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John
and Lugenia Burns Hope Papers
1886-1947
15 linear feet (21 reels - University Publications
of America)Research use restricted to microfilm
only
NOTE: A paper copy
of the finding aid,
with container list,
is available at the
Atlanta University
Center Archives for
in-house consultation
and may be obtained
for a fee.
John
Hope (b. 1868 d.
1936) was born and
raised in Augusta,
Georgia. After graduating
with a Bachelor of
Arts from Brown University
in 1894, he returned
to the South to begin
his lifelong fight
for social equality
among the races.
In agreement with
W.E.B. DuBois' educational
philosophy (although
he curried the favor
of Booker T. Washington
to gain necessary
philanthropic assistance),
Hope spent his career
furthering liberal
education for African
Americans. He married
Lugenia Burns (b.
1871 d. 1947) of
Chicago in 1896.
Mrs. Hope, active
in social work in
Chicago, continued
her calling in Atlanta
and founded the Neighborhood
Union to improve
the living conditions
in Atlanta's African
American community.
Her leadership in
the Neighborhood
Union pushed her
to national recognition
as a social reformer
and community leader.
Lugenia Hope was
active in numerous
other organizations
including the National
Council of Negro
Women and the Association
of Southern Women
for the Prevention
of Lynching. She
was the first Vice-president
of the Atlanta Branch,
NAACP where she created
the citizenship schools
to encourage voting
and she led the successful
campaign to create
African American
YWCA branches in
the South.
In 1898 John Hope
joined the faculty
of Atlanta Baptist
College (now Morehouse
College) and became
the first African
American president
of that institution
in 1906, a position
he held for twenty-five
years. In 1929, the
Atlanta University
Center was launched.
Under this cooperative
plan Atlanta University
maintained the curriculum
for graduate and
professional schools,
while Morehouse and
Spelman Colleges
administered the
undergraduate programs.
Dr. Hope was unanimously
selected as president
of Atlanta University
and remained such
until his death in
1936. John Hope's
civic activities
extended his influence
beyond the college
campus. He was active
in local and national
organizations such
as the NAACP, the
National Urban League,
the YMCA, and was
president of both
the Commission on
Interracial Cooperation
and the Association
for the Study of
Negro Life and History.
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| The bulk of the John and Lugenia Burns Hope Papers
is the couple's personal and professional correspondence.
The personal correspondence contains letters between
the Hopes while they were still courting, and letters
with family and friends. The professional correspondence
gives insight into the many organizations the Hopes were
affiliated with and the numerous activities in which
they were involved. Notable among the correspondents
are Mary McLeod Bethune, Nannie Helen Burroughs, W.E.B.
DuBois, E. Franklin Frazier, Mordecai Johnson, Lucy Laney,
Robert Moton, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Booker
T. Washington, Walter White, and Carter G. Woodson. Topics
discussed include education, civil rights, economics,
the black press, social service, politics, the two World
Wars, and social activities and attitudes. In addition
to the correspondence there are minutes, financial papers,
membership lists, newsletters, and other printed materials
about some of the organizations. The papers also contain
manuscripts, notes, and printed copies of speeches, essays,
articles by John and Lugenia Hope, and some of their
personal financial papers dating 1931-1940. This collection
comprises the Hopes' personal papers and there are very
few official records (three folders) about Morehouse
College and Atlanta University.
Related collection:
Commission on Interracial Cooperation
John Hope Records
Neighborhood Union Collection |
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