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Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Series 3: Writings By Others
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131j
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The series is comprised of manuscripts and published works (circa 1946-1969) written by persons, or produced by groups, other than Martin Luther King, Jr., including members of the King family, SCLC staff, and other groups and leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, as well as literary figures. Content of the documents encompasses issues central to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States; Gandhian philosophy and nonviolence; organized labor in the United States; Christian ethics and...
Dates:
1946-1969
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
Samuel W. Williams papers
Collection — Box: 1-33
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0061
Scope and content
The Samuel W. Williams papers contain vital documents and information on one of Atlanta's most prominent clergymen of the 1960's. Among the material contained in this collection are Williams' sermons he delivered while pastor of Friendship Baptist Church, and other materials that document the church's history, such as budgets, correspondence, pamphlets, and bulletins.
Approximately one-third of the materials in this collection centers around Williams' academic career both as a...
Dates:
1932-1974