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Collection Number: 03830

Collection Title: Marion A. Wright Papers, 1912-1982

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Size 22.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 18,500 items)
Abstract Marion Allan Wright (1894-1983) of South Carolina was an attorney, author, member of the board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union, and civil rights supporter. Chiefly correspondence, financial and legal materials, speeches and writings, subject files, and other papers relating to the Southern Regional Council, 1951-1971; Penn Community Services, 1947-1965; and North Carolinians Against the Death Penalty, 1964-1971. The papers document Wright's association with these organizations and his interest in human rights, desegregation, the abolition of the death penalty, and civil liberties. Correspondents include Guy B. Johnson, James McBride Dabbs, Raymond Wheeler, Benjamin Mayo, Paul E. Green, and Wright's wife, Alice Spearman Wright.
Creator Wright, Marion A. (Marion Allan), 1894-1983.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
Retained by the writers and by the descendants of writers of items in these papers, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Marion A. Wright Papers #3830, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
The first accession was received from Marion Allan Wright, of "Topknot," Linville Falls, N.C., in October 1971. Nine more accessions from Wright were received between 1973 and 1977. In March 1979, two gifts from Arnold Shankman of Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S.C., were added. The final accession was received from Mrs. Marion Wright (Alice N. Spearman) in August 1983.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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18 January 1894 Born in Johnston, South Carolina

1910-1914 Attended the University of South Carolina (did not receive degree)

1912-1919 Witnessed South Carolina's first 16 executions by electrocution, as a reporter for the Columbia Record

1914-1915 Taught in the public schools of Winston Salem, North Carolina

1916 Married Lelia Hauser

1919 Received a law degree from the University of South Carolina

1919-1947 Practiced corporate law in Conway, South Carolina

1937-1943 Served as chairman of the Illiteracy Commission

1941-1945 Served as a member of the Enemy Alien Board for South Carolina

1947-1963 Served as board member (1947-1957) and board chairman (1957-1963) of the Penn Community Services, Inc., Frogmore, St. Helena Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina

1948 Moved to Linville Falls, North Carolina

1951-1958 Served as president of the Southern Regional Council

1958-1965 Served as vice-president of the Southern Regional Council

1967 Founded and served as first president of the North Carolinians Against the Death Penalty

1969 Married Alice Norwood Spearman after having been a widower for 13 years

1978 Publication of Human Rights Odyssey, which won the Lillian Smith Award for nonfiction from the Southern Regional Council

1980 Received honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina

14 February 1983 Died at Crossnore, North Carolina

(See also the interview of Wright by Arnold Shankman and biographical materials on Wright in Series 6.)

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The papers of Marion Allan Wright (1894-1983) consist chiefly of correspondence, but also include speeches, writings, printed material, financial records, a few photographs, and other material. The oldest items are copies of articles which concern the first executions by electrocution in South Carolina, written by Wright for the Columbia Record in 1912. The most recent items include correspondence to and from family members and associates. The bulk of the material dates from between 1960 and 1975, and concerns the abolition of the death penalty, civil rights, and Wright's activities on the boards of the Southern Regional Council and Penn Community Services, Inc.

Wright's papers are arranged into seven categories that he himself established, and reflect his work and activities principally during his North Carolina years:

The researcher should note that there is considerable overlap of subjects and correspondents among the series.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Southern Regional Council, 1951-1976.

Approximately 3,000 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence, reports, minutes, speeches, and other records relating to the Southern Regional Council. Marion Wright's collection of Southern Regional Council papers dates from 1951. On December 13 of that year Wright became president of the organization, which had been founded in 1944. Wright had previously been a member of the SRC's Board of Directors.

The majority of the correspondence during the first years of his presidency was with other SRC officers, particularly George Mitchell, Executive Director; Harold Fleming, Director of Information; Katherine Stoney, Secretary and Treasurer; Paul Williams and Guy Johnson, the previous president and vice president; and various members who were also friends, such as Judge Waties Waring and Hyman Rubin.

In 1952 the SRC faced financial difficulties. Included in this series is documentation on the eventually successful SRC appeal to various foundations for aid. Grants, large and small, came from the Fund for the Republic, the Ford Foundation, the AFL, the William C. Whitney Fund, and several others. These grants, were vital to the SRC's continued existence during the 1950s.

Also included in this series are minutes of Executive Committee meetings; copies of speeches by Wright and others; reports on the activities of SRC officers; correspondence concerning various controversies that arose during these years; and reports and studies on current issues.

In early 1958, when James M. Dabbs became president of the SRC, Marion Wright became vice-president. The correspondence after this date is mainly between Wright and the new officers: Dabbs, Albert Dent, Rufus Clement, Frederick Routh, Paul Anthony, Marge Manderson, John Constable, Ruth House Alexander, and others. Wright also continued his correspondence with Paul Williams and Harold Fleming.

In 1965 Wright vacated his post as vice-president, and became a member of the Council's Executive Committee. He continued to correspond with the organization's officers, including, John Wheeler, Raymond Wheeler, Josephine Wilkens, Joseph Haas, and a few others. The quantity of correspondence after 1965 decreased, however, with Wright's decreasing involvement with the SRC.

After the 1970 SRC elections, Wright resigned from his position on the Executive Committee. As a result, very little of the post-1970 material concerns the SRC. The last two folders in the series include newspaper clippings, 1951-1971, and a report (labeled "Clark Report") of the SRC Self Evaluation Consultant, probably dating from 1963.

Folder 1-4

Folder 1

Folder 2

Folder 3

Folder 4

Feb-Dec 1951

Folder 5-24

Folder 5

Folder 6

Folder 7

Folder 8

Folder 9

Folder 10

Folder 11

Folder 12

Folder 13

Folder 14

Folder 15

Folder 16

Folder 17

Folder 18

Folder 19

Folder 20

Folder 21

Folder 22

Folder 23

Folder 24

1952

Folder 25

Undated 1951-1952

Folder 26-45

Folder 26

Folder 27

Folder 28

Folder 29

Folder 30

Folder 31

Folder 32

Folder 33

Folder 34

Folder 35

Folder 36

Folder 37

Folder 38

Folder 39

Folder 40

Folder 41

Folder 42

Folder 43

Folder 44

Folder 45

1953

Folder 46-63

Folder 46

Folder 47

Folder 48

Folder 49

Folder 50

Folder 51

Folder 52

Folder 53

Folder 54

Folder 55

Folder 56

Folder 57

Folder 58

Folder 59

Folder 60

Folder 61

Folder 62

Folder 63

1954

Folder 64

Undated 1953-1954

Folder 65-92

Folder 65

Folder 66

Folder 67

Folder 68

Folder 69

Folder 70

Folder 71

Folder 72

Folder 73

Folder 74

Folder 75

Folder 76

Folder 77

Folder 78

Folder 79

Folder 80

Folder 81

Folder 82

Folder 83

Folder 84

Folder 85

Folder 86

Folder 87

Folder 88

Folder 89

Folder 90

Folder 91

Folder 92

1955

Folder 93-105

Folder 93

Folder 94

Folder 95

Folder 96

Folder 97

Folder 98

Folder 99

Folder 100

Folder 101

Folder 102

Folder 103

Folder 104

Folder 105

1956

Folder 106-119

Folder 106

Folder 107

Folder 108

Folder 109

Folder 110

Folder 111

Folder 112

Folder 113

Folder 114

Folder 115

Folder 116

Folder 117

Folder 118

Folder 119

1957

Folder 120

Undated 1956-1957

Folder 121-127

Folder 121

Folder 122

Folder 123

Folder 124

Folder 125

Folder 126

Folder 127

1958

Folder 128-135

Folder 128

Folder 129

Folder 130

Folder 131

Folder 132

Folder 133

Folder 134

Folder 135

1959

Folder 136-139

Folder 136

Folder 137

Folder 138

Folder 139

1960

Folder 140-143

Folder 140

Folder 141

Folder 142

Folder 143

1961

Folder 144-147

Folder 144

Folder 145

Folder 146

Folder 147

1962

Folder 148-151

Folder 148

Folder 149

Folder 150

Folder 151

1963

Folder 152

Undated 1961-1963

Folder 153

1964

Folder 154

1965

Folder 155-156

Folder 155

Folder 156

1966

Folder 157-159

Folder 157

Folder 158

Folder 159

1967

Folder 160-162

Folder 160

Folder 161

Folder 162

1968

Folder 163-172

Folder 163

Folder 164

Folder 165

Folder 166

Folder 167

Folder 168

Folder 169

Folder 170

Folder 171

Folder 172

1969

Folder 173

1970-1976

Folder 174

Undated 1968-1971

Folder 175

Miscellaneous clippings

Folder 176

Clark report (1963?)

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Approximately 3,500 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence, reports, financial records, and minutes on Marion Wright's association with the Penn School. Wright became a member of the Penn School's Board of Trustees in 1947, immediately before the school's change in status from Penn Normal, Agricultural, and Industrial School to Penn Community Services, Inc. in 1948. In 1950, when Courtney Siceloff became Director of Penn Community Services in Beaufort County, the Board of Trustees was seeking to reorient its predominantly northern membership. Wright, who was originally from Beaufort, became the Board's chairman in 1957.

The majority of Wright's correspondence was with Mr.and Mrs. Siceloff and other Board members, notably Vice-Chairman Harold Evans, James M. Dabbs, Dr. Ira DeA. Reid, Tartt Bell, the Reverend Cornelius Wood, George H. Aull, Mrs. Eugene Spearman, Grace House, and Paul W. Brown Junior The series also includes correspondence with Penn's Advisory Board, which increased in membership during the first years of Wright's chairmanship. These correspondents include Francis R. Cope, George A. Buchanan, Grace T. Hamilton, Benjamin Mays, and Mrs. Y. W. Bailey. Wright also corresponded with organizations interested in Penn, such as the American Friends Service Committee; foundations, such as the Fund for the Republic; and other individuals, such as playwright Paul Green.

This series also provides a financial record of the organization-monthly and annual budget statements, annual budget proposals, personnel records, and records on Penn's land and other purchases. Also included in the series are minutes of Board meetings, quarterly reports, and committee and other reports. A few newsletters issued by Penn Community Services concerning its activities can be found among the papers, but they do not comprise a regular or continuous record.

Although the Penn series continues until 1977, the effective end of the series occurs with Marion Wright's resignation from the Board of Trustees at the end of 1963. Also, there is a gap in the papers between April 1956 and February 1957.

Folder 177

1947

Folder 178-182

Folder 178

Folder 179

Folder 180

Folder 181

Folder 182

1948

Folder 183-184

Folder 183

Folder 184

1949

Folder 185

1950

Folder 186-188

Folder 186

Folder 187

Folder 188

1951

Folder 189-192

Folder 189

Folder 190

Folder 191

Folder 192

1952

Folder 193-196

Folder 193

Folder 194

Folder 195

Folder 196

1953

Folder 197-200

Folder 197

Folder 198

Folder 199

Folder 200

1954

Folder 201-204

Folder 201

Folder 202

Folder 203

Folder 204

1955

Folder 205-206

Folder 205

Folder 206

1956

Folder 207-215

Folder 207

Folder 208

Folder 209

Folder 210

Folder 211

Folder 212

Folder 213

Folder 214

Folder 215

1957

Folder 216-229

Folder 216

Folder 217

Folder 218

Folder 219

Folder 220

Folder 221

Folder 222

Folder 223

Folder 224

Folder 225

Folder 226

Folder 227

Folder 228

Folder 229

1958

Folder 230-238

Folder 230

Folder 231

Folder 232

Folder 233

Folder 234

Folder 235

Folder 236

Folder 237

Folder 238

1959

Folder 239-254

Folder 239

Folder 240

Folder 241

Folder 242

Folder 243

Folder 244

Folder 245

Folder 246

Folder 247

Folder 248

Folder 249

Folder 250

Folder 251

Folder 252

Folder 253

Folder 254

1960

Folder 255-267

Folder 255

Folder 256

Folder 257

Folder 258

Folder 259

Folder 260

Folder 261

Folder 262

Folder 263

Folder 264

Folder 265

Folder 266

Folder 267

1961

Folder 268-278

Folder 268

Folder 269

Folder 270

Folder 271

Folder 272

Folder 273

Folder 274

Folder 275

Folder 276

Folder 277

Folder 278

1962

Folder 279-290

Folder 279

Folder 280

Folder 281

Folder 282

Folder 283

Folder 284

Folder 285

Folder 286

Folder 287

Folder 288

Folder 289

Folder 290

1963

Folder 291-294

Folder 291

Folder 292

Folder 293

Folder 294

Jan-June 1964

Folder 295

Oct 1964-Feb 1965

Folder 296

1977

Folder 297-298

Folder 297

Folder 298

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Approximately 2,500 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence, statements, press releases, lists, and questionnaires documenting Wright's work against the death penalty in North Carolina, and the formation and activities of North Carolinians Against the Death Penalty (NCADP). NCADP was formed in January 1967, and Wright became its first president. The records in this series, however, date from 1964, when Wright began to gather information from similar organizations in other states. Also included here is Wright's correspondence with others, including Paul Green, the Reverend William Finlator, Charles Lambeth, and Mrs. Dean Thomas, relative to the establishment of NCADP. Also predating the founding of NCADP are records of Wright's lobbying for the abolition of the death penalty at the 1965 North Carolina General Assembly.

The majority of Wright's correspondence during and after 1967 is with other members of NCADP. In addition to the people mentioned above, Wright corresponded with Mrs. Matt Wall, secretary of the organization and a close friend of Wrights, George Armfield, Irving Carlyle, Reverend Jack Crum, Robert Kimzey, Reverend Robert Seymour and others. Wright also corresponded with legislators and officials on both the state and national levels, including Governor Robert Scott of North Carolina and Michigan Senator Philip Hart.

There is a great deal of documentation for 1967, when the organization was founded and the North Carolina General Assembly was considering a bill to abolish the death penalty. Included in Series 3 are releases concerning the death penalty and reasons for its abolition; lobbying statements; and lists of NCADP members and sympathizers, North Carolina legislators, and candidates for office. After the 1967 General Assembly defeated the bill to abolish the death penalty, NCADP took a survey of governors by using a questionnaire to determine each governor's position on the issue. The returned questionnaires as well as a report on the study can also be found among the 1967 papers.

After 1967, NCADP turned toward influencing the future members of the 1969 General Assembly. As a result, the papers for 1969 contain a large quantity of lists similar to those in 1967. Besides the continued correspondence between NCADP members, the post-1967 NCADP records include letters relating to publicity and fund-raising.

Folder 299-300

Folder 299

Folder 300

1964

Folder 301-303

Folder 301

Folder 302

Folder 303

1965

Folder 304-305

Folder 304

Folder 305

Undated 1964-1966

Folder 306

1966

Folder 307-308

Folder 307

Folder 308

Jan-Feb 1967

Folder 309

Diary 21 Feb-20 Apr 1967

Folder 310-332

Folder 310

Folder 311

Folder 312

Folder 313

Folder 314

Folder 315

Folder 316

Folder 317

Folder 318

Folder 319

Folder 320

Folder 321

Folder 322

Folder 323

Folder 324

Folder 325

Folder 326

Folder 327

Folder 328

Folder 329

Folder 330

Folder 331

Folder 332

Mar-Dec 1967

Folder 333-334

Folder 333

Folder 334

Undated 1967

Folder 335

"Criminal Homicide in California" 1967

Folder 336-338

Folder 336

Folder 337

Folder 338

Lists 1967

Folder 339-350

Folder 339

Folder 340

Folder 341

Folder 342

Folder 343

Folder 344

Folder 345

Folder 346

Folder 347

Folder 348

Folder 349

Folder 350

1967

Folder 351-358

Folder 351

Folder 352

Folder 353

Folder 354

Folder 355

Folder 356

Folder 357

Folder 358

1968

Folder 359-367

Folder 359

Folder 360

Folder 361

Folder 362

Folder 363

Folder 364

Folder 365

Folder 366

Folder 367

1969

Folder 368

Undated releases 1968-1969

Folder 369

Undated lists and a map of the legislature building 1969

Folder 370-380

Folder 370

Folder 371

Folder 372

Folder 373

Folder 374

Folder 375

Folder 376

Folder 377

Folder 378

Folder 379

Folder 380

1970

Folder 381

Undated releases 1970

Folder 382-384

Folder 382

Folder 383

Folder 384

Newspaper clippings 1964-1971

Folder 385-397

Folder 385

Folder 386

Folder 387

Folder 388

Folder 389

Folder 390

Folder 391

Folder 392

Folder 393

Folder 394

Folder 395

Folder 396

Folder 397

1971

Folder 398-399

Folder 398

Folder 399

1972

Folder 400

1973

Folder 401

1974-1975

Folder 402

1976

Folder 403

1977

Folder 404

1978-1979

Folder 405

1980

Folder 406

1981-1982

Folder 407

Undated

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Approximately 260 items.

Included are speeches, articles, and book reviews written by Marion Wright between 1912 and 1981. Most of these items were written between 1960 and 1980, and chiefly concern civil liberties and the abolition of the death penalty. Also included in the speeches and writings are 15 speeches by Wright which were recorded on 20 small discs. Most of the speeches on the discs also appear in the papers, with the exception of the "Don't Bend Speech" (discs 6-7), the "Tuskegee Speech" (discs 15-17), and the "Warren Wilson Speech" (discs 18-20).

The speeches and writings in Series 4 have been arranged in chronological order by year, and alphabetically by title within each year. Following the dated items are undated items, arranged alphabetically by title; undated and untitled items; typed notes and outlines for speeches and writings; and the discs, arranged alphabetically by title. The folder list which follows includes the year and a title or place to identify the speech or writing.

Folder 408

1912 Protesting Innocence Weldon Died (report for the Columbia Record)

Folder 409

1921 Poverty and Wealth

1921 Saluda Commencement Speech

1921 untitled item (1)

Folder 410

1922 Address at Woodman Unveiling at Booths Church

1922 The Patriotism of Peace

1922 The Value of a Name

Folder 411

1923 Address Delivered on Sunday School Day at Marion, South Carolina

Folder 412

1925 The Pioneer

Folder 413

1926 The Function of a Chamber of Commerce

Folder 414

1930 Sidelights on the Constitutional Convention

Folder 415

1932 Education, a Fundamental of Good Citizenship

1932 George Washington

1932 Rock Hill

Folder 416

1933 Columbia

Folder 417

1934 Some Social and Political Trends and Their Implications for Libraries

1934 State Librarians' Association

Folder 418

1935 The Attitude of the Teacher Toward Public Affairs

Folder 419

1936 The Citizens Library Movement

1936 Morticians' Convention

Folder 420

1938 The Rooster that Laid an Egg

1938 untitled item (1)

Folder 421

1939 Conway American Legion

1939 Need Of A State Library System For South Carolina

1939 untitled item (1)

Folder 422

1940 The Disposition of Punitive Damages

Folder 423

1945 Facing Facts in South Carolina

Folder 424

1947 The American Pipit

1947 Schizophrenia at Upper Creek

Folder 425

1948 Best Part of the Calf

1948 Segregation vs. the Space Age

Folder 426

1949 Alaskan Stevedore

1949 Cooling Off Period

1949 David Winecoff, Stockholder

1949 My Winter in the Yukon

1949 On Presenting a Compass to Dr. C.L. Busbee (poem)

1949 Outside Interference in Civil Rights

1949 Port of Debunkation

1949 To Be or Knot to Be

Folder 427

1950 Additional Colloquialisms Observed in Horry County, South Carolina

Folder 428

1951 Making Democracy Work in South Carolina

Folder 429

1952 After the Supreme Court Decision on Segregation in Public Schools, What?

1952 Harvard Law School Forum

Folder 430

1953 Our American Heritage

1953 South Carolina Vendetta

1953 Southerners for Civil Rights

1953 untitled item (l)

Folder 431

1954 Lanier Society

1954 The Library and Civil Rights

1954 Literacy and the Free Mind

1954 untitled item (1)

Folder 432

1955 How to Implement the Supreme Court Decision of May 17

1955 National Committee for Rural Schools

1955 Our New Responsibilities in the Field of Race Relations

1955 President's Annual Address

1955 Progress in the South

1955 Voice from the Tallahatchie

1955 untitled items (2)

Folder 433

1956 The Fellowship of the Concerned

1956 The Library and Civil Rights

Folder 434

1957 Integration and Public Morals

1957 Public Ethics and the Integration Question

1957 Tribute to George S. Mitchell

Folder 435-436

Folder 435

Folder 436

1958 The Churches' Moral Problem

Folder 435

Folder 436

1958 Fall-Out

Folder 435

Folder 436

1958 Firm Foundations for Democratic Advance

Folder 435

Folder 436

1958 Integration Trends in the South

Folder 435

Folder 436

1958 Progress in Desegregation? View from the South

Folder 435

Folder 436

1958 Role of Southern Women in 1960 (previous title: College Woman as Citizen)

Folder 435

Folder 436

1958 Signs of the Times

Folder 435

Folder 436

1958 The Southern Dilemma

Folder 435

Folder 436

1958 Southerner on Race

Folder 435

Folder 436

1958 untitled items (3)

Folder 437-438

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 Aftermath of the Decision

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 Anatomy of the Resistance

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 By-Products of Resistance

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 The Citizens Responsibility

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 The College Woman as Citizen

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 Everyone is Responsible for Applying Principles

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 Integration Trends in the South (abridged version)

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 Legal and Moral Aspects of Segregation

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 New Invasion of the North

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 New Role of the Private Citizen

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 Segregation Today--North and South

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 Todays Challenge to the Schools

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 Who is a Subversive

Folder 437

Folder 438

1959 untitled items (2)

Folder 439-443

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960-1960 Biennial Conference of ACLU

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 The Changing South

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 Civil Disobedience

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 The College and Accelerated Social Action

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 Doughnuts and Democracy

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 Editor at War (review)

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 Executive Action in the School Crisis

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 The Image of the United States at Home and Abroad

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 The Impact of Social Change on the Goals of Our Colleges

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 The New Proclamation

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 Public Interest in Private Acts

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 Race Relations in the South Today: Progress and Prospect

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 Role of the Southern Woman in 1960

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 Some Events of 1960: Their Implications for North Carolina

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 Southern School Situation

Folder 439

Folder 440

Folder 441

Folder 442

Folder 443

1960 The Students New Role

Folder 444-447

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 The City and the National Image

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 The Impact of Social Change on the Goals of Our Colleges

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 The Impact of a State

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 Lonely Judges (review)

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 Looking Ahead with the South

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 The Minister as Citizen

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 The Minister and the State

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 The New Proclamation

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 The Positive Approach

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 Progress and Prospect

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 The Right to Protest

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 The South and Civil Disobedience

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 The Student and a Changing Society

Folder 444

Folder 445

Folder 446

Folder 447

1961 You Can't Go Home Again

Folder 448

1962 Freedom Ride (review)

1962 The Negro College and Adult Education

1962 The New Enemy is Entrenched Guile

1962 Progress in Southern Race Relations since 1954

1962 The Right to Protest

1962 The Role of Government in Intergroup Relations

1962 The South and the New World Order

1962 untitled item (1)

Folder 449

1963 Citizen and State

1963 Garden Notes

1963 More Bricks with Less Straw

1963 New Role of the Southern Liberal

1963 Public Accommodations: Panel Discussion at Chapel Hill

1963 Role of the Southern Liberal

1963 The Sit-in Movement: Progress Report and Prognosis

1963 Sociology, Psychology and Civil Rights

1963 untitled item (1)

Folder 450

1964 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

1964 Law and Brotherhood

1964 Parkinson's Disease

1964 Paul Green: An Appreciation

1964 Poverty, Race, and Capital Punishment

1964 South Carolina and Civil Liberties

1964 untitled items (2)

Folder 451

1965 Mexican Tour 1965

1965 Private Folks and Southern Fraternity

1965 Relation of Ethics to Government

1965 Shall North Carolina Abolish the Death Penalty?

1965 untitled items

Folder 452

1966 The Diverse Society

1966 untitled item (1)

Folder 453

1967 Importance of the Public Library

1967 The Morality of Capital Punishment

Folder 454

1968 The Death Penalty

1968 Federal vs. State Power

1968 Juvenile Delinquency

Folder 455

1969 Civil Liberties and the Diverse Society

1969 Exercise in Total Recall

1969 Organizations of North Carolinians vs. Death Penalty

1969 Report on Activities of North Carolinians Against the Death Penalty

1969 untitled item (1 poem)

Folder 456

1970 Is This Death Necessary?

1970 Like Father, Like Son

1970 On Presentation of Civil Liberties Award to John Wheeler

1970 A Plea for the Simple

1970 The State is Ashamed (editorial)

Folder 457

1971 Crime and Punishment

1971 Death Penalty and Prison Reform

1971 Is This Death Necessary?

1971 The Morality of the Death Penalty

1971 Organized Labor and the Death Penalty

1971 Presenting the Frank Porter Graham Civil Liberties Award to Julius Chambers

1971 The Progressive South (editorial)

1971 untitled item (1)

Folder 458

1972 Anatomy of Tyranny

1972 The Crime of Punishment

1972 N.C. Coalition--Address

1972 N.C. Coalition Report (Introduction)

1972 Presenting the Frank Porter Graham Civil Liberties Award to Dr. Paul Green

1972 State Goals

1972 The Student and Civil Liberties

Folder 459

1973 Compassion in Government

1973 Editorial Opinions on the Death Penalty

1973 Shall We Reactivate the Gas Chamber

Folder 460

1974 Conferring the Frank Porter Graham Award upon Professor Dan Pollitt

1974 Introducing Arlie Schardt at NCCLU

1974 Notes on the Lib Movement [On Busing]

1974 Reflections on the Southern Regional Council

1974 Repeat Now

1974 Statement for N.C. Advisory Committee to the Commission on Civil Rights

1974 Two Teachers Made a Difference

Folder 461

1975 Blacks Have Advanced

1975 James McBride Dabbs

1975 Poems: First and Last (review)

1975 Presenting the Frank Porter Graham Award to Senator McNeill Smith

Folder 462-463

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 Amnesty

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 Brainwashing is Possible (editorial)

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 Civil Liberties and a Diverse Society (editorial)

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 Crime Figures and the Death Penalty

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 The Death Penalty and Public Morals

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 Death Penalty Won't Deter Crime (editorial)

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 The Electric Chair: A Sacred Treasure?

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 Interview with Marion Allan Wright

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 John Brooks

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 Linville Falls Revisited

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 Opposing Capital Punishment in N.C.

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 Presenting the Frank Porter Graham Civil Liberties Award to Reverend Charles Jones

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 Two Men Who Made a Difference

Folder 462

Folder 463

1976 untitled item (1 poem)

Folder 464

1977 The Case for Prisoners' Associations (editorial)

1977 Changing the Record of Failure (editorial)

1977 Crime and Punishment

1977 Fear of the Outsider (editorial)

1977 Jim Denny

1977 Letter to President Ford

1977 A Look Fore and Aft

1977 Presenting Frank Porter Civil Liberties Award to Charles F. Lambeth Junior

1977 Remarks before N.C. House Judiciary Committee

1977 A S.C. Prophet Reflects Upon the Past

1977 Turning Point in Library History

1977 Two Southerners Who Made a Difference

Folder 465

1978 Carter Should Rebuke Evangelists (editorial)

1978 Diplomacy by Big Stick is an Idea of the Past

1978 Doctors, Lawyers Deserved Rebuke (editorial)

1978 Interview MAW on N.C. and the Death

1978 Jesse, John and God

1978 A Look to the Future

1978 Presenting the Frank Porter Graham Civil Liberties Award to Norman B. Smith

1978 Speech We Doubt Will Ever Be Delivered in the Senate

1978 South Carolina Vendetta

1978 untitled item (1)

Folder 466

1979 Juvenile Delinquents: We All Create Them (editorial)

1979 Presenting the Frank Porter Graham Civil Liberties Award to Dr. Raymond Wheeler

1979 Reader Believes State Wrong in HEW Controversy (editorial)

1979 The Train and Trenton

1979 untitled item (1)

Folder 467

1980 Presenting the Frank Porter Graham Civil Liberties Award to Dr. W.W. Finlator

1980 untitled item (1)

Folder 468

1981 Right to Read

1981 Paul Green: An Appreciation

Folder 469

A Corn in the Shock

A Cup of Coffee

The Hippie's Paean (poem)

Hospital Talk

How Horry went for Hampton

Integration and the Average Person

Is World Government the Path to World Peace

James Dudley, M.D.

Lazarus (play)

Folder 470

Leadership

Memo on Non-violence

Memorandum: Re Capital Punishment

New Role of the Private Citizen

Notes on Manners and Dress

The Passing of the Family

A Plea for the Simple

Principle or Tabu?

Quotations on the Generation Gap

Religion and the Law

Review: The Magnolia Jungle (fragment)

Senator, Duck that Thought Wave

Short Ballot

Socrates on the Congaree

A Statement on the Race Problem in South Carolina

To Governor James E. Holshauser

Votes for People

The Wounded Lion Strikes Back (poem)

Folder 471

Undated/untitled items

Folder 472-473

Folder 472

Folder 473

Typed notes and outlines

Audiodisc D-3830/1

"Compassion in Government," before the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union, Chapel Hill, NC. 20 Oct 1973.

Audiodisc D-3830/2

"The Crime of Punishment," before the Unitarians, Charlotte, NC. 9 Jan 1972.

Audiodisc D-3830/3

"Crime of Punishment," before the Kiwanis Club, Greensboro, NC. 30 Jan 1972.

Audiodisc D-3830/4

"Crime of Punishment," [1971?, 1977?]

Audiodisc D-3830/5

"Death Penalty and Prison Reform," before the North Carolinians Against the Death Penalty, Raleigh, NC. 16 Feb 1971.

Audiodisc D-3830/6-7

D-3830/6

D-3830/7

"Don't Bend Speech," before the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union, Greensboro, NC. 1 Nov 1969.

Audiodisc D-3830/8

"Federal vs. State Government," [1968?]

Audiodisc D-3830/9

"North Carolina Coalition," [1972?]

Audiodisc D-3830/10

"On Presenting Civil Liberties Award to Paul Green," Chapel Hill, NC. 3 November 1972.

Audiodisc D-3830/11

"Organized Labor and the Death Penalty," [1971]

Audiodisc D-3830/12

"Repeal Now," before a mass meeting in the Civic Auditorium, Raleigh, NC. 13 Jan 1974.

Audiodisc D-3830/13

"Some Reflections on Southern Regional Council," Atlanta, GA. 15 Nov 1974.

Audiodisc D-3830/14

"State Goals," before Opportunity School, Columbia, SC. 12 Dec 1972.

Audiodisc D-3830/15-17

D-3830/15

D-3830/16

D-3830/17

"Tuskegee Speech," undated (A few notes are included.)

Audiodisc D-3830/18-20

D-3830/18

D-3830/19

D-3830/20

"Warren Wilson Speech," undated

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Approximately 7,500 items.

These files, designated by Marion Wright as personal correspondence, consist primarily of incoming letters from family (including Alice Spearman before and after her marriage to Wright), friends, and others associated with Wright. There are also carbon copies of outgoing correspondence.

The correspondence in Series 5 deals with a variety of personal, professional, and routine matters. There is extensive correspondence from organizations such as the Southern Regional Council, Penn School, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Red Cross, and the American Friends Service Committee. Included also is correspondence relating to speeches and articles written by Wright, to the dissolution of his law practice in 1947, and to legal cases in which he continued to be interested.

The correspondence in Series 5 has been left in its original order. It was arranged by Wright in alphabetical order within distinct chronological periods, which appear in the following folder list.

Folder 474-479

Folder 474

Folder 475

Folder 476

Folder 477

Folder 478

Folder 479

1945-1953

Folder 480-484

Folder 480

Folder 481

Folder 482

Folder 483

Folder 484

1954-21 Sep 1956

Folder 485-489

Folder 485

Folder 486

Folder 487

Folder 488

Folder 489

22 Sep 1956-19 Feb 1957

Folder 490-494

Folder 490

Folder 491

Folder 492

Folder 493

Folder 494

19 Feb 1957-27 Jan 1958

Folder 495-498

Folder 495

Folder 496

Folder 497

Folder 498

27 Jan-16 Jul 1958

Folder 499-503

Folder 499

Folder 500

Folder 501

Folder 502

Folder 503

16 Jul 1958-22 Jan 1959

Folder 504-508

Folder 504

Folder 505

Folder 506

Folder 507

Folder 508

23 Jan-24 Jun 1959

Folder 509-513

Folder 509

Folder 510

Folder 511

Folder 512

Folder 513

24 Jun-7 Nov 1959

Folder 514-518

Folder 514

Folder 515

Folder 516

Folder 517

Folder 518

7 Nov 1959-20 Apr 1960

Folder 519-524

Folder 519

Folder 520

Folder 521

Folder 522

Folder 523

Folder 524

20 Apr 1960-6 Mar 1961

Folder 525-530

Folder 525

Folder 526

Folder 527

Folder 528

Folder 529

Folder 530

6 Mar 1961-12 Jan 1962

Folder 531-537

Folder 531

Folder 532

Folder 533

Folder 534

Folder 535

Folder 536

Folder 537

12 Jan 1962-13 Jul 1963

Folder 538-583

Folder 538

Folder 539

Folder 540

Folder 541

Folder 542

Folder 543

Folder 544

Folder 545

Folder 546

Folder 547

Folder 548

Folder 549

Folder 550

Folder 551

Folder 552

Folder 553

Folder 554

Folder 555

Folder 556

Folder 557

Folder 558

Folder 559

Folder 560

Folder 561

Folder 562

Folder 563

Folder 564

Folder 565

Folder 566

Folder 567

Folder 568

Folder 569

Folder 570

Folder 571

Folder 572

Folder 573

Folder 574

Folder 575

Folder 576

Folder 577

Folder 578

Folder 579

Folder 580

Folder 581

Folder 582

Folder 583

13 Jul 1963-Jun 1969

Folder 584-588

Folder 584

Folder 585

Folder 586

Folder 587

Folder 588

5 Jul 1969-21 May 1970

Folder 589-593

Folder 589

Folder 590

Folder 591

Folder 592

Folder 593

21 May 1970-Mar 1972

Folder 594-595

Folder 594

Folder 595

1973

Folder 596-597

Folder 596

Folder 597

1974

Folder 598

1975

Folder 599-600

Folder 599

Folder 600

1976

Folder 601-603

Folder 601

Folder 602

Folder 603

1977

Folder 604-605

Folder 604

Folder 605

1978

Folder 606-607

Folder 606

Folder 607

1979

Folder 608

1980

Folder 609

1981

Folder 610

1982 and undated

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 6. Subject Files, 1913-1982.

Approximately 1,500 items.

Arrangement: Alphabetical by file title.

Chiefly correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other material, most of which has been arranged into subject categories by Wright. Included are materials relating to the Advisory Committee to the U.S. (folders 616-630) which includes correspondence with officials of the Southern Regional Council; the American Civil Liberties Union; and the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union. Also included are correspondence, reviews, and articles concerning publications of Marion Wright. Of special interest are materials relating to the publication of Human Rights Odyssey (1978), a collection of Wright's speeches and articles, edited by Arnold Shankman (folders 637-651, and 664-675).

Folder 611

American Freedom Association

Folder 612-615

Folder 612

Folder 613

Folder 614

Folder 615

American Civil Liberties Union, 1959-1962

Folder 616-630

Folder 616

Folder 617

Folder 618

Folder 619

Folder 620

Folder 621

Folder 622

Folder 623

Folder 624

Folder 625

Folder 626

Folder 627

Folder 628

Folder 629

Folder 630

Civil Rights Commission, North Carolina Advisory Committee

Folder 631

Dabbs, James McBride

Folder 632-634

Folder 632

Folder 633

Folder 634

Editors & Publishers

Folder 635

Evangelists, 1978

Folder 636

Evans, Betty Cotton, 1978

Folder 637-651

Folder 637

Folder 638

Folder 639

Folder 640

Folder 641

Folder 642

Folder 643

Folder 644

Folder 645

Folder 646

Folder 647

Folder 648

Folder 649

Folder 650

Folder 651

Human Rights Odyssey, 1978-1979

Folder 652

Linville Falls Community Church Library, 1965-1968

Folder 653-661

Folder 653

Folder 654

Folder 655

Folder 656

Folder 657

Folder 658

Folder 659

Folder 660

Folder 661

North Carolina Civil Liberties Union, 1972-1982

Folder 662

Panama Canal

Folder 663

Prisoners' Rights

Folder 664-675

Folder 664

Folder 665

Folder 666

Folder 667

Folder 668

Folder 669

Folder 670

Folder 671

Folder 672

Folder 673

Folder 674

Folder 675

Shankman, Arnold

Folder 676-678

Folder 676

Folder 677

Folder 678

Taylor, Sarah E.B.

Folder 679

University of South Carolina-presidency

Folder 680

Ward, Beatrice

Folder 681-683

Folder 681

Folder 682

Folder 683

Waring, J. Waites

Folder 684-688

Folder 684

Folder 685

Folder 686

Folder 687

Folder 688

Whitman, Wanda Wilson

Folder 689

Winthrop College: Mitchell-Johnson Affair, 1913

Folder 690-691

Folder 690

Folder 691

Wright, Marion Allan: Biographical and other materials

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 7. Pictures, 1964-1977.

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