The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Campbell (Will D.) papers

Repository: University of Southern Mississippi. McCain Library and Archives

Collection Description (CRHP): This collection contains a number of transcribed speeches and sermons that relate to civil rights. Also there is raw footage of material used to make the documentary 'God's Will' and the interview of Will Campbell for the documentary "Eyes on the Prize."

Collection Description (Extant): The Will D. Campbell collection is both an eclectic blend of materials from the civil rights era, and the writing materials and manuscripts from one of the South's most notable authors. The materials in the collection should be of use to those who are interested in the civil rights struggle as well as those who want to examine the literary and biographical materials of a successful Mississippi author.

Date(s): 1950-2001

Existing IDs: M341
AM04-7
AM04-30
AM04-36
AM06-37

Extent: 28.8 cubic ft.

Finding Aid URL: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m341.htm

Language: English

Related Archival Items: There is a Will Campbell oral history interview included in the University of Southern Mississippi's Oral History Program Collection.

Interviewees: Will Campbell

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

Civil rights workers
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity
Clergy
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Genres:

Lectures
Photographs
Sound recordings
Videorecordings