Civil Rights - Lynchburg

File — Box: 79, Folder: 8, subfolder: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection consists of research materials compiled by William Martin, Rice University professor of sociology, during the course of his research on the Christian religious right in the United States, as well as fundamentalists, fundamentalist education, evangelists such as Billy Graham, and other aspects of conservative Christian organizations. The materials consists of correspondence, notes, videos, transcriptions of video interviews, pamphlets, and books.

Oral history interviews on videotape and transcribed into print form make just over half of the collection. The video was recorded by Lumiere Productions in New York City in 1995 - January 1996, and transcribed primarily by Wordprint Studios largely as research material for Martin's book With God on Our Side.

Dates

Creation: 1975 - 2000

Restrictions on Access

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Extent

From the Collection: 130 Linear Feet (130 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Scan of “A Legacy of Learning: The Lynchburg Public Schools 1871-1986,” a handwritten series of notes from “A Chapter in Lynchburg’s History with handwritten timeline, and a transcript of an interview of Rebecca Owen (White student that participated in the sit-ins) by Carolyn Bell. There is also a draft of a article by Carolyn Wilkerson Bell about the 1960 sit-ins, the Lynchburg Civil Rights Chronology, and a Compilation Chronology etc.