U.S.A in 2002.
scopecontent: Scope and Contents of the Collection The Dorothy Height Papers consist of .75 linear ft. and are primarily related to her work with the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), dating from 1937 to 2005. Types of materials include biographical materials, files related to awards and honors received by Height, clippings, correspondence, speeches, photographs, negatives, press releases, and writings. The papers appear to be a reference file compiled by YWCA of the U.S.A. archives staff from YWCA records and other sources. The extensive clippings and press releases provide good summary information about Height's later work for the NCNW and YWCA, particularly her work for women's rights and against white racism. The bulk of the materials cover the period between the late 1950s and the mid 1970s. There is a large file of planning and documentation for the Dorothy I. Height Tribute Dinner sponsored by the NCNW and the YWCA on November 5, 1986. Among the Tribute Dinner materials is the contents of a Memorial Book containing letters of appreciation to Height from, among others, Ronald Reagan, Lady Bird Johnson, Rosalyn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Faye Wattleton, Helen Wilkins Claytor, the heads of major religious and civil rights organizations, and many of Height's YWCA co-workers.
access restrictions: The Papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection without any additional restrictions
use restrictions: Permission must be obtained to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." Dorothy Height assigned copyright to materials she authored to the National Park Service. The YWCA of the USA retains copyright to its materials. Copyright to materials authored by persons other than Dorothy Height may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
related material: Related materials in the Sophia Smith Collection are located within the YWCA USA Records, Sophia Smith Collection and the Committee of Correspondence Records. Additional Dorothy Height Papers and the Records of the National Council of Negro Women, are housed in the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Museum and the National Archives for Black Women's History in Washington D.C.
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body: Biographical Note Dorothy Irene Height was born March 24, 1912 in Richmond, Virginia to Fannie Burroughs and James Height. Both of Height's parents had been widowed twice before and each brought children to the marriage. Fannie Burroughs and James Height had two children together, Dorothy and her sister Anthanette. In 1916 the family moved north to Rankin, Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh) where Height attended public schools. Height's mother was active in the Pennsylvania Federation of Colored Women's Clubs and regularly took Dorothy along to meetings where she early established her "place in the sisterhood." Height's long association with the YWCA began in a Girl Reserve Club in Rankin organized under the auspices of the Pittsburgh YWCA. An enthusiastic participant, who was soon elected President of the Club, Height was appalled to learn that her race barred her from swimming in the pool at the central YWCA branch. "I was only twelve years old. I had never heard of 'social action,' nor seen anyone engaged in it, but I barely took a breath before saying that I would like to see the executive director," Height related in her 2003 memoir. Though her arguments could not bring about a change in policy in 1920s Pittsburgh, Height later dedicated much of her professionl energy to bringing profound change to the YWCA. In need of money to attend college, Height entered an oratorical contest sponsored by the IBPO Elks. Her speech on the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution won her a full four-year scholarship. Turned down for admission to Barnard because the college's quota of two African-American students per year was already filled, Height instead went to New York University where she earned a B.S. in the School of Education in 1932 and an M.A. in psychology in 1934. From 1934-37, Height worked in the New York City Department of Welfare, an experience she credited with teaching her the skills to deal with conflict without intensifying it.…
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"Salute to Dorothy I. Height" program, Corporate America and Friends 1995
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Articles 1953-89
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The Christian Citizen and Civil Rights: A Guide to Study and Action, by Dorothy I. Height and J. Oscar Lee, Woman's Press 1949
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The Core of America's Race Problem, edited by Dorothy I. Height, Woman's Press 1945
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The Interracial Charter and Related Policy, National Board YWCA of the U.S.A. , edited by Dorothy I. Height 1955
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Interracial Policies of the YWCA of the U.S.A., edited by Dorothy I. Height, Woman's Press 1950
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The Job of the Program Director, Publications Services, YWCA 1951
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Step by Step with Interracial Groups, first edition, Woman's Press 1946
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