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Steve Graves papers, 1963-2008
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Graves, Stephen W., 1929-
- Title
- Steve Graves papers
- Dates
- 1963-2008 (inclusive)19632008
1963-1965 (bulk)19631965 - Quantity
- 0.42 cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection Number
- 5746
- Summary
- Materials used by Steve Graves for his lectures on the civil rights movement
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Steve Graves was born (1929) and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He travelled extensively during these years, visiting places such as New England, California, and Alaska. He later attended Antioch University earning a degree in Sociology. In 1952 he joined the Air Force, where he served, among other things, as a chaplain's assistant until 1958. The bulk of his time in the military was spent in Texas and Germany. After his return to civilian life in 1958, Graves attended Harvard’s divinity school for one year and then moved to New York City until 1963. During his time in New York he dated an African-American woman and his experience sparked his interest in the civil rights movement of that era.
In 1963 he enrolled in Meadville Lombard Theological School and became involved with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Before moving to Chicago for theological training he went first to Plaquemine, Louisiana and spent the summer of 1963 helping with CORE’s voter registration efforts in the Deep South. That fall he began his theological studies at Meadville Lombard and remained there until 1965. In March of that year he felt compelled to join the civil rights activists rallying in Selma, Alabama, and became one of the 300 people who marched from Selma to Montgomery. After returning to Illinois he directed his commitment to human rights and public service by working first for the Illinois Department of Mental Health and then the Evanston Human Relations Commission.
In 1969 the Graves family again relocated, this time to Seattle. After arriving in Seattle he worked as a security guard at the Space Needle and drove a taxi before going to work for the for the Seattle Human Rights Commission. He later worked for the Washington Human Rights Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, retiring in the 1990s.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of materials used by Steve Graves for his lectures on the civil rights movement. Included are pamphlets, photographs, and other documents he obtained while involved with CORE and the Selma to Montgomery marches. Also included are newspaper and magazine clippings (many annotated by Graves) on topics related to civil rights struggle.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Preferred Citation
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 5746-001: Steve Graves papers, 1963-2008 (bulk 1963-1965)Return to Top
Scope and Content: The collection consists of materials used by Steve Graves for his lectures on the civil rights movement. Included are pamphlets, photographs, and other documents he obtained while involved with CORE and the Selma to Montgomery marches. Also included are newspaper and magazine clippings (many annotated by Graves) on topics related to civil rights struggle.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Acquisition Info: Donated by Steve Graves, April 08, 2013.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/1 | 5746-001 | Anti-civil rights violence |
1965-2005 |
1/2 | 5746-001 | Chicago related clippings |
1965-1968 |
1/3 | 5746-001 | Civil rights related clippings |
1965-2011 |
1/4 | 5746-001 | Congress of Racial Equality - Clippings and
pamphlets |
1961-1963 |
1/5 | 5746-001 | Correspondence/ephemera |
undated |
1/6 | 5746-001 | Hate literature |
1964-1965 |
1/7 | 5746-001 | King, Martin Luther Jr. clippings |
1963-2007 |
1/8 | 5746-001 | Ku Klux Klan clippings |
1966 |
1/9 | 5746-001 |
Life Magazine -
The Dream: Then and Now |
1988 |
1/10 | 5746-001 | Louisiana civil rights |
undated |
1/11 | 5746-001 | Loundes County, Alabama clippings |
1965 |
1/12 | 5746-001 | Plaquemine, Louisiana clippings |
1963 |
Selma to Montgomery marches |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/13 | 5746-001 | Program, schedule, and route map |
1965 |
1/14 | 5746-001 | Fliers
Scope and Content: Two fliers promoting the march and one flier against from the
White Citizens for Action Committee, dropped from a small private plane on the
marchers.
|
1965 |
1/15 | 5746-001 | March diaries |
1965 |
1/16 | 5746-001 | Autographs: Leonard Bernstein, Odetta, Pete
Seeger |
1965 |
1/17 | 5746-001 | Booklet -
To Bear
Witness
|
1965 |
1/18 | 5746-001 | Clippings |
1965-2000 |
1/19 | 5746-001 | Miscellaneous documents |
1965; undated |
Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/20 | 5746-001 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference
pamphlets |
1964-1966 |
1/21 | 5746-001 | Voter registration clippings |
undated |
1/22 | 5746-001 | Living Legacy Project's Unitarian Universalist Civil
Rights Veterans Gathering |
2012 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--Sources
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Graves, Stephen W., 1929---Archives