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- Repository
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
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Carothers, Milton Stover.
- Title
- Milton Stover Carothers Papers, 1954-1982
- Call Number
- 5341
- Language of Materials
- Materials in
English
- Extent
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- Items: About 400
- Linear Feet: 2.0
Abstract
Milton Stover Carothers (1932-2004) of Tallahassee, Fla., was a Presbyterian minister who worked for significant periods of
time in Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. A 1954 graduate of Florida State University, he held pastorates in Salisbury,
N.C., 1958-1963, and Covington, Va., 1963-1969, and served in campus ministries at Duke University, the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, and, for 17 years, at Florida State University.
The collection contains copies of sermons preached by Carothers, the bulk of which are from the First Presbyterian Church
of Covington, Va., 1964-1969; a speech Carothers made to the Covington Council on Human Relations regarding racial injustice;
and materials related to Martin Luther King's Poor People's Campaign and the Presbyterian Church's official response to it.
Also included are Carothers's weekly preaching schedules, 1958-1965; surveys about sermons preached, 1958-1961; official mailings
to congregation members; correspondence with church groups; subject files on church-related topics; publications; newspaper
clippings relating to the church and to members of Carothers's family; personal correspondence; Carothers's résumé and his
call from the Synod of North Carolina; materials relating to the Florida State University Alumni Association, where Carothers
sat on the board of directors and served as the permanent president of the Class of 1954; clippings and publications from
Carothers's college fraternity, Sigma Chi, 1950s; several 1970 issues of the Florida State University student newspaper relating
to student elections and Black Student Union grievances; and other items.
Back to TopAdministrative Information
- Restrictions to Access
- No restrictions.
- Acquisitions Information
- Received from the Presbyterian Historical Society of Montreat, N.C., in 2007 (Acc. 100703).
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Joyce Chapman, October 2007
- Encoded by: Joyce Chapman, October 2007
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Milton Carothers papers #5341, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright
law.
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These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Carothers family.
- Carothers, Milton Stover.
- Chapel Hill (N.C.)--History.
- Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Religious life and customs.
- Clergy--Florida--History--20th century.
- Clergy--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- Clergy--Virginia--History--20th century.
- Covington (Va.)--History.
- Covington (Va.)--Religious life and customs.
- Family--Florida--Social life and customs.
- Florida--Religion.
- Florida State University--Religion.
- Florida State University--Students.
- North Carolina--Religion.
- Poor People's Campaign.
- Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
- Presbyterian Church--Florida--History--20th century.
- Presbyterian Church--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- Presbyterian Church--Sermons.
- Presbyterian Church--Virginia--History--20th century.
- Presbyterians--Florida.
- Presbyterians--North Carolina.
- Presbyterians--Virginia.
- Sermons.
- Sigma Chi (Florida State University)
- Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Tallahassee (Fla.)--Social life and customs.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Religion.
- Virginia--Religion.
Back to TopBiographical
Milton Stover Carothers (1932-2004) of Tallahassee, Fla., was a progressive southern Presbyterian minister who worked for
significant periods of time in Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. He graduated from Florida State University, where he
was president of the student body, and was subsequently elected permanent class president of the Class of 1954. He received
his master’s of divinity at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. Over the course of his life, Carothers held pastorates
in Salisbury, N.C., 1958-1963, and Covington, Va., 1963-1969; he was also a University Chaplain at Duke University and University
Minister at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Eventually, he returned to Florida, where he served as Presbyterian
campus minister at Florida State University for 17 years.
Milton Carothers was married first to Mary Lou Carothers and then to Sally Carothers. He had two sons, Milton Washington Carothers
and James Higginbotham, and two daughters, Sarah Jane Carothers and Lea Carothers Crusberg.
Back to TopCollection Overview
The collection contains copies of sermons preached by Presbyterian minister Milton Stover Carothers of Tallahassee, Fla., the bulk of which are from the First Presbyterian Church of Covington, Va., 1964-1969; a speech Carothers made to the Covington Council on Human Relations regarding racial injustice; and materials related to Martin Luther King's Poor People's Campaign and the Presbyterian Church's official response to it. Also included are Carothers's weekly preaching schedules, 1958-1965; surveys about sermons preached,
1958-1961; official mailings to congregation members; correspondence with church groups; subject files on church-related topics; publications; newspaper clippings relating to the church and to members of
Carothers's family; personal correspondence; Carothers's résumé and his call from the Synod of North Carolina; materials relating to the Florida State University Alumni Association, where Carothers sat on the board of directors and served as the permanent president of the Class of 1954;
clippings and publications from Carothers's college fraternity, Sigma Chi, 1950s; several 1970 issues of the Florida State University student newspaper relating to student elections and Florida State University Black Student Union grievances; and other items.
Back to TopArrangement of Collection
1. Sermons
2. Pastoral materials
3. Correspondence and related materials
4. Florida State University
5. Other papers
Detailed Description of the Collection
About 150 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Copies of sermons preached by Reverend Milton Carothers. The bulk of the sermons are from the First Presbyterian Church of
Covington, Va., 1964-1969. There is also one folder of sermons from the John Calvin Presbyterian Church, 1962-1963, and one
folder of sermons preached at other churches, 1957-1970, including the Ginter Park Presbyterian church, the University Presbyterian
Church, the First Presbyterian Church of Tallahassee, Fla., the Emmanuel Episcopal church of Covington, Va., and the Church
of Reconciliation of Chapel Hill, N.C.
Folder
1-10
Sermons: First Presbyterian Church of Covington, Va., 1964-1969
Folder
11
Sermons: John Calvin Presbyterian Church, 1962-1963
Folder
12
Other sermons, 1957-1970
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2. Pastoral Materials, 1958-1981.
Processing Note: Carothers's original order has, for the most part, been maintained.
Carothers's weekly preaching schedules, 1958-1965; annual surveys on sermons preached, 1958-1961; materials about the search
for a director of Christian Education at First Presbytery Church in Covington, Va., and the subsequent installation of Carolyn
Ledford in this position, 1967-1969; handouts, speeches, and publications relating to the Conference on People, Religion and
a Changing Virginia, 1966; information from a panel introducing church parents and freshman children to college issues, 1971;
ordination at Orange Presbytery, 1973-1974; papers relating to two sessional retreats of the Church of Reconciliation, Chapel
Hill, N.C., 1978-1979; and papers detailing Carothers's application and interview for a job as director of Cornell United
Religious Work in Ithaca, N.Y., 1981.
Folder
13
Preaching schedules, 1958-1965
Folder
14
Preaching surveys, 1958-1961
The surveys ask congregation members to note the three sermons that have been most helpful or meaningful to them over the
course of the year.
Folder
15
Pastoral theology, 1958-1967
Carothers's official mailings to congregation members, congregation surveys and handouts, a proposed budget, and correspondence
with church groups and committees. The documents span Carothers's work at various churches.
Folder
16
Director of Christian Education, 1963-1969
Folder
17
Conference on People, Religion, and Changing, 1966
Folder
18
Panel: parents of freshman children, 1971
Folder
19
Ordination, 1973-1974
Folder
20
Church of Reconciliation sessional retreats, 1978-1979
Folder
21
Cornell University Visit, 1981
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3. Correspondence and Related Materials, 1960-1981.
Processing Note: Original order has, for the most part, been maintained.
Official and private correspondence, publications, and newspaper clippings related to both the church and members of Carothers's
family. It also contains Carothers's résumé and his call from the Synod of North Carolina.
Folder
22
1960-1982
Official and personal correspondence from the 1960s and 1970s, including letters on various issues from United States representatives;
Carothers's résumé; call from the Synod of North Carolina, 1969.
Folder
23
1978-1979
Newspaper clippings relating to Carothers, including several regarding his post as University Minister at the University of
North Carolina, 1973, and the ordination of his wife Sally Carothers at the Church of Reconciliation in Chapel Hill, N.C.
There are also contains editorials and other publications relating to Carothers's political views on farm workers and the
Vietnam War and some personal correspondence.
Folder
24
1976-1981
Publications from the 150th anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church in Covington, Va., 1969; several letters from Carothers's
father, 1978, and from congregation children; newspaper clippings relating to the Carothers family, late 1970s; an official
letter stating that Carothers's son had withdrawn from the University of North Carolina, 1975; and information regarding a
home belonging to Carothers that was for sale.
Folder
25-26
1978-1981
Personal correspondence with frequent mention of the separation of Milton and Sally.
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4. Florida State University, 1955-1970.
Clippings and publications from Carothers's college fraternity, Sigma Chi, 1950s; materials relating to the Florida State
University Alumni Association, where Carothers sat on the board of directors and served as the permanent president of the
Class of 1954.
Folder
27
Sigma Chi
Folder
28
Florida State University Alumni Association
Materials dating from the 1950s and 1960s and including organization charts and officer lists. There is also correspondence
between Carothers and the Alumni Association on whether to contribute the Class of 1954's funds to the purchase of a grand
piano for the new Student Union or to the Southern Scholarship and Research Foundation. Also included is the Class of 1954's
reunion schedules; several 1970 issues of the student newspaper, Flambeau, relating to student elections and Black Student Union grievances; several alumni bulletins; and some newspaper clippings.
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5. Other Papers, 1964-1979.
Processing Note: Original folder titles have, for the most part, been maintained.
Folder
29
Covington, Va., Council on Human Relations, 1964-1967
Official publications and correspondence relating to the Council; a speech delivered by Carothers to the Council at the end
of his 1965 term of office as president regarding racial injustice and discussing both President Lyndon Johnson and Martin
Luther King Jr.
Folder
30
Crisis in the nation, 1967-1968
Clippings and publications related to the 1967 Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, race riots,
and the crisis caused by racial integration in the late 1960s. Also included are handouts and other publications from Presbyterian
study groups and programs related to these issues.
Folder
31
Poor People's March, 1968
Publications related to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign, the Crisis in the Nation, and the Presbyterian Church's
official responses.
Folder
32
Chapel Hill High School: Human relations, 1971-1973
Folder
33
A Woman's Place, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1974-1975
A space in the Presbyterian Student Center where women in the community could interact freely and develop an awareness of
the opportunities and resources available to them.
Folder
34
Care of cancer patients, 1976-1979
Folder
35
Minority students: the University of North Carolina, 1976
Memorandum to the Planning Committee for Minorities at the University of North Carolina, listing names and addresses and including
minutes from the first meeting.
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