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By Christopher Harter
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Daisy F. Young papers contain material related to Young and her family. Although some materials document Daisy Young's life and associations, most relate to the life and career of her son, civil rights activist and politican Andrew Young. Materials include correspondence, photographs, collected news clippings and publications, speeches, and materials related to Andrew Young's various political campaigns and tenures.
Correspondents include: Jimmy Carter, Henry Chauncey Jr., William T. Green, Carlton J. Johnson, Donald O. Newby, Thelma D. Smith, Norma Stauffer, Homer L. Vail, J. Coleman Wililams, Andrew Young, and Jean Young. The majority of the letters are from Andrew to his parents at various stages in his life. Of note is a 1979 letter from President Jimmy Carter to Daisy Young following Andrew Young's resignation as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Photographs document both the Young family and Andrew Young's careers as minister and politician. Newspaper clippings and collected publications document various aspects of Andrew Young's career, from his early work with the Southern Chrisitian Leadership Conference (SCLC) through his later political campaigns and terms. The collection contains two scrapbooks kept by Daisy Young. Due to preservation concerns, material from the first scrapbook was removed to folders; it documents Andrew Young's SCLC years and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Oversized materials are housed in box 4.
Biographical Note
Daisy Fuller Young was an elementary school teacher in New Orleans and was active in numerous social and community organizations. She was the mother of civil rights activist and politician Andrew J. Young.
Daisy Valentina Fuller Young, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 29, 1902. She graduated from Straight College (now Dillard University) and was employed as an elementary school teacher in the New Orleans Public Schools. She was also a staff member of Keystone Life Insurance Company (later the Atlanta Life Insurance Company) and managed her husband's dental office.
Young married Dr. Andrew Young Sr., also from New Orleans, and had two sons: Andrew Jr. and Walter. She was an active member of Central Congregational Church in New Orleans, and served for many years as Co-Chair of the Diaconate. Other community services included: Hume Center, YWCA, The Lighthouse for the Blind, Trusteeship of Dillard University, Advisory Board member of United Federal Savings and Loan, and president of the New Orleans chapter of The Links. She worked in many political campaigns and earned the reputation of being an effective fundraiser. After moving to Atlanta, she became an associate member of First Congregational Church and assumed a leadership role with Quality Living Services, Inc.
Daisy F. Young passed away on December 29, 1989.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Amistad Research Center
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions:
Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.
Physical Access Note:
Newspaper clippings are acidic and fragile. Researchers required to use preservation photocopies.
Acquisition Source:
Daisy F. Young
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Appraisal Information:
This collection documents the family of Daisy F. Young, mother of civil rights activist and politican Andrew Young. The majority of the material in the collection relates to the life and career of Andrew Young.
Related Materials:
John Lee Tilley papers Tom Dent papers The papers of Andrew J. Young are held at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History in Atlanta, Georgia.
Related Publications:
Young, Andrew. An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America (New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1996).
Preferred Citation:
Daisy F. Young Papers, Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Processing Information:
Collection processed by Richard Hemmings and Christopher Harter, May-July 2010.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Young Family: correspondence, 1951-1979, undated
- Folder 2: Young Family: photographs, 1938-1972, undated
- Folder 3: Young Family: invitation for dedication of Dr. Andrew J. Young Sr. Memorial Dental Clinic, 1984
- Folder 4: Daisy Young: Funeral program and newspaper clipping, 1989-1990
- Folder 5: Daisy Young: publication, 1985
- Common Lot (Summer 1985)
- Folder 6: Andrew Young: Central Congregational Church diploma and service of ordination program, 1940, 1955
- Folder 7: Andrew Young: writings and speeches, 1958-1959
- Folder 8: Andrew Young: writings and speeches, 1965-1969
- Folder 9: Andrew Young: writings and speeches, 1972-1978
- Folder 10: Andrew Young: writings and speeches, 1980
- Folder 11: Andrew Young: writings and speeches, undated
- Folder 12: Andrew Young: programs for speaking engagements, 1951-1969
- Folder 13: Andrew Young: programs for speaking engagements, 1973-1979
- Folder 14: Andrew Young: Congressional campaigns and terms, 1970-1974, undated
- Folder 15: Andrew Young: Ambassador nomination and tenure, 1976-1979
- Folder 16: Andrew Young: Mayoral campaign and term, 1982
- Folder 17: Andrew Young: Gubernatorial campaign, circa 1989
- Folder 18: Andrew Young: Yale University honorary degree, 1973
- Folder 19: 1977 Presidental inauguration invitation, 1977
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Folder of material for Andrew Young from Barbara Dunfrey, 1979
- Newspaper articles regarding Andrew Young and speech entitled "Transafrica Transcript"
- Folder 2: Magazine articles: regarding Andrew Young, 1968-1982, undated
- Folder 3: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, 1963-1969
- Preservation photocopies
- Folder 4: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, 1970-1973
- Preservation photocopies
- Folder 5: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, 1974-1978
- Preservation photocopies
- Folder 6: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, 1970s
- Preservation photocopies
- Folder 7: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, 1981-1982
- Preservation photocopies
- Folder 8: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, undated
- Preservation photocopies
- Folder 9: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, undated
- Preservation photocopies
- Folder 10: Newspaper clippings: regarding minority rights, 1982-193, undated
- Preservation photocopies
- Folder 11: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, 1963-1969
- Folder 12: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, 1970-1973
- Folder 13: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, 1974-1978
- Folder 14: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, 1970s
- Folder 15: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, 1981-1982
- Folder 16: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, undated
- Folder 17: Newspaper clippings: regarding Andrew Young, undated
- Folder 18: Newspaper clippings: regarding minority rights, 1982-193, undated
- Folder 19: Collected publications, 1963
- Item 1: SCLC Newsletter, Vol. 1, no. 12, 1963 September
- Folder 20: Collected publications, 1970-1975
- Item 1: Sane World: A Newsletter of Action on Disarmament and the Peace Race, 1970 February
- Item 2: Jet, 1972 November 30
- Item 3: The Boule Journal, Vol. 36, no. 2, 1972 Winter
- Item 4: Blackforum, Vol. 2, no. 4, 1973 March/April
- Item 5: Youth Magazine, Vol. 24, no. 7, 1973 July
- Item 6: Jet, 1974 August 29
- Folder 21: Collected publications, 1976-1979
- Item 1: Encore, 1976 July 19
- Item 2: The Boule Journal, Vol. 40, no. 1, 1976 Fall/Winter
- Item 3: Equal Opportunity, Vol. 13, no. 2, 1979/80 Winter
- Folder 22: Collected publications, 1981
- Item 1: Youth Magazine, 1981 March
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Magazine clippings and documents removed from scrapbook, circa 1952-1965
- Folder 2: Newspaper clippings removed from scrapbook, 1963-1968
- Preservation photocopies
- Folder 3: Newspaper clippings removed from scrapbook, 1963-1968
- Folder 4: Scrapbook, 1977-1979
- Folder 5: Publication: Human Relations and Effective Police Action / by New Orleans Police Department, 1952
- Folder 6: Radio script: Man on the Run / by Gene Hurley, 1957
- Broadcasting and Film Commission. The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.; recording date: 1957 August 6; broadcast date: 1957 September 30. Script includes Nicholas Hood, Pastor of Central Congregational Church in New Orleans, as a character
- Folder 7: Constant C. Dejoie Sr: funeral program, 1970
- Folder 8: National Conference of Black Political Scientists: executive council meeting minutes, 1972
- Folder 9: Charter Oak Community Church and Bethany and Evergreen Congregational Christian Churches: printed ephemera, undated
- Folder 10: Miscellaneous typescripts, undated
- Includes tourist information for visiting New York City and fragment of unidentified speech
- Item 1: Plaque: Sigma Pi Phi to Andrew Young for "Unswerving Dedication to Human Rights", 1979 March 23
- Item 2: Plaque: Biloxi Branch NAACP to Andrew Young for "exemplifying and exalting the American Dream", 1979 March 23
- Item 3: U-matic videocassette: A Ground of Faith, CBS News (profile of Andrew Young), 1978
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Andrew Young: certificates and honors, 1974-1980
- Folder 2: Photographs: Andrew Young and parents, undated
- Folder 3: Photographs: ordination of Andrew Young, Central Congregational Church, New Orleans, 1955 February 23
- Folder 4: Andrew Young: newspaper clipping, 1979
- Folder 5: Publication: The Andrew Young Campaigner, 1970-1972
- Folder 6: Collected publications, 1965-1975
- Item 1: CEP News, Vol. 1, no. 1, 1965 September
- Published by the Citizenship Education Program of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in cooperation with the American Missionary Association
- Item 2: The Atlanta Inquirer, Vol. 12, no. 45, 1973 June 9
- Item 3: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine, 1974 March 24
- Item 4: The New York Times Magazine, 1974 April 7
- Item 5: NAWCAS Guild News, Vol. 30, no. 11, 1975 May 26
- Folder 7: Collected publications, 1976-1981
- Item 1: Dawn Magazine, 1976 November
- Item 2: NASW News, Vol. 24, no. 2, 1979 February
- Item 3: Southside News, Vol. 1, no. 19, 1981 May 27
- Item 4: Intown Extra, 1981 June 11
- Folder 8: Poster: Atlantans for Andrew Young Present an Evening with Harry Belafonte, 1981 August 2
- Item 1: Plaque: New York Times Magazine article, 1971 September 19
- Item 2: Plaque: Essex County College (Newark, NJ) Proclamation, 1979
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