Bernice V. Robinson

 

 

Avery Manuscript Number

 

 

Inventory Number 1018

 

 

 

 

 

 

Box #/

 

 

Folder#

I

Biographical Papers

 

 

 

 

1

Typescripts (nd) of biographical sketches

1-1

 

 

 

2

Resumes and scattered employment applications (1967, 1970-79)

1-2

 

 

 

3

Identification and business cards (c.1950, 1972-75) from Robinson's hair salon;

1-3

 

Action /VISTA program; and South Carolina School Boards

 

 

 

 

4

Date and address book (1973) partially completed by Robinson

1-4

 

 

 

5

Typed, unedited transcript of oral interview of Robinson by Sue Thrasher and Eliot

1-5

 

Wiggington, November 9, 1980. Topics discussed include early family years, unions for

 

the skilled trades; educational system in Charleston County, segregation differences in

 

 

the South and North; Robinson's experiences working in garment factories and beauty

 

 

shops in Harlem, New York; South Carolina Human Relations Council; NAACP; Ruby

 

Hurley; Hubert Humphrey; Septima Clark; Rosa Parks; Esau Jenkins, the Progressive

 

 

Club and African American education and voter registration; Robinson's involvement

 

 

with the Highlander Folk School; Myles Horton; experience as being the first Citizenship

 

School teacher; the establishment of Citizenship Schools on Johns, Wadmalaw and

 

 

Edisto Islands; funding from Maxwell Hahn of the Field Foundation; the 1959 raid on

 

 

Highlander; Andrew Young, Jr.; Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Medgar

 

 

Evers; Martin Luther King, Jr.;  Rosa Parks;  Hosea Williams;  Bayard Rustin;   

 

 

James Bevel; Dorothy Cotton; Randolph Blackwell, and others; Robert Moses and 

 

 

the Council of Federated Organization; Robinson's employment with the South

 

 

Carolina Commission for Farm Workers/VISTA Volunteers program; her run for the

 

 

State House of Representatives; consultant work with IDEAS and the terminated Civil

 

 

Rights Movement Oral History Project; literacy training; and economic and social

 

 

advancements of African Americans resulting from the Civil Rights movement

 

 

 

 

6

Transcript, edited version of above interview for the book, Refuse to Stand Silently

1-6

 

By: An Oral History of Grass Roots Social Activism in America 1921-64

 

 

 

 

7

Miscellaneous newsletters (1973, 1985) from Garrett High School, Charleston and

1-7

 

South Carolina Committee for the Humanities, featuring articles on Robinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Typescripts, church programs, and greeting cards (1963, 67, 1975) re Robinson's new

1-8

 

house blessings

 

 

 

 

II

Works:  Writings, Talks, Lectures and Speeches

 

 

 

 

1

Handwritten journal (1978) with draft of speech re cousin Septima Clark

1-9

 

 

 

2

Letters, statement of purpose, conference program (1986) re Central Coast Literacy

1-10

 

Conference sponsored by the City of Watsonville [CA] Public Library.  Includes

 

 

handwritten notes on index cards of Robinson's speech re literacy, citizenship and

 

 

Highlander Center

 

 

 

 

3

Letters, handwritten and typed; typed speech and flyers (1986) from Lee Davis re

1-11

 

University of  California, Santa Cruz Women's Center discussion, Empowerment of

 

 

the Estranged and Powerless, with Robinson as the keynote speaker.  Also includes

 

information re the Watsonville cannery strike, and the film documentary re Highlander,

 

 

You Got to Move,featuring Robinson. Also see Box 3 Folder 10 for essay written by

 

Lee Davis re Citizenship Schools on Johns Island

 

 

 

 

4

Correspondence, newsletters, conference program (1986) for Literacy Volunteers

1-12

 

of America, Inc.  Includes typescript of Robinson's speech re literacy for citizenship

 

 

and employment

 

 

 

 

5

Correspondence, biographical sketches, handwritten and typed drafts of speech (1988)

1-13

 

for Robinson's talk at the South Carolina State Museum re the importance of voting

 

 

 

 

6

Handwritten speech (nd) on index cards re the early days of the Civil Rights

1-14

 

Movement; and miscellaneous handwritten notes (nd)

 

 

 

 

III

Correspondence

 

 

 

 

1

Personal letters, invitations, greetings and post cards (1960-1988, nd) from various

 

 

family members and friends.  Includes letters (1963) from photographer Marion Palfi;

1-15

 

Septima Clark (1972); folk singers Guy and Candie Carawan

 

 

 

 

2

Personal correspondence and photo (1972-73) of Bishop Peter Mark Kariuki

1-16

 

Wachira, Roho Israel Church of Kenya re Christianity in America

 

 

 

 

3

Professional letters (1965-1967) to Robinson re information on cooperatives from the

1-17

 

United States Department of Agriculture; and her participation in a tour of the

 

 

Charleston Naval Station (1967)

 

 

 

 

4

Professional correspondence (1972-77) re Robinson seeking employment. Includes 

1-18

 

letter of recommendation from Richard W. Riley (1977)

 

 

 

 

5

Professional letters (1973-79) includes letter from Andrew Young thanking Robinson

1-19

 

for her message re his nomination as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1977);

 

 

and letter of appointment to the Tax Exempt Board, Charleston County Council (1977)

 

 

 

6

Professional correspondence (1980-89, nd) mainly requests for Robinson to speak 

1-20

 

about adult literacy and requests for interviews from doctoral students re Highlander

 

 

and Citizenship Schools

 

 

 

 

IV

Affiliations: Schools

 

 

 

 

1

Course catalog and newsletter (1963) re New York School of Interior Design

2-1

 

 

 

2

Correspondence, course papers, and design postcards (1963-64) from Robinson's

2-2

 

Home Study Course from New York School of Interior Design

 

 

 

 

3

Handwritten notes and drafts (1963-64) re home study lessons for interior design

2-3

 

course

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) The Highlander Folk School and Research Center

 

 

 

 

1

Original, photocopied, and carbons of correspondence (1957-1988) re Highlander

3-1

 

and Citizenship Schools.  Includes letter (1957) from Highlander founder, Myles

 

 

Horton, congratulating Robinson on being an excellent teacher at the Johns Island Adult

 

School; letter (1959) from Robinson to Horton commenting on the tenuous status of

 

 

the School; letter (1961) from staff member, Anne Lockwood offering Robinson a

 

 

position with Robinson's hesitant reply; letter (1970) from Horton to Leslie Dunbar,

 

 

executive director of the Field Foundation, requesting funding to collect oral histories

 

 

from civil rights movement participants, which Robinson and Septima Clark would

 

 

gather; letter (1972) from Horton congratulating Robinson re her campaign for the SC

 

 

State House of Representatives, with references to the historic value of the Highlander

 

 

tapes; letter and photocopied newspaper clippings (1980) re attacks against the

 

 

Center for its efforts to close the Bumpass Cove Sanitary Landfill, TN

 

 

 

 

2

Original and photocopy roster (1955) of Highlander's "The United Nations and You"

3-2

 

workshop

 

 

 

 

3

Original black and white photographs (c. 1960s) of Robinson teaching at a voter

3-3

 

education workshop; photocopy of itinerary (1961) re schedule of citizenship training

 

 

workshops

 

 

 

 

4

Scattered newsletters (1961-1988) of Highlander Reports; and brochures re the

3-4

 

Center and their fiftieth anniversary campaign

 

 

 

 

5

Photocopy (1964) of Highlander Folk School Audio Tape Collection finding aid from

3-5

 

Tennessee State Library and Archives; with essay (nd) re participants on recordings

 

 

 

 

6

Photocopied biographical sketch, itineraries, booklet, correspondence, and newspaper

3-6

 

clipping (1964-1972) re Esau Jenkins and the Sea Island Progressive Club Center.

 

 

Includes letter with proposal (1964) from Jenkins requesting a grant for a day care

 

 

program from the Department of Labor; letter from American Friends Service

 

 

Committee (1965) re Southern School Desegregation work with employment

 

 

opportunity for Robinson; and Jenkins' obituary (1972)

 

 

 

 

7

Photocopied report (1966-67) re expenses and income for the Center

3-7

 

 

 

8

Typescript (nd) re Robinson's experiences and influence on the creation of the

3-8

 

Citizenship Program in South Carolina; and typed transcription of her talk (1979) re

 

 

Citizenship Training Schools

 

 

 

 

9

Typescripts and published essays (1966, 1971) re Highlander Center and citizenship

3-9

 

education by Aimee Horton; with letter to Robinson (1987) re the possibility of jointly

 

 

writing an article on literacy education

 

 

 

 

10

Typescript (1986) by Lee Davis re Johns Island's Citizenship School. Robinson,

3-10

 

Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, Septima Clark, and Esau Jenkins are quoted in the

 

 

text

 

 

 

 

11

Typescripts of speech and poems, letters, and press release (1961-1974) of John

3-11

 

Beecher, great nephew of Harriet Beecher Stowe.  Writings include autographed

 

 

poem re Highlander Folk School and speeches (1963) re racial attitudes and the

 

 

bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL

 

 

 

 

12

Directory (1970) for identifying institutions and individuals possessing creative talent

3-12

 

and financial support for the Center

 

 

 

 

13

Letter and abstract (1976) from Jerome Franson, Georgia College, requesting an

3-13

 

interview from Robinson re her experience with the Highlander Folk School's

 

 

Sea Island Citizenship project

 

 

 

 

14

Photocopy of poem and newspaper articles (1959-1966) re Highlander, Robinson,

3-14

 

Septima Clark and participants.  Includes newspaper articles (1961) re Robinson and

 

 

Clark applying to the Peace Corps

 

 

 

 

15

Published journal (1979) featuring an article about Myles Horton

3-15

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) Citizenship School-South Carolina

 

 

 

 

1

Original and photocopies materials (1957-1960) used in Citizenship Schools in South

3-16

 

Carolina: sample application for SC [voting] registration; booklet and test on the

 

 

on the U.S. Constitution and Government; and math workbook

 

 

 

 

2

Original and photocopied typescripts and booklets (1961-63, nd) used in Citizenship

3-17

 

School workshops throughout the south sponsored by the Southern Christian

 

 

Leadership Conference

 

 

 

 

3

Handwritten originals and typed carbon copies reports (nd) by Robinson re teachers

3-18

 

and students attending Adult Citizenship Schools in Johns, Edisto, and Wadmalaw

 

 

Islands

 

 

 

 

4

Black and white photographs (c.1957-1960) of Robinson with adult and youth

3-19

 

Citizenship students

 

 

 

 

5

Miscellaneous reports, surveys, and booklets (1960-65) published by government

3-20

 

agencies re community development and leaders

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued)  Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

 

 

 

 

1

Typed and carbons of letters (1964-67) from Septima Clark informing Robinson 

4-1

 

of grant funding of Maxwell Hahn, Field Foundation (1964); and letters re Robinson's

 

 

Citizenship workshops

 

 

 

 

2

Scattered newsletters and staff news (1963-64, 1967) re SCLC

4-2

 

 

 

3

SCLC calendar (1965) with Robinson's handwritten notes

4-3

 

 

 

4

SCLC publications (1963-65) includes booklets and pamphlets re SCLC, Alabama

4-4

 

Tutorial Project, and staff member Rev. James Bevel

 

 

 

 

5

Photocopy of grant proposal (1965) to the Ford Foundation, written by Dr. Martin

4-5

 

Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Andrew J. Young, requesting leadership training for Black

 

 

ministers of  thirty urban areas and citizenship training for neighborhood leaders of five

 

 

major cities; and catalog (1964-68) re Ford Foundation travel and study grants

 

 

 

 

6

Programs and name tags (1965-66) including benefit program honoring Rosa Parks;

4-6

 

and photocopied annual report by Martin Luther King Jr.(1965) for SCLC's Ninth

 

 

Annual Convention

 

 

 

 

7

Booklet (1967) "A Decade of SCLC"

4-7

 

 

 

8

Photocopied roster (1966) re attendance at school desegregation program in

4-8

 

Montgomery, AL; report (1967) re Wilcox County, AL Anti-Poverty Program

 

 

 

 

9

Photocopy and typed rosters (1968) of SCLC staff and membership

4-9

 

 

 

10

Photocopied typescripts and booklet (1968) re Poor People's Campaign in

4-10

 

Washington, DC

 

 

 

 

11

Booklet and pamphlet (1968) re Minister Leadership Training Program

4-11

 

 

 

12

Programs and photocopied newspaper clippings (1970-1988) re tributes to Septima

4-12

 

Poinsette Clark; articles about Robinson and Andrew Young

 

 

 

 

13

Photocopied typescript and pamphlets (nd) from various organizations re civil rights,

4-13

 

nonviolent resistance; and published reports (1965, 1986) re racism and race relations

 

 

 

 

14

Published reports (1963, 66) and conference roster from United States Commission

4-14

 

on Civil Rights

 

 

 

 

 

SCLC: (Continued) Martin Luther King, Jr. materials

 

 

 

 

1

Original and photocopy of program (1964) of "Recognition Dinner" honoring Martin

4-15

 

Luther King, Jr. as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Atlanta, GA

 

 

 

4-16

2

Printed speeches, writings, and interview (1963-1967) by Martin Luther King, Jr. 

 

 

Also includes interview (1965) in Playboy Magazine

 

 

 

 

3

Photocopied newspaper clipping (1968) re King uniting civil rights efforts with Black

4-17

 

Power advocate Stokely Carmichael

 

 

 

 

4

Original and photocopied obsequies (1968) of Martin Luther King Jr.

4-18

 

 

 

5

Miscellaneous magazines (1968) featuring articles about Martin Luther King, Jr.

4-19

 

 

 

6

Memorandums (1969) re organizational assignments for the "Martin Luther King, Jr.

4-20

 

Film Project"

 

 

 

 

7

Published address (1970) by Coretta Scott King re on the legacy of Martin Luther

4-21

 

King, Jr.

 

 

 

 

8

Programs and tributes (1972-1987) re Charleston, SC events honoring King

4-22

 

 

 

9

Typescript of speeches (nd) by Robinson re Martin Luther King's birthday, and the

4-23

 

importance of voting; letter requesting Robinson to speak; and typed speech (1986)

 

 

to People Aiding People Organization

 

 

 

 

10

Conference speeches and newsletter (1972) re nonviolence in the 1970's featuring

4-24

 

Coretta Scott King, Jesse Jackson and Andrew Young, Jr.; and newsletter from

 

 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) SCLC Citizenship Education Training Program

 

 

 

 

1

Photocopy of  typescripts, student roster, pamphlets, and booklets (1963-64) re

5-1

 

SCLC Citizenship Education Program. Includes pamphlet (1964) describing voter

 

 

registration project at the Dorchester Center, GA; and mimeograph poem (1969)

 

 

dedicated to the Dorchester Center

 

 

 

 

2

Typed rosters (1964-65) of Hilton Head Progressive Committee and Lawton [SC]

5-2

 

Township Improvement Association

 

 

 

 

3

Workbooks and booklets (1965-68, nd) used in Robinson's voting class for the SCLC

5-3

 

Citizenship Education Program

 

 

 

 

4

Original and photocopied material (nd) of lesson plans on Negro history,

5-4

 

Constitutional Amendments, and consumer education

 

 

 

 

5

Photocopied handwritten statistical report (1962-1964) re SCLC Citizenship

5-5

 

Education; and typed form (nd) re monthly attendance and record sheet

 

 

 

 

6

Photocopy of newsletter page written by Septima Clark (1963) re registered voter

5-6

 

success by SCLC Citizenship Schools

 

 

 

 

7

Handwritten bound record book  (1964-65) re teacher and member attendance in

5-7

 

Citizenship Schools in Oak Ridge, TN, and Allendale, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston,

 

 

Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and Jasper Counties, SC

 

 

 

 

8

Photocopied typed reports (1965) by Robinson re Citizenship Education Program

5-8

 

 

 

9

Handwritten letters (1965-66) by Citizenship teachers responding to Robinson's

5-9

 

request on availability and locations for classes. Includes poem (1966) by a North

 

 

Charleston Adult School student

 

 

 

 

10

Original typescripts, financial report and booklets (1965-68, 1972) re C.O. Federal

5-10

 

Credit Union

 

 

 

 

11

Photocopy of typed report (1966) re Citizenship Education workshop held at Penn

5-11

 

Community Center, Frogmore, SC

 

 

 

 

12

Photo and carbons of lists (1966-67) of SCLC teacher's paid vouchers

5-12

 

 

 

13

Guide (nd) re federal assistance programs to aid members associated with the

5-13

 

Citizenship Education Program

 

 

 

 

14

Photocopy of typed grant proposal (1967) from the Citizenship Education Program to

5-14

 

Marshall Field Foundation

 

 

 

 

15

Letter and transcripts (1967) to Robinson from National Education Association

5-15

 

conference re the treatment of minorities in textbooks and other teaching materials

 

 

 

 

16

Training leaflets (1968-69) information on rental housing; newspapers; and taxes

5-16

 

 

 

17

Carbon of   Robinson's field report  (1968-69) traveling through South Carolina

5-17

 

 

 

18

Program itinerary (1969) re Citizenship Education Workshop at Dorchester

5-18

 

Community Center, GA; and memorandum (1969) re SCLC conference at Penn

 

 

Conference Center, Frogmore, SC

 

 

 

 

19

Typed miscellaneous list (nd) by Robinson, re items to carry to the new center

5-19

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) Voter Education Project, Inc.

 

 

 

 

1

Newsletter and pamphlet (1967-1970) re Voter Education Project, a program of the

5-20

 

Southern Regional Council

 

 

 

 

2

Typed reports, roster, and newspaper clipping (1965-66) re South Carolina Voter

5-21

 

Registration Project.  Includes original and photocopies of Robinson's reports

 

 

(1965, 66) re the Southwide Voter Education Workshop

 

 

 

 

3

Typescripts and booklet (1967, nd) re voter registration education

5-22

 

 

 

4

Booklet and charts (1969) re government and registered African American voters in

5-23

 

South Carolina

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) Community Action Program (CAP)

 

 

 

 

1

Memorandums, grant application, and proposal (1966) re Menominee [WI]

6-1

 

Community Action Program

 

 

 

 

2

Published essay and guides (nd) describing the Community Action program and

6-2

 

procedures

 

 

 

 

3

Reports, manual, memorandums, letters, grant applications and proposals (1966-67)

6-3

 

re Head Start programs

 

 

 

 

4

Directory (1966) of Community Action Program Grantees

6-4

 

 

 

5

Handbook (nd) of CAP re community action and public information

6-5

 

 

 

6

Report (1966) re CAP training program for depressed rural areas; brochures (nd) re

6-6

 

Community Action programs for the elderly, legal services, and cooperatives

 

 

 

 

7

Memorandums (1965-67) re Office of Economic Opportunity and community action

6-7

 

program updates

 

 

 

 

8

Brochures (c.1965) re community resources in Charleston County

6-8

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) Community Action Program Technicians (C.A.T.)

 

 

Training

 

 

 

 

1

Letters and newsletter (1967) from Community Action Technicians (C.A.T.) directors

7-1

 

to Robinson re acceptance to training program and orientation in Madison, WI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

 

 

2

Roster, weekly class schedules and itineraries of field trips (1967) for CAT training

7-2

 

program

 

 

 

 

3

Typed class handouts, Robinson's handwritten notes, workbook, and pamphlet (1967)

7-3

 

re creative process course

 

 

 

 

4

Syllabi and course materials (1967) re communications classes

7-4

 

 

 

5

Syllabus, course materials, and handwritten notes (1967) re human behavior course

7-5

 

 

 

6

Syllabi, course materials, and handwritten notes (1967) re leadership classes

7-6

 

 

 

7

Syllabi, and course materials (1967) re community analysis and organization classes

7-7

 

 

 

8

Syllabi, brochures, and newsletter (1967) re program administration and Ohio

7-8

 

opportunity program

 

 

 

 

9

Typescript and handwritten class notes (1967) re consumer co-ops; public welfare;

7-9

 

poverty; and senior citizens programs

 

 

 

 

10

Booklet, handwritten notes, syllabus, and typescripts (1967) re manpower

7-10

 

development programs; and Native Americans

 

 

 

 

11

Carbon copies of reports, itinerary, typed worksheets, typescripts, newsletters, and

7-11

 

brochures (1967) from Durham and Charlotte, NC field trip

 

 

 

 

12

Carbon of report (1967) re evaluation of program trainees by Richard E. Morris;

7-12

 

and Robinson's handwritten field notes re Durham and Charlotte workshops

 

 

 

 

13

Miscellaneous typescripts and course materials (1967) re courses given during C.A.T.

7-13

 

training

 

 

 

 

14

Handwritten class notes and journal (1967) of Robinson's C.A.T. training experience

7-14

 

 in Madison WI, Iowa, Indiana, and North Carolina

 

 

 

 

15

Booklet, typescript, program and certificate (1967) re The C.A.T.ALYST Class of '67

7-15

 

 

 

16

Handwritten class notes; itinerary and program (1967) from C.A.T. graduate

7-16

 

conference workshops

 

 

 

 

17

Miscellaneous materials (1967) re tourist attractions and places of interest in Madison,

7-17

 

WI

 

 

 

 

18

Letters (1967) re post C.A.T. training program updates and events

7-18

 

 

 

19

By-Laws and Constitution, handwritten minutes, and typed membership information

7-19

 

(1967) re C.A.T. Alumni Association

 

 

 

 

20

Newsletters (1967) C.A.T. Alumni Newsletter

7-20

 

 

 

21

Correspondence (1967-68) re CAP program and alumni information

7-21

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) VISTA Program, South Carolina Commission for

 

 

Farm Workers, Inc. (SCCFW)

 

 

 

 

1

Certificate of Incorporation, by-laws, procedures guide and position descriptions

8-1

 

(1966-1968) of South Carolina Commission for Farm Worker, Inc.

 

 

 

 

2

Handbook, organizational flow chart, job descriptions and pamphlet (1969-1970) re

8-2

 

VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program

 

 

 

 

3

Typed and handwritten correspondence and memorandums (1969-1972, nd ) re

8-3

 

VISTA volunteer program. Includes Robinson's employment acceptance letter

 

 

 

 

4

Job description, orientation and training schedule, SCCFW project brief and

8-4

 

handwritten notes (1970) re Robinson's VISTA supervisor position and program

 

 

 

 

5

Guidelines, reports and handwritten notes (1969-1972) re project review board,

8-5

 

detailing goals, job and area descriptions of Charleston, Williamsburg, Dorchester,

 

 

and Sumter Counties

 

 

 

 

6

Grant proposal (1969-1970) submitted to SCCFW re Edisto Island Community Self

8-6

 

Development Program co-written by Rev. McKinley Washington

 

 

 

 

7

Photocopied reports (1970) re social and economic conditions; SCCFW projects on

8-7

 

Edisto, Johns, Wadmalaw and Yonges Islands; co-op membership roster (1970-71)

 

 

 

 

8

Originals and carbons of reports (1970) itineraries; weekly, and monthly progress

8-8

 

reports submitted by Robinson to Program Officers. Includes report (1970) to James

 

 

E. Clyburn, Executive Director, SCCFW

 

 

 

 

9

Original drafts and photocopied annual reports (1970-72) re VISTA Volunteer

8-9

 

Program project overview written by Robinson.

 

 

 

 

10

Training and resource manuals and memorandums (1971) for VISTA volunteers

8-10

 

 

 

11

Typed originals and carbon copied itineraries, weekly, and monthly reports (1971)

8-11

 

submitted by Robinson to VISTA Associate Director

 

 

 

 

12

Typed and handwritten monthly progress reports (1971) from VISTA volunteers

8-12

 

 

 

13

Forms (1971) re SCCFW program account budget; summary of work programs and

9-1

 

budget (1972)

 

 

 

 

14

Letters, grant proposal, typed with handwritten drafts (1971, nd) re Williamsburg

9-2

 

County Health Fair, sponsored by VISTA and Williamsburg County Medical

 

 

Association.  Reports provide demographics of towns within Williamsburg County

 

 

 

 

15

Typed monthly reports (1972) submitted by Robinson to SCCFW Officers

9-3

 

 

 

16

Typescripts (1972) re history of Petersfield Island, SC community; and improvement

9-4

 

association (PIA)

 

 

 

 

17

Typed and handwritten schedules (1972) re training of new VISTA volunteer staff

9-5

 

 

 

18

Memorandum and booklet (1971) re South Carolina Council on Human Relations

9-6

 

 

 

19

Photo negatives (nd) of VISTA participants

9-7

 

 

 

20

Miscellaneous news paper clippings (1971-72) re VISTA volunteer in Philadelphia,

9-8

 

PA and migrant laborers on Johns Island

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) VISTA Day Care and Child Development

 

 

Organizations

 

 

 

 

1

Report (1970) re VISTA Volunteers training seminar in South Carolina day care

9-9

 

procedures

 

 

 

 

2

Report (1970) re Child Care Ministry, Dorchester County, SC

9-10

 

 

 

3

Letter, proposal and declaration for charter (1970) re St. Marks Day-Care Center,

9-11

 

Williamsburg County

 

 

 

 

4

Letter and grant proposal (1970-72) re South Carolina Retarded Children's

9-12

 

Habilitation Center

 

 

 

 

5

Photocopies of Certificate of Incorporation (1971) for United Communities for Child

9-13

 

Development; with minutes

 

 

 

 

6

Photocopied memorandums and grant proposals (1971, 73) re Health Start and

9-14

 

day care programs

 

 

 

 

7

Conference materials: statement of purpose, flyers (1972) re Children's March for

9-15

 

Survival

 

 

 

 

8

Letters, newsletters, photocopied newspaper articles, and brochures (1971-72) re

9-16

 

Day Care and Child Development Council of America, Inc and South East Caucus

 

 

Child Advocacy

 

 

 

 

9

Agendas and booklet (1972) re day care conferences from Southern Association on

9-17

 

Children Under Six; National Parents Federation of Day Care and Child Development;

 

 

and National Child Development Action; photocopied proposal (nd) re task force

 

 

on child care needs and facilities

 

 

 

 

10

Miscellaneous reports, bibliographies, and booklets (1965-66, 1971-73) published by

9-18

 

government agencies re day care, education, and resources for disadvantaged children

 

 

 

 

11

Program (1978) "Dedication Ceremony Septima P. Clark Day Care Center"

9-19

 

 

 

12

By-laws, typescripts, board member listing (1973) re The Governor's Committee for

9-20

 

Child Development.  Includes typescript of committee's "origins"

 

 

 

 

13

Minutes and hand written notes (1973) re Committee for Child Development. 

9-21

 

Includes Robinson's handwritten notes re "Planning and Priorities Committee Report"

 

 

 

 

14

Letters and reports (1973) re non profit day care centers in Charleston County serving

9-22

 

low income families

 

 

 

 

15

Reports, guidelines, newsletters, and pamphlets (1975-76) re The Child Development

9-23

 

Associate Consortium

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) Yonges Island Day Care Center

 

 

 

 

1

Constitution and By-Laws, program and position description (1970) re Yonges

10-1

 

Island Day Care Center Association, Inc.

 

 

 

 

2

Lists (nd) re Foundations for Day Care and Child Development

10-2

 

 

 

3

Original and carbons of correspondence and grant proposals (1970-71) re request

10-3

 

of funding for Yonges Island Day Care Center. 

 

 

 

 

4

Letter, price quotations, photocopied blueprints (1971) re United States Department

10-4

 

of Agriculture authorization for the purchase of Yonges Island Day Care's kitchen

 

 

equipment and supplies; estimates from Food Service Supplies, Inc.; drawings of

 

 

kitchen layout

 

 

 

 

5

Carbons of correspondence and grant proposals (1972) re the request of funding

10-5

 

Yonges Island Day Care.

 

 

 

 

6

Original and carbons of correspondence (1973) re disputes of grant and government

10-6

 

funding between the United Methodist Church's Commission on Religion and Race,

 

 

and the State Department of Public Welfare and Social Service for Yonges Island

 

 

Day Care

 

 

 

 

7

Miscellaneous proposals and hand written notes (nd) re staffing of Yonges Island

10-7

 

Day Care Center

 

 

 

 

8

Photocopied magazine articles and newspaper clippings (1970-73) re the Yonges

10-8

 

Island Day Care Center and Sea Island poverty

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) Institutional Development & Economic Affairs Service

 

Inc. (IDEAS)

 

 

 

 

1

Spiral bound workshop program and correspondence (1971) re the Fifth Ecumenical

11-1

 

Workshop sponsored by IDEAS, held at the Highlander Center, Knoxville, TN

 

 

 

 

2

Original and carbons of correspondence, typescripts and project proposal (1972)

11-2

 

between Robinson and Brian Beum, President of IDEAS, re the utilization of recorded

 

 

audio Highlander interviews of Southern civil rights activists during the 1950s and

 

 

1960s

 

 

 

 

3

Journal article (1972) re Foxfire collaborative with IDEAS

11-3

 

 

 

4

Letter, project proposal, and brochure (1973) re Robinson's application to the

11-4

 

Leadership Development Program

 

 

 

 

5

Handwritten and typed proposal drafts (1972-73) re Civil Rights Movement Oral

11-5

 

History Project

 

 

 

 

6

Typescript, carbon copied and report (1972-73) re Eutaw, AL, the initial site for the  

11-6

 

Civil Rights Oral History Program.  Typescript by Robinson (1973) re Eutaw's

 

 

experimental school

 

 

 

 

7

Drafts, originals, and carbon copies of correspondence and typescripts (1973) re Civil

11-7

 

Rights Oral History project with proposal review and project summary. Includes letters

 

to Rosa Parks, Andrew Young, Jr., John Lewis, Bayard Rustin, Marion Barry, Jr.,

 

 

Maxwell Hahn, Lloyd K. Garrison and others

 

 

 

 

8

Original and carbon copied correspondence (1973) re Robinson seeking employment

11-8

 

after project was terminated due to lack of funding.  Includes correspondence with

 

 

Mendel J. Davis

 

 

 

 

9

Miscellaneous booklets (1972-73) re funding foundations for Oral History project and

11-9

 

community action guide for Washington D.C.

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) South Carolina Commission for Farm Workers, Inc.

 

 

(SCCFW)

 

 

 

 

1

SCCFW position description, employee handbook, training schedule, and benefits

12-1

 

information (1973-76) re Robinson's new position as Manpower Coordinator

 

 

 

 

2

Reports and booklet (1973-76) re Coastal Plains Human Development Coordinating

12-2

 

Council, Sullivan's Island, SC; and resort development on the Sea Islands

 

 

 

 

3

Photocopies of proposals (1974) by Robinson re high school talent search program

12-3

 

 

 

4

Report and minutes (1977) re summer migrant and Charleston County Social Services 

12-4

 

day care programs

 

 

 

 

5

Handbook, project proposal, budgets, and handwritten drafts (1977-78) re CETA

12-5

 

(Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) program; with Robinson's CETA

 

 

work plan for the Youth Economic & Development Project

 

 

 

 

6

Photocopied proposal (1978) by Robinson re training needs assessment for minority

12-6

 

development

 

 

 

 

7

Typescripts (1978) re program description of Youth Economic & Development

12-7

 

Project, co-sponsored by the City of Charleston and Trident United Way

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) Charleston County Community Development

 

 

 

 

1

Statistical reports (1970) re Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties

12-8

 

 

 

2

Original and photocopied forms (1979) re Robinson's vehicle mileage reports

12-9

 

 

 

3

Guidelines (nd) re residential rehabilitation program in Charleston County

12-10

 

 

 

4

Newsletters (1979-1980) of Community Development news

12-11

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued)  Political related associations

 

 

 

 

1

Letter (1963) re response to Robinson's request for listing of district officers and

13-1

 

committees for the First Congressional District

 

 

 

 

2

Constitution and By-Laws, letters, minutes and agendas (1964-1975) of the Citizens

13-2

 

Committee of Charleston County

 

 

 

 

3

Constitution and By-Laws and scattered minutes (1966, 1978) of Political Action

13-3

 

Committee of Charleston County.   Includes program booklet (1972) of the Political

 

 

Awareness League of Charleston County

 

 

 

 

4

Photocopy of typescript (c. 1966) by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party re

13-4

 

assisting legislature to consolidate counties

 

 

 

 

5

Campaign materials (1971) re "Blacks for [J. Sidi] Limehouse" 

13-5

 

 

 

6

Typescript (1972) by Lawrence Libater, re a class project which Robinson, Rev.

13-6

 

Robert R. Woods, St. Julian F. Devine, Herbert U. Fielding, and Robert Ford are

 

 

interviewed on race relations in Charleston; housing conditions for Blacks; the Mayor

 

 

Palmer Gaillard Administration; and the Democratic and Republican Parties

 

 

 

 

7

Campaign advertisements, newspaper clippings, letters, and flyers (1972) re

13-7

 

Robinson's candidacy for the South Carolina House of Representatives.  Includes

 

 

Robinson's form letter for campaign financial support; letters of support from friends;

 

 

and campaign results

 

 

 

 

8

Correspondence, signed petitions, and raffle ticket (1974) re Robinson's second bid

13-8

 

for the South Carolina House of Representatives.  Includes signed petitions to make

 

 

Robinson eligible to run for House Seat #111 in the 1974 General Election; and letter

 

 

of appeal to the South Carolina Office of the Attorney General

 

 

 

 

9

Name tag and ribbons (c.1972-74) "Vote Robinson State House"

13-9

 

 

 

10

Biographical sketch, correspondence, memorandums, press releases, campaign reports

13-10

 

and surveys, newsletters and handwritten notes (1978) re U.S. Senatorial Campaign of

 

Charles 'Pug' Ravenel, Charleston, in which Robinson worked as a field coordinator.

 

 

 

 

11

Press release and handwritten notes (nd) re Rev. Leonard A. Cunningham's candidacy

13-11

 

for House Seat #111

 

 

 

 

12

Letters (1972, 78, 1985) re Robinson's political associations.  Includes letters from

13-12

 

John C. Pracht, IV (1978) and Joseph P. Riley, Jr. (1985)

 

 

 

 

13

Miscellaneous scattered programs and materials (1968-1980) re voting.  Includes

13-13

 

membership list (1979) from League of Women Voters and Robinson's participation

 

 

in political program (1980)

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) Church and Church-related

 

 

 

 

1

Handwritten journal (1955) by Robinson re "Report on School of Missions," held at

13-14

 

Mather Academy, Camden, SC for the United Methodist Church

 

 

 

 

2

Minutes, memorandums, and manual (1968-1970) re "Program Council" in which

13-15

 

Robinson was Secretary

 

 

 

 

3

Statement of purpose, guidelines, correspondence, minutes, composite reports,

13-16

 

conference itineraries, and programs (1966-1972) re Christian Social Concern, Board

 

 

of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church which Robinson chaired;

 

 

and materials from Southeastern Jurisdictional Conferences

 

 

 

 

4

Itinerary and roster (1968) re a seminar on Vietnam, co-sponsored by the United

13-17

 

Methodist Church

 

 

 

 

5

Original and photocopied correspondence, brochure, and itinerary (1969-1970) re 

13-18

 

Robinson's participation on the European Study Seminar on Social Welfare co-

 

 

sponsored by the United Methodist Church

 

 

 

 

6

Program booklet, scattered church programs, and budget reports (1969-1979) re

13-19

 

Old Bethel United Methodist Church, Charleston.  Includes program booklet (1972)                                         

 

175th Anniversary of Old Bethel United Methodist Church

 

 

 

 

7

Letter and photocopied directory (1974, nd) re African Methodist Episcopal Church.

13-20

 

Thank you letter from Kay Nichols, Seventh Episcopal District, and directory (nd) of

 

 

presiding elders and pastors

 

 

 

 

8

By-Laws and Constitution, memorandums, newsletters, evaluation forms, conference

13-21

 

program, roster (1975-1985) re United and Black Methodist Women

 

 

 

 

9

Typescripts of Robinson's speeches (1982, nd) for United Methodist Women

13-22

 

conferences

 

 

 

 

10

Miscellaneous typescripts, pamphlets, brochures and magazine (1968-67, nd) re and

13-23

 

published by the United Methodist Church

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliations: (Continued) Volunteer, African American, and Women's related

 

 

Organizations

 

 

 

 

1

Receipt book and typescript (1954-1974) used by Robinson for National Association

14-1

 

for the Advancement of Colored People dues; and typescript (1955) re the origins of

 

 

 the NAACP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

 

 

 

2

Memorandums, photocopied and carbon copied and newspaper clipping (1973) re

14-2

 

Charleston Chapter of the NAACP; register and vote campaign data sheet (1978);

 

 

and magazine (1974) The Crisis

 

 

 

 

3

Donation envelope (c. 1971) for Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity);

14-3

 

and newsletter (1972) Project Black Land

 

 

 

 

4

Agenda and memorandum (1972) re S.C. State Welfare Rights Organization; and 

14-4

 

booklet (c.1965-1970) re welfare in Mississippi

 

 

 

 

5

Memorandums, minutes, programs, handwritten notes and flyers (1972-78) re

14-5

 

Robinson's sorority, Sigma Gamma Rho

 

 

 

 

6

Memorandums, letters,  programs, and published reports (1975-77) re education and 

14-6

 

human relations from Charleston School Board (District 20)

 

 

 

 

7

Newsletters and booklets (1976) re the American Bicentennial and the Afro-American

14-7

 

Bicentennial Corporation

 

 

 

 

8

Information sheets and brochures (1977) re Red Cross Volunteer policies

14-8

 

 

 

9

Miscellaneous materials (1967,1974), conference agenda from National Council of

14-9

 

Negro Women; conference roster (1976) of National Conference of Black Women

 

 

 

 

10

Miscellaneous programs (1977-78) from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and Charleston

14-10

 

business associations; welcome letters, brochures and pamphlets re Spartanburg SC;

 

 

program book (1979) "Miss United Teenager Official State Finals"

 

 

 

 

11

Program (1982) re Avery Institute program on the Civil Rights Movement, featuring

14-11

 

Robinson as a presenter and moderator

 

 

 

 

V

Miscellaneous:   Booklets and Newspaper Clippings

 

 

 

 

1

Published essays (1960, nd) re anthropology, Sierra Leone and northern Nigeria; and

14-12

 

newsletter (1969-1970) re Native American view of  American History

 

 

 

 

2

Scattered photocopied newspaper clippings, (1964-1978, nd); miscellaneous items

14-13

 

 

 

VI

Audio  Visual Materials

 

 

 

 

1

Reel-to-reel tape recording and researcher user cassette copy of Dr. Lawrence D.

15-1

 

Reddick's historic overview of the civil rights era for the lecture series: "A Decade of

 

 

Civil Rights History: 1960-1970: The Movement as Viewed by Participants," Loop

 

 

College, Chicago, IL

 

 

 

 

2

Reel-to-reel tape recording and cassette copy of Rosa Parks and Reverend Fred L.

15-2

 

Shuttlesworth from lecture series noted above. Recording is barely audible and contains

 

heavy traffic noise in the background.  Parks's brief speech (fully transcribed) describes

 

 

growing up in racially segregated Montgomery, AL; working with the NAACP;

 

 

challenges re voter registration in the 1940s; Parks's 1955 encounter of refusing to give

 

her seat to a white man; the bus boycott with support from the Montgomery

 

 

Improvement Association, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ralph Abernathy; and

 

 

Parks's experience at the Highlander Folk School.  Shuttlesworth's speech (with

 

 

partial transcript) relates the creation of the Montgomery Improvement Association

 

 

[MIA]; the 1956 Alabama legislature's decision outlawing the NAACP; bombing of

 

 

his house; community involvement during the bus boycott in Birmingham, AL; 1957

 

 

confrontational mob scene with police at Terminal Station; wiretapping of telephone;

 

 

and working with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as SCLC secretary.

 

 

 

 

3

Reel-to-reel tape recording and cassette copy of John Lewis and Guy Carawan from 

15-3

 

 lecture series noted above. Transcript of Lewis' speech is included. Lewis relates his

 

 

early years growing up in Troy, Alabama; his feelings about the Montgomery bus