All great suggestions--but if the potential donor lives in Boston, and the
letter writer is discussing local/statewide events, I really suggest
sticking close to home and contacting the Museum of Afro-American History in
Boston.



Andrea Burns
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Appalachian State University
1072 Anne Belk Hall
Boone, NC 28608
Phone: 828-262-7066
Email: [log in to unmask]
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Audra Oliver <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis TN - which incorporates the
> Lorraine Motel on whose balcony Martin Luther King Jr. was shot. NAACP
> Henry Lee Moon Library has a civil rights archive and Flager College in
> St. Augustine has/is building a significant one.  You could check with
> the archives at Harvard to see if they have significant correspondence
> on the topic.
>
>
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 4/28/2010 9:07 AM >>>
> Our small local history museum had a misdeirected call yesterday from a
> potential donor who has (I think) three 1966 letters written to her by a
> friend who was in the middle of the conflicts during the civil rights
> movement. The only thing I remember her mentioning about the content was
> the writer's description of bodies in the streets.
>
> She said the letter writer went to Harvard and wondered if she should
> donate the letters there. I said I wouldn't think to look to Harvard for
> related material if I was researching the civil rights movement, but
> that I would post here to ask what the most suitable repository is. Can
> you help?
>
> Thank you.
> Lynne
>
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