James Melvin Washington papers, circa 1970 -- 1997

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James Melvin Washington papers, circa 1970 -- 1997

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93 linear feet; 93 linear feet; 93 boxes

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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Primary source documents



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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Source files



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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Source files and notes



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.