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Chemical Bank: Craig Howard, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, "An Analysis of U.S. Trade with South Africa and the Role of U.S. Banks" (6, 5 pp.); "Basic Outline of Points ..." by Mohammed Ali in speech at UN; Correspondence re Chemical Bank loans to South Africa: includes copy of letters between Chemical Bank-UN Secretary General, December 1977, and Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility-Chemical Bank and Citicorp, 1978; Notes on anti-apartheid movement representatives meeting with Chemical Bank; Rough ideas for hearing on bank loans to South Africa; Draft Resolution for submission to the UN Staff Council; draft notes; R. Lapchick to Ambassador Harriman, 29 March 1979; Ambassador Harriman to UN Secretary General 6 December 1977; Abdulrahmin Abby-Farah, UN, to Ambassador Harriman 6 January 1978; Chemical Bank to Abdulrahmin Abby-Farah 29 December 1977; UN Special Committee on Apartheid and Africa Fund memos on Chemical Bank; R. Lapchick draft memo to Mr. Zybanov re: UN Special Committee and bank loans, signed by Lapchick and counter-signed with memo by E.S. Reddy; handwritten letters to R. Lapchick from Ed Beck, no date, and "Sam" 4 June 1978; Franklin Williams, President, Phelps Stokes Fund to George Houser, American Committee on Africa, 2 February 1978; George Houser, American Committee on Africa, to John B. Wynne, Chemical Bank, 11 January 1978; Prexy Nesbitt to Chemical New York Corporation 16 May 1977; Prexy Nesbitt, Committee to Oppose Bank Loans to South Africa (COBLSA) memo re: meeting with Chemical Bank; George Houser, American Committee on Africa, confidential memo to Ambassador Harriman 8 January 1979 re bank loans campaign; [Assorted memos, clippings, notes, flyers, petition, copies of articles, and Chemical Bank and Institute for Policy Studies news releases], 1977-1979

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection includes correspondence and papers of organizations boycotting international sports in South Africa, original diaries of Richard Lipchick and is complemented by Papers of Richard Lapchick at Northeastern University. Aspects of the history of ACCESS are covered in three books by Lapchick: Broken promises: racism in American sports (New York: St. Martin's, 1984); Five minutes to midnight: race and sport in the 1990s (Lanham: Madison Books, 1991); and Smashing barriers: race and sport in the new millennium (Lanham, Md.: Madison Books, 2001, revised edition).

Dates

  • Creation: 1977-1979

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.6 Linear Feet (3 boxes (124 folders)) ; Box 1: 25.5 x 33 x 39 cm Boxes 2-3: 26 x 13 x 32 cm

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository

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