Box 1
Container
Contains 21 Results:
Transcript of interview with Clark by Peter Wood, 1981.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents note
Topics include her childhood, parents, her memories of the World War I era race riot in Charleston, her work at Highlander, and with people such as Myles and Zilphia Horton, Bernice Robinson, Rosa Parks, Stokely Carmichael, Esau Jenkins, Andrew Young and Edwin Harleston; Citizenship Schools, the importance of music in such workshops, with a reference to We Shall Overcome; her work on the Charleston County School Board; the Charleston Hospital Workers'...
Dates:
1960-1988 and undated
Transcript of Interview with Clark by unidentified interviewer, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents note
Clark details her life chronologically, speaking of the difference between her mother and father, the effect of poverty on them, her childhood, the meaning of being a lady in her era, her schooling at Avery and elsewhere, her teaching career, membership in the NAACP, her husband and children, living with the Clarks in North Carolina, her work with the YWCA, Judge and Mrs. J. Waties Waring, work at Highlander Center, the transfer of Citizenship Schools to Southern Christian Leadership...
Dates:
1960-1988 and undated
Edited Version of a Transcript of Interview by unidentified interviewer, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents note
It deals mostly with Clark's segregated schooling and her teaching on John's Island, South Carolina, with descriptions of poverty and disease. With Clark's corrections; and one interviewer form.
Dates:
1960-1988 and undated
Requests for Information for Biographical Profiles of Septima Clark
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Collection Overview
From the Collection:
The collection contains material relating to the life and work of Septima P. Clark. The biographical papers include tributes, clippings, certificates, awards, family correspondence and transcripts of various oral history interviews in which Clark discusses her parents; husband; growing up and race relations in Charleston, SC; work with Myles and Zylphia Horton, Guy and Candie Carawan and others, such as Bernice Robinson and Esau Jenkins in such places as Highlander Folk School in Monteagle,...
Dates:
1960-1988 and undated
Lists of Clark's Awards and Citations
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Collection Overview
From the Collection:
The collection contains material relating to the life and work of Septima P. Clark. The biographical papers include tributes, clippings, certificates, awards, family correspondence and transcripts of various oral history interviews in which Clark discusses her parents; husband; growing up and race relations in Charleston, SC; work with Myles and Zylphia Horton, Guy and Candie Carawan and others, such as Bernice Robinson and Esau Jenkins in such places as Highlander Folk School in Monteagle,...
Dates:
1960-1988 and undated
National Educational Association's H. Councill Trenholm Memorial Award, 1976
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, correspondence, program and photocopies regarding Clark's receiving of award.
Dates:
1960-1988 and undated
Correspondence and Related Matter regarding Clark's Honorary Degrees
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Collection Overview
From the Collection:
The collection contains material relating to the life and work of Septima P. Clark. The biographical papers include tributes, clippings, certificates, awards, family correspondence and transcripts of various oral history interviews in which Clark discusses her parents; husband; growing up and race relations in Charleston, SC; work with Myles and Zylphia Horton, Guy and Candie Carawan and others, such as Bernice Robinson and Esau Jenkins in such places as Highlander Folk School in Monteagle,...
Dates:
1960-1988 and undated
Dedication: Septima P. Clark Auditorium at College of Charleston, 1988
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents note
Includes program and miscellaneous items.
Dates:
1960-1988 and undated
Paper Certificates and Awards of Merit, 1965-1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents note
Including Berkeley, California school district resolution regaring Clark and Rosa Parks (see also 1000-20-6).
Dates:
1960-1988 and undated
Charlotte, North Carolina Proclamation of Septima Clark Days (June, 18 1979 and March 21, 1985)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents note
Signed by Mayor Harvey Gannt; and key to city of Lenoir, North Carolina.
Dates:
1960-1988 and undated