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Gardner C. Taylor collection

 Collection — Box: 1-47
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0088
Scope and contents In 2008 Reverend Gardner Taylor donated his collection of writings to the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center. Rev. Taylor made this gift in honor of his late wife Laura Taylor, (b.1916, d.1995) who initially collected and compiled his writings into notebooks....
Dates: 1947-2001; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1970

George A. Towns collection

 Collection — Box: 1-10
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0059
Scope and contents This collection consists of the papers of George Alexander Towns from 1851 to 1963. It includes correspondence, literary works, diaries, photographs, and publications. The bulk of the materials pertain to Towns' association with Atlanta University (AU) both as a student and faculty member. The earliest materials concern Lucy Elizabeth (Merriam) Case, a favorite teacher of Towns at AU, and include her biography which tells of the beginning of the school and a few of its students. ...
Dates: 1885-1960

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

Hercules Wilson collection

 Collection — Box: 1-3
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0121
Scope and Contents The Hercules Wilson collection spans the years 1928 to 1971, and primarily highlights Reverend Wilson’s sermon writings (the bulk of these are in the 1940s and 1950s). These sermons reference bible passages and various topics on morality, Christian faith, as well as politics and world events of the times. Other items of interest are a photograph of Rev. Wilson, a small amount of correspondence between friends and school colleagues, and eulogies of church members written with personal care...
Dates: 1928 - 1971

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Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 1
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Case, Lucy Elizabeth 1
Clement, Rufus E. 1
Cleveland Institute of Music 1
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Concord Baptist Church (Brooklyn, NY) 1
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Davage, Matthew Simpson 1
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Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975 1
Farrakhan, Louis 1
First World Festival of Negro Arts 1
Fort Valley State College (Ga.) 1
Free Lance Press 1
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Gloster, Hugh M. (Hugh Morris), 1911-2002 1
Haley, Alex 1
Harris, Joel Chandler 1
Harris, Julia Collier 1
Harvard University 1
Institute of the Black World 1
Johnson Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Johnson, James Weldon 1
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King, Willis J. 1
Liberia. Inaugural Committee 1
Lincoln, C. Eric (Charles Eric), 1924-2000 1
Lincoln, Lucy Cook 1
Methodist Church (U.S.) 1
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Muhammad, Warith Deen, 1933-2008 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
Organization of Black American Culture 1
Organization of Black American Culture. Writer's Workshop 1
Seaver, William N. 1
Sewell, George Alexander 1
Stewart Missionary Foundation for Africa 1
Taylor, Gardner C. 1
Towns, George A. (George Alexander), 1870-1960 1
Towns, Nellie McNair 1
Tubman, William V. S. 1
Unesco 1
United Methodist Church (U.S.) 1
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Wiley College (Marshall, Tex.) 1
Williams, Samuel W. 1
World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture 1
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1
Young Women's Association of the U.S.A. 1
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