The Archives and Rare Books library received a wonderful gift this week with the donation of documents and audio recordings from Judge Ted N. Berry, son of the former Mayor Theodore M. Berry whose papers are currently being archived. The documents include copies of “Chaos Beyond,” the speech Berry gave at Woodward High School’s 1924 graduation ceremony as the school’s first African American valedictorian and proceedings from Lewis v. Wilmington Board of Education, a school desegregation case argued by Theodore Berry and Thurgood Marshall and a forerunner to the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education which Marshall would try fourteen years later. These items are a tremendous addition to the collection and we send a heartfelt “thank you” to Judge Berry for donating them.
In 2010, the University of Cincinnati Libraries received a $61,287 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission of the Archives and Records Administration to fully process the Theodore M. Berry Collection in the Archives & Rare Books Library. All information and opinions published on the Berry project website and in the blog entries are those of the individuals involved in the grant project and do not reflect those of the National Archives and Records Administration. We gratefully acknowledge the support of NARA.
