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Mss 525
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Part 1 (Mss 525, Audio 851A/1, PH Mss 525): Original Collection, 1957-19821.8 cubic feet (1 record center carton and 2 archives boxes), 1 tape recording, and 56 photographs The collection contains a variety of documents which reflect civil rights and community organizing activities, and his work with American Indians during the years he used the name John Salter. Included are correspondence; numerous speeches, reports, and other writings by Salter; partial files from some of his professional positions; his FBI files; and other papers. There are few papers specifically illustrating Salter's teaching career. Biographical materials includes a résumé from 1960, photocopies of photographs, and two interviews done in 1981. The records of the Chicago Commons Association consist of correspondence, printed form letters, announcements and notes of meetings, address and telephone lists, copies of Salter's reports as director, 1969-1972, and affidavits attesting to racial discrimination. In 1981 Salter and his attorney obtained the release for portions of his FBI file. The file was released over a period of months in sections which were not in chronological order, and have been kept in the order of their release. Also included is a letter Salter wrote August 11, 1981, referring to the latest portion of the files released (Box 1, Folders 8-10), and giving his comments about their content. Salter's records of his civil rights work in Mississippi include newspaper clippings, which provide a day-by-day record of his activities; copies of statements and court documents; texts of speeches given by Salter and others, all dating from the period of the Jackson boycott movement; and a printed record of hearings on voting and registration held by the United States Commission on Civil Rights in 1965. There is also a folder containing copies of the “North Jackson Action,” which was the bulletin of the North Jackson NAACP Youth Council, to which Salter was advisor. Filed with the general papers of the Jackson Boycott Movement is a copy of the police report concerning the auto accident of June 18, 1963, in which Salter and Rev. Edwin King were injured, and which he came to believe was deliberately planned. Correspondence regarding Salter's Mississippi civil rights work is interfiled with the general correspondence, and includes both letters of support and hate mail. Salter's North Carolina civil rights and voter registration work is represented by correspondence with Anne and Carl Braden, James Dombrowski, and other SCEF officials, affidavits of non-registration, general papers, leaflets, and flyers; Salter's writings, speeches, and reports to SCEF and others; and news clippings. The papers concern both testing of public accommodations in Chapel Hill, and the Halifax County Voters Movement. Printed materials include legal briefs from the Willa Johnson v. Joseph Branch (1966) and Charles Lee Parker v. North Carolina (1969) cases, and a copy of the state election laws (1963). Also present are news clippings, leaflets, and flyers, with some correspondence, which Salter kept regarding the increase in Ku Klux Klan activity in North Carolina during this period. A separate section on the Southern Conference Educational Fund includes printed transcripts of the 1963-1964 hearings about SCEF held by the Joint Legislative Committee on Un-American Activities of the State of Louisiana, and in 1967 about the poverty program in southern Louisiana. There are also SCEF press releases and reprints, some of which concern or were written by Salter. Salter's interest in the American Indian Center and the Native American Community Organizational Training Center is revealed by a folder of materials including by-laws, applications for and certificates of incorporation, a prospectus and project proposals, reports, background information, résumés, and financial and other information. Fragmentary papers, including newspaper articles, illustrate some of Salter's work while at the University of Iowa, while papers created and gathered while he was director of the Office of Human Development in Rochester, New York, primarily concern the fur workers' grievances and strike, and Salter's dismissal from his position. Included are correspondence, statements, and reports. Salter's own writings, speeches, and articles are represented in a separate folder, as well as by items in a folder titled conferences and programs, and in a folder of material regarding Salter's friend John Beecher. In 1980 writer Richard Harger authored The Scourge of Secrecy: A Personal Testimony and Appeal, concerning FBI and CIA surveillance during the years of civil rights and anti-Vietnam war activities. A section of the book deals with the events and people of the Jackson boycott movement. Included in the file are a review copy of the book, sent to Salter to review, another portion of the book in appendix form, and several letters reviewing and opposing the work. The audio recording is labeled, “Given with love from your Black Brother, Don Anthony White 117121 Wash. State Pen. 1/18/72.” Recorded is a concert by Native American musician Floyd Westerman, who sang his original compositions and adaptations of popular songs. Also included are Westerman's comments on the oppressive nature of white institutions, illegal white acquisition of American Indian land, and the injustice of the legal system as applied to minorities. The quality of the sound is very poor, as the recording was apparently made from the audience, and spoken comments from the stage are difficult to understand. Also included is an unidentified concert by a rock and roll band. The photographic portion of the collection includes images of Salter, both alone and with others, as well as images related to his civil rights activities in the 1960s and 1980s. Activities documented include a planning meeting at Tougaloo College (1962-1963); a Woolworth's sit-in in Jackson, Mississippi, and a protest at Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1963-1964); events in Enfield, North Carolina, including voter registration workshops and the attempted burning of a Black grocery store by the Ku Klux Klan (1964); and a North Carolina civil rights/anti-poverty conference (1965). Later events documented include Native American organizing in Chicago, Illinois (1972); and a King Memorial Banquet in Grand Forks, North Dakota (1989). Also present are images of housing conditions for African Americans in the 1980s American South.
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Biographical materials
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Box
1
Folder
1 (continued)
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Interviews with Salter, 1981
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Box
1
Folder
2
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American Indian material, 1972-1980
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Chicago Commons Association
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Box
1
Folder
3
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General, 1969-1973
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Community organizing reports, 1969-1972
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Racial affidavits, 1970-1971
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Correspondence, 1962-1981, undated
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FBI files
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Box
1
Folder
7
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1963 : Released January 1981.
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Box
1
Folder
8-9
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1960-1969 : Released later in 1981.
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Box
1
Folder
10
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1963-1967 : Released later in 1981.
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Box
1
Folder
11
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“Freedom Summer Reviewed,” Jackson, Mississippi Symposium, 1979
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Box
1
Folder
12
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University of Iowa papers, 1974-1975
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Miscellaneous
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Mississippi - Civil Rights Activities
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Jackson Boycott Movement
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Box
1
Folder
14
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1962-1964
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Box
1
Folder
15
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“North Jackson Action,” Bulletin of the North Jackson NAACP Youth Council, 1962-1963
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Box
1
Folder
16
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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Hearings on Voting, Jackson, Mississippi, 1965
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Box
1
Folder
17-18
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News clippings, 1962-1964, undated
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Box
1
Folder
19
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Report on the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, 1967
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Box
1
Folder
19 (continued)
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Salter's affidavit, 1981
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Box
1
Folder
20
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Native American Community Organizational Training Center, and American Indian Center, Chicago, 1973-1975, 1977
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North Carolina - Civil Rights and Voter Registration
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Affidavits of Non-Registration, 1964
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Box
1
Folder
22-23
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Correspondence and related material, 1963-1967 : Includes Salter's final report, October 7, 1965.
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General
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Box
1
Folder
24
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1963-1964
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Box
2
Folder
1
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1965-1968
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Box
2
Folder
2-3
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Ku Klux Klan activities, 1964-1965
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Box
2
Folder
4
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News clippings, 1964-1965
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Printed
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Legal briefs, 1966, 1969
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Box
2
Folder
6
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State Election Laws, 1963
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Writings, speeches and reports, 1966, 1968, 1977, 1979
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Organizing
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Press and radio lists
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Rochester, New York, Office of Human Development, 1972-1980
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Segregationist, Ku Klux Klan, and other Anti-Civil Rights materials - General
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Southern Conference Educational Fund
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Box
3
Folder
1-2
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Transcripts of hearings before the Louisiana Joint Committee on Un-American Activities, 1963-1964, 1967
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Press releases and reprints, 1963-1964
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Speeches, writings, and reviews
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Box
3
Folder
4
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General, 1957-1981, undated
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Beecher, John - writings by Beecher; writings and reviews by Salter, 1963-1981
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Conferences and programs, including speeches, 1973-1975
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Scourge of Secrecy / by Richard Harger, reviewed by Salter and others, 1980
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Klanwatch Special Issue, 1982 February
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Unions and labor organizing, 1963-1980
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851A/1
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Concert by Native American musician Floyd Westerman, Washington State Penitentiary: audio recording, 1972 January 18 : Sound quality is poor. On Side 2 is an unidentified, undated concert by a rock and roll band.
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PH Mss 525
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Photographs : Copyright to some images not held by the Wisconsin Historical Society. When using images from this collection, the citation must include “Hunter Gray Papers.”
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Hunter Gray [John Salter] portraits and with others
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Box
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Folder
2
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Tougaloo College, 1962-1963
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Protests/demonstrations, Jackson, Mississippi, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1963-1964
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Voter registration, Literacy Class, Enfield, North Carolina, 1964
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Unsuccessful KKK effort to burn an African American store, Enfield, North Carolina, 1964
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Civil Rights/Anti-poverty Conference, North Carolina, 1965 March
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Native American organizing, Chicago, Illinois, 1972
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Housing conditions for African Americans in the American South, 1980s
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Box
1
Folder
9
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King Memorial Banquet, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1989 January 14
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Box
1
Folder
10
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People
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M2002-100
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Part 2 (M2002-100, Audio 851A/2-8): Additions, 1955-1992, 1996-2000 6.0 cubic feet (4 record center cartons and 5 archives boxes), 7 tape recordings, and 0.2 cubic feet of photographs and transparencies (2 folders) : Additional papers, 1955-1992, 1996-2000, documenting John Salter’s (Hunter Gray) professional and personal interests in civil rights, American Indian affairs, labor and community organizing, and teaching. Also documented is Salter’s UFO encounter, the peyote case United States v. Warner, and the White Earth Anishinabe Nation’s land claims battle in Minnesota. Included are correspondence and news clippings; speeches, reports, and writings by Salter and by others; his FBI files; transcripts of two interviews with Salter; biographical and family history information; photographs of Salter-Gray family and Salter alone and with others; and sound recordings primarily related to the Anishinabe Indian land claims. Also includes an 1889 note from activist Jane Addams to Mrs. Salter. This accession includes 53 formerly unprocessed accessions. The audio tapes have been assigned call number Audio 851A.
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Civil rights
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Box
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Folder
1
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NAACP/Jackson Movement papers
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Programs
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Box
1
Folder
3
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NAACP membership cards, 1962
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Writings and speeches
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Box
1
Folder
5
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The Southern Patriot, 1962 January-1966 April
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Box
1
Folder
6
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The Student Voice (Tougaloo), 1963-1964
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Senate hearings
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Publications
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Legal papers
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Box
1
Folder
10
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“Organizing the Community for Action”
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Box
1
Folder
11
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“On Our Knees: the Story of the Jackson Church Visits”
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Christmas in Mississippi
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Box
1
Folder
13-19
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Publications
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Box
1
Folder
20
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Broadsides
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Writings by others and background
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Box
1
Folder
22-23
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Sovereignty Commission, news articles and briefs, 1980s-1998
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Box
1
Folder
24
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Native American ancestry and Salter-Gray family background
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Box
1
Folder
25
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Ephemera, 1960s-1980s
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Box
1
Folder
26-27
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Clippings, 1960s-1992
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Box
1
Folder
28
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Kinatuinamot Illengajuk, Labrador Inuit Association newsletter, 1976-1978, 1980 : 4 issues.
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Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
29
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John Salter letters to his parents,
1960-1964
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Box
1
Folder
30
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1967
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Box
1
Folder
31
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Eldri Johanson letters to parents,
1960-1970 : Regarding civil rights activities.
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Box
1
Folder
32
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Regarding surveillance
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Personal and family,
1955-1983
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Regarding Civil Rights,
1962-1966
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Rochester Diocese correspondence and articles,
1978
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Box
2
Folder
4-7
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General and professional,
1960s-1985
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Box
3
Folder
1-2
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General and professional,
1988-1991
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Box
3
Folder
3-4
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Background information on Salter (Hunter Gray) activities, circa 1973-1989
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Curriculum vitae, Salter (Hunter Gray), circa 1984
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Chicago Commons Association, Arthur Hillman, correspondence, writings
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Box
3
Folder
7
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UFO encounter account, Salter's (Hunter Gray), 1988-1990
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Box
3
Folder
8
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News clippings, 1988-1989
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Jane Addams note to Mrs. Salter, 1889
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Memos and news articles, regarding Salter and University of North Dakota (UND), police policy, 1984-1986
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Community organizing and Navajo Community College, circa 1980
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Box
4
Folder
4
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College catalogs, 1961-1962, 1980-1981
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Writings by and about Salter (Hunter Gray)
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Reviews, writings, remarks, 1960s, 1980s
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Reviews and book correspondence, 1979-1982, 1987
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Book reviews, writings, conference programs, 1962, 1979-1988
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Correspondence, reviews, articles, writings, 1986
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Writings, reviews
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Box
4
Folder
10
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News clippings, 1990-1991
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Box
4
Folder
11
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Civil rights news clippings, correspondence, articles, 1960s-1980s
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Civil rights miscellany and correspondence
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Box
4
Folder
13
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Labor unions organizing
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Box
4
Folder
14
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John Beecher, articles on
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Box
4
Folder
15
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Salter (Hunter Gray) interview, transcript, for John Stennis oral history project, 1990 December 26
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Box
4
Folder
16
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Salter interview, transcript, conducted by Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1981
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Box
4
Folder
17
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Maine Indian land claims, articles, 1985
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Box
4
Folder
18
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News clippings from Clarion-Ledger, Mississippi
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Box
4
Folder
19
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Action newsletter, Student Action Superior State College, 1961
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Box
4
Folder
20
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Labor, miners, and other organizing
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Box
4
Folder
21
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Dissertation by James Helten, UND, “Do What the Spirit Say Do, John Beecher and His Poetry”
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Box
4
Folder
22
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“Reflections on Ralph Chaplin, the WOBBLIES, and organizing …” / by Salter (Hunter Gray), 1984
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Box
4
Folder
23
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Writings by others, 1980s-2000
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Box
4
Folder
24
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Indian affairs
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Box
4
Folder
25
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Background, news clippings, correspondence on peyote case, United States v. Warner, police force, 1984-1988
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Box
4
Folder
26
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Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, speech and ephemera, 1989
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Anishinabe land claims : Contains information related to the White Earth Anishinabe Nation's land claims on the Minnesota Reservation.
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Historical background
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Legislative and legal background information, historic
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Legislative and legal documents, 1972-1978, 1985-1986
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Lawsuit against White Earth Land Settlement Act, 1986
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Box
5
Folder
5
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White Earth Anishinabe Nation printed materials
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Box
5
Folder
6
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“Notes on White Earth Mineral Study”
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Box
5
Folder
7
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News clippings, 1980-1988
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“Dispute at White Earth: Suffering in Silence No More,”
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Box
5
Folder
8
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Slide-tape presentation transcript and slide information, by Becky LeFebvre
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PH Box
2
Folder
2
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Slide show transparencies for Part 1 : Images of people, meetings and demonstrations.
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851A/2-3
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Audio for slide show
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851A/4
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Winona La Duke, Grand Forks, North Dakota, early 1985
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851A/5
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Maggie Hawks and Mary Jane Wilson, 1983 August 8
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851A/6
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Fred Weaver with Winona La Duke, 1983 August 8
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851A/7
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Interview with Salter (Hunter Gray) regarding the United States v. Warner peyote case
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851A/8
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Talk on American Indians by Salter (Hunter Gray), Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1976
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M2002-100
Box
6
Folder
1-7
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FBI files and FOIA requests, Salter's (Hunter Gray)
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Correspondence : Contains correspondence primarily between Salter and his colleagues and friends.
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Box
7
Folder
1-23
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1959-1988
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Box
8
Folder
1-17
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1989-1991
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Box
9
Folder
1-3
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1991
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Photographs
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PH Box
2
Folder
1
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Salter-Gray individual and family photographs, circa 1911-1989; John Salter Jr. (Hunter Gray) meeting with United Negro College Fund officials, 1963
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