This collection contains the papers of Dr. Clifton O. Dummett (1919-2011), an African-American pioneer in the field of dentistry and a professor at the University of Southern California. Much of the collection consists of publications of professional organizations reflecting the research, career, and community involvement of Dummett from the 1940s to the early 2000s. Publication types include professional journals, books, rosters, directories, reports, and conference programs, which are associated with Dummett in his role as an author, editor, speaker, or cited source. In addition, the collection also includes awards, certificates, and degrees awarded to Dummett; books written by Dummett (and often co-authored with his wife, Lois Dummett); photographs and slides; audiovisual materials; and yearbooks. There is also a small set of papers which contain some professional correspondence and administrative documents chiefly dating from the 1980s-1990s. There are also some items related to his time as chief of periodontics and oral medicine at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, in the late 1950s.