The George Raymond Papers were donated to the Widener University Archives by the George Raymond Family. George Raymond was President of the Chester Branch of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) for nearly 25 years, from the 1940s to the 1960s.
This box includes:
Issues of “The Crisis” Magazine, 1955; 1963; 1977
Delaware County Profile on Government
Progressive Magazine 1960
Report from the US Department of Labor on “The Negro Family”
Various publications and pamphlets
NAACP Membership Report Papers
Newspaper Clippings concerning 51st NAACP Convention, 1960
“Reply of Complaints to Answer of Frederick Douglas, President of the Chester Branch, NAACP”, 1966. Written to Chairman of Branches, National NAACP
Passenger Instruction Sheet for passengers from New York to Washington, DC for Demonstration in 1983.