Digital folder MSP00310 Helen Bass Williams papers
Container
Contains 3 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
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
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