Title: Samuel C. Shirah, Jr., Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1961-1964

Creator:

• Shirah, Samuel C., Jr.

Call Number: Mss 540

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Papers of a civil rights worker and political activist who served as an organizer and representative for a number of groups in the south, among them, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Southern Conference Educational Fund, Southern Student Organizing Committee, and National Council of Churches. Shirah's papers include original and printed correspondence with other activists; proposals, prospectuses, and reports written by Shirah and others regarding civil rights projects; Shirah's field reports from 1963 and 1964; and miscellaneous printed and typed civil rights material. There is also a small file of papers from the Students for a Democratic Society, reflecting Shirah's interest in SDS activities.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00540

Acquisition Information

Presented by Samuel C. Shirah, Jr., Atlanta, Georgia, 1967. Accession Number: M67-481

Box   1 Folder   1	Address and Contact Lists, 1963, undated
Box   1 Folder   2	Civil Rights Material, 1961-1964, undated
Box   1 Folder   3	Correspondence and Memos, 1961, 1963-1964, undated
Box   1 Folder   4	Miscellany
Box   1 Folder   5	Proposals, Prospectuses, and Reports, re: SSOC, SCEF, Louisville (Kentucky) Projects, White Southern Student Project, and Other Organizations, 1962-1964, undated
Box   1 Folder   6	Reports, 1963-1964
Box   1 Folder   7	SDS and Related Organizations, Papers, 1963-1964, undated