Preliminary Inventory of the Andrew Spencer Turnipseed Papers, 1902-2002 and undated (bulk 1928-1965)
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleAndrew Spencer Turnipseed
Papers,
1902-2002 and undated (bulk 1928-1965)
Creator
Turnipseed, Andrew Spencer,
1911-2002
Extent
32.7 Linear
Feet
20,050 Items
Repository
20,050 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
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Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have
not been transferred to Duke University. For more
information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Andrew Spencer
Turnipseed Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Andrew Spencer Turnipseed Papers were
received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library as a gift in 2002.
Processing Information
Processed by Kate Crassons
Completed February 6, 2003
Last Updated March 4, 2004
Encoded by Elizabeth Arnold
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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Biographical Note
Methodist minister in Alabama, Florida, and New York State from 1933 to 1978. Leader of the progressive wing within Alabama's Methodist Church during 1940s and 1950s; noted for involvement in civil and human rights issues.
[top]Collection Overview
Collection consists primarily of manuscripts and
research materials related to Turnipseed's writings
(1902-[1960s]), in particular his multivolume, unpublished
autobiography
I Tried: An Autobiography of
Andrew Spencer Turnipseed. The collection documents
Turnipseed's ancestry, early life, and roles as a
theologian and activist. Includes personal and professional
correspondence (1929-[1980s]); lectures and sermons
(including 13 audio cassettes); course materials; and
travel files. In addition, there are subject files on
topics such as Methodism; civil rights; race relations; and
public education, including higher education for
African-Americans in Alabama. Acquired as part of the John
Hope Franklin Collection of African and African-American
Documentation.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Turnipseed, Andrew Spencer, 1911-2002.
- Turnipseed family.
- African Americans--Education--Alabama.
- African Americans--Education (Higher)--Alabama.
- Civil rights workers--Alabama.
- Civil rights movements--Alabama--History--20th century.
- Sermons, American--20th century.
- Methodism--History.
- Methodist Church--Sermons--20th century.
- Methodist Church--United States.
- Methodist Church--United States--Clergy.
- Methodist Church--United States--History--20th century.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Alabama--Race relations.
- Alabama--History--20th century.
- Audio cassettes.
- Sermons.
- John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African-American Documentation.
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Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection
Accession 2002-0301
Contents of Box 1:
[Technical Services may need to reformat
newsprint before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Loose miscellaneous materials,
1957-2002
Personal and professional
correspondence,
1954-1982
Manuscript,
I Tried: An
Autobiography of Andrew Spencer
Turnipseed
Box 2
Contents of Box 2:
Manuscript,
I
Tried
Box 3
Contents of Box 3:
Manuscript,
I
Tried
Manuscript, untitled
Box 4
Contents of Box 4:
Manuscript, untitled
Box 5
Contents of Box 5:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat brittle paper and make use copies of audio
materials before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Theology notes
Audio tapes
Box 6
Contents of Box 6:
[Technical Services staff needs to make
use copies of audio materials before use.]
Audio tapes, [sermons and
speeches],
ca. 1952-1963
Box 7
Contents of Box 7:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Theology notes
Course materials,
ca. 1936-1937
Box 8
Contents of Box 8:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat brittle paper before use.]
Course materials,
ca. 1936-1937
Box 9
Contents of Box 9:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners and
pictorial materials.]
Autobiograpical research
materials,
1928-1932
Box 10
Contents of Box 10:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners and
pictorial materials.]
Autobiograpical research
materials,
1928-1932
Box 11
Contents of Box 11:
[Technical Services staff may need to
process materials in envelopes and reformat newsprint and
brittle paper before use.]
Autobiograpical research
materials,
1928-1932
Loose miscellaeous
materials
Box 12
Contents of Box 12:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Subject Files
Alabama Temperance
Alliance
Council on Human
Relations
Southern Regional Council,
Inc.
Box 13
Contents of Box 13:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Annual Methodist Church
Conference, Panama City,
1940
Methodist Federation for Social
Action
Invitations,
1954-1959
Box 14
Contents of Box 14:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Annual Methodist Church
Conference, Panama City,
1940
Mission trips and Holy Land tour,
1962-1964
Loose miscellaneous
materials
Box 15
Contents of Box 15:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Travels
Racial Imbalance in the Public
Schools
Professional correspondence,
1964-1965
Box 16
Contents of Box 16:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Professional correspondence,
ca. 1954-1959
Methodist Federation for Social
Action
Conferences, speeches
Reviews, items about
Turnipseed
Miscellaneous
materials
Box 17
Contents of Box 17:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Professional correspondence,
ca. 1950s
Loose miscellaneous material,
ca. 1932-1962
Untitled notebook
Autobiographical research
material
Box 18
Contents of Box 18:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Personal and professional
correspondence,
ca. 1960s
Travel Journal
Material concerning the death of
Martha Turnipseed Moore, daughter
Loose miscellaneous
material
Box 19
Contents of Box 19:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Miscellaneous material
Telephone and moving
Events
Autobiographical research
material
Box 20
Contents of Box 20:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Autobiographical research
material
Press publications,
general
Cooperation
Box 21
Contents of Box 21:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners and
pictorial materials.]
Professional and personal
correspondence,
1960s
Miscellaneous material
Church Reports
Theology Orientation
Editorial corrections [untitled
work]
Box 22
Contents of Box 22:
[Technical Services staff may need to
process materials in envelopes and reformat newsprint and
brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Personal and professional
correspondence,
1950s-1980s
Loose miscellaneous
material
Box 23
Contents of Box 23:
[Technical Services staff may need to
process materials in envelopes and reformat newsprint and
brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Personal correspondence from J.M.
Dannelly,
ca. 1929-1930
Citizen Education Advisory
Council
Speaking engagements,
1959
General interest,
Greenville
Box 24
Contents of Box 24:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Cooperation
Education files
Celestial politics,
1947
Loose miscellaneous
material
Pulpit
Echoes, newspaper column,
1947
Youngblood, research notes,
1947-1951
Box 25
Contents of Box 25:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Professional correspondence from
Clare Purcell,
ca. 1958
Education files
Christian Action for World
Peace
Box 26
Contents of Box 26:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Personal and professional
correspondence,
ca. 1950s-1960s
Pulpit
Echoes,
1958
Box 27
Contents of Box 27:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Professional Correspondence,
1960-1961
Events, conferences, engagements,
ca. 1950s-1970s
Course materials
Methodist Children's
Home
Box 28
Contents of Box 28:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Children's Home
Transition files
Box 29
Contents of Box 29:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Professional
correspondence
Events, engagements
White House Task Force
Annual Report, Hanson Place
Central United Methodist Church,
1960s-1970s
Medical records/insurance
information
Box 30
Contents of Box 30:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Hanson Place Central United
Methodist Church
Transition from St. Paul's to
Hanson Place
Box 31
Contents of Box 31:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Niagara Falls
Europe and USSR Trip,
1962
Pulpit
Echoes,
1948-1950
Box 32
Contents of Box 32:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Research material and notes,
Timely
Therapy
Box 33
Contents of Box 33:
[Technical Services staff may need to and
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Research material and notes,
Timely
Therapy
Pulpit
Echoes,
1948
Box 34
Contents of Box 34:
Research material and notes,
Timely
Therapy
Draft,
Timely
Therapy
Box 35
Contents of Box 35:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Draft,
Timely
Therapy
Box 36
Contents of Box 36:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Personal and professional
correspondence,
1920s-1960s
Research material and notes,
Timely
Therapy
Draft,
Timely
Therapy
Box 37
Contents of Box 37:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Methodist Federation for Social
Action
A Positive Program for the
South
Pulpit
Echoes,
1948-1950
Committee on Higher Education,
Negroes
Niagara Falls Ministry
material
Box 38
Contents of Box 38:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Personal and professional
correspondence,
1960s-1970s
Niagara Falls Ministry
material
Loose miscellaneous
material
Box 39
Contents of Box 39:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Personal and professional
correspondence,
[1960s]
Loose miscellaneous
material
Address book
Daily planner,
1967
Centennial Anniversary, St. Paul's
Church, Niagara Falls
College materials, Marti
Turnipseed, daughter
Box 40
Contents of Box 40:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
Methodist Children's Home,
1950s
Birmingham-Southern lunch counter
sit-in, Marti Turnipseed,
1963-1964
Box 41
Contents of Box 41:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Research files and notes,
ca. 1920
Manuscript,
Timely
Therapy
Methodist Children's
Home
Box 42
Contents of Box 42:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat brittle paper before use.]
Research files,
ca. 1914-1920
Original chapters,
autobiography
Box 43
Contents of Box 43:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
Autobiographical research
material,
ca. 1902-1920
Box 44
Contents of Box 44:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Original chapters,
autobiography
Box 45
Contents of Box 45:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Autobiographical research
material
Education files
Box 46
Contents of Box 46:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Autobiographical research
material
Church Forces Organized for Good
Government
Board of Temperance and Social
Service,
1951-1954
Box 47
Contents of Box 47:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Professional correspondence,
1947-1954
Cooperation,
1946-1953
Making Methodism Methodist,
publications
Original chapters,
autobiography
Box 48
Contents of Box 48:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Professional correspondence with
A.E. Barnett,
1945-1954
Research material, untitled
manuscript
Youngblood
Pulpit
Echoes,
1952
Methodist Federation for Social
Action
Commission on World
Peace
Box 49
Contents of Box 49:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Pulpit
Echoes
Autobiographical research
material
Loose miscellaneous
material
Box 50
Contents of Box 50:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint and brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Research material, untitled
manuscript
Methodist Federation for Social
Action
History as a Center of
Contemporary Theological Orientation
Notes, essays on the Gospels and
New Testament
Box 51
Contents of Box 51:
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Loose miscellaneous
materials
Notes on the Synoptic
Gospels
"A History of the
Christian Church"
, Williston Walker,
Manuscript
Box 52
Contents of Box 52:
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
"A History of the
Christian Church"
, Williston Walker,
manuscript
Research material and original
chapters, untitled manuscript
Box 53
Contents of Box 53:
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Research material and original
chapters, untitled manuscript
Butts, Thomas, Niagara Falls
(sermons and correspondence),
[1960s]
Box 54
Contents of Box 54:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Protestant and Jewish Association
for Care of Blind and Infirm Negroes
Pulpit Echoes, columns and other
items
Citizens' Advisory Ed.
Council
Dexter Avenue
Methodist
Interdenominational
Alliance
Miscellanous sermons and
writings
Box 55
Contents of Box 55:
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Miscellaneous correspondence,
sermons, writings, and clippings,
1945-1950
