Box 2
Contains 24 Results:
Awards and recognition, 1967-1991, undated
Series includes materials related to awards received by Williams and recognition of Williams and her work. Materials include correspondence, reference letters, articles, pamphlets, media releases, and photographs. Some of the pamphlets and flyers are annotated with speech notes.
Lane Bryant Award, 1968
Series includes materials related to awards received by Williams and recognition of Williams and her work. Materials include correspondence, reference letters, articles, pamphlets, media releases, and photographs. Some of the pamphlets and flyers are annotated with speech notes.
Letters and news releases, 1974-1975, undated
Series includes materials related to awards received by Williams and recognition of Williams and her work. Materials include correspondence, reference letters, articles, pamphlets, media releases, and photographs. Some of the pamphlets and flyers are annotated with speech notes.
Southern Illinois Woman of the Year, 1986
Series includes materials related to awards received by Williams and recognition of Williams and her work. Materials include correspondence, reference letters, articles, pamphlets, media releases, and photographs. Some of the pamphlets and flyers are annotated with speech notes.
Pamphlets and flyers, 1975 - 1986
Series includes materials related to awards received by Williams and recognition of Williams and her work. Materials include correspondence, reference letters, articles, pamphlets, media releases, and photographs. Some of the pamphlets and flyers are annotated with speech notes.
Writings, 1950-1992, undated
Series includes articles and stories written by Helen Bass Williams. Materials include manuscripts, notes, and published articles that document Black history and Black experiences, including short stories and narratives authored by Williams that document her and other Black peoples experiences in the Civil Rights movement.
Articles and newsletters, 1950 - 1992
Sub-series includes articles and papers written by Helen Bass Williams, predominantly for the #9 (Number Nine) newsletter which is a newsletter for the #9 community in Colp, Illinois. Materials include manuscripts, notes, and published articles that include topics such as Black history in Illinois and narratives of Williams' experiences in the Civil Rights movement.
"Black history of Southern Illinois", 1950s - 1960s
Sub-series includes articles and papers written by Helen Bass Williams, predominantly for the #9 (Number Nine) newsletter which is a newsletter for the #9 community in Colp, Illinois. Materials include manuscripts, notes, and published articles that include topics such as Black history in Illinois and narratives of Williams' experiences in the Civil Rights movement.
"#9 Newsletter", 1982 - 1992
File includes #9 newsletters, many of which contain articles written by Helen Bass Williams. One issue published in 1992 contains a memorial to Helen Bass Williams. This was kept with the other newsletters for consistency.
"Handwritten notes #9 column", 1982 - 1990
Sub-series includes articles and papers written by Helen Bass Williams, predominantly for the #9 (Number Nine) newsletter which is a newsletter for the #9 community in Colp, Illinois. Materials include manuscripts, notes, and published articles that include topics such as Black history in Illinois and narratives of Williams' experiences in the Civil Rights movement.
Creative writing, 1967, undated
Sub-series includes stories and poems written by Helen Bass Williams. The stories are based on real-life experiences but tend to be fictionalized in some ways. Most of these stories are recorded and available in MSP 311, Mary O'Hara papers. There is also an untitled poem by Williams.
"Birth and childhood stories", undated
Sub-series includes stories and poems written by Helen Bass Williams. The stories are based on real-life experiences but tend to be fictionalized in some ways. Most of these stories are recorded and available in MSP 311, Mary O'Hara papers. There is also an untitled poem by Williams.
"Red, Black and Blue", 1967
Sub-series includes stories and poems written by Helen Bass Williams. The stories are based on real-life experiences but tend to be fictionalized in some ways. Most of these stories are recorded and available in MSP 311, Mary O'Hara papers. There is also an untitled poem by Williams.
Untitled poem, undated
Sub-series includes stories and poems written by Helen Bass Williams. The stories are based on real-life experiences but tend to be fictionalized in some ways. Most of these stories are recorded and available in MSP 311, Mary O'Hara papers. There is also an untitled poem by Williams.
Career and Activism, 1950-1987, undated
Series includes records created and collected by Williams throughout the course of her career in health care, education, and counselling, and her civil rights activism. Materials include correspondence, newspaper articles, grant proposals, manuscripts, internal documents, financial records, hiring documents, research papers, and reports. Photographs from this series have been separated and placed in Series 7.
Early career, 1950-1966, undated
Sub-series includes materials related to Williams' early career in health care work and as an educatior, which includes her tuberculosis work and career at Benedict College and Tougaloo College, both historically Black, liberal arts colleges. Materials include project notes, correspondence, grant proposals, a yearbook, and a finger print chart.
"Tuberculosis work", 1950 - 1956
Sub-series includes materials related to Williams' early career in health care work and as an educatior, which includes her tuberculosis work and career at Benedict College and Tougaloo College, both historically Black, liberal arts colleges. Materials include project notes, correspondence, grant proposals, a yearbook, and a finger print chart.
“Benedict College (1956-1963), Tougaloo (1956-1962)”, 1964-1967, undated
Sub-series includes materials related to Williams' early career in health care work and as an educatior, which includes her tuberculosis work and career at Benedict College and Tougaloo College, both historically Black, liberal arts colleges. Materials include project notes, correspondence, grant proposals, a yearbook, and a finger print chart.
Tougaloo College, grant proposals, 1965 - 1966
File includes two grant proposals written while Williams was at Tougaloo College. The first proposal is to desegregate schools and the second proposal, written in collaboration with Mary Endres Fyfe, is to develop a Modern Languages Department at Tougaloo College.
"Tiger", Benedict College yearbook, 1962
Sub-series includes materials related to Williams' early career in health care work and as an educatior, which includes her tuberculosis work and career at Benedict College and Tougaloo College, both historically Black, liberal arts colleges. Materials include project notes, correspondence, grant proposals, a yearbook, and a finger print chart.
Activism, 1965-1981, undated
Sub-series includes materials related to Williams' participation and interest in activist organizations in the South. Materials include publications, correspondence, reports, and a grant application.
"Freedom Radio", 1965 - 1966
Sub-series includes materials related to Williams' participation and interest in activist organizations in the South. Materials include publications, correspondence, reports, and a grant application.
Highlander Folk School, 1957, 1981
Sub-series includes materials related to Williams' participation and interest in activist organizations in the South. Materials include publications, correspondence, reports, and a grant application.
Helen Bass Williams papers
This collection includes documents, correspondence, published materials, photographs, and audio recordings collected and created by Helen Bass Williams that document her personal life, education, and her work as a civil rights activist in the South, educator, and counselor and professor at Purdue University.