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Joseph A. Pierce papers
Collection
Identifier: 299
Scope and Contents
The papers of mathematician Joseph A. Pierce, encompasses personal and professional materials documenting his life in academia, as a mathematics professor and as a university administrator. The collection contains correspondence, university records such as report cards and degrees, financial records, ephemera, reports, proposals, publications, and notes. Much of his collection deals with issues in higher education during the civil rights era and briefly touches on the unrest at Texas...
Dates:
Created: 1928-1972; Other: Majority of material found in 1960-1969; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1989
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Robert G. Sherer collection
Collection
Identifier: 735
Scope and Contents
The Robert G. Sherer collection consists of 26 black and white photographs taken by Sherer during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, as well as a booklet, texts of speeches, biographical sketches of individuals participating in the march, lists of sponsors, a program schedule, a map, and press releases. Texts of speeches include those delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; John Lewis, Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; Whitney M. Young Jr.,...
Dates:
Created: 1899-1982; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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