Archival ResourcesThe Civil Rights Movement And Race Relations
As
early as the 1950s the
Birmingham Public Library began collecting material documenting the Civil Rights
Movement and race relations in Alabama. This effort accelerated in 1976 with the establishment of the library's Archives Department. The department now holds the
largest collection in existence of material relating to Birmingham's civil
rights movement.
Over
the past three decades the department's civil rights collections have been
used for projects ranging from class papers to master's theses, doctoral
dissertations,
books, motion picture productions, and museum exhibits. Books researched in the
Archives include Glenn Eskew's But for Birmingham, Dan Carter's biography
of
George Wallace The Politics of Rage, Diane McWhorter's Carry Me Home,
and
Taylor Branch's Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Martin Luther King Parting
the
Waters. Motion picture productions researched in the Archives include the
PBS series
Eyes on the Prize and the Spike Lee documentary Four Little Girls.
Material from
the department's holdings may be found on permanent display in the museum of the
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis,
and
the National Park Service welcome center at the Martin Luther King Center in
Atlanta.
Government Records (City of Birmingham)
#Contents
Government Records (Jefferson County)
Government Records (State of Alabama)
Government Records (United States including FBI)
Organizations
Individuals
Families
Scrapbooks and Clipping Files
Photographs
News Media
BARBER, AMZI G. AND CLINT D. BISHOP Papers, 1940-1955 (7 linear feet)
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. CITY COMMISSION Minutes, 1911-1963 (59 reels microfilm)
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. CITY COUNCIL Minutes, 1963-1999 (97 reels microfilm)
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. LAW DEPARTMENT Opinions of City Attorneys, 1910-1921
(1/2 liner foot)
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. LAW DEPARTMENT Civil Rights Files (2 linear feet)
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. POLICE DEPARTMENT Surveillance Files, 1947-1980
(14 reels microfilm)
BOUTWELL, ALBERT Papers 1963-1967 (41 linear feet)
 Description of Collection
BOUTWELL, ALBERT Scrapbooks, 1963-1967 (5 reels microfilm)
Description of Collection
CONNOR, THEOPHILUS EUGENE 'BULL' Papers, 1951, 1957-1963 (14 linear feet)
Guide to Collection
Photographs Relating to this Collection
CONNOR, THEOPHILUS EUGENE 'BULL' ET AL VS. NEW YORK TIMES ET AL
Trial Transcript, 1960 (1 linear foot)
Description
of Collection
GREEN, COOPER Papers, 1940-1953 (14 linear feet)
GREEN, COOPER Scrapbooks, 1940-1970 (10 reels microfilm)
HANES, ARTHUR J. Papers, 1961-1963 (8 linear feet)
HANES, ARTHUR J. Scrapbooks, 1961-1963 (2 reels microfilm)
MORGAN, JAMES W. Papers, 1953-1961 (34 linear feet)
MORGAN, JAMES W. Scrapbooks, 1953-1961 (14 reels microfilm)
SEIBELS, GEORGE C., JR. Papers, 1967-1975 (51 linear feet)
Guide to Collection
SEIBELS, GEORGE C., JR. Scrapbooks, 1967-1975 (1 reel microfilm)
VANN, DAVID J. Papers, 1975-1979 (28 linear feet)
Description
of Collection
WAGGONER, JAMES T. Papers, 1954-1963 (6 linear feet)
JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALA. BOARD OF EDUCATION Faculty Integration Papers, 1965-1973 (1 linear foot)
ALABAMA. TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT State of Alabama vs. Robert E. Chambliss Trial Transcript, 1977 (1 reel microfilm)
Guide to Collection
ALABAMA. TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT State of Alabama vs.
Collie Leroy Wilkins, Jr. Trial Transcript, 1965 (1/4 linear foot)
CENTERS OF SOUTHERN STRUGGLE: FBI Files on Montgomery, Albany, St Augustine, Selma, and Memphis (21 reels microfilm)
KENNEDY, ROBERT F. Civil Rights Files on Alabama, 1961-1963 (1 linear foot)
MARSHALL, BURKE Files on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1962-1964 (1 linear foot)
UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Scottsboro Boys Files, 1931-1936
(3 reels microfilm)
UNITED STATES. DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA,
SOUTHERN DIVISION Abraham Lincoln Woods et al vs. O. H. Florence, et al (1/4 linear foot)
UNITED STATES. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Alabama "Freedom
Riders" Investigation Files, 1961 (2 linear feet)
UNITED STATES. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Sixteenth Street
Baptist Church Bombing Investigation Files, 1963-1965 (3 reels microfilm)
Guide to Collection
UNITED STATES. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Files on the KKK
Murder of Viola Liuzzo (1 reel microfilm)
AMERICAN STATES’ RIGHTS ASSOCIATION Papers, 1954-1956 (1/3 linear foot)
COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE Racial Files, 1964-1968 (2 linear feet)
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR A RACIALLY FREE AMERICA, INC. Publications (1/4 linear
foot)
CONCERNED WHITE CITIZENS OF ALABAMA Papers, 1965 (1/2 liner foot)
CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY Papers, 1941-1967 (49 reels microfilm)
GEMMILL, JOHN New Left Organizations’ Publications and Other Records,
1970s-1980s (5
linear feet)
JEFFERSON COUNTY CITIZENS' COUNCIL Records, 1964-1971.
Guide to Collection
JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, INC. Press
Clippings and Promotional Material, 1968-1975 (1/3 linear foot)
JEFFERSON COUNTY COORDINATING COUNCIL OF SOCIAL FORCES Annual Reports,
1939-1940, 1961-1964, 1970-1971 (2 reels microfilm)
JEFFERSON COUNTY COORDINATING COUNCIL OF SOCIAL FORCES Papers, 1922-1968 (1
reel microfilm)
JEFFERSON COUNTY COORDINATING COUNCIL OF SOCIAL FORCES Interracial
Committee, 1950-1956 (2 reels microfilm)
KELLER, MARY E. "Sketches in Black and White: A History of Inter-Racial
Work, Synodical of Alabama,
1916-1944"
Guide
to Collection
KLORAN: KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, 1916 (1/4 linear foot)
KU KLUX KLAN Scrapbooks, 1913-1967 (1 reel microfilm)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
Alabama Files, 1940-1955 (3 reels microfilm)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
Birmingham Files, 1951-1955 (1 reel microfilm)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE Files:
The Scottsboro Case, 1931-1950 (24 reels microfilm)
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS Alabama Region Office Records,
1950s-1970s (5 linear feet)
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE General Correspondence, 1929, 1933-1934, 1943, 1945, 1948,
and 1950 (1 reel microfilm)
OPERATION NEW BIRMINGHAM Testimony Surrounding the Death of Bonita Carter, 1979
(1/3 linear foot)
SOUTHERN REGIONAL COUNCIL Papers, 1940s-1960s (includes Alabama Council for Human
Relations; 3 linear feet)
UNDERWOOD, TONY
Young Men’s Business Club Research Files, 1946-1980
Guide to Collection
WALTER, FRANCIS X. Selma Inter-Religious Project Files, 1965-1972 (2 linear
feet)
Guide
to Collection
WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGANIZATIONS Correspondence and Publications, 1970s-1980s (1/2
linear foot)
CARPENTER, CHARLES C.J Office Records, 1938-1968 (18 linear feet)
Description
of Collection
CARTER, ASA Papers (1 reel microfilm and 1 audio tape)
DAVIDSON, ARLIE BARBER
Papers, 1925-1970
Description
of Collection
DOWE, DAN Documents Relating to the Integration of the Macon County, Alabama
Public Schools, 1964-1966 (1/4 linear foot)
FELL, CHARLES A. Memoirs, 1889-1969
Description
of Collection
FLOWERS, WALTER Papers Relating to the Integration of the University of Alabama,
1955-1958 (1 1/2 linear feet)
FOSTER, VERA CHANDLER Papers, 1958-1971 (1/2 linear foot)
HART, FRAZER "A Commentary on Social Evolution in Birmingham,
Alabama," circa 1983
(1/4 linear foot)
HEAD, JAMES A., SR. Papers, 1925-1990 (5 linear feet)
JACKSON, EMORY O. Letters to Anne Rutledge, 1940-1975 (1/3 linear foot)
Description
of Collection
JACKSON, EMORY O. Papers, 1965-1975 (1 linear foot)
Description
of Collection
JOHNSTON, PAUL Papers, 1963-1980 (4 linear feet)
LeGRAND, DUARD Papers, 1936 and 1968-1979 (2 linear feet)
NEWFIELD, MAYER Papers, 1950-1973 (1 1/2 linear feet)
OPPENBORN, CAROLYN POTTER Papers Relating to Jonathan Myrick
Daniels
Description of Collection
ROWE, GARY THOMAS Oral History Interview Tape and Related Documents, circa
1976-1977 (1/4 linear foot)
JOHNSTON FAMILY Papers (2
1/3 linear feet)
CIVIL RIGHTS Scrapbooks (3 reels microfilm)
CIVIL RIGHTS, SELMA Scrapbooks (1 reel microfilm)
FLOWERS, RICHMOND Scrapbook, 1962-1972 (1/4 linear foot)
KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR. Scrapbooks, 1956-1968 (1 linear foot)
SEGREGATION Scrapbooks, 1963 (1/4 linear foot)
WALLACE, GEORGE C. Scrapbooks, 1956-1976 (1 1/2 linear feet)
NICKEL, KATHRINE Girl Scouts Scrapbook (1 reel microfilm)
RACE RELATIONS Miscellaneous Files (1/4 linear foot)
RACE RELATIONS INFORMATION CENTER Facts on Film (355 reels microfilm)
CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS Photographs, 1963 (10 images)
BIRMINGHAM NEWS/ASSOCIATED PRESS Civil Rights Photographs (99 images)
BIRMINGHAM POST-HERALD Civil Rights Photographs (65 images)
LOVEMAN’S DEPARTMENT STORE Business Records, 1887-1977 (6 images)
WVTM/UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL/ASSOCIATED PRESS Civil Rights Photographs,
1961-1965 (372 images)
Birmingham World Office Files, 1926-1982 (138 linear feet)
CBS. "WHO SPEAKS FOR BIRMINGHAM" Transcript of CBS Television
Broadcast, CBS Reports,
May 18, 1961 (1/4 linear foot)
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