WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES DIVISION OF THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY LAW LIBRARY


Phineada Indritz Papers | Fats Waller

Room 401
 The Special Collections and Archives  Reading Room

The Archives’ goal is to acquire, and make available for public use, manuscripts, printed materials, and visual materials that document the history of the law in general and that of the Howard University School of Law in particular. Specifically, the Archives collect materials relating to civil rights litigation and legislation.
The Archives’ most utilized collection is the Phineas Indritz Papers. Mr. Indritz was a local area lawyer, who dedicated much of his time to civil rights causes. Much of his papers relate to civil rights cases in the District of Columbia and Montgomery County from the 1940 through the 1990s. This Indritz Papers were processed with the aid of a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

The Archives also houses several other manuscript collections, including the papers of former and current faculty, the papers of Musician Thomas “Fats” Waller, EEOC materials, and an extensive historic law book collection.

In addition to its paper-based collections, the Archives is has an active oral history program, and houses a growing digital collection of interviews of alumni, former deans and faculty, and civil rights activists. The Special Collections and Archives Division is run by Archivist Seth Kronemer.

Mr. Kronemer, A member of the Academy of Certified Archivists, and has been with the Archives since its inception.

The Archives is open Mondays – Fridays by appointment only. For more information, or to make an appointment, please call (202) 806-8304.

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Finding Aids [Fats Waller and Phineas Indritz]

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