Racism

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Collection contains the original manuscript of Ely's novel, copies, typed copies with edits, correspondence, his will and bequests, royalties, sales figures, requests/thanks for copies, book reviews, correspondence with publishers, published longsheets, index cards of the book's index, photographs and postcards. Much of the material in this collection was generated by Arthur Ben Chitty.

Scope and Contents Materials related to Sewanee professor Abbott Cotten Martin. This collection is composed of newspapers clippings (the majority), index (some) and notes for his English classes (little). Martin was a gardener who, with the help of WWII POW labor, transformed the ravine on campus into the Abbott Cotten Martin Ravine Gardens, better known as "Abbo's Alley." He was also a staunch segregationist, believer in the Southern Cause and was anti-Communist-- with news clippings reflecting that. One...

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Collection contains syllabi, lecture notes, study guides, conference materials, speeches, tenure-related materials, professional writings on topics of agency for People of Color, history of the South, history of Black churches, social activism, civil disobedience, student writings and other assorted professor-related materials.