Thomas R. Vickers NAACP papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers, photographs, and ephemera relating to the activities of the Portland, Oregon branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its president, Thomas R. Vickers. The collection includes correspondence sent to Vickers, newsletters and bulletins, event programs, newspaper issues and clippings, and photographs. Topics represented include civil rights protests in Portland, local responses to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Oregon governor Tom McCall's 1970 statement for Negro History Week, an event that Vickers attended. The collection also includes two scrapbooks that contain clippings, photographs, and ephemera.
Dates
- 1967-1971
Creator
- Vickers, Thomas R., 1917-1998 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Biographical Note
Thomas R. Vickers, Jr. was born in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1917. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he moved to Portland, Oregon in the late 1940s, where he spent the rest of his life. He earned both a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Portland. He was a teacher in the Portland School District until his retirement in 1981. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was the president of the Portland, Oregon branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He also was a member of the Urban League, the Prince Hall Masons, and the Bethel AME Church. He married Dorothy E. Alexander in 1950, and they had a daughter, Sharon. Vickers died in April 1998.
Extent
0.85 Cubic Feet (1 legal document case; 1 flat box (13x16))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Papers, newspaper issues and clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks concerning the Portland, Oregon branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Thomas R. Vickers, who served as the branch president from 1967-1971.
Arrangement
Arranged by format.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Gloria Fisher, November 2001, (Lib. Acc. 24860).
- African American civil rights workers -- Oregon -- Portland
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Oregon -- Portland
- Civil rights -- Oregon -- Portland
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Portland Branch (Portland, Or.)
- Vickers, Thomas R., 1917-1998
- clippings (information artifacts)
- correspondence
- scrapbooks
Creator
- Vickers, Thomas R., 1917-1998 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Thomas R. Vickers NAACP papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Jeffrey A. Hayes
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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Portland OR 97205 United States
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