Coles, Robert

Authoritative Name:

Coles, Robert

Biography:

Robert Coles is a child psychiatrist and writer at Harvard University. While much of his professional career was based at Harvard, Coles spent most of the 1960s and 1970s living in Georgia and devoted considerable attention to studying minority children. Perhaps best known for his five-volume series Children of Crisis, Coles contributed significantly to the emerging field of oral history during his years in the South.--From Oral Histories of the American South biography.

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15 items in 3 collections (expand all)

CORE--Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) - Memoranda and reports, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 2, Segment 19)

Creator:: Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:: 1964/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Freedom Information Service--WATS reports, August 1964 (Freedom Information Service records, 1962-1979; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 780, Reel 1, Segment 6)

Creator:: Freedom Information Service
Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Freedom Information Service--WATS reports,July 1964 (Freedom Information Service records, 1962-1979; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 780, Reel 1, Segment 5)

Creator:: Freedom Information Service
Date of Original:: 1962/1979
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b)

Creator:: Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:: 1964/1967
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a)

Creator:: Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:: 1964/1967
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

King--July, 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 8)

Creator:: King, Mary E., 1940-
Date of Original:: 1964-07
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Oral history interview with Robert Coles, October 24, 1974

Creator:: Coles, Robert
Date of Original:: 1974-10-24
Collection:: Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)

Southern school news

Creator:: Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:: 1963-09-01
Collection:: Southern school news
Contributing Institution:: University of Georgia. Libraries