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Wayman A. Carver papers
Collection — Box: 1-2, OS 1-6
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0029
Scope and contents
Wayman A. Carver (b. 1905 d. 1967), jazz musician and music educator, achieved acclaim for his virtuosity and artistry as a flutist during his tenure from 1934-39 with Chick Webb and his Orchestra. In the series “Giants of Jazz” (International Musician April 1963), Leonard Feather credits Wayman Carver as being internationally recognized as the first and only jazz musician to play the flute during the decade of the 1930s.Wayman Carver, a graduate of...
Dates:
1927 - 2001
Chandler Family papers
Collection — Box: 1-4
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0104
Scope and contents
The photographs in this collection document the personal and professional life of Gladstone Chandler and the Chandler family. The photographs include images of the Chandler family, and community and family events, as well as photographs of Middlebury College Campus, and Morehouse College.
Dates:
1920-1980
Chautauqua Circle collection
Collection — Box: 1-11
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0030
Scope and contents
The Chautauqua Circle collection spans the years between 1913 and 2010. The bulk of the collection dates from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. The collection includes materials related to the anniversary celebrations, committees, events and meetings. It also contains correspondence, directories, financial records, member and speaker information, and year books. There are also folders relating to the subjects they research and general information about the Circle itself.
Dates:
1913-2010; Majority of material found within 1970-1995
Isaac R. Clark Memorial collection
Collection — Box: 1-34
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0117
Scope and contents
The Isaac R. Clark Memorial collection spans the years between 1946 and 1990. The bulk of the collection dates from 1962 to 1989, and documents his twenty-eight year tenure as a professor of homiletics at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta. These papers include detailed information about his administrative duties including, material regarding his faculty committee work and his time as registrar and director of the summer session at ITC.This collection offers...
Dates:
1946-1990; Majority of material found within 1960-1989
Thomas Clarkson papers
Collection — Box: 1-4
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0031
Scope and contents
Thomas Clarkson (b. 1760 d. 1846) was a renowned English abolitionist who spent his adult life fighting to end slavery. As a leader in the British anti-slavery society, Clarkson was instrumental in getting the English Parliament to ban the slave trade in 1807 and to abolish the institution of slaver in 1833.The majority of this small collection is comprised of correspondence from Thomas Clarkson and his wife, Catherine, to her father, William Buck. These letters deal mainly with...
Dates:
1785-1871
College Language Association collection
Collection — Box: 1-60
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0032
Scope and contents
The records of the College Language Association include administrative correspondence, bibliographies, minutes, reports, financial statements, presentations, presidential addresses, press releases, programs, lists, constitutions, publications, literary submissions, photographs and memorabilia preserving one of America's largest, long-standing African American academic organizations.
Dates:
1925-1990
Marva Collins, papers
Collection — Box: 1-3
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0206
Scope and contents
The Marva Collins Papers consist of personal and professional papers generated throughout Collins’ career. The papers span from 1975 to 2008, the majority of which date from the 1970s-1980s. Contents center on Westside Preparatory School’s works, including Collins’ teaching materials, readings, publicity materials, and printed and published items, such as magazine articles, newspaper clippings, and newsletters, that cover the school’s impact and Collins’ methodology. There are audiovisual...
Dates:
1975-2017
James H. Costen collection
Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0071
Scope and contents
This collection contains personal materials of James H. Costen, including correspondence, writings and speeches by himself and others, collected programs, photographs, and audio recordings of Costen interviewing administration and members of the Presbyterian Church.A bulk of the materials lie in the ITC administration files. These files were transferred to the archives after Costen retired, and not only contain correspondence and administration and development materials based on...
Dates:
1950-1997
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection
Collection — Box: 1-118, OS Box 4
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0034
Scope and contents
The Cullen Jackman Memorial Collection (1881-1995) documents the artistic and creative nature of those of African descent.One interesting feature of this collection is the large number of original manuscripts, poetry and correspondence Harold Jackman managed to obtain. There are such jewels as an original handwritten poem by noted poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar along with an original draft of Giovionni's Room by literary great, James Baldwin. They knew Mr. Jackman...
Dates:
1881-1995
Matthew S. Davage papers
Collection — Box: 1-5
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0105
Scope and contents
The Matthew S. Davage papers (1936-1982) consist primarily of correspondence, personal papers, and manuscripts for speeches and sermons. The speeches and sermons are exemplary of the writings of Dr. Davage and were possibly delivered in both educational and religious contexts. Much of the documentation is focused on Davage's tenure as the President of Clark College and his involvement with the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Also included are biographical...
Dates:
1936-1982, undated; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1976