The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Black and blue: Yale volunteers in the Mississippi civil rights movement

Repository: Yale University. Library. Manuscripts and Archives

Collection Description (Extant): The materials consist of audiotapes and transcripts of interviews, posters, flyers, reminiscences, memoranda, clippings assembled by Jodi L. Wilgoren (Yale 1992) for her senior essay titled Black and Blue: Yale Volunteers in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, 1963-1965.

Access Copy Note: The materials are open for research. Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy, which is retained by the repository. Researchers wishing to obtain an additional copy for their personal use should consult Copying Services information on the Manuscripts and Archives web site.

Date(s): 1992

Digital Status: No

Existing IDs: Call Number: RU 98;

Extent: 1 linear foot (4 boxes)

Finding Aid URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0098

Language: English

Interviewees: Richard N. L. Andrews, Timothy L. Jenkins, Franklin C. Basler, Jr., Earle D. Bessey, III, Stephen M. Bingham, W. Haywood Burns, Oscar Chase, William Sloane Coffin, Jr., Gary R. Saxonhouse, Joel S. Denker, Bruce H. Detwiler, Mark W. Foster, Timothy L. Jenkins, Edwin King, Joseph I. Lieberman, Staughton Lynd, Vigo G. Nielsen, Jr. Marshall I. Pomer, Gary R. Saxonhouse, Jon M. Van Dyke, Richard Van Wagenen, Gordon W. Wilcox

Rights (Extant): Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of Yale University is retained by Yale University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown.

Subjects:

Civil rights movements--Mississippi
Civil rights workers
College students
Democratic Party (Miss.)
Mississippi Freedom Project
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Yale University

Genres:

Interviews
Manuscripts
Sound recordings
Transcripts