Gorham Collection

Item set

Title

Gorham Collection

Description

The Gorham collection consists of papers of Florida A&M University professor, Thelma T. Gorham, 1913-1992. The Collection spans over Gorham’s lifetime. It includes papers, correspondence, photographs, greeting and postcards, and memorabilia. The arrangement of the collection is in both series and box identification. The series are: correspondence, educational and professional career, memorabilia, three- dimensional objects, JET Magazine collection, Ebony Magazine Collection, miscellaneous publications, miscellaneous articles collected by Gorham, photographs, audio and video, greeting and post cards, and pamphlets and brochures collected by Gorham, outside of the series are single boxes with box identification.

Physical Location

Thelma T. Gorham Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee State College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.

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Letter from Michael L. Kiefer to Harry Fine, January 6, 1971

A letter from Michael L. Kiefer, an attorney, to Harry Fine of the Murphy Insurance company, regarding the forced resignation of Thelma T. Gorham.
Copy of Article, "Fired TCOIC Worker charged in trespassing"

A copy of an article, newspaper/date unknown, describing an event where John A. Jones was arrested for trespassing after he had been fired and ordered to leave the building.
Letter from Thelma T. Gorham to John A. Jones, August 12, 1970

A letter from Thelma T. Gorham to John A. Jones informing him that he is required to leave the building.
Letter from Thelma T. Gorham to John A. Jones, August 10, 1970

A letter from Thelma T. Gorham to John A. Jones informing him he has been fired from TCOIC for "gross insubordination."
Letter from John A. Jones to Joseph Buckhalten, August 3, 1970

A letter from John A. Jones, Job Development Specialist at TCOIC, to Joseph Buckhalten, Chairman of the TCOIC Board Personnel Committee. In it, Jones complains about not being tapped for an open position and denigrates the woman they did promote.
Letter from "Norris" to Thelma T. Gorham, October 29, 1990

A letter from "Norris", from the National Society of Black Engineers, to Thelma T. Gorham, in which Norris asks for Gorham's opinion on a publication.
Flyer for Communications Publishing Group, 1989

A flyer for an issue of Career Focus published by Communications Publishing Group.
Letter from Georgia Clark to Thelma T. Gorham, February 20, 1989

A letter from Georgia Clark, Publisher at Communications Publishing Group, to Thelma T. Gorham, in which Clark discusses future issues and articles.
Letter from Arline J. Harrell to Thelma T. Gorham, March 27, 1971

A letter from Arline J. Harrell, Executive Secretary of New Lady Magazine, to Thelma T. Gorham, in which Harrell asks for help with an upcoming issue.
Letter from Thelma T. Gorham to W. Warner Beckett, January 12, 1971

A letter from Thelma T. Gorham to W. Warner Beckett, of New Lady Magazine, in which Gorham discusses issues of scheduling.