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A notebook of handwritten notes by Thelma T. Gorham. The notes relate to journalistic pursuits and include contact information as well as other miscellaneous jottings. One page is titled, "About Prof. Gorham," and outlines some of Gorham's achievements chronologically. Stapled into the notebook is a newspaper clipping with articles about the Harambee Afrikan Cultural Organization and a workshop on the effects of a positive classroom environment.
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A notebook of handwritten notes by Thelma T. Gorham. Gorham writes at length about a gathering of students and CORE members, led by reverend B. Elton Cox, protesting the arrests of black Southern University students in Baton Rouge. The notes also include drafts of letters, notes related to her teaching position, Baháʼí Faith, and other miscellaneous jottings.
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A notebook of handwritten notes by Thelma T. Gorham. The notes relate to Gorham's endeavors in public relations, journalism, food and cookbooks, and other miscellaneous jottings. Tucked into the notebook is an envelope, a business card, a newspaper clipping of a job ad, and a letter from the St. Louis Argus.
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A notebook of handwritten notes by Thelma T. Gorham. The notes relate to Gorham's time in Kansas City and her involvement with Southern University's student newspaper. Tucked into the notebook are miscellaneous documents including calendars, memos related to Southern University, an itinerary, a receipt, a business card, and information for purchasing books.
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A folder of handwritten notes by Thelma T. Gorham, compiling information about African American history, focusing primarily on the civil rights movement, the rhetoric of race relations, and the succession of prominent black organizations over time.
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Notes and documents related to communications and journalism kept by Thelma Thurston Gorham. This includes the meeting minutes for 'Blacks in Communications,' a copy of an article by Lyman B. Burris titled "How straight is your income tax?," "New books in the communications library," by Diane Foxhill Carothers, and an article titled "The Black Press," discussing civil rights and the African American Press.
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Press releases and notes kept by Thelma Thurston Gorham in her time as Florida A&M University as a journalism professor, some of which are releases covering fraternal organizations, namely Pi Gamma Mu and Sigma Delta Chi. There is also correspondence relating to Gorham's writing projects, manuscript information sheets, and editorial materials for Marion L. Williams, including a biography of her by Patricia J. Goodchild. Moreover, there are transcripts of different testimonies before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, news releases on Garth C. Reeves Jr., and other documents and notes related to journalism.
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Research materials and other notes on T. Thomas Fortune kept by Thelma Thurston Gorham for a research project with student at the time, Clinton L. Black. Some of these materials include a few chapters from his biography by Emma Lou Thornbrough, as well as news articles and correspondence related to this research. There are also photocopies of some chapters from Martin Dann's book "The Black Press," some of Fortune's miscellaneous poetry, and a highlighted clipping from the Washington Bee August, 24, 1880 issue that covers him and the colored national convention.
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Research materials on Timothy Thomas Fortune from the Thelma Thurston Gorham collection. This includes an article on him by Emma Lou Thornbrough, a few chapters from "The Black Press" by Martin Dann, and an African reading list from the National Association of Black Journalists. In addition, there is correspondence with inquiries on Fortune, different articles on him by various authors, pieces written by Fortune himself, and a review of scholarship from Afro-Americans in New York Life and History. There is also recognition forms for Fortune from the FL House of Representatives and a quote for a bronze statue to be erected of him.
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A collection of journalism-related documents, publications and notes kept by Thelma Thurston Gorham. These include copies of articles and newspaper clippings covering the African American Press, one of which is "Contributions of Black Women to America" by Marianna Davis. There is also university material, including a research proposal from Florida A&M University, a travel budget, and research for a collection of biographical sketches entitled "Black Women Journalists". In addition, there is a newspaper clipping of "Black Pioneers in Business" by Clarence L. Holte, bibliography annotations for books on Black Women, other correspondence with notes, an American Journalism Historians Association newsletter, and other miscellaneous documents.
