Box 8
Container
Contains 12 Collections and/or Records:
Photographic and Audio materials, 1916-1980, undated
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 7
Scope and Contents
Series includes photographic and audio materials belonging to Helen Bass Williams. Materials include photographs of Helen Bass Williams and persons close to her, civil rights activism in the South, and her career and work at Head Start, Mississipi Action for Progress, and Purdue; as well as negatives and audio recordings from her time at Tougaloo College and Purdue University.
Dates:
1916-1980, undated
Personal photographs, 1916-1980, undated
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 7, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Sub-series includes personal photographs belonging to Helen Bass Williams. Photographs portray Williams from her childhood to adulthood; her dogs; and personal acquaintances, such as Ven and Dave from Purdue, Paula Brown, one of Williams' students, Williams with a student, and Ed King.
Dates:
1916-1980, undated
Helen Bass Williams, 1918-1970s, undated
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 7, Sub-Series 1, File 1
Scope and Contents
File includes portraits of Helen Bass Williams, photographs of her in her childhood and as an adult, and a photograph of her with a Black student.
Dates:
1918-1970s, undated
Tougaloo College materials, undated
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 7, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
Sub-series includes audio and photographic materials from Williams' career at Tougaloo College. The negative reel documents the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and the audio reel recorded a conversation between Frank Stewart and "Mr. Gentle Jackson", and Stewart and Helen Bass Williams regarding Mississippi and issues experiences by Black residents.
Dates:
undated
Audio recording, "Mr. Gentle Jackson", undated
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 7, Sub-Series 2, Item 1
Scope and Contents
Audio records a conversation between presumably "Mr. Gentle Jackson", a Black Mississippi resident, and Frank Stewart (Side A); and Stewart and Helen Bass Williams (Side B), where they discuss the civil rights movement, Tougaloo College, and issues faced by Black people in Mississippi and the United States.
Dates:
undated
Slideshow presentation, "Something of our own", undated
File — Box: 8, Item: 4
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 7, Sub-Series 2, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series includes audio and photographic materials from Williams' career at Tougaloo College. The negative reel documents the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and the audio reel recorded a conversation between Frank Stewart and "Mr. Gentle Jackson", and Stewart and Helen Bass Williams regarding Mississippi and issues experiences by Black residents.
Dates:
undated
Purdue University materials, 1968 - 1978
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 7, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
Sub-series includes photographs from Williams' time at Purdue University and an audio recording. Photographs depict Williams around campus and at speaking engagements, as well as photographs of students and notable persons. Photographs of significance include Williams speaking at a campus protest and a Martin Luther King Jr. ceremony, as well as photographs of a student civil rights leader and Dick Gregory. Audio records discussions of race issues on university campus and specific issues at...
Dates:
1968 - 1978
Artifacts, 1960s, 1975
Series — Box: 8
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 8
Scope and Contents
Sub-series include political memorabilia and a medal belonging to Williams. Political memorabilia includes bumper stickers and buttons supporting Lyndon B. Johnson and Dick Gregory for President, and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. The medal is gold with an engraving on the back and was presented to Helen Bass Williams when she won the Helen Schleman award.
Dates:
1960s, 1975
Political memorabilia, 1960s
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 8, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sub-series include political memorabilia and a medal belonging to Williams. Political memorabilia includes bumper stickers and buttons supporting Lyndon B. Johnson and Dick Gregory for President, and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. The medal is gold with an engraving on the back and was presented to Helen Bass Williams when she won the Helen Schleman award.
Dates:
1960s
Helen Schleman award, 1975
Item — Box: 8, Item: 8
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 8, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sub-series include political memorabilia and a medal belonging to Williams. Political memorabilia includes bumper stickers and buttons supporting Lyndon B. Johnson and Dick Gregory for President, and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. The medal is gold with an engraving on the back and was presented to Helen Bass Williams when she won the Helen Schleman award.
Dates:
1975
Audio recording, "Tape of meeting on race issues", undated
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 7, Sub-Series 4, File 4
Scope and Contents
Recording of a meeting on race issues and voice notes by an unidentified Black student at Purdue. Topics include: purpose of Black Student Unions on integrated campuses, organizing and activism, violence against and suppression of Black people, race issues at Purdue and in Lafayette, and issues within the Civil Rights movement.
Dates:
undated
Helen Bass Williams papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310
Overview
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.
Dates:
1915 - 2004; Majority of material found within circa 1960s and 1970s