Collection #

M0472

BV2627–2628

OMB0028

OM0446

 

 

HENRY J. (HENRY JOHNSON) RICHARDSON
PAPERS, 1910–1992 (BULK 1960–1979)

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Series Contents

Cataloging Information

 

 

 

Reprocessed by

Elizabeth Kunstman
16 April 2007

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

 

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF
COLLECTION:

Manuscript Materials:  37 manuscript boxes, 2 bound volumes, 3 OMB boxes, 2 OM folders

Visual Materials:  2 photograph boxes, 1 box color photographs, 1 OVB box of photographs, 1 OVB graphic folder, 5 panoramic photographs, 1 VHS tape, 2 slides.

COLLECTION
DATES:

Inclusive 1910–1992; Bulk 1960-1979

PROVENANCE:

Roselyn Richardson, Indianapolis, IN, 12 June 1985

RESTRICTIONS:

None

COPYRIGHT:

Held by Indiana Historical Society

REPRODUCTION
RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE
FORMATS:

Many of the 8mm films have been reproduced in a videotape (VHS) format.

RELATED
HOLDINGS:

None

ACCESSION
NUMBER:

1985.0613; 1992.0860

NOTES:

Biographical sketch was prepared by Charles Latham. Summer assistants, Courtney DeMoss and Ellen Swain, completed the physical arrangement of the collection. Wilma Gibbs prepared initial scope and content note in 1992. Updates to collection in 2002 and 2005 were made by staff. Collection reprocessed by Elizabeth Kunstman in 2007.

BIOGRAPHiCAL SKETCH

Henry Johnson Richardson, Jr., (1902-1983) was a lawyer and a leader for many years in the struggle for civil rights in Indiana. He broke barriers in the 1930s by serving as both state representative and judge; was active in the fight for desegregation in schooling and housing; and was mainly responsible for organizing the local unit of the Urban League.

Richardson was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of Henry J. and Louise Martin Johnson Richardson. His father, a veteran of the Spanish American War, was an agent for several different insurance companies, and organized a Negro chapter of Spanish War Veterans in 1931. In his teens Richardson was sent to Indianapolis to study at Shortridge High School. He graduated from there in 1921, and then spent two years studying at the University of Illinois. While there, he was an editor of a student paper called The College Dreamer. He returned to Huntsville because of his mother's death. Then, in 1925, he returned to Indianapolis and attended the Indiana Law School, earning a LLB degree in 1928.

Soon after graduation he became active in politics. In 1930, he was appointed a temporary judge in Marion County Superior Court, said to have been the first black to serve as a jurist in Indiana. Two years later he ran successfully for a seat in the Indiana legislature. He and Robert Stanton were the first blacks in the twentieth century to be elected to the Indiana General Assembly. During his three terms in the Assembly he was co-author of welfare legislation; was author of the first fair employment practices law in the country (1933); helped end discrimination in the dormitories at Indiana University; and helped change the state constitution to permit blacks to serve in the Indiana National Guard.

In 1933-1934, Richardson served as an attorney for the Home Owners Loan Corporation in Indiana. From 1932 to 1938, he was director of the Civil Liberties Division of the National Bar Association. In 1938, he helped found the Federation of Associated Clubs, which four years later led the fight to end segregation in theaters in Indianapolis. In 1940, he was appointed to the Indiana Board of Public Welfare, on which he served for four years.

Richardson married Roselyn V. Comer in 1938. They had two sons, Henry J. III and Rodney C.

In 1939, Senator Sherman Minton nominated Richardson to be a federal judge in the Virgin Islands; ten years later Rep. Andrew Jacobs, Sr. nominated him for governor of the Virgin Islands; neither nomination was successful. In 1948, he was appointed a special judge in the Marion County Criminal Court. In 1947, Richardson acted as chairman of a committee to write the Indiana Anti-Hate Law which was passed in that year. In the following year he obtained an injunction to keep the Dixiecrat Party off the ballot in Indiana. In 1949, he was a leader in obtaining passage of Indiana's school desegregation law.

In 1953, the NAACP, of which Richardson had been a legal representative since 1935, won an important case for integrated housing in Evansville. In this case he worked in cooperation with Thurgood Marshall. In 1958, he became the first Indiana Life Member of the NAACP, and in the next three years he got over fifty others to take out life memberships.

For many years, Richardson was a very active member of Witherspoon United Presbyterian Church. In 1957, he was a leader in a campaign to raise funds to build a new education wing for the church. Particularly during the 1950s, he was active in other religious affairs; he worked for the Senate Avenue Y.M.C.A., and served on the board of the Indianapolis Church Federation. From 1963 to 1967, he was a member of the Indiana State Real Estate Commission, and from 1964 to 1968 he was a member of the Federal Civil Rights Commission. Richardson organized and founded the Indianapolis affiliate of the Urban League in 1965, and was active in that organization. He was on the board of the National Urban League from 1966 to 1970.

For many years Richardson was active in the United Negro College Fund, serving both as local chairman and as a member of the national board. In 1965, when his oldest son was a student at Yale Law School, he participated as a chief judge at a moot court at the school. He maintained an active interest in the Indiana Law School, which became a part of Indiana University and from 1969 to 1977, was a member of the Visiting Board.

Throughout his long career, Richardson was a spokesman for equality and civil rights. Though he maintained regular correspondence with such national leaders as Benjamin Mays, Whitney Young, and to a lesser extent Martin Luther King, Jr., he was especially active in the local area. He was constantly called on as a speaker at churches and meetings. His effectiveness as a spokesman was increased by his capacity to make personal friends among the leaders of the 'establishment'–such men as Tom Binford, Prentice Browning, Nick Frenzel, Andrew Jacobs, Jr., and Michael Carroll. During the last two decades of his life he served on the Mayor's Advisory Council and the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee. He was a prolific letter writer, both for maintaining friendly contacts and for pointing out, to both friend and adversary, occasions where he felt civil rights were slighted or violated. He showed a particular interest in housing and education: such things as the preservation of Lockefield Gardens and Crispus Attucks High School, and busing for school integration.

Richardson was also the recipient of many citations and awards. Perhaps the most important were three appointments as a Sagamore of the Wabash and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Indiana Central University (now University of Indianapolis) awarded in 1978.

Sources:

Materials in the collection

January, Alan F. and Walsh, Justin E. A Century of Progress: Black Hoosiers in the Indiana General Assembly, 1881-1986. Indianapolis: Select Committee on the Centennial History of the General Assembly, 1986.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Henry J. Richardson, Jr. Papers are comprised of 13 cubic feet of material. It consists primarily of correspondence with smaller amounts of printed matter, legal material, programs, scrapbooks, and clippings. Also included are photographs, slides, audiotapes, and 8 mm films. Many of the 8mm films have been reproduced into a videotape (VHF) format. All visuals are designated throughout the collection guide.

The collection is divided into twelve series: biographical information and personal correspondence, 1911 – 1962; general correspondence, 1921 – 1984; obituaries, 1983, papers, 1983 and 1985, and certificates, 1923 – 1984; organizations, A – U; organizations, Urban League of Indianapolis; organizations, National Urban League – YMCA; topical– African American history; topical–legal, minority housing; topical–racial relations and school desegregation; topical–essays, speeches, statements, and programs; clippings and scrapbooks; and audio tapes. The first part of the collection (series 1) contains personal correspondence which chronicles much of Richardson's life from 1911-1983. It contains family correspondence to and from Richardson; his father, Henry Sr.; Roselyn, his wife; her mother, Evalina Comer; and his sons, Henry III and Rodney. Of particular note is the correspondence to and from Henry J. III, who as a young man attended Antioch College and Yale Law School. The letters between father and son are exchanged frequently, often detailing current events and family experiences. Contained within this section are numerous photographs and home movies. There are several individual photographs of Richardson, as well as photos of him with family members and others, at home and other places. There are pictures of him and/or family members in Dayton, Ohio, the Virgin Islands, and in New Haven. Henry J. Richardson, Jr. was honored with testimonial dinners in 1963 and again in 1976. The latter was in celebration of 50 years of service in the legal profession. Scrapbooks describing both events are contained in BV 2627-2628, respectively.

Arranged chronologically, general correspondence is contained in series 2. Richardson was a prolific writer who exchanged letters with innumerable individuals. A list of some of his correspondents is appended; it includes local civic leaders; politicians; and nationally prominent individuals.

Henry J. Richardson received numerous awards and certificates throughout his lifetime. These are located in series 3, along with his obituaries and related papers.

Henry J. Richardson was associated with several civic, social, and religious organizations and institutions. Materials pertaining to these are arranged alphabetically by organization in series 4, 5, and 6. Especially prevalent in this section is information regarding the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, Federation of Associated Clubs, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, United Negro College Fund, and the Witherspoon United Presbyterian Church. Richardson was a founding member of the Indianapolis Urban League, and was a board member of the National Urban League. There are six boxes of Urban League material, evenly divided between the national organization and the local affiliate. To a lesser degree, there is information about the Legal Aid Bureau, the National Bar Association, Poro Beauty College, and the Senate Avenue Young Men's Christian Association.

The next section (series 7, 8, and 9) incorporates several topical issues including African-American history, legal activity (contains several briefs from cases that Richardson litigated), minority housing, race relations, and school desegregation.  Much of the latter material is in reference to the Indianapolis Public Schools. Henry J. Richardson, Jr. was involved in several civil rights activities, as a civic leader, as well as a legal representative. Materials pertaining to his work with the Evansville Housing Case and the 1949 Indiana school desegregation bill are contained here.

Speeches, statements, and essays on numerous subjects written by Henry J. Richardson, Jr. and others are contained in series 10. Richardson participated in many religious, social, educational, and civic programs, often as a speaker. Scores of programs, arranged chronologically, are in boxes 29-31. Arranged chronologically, programs are divided by those that list Richardson as a speaker (box 29) and those that do not (boxes 30-31).

General news clippings arranged by date and subject-specific clippings are in series 11.  There are several scrapbooks in the collection dating from 1928 through 1975. Many of the scrapbooks depict a particular event in Richardson's life, e.g. his 1949 unsuccessful nomination for governor of the Virgin Islands. Most of the scrapbooks are oversized and are contained in OMB 0028, boxes 1-3.  There are several audio tapes contained in series 12.

 

series CONTENTS

Series 1: Biographical Information, Personal Correspondence, 1911–1962

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Biographical folder [1of 2]

Box 1, Folder 1

Biographical folder [2 of 2]

Box 1, Folder 2

Personal Correspondence, 1911-1920

Box 1, Folder 3

Personal Correspondence, 1921-1926

Box 1, Folder 4

Indiana University Law School – Indianapolis, Class of 1928

OVB Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 1

Personal Correspondence, 1933-1958

Box 1, Folder 5

Bill McLeod and Henry Richardson target practicing with shotguns at Dayton, Ohio 1942
Couple standing beside automobile included with letter of 3 July 1953

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 1

2 Color Slides of Richardson with others from letter of 17 November 1958

Slide Storage:
Bin 1

Personal Correspondence, 1959

Box 1, Folder 6

Personal Correspondence, January–June, 1960

Box 1, Folder 7

Personal Correspondence, July–December, 1960

Box 1, Folder 8

Personal Correspondence, January–June, 1961

Box 1, Folder 9

Personal Correspondence, July–December, 1961

Box 1, Folder 10

Personal Correspondence, January-June, 1962

Box 1, Folder 11

Richardson in Jamaica and Virgin Islands, 1950s and 1960s

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 2

Richardson in Virgin Islands, 1960

Color Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 1

Personal Correspondence, July–December 1962

Box 1, Folder 12

Personal Correspondence, January–June 1963

Box 2, Folder 1

Personal Correspondence, July-December 1963

Box 2, Folder 2

Testimonial Dinner, 1963

BV 2627

Personal Correspondence, January–June 1964

Box 2, Folder 3

Personal Correspondence, July–December 1964

Box 2, Folder 4

Personal Correspondence, January–June 1965

Box 2, Folder 5

Personal Correspondence, July–December 1965

Box 2, Folder 6

Personal Correspondence, January–June 1966

Box 2, Folder 7

Richardson Family visiting Yale University Law School, Henry Richardson III in school there, Henry Jr. served as judge at a Moot Court Session, 1966

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 3

Personal Correspondence, July–December 1966

Box 2, Folder 8

Personal Correspondence, January–June 1967

Box 2, Folder 9

Group Photograph in front of Emanuel Christian Methodist Episcopal, June 1967

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 4

Personal Correspondence, July–December 1967

Box 2, Folder 10

Personal Correspondence, January–June 1968

Box 2, Folder 11

Personal Correspondence, July–December 1968

Box 2, Folder 12

Personal Correspondence, 1969

Box 3, Folder 1

Personal Correspondence, January–June 1970

Box 3, Folder 2

Personal Correspondence, July–December 1970

Box 3, Folder 3

Personal Correspondence, 1971

Box 3, Folder 4

Personal Correspondence, 1972

Box 3, Folder 5

Personal Correspondence, 1973, n.d.

Box 3, Folder 6

Personal Correspondence, 1974

Box 3, Folder 7

Personal Correspondence, 1975–1976

Box 3, Folder 8

Testimonial Dinner, 1976 Scrapbook

BV 2628

Testimonial Dinner, Loose Correspondence, 1976

Box 3, Folder 9

Photographs at Testimonial Dinner, 1976
[removed from scrapbook]

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 5

Photographs at Testimonial Dinner, 1976

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 6

Color Photographs at Testimonial Dinner, 1976

Color Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 2

Personal Correspondence, 1977–1978

Box 3, Folder 10

Henry J. Richardson III receiving International Father of the Year Award for his father, 1978

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 7

Personal Correspondence, 1979–1986, n.d.

Box 3, Folder 11

H.J. Richardson Sr.: United Spanish War Veterans Correspondence, 1931–1932

Box 3, Folder 12

H.J. Richardson Sr.: United Spanish War Veterans Rosters

Box 3, Folder 13

J. Richardson Sr.: United Spanish War Veterans Brochures and General Information

Box 3, Folder 14

H.J. Richardson Sr., Obituaries 1933

Box 3, Folder 15

Chapter Four of Memoirs regarding Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Richardson Sr.

Box 3, Folder 16

Spanish American War Soldiers Group

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 8

Madison County, Alabama, 1910 Census, Louise Richardson, enumerator

OMB 0028:
Box 1, Folder 1

Henry J. Richardson, Jr., 1925–1949

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 9

Henry J. Richardson, Jr., 1950–1975

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 10

Henry J. Richardson, Jr., 1950s–1960s

Color Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 3

Henry J. Richardson, Jr. Family, 1930s–1970s

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 11

Henry J. Richardson, Jr. Family, 1960s–1970s

Color Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 4

Martha Louise Richardson Grave in Huntsville

Color Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 5

Family Home, 4057 Rookwood

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 12

Family Home, 4150 N. Illinois

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 13

Picnic, 4150 N. Illinois, 1955–56

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 14

Henry J. Richardson, Jr. Family Vacations, Jamaica 1955, Colorado 1958

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 15

Henry J. Richardson, Jr. Birthday Parties

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 16

Henry J. Richardson, Jr. Birthday Parties

Color Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 6

Richardson Family Home Movies

Video Tape Storage Area:
M472

Henry J. Richardson, Jr., et. al.

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 17

Henry J. Richardson, Jr., et. al.

Color Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 7

Henry J. Richardson, Jr., et. al.

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 18

Legal Achievements and Appointments

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 19

Legal Achievements and Appointments

Color Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 8

Henry J. Richardson, Jr. Funeral, 1983

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 20

Series 2: General Correspondence, 1921 - 1984

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

General Correspondence, 1921-1923

Box 4, Folder 1

General Correspondence, 1924-1926

Box 4, Folder 2

General Correspondence, 1928-1934

Box 4, Folder 3

General Correspondence, 1935-1936

Box 4, Folder 4

General Correspondence, 1938-1939

Box 4, Folder 5

General Correspondence, 1941-1946

Box 4, Folder 6

General Correspondence, 1947-1948

Box 4, Folder 7

General Correspondence, 1949

Box 4, Folder 8

General Correspondence, 1950

Box 4, Folder 9

General Correspondence, 1951

Box 4, Folder 10

General Correspondence, 1952

Box 4, Folder 11

General Correspondence, 1953

Box 4, Folder 12

General Correspondence, 1954

Box 4, Folder 13

General Correspondence, January-June 1955

Box 4, Folder 14

General Correspondence, July-December 1955

Box 4, Folder 15

General Correspondence, January-June 1956

Box 4, Folder 16

General Correspondence, July-December 1956

Box 4, Folder 17

General Correspondence, January-March 1957

Box 4, Folder 18

General Correspondence, April-June 1957

Box 4, Folder 19

General Correspondence, July-September 1957

Box 4, Folder 20

General Correspondence, October-December 1957

Box 4, Folder 21

General Correspondence, January-March 1958

Box 5, Folder 1

General Correspondence, April-June 1958

Box 5, Folder 2

General Correspondence, July-September 1958

Box 5, Folder 3

General Correspondence, October-December 1958

Box 5, Folder 4

General Correspondence, January-March 1959

Box 5, Folder 5

General Correspondence, April-June 1959

Box 5, Folder 6

General Correspondence, July-September 1959

Box 5, Folder 7

General Correspondence, October-December 1959

Box 5, Folder 8

General Correspondence, January-March 1960

Box 5, Folder 9

General Correspondence, April-June 1960

Box 5, Folder 10

General Correspondence, July-September 1960

Box 5, Folder 11

General Correspondence, October-November 1960

Box 5, Folder 12

General Correspondence, December 1960

Box 5, Folder 13

General Correspondence, January-February 1961

Box 5, Folder 14

General Correspondence, March 1961

Box 5, Folder 15

General Correspondence, April-June 1961

Box 5, Folder 16

General Correspondence, July-September 1961

Box 5, Folder 17

General Correspondence, October-December 1961

Box 5, Folder 18

General Correspondence, January-March 1962

Box 6, Folder 1

General Correspondence, April-June 1962

Box 6, Folder 2

General Correspondence, July-September 1962

Box 6, Folder 3

General Correspondence, October-November 1962

Box 6, Folder 4

General Correspondence, December 1962

Box 6, Folder 5

General Correspondence, January-March 1963

Box 6, Folder 6

General Correspondence, April-June 1963

Box 6, Folder 7

General Correspondence, July-September 1963

Box 6, Folder 8

General Correspondence, October-December 1963

Box 6, Folder 9

General Correspondence, January-March 1964

Box 6, Folder 10

General Correspondence, April-June 1964

Box 6, Folder 11

General Correspondence, July-September 1964

Box 6, Folder 12

General Correspondence, October-December 1964

Box 6, Folder 13

General Correspondence, January-June 1965

Box 7, Folder 1

General Correspondence, July-December 1965

Box 7, Folder 2

General Correspondence, January-June 1966

Box 7, Folder 3

General Correspondence, July-December 1966

Box 7, Folder 4

General Correspondence, January-June 1967

Box 7, Folder 5

General Correspondence, July-December 1967

Box 7, Folder 6

General Correspondence, January-June 1968

Box 7, Folder 7

General Correspondence, July-September 1968

Box 7, Folder 8

General Correspondence, October-December 1968

Box 7, Folder 9

General Correspondence, January-March 1969

Box 7, Folder 10

General Correspondence, April-June 1969

Box 7, Folder 11

General Correspondence, July-September 1969

Box 7, Folder 12

General Correspondence, October-December 1969

Box 7, Folder 13

General Correspondence, January-February 1970

Box 7, Folder 14

General Correspondence, March-April 1970

Box 7, Folder 15

General Correspondence, May-June 1970

Box 7, Folder 16

General Correspondence, July-August 1970

Box 8, Folder 1

General Correspondence, September-October 1970

Box 8, Folder 2

General Correspondence, November-December 1970

Box 8, Folder 3

General Correspondence, January 1971

Box 8, Folder 4

General Correspondence, February 1971

Box 8, Folder 5

General Correspondence, March 1971

Box 8, Folder 6

General Correspondence, April 1971

Box 8, Folder 7

General Correspondence, May 1971

Box 8, Folder 8

General Correspondence, June 1971

Box 8, Folder 9

General Correspondence, July 1971

Box 8, Folder 10

General Correspondence, August 1971

Box 8, Folder 11

General Correspondence, September 1971

Box 8, Folder 12

General Correspondence, October 1971

Box 8, Folder 13

General Correspondence, November 1971

Box 8, Folder 14

General Correspondence, December 1971

Box 8, Folder 15

General Correspondence, January 1972

Box 8, Folder 16

General Correspondence, February 1972

Box 8, Folder 17

General Correspondence, March 1972

Box 8, Folder 18

General Correspondence, April 1972

Box 8, Folder 19

General Correspondence, May 1972

Box 9, Folder 1

General Correspondence, June 1972

Box 9, Folder 2

General Correspondence, July 1972

Box 9, Folder 3

General Correspondence, August 1972

Box 9, Folder 4

General Correspondence, September 1972

Box 9, Folder 5

General Correspondence, October 1972

Box 9, Folder 6

General Correspondence, November 1972

Box 9, Folder 7

General Correspondence, December 1972

Box 9, Folder 8

General Correspondence, January 1973

Box 9, Folder 9

General Correspondence, February 1973

Box 9, Folder 10

General Correspondence, March-April 1973

Box 9, Folder 11

General Correspondence, May-June 1973

Box 9, Folder 12

General Correspondence, July 1973

Box 9, Folder 13

General Correspondence, August 1973

Box 9, Folder 14

General Correspondence, September 1973

Box 9, Folder 15

General Correspondence, October 1973

Box 9, Folder 16

General Correspondence, November 1973

Box 9, Folder 17

General Correspondence, December 1973

Box 9, Folder 18

General Correspondence, January 1974

Box 10, Folder 1

General Correspondence, February 1974

Box 10, Folder 2

General Correspondence, March 1974

Box 10, Folder 3

General Correspondence, April 1974

Box 10, Folder 4

General Correspondence, May 1974

Box 10, Folder 5

General Correspondence, June 1974

Box 10, Folder 6

General Correspondence, July 1974

Box 10, Folder 7

General Correspondence, August 1974

Box 10, Folder 8

General Correspondence, September 1974

Box 10, Folder 9

General Correspondence, October 1974

Box 10, Folder 10

General Correspondence, November 1974

Box 10, Folder 11

General Correspondence, December 1974

Box 10, Folder 12

General Correspondence, January 1975

Box 10, Folder 13

General Correspondence, February 1975

Box 10, Folder 14

General Correspondence, March 1975

Box 10, Folder 15

General Correspondence, April 1975

Box 10, Folder 16

General Correspondence, May-June 1975

Box 10, Folder 17

General Correspondence, July-August 1975

Box 10, Folder 18

General Correspondence, September 1975

Box 10, Folder 19

General Correspondence, October 1975

Box 11, Folder 1

General Correspondence, November 1975

Box 11, Folder 2

General Correspondence, December 1975

Box 11, Folder 3

General Correspondence, January 1976

Box 11, Folder 4

General Correspondence, February-March 1976

Box 11, Folder 5

General Correspondence, April-June 1976

Box 11, Folder 6

General Correspondence, July-August 1976

Box 11, Folder 7

General Correspondence, September 1976

Box 11, Folder 8

General Correspondence, October-December 1976

Box 11, Folder 9

General Correspondence, January-June 1977

Box 11, Folder 10

General Correspondence, July-September 1977

Box 11, Folder 11

General Correspondence, October-December 1977

Box 11, Folder 12

General Correspondence, January-April 1978

Box 11, Folder 13

General Correspondence, May-June 1978

Box 11, Folder 14

General Correspondence, July-December 1978

Box 11, Folder 15

General Correspondence, January-March 1979

Box 11, Folder 16

General Correspondence, April-June 1979

Box 11, Folder 17

General Correspondence, July-September 1979

Box 11, Folder 18

General Correspondence, October-December 1979

Box 11, Folder 19

General Correspondence, January-February 1980

Box 11, Folder 20

General Correspondence, March-April 1980

Box 11, Folder 21

General Correspondence, May-June 1980

Box 11, Folder 22

General Correspondence, July-August 1980

Box 11, Folder 23

General Correspondence, September-October 1980

Box 12, Folder 1

General Correspondence, November-December 1980

Box 12, Folder 2

General Correspondence, January-March 1981

Box 12, Folder 3

General Correspondence, April-June 1981

Box 12, Folder 4

General Correspondence, July-September 1981

Box 12, Folder 5

General Correspondence, October-December 1981

Box 12, Folder 6

General Correspondence, January-June 1982

Box 12, Folder 7

General Correspondence, July-December 1982

Box 12, Folder 8

General Correspondence, January-June 1983

Box 12, Folder 9

General Correspondence, July-September 1983

Box 12, Folder 10

General Correspondence, October- November 1983

Box 12, Folder 11

General Correspondence, n.d.

Box 12, Folder 12

Political Correspondence

Box 12, Folder 13

Individuals Identified

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 21

Individuals Identified

Color Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 9

Groups Identified (including a 1949 visit with President Harry S. Truman, Henry J. Richardson, Jr., et al., at the White House)

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 22

Groups Identified (including a 1949 visit with President Harry S. Truman, Henry J. Richardson, Jr., et al., at the White House

Color Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 10

Visit with President Harry S. Truman, 1949.

OVB Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 2

Groups Unidentified

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 23

John J. Barton Inauguration Program, 1964

Box 12, Folder 14

John J. Barton Broadside

OMB 0028:
Box 1, Folder 2

Lyndon B. Johnson

Box 12, Folder 15

Benjamin Mays

Box 12, Folder 16

Sherman Minton Nomination, 1949

Box 12, Folder 17

Sherman Minton Nomination, 1949

Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 24

Cards, 1952-1983, n.d.

Box 12, Folder 18

Appointment Book, 1983

Box 12, Folder 19

Insurance, 1947-1959

Box 12, Folder 20

Receipts and Contracts, 1948-1959

Box 12, Folder 21

Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1947, n.d.

Box 12, Folder 22

Travel Pamphlets, 1953, n.d.

Box 12, Folder 23

Miscellaneous Pamphlets, 1965-66, 1975

Box 12, Folder 24

Ticket Stubs, 1948 – 1955

Box 12, Folder 25

Miscellaneous Bills, 1952- 1961, n.d.

Box 12, Folder 26

Directories, 1949, 1980-1981

Box 12, Folder 27

Menus, 1949 – 1965

Box 12, Folder 28

Series 3: Obituaries 1983, Papers 1983, 1985, and Certificates 1923-1984

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Henry J. Richardson, Jr.  Funeral, December 8, 1983

Box 13, Folder 1

Obituaries and Tributes, 1983, 1985

Box 13, Folder 2

Condolences, 1983–1984

Box 13, Folder 3

Student Papers about Henry J. Richardson, Jr., 1983, 1985

Box 13, Folder 4

Presentation of Henry J. Richardson, Jr. Papers to Indiana Historical Society, June 1985

Box 13, Folder 5

Certificates; Diplomas, 1921-1928

OMB 0028:
Box 1, Folder 3

Indiana University Law School Diploma, 1944

OMB 0028
Box 1, Folder 4

Indianapolis Law School Diploma, 1928

OM 0446:
Folder 1, Flat File 12-c

Biographical Illustration done by Palmer, circa 1940; possibly done for newspaper article.

OVB Graphics
Folder 1

Certificates, Honors, and Awards, 1923-1959

Box 13, Folder 6

Certificates, Honors, and Awards, 1960-1974

Box 13, Folder 7

Certificates, Honors, and Awards, 1975-1979

Box 13, Folder 8

Certificates, Honors, and Awards, 1980-1984, n.d.

Box 13, Folder 9

Cards

Box 13, Folder 10

Series 4: Organizations (A – U)

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 1935, 1946 – 1957; Conventions 1946, 1957

Photographs:
Box 2, Folder 1

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Silver Convention Celebration in Nashville, Tennessee; 1935

Panoramic Photographs:
Folder 1

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 33rd General Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma; 1947

Panoramic Photographs:
Folder 2

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 35th Annual Convention, 1949

OVB Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 3

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 1939-1957

Box 13, Folder 11

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 39th General Convention in Detroit, Michigan; 1953

Panoramic Photographs:
Folder 3

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 50th Anniversary Celebration in Buffalo, New York; 1956

Panoramic Photographs:
Folder 4

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 1959-1963, n.d.

Box 13, Folder 12

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, The Sphinx, 1955–1976

Box 13, Folder 13

Antioch College, Institute of International Relations, 1945-1947

Box 13, Folder 14

Antioch College, Letters to parents, 1958-1964

Box 13, Folder 15

Antioch Notes, 1954-1964

Box 13, Folder 16

American Christian Palestine Committee

Box 13, Folder 17

American Foundation for Negro Affairs, 1968

Box 13, Folder 18

Black Expo, 1983

Box,13 Folder 19

Butler Tarkington Neighborhood Association

Box 14, Folder 1

Central City Real Estate Board

Photographs:
Box 2, Folder 2

Chicago Committee of 100 Awards Dinner, 1957

OVB Photographs:
Box 1, Folder 4

Church Federation of Indianapolis, 1950-1952

Box 14, Folder 2

Church Federation of Indianapolis, 1953-1954

Box 14, Folder 3

Church Federation of Indianapolis, 1955

Box 14, Folder 4

Church Federation of Indianapolis, 1956