Michael Lomax papers
- Author/Creator:
- Lomax, Michael
- Publication/Creation:
- 1772-2010 (bulk 1965-2010)
- Resource Type:
- Archival Material or Manuscripts
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Michael Lomax papers
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Photographs
Sound recordings
Video recordings (physical artifacts). - Subjects:
- Cleage, Pearl
Jackson, Maynard,1938-2003
Lomax, Almena
Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
Atlanta University Center (Ga.)
Black Christian Nationalist Church
Dillard University
Fulton County (Ga.).Board of Commissioners
Teach for America (Project)
United Way of America
National Black Arts Festival
African American business enterprises
African American businesspeople
African American educators
African American politicians
African Americans--Political activity
Campaign management
Minority municipal officials and employees--Georgia
Municipal government
Political campaigns
Politicians--Georgia
Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government
Description/Summary
- Finding Aid:
- Finding aid available electronically
- Summary:
- The collection consists of the papers of Michael Lomax from 1772-2010 (bulk 1965-2010) and includes personal papers, professional papers, printed material, photographs, audiovisual material, and born digital material. Personal papers contain correspondence, family papers, memorabilia, and other items documenting Lomax's education, recognition for his professional and political achievements, and relationships with family and friends. Professional papers illuminate Lomax's political and business ventures. Records of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners document projects and business between the Board and departments and committees such as the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. Campaign records include documents relating to Lomax's campaigns for public office, as well as records documenting Maynard Jackson's 1973 campaign for Mayor of Atlanta. Writings by Lomax consist of speeches made during his tenure as Chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and during his campaigns for public office, as well as drafts of scholarly works and fiction. Other professional papers are comprised of agendas; appointment books; board and committee files documenting Lomax's service on Boards of Directors of the National Black Arts Festival, Teach for America, and the United Way; teaching and university files from Atlanta University Center and Dillard University; and the records of the Amistad Corporation. Printed material contains clippings, articles, fliers, brochures and other items, primarily about Lomax's political career, and items collected by Lomax, including writings by his mother Almena Lomax, his first wife Pearl Cleage, and his brother Lucius Lomax, IV, and newsletters and other items documenting the Black Christian Nationalist Church. Photographs include Lomax family photographs, and professional and candid images of Lomax documenting his political career and his tenure in higher education administration. Audiovisual material primarily contains recordings relating to Lomax's campaigns for public office.
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- Materials entirely in English.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 106.84 linear feet (70 boxes; 6 oversized papers folders (OP); 3 extra-oversized papers (XOP); 3 AV Masters; and .25 linear feet born digital material (1 box and 50.5 MB of data with 108 files))
- Restrictions on Access:
- Special restrictions apply: Use copies have not been made for audiovisual material in this collection. Researchers must contact MARBL at least two weeks in advance for access to these items. Collection restrictions, copyright limitations, or technical complications may hinder MARBL's ability to provide access to audiovisual material.
Special restrictions apply: Use of original digital media is restricted.
Special restrictions apply: Correspondence, financial records, and some family papers are closed to patrons until 2066. Amistad Corporation records are closed to researchers until 2046. - Organization and Arrangement:
- Organized into six series: (1) Personal papers, (2) Professional papers, (3) Printed material, (4) Photographs, (5) Audiovisual material, and (6) Born digital material.
- Biographical/Historical Note:
- Michael Lomax, leader in both political and academic affairs, was born in California in 1947. He received his undergraduate degree from Morehouse College, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He earned the M.A. degree from Columbia University and the Ph. D. degree from the Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory University (1984). After entering politics as a volunteer in Maynard Jackson's first political campaign in 1973, Michael Lomax was Director of Cultural Affairs for the city and Commissioner of Parks, Libraries and Cultural Affairs. He was elected a Commissioner-at-large on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in 1978, and served as Commission Chairman from 1981-1993. He has also been actively involved in the arts, civic affairs and education in the Atlanta area. He has been president of the National Faculty and president of Dilliard University (New Orleans, Louisiana). He is currently president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund. In 1973, Lomax married playwright and novelist Pearl Cleage; the couple had one daughter, Deignan, before divorcing in 1979. He married Cheryl Ferguson, an executive at Coca-Cola, in 1987. They have two daughters, Michele and Rachel.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990036326230302486
- OCLC Number:
- 923279776
- Barcode:
- 010002776880
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