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Box 1

 Container

Contains 20 Results:

Lee Davis Letters, speech and flyers, 1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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Regarding University of California, Santa Cruz Women's Center discussion, Empowerment of the Estranged and Powerless, with Robinson as the keynote speaker. Also includes information regarding the Watsonville cannery strike, and the film documentary regarding Highlander, You Got to Move, featuring Robinson. Also see Box 3 Folder 10 for essay written by Lee Davis regarding Citizenship Schools on Johns Island.

Dates: 1978-1988

Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. Correspondence, newsletters, conference program, 1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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Includes typescript of Robinson's speech regarding literacy for citizenship and employment.

Dates: 1978-1988

Correspondence, biographical sketches, handwritten and typed drafts of speech, 1988

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
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For Robinson's talk at the South Carolina State Museum regarding the importance of voting.

Dates: 1978-1988

Handwritten speech, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
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Regarding the early days of the Civil Rights Movement; and miscellaneous handwritten notes.

Dates: 1978-1988

Personal letters, invitations, greetings and post cards from various family members and friends, 1960-1988 and undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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Includes letters from photographer Marion Palfi; Septima Clark; folk singers Guy and Candie Carawan.

Dates: 1960-1989

Professional letters to Robinson, 1965-1967

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
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Regarding information on cooperatives from the United States Department of Agriculture; and her participation in a tour of the Charleston Naval Station.

Dates: 1960-1989

Professional correspondence regarding Robinson seeking employment, 1972-1977

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
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Includes letter of recommendation from Richard W. Riley.

Dates: 1960-1989

Professional letters, 1973-1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
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Includes letter from Andrew Young thanking Robinson for her message regarding his nomination as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; and letter of appointment to the Tax Exempt Board, Charleston County Council.

Dates: 1960-1989

Professional correspondence, 1980-1989 and undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
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Incluldes requests for Robinson to speak about adult literacy and requests for interviews from doctoral students regarding Highlander and Citizenship Schools.

Dates: 1960-1989