BROWN, EDWARD MARTIN, III, 1919-2012.
Edward Martin Brown, III family papers, circa 1928-1987
Edward Martin Brown, III family papers, circa 1928-1987
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6887
rose.library@emory.edu
Permanent link: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/cw341
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
Creator: | Brown, Edward Martin, III, 1919-2012. |
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Title: | Edward Martin Brown, III family papers, circa 1928-1987 |
Call Number: | Manuscript Collection No. 1248 |
Extent: | 24.25 linear feet (25 boxes) and 1 oversized papers box and 1 oversized papers folder (OP) |
Abstract: | Papers of the family of minister and civil rights activist Edward Martin Brown, III, correspondence, subject files, writings, photographs, financial records, sound recordings, and printed material. |
Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Special restrictions apply: Use copies have not been made for sound recordings in this collection. Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance for access to this material.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Source
Gift of Edward Martin Brown, IV, 2012. Additions were donated by Maria Brown in 2013.
Custodial History
The donors Edward Martin Brown, IV and Maria Brown are the children of Edward Martin Brown, III.
Citation
[after identification of item(s)], Edward Martin Brown, III family papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Appraisal Note
Acquired by Curator of African American Collections, Randall Burkett, as part of the Rose Library's holdings in African American culture and history and the history of Civil Rights.
Processing
Unprocessed collection.
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Collection Description
Biographical Note
Edward Martin Brown, III (1919-2012), United Church of Christ minister and civil rights activist, was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He attended Duke University and Yale Divinity School and also completed an internship in race relations at Fisk University. In the late 1940s, Brown was the Associate Secretary of the Student Christian Association at the University of Texas at Austin. While living in Austin, he organized numerous integrated rides on the city's buses. By the late 1950s, Brown had moved to Georgia where he monitored voter registration and was one of three white men at the founding meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In 1959, Brown began serving as the United Church of Christ's Southern Race Relations Coordinator, a position he held until 1970.
Brown was active in various social justice movements, including the anti-nuclear movement, until his death in 2012.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of the family papers of minister and civil rights activist Edward Martin Brown, III from circa 1928-1987, including correspondence, subject files, writings, photographs, financial records, sound recordings, and printed material. The bulk of the material dates from the 1960s and reveals Brown's deep commitment to racial reconciliation, peace, and economic justice. The records also document his involvement in the United Church of Christ, as well as his work with civil rights organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The collection also includes correspondence and a small amount of other records from Brown's mother, Mary Ada ("Mada") Brown, and his son, Edward Martin Brown, IV.
Arrangement Note
Unprocessed collection.
Container List
Box | Folder | Content |
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1 | - | Printed material, 1960s |
2 | - | Printed material and correspondence, 1960s |
3 | - | Printed material, correspondence and subject files, 1960s |
4 | - | Printed material, 1960s |
5 | - | Subject files, 1960s |
6 | - | Printed material and correspondence, 1960s |
7 | - | Subject files, 1960s-1980s |
8 | - | Printed material and correspondence, 1960s |
9 | - | Printed material and correspondence, 1960s-1987 |
10 | - | Printed material and correspondence, 1960s-1970s |
11 | - | Printed material and subject files, 1958-1970 |
12 | - | Printed material and correspondence, 1960s |
13 | - | Printed material and correspondence |
14 | - | Printed material and subject files, 1960s |
15 | - | Printed material, correspondence and financial records, 1960s-1970s |
16 | - | Printed material and subject files, 1960s |
17 | - | Printed material and sound recordings |
18 | - | Printed material and correspondence |
19 | - | Correspondence and family papers |
20 | - | Printed material and subject files |
21 | - | Subject files, 1940s-1960s |
22 | - | Family papers, 1928-1960s |
23 | - | Correspondence and family papers, 1940s-1960s |
24 | - | Printed material |
25 | - | Correspondence and subject files |
OP1 | 1 | Posters |
OP2 | - | Posters |