Summary Information
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Papers
1960-1966
- Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer
Micro 812
5 reels of microfilm (35mm)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Microfilmed papers collected by civil rights worker Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, consisting almost entirely of clipping scrapbooks about sit-in demonstrations, individuals in the civil rights movements, and other protest activities throughout the South. Miscellaneous papers consist of a few news releases, bulletins, and reports. There are also a few personal letters written to Mulholland.
English
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Biography/History
As Joan Trumpauer (nee Joan Nelson), Mulholland became involved in civil rights activities during her first year in college at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Mulholland was a Freedom Rider in 1961, and in September, transferred to previously all-black Tougaloo Southern Christian College in Jackson, Mississippi. With several other Tougaloo students, she participated in the boycott of white-owned businesses in downtown Jackson during 1962 and 1963. The Jackson movement sought to end discrimination against black workers and customers, and to desegregate stores and lunch counters. Mulholland also worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. At this writing (1980), she lives in Arlington, Virginia with her five sons, and is employed with the local school system.
Scope and Content Note
The collection primarily consists of newspaper clippings regarding sit-in demonstrations and other protest and civil rights activities, which were collected by Mulholland. All but a few of the clippings were mounted on pages and labeled by Mulholland, and were then subdivided alphabetically by city or town name, where appropriate, and filed in chronological order thereunder. Each scrapbook contains clippings pertaining to one or more Southern city, state, or person; these divisions of the material which were determined by the compiler, have been maintained. Unfortunately, the clippings were pasted onto printed sheets, and what apparently were grade-school homework and test papers of Mulholland, and the presence of this extraneous material makes the film somewhat difficult to read.
In addition to clippings regarding Southern states and cities where there were protests and demonstrations (for example, Birmingham and Selma, Alabama, and Cambridge, Maryland), there are also scrapbooks concerning other subjects. These topics include the Freedom Riders; Byron de la Beckwith, the accused murderer of Medgar Evers; and James Meredith. The miscellaneous papers mainly consist of a few printed news releases, bulletins, and reports issued by civil rights and other groups. Of particular interest may be the report of the April 13-14, 1962 Birmingham conference of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, and the issues of Mixissippi News, the in-house newsletter of the Mississippi Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. There are also a few personal letters written to Mulholland.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Originals loaned for microfilming by Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, Arlington, Virginia, 1979. Accession Number: M79-528
Processed by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt and Tom Flory, February, 1980.
Contents List
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Series: Scrapbooks of Newspaper Clippings
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General, 1960-1962
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Alabama, Arkansas, and Florida, 1960-1966
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Byron de la Beckwith, and Mississippi, 1961-1964
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Birmingham, Alabama, 1960-1963
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Cambridge, Maryland, 1962-1965
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Freedom Riders, 1961-1964
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2
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Georgia, 1960-1966
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Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, 1960-1966
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Maryland, 1960-1964
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3
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James Meredith, 1961-1964
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Mississippi, 1960-1965
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Mississippi, re: Voting, Legislature, Schools, and Freedom Democratic Party, 1961-1965
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North Carolina, 1960-1962
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Selma, Alabama, 1963-1965
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South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, 1960-1964
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Virginia, 1960-1965
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5
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Washington, D.C. Area, 1960
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Series: Miscellaneous Papers
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Committee of Inquiry, New York, 1962
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Congress of Racial Equality, 1962
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Correspondence, 1960-1966
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Jackson Nonviolent Movement, 1962-1963
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National Student Association
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Publications
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Southern Conference Educational Fund, 1962-1963
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee - General, Atlanta Conference, 1960, and News Releases, , 1960-1963
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Miscellany, 1961-1966
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