Box 1
Container
Contains 20 Results:
Typescripts of biographical sketches, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Collection Overview
From the Collection:
Correspondence, minutes, financial documents, literary productions, printed materials, photographic materials, and audio recordings document Bernice V. Robinson's role (late 1950s-1980s) as a teacher and social activist for voter education, adult literacy, and child development, with other materials (1960s-1980s) relating to her personal, religious, and social work. Biographical papers include transcripts of her oral history interview, detailing her life and family; race relations in...
Dates:
1950-1985
Resumes and employment applications,1967-1979
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Collection Overview
From the Collection:
Correspondence, minutes, financial documents, literary productions, printed materials, photographic materials, and audio recordings document Bernice V. Robinson's role (late 1950s-1980s) as a teacher and social activist for voter education, adult literacy, and child development, with other materials (1960s-1980s) relating to her personal, religious, and social work. Biographical papers include transcripts of her oral history interview, detailing her life and family; race relations in...
Dates:
1950-1985
Identification and business cards, circa 1950 and 1972-1975
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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From Robinson's hair salon; Action /VISTA program; and South Carolina School Boards.
Dates:
1950-1985
Date and address book, 1973
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Collection Overview
From the Collection:
Correspondence, minutes, financial documents, literary productions, printed materials, photographic materials, and audio recordings document Bernice V. Robinson's role (late 1950s-1980s) as a teacher and social activist for voter education, adult literacy, and child development, with other materials (1960s-1980s) relating to her personal, religious, and social work. Biographical papers include transcripts of her oral history interview, detailing her life and family; race relations in...
Dates:
1950-1985
Transcript of oral interview of Robinson by Sue Thrasher and Eliot Wiggington, November 9, 1980
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents note
Topics discussed include early family years, unions for the skilled trades; educational system in Charleston County, segregation differences in the South and North; Robinson's experiences working in garment factories and beauty shops in Harlem, New York; South Carolina Human Relations Council; NAACP; Ruby Hurley; Hubert Humphrey; Septima Clark; Rosa Parks; Esau Jenkins, the Progressive Club and African American education and voter registration; Robinson's involvement with the Highlander Folk...
Dates:
1950-1985
Transcript, edited version of above interview for the book, Refuse to Stand Silently By: An Oral History of Grass Roots Social Activism in America 1921-1964.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Collection Overview
From the Collection:
Correspondence, minutes, financial documents, literary productions, printed materials, photographic materials, and audio recordings document Bernice V. Robinson's role (late 1950s-1980s) as a teacher and social activist for voter education, adult literacy, and child development, with other materials (1960s-1980s) relating to her personal, religious, and social work. Biographical papers include transcripts of her oral history interview, detailing her life and family; race relations in...
Dates:
1950-1985
Newsletters, 1973 and 1985
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents note
From Garrett High School, Charleston and South Carolina Committee for the Humanities, featuring articles on Robinson.
Dates:
1950-1985
Typescripts, church programs, and greeting cards, 1963-1975
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents note
Regarding Robinson's new house blessings.
Dates:
1950-1985
Journal, 1978
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents note
With draft of speech regarding cousin Septima Clark.
Dates:
1978-1988
Central Coast Literacy Conference: Letters, statement of purpose, conference program, 1986
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents note
Sponsored by the City of Watsonville (California) Public Library. Includes handwritten notes on index cards of Robinson's speech regarding literacy, citizenship and Highlander Center.
Dates:
1978-1988