Box 11
Container
Contains 38 Results:
c. 1950’s “Sermon for Americans” Massillon, Ohio
File — Box: 11, Folder: 2
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0067
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
c. 1950’s [Prison segregation remembrance]
File — Box: 11, Folder: 3
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0068
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
c. 1950’s Statement on being a “Special Termer”
File — Box: 11, Folder: 4
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0069
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
c. 1950’s drafts and notes
File — Box: 11, Folder: 5
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0070
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
1952 [Christmas Thoughts]
File — Box: 11, Folder: 6
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0071
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
1953 “Alternative to Destruction” speech at Baldwin-Wallace College
File — Box: 11, Folder: 7
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0072
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
August 10, 1957 Remembrance of assault in a Detroit barbershop near the Greyhound Bus Depot/original typescript
File — Box: 11, Folder: 8
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0073
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
November 3, 1958 [Letter to MLK] to be included in The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.at Stanford University, 1998
File — Box: 11, Folder: 9
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0074
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1998
Circa 1960’s “There is Another Way”; “The Unfolding Drama of Our Salvation”; Facts and Faces on the Frontier”
File — Box: 11, Folder: 10
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0075
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
Circa 1960’s - drafts and notes
File — Box: 11, Folder: 11
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0076
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
1960’s “Interpreting the Nonviolent Movement”; “A Pacifist View of Society”; “Subtle Racial Complexities”; “February 27, 1961”
File — Box: 11, Folder: 12
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0077
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
January 20, 1960 “Preaching is Controversy” Vanderbilt Divinity School
File — Box: 11, Folder: 13
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0078
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
April 23, 1960 “The non-violent way” in Afro-American
File — Box: 11, Folder: 14
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0079
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
Spring 1960 “Students v. Segregation” in Focus
File — Box: 11, Folder: 15
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0080
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
August 1960 “Reconciliation and the Church as Peacemaker” Boston University School of Theology
File — Box: 11, Folder: 16
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0081
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
January 30, 1961 “ Non-Violent Struggle of the South and Its Effect Abroad” Raleigh Institute of Religion
File — Box: 11, Folder: 17
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0082
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
April 10, 1961 “The Measure of a Movement” Gandhi Memorial Lecture at Howard University
File — Box: 11, Folder: 18
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0083
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
November 1961 “Eve of Nonviolent Revolution” in Southern Patriot
File — Box: 11, Folder: 19
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0084
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
1965 letter to the e ditor Memphis Press Scimitar
File — Box: 11, Folder: 20
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0085
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
July 15, 1966 “The Meredith March…and Tomorrow” in Concern
File — Box: 11, Folder: 21
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s04-g0086
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr. The Papers are comprised of close to 80 linear feet of manuscript materials including documents, correspondence, and photographs. Realia/memorabilia in this collection include awards, academic gowns, and other keepsakes.The dates for these materials range from the late 1920’s when Reverend Lawson was born (September 1928) until the present time and the...
Dates:
1862 - 2021
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