Alaska Black Caucus Collection Description

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Guide to the Alaska Black Caucus, Inc. records
1975-1993

Collection number: HMC-0003.
Creator: Alaska Black Caucus, Inc.
Title: Alaska Black Caucus, Inc. records.
Dates: 1975-1993.
Volume of collection: 12.5 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Collection summary: Records of an organization dedicated to advancing the well-being of the African-Americans in Alaska.

Organizational history:
The Alaska Black Caucus was founded in 1975 as a non-profit organization for the purpose of advancing the educational, cultural, political, and economic well-being of African-Americans in Alaska. It also acted as a liaison for minority groups and interests and provided information on relevant issues and concerns. The Caucus was incorporated in 1977, and its administration included a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, a board of directors, and other standing committees. The organization's activities included developing position papers, publishing a newsletter, holding annual awards banquets, and operating a members' lounge.

Collection description:
The records in the collection document the history and operation of the Alaska Black Caucus. The collection contains general administration records including articles of incorporation, constitution and bylaws, speeches of the director, and position papers. In addition, there are correspondence, workshop minutes, luncheons and awards programs, award plaques, newsletters, subject files, photographs, a reference file of publications, and other records.

Arrangement: The collection is divided into two series: Series I. Materials acquired before 1989; and Series II. Materials acquired after 1992.

Digitized copies: Digital copies of collection material not available online. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.

Rights note: Archives & Special Collections does not hold copyright to the materials in this collection.

Preferred citation: Alaska Black Caucus, Inc. records, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Acquisition note: This collection was originally deposited at Archives & Special Collections by the Alaska Black Caucus, Inc. in 1981. Additional material was deposited by the organization in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1992, and 1994.

Processing information: This collection was originally arranged and described by Jeffrey Sinnott in 1993 and Michelle Wellck in 1994. The guide to this collection was revised by Megan K. Friedel in 2010.

Container list:

Series I. Materials acquired before 1989.
Subseries 1. General organization records; 1975-1984.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
1/1	Articles of incorporation	1977, 1980
1/2	Constitution and bylaws	1975
1/3	Annual reports and corporate records	1979, 1984
1/4	Treasurer’s reports	1978
1/5	Election procedures and reports	1976, 1978-1980
1/6	Election results	1976, 1979

Subseries 2. Administrative records; 1977-1982, undated.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
1/7	Job descriptions	undated
1/8	Speeches	1979-1982
1/9	Position papers	1979-1980, undated

Subseries 3. Resume Bank records; 1976-1985.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
1/10	Memberships	1976-1985

Subseries 4. Private sector correspondence; 1976-1985.

Box/Folder

Description

Dates

1/11-19

Incoming correspondence

1979-1985

1/20-27

Outgoing correspondence

1977-1985

Subseries 5. Public sector and federal government correspondence; 1977-1985.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
1/28-36	Incoming correspondence, federal	1977-1985
1/37-43	Outgoing correspondence, federal	1977-1984
2/1-7	Incoming correspondence, Anchorage municipality	1976-1985
2/8-13	Outgoing correspondence, Anchorage municipality	1979-1984
2/14-23	Incoming correspondence, state	1976-1985
2/24-31	Outgoing correspondence, state	1976-1985

Subseries 6. Workshop records; 1976-1978.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
2/32	Notes and minutes	1976
2/33	Notes and minutes (smooth)	1977
2/34	Notes and minutes (rough)	1977
2/35	Notes and minutes	1978

Subseries 7. Luncheon agendas; 1977-1978.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
2/36	Agendas - General	1977-1978
2/37	Agendas – Fairview Community Center	1978

Subseries 8. Individual complaint records; 1979-1980, 1982.

Box/Folder	Date
2/38	1979
2/39	1980
2/40	1982

Subseries 9. Event records; 1978-1988.

Box/Folder	Description	Date
2/41	Awards banquets	1978-1980, 1982-1986
2/42	Solidarity day events	1979-1980, 1983-1988
2/43	Other civic events	1980

Subseries 10. Grant funding records; undated.

Box/Folder	Description	Date
2/44	Information and applications	undated

Subseries 11. Other pamphlets and reports; 1979, 1983.

Box/Folder	Description	Date
2/45	Reports from other agencies	1979, 1983

Subseries 12. Visitor and member sign-in books; 1976-1978.

Box/Folder	Date
2/46	1976
2/47	1977
2/48	1978

Series II. Materials acquired after 1992.
Subseries 1. Administrative records; 1976-1991.

Box/Folder	Description	Date
3/1-2	Caucus Living Room – General records	1983-1991
3/3	Caucus Living Room – Business and liquor licenses	1985-1990
3/4	Caucus Living Room – Account book	1991
3/5	Caucus Living Room – Canceled checks	1991
3/6	Mailing list	1991
3/7	Permits	1981
3/8-9	Position papers	1979-1991
3/10	Administrative transition recommendations	1986
3/11	Tax information	1976-1984
3/12	Termination of lease at 1231 Gambell Street	1991
3/13-14	Correspondence, memoranda, financial records, and other administrative papers	undated
3/15	Receipt books and receipts – Membership dues payments	1989

Subseries 2. Historical records; 1976-1987.

Box/Folder	Description	Date
3/16	Financial history	1980, 1984
3/17	General history	1976-1981
3/18	Meeting history	1979-1985
3/19	Membership history	1978-1987

Subseries 3. Award certificates; 1984, undated.

Box/Folder	Description	Date
9/1	"State of Alaska Executive Proclamation by Jay Hammond, Governor."	1979 July 7
9/2	"U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Certificate of Appreciation," for the Alaska Black Caucus for participation in the Community Service Program	1980
9/3	"Anchorage, Alaska, Office of the Mayor, George M. Sullivan," proclamation of Solidarity Week	1980 July 12-18
9/4-5	"The First Christian Methodist Episcopal Church of Anchorage, Alaska," certificates of appreciation to Piper and Lori Overstreet for the Sunday School Christmas Pageant	1981 January 31
9/6	"The Alaska Legislature" honors the Alaska Black Caucus Awards	1943 March 4

Subseries 4. Solidarity Awards banquet and related event records; 1982-1991.
Oversize materials stored in Box 9.

Box/Folder	Date
3/20	1982
3/21	1983
3/22	1984
3/23	1986
3/24	1987
3/25	1988
3/26	1989
3/27	1990
3/28	1991

Subseries 5. Award plaques; 1977-1989, undated.

Box	Description	Date
12	Business Participation Award recipients	1977-1988
12	Caucus Living Room Charter Members awards	1985
12	Caucus Member of the Year recipients	1980-1989
12	Community Service Award recipients	1977-1988
12	Media Service Award recipients	1977-1988
12	Outstanding Youth Award recipients	1979-1989
12	Pioneer Alaskans – Alaska Black Caucus	undated
12	Political Awareness Award recipients	1977-1988
12	President's Award recipients	1981-1989
12	Presented to the Alaska Black Caucus by the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, Western Region	1987

Subseries 6. Event programs; 1975-1991.

Box/Folder	Date
3/29	1975-1976
3/30	1977-1978
3/31	1979-1980
4/1	1981-1982
4/2	1983-1984
4/3	1985-1986
4/4	1987-1988
4/5	1989-1990
4/6	1990

Subseries 7. Press releases and newsletters; 1976-1985.

Box/Folder	Description	Date
4/7	Press releases	1978-1991
4/8	Newsletters	1976-1985

Subseries 8. Scrapbooks; 1975-1986.

Box	Description	Date
7	Scrapbook 1	1975 December- 1979 March
7	Scrapbook 2	1979
7	Scrapbook 3	1979
7	Scrapbook 4	1979-1981
7	Scrapbook 5	1979 July-January 1980
7	Scrapbook 6	1980 February-1981 March
7	Scrapbook 7	1981
7	Scrapbook 8	1981
7	Scrapbook 9	1981 July-1982 December
7	Scrapbook 10	1982
7	Scrapbook 11	1983-1984
7	Scrapbook 12	1985-1986

Subseries 9. Subject files; 1979-1991.

Box	Description	Date
4/9-11	Alaska Business Development League	1981-1982
4/12	Black Heritage Pageant	1981
4/13	Congressional Black Caucus reception	1991
4/14	Mitchell Task Force, Hearings in Anchorage to Examine Minority Participation in Federal Programs in Alaska	1980
4/15	National Conference on a Black Agenda for the 80's	1980
4/16	National Conference on a Black Agenda for the 80's, briefing book	1980
4/17	Shooting death of Phillip J. Moore	1979
4/18	Task Force for the Development of a Black Agenda of Concerns to be presented to the Mayor of Anchorage	1984
4/19	University of Alaska, Board of Regents, Dismissal of Dr. Ronald Smith	1985

Subseries 10. Newspapers and clippings; 1975-1993.

Box/Folder	Description	Date
4/20	Vox Populi	1978-1979
4/21	The New Horizon	1977-1979
Box 8	North Star Reporter	1982-1983
Box 9	Clippings about blacks	1988-1993
4/22-23, 5/1-2	Clippings about the Alaska Black Caucus	1975-1989
5/3-14	General news clippings	1975-1990

Subseries 11. Publications and reference materials; 1976-1992.

Box/Folder	Description
	Alaska-related publications; 1976-1992.
6/1	A New Beginning - 43rd Biennial and 86th Anniversary Convention - National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. - July 31-August 6, 1982 - Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska.
6/2	A Tribute to Black Women by Kuumba, Inc. Undated. 2 copies of program.
6/3	The African American Male: Mastering the '90s: A Focus on Families and Health. The Alaska African American Male Conference; Jan. 10-12, 1992 (conference pocket folder). Afro-American Heritage Library, Anchorage, Alaska; undated (catalog). Alaska Alumna Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. Annual Scholarship Ball, Saturday, Feb. 11, 1984, Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska Black Leadership Conference, Community Based Educational Enrichment Program (with agenda). Feb. 18, 1981.
6/4	Alaska Directory of State Officials. August 1992. Prepared by Legislative Affairs Agency.
6/5	Alaska Permanent Fund - 1992 Annual Report. Alaska State Association of Colored Women's Clubs: Second Biennial State Convention, June 3, 4 and 5, 1983, Anchorage Alaska. Alaskan Blacks Salute the Bicentennial. Leake Temple A.M.E. Zion Church and Great Land Visuals; 1976.
6/6	Alaska's Resource Challenge: The Next Five Years. Common Sense for Alaska, Inc.; 1983. Anchorage Municipal Libraries, Spenard Community Branch Presents, Martha Gore, Artist of the Month; Nov. 1979 (announcement). Bill Sykes, Anchorage Assembly; undated (2 copies of campaign flier). Black Entrepreneurs Business Directory - 1989 [published in Anchorage]
6/7	Black on a Background of White: A Chronicle of Afro-Americans' Involvement in America's Last Frontier, Alaska. By Everett Louis Overstreet. Anchorage: Alaska Black Caucus; 1990.
6/8	Can I Speak for You Brother?: A One Man Play Depicting Black Leaders. By Phillip E. Walker M.F.A. with forward by Ethel Pitts Walker, Ph.D. Fairbanks: That New Publishing Co.; 1983.
6/9	The Challenge of Plenty: An Awareness Project on Alaska State Government Spending Policy. Common Sense For Alaska; December 13, 1980. 2 copies.
6/10	The Challenge of Plenty '82: Theme: Fiscal State of the State - Common Sense for Alaska Inc., December 5, 1981.
6/11	Color Explosion. Sponsored by North to the Future, B.P.W. Club, and Muldoon-Tudor Lions Club; 1980 (program for Ebony Fashion Fair). The Constitution of the State of Alaska. Legislative Affairs Agency; 1980. Developing Leadership for the 21st Century: Training in Progress - NAACP Regional I Annual Leadership Training Conference - April 3-5, 1992 - Regal Alaskan Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska. The Ethedra Davis Retirement Dinner; Oct. 25, 1980 (program). Heritage: Quarterly Newsletter of the Office of History and Archaeology, Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation. No. 45 July-September 1990. In Memoriam: Soror Roberta Smith Hutchinson, Chapter Member, Alaska Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, 1950-1980 (program). Map of Anchorage, Eagle River. Alaskan Hospitality & Relocation Services; 1985.
6/12	Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Program, "Let Freedom Ring." Egan Convention Center, Anchorage, Alaska; Sunday, Jan. 18, 1987. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commemoration, Anchorage Alaska, 1989 (2 copies). Martin Luther King, Jr., 1992 Commemoration Birthday Celebration, Anchorage, Alaska.
6/13	Mastering the 90's: Through Education - Flyer for the "2nd Annual APU/UAA and the Anchorage School District Black History Program" - Keynote Speaker: Representative Bettye J. Davis, Featured Soloist: Specialist Steven J. Richardson, U.S. Army; February 17, 1992. Northwest Region, Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Twenty-fifth Biennial Convention, July 24-July 28, 1991, Anchorage, Alaska. Old City Hall (Anchorage). Alaska Pacific Bank; undated (photographic history). Omega Psi Fraternity, Inc., Gamma Alpha Alpha Chapter, Anchorage, Alaska: Second Annual Scholarship Benefit Dance. Sheraton Hotel; December 14, 1979 (program). Opening Reception of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition, Field to Factory, Afro-American Migration 1915-1940. Anchorage Museum of History and Art; April 29, 1990 (2 copies).
6/14	"Racial Discrimination Study: Alaska's Criminal Justice System" - Request for Proposal; 1979.
6/15	The 7th Annual Black Heritage Committee Presents the Black Heritage Ball and Ms. and Mr. Black Heritage Pageant. Feb. 14, 1982 (program). Solidarity Day Address by Earl G. Graves - President, Earl G. Graves, Ltd. - Editor and Publisher, Black Enterprise Magazine - Before the Alaska Black Caucus - June 18, 1983.
6/16	Snow Loads in Alaska - Alaska Climate Center Technical Note No. 4 - 1987. 29th Anniversary: Greater Friendship Baptist Church. June 22, 1980 (program). Voices of Black Women in Alaska. Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church; Nov. 30-December 1, 1979.
	National publications; 1976-1990.
6/17	About the Congressional Black Caucus: Working in Congress for the People; 1978 (brochure).
6/18	American Association of Blacks in Energy - Annual Convention Materials; 1983.
6/19	Black Americans in Congress: 1870-1977. 95th Congress, 1st Session, House Document 95-258; 1977 (2 copies).
6/20	Black Americans in Congress: 1870-1989. By Bruce A. Ragsdale and Joel D. Treese. Washington D.C.: USGPO; 1990 (2 copies).
6/21	Black Heritage. St. Louis: World Cities Ltd.; 1977 (prospectus). The Black Leadership Family Plan for the Unity, Survival, and Progress of Black People. Congressional Black Caucus; Feb. 1982. Blackbook International Reference Guide, 1985
6/22	The Capitol: A Pictorial History of the Capitol and of the Congress. Eighth Edition, 97th Congress. USGPO, 1981.
6/23	The Congressional Black Caucus Spouses Present the 11th Annual Fashion Show, Spirit! Phillip Morris Companies Inc., primary sponsors; 1987 (program). The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. Printed by the Phillips Petroleum Co.; 1976. Equality and Excellence: The Educational Status of Black Americans. College Entrance Examination Board; 1985. Fund Raising Reception and Dinner Program - The Committee to Re-Elect Sanford Bishop [from Georgia]; 1983.
6/24	Guide to Black Organizations - 1989-91 Edition - Published by Philip Morris Companies [includes Alaska Black Caucus]. Guide to Black Organizations - 1992-94 Edition - Published by Philip Morris Companies [includes Alaska Black Caucus].
6/25	Martin Luther King, Jr.: His Life and Dream: Elementary Level. By Christine King Farris. Lexington, Mass.: Ginn and Co.; 1986. National Coalition on Black Voter Participation, Inc.'s Operation Big Vote: 8th Anniversary Celebration; June 2, 1984 (invitation). The People's Platform: National Black Coalition for 1984. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, Chairman, in cooperation with The National Black Leadership Roundtable, Congressman Walter E. Fauntroy, President; 1984.
6/26	Presidential Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership - Annual Report, 1982; Aug. 4, 1983. Presidential Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership - Appendix to Annual Report, 1982; March 1, 1983.
6/27	The Social and Economic Status of the Black Population in the United States: An Historical View, 1790-1978. U.S. Dept of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; 1978.
11/1	The State of Small Business: A Report of the President - Transmitted to the Congress March 1982. Together with The Annual Report on Small Business and Competition of the U.S. Small Business Administration. USGPO: Washington, 1982.
11/2	United Black Fund of Greater Washington, Inc. - 10th Annual Victory Luncheon - Workshop Theme: Energy and You - Thursday, June 24, 1982 - Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C. (program). Tips on Lobbying. AFL-CIO, Dept. of Legislation, Publication No. 173; Jan. 1987.
	Periodicals; 1978-1988.
11/3	Black Enterprise; March 1978. Jet; Feb. 15, 1979. Ebony Fashion Fair Magazine; 1979-1980. The Ring; Nov. 1980. The Douglas Letter: A Publication of the Republican National Committee; Summer 1983.
11/4	National Black Monitor; Sep. 1983. Tony Brown's Journal; First Quarter, 1984. Tony Brown's Journal; 2nd Quarter, 1985. Ebony Fashion Fair Magazine; 1986-1987. 1989 Calendar of Black Children; National Black Child Development Institute; 1988.

Subseries 12. Visual materials; 1975-1990.

Box/Folder	Description	Date
11/5	Photographs - General	1975-1980
11/6	Photographs and negatives - General	1981-1985
11/7	Photographs and negatives - General	1985-1990
11/8	Photographs – Black representatives in Congress	circa 1980
Box 10	Videotapes - "Mickey Leland, Alaska Black Caucus Solidarity Banquet, Captain Cook Hotel, June, 1985."	1985 June
Box 10	Videotapes - "Alaska Black Caucus Solidarity 1991."	1991
Box 10	Videotapes - "Tony Brown's Journal, Alaska Black Caucus, National Dist. Apr. 20, 1990." Panelists were Sterling Taylor, Bettye Davis, and E. Louis Overstreet,	1990 April 20

Subseries 13. Artifacts; 1984-1986, undated.

Box/Folder	Description	Date
Box 10	Buttons and pins: -“I Like Sykes for Assembly” -"Re-Elect Bettye Davis, School Board” -"Wild About Anchorage! Anchorage Convention and Visitor's Bureau” -"Jesse Jackson, Now is the Time, 1984." -"Sojourner Truth," pin of U.S. Postal Service design (1986)	1984-1986, undated
10/1	Cardboard desk name plate for Joann Overstreet	undated