Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Collection
Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-00210
Scope and contents
This collection's materials are comprised of papers, photographs, documents, and ephemera about the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel. The collection includes photographs, programs, and posters from events hosted at the Chapel, personal and professional papers of Dean Carter from his tenure as Dean of the Chapel and the papers of Lamar Alford during his time as dramatist in residence at Morehouse College.
Dates:
1942 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1989
Found in:
AUC Institutional Records
Benjamin E. Mays papers
Collection — Box 1-69
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0100
Scope and contents
The Benjamin E. Mays papers include files from his work at the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education. There are also materials related to his presidency at Morehouse, writings by Mays and others, organizational records and financial materials. There are a few photographs, including several of Dr. Mays with former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalyn Carter.Of note in the collection are newsclippings and files related to desegregation. These files...
Dates:
1931-1984
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Series 5: Education Materials
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131k
Scope and Contents of the Series
The series is comprised of papers from the academic career of Martin Luther King, Jr. Included are class notes, exams, assignments, vocabulary lists, and the dissertation written during the course of his studies. Correspondence, course syllabi, transcripts, bibliographies, and study aids provide further insight into King’s education. The series also contains materials from the institutions he attended, such as brochures, policy documents, a bulletin, and a...
Dates:
1941-1962
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.1: Correspondence: General L-R
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131c
Scope and Contents of the Subseries
The subseries contains correspondence between Martin Luther King, Jr. and various individuals and organizations from 1950 to 1968. There are letters, telegrams, greeting cards, carbon copies, postcards, invitations, and hate mail. The correspondence is primarily professional often accompanied by enclosures, with few personal letters. Among the topics discussed are civil rights, discrimination, SCLC activities, politics, equal employment, education, housing, passive resistance, poverty,...
Dates:
1950-1968
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.1: Correspondence: General S-Z
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131d
Scope and Contents of the Subseries
The subseries contains correspondence between Martin Luther King, Jr. and various individuals and organizations from 1953 to 1968. There are letters, telegrams, greeting cards, carbon copies, postcards, invitations, and hate mail. The correspondence is primarily professional often accompanied by enclosures, with few personal letters. Among the topics discussed are civil rights, discrimination, SCLC activities, politics, equal...
Dates:
1936-1968
Morehouse College Vertical Files
Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-00141
Scope and contents
The Morehouse College Vertical Files include Commencement programs, Founder’s Day programs, Publications, News Releases, News Articles, Brochures, Alumni Association Materials, Athletics, Academic Departments, various organizations, Homecoming, Honors Day, Campus Buildings, Reports, and other Academic materials.
Dates:
1883 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1980
Found in:
AUC Institutional Records
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- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta 4
- African American Baptists 3
- African American universities and colleges 3
- African Americans -- Segregation 3
- African Americans--Civil rights 3
- African Americans--Religion 3
- Race discrimination 3
- Race relations 3
- African American arts 2
- African American educators 2
- African American press 2
- African American student movements 2
- African Americans -- Economic conditions 2
- African Americans -- Housing 2
- African Americans -- Politics and government 2
- African Americans--Social conditions 2
- Black power 2
- Christianity 2
- Communism--United States. 2
- Crime 2
- Ephemera 2
- Georgia 2
- Georgia--Atlanta 2
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Correspondence. 2
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Oratory. 2
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Public appearances. 2
- Labor 2
- Nobel Prizes 2
- Passive resistance. 2
- Poor People’s Campaign. 2
- Publications 2
- Records and correspondence 2
- Vietnam War (1961-1975) 2
- Voter registration 2
- African American athletes 1
- African American civic leaders 1
- African American clergy 1
- African American newspapers 1
- African American periodicals 1
- African American students 1
- African Americans--Music 1
- Apartheid 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. 1
- Atlanta Public Schools 1
- French language 1
- Greek letter societies 1
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Religion. 1
- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- News 1
- Pennsylvania -- Chester 1
- Philosophy. 1
- Riots. 1
- School integration 1
- School management and organizations 1
- Schools. 1
- Slums. 1
- Theology 1
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