STOKES, Louis, 1925-


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The HistoryMakers
Chicago, IL
Oral History: 2007, amount unknown.
An oral history interview of Louis Stokes conducted on February 7, 2007.


Howard University
Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
Washington, DC
Oral History: In the Ralph J. Bunche Oral History Collection, 1973, 17 pages.
An interview with Louis Stokes by Edward Thompson III on March 14, 1973. In the interview, Louis Stokes discusses his reasons for entering politics, as well as the Congressional Black Caucus, including its origin and goals, and divisions within the group. Also discussed is Louis Stokes’s relationship to President Nixon’s Administration, the Black National Political Convention in Indiana (1972), and Black support of Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.


Kent State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
Kent, OH
Papers: In the Hazel Collister Hutchison and Clark Livensparger Papers, 1920-1984, 9 cubic feet.
Correspondents include Louis Stokes.


University of California, Berkeley
The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA
Papers: In the Sierra Club National Legislative Office Records, 1960 - on-going, 200 linear feet.
Persons represented include Louis Stokes.


Western Reserve Historical Society
Cleveland, Ohio
Papers: In the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Cleveland Branch Records, ca. 1924-1967, 27.5 linear feet.
Persons represented include Louis Stokes.

Papers: In the Carl Stokes Papers, 1957-1972, 104.51 linear feet.
The papers include material relating to Carl Stokes’s brother, Louis Stokes.


Yale University Library
Special Collections, Divinity Library
New Haven, CT
Papers:: In the Washington Office on Africa, Addendum B Records, ca. 1970-1996, 35 linear feet.
Persons represented include Louis Stokes.