Alberta Henry papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2069
Scope and Contents
The Alberta Henry papers (1946-2005) consist of files maintained by Alberta Henry which detail her work as President of the Salt Lake City branch of the NAACP and as a minority consultant for the Salt Lake County School District. Also included are the records of various community orgainzations of which Henry was a member, as well as the records of the Rainbow Honor Society, a multicultural student organization which she founded.
Dates
- 1946-2005
Creator
- Henry, Alberta, 1920-2005 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical / Historical
Alberta Hill Henry (1920-2005) was born in Hosston, Louisiana, where her parents worked as sharecroppers. The family moved to Topeka, Kansas in 1923. After graduating from high school in 1939, she and her husband bought a share in a restaurant in Topeka. Following a serious illness in 1948, Henry divorced her husband and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah to recover in 1949. She took a job as a housekeeper and met Harold Henry, whom she married in 1950. They adopted two children, Julia and Wendell. In 1965, she founded the Alberta Henry Education Foundation, which provides college scholarships to underprivileged students. In 1967 she was hired as a teacher's aide at the first Head Start Center in Salt Lake City and eventually became the parent coordinator. She left that job in 1972 to become a minority consultant for the Salt Lake County School District. She retired from that position in 1986. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Utah in 1971, and a B.S. in Elementary Education in 1980 (at the age of 59). Henry was also the President of the Salt Lake City NAACP for twelve years, from 1980 to 1992. She has also been involved in numerous community and government organizations, including the Altrusa Club, Utah Commission on Civil Rights, and the Governor's Black Advisory Council.
Extent
27 Linear Feet (54 boxes and 2 oversize boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Alberta Henry papers (1946-2005) consist of files maintained by Alberta Henry which detail her work as President of the Salt Lake City branch of the NAACP and as a minority consultant for the Salt Lake County School District. Also included are the records of various community orgainzations of which Henry was a member, as well as the records of the Rainbow Honor Society, a multicultural student organization which she founded.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Alberta Henry in 2004.
Separated Materials
See also the Alberta Henry photograph collection (P1158) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Amanda Cornelius in 2004.
Addenda processed by Sarah Goodrich in 2006 and Jeri Foster in 2008.
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Addenda processed by Sarah Goodrich in 2006 and Jeri Foster in 2008.
Click here to read a statement on harmful language in library records.
- Rainbow Honor Society (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- Records and correspondence
- African American civic leaders -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Archives
- African American educators -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Archives
- African American women -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Archives
- African Americans -- History -- Sources
- African Americans -- Utah -- History -- Sources
- African Americans -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Archives
- Albums (Books)
- Autobiographies
- Awards
- Black people -- History -- Sources
- Business correspondence
- Civil Rights
- Course materials
- Diplomas
- Education -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Sources
- Essays
- Henry, Alberta, 1920-2005 -- Archives
- Multiculturalism -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Sources
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Records and correspondence
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Salt Lake City chapter -- History -- Sources
- Personal correspondence
- Poetry
- Salt Lake City School District -- Records and correspondence
- Scrapbooks
- Short stories
- Speeches
- University of Utah -- Alumni and alumnae -- Archives
- Women civil rights workers -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Archives
Creator
- Henry, Alberta, 1920-2005 (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Alberta Henry papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Amanda Cornelius.
- Date
- 2004 (last modified: 2018)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2008: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Sarah Goodrich.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu