chafe Guide to the William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection, 1933-1988 and undated Processed by: Lisa Gayle Hazirjian and Carrie Mills; machine-readable finding aid created by: Stephen Miller

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 Descriptive Summary William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection, 1933-1988 and undated Chafe, William Henry 5.6 Linear Feet circa 2930 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

The William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection has been restricted due to the absence of release forms transferring intellectual property rights from interviewees or interviewers to researchers using this collection. Researchers are cautioned that the publication of information contained in these interviews may violate the legal rights of interviewees or interviewers. It is the sole responsibility of researchers to secure permission from interviewees or interviewers to publish quotes from either, and to ensure that information gained from research in this collection is not used in any way that violates rights remaining with interviewees, interviewers or their heirs.

Patrons who wish to use this collection must sign a restricted materials research agreement, which may be obtained from any Special Collections reference staff person.

Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.

Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.

 Use Restrictions

The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For further information, see the section on copyright in the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

 Provenance

The William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection was donated to Special Collections in 1987 and 2011 by William Henry Chafe.

 Processing Information

Processed by Lisa Gayle Hazirjian.

Completed January 1998

Encoded by Stephen Miller

Accession 2011-0090 processed and encoded by Carrie Mills, Jun. 2011.

Accession 2012-0029 processed and encoded by RL Move Staff and Meghan Lyon, Feb. 2012.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Patrons who wish to use this collection must sign a restricted materials research agreement, which may be obtained from any Special Collections reference staff person.

Since this collection does not include any release forms for oral history interviews or transcripts of interviews, researchers must secure permission from copyright holders before publishing quotes from these materials.

Original audiotapes in this collection have been dubbed for use by patrons. These tapes are organized alphabetically by the name of interviewee on side A of each tape.

 Collection Overview

The William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection spans the years 1933 through 1988, with most of the materials dated between 1972 and 1978. The collection consists mainly of oral history interview tapes and transcripts, but also includes interview notes and research files related to Chafe's book Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom.

The interview tapes and transcripts (1972-1978, undated), which comprise the bulk of the collection, include interviews with government officials, participants in the North Carolina civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and opponents of the movement, including members of the Ku Klux Klan. The few research files in the collection include statistical data related to Greensboro elections (1930s-1950s), notes from the Joan Bluethenthal papers and a report by the North Carolina State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights on civil disturbances at Dudley High School and North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1969.

The Audiotapes Series consists of two identical sets (one for preservation, one for use by researchers) of twenty-eight tapes containing oral history interviews. The Printed Material Series includes transcripts and/or notes on 67 oral history interviews, and three research files related to the civil rights movement and local politics in Greensboro.

Beyond the direct oral history materials, there is also a Writings and Research Series. It includes research notes for several chapters of Chafe's book in addition to newspaper clippings addressing topics such as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination and the return of black veterans from the Vietnam War; an assortment of documents regarding the Black Panther Party collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigations' Counter Intelligence Program, and a number of publications produced by other authors. While the materials predominately relate to Greensboro, this series also includes information on civil rights activity in Durham, Chapel Hill, and the Research Triangle at large. The Photographs Series includes fourteen undated photographs.

William H. Chafe's book, Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom, chronicles the continuing conflict over desegregation in Greensboro in the 1950s and 1960s. Chafe explores the "progressive mystique" that defined the terms of culturally-sanctioned behavior, looking at how civility served to preserve the South's racial order. Within this context, he discusses the city's reaction to the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, the Greensboro sit-in movement begun by four college students at North Carolina A&T College in 1960, and the emergence of the Black Power Movement in the late 1960s.

 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.

Chafe, William Henry--Civilities and civil rights. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Afro-Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina. Afro-Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro--Social conditions. North Carolina A&T State University. United States Commission on Civil Rights. Black Panther Party. Black power--North Carolina--History--20th century. Civil rights--North Carolina--Greensboro. Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--North Carolina--Greensboro. Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations. North Carolina--Politics and government--1951- Related Material Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American Life in the Jim Crow South. 1940-1997 and undated (bulk 1993-1997), David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Contents of Collection Audiotapes Series, 1972-1978 and undated

This series includes two identical sets of taped oral history interviews (1972-1978 & undated) related to the civil rights movement in Greensboro, North Carolina. The master tapes in subseries A serve as preservation copies and are closed to researchers; subseries B contains a complete set of use copies, which are open for use by all patrons.

 Restrictions

Since there are no release forms accompanying these interviews, researchers must seek the permission of copyright holders before publishing quotes from these sources.

 Subseries A, Master Tapes 1 Allen, Carolyn Bailey, Tom Bishop, Cecil Brandon, Lewis Breathett, George/Troxler, Kay Chavis, Vance Elam, Jack English, Ike/Notes on C of C docs. Ford, Robert Foster, John (2 tapes) Hariston, Otis Hudgkins, R. E./Brown, W. R. (KKK) Jackson, William Johnson, Walter/Johnson, Nelson Jones, Mrs. David Knox, Joe McNeill, Joseph Parker, Mrs. Franklin Player, Willa Price, Jim Sanford, Terry/Johnson, Nelson Schenck, David Smith, Louise Taylor, John and Betsy Troxler, Evelyn Weaver, Mike Zane, Edward R. Subseries B, Use Tapes 2 Allen, Carolyn Bailey, Tom Bishop, Cecil Brandon, Lewis Breathett, George/Troxler, Kay Chavis, Vance Elam, Jack English, Ike/Notes on C of C docs. Ford, Robert Foster, John (2 tapes) Hariston, Otis Hudgkins, R. E./Brown, W. R. (KKK) Jackson, William Johnson, Walter/Johnson, Nelson Jones, Mrs. David Knox, Joe McNeill, Joseph Parker, Mrs. Franklin Player, Willa Price, Jim Sanford, Terry/Johnson, Nelson Schenck, David Smith, Louise Taylor, John and Betsy Troxler, Evelyn Weaver, Mike Zane, Edward R. Printed Materials Series, 1933-1978(bulk 1972-1978)

This series consists primarily of transcripts (subseries A) and notes on 67 interviews (1972-1978, undated) about the civil rights movement in Greensboro.

This series also includes three files of research materials (subseries B), including data on the Greensboro elections, 1930s -1950s; notes on the papers of Joan Bluethenthal; and a report by the North Carolina State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights on civil disturbances at Dudley High School and North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1969.

Restrictions

Since there are no release forms accompanying these transcripts, patrons must seek the permission of copyright holders before publishing quotes from these sources.

 Transcripts 2 Ashby, Warren, 1974, Oct. 3 Bailey, Tom, 1977, July 9 Bardolph, Richard, 1972, July 11 Bell, Tart, 1977, Oct. 13 Bishop, Cecil, 1977, summer Blackwell, Randolph, 1973, Mar. 5, undated (2 folders) Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Ezell, 1972, Mar. 13 Bluethenthal, Joan, 1977, July 13 Bowles, Mrs. Charles, 1974, Sept. 24 Brandon, Lewis, undated Breathett, George, undated Brown, Sarah Mendenhall, 1974, July 14 Brown, Walter R. "Dub" and Hudgins, Robert by Scott Ellsworth Chavis, Vance, 1973, May 20 Coley, Nell, 1974, Oct. 15 Dawson, Eddie (KKK) by Scott Ellsworth, 1977, May 26 Davis, Charles, undated Dowdy, Lewis, 1975, Jan. 21 Edmonds, Rev. Ed, undated Elam, Jack, undated Evans, Dr. George, undated Ezell, Blair (now Jibreel Khazan), 1974, Nov. 27 Falkeners, Waldo, 1972, July 19 Flora, Joe, 1974, Sept. 26 Ford, Bob, 1977, June 17 Ford, S. N. (interview and FBI information), undated Foster, John, 1973, Feb. 9 Gardner, Plato by Scott Ellsworth, 1977, May 26 2 Hairston, Otis, 1972, July 17; 1977 (2 folders) House, W. A., undated Hudgins, D. E., 1972, July 6 Hudgins, Eula, 1974, Dec. 17 Jackson, William, 1977, July 12 Jarrett, Hobart, undated Johnson, Nelson, 1978, Oct. 24 Jones, Mrs. David, undated Knox, Joe, 1977, June 17 Lewis, John by Jack Bass, undated Linck, R. B., 1974, Oct. 10 Lineberry, Al, 1974, Dec. 17 Mark, Carolyn, 1974, Oct. 10 McCoy, Cleo, 1977, Sept. 6 McNeill, Joseph, 1978 Morehead, David, 1974, Dec. 19 Parker, Willa, 1977, Dec. 2 Price, Jim by Scott Ellsworth, 1977, May 25 Richmond, David by Clay Carson, 1972, Apr. 10 Roach, George, 1972, July 17 Sanford, Terry, undated Sieber, Hal, undated Simkins, Anna, undated Simpkins, Dr. & Mrs. George, 1972, July 19 Smith, Ben, 1973, June 6 Smith, Louise, 1973, Feb. 9 Smith, McNeill, 1973, July 14 Smith, Raymond, 1973, July 11 Snider, William, 1974, Dec. 19 Snider, William, 1976, Nov. 9 Stephenson Kiliminjaro, John Marshall, 1972, Nov. 2 Stoneburner, Carol, 1974, Dec. 12 Taylor, John & Betsy, 1973, July 7 Thomas, William, undated Troxler, Kay, 1973, June 6 Weaver, Mike, 1977, July 6 Zane, Edward R, undated Research Files 2 Bluethenthal, Joan Political materials Trouble in Greensboro, 1969 Civil Rights Demos. Writings and Research Series, 1956-1988 and undated (3 boxes)

Roughly one-half of this series consists of Chafe's notes for Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom. Notes are divided by chapter. Also included in this series are photocopies of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Counter Intelligence Program documents pertaining to Black Panther Party members and chapters in Charlotte, N.C. and Oakland, C.A. Series includes reports and writings by others related to Chafe's book, a number of newspaper clippings, two interview transcripts of Ella Baker conducted by Sue Thrasher and Casey Hayden, and information on Civil Rights protests in Durham, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, and the campuses of North Carolina Central University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 3Chapter 2 notes(6 folders) Chapter 3 notes(8 folders) Chapter 4 notes(2 folders) Chapter 5 notes(3 folders) Chapter 7 notes Chapter 8 notes(4 folders) Black Panther Party COINTELPRO documents(4 folders) COINTELPRO Report on Counterorientation Week at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1969 North Carolina Central University activism, 1958-1960 Chapel Hill Civil Rights Movement oral history interviews, 1974 Research Triangle Civil Right chronolgical list, undated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech at White Rock Baptist Church, Durham, 1960 Feb. 16 Newspaper clippings on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968-1977 Newspaper clippings, 1970-1973 Mayor's Committee on Human Relations, Durham, 1960 Greensboro Mens Club: Four Decades, 1970 The People of Guilford: Growth and Changes in the Population of Guilford County, 1972 The Role of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the Desegregation of the Greensboro, N.C. School System, Julie Buttenwieser, 1988 School Desegregation in Greensboro, 1954-1971, 1971 So Much History, So Much Future: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Second Coming of America, Vincent Harding, 1979 The Solicitor General's Office, Justice Frankfurter and Civil Rights Litigation, 1946-1960: An Oral History, Philip Elman, 1987 Urbanization, Employment, and Race Relations in Greensboro, North Carolina, 1870-1910, Samuel M. Kipp, III, undated Ella Baker interview transcripts and notes, 1974 and undated Adele Clark oral history transcript, 1964 Feb. 28 Notes on the Edward R. Zane Papers, undated Notes on the Greensboro Community Fellowship Papers, undated Simkins v. Cone Hospital United States District Court decision, 1962 Oral history notes, undated Correspondence, 1974-1978 4Oral History Project Status Updates, 1974 Chapel Hill Oral History Conference, 1974 and Undated (2 Folders) Papers Written by Chapel Hill Conferees, 1974 JD Tarpley Biography, 1977 Frank McCain Questions, undated Foster Materials-Desegregation, 1957-1958 Governor Luther Hodges Papers, 1955 and Undated Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1954-1957 Southern Regional Council: Emory Via's Field Trip to Greensboro, undated Daily News Coverage of King Death, 1968 April 1 Ku Klux Klan News Articles 1974, 1977 Ku Klux Klan Meetings 1957-58, 1958-1977 Documents for William Chafe, 1978-1980 Chapter 1 notes: Black Community 1930-1954, undated Chapter 1 notes: Kipp and Early History, undated Benjamin Muse Memo in Sit-Ins, 1960 March 8 School Desegregation Clippings: 1963-1970, 1957-1964 Oral History Papers, 1973 Research Notes on Greensboro, 1959-1978 and Undated Greensboro Community Fellowship, 1959-1980 (12 folders) American Friends Service Committee Archive Notes: Southeast Region, 1977 September 9 Kornegay Papers, 1963-1979 American Friends Service Committee Papers, undated Sanford Papers, undated Sociological Articles on Race, 1963-1978 and undated American Friends Service Committee Xeroxes, 1956-1960 and undated American Friends Service Committee Papers: Philadelphia, 1953-1958 Hal Sieber Letters and Clippings, 1970-1973 Moore Papers, undated Press Clippings, 1959-1963 Press Clippings, 1959-1963 Miscellaneous, 1960-1964 Press Clippings, 1962-1963(2 folders) Governor Robert Scott Papers, undated School Board Minutes, 1960 5M.A. Thesis on Sit-Ins, undated Summary Notes for 1973 Greensboro Paper at OAH: Books, Census, Paper, 1956-1973 Notes for SHA Sit-In Paper, undated Early Draft of Sit-In with Goodwyn Comments, undated Gerda Lerner Papers, 1987 Untitled, 1987(4 folders) Inventory of Files, undated Chapter 3, undated Chapter 4: The Continuing Struggle, undated(3 folders) Chapter 5, undated Draft of Chapter 6, undated Epilogue, undated Pearsall Plan Thesis, 1977 and undated Paper on Sit-Ins as Delivered, undated Bill Lucas Paper on School Desegregation, undated Kipp Dissertation Xeroxes, undated Kipp Dissertation Notes, 1974 Marian Stroble "Pearsall Plan," 1973 Tom Noland "Brown Decision," 1972 Leuchtenburg Comment on Sit-In Article, 1977 Comments on 1974 Organization of American Historians Paper, 1973 Greensboro Names, 1971 and undated Greensboro Bibliography, 1960-1966 and undated Summary Notes on Early Interviews: Names, undated Greensboro National Endowment for the Humanities Application, 1974 Chapter 1, undated (2 folders) Untitled, 1987 and undated National Endowment for the Humanities Application, undated John Thorner Paper on Press Coverage of Sit-Ins, 1972 Bernadine Moses Thesis on Carolina Peacemaker, undated Organization of American Historians Greensboro Paper,1973 ID Newby Black Carolinians, 1973 Untitled, 1987 6References, 1985-1987 Chafe Letters, 1987 Dolores Sullivan, 1987 Tax Returns, 1980 Itineraries, 1980-1986 ICA and European Trip, 1982-1984 University Publications of America, 1986 Oral History Book Manuscript, 1977 Kennedy Library Material, undated Women in Higher Education, 1978 Asheville Speech: Family, 1977 Newspaper Clips, 1975-1976 and Undated Tom Norton "Worker Dissent," undated Ronnie Dugger, undated Daniel Levine: Conservatism and Tradition in Danish Social Welfare Legislation, undated Student Papers, 1971-1973 Violence in Family Material, undated Carolina Peacemaker, undated Newspaper Clippings, 1973-1977 and undated Notes for Chapter 8, 1963-1977 and undated (3 folders) Benjamin L Smith Papers, 1956 and undated Photographs Series, undated (1 box)

Series consists of 14 photographs located in the final folder of box 3. Photographs show Civil Rights demonstrators, law enforcement response, race relations in the South, and active protest. All photographs are undated with little information regarding subjects and locations, though three photographs are identifiably of Chapel Hill demonstrations.

 3Photographs