Campbell, Will D.
Biography:
Baptist preacher, author, civil rights activist. Born July 18, 1924 in Liberty, Mississippi. Director of Religious Life at the University of Mississippi from 1952 to 1954. While serving on the National Council of Churches, Campbell escorted the Little Rock 9 into high school. in 1963 to become the Director of the Committee of Southern Churchmen (formerly the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen), where he worked until the late 1970s.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- Letter and notes, Leslie W. Dunbar to Will Campbell; March 8, 1965 (Notes)
- Letter, Garry Oniki to Will D. Campbell; [May 20, 1964] (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Clyde Ferguson; October 18, 1962 (Text)
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to David Mathis; October 28, 1968 (Letters (Correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Dr. Harold Fleming; May 13, 1964 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Dr. [McLeod] Bryan; January 6, 1959 (Text)
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Dr. Merrimon [Cuninggim]; May 15, 1964 (Text)
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Gayraud Wilmore; April 1, 1965 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Gayraud Wilmore; January 10, 1964 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Jane Eddy; February 14, 1963 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Maxwell Hahn; November 17, 1963 (Text)
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Rev. Charles Jones; November 14, 1963 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Rev. Charles Jones; October 12, 1964 (Letters (Correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Rev. Duncan Gray; November 5, 1964 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Rev. J.C. Herrin; March 5, 1962 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Rev. Luther Holcomb; October 19, 1962 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Rev. Ray Gibbons; May 12, 1964 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Rev. Robert C. Dodds; November 8, 1962 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Rev. William Dobbins; January 27, 1964 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Reverend Aubrey Brown; March 14, 1957 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Sally Smith; January 11, 1957 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Sam H. Franklin; November 5, 1964 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to Walker Percy; September 2, 1965 (Letters (Correspondence))
- Letter, Will D. Campbell to William H. Willis; May 4, 1961 (Letters (correspondence))
- Memo, Will D. Campbell to Dr. J. Oscar Lee; August 25, 1958 (Text)
- Memo, Will D. Campbell to Dr. W.C. Fields; February 18, 1965 (Letters (correspondence))
- Photograph of Will D. Campbell (Black-and-white photographs)
- Photograph of Will D. Campbell (Black-and-white photographs)
- Starting point of Christian race relations (Letters (correspondence))
- Eyes on the Prize Interviews (Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
- LIFE Presents : never-before-published Photos From Memphis, April 4, 1968 (LIFE magazine)
- USM Oral History (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)