HARDING, VINCENT.
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Series 3
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center, 1968-1970
Boxes 9 - 12

Scope and Content Note

This series includes correspondence, files relating to the Library Documentation Project, and miscellaneous files. The correspondence (1968-1970) includes letters pertaining to the establishment of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center and to the organizing of the Library Documentation Project. There is also a small number of letters (1970) relating to the early days of the Institute of the Black World [see Institute of the Black World series for the bulk of this correspondence.] The Library Documentation Project includes papers relating to the opening of the library at the Martin Luther Jr., Memorial Center (1969); staff notes and memoranda; bibliographies of materials held by the library; some legal and financial records; and reports. Miscellaneous files consist of records of the Center's organization, including statement of purpose, by-laws, proposals, job descriptions, fundraising efforts; and governing groups. They also include progress reports (1969-1970), staff evaluations and recruitment efforts.

Arrangement Note

Arranged in chronological order.

Correspondence
Box Folder Content
9 1 1968
9 2 1969 January
9 3 1969 February
9 4 1969 March
9 5 1969 April 1-14
9 6 1969 April 15-30
9 7 1969 May
9 8 1969 June 1-5
9 9 1969 June 6-30
9 10 1969 July
10 1 1969 August
10 2 1969 September-October
10 3 1969 November
10 4 1969 December
10 5 1970 January
10 6 1970 February
10 7 1970 March
10 8 1970 April-May
10 9 1970 June-July
10 10 1970 August-December and undated
Miscellaneous files
11 1 Preliminary Prospectus in Five Parts: The Library and Freedom Museum, Institute for Advanced Afro-American Studies, The Other Elements, Administration, Development, October and December 1968
11 2 Fundraising plans, 1968-1969
11 3 Martin Luther King, Jr. Center/Atlanta University relationship, 1968-1970
11 4 Announcement of the MLK, Jr. Memorial Center by Coretta Scott King, 15 January 1969
11 5 Bylaws of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center, 15 January 1969
11 6 Recruiting Management Consultants, Inc., 1969
11 7 Resumes, 1969
11 8 Progress reports, Fall 1969 and 13 January 1970
11 9 Board of Directors, 1969-1970
11 10 Memoranda, 1969-1970
11 11 Printed materials relating to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, 1970-1973
11 12 Freedom Hall: an Initial Prospectus, 29 January 1970
11 13 Goals for Development Campaign, April 1970-July 1975
11 14 Board of Trustees, 1970
11 15 Evaluations of Center Staff, ca. 1970
11 16 Proposal to Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. regarding Martin Luther King, Jr. Retreat Center for Reconciliation in Social Change, undated
11 17 Director of the Center, job description, undated
11 18 Directories of Center staff and governing groups, undated
11 19 Information for members [employee policies], undated
11 20 Prospectus, undated
11 21 Statement of Purposes, undated
Library Documentation Project
12 1 Notes regarding donors to be contacted, 1968
12 2 Draft proposal for the second element: The Institute for Advanced Afro-American Studies, October 1968
12 3 Notes regarding current activities, ca. October 1968
12 4 Oral History Project. 1968-1969
12 5 Job description for librarian, January 1969
12 6 Biographical sketch of Martin Luther King, Jr., compiled by Sharon Grant, February 1969
12 7 Retreat, 9 May 1969
12 8 Biography: Vertical File Subject Heading List, June 1969
12 9 Conference of Black College Presidents, 15-17 July 1969
12 10 Bibliography: The Opening Day Collection, 19 October 1969
12 11 Legal files, 1969
12 12 Memoranda, 1969
12 13 Staff meetings, notes and memoranda, 1969
12 14 Proposal to fund The Library Documentation Project, 1 July 1969-30 June 1970
12 15 Financial records, 1969-1970
12 16 Report submitted to Governing Council of the Library and Review Panel of the Board of Directors, 12 May 1970
12 17 Bibliography of periodical holdings, 31 May 1970
12 18 Bibliography of reading room acquisitions, 31 May 1970
12 19 Library crisis, August 1970
12 20 Governing Council, 1970
12 21 Bibliography of archival collection list, undated
12 22 Report and recommendations to the Board of Directors, undated
12 23 Response to "Actions of the Board of Directors of the MLK, Jr. Memorial Center Regarding the LDP" [Library Documentation Project], undated
12 24 Resource materials regarding various aspects of collecting archival collections
12 25 Stationery
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