Abstract
Medals, badges, and certificates of various sorts received by Du Bois. There are approximately one hundred items in the series, ranging from class reunion badges to the Spingarn Medal received by Du Bois in 1920, the Du Bois medal created by the American Negro Commemorative Society, the Lenin Peace Prize, membership certificates for Phi Beta Kappa and the National Institute of Arts and Letters (1944), and several honorary degrees.
Access:
The collection is open for research.
Language:
English
Special Collections & University Archives
W.E.B. Du Bois Library
154 Hicks Way
UMass Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003-9275
413.545.2780
W.E.B. Du Bois Papers: Series 18. Memorabilia, 1913-1963
0.5 linear feet
Call no.: MS 312
Navigate the Du Bois Papers
- Collection description
- Series 1a. General Correspondence, part 1 (1877-1933)
- Series 1a. General Correspondence, part 2 (1933-1965)
- Series 1b. Crisis Correspondence (1911-1934)
- Series 2. Speeches, 1888-1962
- Series 3. Articles, 1887-1968
- Series 4. Newspaper Columns, 1927-1961
- Series 5. Nonfiction Books, 1896-1962
- Series 6. Research Materials, 1896-1959
- Series 7. Pamphlets and Leaflets, 1902-1962
- Series 8. Book Reviews, 1905-1961
- Series 9. Petitions, 1947-1961
- Series 10. Essays and Student Papers, 1888-1962
- Series 11. Novels, 1892-1961
- Series 12. Pageants, 1913-1941
- Series 13. Plays, 1928-1940
- Series 14. Short Fiction, 1895-1950
- Series 15. Poetry, 1907-1965
- Series 16. Miscellaneous, 1803-1964
- Series 17. Photographs, 1864-1963
- Series 18. Memorabilia, 1913-1963
- Series 19. Audiovisual, 1958-1979
- Series 22. Additions to the Du Bois Papers, 1890-2008
Inventory of Collection
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Series 18. Memorabilia
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1913-1963
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Spingarn Medal
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1920
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Conference of Heads of African States Medal
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1963
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American Negro Commemorative Society, Du Bois Medal
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undated
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"W.E.B. Du Bois Medal"
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undated
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Moscow University Medal
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ca. 1959
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Czech Academy Medal
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1948
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National Emancipation Exposition Medal
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1913
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Lenin Medal
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ca. 1959
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Charles University Medal
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1958
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Alpha Phi Alpha Award, Lincoln University
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1950
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Miscellaneous medals, badges, citations, awards
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varous dates
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Provenance
Acquired from Shirley Graham Du Bois, 1973.
Copyright and Use (More information
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Cite as: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
