Title: William Heath Research Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1963-1997 (bulk 1964, 1991-1995)

Creator:

• Heath, William, 1942-

Call Number: M2009-045

Quantity: 6.2 cubic feet (6 records center cartons and 1 archives box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, 1963-1997 (mainly 1964, 1991-1995), of author William Heath consisting of his research files and drafts of his work, The Children Bob Moses Led, an historical novel focusing on Freedom Summer, 1964. The bulk of the collection consists of the various drafts and notes that document Heath's writing process. Also included are orientation schedules and letters written by Freedom Summer volunteers who traveled to Mississippi in the summer of 1964 to assist with African American voter registration. Their letters reflect their experiences living with African American families as well as their exposure to the violence directed at African Americans living in McComb and Amite Counties.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2009045

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The Wisconsin Historical Society has one of the richest collections of Civil Rights movement records in the nation, which includes more than 100 manuscript collections documenting the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964. More than 25,000 pages from the Freedom Summer manuscripts are available online as the Freedom Summer Digital Collection.

Acquisition Information

Presented by William Heath, Frederick, Maryland. Accession Number: M2009-045

M2009-045	Series: Book Drafts and Notes
	The Children Bob Moses Led
Box   1 Folder   1	Book, 1995
Box   1 Folder   2	Press and reviews, 1995-1997
Box   1 Folder   3-6	Early drafts, circa 1990s
Box   1 Folder   7-18	Drafts, 1991-1994
Box   1 Folder   19	Proofs, 1995
Box   1 Folder   20-25	Edited drafts for sections 1-4
Box   2 Folder   1-2	Edited drafts for section 5
Box   2 Folder   3-4	Notes on Bob Moses, circa 1990
Box   2 Folder   5	Notes on Bob Moses in Mississippi, undated
Box   2 Folder   6-7	Notes on March on Washington, circa 1990s
Box   2 Folder   8-9	Notes on Freedom Schools, undated
Box   2 Folder   10-11	Notes on Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), undated
Box   2 Folder   12	Notes on SNCC and Black Power, undated
Box   2 Folder   13	Notes on McComb, Mississippi, undated
Box   2 Folder   14	African American minister's sermon, undated
Box   2 Folder   15	Research correspondence, circa 1990s
	Series: Activists and Volunteers	⇧
	Freedom Summer Volunteers
Box   2 Folder   16-23	Orientation, circa 1990s
Box   2 Folder   24-25	Harassment, 1964
Box   2 Folder   26	Interviews, undated
Box   2 Folder   27-28	Correspondence, 1964
Box   3 Folder   1-8	Correspondence, 1964 (continued)
Box   3 Folder   9-10	Missing volunteers, 1964
Box   3 Folder   11-14	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), 1964
Box   3 Folder   15-16	MFDP at the Atlantic City Democratic Party, 1964
Box   3 Folder   17-18	Mississippi lawyers on southern justice, 1964
	SNCC
Box   3 Folder   19	Freedom Summer, 1964
Box   3 Folder   20-23	History, 1988
Box   3 Folder   24	Incidents in Mississippi, 1964
Box   3 Folder   25	Positions and minutes from meetings, 1964
Box   3 Folder   26	Volunteers, 1964
Box   3 Folder   27-28	Women's involvement in the civil rights movement, 1963-1965
	Series: Violence in Mississippi	⇧
Box   4 Folder   1	Articles on McComb, Mississippi, undated
Box   4 Folder   2-3	Bob Moses in McComb, Mississippi, undated
Box   4 Folder   4-5	Civil rights hearings, Jackson, Mississippi, 1964
Box   4 Folder   6	Field reports on violence in Greenwood, Mississippi, 1964
Box   4 Folder   7	Freedom Summer in Clarksburg, Mississippi, 1965
Box   4 Folder   8	Freedom Summer in McComb, Mississippi, 1964
Box   4 Folder   9	McComb bombings, 1964
Box   4 Folder   10	McComb and the Civil Rights Movement, 1964
Box   4 Folder   11	McComb High School walkout, undated
Box   4 Folder   12	McComb and Liberty, Mississippi SNCC Files, 1964
Box   4 Folder   13	Project reports of the Council of Federated Organizations, undated
Box   4 Folder   14-16	Tensions between African Americans and whites, circa 1960s
Box   4 Folder   17	Urban riots, 1964
Box   4 Folder   18-20	Amite County, Mississippi, 1964
Box   4 Folder   21-22	McComb and Liberty County, 1964
Box   4 Folder   23-25	Mississippi, 1964
	Series: Writings, Publications, and Sources	⇧
Box   5 Folder   1	Aftereffects of Freedom Summer, 1964
	Articles
Box   5 Folder   2	Black power, 1964
Box   5 Folder   3-4	Civil Rights Movement, undated
Box   5 Folder   5-6	Civil Rights in Mississippi, undated
Box   5 Folder   7-8	Freedom schools, circa 1960s
Box   5 Folder   9-11	Freedom Summer, 1964
Box   5 Folder   12	Freedom vote, 1977
Box   5 Folder   13	March on Washington, 1964
Box   5 Folder   14	Mississippi and the Ku Klux Klan, 1964
Box   5 Folder   15	Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Box   5 Folder   16	National Security and the CIA, undated
Box   5 Folder   17-18	Bob Moses files, 1964-1977 Alternate Format: All or part have been digitized and is available online.
Box   5 Folder   19	Book reviews
Box   5 Folder   20	Chris Smith writings on race relations, 1964
Box   5 Folder   21	Civil rights workers on file with the FBI, 1990
Box   5 Folder   22	“Crisis in black and white,” written by W. Lance Conn, 1990
Box   5 Folder   23	Freedom songs, undated
Box   5 Folder   24	Freedom Summer bibliography, undated
Box   5 Folder   25	Howard University resources, 1964
Box   5 Folder   26	James Forman tapes, undated
Box   5 Folder   27	Notes on social action collections in the Wisconsin Historical Society, undated
Box   5 Folder   28	Oral history interview with Bob Moses, 1966
Box   5 Folder   39	Oral history interview with Fannie Lou Hamer, 1977
Box   6 Folder   1-2	Reconstruction 1863-1877, circa 1980s
Box   6 Folder   3	Southern register, 1989-1990
Box   6 Folder   4	Stanford Project South collection, 1969
Box   6 Folder   5-6	Writings by blacks about freedom schools, 1964
	Newspaper articles
Box   6 Folder   7-12	Accounts of Freedom Summer, 1964
Box   6 Folder   13	Boston Globe and New York Amsterdam News, 1964
Box   6 Folder   14	Chicago Sun Times, The New Republic, and Washington Afro-American, 1964
Box   6 Folder   15	Long Island Newsday, and Philadelphia Inquirer, 1964
Box   6 Folder   16	Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, 1964
Box   6 Folder   17	St. Louis Post Dispatch, 1964
Box   6 Folder   18	The Washington Post and New York Times, 1964
	Sources from Other Archives
Box   6 Folder   19-20	[Deaccessioned]
Box   6 Folder   21-23	JoAnn Oiman Robinson Diary, 1964
Box   6 Folder   24-26	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964
Box   7 Folder   1	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Interviews, 1964
Box   7 Folder   2-4	Stuart Rawlings' Mississippi Diary, circa 1960s