Guide to the Brown University Slavery and Justice Committee records
, 1989-2007
John Hay Library
, Special Collections
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu
Published in 2013
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Brown University Slavery and Justice Committee records |
| Date range: |
1989-2007 |
| Creator: |
Brown University. Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. |
| Extent: |
2.25 Linear feet
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| Abstract: |
The records consist of collected papers, correspondence, and meeting records which document the activities of the Slavery and Justice Steering Committee. |
| Language of materials: |
English
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| Repository: |
John Hay Library
, Special Collections
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| Collection number: |
MS.1E.9 |
Scope & content
Access Points
Subject Organizations
Subject Organizations
Subject Topics
Document Types
Subject Topics
Arrangement
The collection is organized in five series:
- I. Papers, 2000-2007
- II. Donors and Correspondence, 2003-2004
- III. Meetings, 2000-2006
- IV. Email, 2004-2005
- V. Papers given to Archives by Professor James Campbell, Professor of African Studies, 1989-1998
Administrative History
In 2003, Brown University President Ruth Simmons appointed a Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. The committee, which included faculty members, undergraduate and graduate students, and administrators, was charged to investigate and to prepare a report about the University’s historical relationship to slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. It was also asked to organize public programs that might help the campus and the nation reflect on the meaning of this history in the present, on the complex historical, political, legal, and moral questions posed by any present-day confrontation with past injustice. The Committee presented its final report to President Simmons in October 2006. On February 24, 2007, the Brown Corporation endorsed a set of initiatives in response to the Committee’s report.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested. |
| Use of the materials: |
Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them. |
| Preferred citation: |
Brown University Slavery and Justice Committee records, MS-1E-9, Brown University Archives. |
| Contact information: |
John Hay Library
, Special Collections
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu
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Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
| Acquisition: |
Materials given by Steven Cornish, administrative member of the Committee. Series V comprises materials given by James Campbell, Professor of African Studies. |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff. |
| Encoding: |
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
2013 January 23 |
| Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
| Sponsor: |
Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. |
Additional Information
Inventory
Series I. Papers, 2000-2007
| Box 1 |
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Annual Survey of American Law: Some conceptual and legal problems in reparations for slavery by Alfred L. Brophy
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2003 |
| Box 1 |
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Audience for Slavery & Justice Comm. Events largely from outside Brown by Anne Wootton
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2004 |
| Box 1 |
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Bearing witness and the practice of reconciliation in Christian thought: A critical reading from the perspective of Trauma Theory
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| Box 1 |
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Brown's Reparations Ruse by Stephen Beale
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2005 |
| Box 1 |
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Classifying the hurricane by Adolph Reed Jr.
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2005 October |
| Box 1 |
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Connecticut: A second look at history by Abigail Sullivan Moore
Contents Note: New York Times
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2005 April 3 |
| Box 1 |
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Examining and understanding the Slave Reparations Debate by Julia McCombs
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2005 |
| Box 1 |
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Herero Genocide in the 20th Century: Politics and Memory (Brown lecture)
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2005 January 31 |
| Box 1 |
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Historical obligations by Janna Thompson
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2000 September |
| Box 1 |
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History and collective responsibility by Robert Sparrow
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2004 December |
| Box 1 |
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[How institutions confront historical injustice] by Anne Farrow
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| Box 1 |
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Initiative's and programs related to diversity at Brown
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| Box 1 |
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J.P.Morgan Chase & Company
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2005 |
| Box 1 |
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Laying bare Rhode Island's slavery 'Complex' by Bryan Rourke
Contents Note: Pro Jo
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2004 February 22 |
| Box 1 |
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Legacies of Slavery in American Life: Politics, Education, and the Arts
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2005 |
| Box 1 |
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The Legal and Moral basis of a multi-faceted claim for reparations
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2005 March 18-20 |
| Box 1 |
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Lehman takes a hit over ties to slavery
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2005 October 2 |
| Box 1 |
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Manchester Guardian. Articles
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2004 |
| Box 1 |
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Miscellaneous
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2004-2005 |
| Box 1 |
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Notes from inside New Orleans. Jordan Flaherty
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2005 September 22 |
| Box 1 |
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The political economy of ending racism and the WCAR
Contents Note: The economics of reparations by William Darity and Dania Frank
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| Box 1 |
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Project Priscilla - RI Black Storytellers (RIBS)
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2004 |
| Box 1 |
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The Slaves of Dartmouth by James Zug
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2007 |
| Box 1 |
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Symposium: The jurisprudence of slavery reparations: The case against black reparations
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2004 December |
| Box 1 |
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Trans-generational justice _ compensatory vs Interpretative approaches
Contents Note: Glen C. Loury. Dept. Economics, Boston University
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2004 February 6-8 |
| Box 1 |
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Tribes' new image shifts battleground over rights by Douglas brown
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2004 September 19 |
| Box 1 |
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United States Court of Appeals
Contents Note: Tenth Circuit
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2004 December 13 |
| Box 1 |
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When Chicago baked by Eric Klinenberg
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2005 September 2 |
| Box 1 |
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SJC - Steering Committee on Slavery & Justice �
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| Box 1 |
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SJC - Steering Committee on Slavery & Justice _ Program of Events
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2004-2005 |
Series II. Donors and Correspondence, 2003-2004
| Box 2 |
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SFC _ Celebrating Brown's Community of Donors
Contents Note: Report on Giving
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2003-2004 |
| Box 2 |
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SFC _ Conference _ Brown University
Contents Note: Restitution and reconciliation in International perspective
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| Box 2 |
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SFC- Corporations and Foundations who have made gifts or grants to
Contents Note: Brown University. FY2002-FY2004
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2002-2004 |
| Box 2 |
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Correspondence (A-L)
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| Box 2 |
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Correspondence (M-W)
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| Box 2 |
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Correspondence-Christner, David W.
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2004 |
| Box 2 |
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Correspondence-Manegold, Catherine S.
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2004 |
| Box 2 |
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Correspondence-Marder, Alfred L.
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2004 |
| Box 2 |
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Correspondence-Monroe, Cate
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2004 |
| Box 2 |
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Correspondence-Perrin, Warren A.
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Series III. Meetings, 2000-2006
Series IV. Email, 2004-2005
| Box 4 |
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SFC _ EMAIL
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2004-2005 |
Series V. Papers given to Archives by Professor James Campbell, Professor of African Studies, 1989-1998
| Box 5, Folder V.1 |
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Brown _ University of Cape Town Exchange
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2001-2002 |
| Box 5, Folder V.2 |
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Cape Town, University of
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1994-1999 |
| Box 5, Folder V.3 |
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Cape Town, University of
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2000-2001 |
| Box 5, Folder V.4 |
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South African Connections
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1989-1998 |