Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Finding aid for Charles H. Mahoney papers
01640
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
- Creator -
- Mahoney, Charles H., 1886-1966
- Title
- Charles H. Mahoney papers
- ID
- 01640
- Date [inclusive]
- 1907-1965
- Extent
- 3.0 Linear feet (3 boxes, 5 volumes, 1 large manuscript)
- Language
- English
- Language of Materials
- In English.
Biographical/Historical note
Charles H. Mahoney, Detroit attorney and businessman, was the first African-American to serve as U.S. delegate to the United Nations, having been appointed in 1954 by President Dwight Eisenhower. Born in Decatur, Michigan in 1886 to Barney and Viora Simpson Mahoney, Charles finished his early education at Decatur. He attended Olivet College, distinguishing himself as an orator and an athlete. He later attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn, before entering the University of Michigan Law School, where he received his law degree in 1911. Charles Mahoney entered the practice of law in Detroit in 1912, and during the Sweet Trial, he was associate council to Clarence Darrow. In 1928, he was a founder of the Great Lakes Insurance Company in Detroit, serving as President and Board member from 1928-1959. In 1918 he ran unsuccessfully for Detroit's first nine man council. His later bids for Congress on the Republican ticket were also unsuccessful. Often an appointive public servant, he was the first African-American to serve on the Detroit City Plan Commission, the Wayne County Board of Supervisors, the Michigan Labor Commission, and during WW I, Governor Groesbeck's Michigan Interracial Commission. (from Margaret Ward, April, 1984) (blue index cards)
Scope and Contents note
Contains family papers, papers relating to his education, dealings with the Great Lake Insurance Company, and scrapbooks (1907-1963).
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
01640
Charles H. Mahoney papers, 1907-1965 (OCLC record)
[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/436446627]Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
- Great Lakes Insurance Company.
- Olivet College.
Genre(s)
- Awards
- Biographies
- Certificates
- Correspondence
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Speeches
Geographic Name(s)
- Detroit (Mich.)--Politics and government
Subject(s)
- African Americans
- Ambassadors--United States
- Lawyers--Michigan--Detroit
General Note
See finding aids for complete listing.
Collection Inventory
Box 1 |
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Biography |
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Correspondence |
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Speeches and Addresses |
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Memorials and Awards |
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Photographs |
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Great Lakes Insurance Company |
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Great Lakes Subdivision - Holley, Michigan |
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Box 2 |
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Photographs - Mahoney Family |
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Photograph Album - Olivet College |
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Photographs - Olivet College |
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity |
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Photographs - unidentified |
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Box 3 |
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Honorary degrees |
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Publications and Printed materials |
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Scrapbooks (5 volumes) |
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-v.1 1907-1940 |
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-v.2 1940-1949 |
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-v.3 1951-1955 |
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-v.4 1952-1959 |
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-v.5 1955-1963 |
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LMS |
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Photographs |
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