SOC. Social Activism
Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:
Alex Hurder Papers
This collection contains the papers of Alex Hurder, professor of Law at Vanderbilt University, specializing in disability law.
David Grieve Patent Collection
This collection contains a patent from 1797 for David Grieve for an invention in looms. The patent is signed by President John Adams, Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, and Attorney General Charles Lee.
Ecology Action Collection
The Ecology Action Collection consists of a newsprint board game by Ecology Action from the early environmental movement of the 1970s.
Dennis Dickerson Papers
The Dennis Dickerson Papers, 1970-2024, consist of the correspondence, course files, and drafts of historian Dennis Dickerson.
Southern LGBTQ Periodicals Collection
The Southern LGBTQ Periodicals Collection, 1977-1991, consists of newspapers, magazines and other regularly published titles in the Southern United States or periodicals featuring prominent stories of Southern places.
One Small Step Collection
The One Small Step Collection, 2025, consists of One Small Step podcasts recorded at Vanderbilt University.
Chicago Diary
The author of the diary writes about teaching music lessons, looking for work (perhaps affected by the Great Depression), and attending the 1934 Chicago World's Fair, among other things.
Southern Half of Africa Map
Burge Plantation Spirituals Collection
The Burge Plantation Spirituals Collection, 1920-1929, consists of approximately 600 spirituals sung by the descendants of enslaved workers on Burge Plantation, recorded by Dorothy Gray Bolton, 1880-1964, descendant of Burge Plantation owners, and annotated by composer Harry T. Burleigh, 1866-1949, and photographs of the African American men and women who lived and worked at Burge in the early twentieth century.
Donald F. Beisswenger Papers
The Donald Frederick Beisswenger Papers consists of the materials of minister and social activist Donald Frederick Beisswenger, 1930-2018.
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