Dr. Harry Edwards Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters placard, 2016
Scope and Contents
This series includes numerous artifacts, memorabilia, and textiles that commemorate or are relevant to Dr. Harry Edwards’ career as scholar-activist. Contained in Subseries 1. Artifacts and Memorabilia are awards, a paperweight, a SJSC discus, a Super Bowl ticket, and a signed trading card. In Subseries 2. Textiles include Dr. Edwards' SJSC letterman jacket that was awarded to him for the academic year 1962-1963, a “Jim Brown (from the movie The Dirty Dozen), 1967)” army jacket, a Negro League Baseball Museum jersey, political t-shirts, commemorative blankets, and an armband.
Dates
- Creation: 2016
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 18 boxes (24.7 linear feet)
From the Collection: 1 flat file drawers (14 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
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San José, CA 95192-0028
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