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Box 6

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

Biographical essays, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 9
Collection Overview

Untitled handwritten and typed drafts.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Walter Earl Douglas papers / Series 5: Personal Writings

Essays: "Willie and the Professor", approximately 1970s, undated.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 10
Collection Overview

Drafts of essays written partly in vernacular, regarding African- American topics and issues, many focusing on life in Charleston and South Carolina. Several of the essays were later published as newspaper editorials.

Dates: approximately 1970s, undated.
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Walter Earl Douglas papers / Series 5: Personal Writings

Short Stories, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 11
Collection Overview

Drafts of fictional stories re Christmas and love.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Walter Earl Douglas papers / Series 5: Personal Writings

Poems, 1964-1970, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 12
Collection Overview

Drafts (handwritten and typed) and published copies of verses written by Douglas.

Dates: 1964-1970, undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Walter Earl Douglas papers / Series 5: Personal Writings

Plays, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 13
Collection Overview

Draft outlines of potential plays.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Walter Earl Douglas papers / Series 5: Personal Writings

Speech re Black conservative, 1978

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Collection Overview

Douglas's stance on African American conservatism with a brief summary of his life, delivered to the South Carolina Rotary Club.

Dates: 1978
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Walter Earl Douglas papers / Series 4: Speeches and Media Programming / 4.1. Speeches

Speeches re Conservatism and the Republican Party, 1978, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Collection Overview

Given at the Republican Party State Convention, Columbia, SC.

Dates: 1978, undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Walter Earl Douglas papers / Series 4: Speeches and Media Programming / 4.1. Speeches

Speech re Historic Preservation, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Collection Overview

Delivered to a Charleston, SC Environmental group.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Walter Earl Douglas papers / Series 4: Speeches and Media Programming / 4.1. Speeches

Speech re Proposition 13, 1978

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Collection Overview

Given to the Sertoma Club, Charleston, SC, 21 July 1978.

Dates: 1978
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Walter Earl Douglas papers / Series 4: Speeches and Media Programming / 4.1. Speeches

Speech re "Right-to-Life Movement", undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Collection Overview From the Sub-Series:

Douglas speeches, many with typed and handwritten drafts. Organized by topic in alphabetical order.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Walter Earl Douglas papers / Series 4: Speeches and Media Programming / 4.1. Speeches
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