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Adam Fairclough oral history collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 679
Scope and Contents The Adam Fairclough oral history collection contains three audiocassettes of interviews conducted by Dr. Adam Fairclough during his research period for his book Race & Democracy: The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972. Included is one cassette each of interviews with William Bailey, Sr. (President of the Bogalusa NAACP, 1950-72), Harvey R.H. Britton (Field Director of the NAACP in Louisiana), and James H. Henderson (President of the New Iberia...
Dates: Created: 1987, 1992; Other: Majority of material found in 1987; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1988

James W. McPherson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 239
Scope and Contents The papers of James Wesley McPherson contain professional and personal documents highlighting McPherson's work in the area of civil rights, particulary his efforts to increase voter registration among African Americans in South Carolina. The papers encompass 0.8 linear feet and contain correspondence, photographs, sample ballots, background information on the South Carolina Voter Education Program, newspaper clippings, speeches, pamphlets, certificates, and programs, including a program on...
Dates: Created: 1917-1974; Other: Majority of material found in 1937-1964; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974