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The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection

Description:
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, 1946-2014, contains approximately 450 linear feet of personal papers, sermons, speeches, correspondence, SCLC and SCLC/WOMEN records, and hundreds of historical photographs and audiovisual records documenting the Lowery's struggle of justice and equality. The Lowery Trust granted sole ownership of the collection to Morehouse College in March 2021. Shortly thereafter, the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library was formally designated as custodian of the collection with responsibilities for housing and providing access for students, scholars, researchers, and the global community.
Date of Original:
1946/2014
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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John H. Wheeler collection

Description:
Items related to John H. Wheeler, who was heavily involved in politics and education through various positions within the federal government and on various boards of trustees for institutions like Morehouse College, Atlanta University, Lincoln Hospital, and the National Scholarship Service for Negro Students.
Date of Original:
1895/1973
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Digital collection of Robert W. Wooodruff Library (AUC)

Description:
The Digital Collection of the Robert W. Woodruff Library consists of photographic images and publications from the Archives and Special Collections Department documenting the early history of the Atlanta University Center (AUC) institutions. These "founding documents" encompass pictures of AUC member institution presidents, faculty, students, alumni, earliest buildings, and an electronically searchable text of the Atlanta University Bulletin dating from 1883 to 1910.
Date of Original:
1869/2004
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Civil rights archive

Description:
The University of Mississippi's Civil Rights Archive contains digitized versions of small collections related to the struggle for civil rights in Mississippi and the American South.
Date of Original:
1865/1999
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Sensitive Content:
Some of the images and language that appear in this digital collection depict prejudices that are not condoned by the University of Mississippi. This content is being presented as historical documents to aid in the understanding of both American history and the history of the University of Mississippi. The University Creed speaks to our current deeply held values, and the availability of this content should not be taken as an endorsement of previous attitudes or behavior.

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Volunteer voices

Description:
Volunteer Voices provides access to digitized primary sources documenting the history and culture of Tennessee. Significant events from Civil Rights Movement are presented in this collection from the perspective of Tennesseans.
Date of Original:
1801/2022
Contributing Institution:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections