The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Ralph Stone memoir

Repository: University of Illinois at Springfield. Archives/Special Collections

Collection Description (Extant): Ralph Stone, professor of history at Sangamon State University, discusses his involvement in student activism, civil rights and anti-war movements, and his involvement in teaching innovative and radical educational programs. He also discusses pacifism, the Vietnam War, political activities at Miami University in Ohio, conspiracy trials, and the political atmosphere in the 1960's and 70's.

Interviews by Don Richardson, 1972 and Cliff Wilson, 1978

Access Copy Note: All material must be used in the archives reading room. Audio and videotapes and electronic records may be viewed in the Educational Technology Media Lab (LIB 140).

Transcript is available online; transcript and digital audio files are also at the Illinois Digital Archives: http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Fuis

Collection URL: http://www.uis.edu/archives/memoirs/STONERALPH.pdf

Date(s): 1972, 1978

Digital Status: Yes

Existing IDs: ST71

Extent: 5 tapes (355 mins.), 77 pp.

Language: English

Interviewees: Ralph Stone

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

Subjects:

Civil rights and socialism
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights movements--Ohio
College teachers
Congress of Racial Equality
Student movements
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements

Genres:

Interviews
Sound recordings
Transcripts