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 > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > -- ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).