This series contains the personal and professional papers of James Melvin Washington, including correspondence, subject files, course files, and writings. See box listings for detailed contents.
This series is arranged in original order.
Box 1
Box 1, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Writings; 1970s personal correspondence; 1980s-1990s personal and professional correspondence
Box 2
Box 2, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Black Baptist Theological Education materials; subject files; articles; lectures; index cards; syllabi
Box 3
Box 3, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles and writings; course materials and curricula; primary source documents
Box 4
Box 4, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Personal and professional correspondence; UTS administrative information; academic materials
Box 5
Box 5, circa 1970 -- 1997
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UTS administrative information including finance and search committees; syllabi and course documents; oral history documents; RCRM materials; "Slavery and the Eclipse of the African Gods" manuscript
Box 6
Box 6, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; primary source documents; correspondence; curricula
Box 7
Box 7, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Essays and writings; bibliographies; sermons; primary source materials
Box 8
Box 8, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Primary source documents; articles
Box 9
Box 9, circa 1990 -- 1997
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Articles; UTS administrative materials; academic administrative materials
Box 10
Box 10, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Writings; RHOCRM grant; proposals; correspondence; research notes; reports to Lilly Foundation
Box 11
Box 11, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; primary source documents; course materials
Box 12
Box 12, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; primary source documents W-Z; course materials; academic administrative materials
Box 13
Box 13, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; primary source documents; academic administrative materials
Box 14
Box 14, circa 1970 -- 1997
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UTS administrative materials; PhD self study and reports; memos; meeting minutes; program and course planning; field and faculty reports
Box 15
Box 15, circa 1970 -- 1997
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UTS administrative materials; course materials
Box 16
Box 16, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Research and course files, including student materials; UTS administrative materials including committees, department and field materials
Box 17
Box 17, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject files; histories of Black congregations; CU oral histories; articles; academic administrative materials
Box 18
Box 18, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Course materials; articles; primary source documents
Box 19
Box 19, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Research materials, articles, conference materials, and primary source documents on Black Disciples of Christ; "Sacred Journeys" project; award plaques; college work (Harvard, Yale)
Box 20
Box 20, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles and primary source documents S-T
Box 21
Box 21, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Riverside Church and UTS materials; Bible on African American culture; correspondence; UTS administrative materials
Box 22
Box 22, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Research materials, sources, and notes
Box 23
Box 23, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Course notes; research and subject notes; subject files
Box 24
Box 24, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; primary source documents; drafts
Box 25
Box 25, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; notes on sources; course materials; subject files
Box 26
Box 26, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Original writings and research materials including articles, chapters, talks, notes; UTS, Riverside Church, and other church materials; correspondence; administrative materials
Box 27
Box 27, circa 1970 -- 1997
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UTS administrative materials including Church History and World Christianity field documents
Box 28
Box 28, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Personal correspondence; index cards; church memorabilia
Box 29
Box 29, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles and primary source documents for African American Religious Documentary History project
Box 30
Box 30, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles and primary source documents for African American Religious Documentary History project; curricula and syllabi; biographical statements
Box 31
Box 31, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Writings and research; CVs; class notes; correspondence; interviews; inauguration materials
Box 32
Box 32, circa 1970 -- 1997
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"Frustrated Fellowship" chapters; research and writings; primary source articles on Black Baptists
Box 33
Box 33, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Primary source documents on Baptists 1800s to early 1900s
Box 34
Box 34, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Primary source articles A-B
Box 35
Box 35, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Primary source articles M-P
Box 36
Box 36, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Box 37
Box 37, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject files and source files on Black Church and Civil Rights, African American history, and Black hymns and prayers
Box 38
Box 38, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Course and book notes; research materials for projects
Box 39
Box 39, circa 1970 -- 1997
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UTS administrative materials and committee materials including presidential search, faculty committees, Washington's student work
Box 40
Box 40, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Course materials including syllabi, notes, and preparation materials
Box 41
Box 41, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Notes and readings for writing projects and courses
Box 42
Box 42, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject files for research and writing projects
Box 43
Box 43, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject files for research and writing projects
Box 44
Box 44, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject files for research and writing projects
Box 45
Box 45, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject, teaching, and writing files
Box 46
Box 46, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Research and writing files; unlabeled documents
Box 47
Box 47, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject and research files; Black Baptists materials; correspondence
Box 48
Box 48, circa 1970 -- 1997
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UTS administrative materials; subject files on Church history
Box 49
Box 49, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Drafts of dissertation; subject files; research notes
Box 50
Box 50, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Course materials; congregational histories materials; correspondence including letters to James Cone
Box 51
Box 51, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Washington's student work including notebooks and coursework
Box 52
Box 52, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Box 53
Box 53, circa 1970 -- 1997
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UTS and Riverside Church files
Box 54
Box 54, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Correspondence; photos; biographies on antebellum Black ministers
Box 55
Box 55, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles and primary sources for African American Documentary History project
Box 56
Box 56, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Lecture notes and primary source documents
Box 57
Box 57, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles and primary source documents
Box 58
Box 58, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; primary source documents; course materials; Black churches research
Box 59
Box 59, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Research materials on "Sunday Child Project," "African American Disciples of Christ," and "African American Documentary History Project"
Box 60
Box 60, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Black Churches research; UTS administrative materials; personal and professional correspondence
Box 61
Box 61, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Research; source files for Af. Am. Religious History documentary
Box 62
Box 62, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Source files; note cards; research for Af. Am. Religious History documentary
Box 63
Box 63, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; primary source files
Box 64
Box 64, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Personal and professional correspondence
Box 65
Box 65, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Personal and professional correspondence; UTS administrative materials; course work; CV
Box 66
Box 66, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Church history courses: notes, source materials
Box 67
Box 67, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; primary source materials
Box 68
Box 68, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity: files, notes, publications, memorabilia
Box 69
Box 69, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; research files; sources
Box 71
Box 71, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Black Church: related articles, primary source materials
Box 72
Box 72, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; primary source materials; bibliographies; research and writings on Black Baptists
Box 73
Box 73, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; primary source materials; Baptists and Black Churches
Box 74
Box 74, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject and research files: Af. Am. Religious History Documentation Project; ESCRU: Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity
Box 75
Box 75, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Notes; subject files: Black Spirituality and Accounts of Black Religious Experiences
Box 76
Box 76, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; primary source materials; hymns and spiritual songs; Black religious experience
Box 77
Box 77, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; primary source materials D-G
Box 78
Box 78, circa 1970 -- 1997
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UTS administrative materials: faculty and planning committees, correspondence; research files: Af. Am. Religious History
Box 79
Box 79, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Notes: Concord History Project; dissertation notes and drafts; course notes
Box 80
Box 80, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Research files and notes; UTS administrative materials
Box 81
Box 81, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Box 82
Box 82, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject files and course materials, including some early student work; personal, professional, and publishing correspondence; UTS faculty committees; Church and denominational correspondence
Box 83
Box 83, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject files: Black Church, Church History
Box 84
Box 84, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Correspondence and personal letters
Box 85
Box 85, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Personal and research files; UTS course materials; correspondence; UTS administrative materials; articles and papers including "Sanctity of Conscience" and "Toward a New Vocation for Church History"
Box 86
Box 86, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject files; Black history and church ephemera (programs, pamphlets, and rare publications)
Box 87
Box 87, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject and research files, including on Black Baptists
Box 88
Box 88, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Research notes and source files: Religious History of Civil Rights Movement
Box 89
Box 89, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Subject and research files: Black history, L-M
Box 90
Box 90, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Calendars and planning diaries; professional and personal correspondence
Box 91
Box 91, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Student work; Black Church ephemera
Box 92
Box 92, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Articles; source materials; Black Church history; G-K
Box 93
Box 93, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Manuscript drafts of unpublished book projects.
Box 94
Box 94, circa 1970 -- 1997
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Manuscript drafts of unpublished book projects.