Part 1 (M2003-141): Original Collection, 1987-2002
Physical Description: 2.0 cubic feet (2 records center cartons), 20 photographs, and 1 videorecording 
Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of correspondence; materials from the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), National Civil Rights Coordinating Committee (NCRCC), and other activist organizations; articles and speeches by Zellner; and other miscellaneous writings concerning social activism. The correspondence (1987-2002) includes personal letters as well as correspondence documenting his involvement in various organizations and events. The organizations' papers (1996-2002) document the events and activities of the NCRCC, SNCC, and Southampton Anti-Bias Task Force and include meeting minutes, promotional materials, and some lists of those involved. Zellner's writings include research papers, a journal on a trip to the White House, and biographical materials (1993-2002); other miscellaneous writings document the civil rights movement and SNCC. Also included are photographs of Zellner with others at unidentified rallies and events and one videotape depicting Zellner's keynote speech at a NAACP banquet in which he discusses his background, past experiences, and current issues of discrimination.

Correspondence

1987-2002

undated

Calendar

Campaign information, 1998, 2001

Councils, miscellaneous

Interview transcripts

Journal articles, 1993-2002

Lawsuit materials, 1963-2001

National Civil Rights Coordinating Committee, 1997-2000

Newspaper articles, 1992-2001

Notes, miscellaneous

Papers: personal, 1994-2002

People for the American Way Foundation

Poetry related to Civil Rights Movement

School related materials

School related notes

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1995-1996

Southampton Anti-Bias Task Force, 1996-2002

Southampton Town Democratic Committee, 1997-2002

Special events information, 1990-2002

Teaching social justice

We the People

Writings

Robert Zellner

Miscellaneous

Photographs

Videocassette

Part 2 (M2008-061): Additions, 1960-1964, 1989
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) and 58 photographs 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1960-1964, 1989, consisting of correspondence related to Zellner's civil rights activities, university applications, notes to the U.S. Draft Board, and other notes and ephemera. The correspondence consists of letters from lawyers, colleagues and friends, mostly while Zellner was incarcerated, including a handwritten letter from Howard Zinn. Other items include a thank you letter, a prayer bulletin, personal notes, and a revised SNCC constitution from April 29, 1962. The photographs depict Bob and his wife Dorothy with family and friends, early family home, church, and grade school in Alabama; and snapshots taken of various historic landmarks in the Civil Rights movement taken while revisiting these sites in 1989.

Part 3 (M2011-013): Additions, 1968-2009
Physical Description: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) and 66 photographs 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1968-2009, consisting of event materials, newsletters, and minutes relating to the various organizations that Zellner was affiliated with. Also included are personal papers such as student papers about Zellner's work in the Civil Rights Movement, drafts of his book, The Wrong Side of Murder Creek, and references to Southern historiography.

Series: Organizations

American Program Bureau Speakers

Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund

The Faith and Politics Institute

The Federation of Southern Cooperative Land Assistance Fund

Grass-Roots Organizing Work (GROW)

Mississippi Community Foundation

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

New Orleans [GROW]

Organizing Committee for an Ideological Center

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Southampton Anti-Bias Task Force

Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC)

Subud USA

Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement

Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

Series: Personal

Classes, 1994-1995

Family

Drafts and edits of The Wrong Side of Murder Creek

I

II

Notes

Planner 2003-2007

Public Radio commentary

Public relations

Works about Zellner

Schools

Southern historiography

Miscellaneous

Series: Photographs

Banquet or dinner photos, undated

Filming of Ella Baker film, “Fundi” candids

GROW project candids, 1967-1969