Box 134
Container
Contains 48 Results:
Berea, Ohio - Baldwin Wallace College?
File — Box: 134, Folder: 1
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0001
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
Early life: group photos
File — Box: 134, Folder: 2
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0002
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
Early life: 1940’s-1950’s
File — Box: 134, Folder: 3
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0003
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 8 and 9, 1968 - -Funeral of MLK, televised- April 8, 1968 silent march Memphis
File — Box: 134, Folder: 18
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0018
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
Undated and unidentified - photos by Ernest Withers, Memphis, TN
File — Box: 134, Folder: 44
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0044
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
Father Luis Olivares
File — Box: 134, Folder: 45
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0045
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
Harry Belafonte ?.; Jesse Jackson; Maya Angelou; Cynthia Faith King
File — Box: 134, Folder: 46
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0046
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
Individuals -unidentified
File — Box: 134, Folder: 47
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0047
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
Undated, events and individuals not known
File — Box: 134, Folder: 48
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0048
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
Early life: Anita Ferandez, 1955; Percy Gregory, 1954; Negail Riley; Gayrand Wilmore; Nazheem; others
File — Box: 134, Folder: 4
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0004
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
family of JML, 1962
File — Box: 134, Folder: 5
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0005
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:
1962
Early life - portrait photos
File — Box: 134, Folder: 6
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0006
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
Portrait photographs
File — Box: 134, Folder: 7
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0007
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
March 3-5, 1960 - Expulsion Day, VU; Arrest at First Baptist Church, Nashville, TN
File — Box: 134, Folder: 8
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0008
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
May 24, 1961 - arrest in Jackson, Mississippi for participation in the Freedom Rides
File — Box: 134, Folder: 9
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0009
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
1963 Rev. Lawson speaking in front of Memphis School Board
File — Box: 134, Folder: 10
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0010
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
February 11 - April 16, 1968 - Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
File — Box: 134, Folder: 11
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0011
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. 1967-68 - MLK, JML, and J. Alexander Looby? [photocopy]
File — Box: 134, Folder: 12
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0012
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
March 29, 1968 - JML, MLK, and Ralph Abernathy - press conference, Memphis, TN
File — Box: 134, Folder: 13
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0013
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 3, 1968 - MLK arrival at Memphis airport with Ralph Abernathy and JML; Bernard Lee, JML, MLK, Ralph Abernathy, William D. Campbell, unidentified arriving at the Memphis airport
File — Box: 134, Folder: 14
Identifier: spc-mss0626-s11-g0014
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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