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John Howard Griffin papers, 1920-2004 28 linear feet 47 boxes

Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials by and about John Howard Griffin. The correspondence is extensive and includes letter from Jacques Maritain; Thomas Merton; Maxwell Geismar; Eldridge Cleaver; Robert Casadeus; Abraham Rattner; P.D. East; Joseph Noonan; Sarah Patton Boyle; Lillian Smith; Father August Thompson; Nell Dorr; and Brother Patrick Hart. All of his major works are represented in manuscript form (usually typescript, carbon). In addition there are many original photographs by Griffin, which he pasted throughout his extensive journal, 1950-1980. This journal is a remarkable account of his life and thoughts, extending to over 3,000 pages.

  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Mark Lundeen papers, circa 1962 -- 1975 1.25 linear feet 1.25 linear feet; 1 document box, 1 oversize box

Lundeen, Mark, 1941-2018
Mark Gillette Lundeen (1941-2018) was a 1968 BD graduate of UTS who participated in anti-war activism regarding the Vietnam War, as well as civil rights and social justice initiatives including Freedom Summer. The collection contains UTS coursework; material related to anti-war organizing and resistance efforts; reports written by Lundeen documenting voter registration campaigns in Hattiesburg, Mississippi during Freedom Summer, as well as reports documenting social justice work Lundeen took part in under the auspices of the Delta Ministry largely in Natchez and Edwards, Mississippi; notes and supplemental materials from organizations including SNCC, the Delta Ministry, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; and photographs and other materials that Lundeen compiled documenting neighborhoods and people in Natchez, Mississippi, towards producing a Natchez poverty report.
  1. Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Yuri and Bill Kochiyama Papers, 1936-2003, bulk 1968-1998 186.25 linear feet 120 linear feet (91 record cartons and 4 oversize items, Oakland accession) and 64.17 linear feet (51 record cartons, New York accession). Boxes 35, 45, 46, 48, 49, and 53 do not exist. Malcolm X scrapbook is Box 65

Kochiyama, Yuri

Letters, diaries, albums, photographs, and printed material.

  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library