Scope and Contents The Maurice F. Ouellet papers contain correspondence, writings, speeches, programs, clippings, press releases, and collected items that reflect Ouellet's work in race relations and his particiapation in civil rights activities in Selma, Alabama. The correspondence is mainly incoming, with the majority dating from January to November 1965. The topic covered most heavily in the correspondence is Father Ouellet's transfer at the request of Archbishop Thomas Toolen due to Ouellet's...

Scope and Contents The papers of the Edmundite Missions contain correspondence, clippings, invitations, notes, photographs, press releases, programs, and collected items. The bulk of the  material focuses on a brief but highly fertile period in the mid-60s.  Because of the location of the church, hospital, etc. in Selma, and because of the particular emphasis of the order on work among southern Blacks, the papers document some of the turbulence that characterized the time and the locale.  Furthermore, the...