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• Information about Alfred E. Smith
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INFORMATION ABOUT ALFRED E. SMITH

Born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on December 2, 1903, Alfred E. Smith left his home town at the age of seventeen to attend Howard University in Washington, D.C.  In 1932, Howard University awarded Smith a master's degree in history, and for the following year he worked as a substitute teacher in the Washington public schools.  He then joined the Federal Works Progress Administration, beginning a life-long career in public service.

Smith began his tenure in government as Assistant to the Director of Negro Works, Federal Emergency Relief Administration.  From 1935 to 1943 he was Administrative Assistant and Staff Advisor, Federal Works Progress Administration.  In these positions, Smith acted as a member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet" -- an unofficial group of black individuals in the upper reaches of the federal bureaucracy who advised President Roosevelt on policies affecting black Americans.

Smith's later career included public relations, speech writing, and press advisory positions for the Public Housing Authority, the Federal Civil Defense Agency, and the Department of Labor.  He also established an independent career as a successful journalist.  During the 1940s, Smith wrote two regular columns for the Chicago Defender newspaper, edited a Washington based newsletter, and contributed articles to various publications.

Smith's other professional activities included founding the Capitol Press Club, an organization of Washington based black journalists.  He was also active in various civil rights organizations including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Urban League, and formed a social group called the Gourmet Club.  These interests brought Smith into contact with many of the black leaders of his day, and produced friendships with a broad range of individuals including the poet Langston Hughes, Dean of the Howard University Medical School, W. Montague Cobb, psychologist Kenneth Clark, and writer Alain Locke. Smith retired from government service in 1974, and died May 26, 1986.

The papers include personal and professional correspondence, reports, speeches, and press releases written by Smith while in government service, copies of many of Smith's columns and articles, material concerning the Capitol Press Club, photographs, and other items.

Papers pertaining to Alfred Edgar Smith were donated to Special Collections by his wife, Lula J. Smith of Washington, D.C., April 22, 1987.

Processed by Leon C. Miller, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in November 1987.

Significant correspondents include:

Mary McLeod Bethune
Hattie Caraway
Kenneth Clark
W. Montague Cobb
W. E. B. DuBois
Langston Hughes
Alain Locke
Drew Pearson
Joe T. Robinson
Willard Wirtz

CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION (6 linear feet)
 
Series 1.  Government Service (Boxes 1-4)
 
     Subseries 1. Works Progress Administration.
     Subseries 2. Federal Civil Defense Agency.
     Subseries 3. Public Housing Administration.
     Subseries 4. Department of Labor.

Series 2.  Non-Governmental Professional Activities (Boxes 5-8)

     Subseries 1. The "National Grapevine".
     Subseries 2.  The Manuscript.
     Subseries 3. Adventures in Race Relations.
     Subseries 4. Other writings.
     Subseries 5. Material pertaining to the Capitol Press Club, and one folder concerning other         professional organizations.
 

Series 3.  Personal and Social Activities (Boxes  9-11)

    Subseries 1. Personal Correspondence.
    Subseries 2. Personal Papers.
    Subseries 3. Clippings

Series 4.  Photographs (Boxes 12-13)

Series 1.   Government Service (Boxes 1-4)

This series pertains to Smith's governmental career.  Included are papers created during his employment with the Works Progress Administration, the Federal Civil Defense Agency, the Public Housing Authority, and the Department of Labor.  Each subseries concerns a separate governmental agency, with the first folders containing official correspondence (if any), and the following folders containing Smith's working papers from that period.

Smith's employment with the WPA concerned primarily race relations.  He maintained contact with blacks employed by the WPA, analyzed the impact of the WPA on black Americans, and advised Harry Hopkins (WPA Administrator) and Aubrey Williams (Deputy Administrator) on policy regarding the New Deal and black America.

Smith's positions with other governmental agencies involved primarily speech writing, press relations, and publicity.  Most of the material in the subseries concerning the FCDA involves speeches written by Smith for FCDA administrators, as well as copies of the FCDA News, a newsletter edited by Smith from 1953 to 1955.  He also edited a newsletter for the Public Housing Authority, the PHA News.

At the Department of Labor, Smith served in the press office with the special responsibility of maintaining contact between the department and America's black press.  He also advised the Secretary of Labor (Willard Wirtz) on issues affecting black Americans, and occassionally worked on special projects such as the "Summary of Current Economic Facts . . . ."
 
Subseries 1. Works Progress Administration.
 
Box 1

 1. Correspondence, June 24, 1934-Apr 13, 1943.
 2. WPA reports by Smith, 1935.
 3. WPA reports by Smith, 1936.
 4. WPA reports by Smith, 1937-43.
 5. Report by Smith on the political impact of the WPA for the Democratic Party.
 6. Unsigned WPA reports probably by Smith, Apr 11, 1937-July 31, 1940.
 7. Unsigned WPA reports probably by Smith, n.d., A-P.
 8. Unsigned WPA reports probably by Smith, n.d., Q-Z.
 
Box 2

 1. WPA reports not by Smith, 1934.
 2. WPA reports not by Smith, 1936-40.
 3. Dedication program of stadium built by the WPA, Oct 16, 1937.
 
Subseries 2. Federal Civil Defense Agency.
 
Box 3

 1. Addresses by Harold L. Aitken, Executive Assistant Administrator, FCDA, June 11, 1953-Sep ? 1954.
 2. Addresses by J. M. Chambers, Assistant Administrator, FCDA, Sept 16-22, 1953.
 3. Addresses by Jean Fuller, Director of Women's Activities, FCDA, Nov 10, 1954-Jan 13, 1955.
 4. Addresses by Katherine G. Howard, Assistant Administrator, FCDA, June 6, 1953-Dec 1, 1954.
 5. Miscellaneous addresses, Oct 6, 1953-Apr 27, 1954.
 6. Unattributed addresses, Oct 4, 1954-Dec 7, 1954.
 7. Drafts and speech preparation materials, Aug 26, 1954-Feb 8, 1955.
 8. FCDA News 1953.
 9. FCDA News 1954.
 10. FCDA News 1955.
 11. Office papers, Oct 27, 1950-Jan ? 1953.
 
 Subseries 3. Public Housing Administration.
 
Box 4

 1. Correspondence, Oct 10, 1949-May 20, 1957.
 2. Correspondence from individuals seeking help with housing problems, Feb 23, 1956-Apr 26, 1956.
 3. PHA News, Apr 1959-Dec, 1962.
 4. Publications concerning housing problems collected by Smith during the course of his work with the PHA.
 5. Office papers, Jan 21, 1948-Jan 11, 1962.
 
 Subseries 4. Department of Labor.
 
 6. Correspondence, Dec 5, 1961-Dec 23, 1965.
 7. Negro press list materials, Oct 13, 1962-Oct 6, 1964.
 8. Press releases, June 19, 1962-Feb 16, 1966.
 9. Personnel records, Aug 24, 1961-Apr 19, 1962.
 10. "Summary of Current Economic Facts and Labor Force Data," U. S. Department of Labor (1966).
  

Series 2.  Non-Governmental Professional Activities (Boxes 5-8)
 
As well as his service in government, Smith maintained a career in freelance writing and participated in professional journalistic organizations.  Within the American black community, Smith achieved a reputation during the 1940s as a reporter and observer of the Washington scene under the byline "Charley Cherokee."  Under that name, he wrote two columns for the Chicago Defender, a black newspaper: the "National Grapevine" and "Adventures in Race Relations."  The "National Grapevine" (Subseries 1) was an "inside Washington" column which concentrated on news and government policies affecting blacks.  Smith also occassionally freelanced under the Charley Cherokee byline, and one of those articles is included at the end of subseries 1.

Subseries 1. The "National Grapevine".
 
Box 5

 1. Correspondence, Jan 8, 1944-Sept 14, 1949.
 2. "National Grapevine," Sept 14-Dec 28, 1940 [Oct 26 missing].
 3. "National Grapevine," Jan 25-June 28, 1941 [Jan 4, 11, 18 missing].
 4. "National Grapevine," July 5-Sept 27, 1941.
 5. "National Grapevine," Oct 4-Dec 27, 1941.
 6. "National Grapevine," Jan 3-Mar 28, 1942.
 7. "National Grapevine," Apr 4-June 27, 1942.
 8. "National Grapevine," July 4-Dec 26, 1942.
 9. "National Grapevine," Jan 2-June 19, 1943.
 10. "National Grapevine," July 3-Dec 25,  1943.
 
Box 6

 1. "National Grapevine," Jan 1-June 24, 1944.
 2. "National Grapevine," July 1-Dec 30, 1944.
 3. "National Grapevine," Jan 6-June 30, 1945.
 4. "National Grapevine," July 7-Dec 29, 1945.
 5. "National Grapevine," Jan 5-June 29, 1946.
 6. "National Grapevine," July 6-Dec 28, 1946.
 7. "National Grapevine," Jan 4-June 28, 1947.
 8. "National Grapevine," July 5-Dec 27, 1947.
 9. "National Grapevine," Jan 10-June 26, 1948.
 10. "National Grapevine," July 3-Dec 25, 1948.
 11. "National Grapevine," Jan 1-June 25, 1949.
 12. "National Grapevine," July 2-Sept 24, 1949.
 13. "Twelve Rounds for the Championship," Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life, v. XXI, No.1:6-7, 29.
 
Subseries 2.  The Manuscript.
 
Subseries 2 concerns the Manuscript, a Washington based newsletter Smith created and edited in the 1940s in association with Harry McAlpin, another Washington based black journalist.  The Manuscript relayed governmental news and policies affecting black Americans, and Smith contributed to it both under his own name and as Charley Cherokee.

Box 7

 1. Correspondence, May 16, 1945-Apr 30, 1947.
 2. Issues No. 1-3, 5-6, 10, 15, 17-19, 22, 104-108.
 3. Issues No. 39-103 [bound].
 4. Drafts, n.d.
 5. Business papers, Sept ? 1944-Feb 12 1947.
 
Subseries 3. Adventures in Race Relations.
 
"Adventures in Race Relations" (Subseries 3) related anecdotes of discrimination against blacks sent to Smith by readers.  Much of the correspondence in this subseries is from readers offering submissions for the column.

 6. Correspondence, June 19, 1943-Oct 12, 1944.
 7. Correspondence, May 9, 1945-Oct 20, 1948.
 
Subseries 4. Other writings.

Subseries 4 contains other publications by Smith.  Also included are unpublished fiction and non-fiction pieces and drafts. 

Box 8

 1. Freelance articles, May 1933-June 1940.
 2. Drafts, non-fiction, n.d.
 3. Drafts, fiction, Dec 18, 1923-?.
 
Subseries 5. Material pertaining to the Capitol Press Club, and one folder concerning other professional organizations.
 
Subseries 5 pertains to the Capitol Press Club.  Smith founded the club in 1940 as a professional organization for black journalists in Washington D.C., in reaction against the National Press Club's policy of excluding blacks.  Smith served as its first president, and held various other positions in the organiztion (including another term as president).  The material includes many business papers of the organization (such as memoranda and invitations to club dinners), the club's newsletter, and newspaper clippings concerning the organization.  Many of the photographs in Series 4 pertain to this organization.

Box 8 (cont'd)

 4. Correspondence, June 27, 1944-Mar 14, 1984.
 5. Capitol Press Club Gazette, Jan 1950-Nov 1952.
 6. Banquet and meeting programs, June 21, 1944-May 4, 1974.
 7. The Capitol Press Club, 1950.
 8. Memoranda, June 21, 1944-May 3, 1961.
 9. Clippings, June 21, 1944-May 18, 1963.
 10. Other professional meetings and associations.
 

Series 3.  Personal and Social Activities  (Boxes  9-11)

This series contains material relating to Smith's non-professional activities.  Included in this series are a few items pertaining to the Gourmet Club, a social group formed by Smith.  Also included are Smith's personal correspondence, poetry written by Smith as a young man, and material relating to Smith's relatives, especially the family of Smith's niece and her husband,  psychologists Drs. Mamie and Kenneth Clark.  The last box in this series (Box 11) contains clippings collected by Smith throughout his life.
 
Subseries 1. Personal Correspondence.
 
Box 9

 1. Dec 8, 1926-Apr 22, 1939.
 2. Jan 24, 1940-Aug 26, 1957.
 3. Feb 16, 1959-Dec 7, 1961.
 4. Jan 2, 1962-Sept 15, 1982.
 5. n.d.
 6. Greeting cards, Dec 1, 1945-Dec 2, 1971.
 7. Greeting cards, n.d.
 
 Subseries 2. Personal Papers.
 
Box 9 (cont'd)

 8. Resumes and personal histories, 1939-1964.
 9. Job search and retirement records, Aug 30, 1949-Apr 23, 1962.
 10. Poetry written by Smith, July 12, 1923-Feb [?] 1931.
 11. Poetry collected by Smith, Dec [?] 1954-Apr 19, 1972.
 12. Political items, 1936.
 13. Material relating to Lula L. Jackson Smith, May, 1958-Dec 17, 1970.
 14. Writer's Club, May 10, 1946-Oct 10, 1947.
 15. Gourmet Club, May 9, 1958; May 20, 1959.
 16. Drafts of articles about Smith, n.d.
 
Box 10

 1. Autograph book of Smith, 1920-1924.
 2. Autograph book of Lula L. Jackson Smith, 1925.
 3. Scrapbook items and souvenirs, 1925-Dec 24, 1957.
 4. Scrapbook items and souvenirs, n.d.
 5. Material pertaining to Smith's relatives, July 16, 1961-Aug 12, 1968.
 6. Notes concerning Smith's hospital stay, March 2, 1959.
 7. Draft and draft registration cards, drivers' licenses, membership cards, and voter card, Feb 15, 1942-Sept 1, 1969.

Subseries 3. Clippings
 
Box 11

 1. Apr 5, 1934-Dec 6, 1936.
 2. Feb 27, 1937-Dec 8, 1938.
 3. Jan 14, 1939-June 1, 1944.
 4. July 3, 1945-Mar 7, 1979.
 5. Approximate dates and undated.
 

Included in this series are photographs pertaining to Smith's family, the WPA, the Capitol Press Club, and other subjects.  Also included are one broadside and two drawings.  Photograph size is listed height first.  Photographs are black and white unless noted.  Most are arranged chronologically with undated photographs last.  The "Portraits of Others," however, are arranged alphabetically.
 
Box 12

Folder 1. Works Progress Administration.

 1. Smith (center) with office staff, ca. 1930s. Handwritten notation on verso: "Dutton Ferguson[;]  A. E. Smith seated[;] WPA staff".  Stamped on verso: "McNeill Photo Service [Washington]. 8 x 10.

 2. Christmas card with 2x3 reproduction of above photograph, ca. 1930s, 5 x 7.

 3. WPA office staff, ca. 1930s.  Handwritten notation on verso: "Workers under Al Smith WPA," 7 x 9.

 4. Smith (center) showing others an exhibit, ca. 1930s.  Handwritten notation on verso: "WPA Exhibit," 6 x 8.
 

Folder 2. Capitol Press Club.

 5. Group portrait of members, 1945. Notation on front right corner: "Scurlow Photo 1945."  8 x 10.
 
 6. Members en route to club picnic, n.d.  Handwritten notation on verso: "Capitol Press Club Picnic Al Smith and wife standing right".  Stamped on verso: "McNeill News Photo Service." 8 x 10.

 7. Group portrait of members, ca. 1950. Handwritten notation on verso: "Another Press Club ca 1950".  Stamped on verso: ""McNeill News Photo Service"  8 x 10.
 

Folder 3. Capitol Press Club Dinner.

 8. Smith presiding at dinner, n.d.  Handwritten notation on verso: "Capitol Press Club Al Smith Presiding;" also, "Please credit Daniel Photo's."  8 x 10.

 9. L-R: Marshall Field, Smith, Federal Judge William H. Hastie, Drew Pearson.  Handwritten notation on verso: "Marshall Field Speaks[:] Press Club 1st dinner + Drew Pearson."  8 x 10.

 10. Federal Judge William H. Hastie speaking to above event.  L-R: Phileo Nash, Marshall Field, Smith, Hastie, Drew Pearson.  Handwritten notation on verso: "Judge William Haste [sic] addressing Capitol Press club Jan 21 in D.C."  8 x 10.

 11. Hastie addressing dinner.  Handwritten notation on verso: "William Hasty [sic] a judge in Haitii [sic]." [Hastie was a Federal District Court Judge in the Virgin Islands, 1937-39].  8 x 10.

 12. Drew Pearson and Harry McAlpin.  8 x 10.
 

Folder 4. Family Photographs.

 13. Sepia-toned reprint of photograph of Smith's family when he was a child, n.d. [probably early 1910s].  L to R: Smith, Kate Smith, Jesse Rufus Smith, Mamie Johnston Smith, Henry Smith, Shepherd Acre.  8 x 10.

 14. Formal portrait of Smith's stepmother, Mamie Johnston Smith, in 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 decorative folding cardboard matte.   Handwritten on lower flap: "To Alfred and Leona from Mammy". Printed on lower center of map: "Eckler Studio Hot Springs, Ark."  4 1/2 x 6 1/2.

 15. Smith's sister, Kate Smith Phipps, n.d.  Photograph in decorative folding cardboard matte.  6 3/4 by 10 3/4

 16. Kate Smith Phipps with her children Harold and Mamie Phipps, in 8 x 11 folding decorative cardboard matte. n.d.  Stamped on lower center of matte: "702 1/2 Central Ave Eckler Hot Springs, Ark.  6 x 8

17. Children of Dr. Harold Phipps, (Smith's nephew), 1947.  Lower left corner: "Adams Foto".  Handwritten on verso: "This is -- to be - Hilton-4 yrs. - Oct 20-47[;]Kate - 7 " - July 12-47[;]Wiletta - 1yr. Sept 10 - 47[;]Evelyn to be - 4 yrs - Dec 31 - 47[.]"  Stamped on verso: "ADAMSFOTOS 329 1/2 Main Street Pine Bluff, Ark."  5 x 7.

 18. Color snapshop of the family of Dr. Harold Phipps.  n.d.  Possibly three of their four children, plus grandchildren.  5 x 4.

 19. Baby portrait of the daughter of Smith's cousin, Shepherd Acre, in folding decorative cardboard matte.  n.d.  Handwritten on bottom flap of matte: "Baby Jeanne 4 mts. old".  Written on front lower right corner: "Harrison Hot Springs c 30 Avia [?]". 4 x 6.
 

Folder 5. Other Photographs of Smith.

 20. Unidentified dinner meeting.  May 7, 1948.   Smith center left. Stamped on verso: "Fred Harris Photographs."  8 x 10.

 21. Military briefing and tour for members of the black press of the CAMID III war games, Camp Pendleton, Virginia, Aug 20, 1948.  L-R: Smith, Otto McClarrin, Dennsi Nelson, James N. Rhen, P. Bernard Young, James P. Archer.  Front row center, Bernard Young, Jr.  Further identified on verso.  Stamped on verso: "Official U.S. Navy Photograph."  8 x 10.

 22. Conference of Southwestern news and public relations professionals at Texas State University (Houston) at which Smith was guest speaker.  Dec [?] 1948. L-R: Mrs. Carter Wesley, the Informer newspapers; Dr. H. Hadley Hartshorn, TSU; James W. White, presiding officer, TSU; Smith; Constance Daniel, TSU public relations director; Rev. John D. Moore; C. W. Rice, Negro Labor News; Mrs. R. O'Hara Lanier, wife of the TSU president.  3 1/2 x 9 1/2.

 23. Smith and Lula J. Smith in restaurant or night club. Handwritten on verso: "ca 1960".  8 x 10.

 24. Smith's retirement party.  1974.  Smith left.  10 x 8.

 25. Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg (center) talking to John Glenn (right).  Smith to Goldberg's left. n.d.  8 x 10.

 26. Smith (right) talking to unidentified man. n.d.  8 x 10.
 
 27. Gourmet Club. n.d.  Clockwise from lower left: Frank Horne, Otto McClarrin, Sterling Brown, Smith, Arthur Davis, Dutton Ferguson, unidentified, Montague Cobb, Herbert Marshall.  In folding
cardboard matte.  Embossed on outside front of matte: "Scurlock Washington, D.C."  8 x 10.

 28. Harry Truman with seven men, Smith left. n.d. Stamped lower left: "c. Harris & Ewing".  Stamped on verso: "Copyright of Harris & Ewing."  8 x 10.

 29. Smith (left) receiving gavel from unidentified man, n.d.  7 x 9.

 30. Front Row L-R: Smith, Campbell Johnson, Roy Ellis, and ten unidentified men.  n.d.  Stamped on verso: "Please Credit `McNeill Photo', Robert McNeill Photographer, Washington, D.C. McNeill Photo Service."  8 x 10.
 

Folder 7. Portraits of Smith.

 31. Smith reading a book, ca. 1940. 5 x 7.

 32. Formal portrait of Smith, ca. 1970, 8 x 10.
 

Folder 8. Portraits of Others.

 33. Alice A. Dunnigan, n.d. Typed on verso:" Alice A. Dunnigan, 1939 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C." 3 x 2.

 34. Ernest E. Johnson, Nov, 1946, 10 x 8.

 35. Dr. Mordecai Johnson, President of Howard University, n.d.  10 x 8.

 36. Jack Miller in military uniform holding camera. Originally fastened to letter to Smith from Miller of May 20, 1946, now in Adventures in Race Relations files.  Handwritten notation on front: "To Mr. Smith - the best of everything - Jack Miller."  Handwritten notation on verso: "Taken 3/4/45 while U.S. Signal Corps photographer Ft. Huachuca, Arizona."  5 x 4.

 37. Jessie H. Mitchell, member of the Board of Draft Appeals.  n.d. Newspaper photographer's assignment sheet included.  Handwritten notation on verso: "Return to Mr. Alfred Smith, 1212 U. Street Washington, D.C." 10 x 8.

 38. Willard W. Savoy of the Negro Interest Unit, War Department, Public Relations Divison.  Feb 2, 1947.  Includes press release. 10 x 8.

 39. Henry Wallace, n.d. Bottom center: "Covington Photo".  10 x 8.
 
Folder 9. Miscellaneous.

 40. Henry Wallace speaking at birthday party for Mary McLeod Bethune.  Washington, D.C. August 10, 1945.  Handwritten on verso: "Photo by Victor C. Daniel."  10 x 8.

 41. Eleanor Roosevelt second from left, n.d.  8 x 10.
 
 42. L-R: unidentified man, Mary McLeod Bethune, Eleanor Roosevelt.  Handwritten notation on verso: "Mary Bethune seated[;] Eleanor Roosevelt[;]  WPA event[.]"   n.d.  6 1/2 x 8 1/2.

 43. Sculpted bust of Alain Locke.  Handwritten notation on front lower right: "For Alfred E. Smith in sincere friendship, Alain Locke. 1932".  Photographer's logo embossed on front lower right: "Allen, ny."  5 x 7.

 44. Meeting or public hearing, pertaining possibly to the National Youth Adminstration, n.d.  6 x 8.

 45. Montague Cobb, (Dean, Howard University Medical School), presenting roses to unidentified woman at Omega Psi Phi dance, n.d. Stamped on verso: "Fred Harris Photographs."  8 x 10.

 46. Omega Psi Phi dance, n.d. Handwritten on verso: "Omega Psi Phi condare[?] Al Smith - Grand Marshall[.]  Dr. Charles Drew - Pres. of Howard U.[,] Warner Lawson." Stamped on verso: "Fred Harris Photographs."  8 x 10.
 
 
The following materials have been removed to Manuscript Oversize Box 1.

 47. Formal portrait of Smith while in the WPA, ca. 1930s. 14 x 10.  Handwritten on verso: "Alfred Edgar Smith Civil Defense Assistant on Staff of Harry Hopkins Works Progress Administration".

 48. Group portrait of black WPA workers, ca. 1930s.  Smith back row, third from right.  10 x 14.

 49. Group portrait of Capitol Press Club members, n.d.
  a.  9 x 11 print.
  b.  9 x 11 print signed by members.

 50. Group portrait of women members of the Capitol Press Club, June, 1945.  L-R: Venice Spraggs (Chicago Defender), Mabel Alston (Washington Afro-American), Lynette Gittoes (former columnist for the New York Amsterdam News), Constance Daniel (Department of Agriculture Information Office), Charlotte Poole (OPA Information Office), Margaret Steward (Washington Afro-American).  9 x 11.

 51. Group portrait of Capitol Press Club members, n.d.  Stamped on verso: "McNeill News Photo Service."  11 x 14.

 52.  Drawing  by Jay Johnson  pertaining to the desegregation of baseball, n.d.  Inscribed: "To Al Smith, a `write' guy, Jay Johnson." n.d.  14 x 17.

 53. Drawing by Jay Johnson of woman talking on telephone, n.d.  Inscribed: "To Al, Happy daze, Jay."  12 1/2 x 8 1/2.
 
 The following item has been removed to the Broadside Collection as Broadside No. B1-1.

Chicago Defender, ca. 1940s.  Advertising poster listing Chicago Defender newspaper editorial columnists, including Charley Cherokee (Smith).  14 x 11.