Gorham Collection

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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 Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.

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Letter and Accompanying Envelope from Rose Wilder Jane to Thelma T. Gorham, April 14, 1943

A letter from American writer Rose Wilder Lane to Thelma T. Gorham, expressing her thanks for Mrs. Gorham's review of her book "The Discovery of Freedom" and addressing some of her critiques. Rose Wilder Lane was a prominent figure in the American Libertarian movement. Her writing in The Pittsburgh Courier in the early- to mid-1940s focused on the fight for individual liberty in the United States through the rejection of what Lane believed to be arbitrary social distinctions like race and class.
Letter from Thelma R. Thurston to Robert J. Sailstad, June 1, 1942

A letter from Thelma (Thurston) Gorham to Robert J. Sailstad of the Communications Center at Hampton Institute, regarding her experience teaching journalism there and her recent resignation from the school.
Letter and Accompanying Envelope from Ralph D. Casey to Thelma T. Gorham, October 12, 1939

A letter from Ralph D. Casey, Chairman of the Department of Journalism at the University of Minnesota, to Thelma T. Gorham, encouraging her to pursue a master's degree in journalism at the U of M, where she got her bachelor's degree.
Letter from Eleanor S. Towns to Thelma T. Gorham, January 31, 1990

A letter from Eleanor S. Towns, Director of Lands at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to Thelma T. Gorham, accepting an invitation to speak at the eighth annual Leander L. Boykin Convocation in Tallahassee, Florida.
Letter and Accompanying Envelope from Perpetual Savings Bank to Thelma T. Gorham, February 25, 1988

A letter to Thelma T. Gorham in which the sender informs Mrs. Gorham that they have gotten a new job at the D.C. Department of Administration as a Public Affairs Specialist.
Remarks of Congresswoman Cardiss Collins, February 26, 1978

Copy of a speech given by Congresswoman Cardiss Collins at the 16th Annual Northwest Community Organization Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Biographical Sketch of Congresswoman Cardiss Collins

A biographical sketch of Congresswoman Cardiss Collins, detailing her professional beginnings as a stenographer with the Illinois Department of Labor to her time as a U.S. representative in Congress.
Remarks of Congresswoman Cardiss Collins, February 12, 1978

Copy of a speech given by Congresswoman Cardiss Collins at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois.
Letter from Cardiss Collins to Thelma T. Gorham, May 15, 1978

A letter from Congresswoman Cardiss Collins to Thelma T. Gorham in reply to a letter from Mrs. Gorham about her work in "'communications study...of Black Women in Public Address.'" Mrs. Cardiss states that she has attached copies of two speeches she gave while campaigning for reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives (the speeches are not included here). Mrs. Cardiss was the fourth African American woman in Congress and the first to represent the Midwest.
Letter and Accompanying Envelope from Arthur B. Pausch to "Subscriber," May 7, 1975

A letter from Arthur B. Pausch, Circulation Manager of Horticulture magazine, to Thelma T. Gorham regarding her recent subscription to the publication.