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Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.1: Correspondence: General A-D
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131a
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:
1927, 1949-1968
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.1: Correspondence: General E-K
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131b
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 employment, education, housing, passive resistance, poverty,...
Dates:
1951-1968
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 Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.4: Correspondence: Unidentified
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131g
Scope and Contents of the Subseries
This series contains correspondence from unidentified senders received by Martin Luther King, Jr. A significant portion of the letters are hate mail and often contain criticism of the civil rights movement and personal insults. There are also justifications for discrimination and opposition to integration. Some of the letters contain discussions of religion, racism, riots, communism, work ethics, poverty, politics and the Black Power movement. In addition, there are a few items complimenting...
Dates:
1958-1968, undated
Morehouse College Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0080
Scope and Contents
This collection contains approximately 103 photographs dating from 1880s to 1970s. The photographs depict the buildings and grounds, students, campus events and visitors, faculty, and individuals associated with Morehouse College. The images showcase aspects of the history of Morehouse College as the largest all-male historically Black college in the United States.
Dates:
1885-1978
Found in:
AUC Institutional Records
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
A. Walter Parks collection
Collection — Box: 1-3
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0095
Scope and contents
This small collection provides documentation about some of the organizations with which Mr. Parks was affiliated and reveals some insight into African American community life in Atlanta during the period 1925-1973. The collection includes reports, programs, minutes, by-laws, funeral programs, news articles, and newsletters. There are small amounts materials about the Ashby Grove and Camilla Street Community Club, the Lincoln Golf and Country Club, and the Shoe Service Men of Georgia. The...
Dates:
1925-1973
William G. Pickens papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0134
Scope and Contents
The William G. Pickens Collection spans the years between 1976 and 2010. This small collection provides a glimpse into some of Dr. Pickens contributions to the field of English. Included are programs of annual events and workshops, photographs, audio cassettes and scrapbooks. Of particular note are photographs and scrapbooks documenting the Mirror Grant Project at Morehouse College and a news article depicting Dr. Pickens and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s experience working tobacco farms in...
Dates:
1976-2010
David Roberts oral history collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0053
Scope and Contents
The David Roberts oral history collection was created by Roberts, an Atlanta University student, in the summer of 1973. The interviews were for a history seminar taught by Dr.Clarence Bacote (HIS 406: Introductory Graduate Course in United States History). Roberts interviewed members of Atlanta’s African-American community who were born in the late 19th century. Most of the subjects were Georgia natives and a few were graduates of Atlanta University Center schools. He asked them to discuss...
Dates:
1973