Scope and Contents The John H. Bracey, Jr. Collection comprises 27 boxes of materials containing professional files for John Bracey. Materials include but are not limited to professional papers, drafts, correspondence, publications, bulletins, reports, lecture notes, financial records, and administrative files. Additionally, Bracey collected ephemera and kept subject files on various topics throughout his career. Significant topics include Jesse Jackson’s Presidential campaign, the Caribbean, Malcolm X,...

Content Description The Marvin “Atomic” Mercer Papers comprises 23 folders relating to the professional wrestling careers of Marvin Mercer (Marvin K. Gehman) and his brother, Jim Mercer (Jesse Mercer Gehman). Included in the collection are promotional photographs, flyers, publicity materials, and personal notes related to wrestling. The collection also includes promotional materials and correspondence relating to wrestler Gene Stanlee and strongman Earle E. Liederman. Formats include photographs, postcards,...

Scope and Contents The Santos Family Professional Wrestling Papers comprises nine boxes and one oversize box of materials collected by Tony Santos and his family relating to professional wrestling primarily from the 1950-1960s. The collection contains materials relating but not limited to subject files, correspondence, posters and promotional materials, magazines, financial information, and printing plates. Subject files primarily contain photographs and embossed mat boards used for printing and creating...

Scope and Contents The Spanish Civil War Women’s Ephemera Collection comprises 8 folders of flyers and pamphlets from Republican women’s political organizations surrounding the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Materials encourage women to vote and get involved with political women’s groups, asking women to remember their roles as mothers, domestic laborers, and proletariat workers as reasons to be active. Topics mentioned are voluntary military service, political leaders and failures, voting rights, and song...