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The W.E.B. Du Bois Papers, 1803-1999, document virtually every stage in his long career and show his involvement in many areas of twentieth century racial, literary, and social reform movements. In particular, the correspondence files, including well over 100,000 items show Du Bois' interactions with others in these realms.
The collection reveals the daily life of the family, including education, careers, and personal everyday life, both in context of and as separate as relatives of Du Bois.
The Du Bois Family Collection encompasses the family of W. E. B. Du Bois, primarily his granddaughter Yolande Du Bois Williams Irvin, herself an educator and proponent of civil rights. Focusing more on daily life, the collection outlines the family's education, careers, and personal lives both in context of and as separate
The David Graham Du Bois Papers document his later life and his managing of W.E.B. Du Bois’ estate. The papers include a selection of David Du Bois’ correspondence, speech manuscripts, clippings describing his step-father, as well as seleced personal financial records from his time in Amherst, Massachusetts.
1894, Du Bois was introduced to contemporary German social scientific theory and, more generally, he internalized the German scholarly tradition of a synthetic approach to social issues, blending history, philosophy, economics, and politics in the study of human social relations.
Feb 4, 2021 · How the Du Bois papers came to UMass is a tale involving long negotiations, international travel and anti-communist opposition. Born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Du Bois became a civil rights scholar, writer and activist and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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In September of 1980, UMass Amherst inaugurated the opening of the W. E. B. Du Bois Papers to scholars and students with workshops that celebrated his contributions to education, history, literature, and sociology. Herbert Aptheker spoke at the opening banquet.
