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Marion Thompson Wright Collection

About this Collection

The Marion Thompson Wright Papers contain materials related to several areas of Wright's life. The collections contains Wright's diplomas from Howard University and Columbia University, along with her dissertation, "The Education of Negroes in New Jersey" and programs for each of her commencements. It contains some research material as well as articles in which Wright is quoted. A large quantity of the collection is personal correspondence between Wright and her son, James Moss, as well as a few letters from others. Another bulk of the collection is about Wright's death and the execution of her estate. the majority of the collection are documents, but there is also a small amount of photographs, as well as some cassette tapes with interviews about Wright. View this collection on the contributor's website.

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