The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies
George Padmore collection
SC97
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies
- Title
- George Padmore collection
- ID
- SC97
- Date
- 19--
- Extent
- 1.0 Linear feet
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation note
George Padmore collection. The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
Biographical/Historical note
George Padmore was born in Trinidad and Tobago as Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse in 1903 and passed away in 1959. He attended St. Mary's College and later became a journalist. He left Trinidad in 1924 with the intention of studying medicine at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. However he changed his career path and enrolled in several universities including, Columbia, New York University, and Howard Law School. He replaced his given name, with George Padmore and became a prominent student activist as well as a member of the Communist Party of the United States of America. He contributed to several newspapers, including the Daily Worker and the Negro Champion. He travelled to Russia in 1930, where he remained and worked for the Red International of Labour Unions and became head of its Negro Bureau until his deportation in 1933. While in Russia, he also edited the newspaper, The Negro Worker. In Britain he continued his activism and worked with the Pan-Africanist movement. Among the persons George Padmore interacted with were: CLR James, Jomo Kenyatta; and Kwame Nkurmah whom he supported and advised.
Scope and Contents note
The collection is comprised of the following: few articles by George Padmore published in the Labour Unity and Negro Champion newspapers, photographs and information about his family, manuscripts for "The Negro renaissance: Claude McKay- West Indian poet; Negro workers vote communist; And Soldiers fight against imperialism; Negro art in America," correspondence which indicate his financial hardships while at Fisk University and other materials making reference to Padmore.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine868-662-2002 Ext 82132
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is available for consultation.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The collection was in the possession of George Padmore's daughter, Blyden Elsie Nurse Cowart who donated these to the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus in 2003
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials note
George Padmore letters, 1930-1945. New York Public Library.
George Padmore collection, 1933-1945. Princeton University.
Controlled Access Headings
Personal Name(s)
- Nurse, Julie E.
- Padmore, Blyden Elsie
- Padmore, George, 1903-1959
Subject(s)
- Blacks -- Civil rignts
- Pan-Africanism
Collection Inventory
Biography: George Padmore: some biographical notes. |
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Nurse family |
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Newspaper story on Alphonso Nurse, grandfather of George Padmore. He was a former slave. |
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Death notice of Mr. Hubert Nurse. |
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Nurse and Semper families: photographs. |
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Photocopied images of George Padmore. |
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Correspondence |
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Correspondence, Personal: Greeting cards exchanged among Julie E. Nurse, Elsie Blyden (his daughter) and George Padmore. |
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1925, September 15: Provides information on George Padmore's finanacial situation at that time. |
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1926, March 2: Letter highlights his financial difficulties while studying at Fisk University. |
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1927, April 5: Recommendation from John Dillingham for Malcolm Nurse (George Padmore) and Jeremiah Moore to speak at a conference |
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1929: Letter to the Editor by Henry Ch. Rosemond on Louis Borno, President of Haiti, Coming again to the USA |
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1959: Letter to Blyden from her cousin Malcolm on the death of her father and the arrangements in Ghana. |
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2002, April 11: Letter from the George Padmore Institute. |
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2002, December 12: Letter from Johnny Bothway to Blyden discussing his close association with George Padmore. |
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Francis Eugene Corbie |
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Articles by George Padmore |
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Negro workers vote communist: manuscript |
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The Negro renaissance: manuscript |
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...And soldiers fight against imperialism: manuscript |
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Negro art in America: manuscript |
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Articles published in The Negro Champion and the Labor Unity |
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Articles about George Padmore. It includes a letter from Dr. Eric WIlliams to Kwame Nkrumah on the passing of George Padmore. |
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Newspaper clippings |
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Documents |
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Interview with CLR James about George Padmore |
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George Padmore: A maoist view |
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UN Press release for the Anti-Apartheid Committee special session in Kingston Jamaica, 22-25 May 1979. Committee paid tribute to George Padmore among others. |
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Ephemera: University of the West Indies Conference on George Padmore, 2003 |
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Ephemera: Photocopies of Flyer/Posters which were sent from Padmore to Richard Wright |
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Evening News (Ghana): Padmore Special - Sunday Oct. 4, 1959 |
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