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Abstract | Taylor Branch, journalist and historian, is best known for his research and writing on Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The Taylor Branch Papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal material, subject files, pictures, and audio and video material, most of it relating to Branch's trilogy on Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement of the 1960s and his book about working with President Bill Clinton. Topics pertaining to the 1960s include King and civil rights, particularly in Selma and Montgomery, Ala.; individuals and organizations who supported and opposed the civil rights and anti-war movements; and a 1964 California case involving a violent confrontation in 1962 between police officers and several black men. Also of note are Branch's extensive efforts to acquire Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files on J. Edgar Hoover, FBI informants, Communism, and the Ku Klux Klan through the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act. Research materials relating to Bill Clinton include audio recordings and transcripts of Branch's recollections and notes of interviews with Clinton during and after his presidency; correspondence, articles, and memos exchanged between Branch and White House staff; drafts of Clinton's speeches annotated by Branch; printouts from news websites; clippings; and copies of other speeches given by Clinton and by other public figures; two binders from a presidential trip to Haiti for the inauguration of Rene Preval on which Branch traveled; and other items. Other materials in the collection include biographical information about Taylor Branch and his speeches, 1998-2000. The Addition of April 2013 is the professional website of Taylor Branch. |
Creator | Branch, Taylor. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Steve Weiss, Nathalie Wheaton, July 2003, January 2006.
Encoded by: Matt Meacham, Allyn Meredith, Nathalie Wheaton, 2003, October 2004, February 2006.
This collection was processed with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Finding aid updated in October 2004 by Allyn Meredith because of addition.
Finding aid updated in February 2006 by Nathalie Wheaton because of addition.
Finding aid updated in November 2009 by Benjamin Bromley because of addition.
Finding aid updated in April 2013 by Sara Mannheimer because of addition.
Finding aid updated in April 2014 by Gergana Dimitrova for digitization.
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Journalist and historian Taylor Branch has written several books, including three volumes on Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement of the 1960s: Parting the Waters : America in the King Years, 1954-63 (1988), Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years, 1963-65 (1998), and At Canaan's Edge : America in the King Years, 1965-68 (2006). He also wrote The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President (2009), which was based on interviews conducted by Branch with President Bill Clinton during and after his presidency. Branch was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1989 and a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" in 1991 in recognition for his achievements as a historian.
A native of Atlanta, Branch was raised in a middle-class white family and became interested in race relations during his high school years. He has commented that television images of police brutality directed against demonstrators in Birmingham in 1963 shocked him and motivated him to become involved in the civil rights movement. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which was integrated while he was a student there, and completed a degree in American history in 1968. He became involved in political activism while in college. He was one of the leaders of the Georgia Loyal National Democrats, an organization that challenged the seating of the Georgia delegation to the 1968 national Democratic Party convention on the grounds that it was not properly elected and blacks were underrepresented among its members. The organization succeeded in claiming half of the seats allotted to the Georgia delegation.
Branch pursued graduate study in international economics, with additional study in religion and philosophy, at Princeton University. To fulfill a policy-writing requirement of his master's degree program, Branch traveled to predominantly African American communities in rural Georgia to assist blacks in registering to vote during the summer of 1969 and documented his experiences. He developed his documentation into an article published by Washington Monthly, of which he became editor in 1971. He continued in that position until 1973 and remains affiliated with the publication as a contributing editor. He has also written for Harper's and Esquire magazines and has written or co-written several books in addition to his work on King and civil rights. These include a novel entitled The Empire Blues (1981). He advised President Bill Clinton on race-related issues, taught at Goucher College in Maryland, and frequently speaks at public events.
Branch resides with his family in the Baltimore area.
Back to TopPapers of journalist and historianTaylor Branch consist of correspondence, writings, legal material, subject files, pictures, and audio and video material, much of which relates to Branch's trilogy on Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement ( Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 (1988); Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65 (1998); and At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 (2006)) and to The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President (2009), his book about working with President Bill Clinton.
Correspondence includes letters and some printed emails to and from Branch related to the research, writing, and publishing of his books about King and the civil rights movement; pamphlets, notes, clippings, and other printed material are interfiled. Some letters relate to Branch's attempts to acquire research files through the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOI/PA). There is also some correspondence about speaking engagements and personal correspondence related to friends and family.
Writings chiefly relate to Branch's civil rights books and include drafts, notes, clippings, articles, correspondence, advertisements, and data compact discs containing bibliographic and research databases. There is also some information about a proposed television miniseries based on the first two books of the King trilogy (not available for research).
Legal material chiefly concerns a 1964 California case involving a violent confrontation in 1962 between police officers and several black men.
Subject files include research files on King and civil rights, particularly in Selma and Montgomery, Ala. Topics include John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., the National Council of Churches, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Stokely Carmichael, Nation of Islam, and the Vietnam War and anti-war groups. There are also files relating to Branch v. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in which Branch successfully sued for access to FBI files on J. Edgar Hoover, several FBI informants, Communism, the Ku Klux Klan, and other topics.
Audio material includes interviews conducted by Branch and copies of material used in his research. Among the interviewees are Ralph Abernathy, Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, James L. Bevel, John Bevel, Stokely Carmichael, Marion Cheek, Septima Clark, William Sloane Coffin, S.K. De, John Doar, Vernon Dobson, James Farmer, Alex Haley, Michael Harrington, Meree Harris, Rutha Mae Harris, Timothy Jenkins, Charles Jones, Clarence Jones, Edward Kennedy, S.B. King, Barnard Lee, John Lewis, Burke Marshall, Louis Martin, Robert McNamara, Richard Morrisroe, Bob Moses, Diane Nash, Sheriff Nichols, Edgar Daniel Nixon, Silas Norman, Joseph Rauh, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bayard Rustin, Charles Sherrod, Sargent Shriver, Harry Wachtel, Wyatt Tee Walker, S. B. Wells, and Andrew Young. There are also speeches and/or sermons of Ralph Abernathy, James Bevel, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Malcolm X.
Video material includes documentaries and news programs about the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon B. Johnson, and Malcolm X.
Materials relating to Bill Clinton include audio recordings and transcripts of Taylor Branch's recollections and notes of interviews with Clinton during and after his presidency; editing and publishing materials for The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President (2009), the book Branch wrote based on these interviews; correspondence between Branch and staff at the White House; articles and memos sent to Branch by White House staff; drafts of Clinton's speeches annotated by Branch, including the second inaugural address; printouts from news websites; clippings; and copies of other speeches given by Clinton and by other public figures; notebooks, seemingly from Branch's interviews with Clinton; two binders from a presidential trip to Haiti on which Branch traveled; and other items.
Other materials in the collection include class notes from a course Branch taught, 2000; biographical information; and speeches, 1998-2000.
The Addition of April 2013 is the professional website of Taylor Branch, harvested using Archive-It, beginning in March 2013. The site includes a summary of Branch's career; subpages for each of Branch's major published books; a selected list of other publications; and a schedule of appearances. There is some personal content, including Branch's blog and information on Branch's amateur musical pursuits. There is also a sidebar displaying Branch's Twitter feed.
Note that because of the way materials in this collection were received, folder, box, and item numbers do not necessarily appear in consecutive order within a given series and that some numbers were not used.
Back to TopArrangement: chiefly alphabetical.
Correspondence includes letters and some printed emails to and from Taylor Branch related to his research for his books; interfiled are pamphlets, notes, clippings, and other printed material. Correspondence pertains more to Pillar of Fire and At Canaan's Edge than to Parting the Waters. Some correspondence relates directly to the books and their development and publications and includes information about and copies of pictures considered for use in the books. Also included is Branch's correspondence with several archives, libraries, historical societies, universities, and other institutions about King and civil rights research. Branch also wrote letters or advertised in newspapers, seeking out individuals to interview, and some letters are responses to Branch's requests for people's memories of King. Letters to and from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) relate to Branch's attempts to acquire files through the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOI/PA) (see also Series 4). Some letters are grouped by subject or city. Following the alphabetical listing of correspondents and subjects are letters from 1989 and the 1990s, some of which discuss Branch's speaking engagements and other of which are personal letters to friends and family.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
RESTRICTED: Special equipment required to access database.
Writings and other material related to Branch's books Parting the Waters, Pillar of Fire, and At Canaan's Edge, including original proposal, drafts, notes, clippings, articles, correspondence, advertisements, and other material, some of which discusses speaking engagements. Data compact discs contain bibliographic and research databases. Also included are awards and certificates given to Branch in honor of his books, particularly Parting the Waters . There is also material related to a proposed television miniseries based on Parting the Waters and Pillar of Fire, including drafts of scripts, notes, and comments.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Writings and other material related to Parting the Waters, including drafts, notes, clippings, articles, thank-you letters, invitations to speak, programs, flyers, posters, and research material. Research material includes church bulletins, clippings, a journal, notes, and chronological listings of events. Although the printed drafts are undated, the draft labeled "Draft I" seems to be a later version than the other draft. Also included is an advance uncorrected reader's proof.
RESTRICTED: Special equipment required to access database.
Writings and other material related to Pillar of Fire, including drafts, publicity concerning the book, reactions to the book, and some correspondence and clippings. Printed drafts are undated and include edits. Also included is a data compact disc containing a research database compiled 1990-1991. Publicity related to the book includes clippings about the book (both pre- and post-publication) and about Branch, advertisements, speaking engagement requests, and announcements. Also included are business correspondence, materials documenting reactions to the book, and chronological file notes.
Folder 127-133
Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133 |
Pillar of Fire: Manuscript, Parts 1-4 |
Folder 134-135
Folder 134Folder 135 |
Pillar of Fire: Manuscript, pages 115-374 |
Folder 136-140
Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140 |
Pillar of Fire: Draft with edits, pages 1-1089 |
Folder 141 |
Pillar of Fire: Draft with edits, pages 1090-notes |
Folder 142 |
Pillar of Fire: Draft with edits, Epilogue and Chapter 21 |
Folder 143-144
Folder 143Folder 144 |
Pillar of Fire: Draft, pages 1-398 |
Folder 145-146
Folder 145Folder 146 |
Pillar of Fire: Draft, footnotes |
Folder 147-148
Folder 147Folder 148 |
Chronological File Notes |
Folder 149-161
Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161 |
Publicity |
Folder 162 |
Clippings |
Folder 163 |
Correspondence |
Folder 164-165
Folder 164Folder 165 |
Book/Speaker Mail, 1998-1999 |
Folder 203 |
List of Promotional Copies, 12 December 1997 |
Folder 204 |
Lists: Interview lists, 1990; Moses list, 1999 |
Data Compact Disc DCD-5047/1 |
dBase IV database (accessible through Microsoft Access), 1990-1991 |
Data Compact Disc DCD-5047/2 |
dBase IV database (accessible through Microsoft Access), 1990-1991 |
RESTRICTED: Special equipment required to access database.
Writings and other material related to At Canaan's Edge, including drafts with edits, correspondence, and notes. Drafts include one from 2002 with 2005 revisions and an edit file from 2005. Data compact discs include research and bibliography databases, drafts, and edit files. Research databases include information searchable by fields such as date, location, source, subject, and name.
Awards and certificates given to Branch in honor of his books, particularly Parting the Waters, including the Andrew White Medal from Loyola College, Baltimore, Md.; a certificate from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as a MacArthur Fellow, 1991-1996; and the Los Angeles Times 1989 Book Prize for a Work of Current Interest for Parting the Waters .
Folder 180-182
Folder 180Folder 181Folder 182 |
Awards and Certificates |
CLOSED: Series 2.5 not available for research.
Materials relating to a proposed television miniseries based on Parting the Waters and Pillar of Fire.
Folder 210-262
Folder 210Folder 211Folder 212Folder 213Folder 214Folder 215Folder 216Folder 217Folder 218Folder 219Folder 220Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224Folder 225Folder 226Folder 227Folder 228Folder 229Folder 230Folder 231Folder 232Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235Folder 236Folder 237Folder 238Folder 239Folder 240Folder 241Folder 242Folder 243Folder 244Folder 245Folder 246Folder 247Folder 248Folder 249Folder 250Folder 251Folder 252Folder 253Folder 254Folder 255Folder 256Folder 257Folder 258Folder 259Folder 260Folder 261Folder 262 |
Proposed Television Miniseries |
Legal documents related to the 1964 court case People of the State of California v. Robert Louis Buice et al., which involved a violent confrontation in 1962 between police officers and several black men, including Robert Louis Buice. Documents include reporters' transcripts, an appeal from the Supreme Court of Los Angeles County, and grand jury proceedings. (For information about Branch v. FBI, see series 4.)
Folder 183-184
Folder 183Folder 184 |
People v. Buice et al: Grand Jury Proceedings |
Folder 185 |
People v. Buice et al: Clerk's Transcript |
Folder 186-201
Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188Folder 189Folder 190Folder 191Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200Folder 201 |
People v. Buice et al: Appeal |
Chronological and alphabetical runs of files compiled and used by Branch when writing his books on King and the civil rights movement. Also included are Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files and material related to the court case Branch v. FBI .
Chronological subject files include information relevant to particular years, months, or days and social justice events of each time period. Older materials in these files are mostly photocopies of newspaper articles; other files contain transcriptions, clippings, speeches, FBI information, notes, and copies of correspondence. Alphabetical subject files include information related to particular individuals, groups, events, cities, and other topics, particularly as they related to the civil rights movement or King. Materials are clippings, notes, microfilm printouts, interview transcripts, copies of speeches and letters, and committee reports from the federal government.
Individuals important in the subject files include John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Malcolm X. Files related to Lyndon B. Johnson include information about his programs and staff members; among the materials are oral history transcripts. Files specifically concerning King include information about his early life and particular events in his career as a civil rights leader. Groups important in these files include both African American and white church organizations, such as the National Council of Churches; the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and its leaders; and Muslims, particularly the Nation of Islam and its relationship to the civil rights movement. Subject files also include information about the Vietnam War, particularly anti-war groups. Information related to scenes of considerable civil rights activity, such as Birmingham, Ala., Selma, Ala., and Mississippi, is also included.
Subject files related to the FBI include information about J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI's wiretapping of King. There are also FBI files that Branch acquired from the agency about individuals, among them Eva Childs, Jack Childs, and Morris Childs, FBI informants who infiltrated Communist organizations, and Gary Thomas Rowe, informant who reported on the Ku Klux Klan. There are also materials relating to the Branch v. FBI court case. While working on Parting the Waters, Branch tried to acquire FBI files through the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOI/PA). After experiencing difficulties acquiring FBI files on Stanley Levison, Branch filed suit. Levison's previous Communist ties and his relationship to King are considered by some to be the FBI's justification for wiretapping King.
Also included are files Branch acquired from the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. These include transcriptions and notes from Johnson's telephone conversations and office files of Mildred Stegall, a member of Johnson's staff whose duties included working as a liaison with the FBI. These files concern Communism, civil rights, Martin Luther King, race relations, and SNCC's Stokely Carmichael.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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1861-1870 |
Folder 264 |
1881-1890 |
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1901-1910 |
Folder 266 |
1911-1920 |
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1921-1930 |
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1931-1940 |
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1943 |
Folder 270 |
1946-1949 |
Folder 271 |
1950-1953 |
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1954 |
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1955 |
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Folder 275 |
1956: July-December |
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1957: January-June |
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1961: January-March |
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1961: April |
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1961: June-October |
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1961: November-December |
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1962: January-February |
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1962: March-April |
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1962: May-June |
Folder 293 |
1962: July |
Folder 294 |
1962: August |
Folder 295 |
1962: September-October |
Folder 296 |
1962: November-Decmber |
Folder 297 |
File notes, 1963 |
Folder 298 |
Tobacco, Cigarette smoking, 1964-1990 |
Folder 299 |
General, 1963 |
Folder 300 |
1963: January |
Folder 301 |
1963: February |
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1963: March |
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1963: April |
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1963: May |
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1963: June |
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1963: August |
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1963: September |
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1963: November |
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1963: December |
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1964: January |
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1964: February |
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1964: April |
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1964: May |
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1965: 8-15 March |
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Selma, Al., March, 1965 |
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1965: 16-20 March |
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1965: 26-31 March |
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1967: December |
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1968: January |
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1968: March |
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1968: April |
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Epilogue (after 1968) |
Folder 507 |
1968: May |
Folder 508 |
1968: June-December |
Folder 509 |
1969 |
Folder 510 |
1970, 1972 |
Folder 511 |
1983 |
Folder 512 |
Racial matters, 1983 |
Folder 513 |
Abernathy, Ralph (with transcript) |
Folder 514 |
Abolition |
Folder 515 |
Africa |
Folder 516-518
Folder 516Folder 517Folder 518 |
Albany, Ga.: Albany Movement |
Folder 519 |
Albany, Ga.: Ware Cases |
Folder 520 |
Alexander, Clifford |
Folder 521-523
Folder 521Folder 522Folder 523 |
Ali, Muhammad/Cassius Clay |
Folder 524 |
Americus, Ga. |
Folder 525 |
Aronson, Arnold |
Folder 526-527
Folder 526Folder 527 |
Atlanta, Ga.: Jacob Rothschild |
Folder 528a |
Baez, Joan |
Folder 528b |
Baker, Ella |
Folder 529 |
Baldwin, James |
Folder 530 |
Baltimore, Md. |
Folder 531 |
Baraka, Amiri |
Folder 532 |
Belafonte, Harry |
Folder 533 |
Bennett, John |
Folder 534 |
Bernhard, Berl |
Folder 535-536
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Bevel, James |
Folder 537 |
Bevel, Diane Nash |
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Birmingham, Ala. |
Folder 545-546
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Birmingham, Ala.: Charles C. J. Carpenter |
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Black Panthers |
Folder 548 |
Blackwell, Randolph T. |
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Bond, Julian |
Folder 550 |
Branton, Wiley |
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Bundy, McGeorge |
Folder 554 |
Califano, Joe |
Folder 555 |
California: Rumford Act, Proposition 14 |
Folder 556 |
Carey, Archibald |
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Carmichael, Stokely |
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Chicago, Ill. |
Folder 567 |
Chicago, Ill.: Al Raby |
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Church: Black |
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Church: White, National Council of Churches |
Folder 573 |
Church: National Council of Churches, Robert Spike |
Folder 574 |
Church: White, National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice |
Folder 575 |
Church: Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, Morris |
Folder 576 |
Church: National Council of Churches, Origins, Chicago Conference |
Folder 577 |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Intelligence |
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Cigarettes |
Folder 580 |
Clark, Ramsey |
Folder 581 |
Clark, Septima |
Folder 582 |
Class |
Folder 583 |
Cleveland, Ohio |
Folder 584 |
Coffin, William Sloane |
Folder 585 |
Commentaries |
Folder 586 |
Commager, Henry Steele |
Folder 587 |
Congo |
Folder 588 |
Cotton, Dorothy |
Folder 589 |
Culture, tidbits |
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Dahmer, Vernon |
Folder 593 |
Davis, Ben: Communist Party |
Folder 594 |
Daves, Joan |
Folder 595 |
Detroit, Mich. |
Folder 596 |
DeWolf, Harold |
Folder 597 |
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church |
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Doar, John |
Folder 600 |
Dominican Republic |
Folder 601 |
DuBois, W.E.B. |
Folder 602 |
Ebenezer Baptist Church |
Folder 603 |
Edelman, Marian Wright |
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Education |
Folder 608 |
Eisenhower, Dwight D. |
Folder 609 |
Eskridge, Chauncey |
Folder 610 |
Falwell, Jerry |
Folder 611 |
Farmer, James |
Folder 612 |
Fauntroy, Walter E. |
Folder 613 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Interviews |
Folder 614-615
Folder 614Folder 615 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) |
Folder 616 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Search |
Folder 617 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): J. Edgar Hoover, Clyde Tolson, et al |
Folder 618 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Church Committee |
Folder 619 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Martin Luther King, bugs, sex life |
Folder 620 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Stokes Committee |
Folder 621-623
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Microphone Surveillance (MI SUR), History of Policy, Controversy |
Folder 624-625
Folder 624Folder 625 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Counter intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) |
Folder 626 |
Foreman, Clark: Oral History Transcript, 1974 |
Folder 627-629
Folder 627Folder 628Folder 629 |
Forman, James |
Folder 630-631
Folder 630Folder 631 |
Fulbright, J. William |
Folder 632 |
Gandhi, Mahatma; India |
Folder 633 |
Gilligan, Thomas |
Folder 634-635
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Goldwater, Barry |
Folder 636 |
Graham, Billy |
Folder 637 |
Gray, Fred |
Folder 638 |
Gregory, Dick |
Folder 639 |
Harding, Vincent |
Folder 640 |
Harrington, Mike |
Folder 641 |
Height, Dorothy |
Folder 642 |
Heschel, Rabbi Abraham Joshua |
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Heschel, Rabbi Abraham Joshua: Working |
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Highlander Research and Education Center, Monteagle, Tenn.: Myles Horton, Guy Carawan, Andrew Young, correspondence |
Folder 647 |
Hoffa, James |
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Housing |
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Humphrey, Hubert |
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Iakovos, Archbishop |
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Indonesia |
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Jackson, Jesse |
Folder 654 |
Jackson, J.H. |
Folder 655-657
Folder 655Folder 656Folder 657 |
Jews |
Folder 658 |
Jobs |
Folder 659-660
Folder 659Folder 660 |
Johns, Vernon |
Folder 661 |
Johns, Vernon: Connie Chung Show transcript, 1989 |
Folder 662-663
Folder 662Folder 663 |
Johnson, Lyndon B. |
Folder 664 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Aides |
Folder 665 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Busby, Horace |
Folder 666 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Hoover, J. Edgar |
Folder 667 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: McCammon Murphy, Vicky |
Folder 668 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: McPherson, Harry |
Folder 669 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Personal, Race |
Folder 670 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Poverty, Personal, Barbara Ward |
Folder 671-673
Folder 671Folder 672Folder 673 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: War on Poverty Origins |
Folder 674 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Reedy, George |
Folder 675 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Steinbeck, John |
Folder 676 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Stegall, Mildred |
Folder 677 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Valenti, Jack |
Folder 678 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Vietnam |
Folder 679 |
Folder not used |
Folder 680 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Oral Histories transcripts, A-B |
Folder 681 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Oral Histories transcripts, C-E |
Folder 682 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Oral Histories transcripts, F-J |
Folder 683 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Oral Histories transcripts, K-O |
Folder 684 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Oral Histories transcripts, P-S |
Folder 685 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Oral Histories transcripts, T-V |
Folder 686 |
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Oral Histories transcripts, W-Z |
Folder 687 |
Jones, Clarence |
Folder 688 |
Jury: Sex and Race |
Folder 689-690
Folder 689Folder 690 |
Katzenbach, Nicholas |
Folder 691 |
Kerner Commission |
Folder 692-694
Folder 692Folder 693Folder 694 |
Kennedy, John F.: Administration |
Folder 695-698
Folder 695Folder 696Folder 697Folder 698 |
Kennedy, Robert F.: Pre-1964 |
Folder 699 |
Kennedy, Edward |
Folder 700 |
King, Coretta Scott |
Folder 701 |
King, Martin Luther: Birth to Morehouse College |
Folder 702a |
King, Martin Luther: General |
Folder 702b |
King, Martin Luther: General |
Folder 702c |
King, Martin Luther: General |
Folder 703 |
King, Martin Luther: Crozer Theological Seminary |
Folder 704 |
King, Martin Luther: Oratory |
Folder 705 |
King, Martin Luther: Religion |
Folder 706 |
King, Martin Luther: Murder, 1990s |
Folder 707 |
Ku Klux Klan |
Folder 708 |
Ku Klux Klan: Identity post-1968 |
Folder 709 |
Kunstler, William |
Folder 710 |
Ladner, Dorie |
Folder 711 |
Lafayette, Bernard |
Folder 712-715
Folder 712Folder 713Folder 714Folder 715 |
Lawson, James |
Folder 716 |
Lawyers |
Folder 717 |
Lee, Bernard |
Folder 718 |
Legislation |
Folder 719-720
Folder 719Folder 720 |
Levison, Stanley |
Folder 721-722
Folder 721Folder 722 |
Lewis, John |
Folder 723a |
Logan, Marian |
Folder 723b |
Lottery, N.Y. |
Folder 723c |
Loving v. Virginia, interracial marriage |
Folder 724-727
Folder 724Folder 725Folder 726Folder 727 |
Lowenstein, Allard |
Folder 728 |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
Folder 729 |
Maddox, Lester |
Folder 730 |
March on Washington |
Folder 731 |
Marshall, Burke |
Folder 732 |
Martin, Louis |
Folder 733 |
Martyrs, Civil Rights Cases |
Folder 734 |
McDonald, Dora |
Folder 735-736
Folder 735Folder 736 |
McNamara, Robert |
Folder 737-738
Folder 737Folder 738 |
Media |
Folder 739-742
Folder 739Folder 740Folder 741Folder 742 |
Media: WLBT Mississippi |
Folder 743-747
Folder 743Folder 744Folder 745Folder 746Folder 747 |
Memphis, Tenn. |
Folder 748 |
Miscellaneous interviews |
Folder 749 |
Meredith, James H. |
Folder 750-752
Folder 750Folder 751Folder 752 |
Mississippi |
Folder 753 |
Mississippi: Ed King |
Folder 754 |
Mississippi: Mississippi Burning |
Folder 755-756
Folder 755Folder 756 |
Mississippi: Hattiesburg |
Folder 757 |
Mississippi: Romaine |
Folder 758-761
Folder 758Folder 759Folder 760Folder 761 |
Mississippi: Summer 1964 |
Folder 762 |
Mississippi: Violence (Bob Moses, Herbert Lee, Louis Allen, John Hardy) |
Folder 763-764
Folder 763Folder 764 |
Mississippi: Sovereignty Commission General |
Folder 765-766
Folder 765Folder 766 |
Mississippi: Greenwood |
Folder 767-769
Folder 767Folder 768Folder 769 |
Montgomery, Ala. |
Folder 770 |
Morrison, Norman |
Folder 771 |
Morrisroe, Richard |
Folder 772-775
Folder 772Folder 773Folder 774Folder 775 |
Moses, Bob |
Folder 776-777
Folder 776Folder 777 |
Moynihan, Pat |
Folder 778-779
Folder 778Folder 779 |
Moyers, Bill |
Folder 780 |
Murray, Pauli |
Folder 781 |
Muslims: Louis Farrakhan |
Folder 782-783
Folder 782Folder 783 |
Malcolm X: Background |
Folder 784-786
Folder 784Folder 785Folder 786 |
Malcolm X: Pre-1964 |
Folder 787-788
Folder 787Folder 788 |
Malcolm X |
Folder 789-790
Folder 789Folder 790 |
Muslims: Malcolm X, interviews |
Folder 791-793
Folder 791Folder 792Folder 793 |
Muslims: Malcolm X, post-murder |
Folder 794 |
Muslims: Aubrey Barnette and Leon Ameer |
Folder 795-797
Folder 795Folder 796Folder 797 |
Malcolm X: Stokes Case |
Folder 798 |
Muslims in Los Angeles, Calif., post-Stokes, 1965 |
Folder 799 |
Muslims: Stokes Trial, post-27 April 1962; Mervyn Dymally, Community Reaction, Black and White |
Folder 800-802
Folder 800Folder 801Folder 802 |
Muslims: Elijah Muhammad |
Folder 803-805
Folder 803Folder 804Folder 805 |
Muslims: W. D. Muhammad |
Folder 806 |
Muslims: since 1968 |
Folder 807 |
Muslims: Malcolm X, Stokes Case (back-up file) |
Folder 808 |
Muste, A. J. |
Folder 809 |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): Medgar Evers, Atlanta, Ga. |
Folder 810a |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) |
Folder 810b |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) |
Folder 811 |
New Left |
Folder 812 |
New York |
Folder 813-814
Folder 813Folder 814 |
New York Times Company v. L. B. Sullivan |
Folder 815-816
Folder 815Folder 816 |
Niebuhr, Reinhold |
Folder 817 |
Nixon, Richard |
Folder 818 |
Obituaries |
Folder 819 |
O'Dell, Jack |
Folder 820 |
Orange, James |
Folder 821-822
Folder 821Folder 822 |
Lemuel Penn Case |
Folder 823 |
Peretz, Martin and Ann Farnsworth |
Folder 824 |
Pierce, Ponchitta |
Folder 825 |
Politics/Politicians |
Folder 826 |
Ponder, Annell |
Folder 827-828
Folder 827Folder 828 |
Poor People's Campaign, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
Folder 829 |
Poverty: Cities, Demographics |
Folder 830-831
Folder 830Folder 831 |
War on Poverty: Economy |
Folder 832-834
Folder 832Folder 833Folder 834 |
Powell, Adam (pre-1967) |
Folder 835-837
Folder 835Folder 836Folder 837 |
Powell, Adam (post-1967) |
Folder 838a |
Race, Identity |
Folder 838b |
Race, Names |
Folder 839 |
Randolph, A. Philip |
Folder 840a |
Rauh, Joe |
Folder 840b |
Ray, James Earl |
Folder 841-843
Folder 841Folder 842Folder 843 |
Reagan, Ronald |
Folder 844 |
Reddick, Larry |
Folder 845 |
Riots, violence |
Folder 846 |
Robinson, Cleveland |
Folder 847 |
Rockefeller, Nelson |
Folder 848 |
Rockwell, George Lincoln: Nazis |
Folder 849 |
Rometsch, Ellen |
Folder 850 |
Rowe, Gary Thomas |
Folder 851 |
Russell, Richard |
Folder 852-854
Folder 852Folder 853Folder 854 |
Rustin, Bayard |
Folder 855 |
Rutherford, Bill |
Folder 856-860
Folder 856Folder 857Folder 858Folder 859Folder 860 |
Saint Augustine, Fla. |
Folder 861-863
Folder 861Folder 862Folder 863 |
Saint Augustine, Fla. (back-up file) |
Folder 864 |
Saint Augustine, Fla.: Stetson Kennedy |
Folder 865 |
Savannah, Ga. |
Folder 866 |
Selma, Ala.: Background |
Folder 867-873
Folder 867Folder 868Folder 869Folder 870Folder 871Folder 872Folder 873 |
Selma, Ala.: Main |
Folder 874-877
Folder 874Folder 875Folder 876Folder 877 |
Selma, Ala.: Lowndes County |
Folder 878-880
Folder 878Folder 879Folder 880 |
Selma, Ala.: Lowndes County, Francis Walter diary |
Folder 881 |
Selma, Ala.: James J. Reeb |
Folder 882-883
Folder 882Folder 883 |
Selma, Ala.: Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Spring 1965 |
Folder 884-886
Folder 884Folder 885Folder 886 |
Selma, Ala.: Jonathan Myrick Daniels, General |
Folder 887-890
Folder 887Folder 888Folder 889Folder 890 |
Selma, Ala.: Viola Liuzzo |
Folder 891 |
Selma, Ala.: Viola Liuzzo, Gary Thomas Rowe, Paul Johnston |
Folder 892-894
Folder 892Folder 893Folder 894 |
Selma, Ala.: Lowndes County, interviews |
Folder 895a |
Selma, Ala.: Wilcox County |
Folder 895b |
Slavery, Middle Passage |
Folder 896-897
Folder 896Folder 897 |
Shachtman, Max: Socialists, Neo-Conservatism |
Folder 898 |
Shriver, Sargent |
Folder 899 |
Shuttlesworth, Fred |
Folder 900 |
South Africa |
Folder 901 |
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
Folder 902-903
Folder 902Folder 903 |
Southern Courier |
Folder 904 |
Spock, Benjamin |
Folder 905-906
Folder 905Folder 906 |
Sports |
Folder 907-908
Folder 907Folder 908 |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): Background |
Folder 909-911
Folder 909Folder 910Folder 911 |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) |
Folder 912-915
Folder 912Folder 913Folder 914Folder 915 |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): Interviews |
Folder 916 |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): H. Rap Brown |
Folder 917-919
Folder 917Folder 918Folder 919 |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): Jack Minnis |
Folder 920-921
Folder 920Folder 921 |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): Jack Minnis, "Life with Lyndon in the Great Society" |
Folder 922 |
Teamsters |
Folder 923 |
Theology |
Folder 924 |
Thurmond, Strom |
Folder 925 |
Varela, Mary |
Folder 926-930
Folder 926Folder 927Folder 928Folder 929Folder 930 |
Vatican: Ecumenical |
Folder 931 |
Vietnam: Marines |
Folder 932-935
Folder 932Folder 933Folder 934Folder 935 |
Vietnam: General |
Folder 936-937
Folder 936Folder 937 |
Vietnam: Anti-War Movement |
Folder 938-939
Folder 938Folder 939 |
Vietnam: Anti-War, Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC) |
Folder 940 |
Vietnam: Anti-War, Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE) |
Folder 941 |
Vietnam: Buddhists, Thich Nhat Hanh |
Folder 942 |
Vietnam: Military |
Folder 943 |
Vietnam: Politics |
Folder 944 |
Vivian, C. T. |
Folder 945-946
Folder 945Folder 946 |
Voting Rights Act, 1965 |
Folder 947-948
Folder 947Folder 948 |
Wachtel, Harry |
Folder 949 |
Walker, Wyatt |
Folder 950 |
Wallace, George |
Folder 951-952
Folder 951Folder 952 |
Watts Riots |
Folder 953 |
White, Lee |
Folder 954 |
Wilkins, Roy |
Folder 955-956
Folder 955Folder 956 |
Williams, Hosea |
Folder 957 |
Wofford, Harris |
Folder 958-959
Folder 958Folder 959 |
Women's Movement |
Folder 960 |
Wood, Virgil |
Folder 961 |
Wright, Richard |
Folder 962 |
Young, Whitney |
Folder 963-965
Folder 963Folder 964Folder 965 |
Young, Andrew |
Folder 966-968
Folder 966Folder 967Folder 968 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Files: Eva Childs |
Folder 969-979
Folder 969Folder 970Folder 971Folder 972Folder 973Folder 974Folder 975Folder 976Folder 977Folder 978Folder 979 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Files: Jack Childs |
Folder 980-995
Folder 980Folder 981Folder 982Folder 983Folder 984Folder 985Folder 986Folder 987Folder 988Folder 989Folder 990Folder 991Folder 992Folder 993Folder 994Folder 995 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Files: Morris Childs |
Folder 996 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Files: Jonathan Myrick Daniels |
Folder 997-1012
Folder 997Folder 998Folder 999Folder 1000Folder 1001Folder 1002Folder 1003Folder 1004Folder 1005Folder 1006Folder 1007Folder 1008Folder 1009Folder 1010Folder 1011Folder 1012 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Files: Gary Thomas Rowe |
Folder 1013-1015
Folder 1013Folder 1014Folder 1015 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Files: Branch v. FBI |
Folder 1016 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Files: Branch v. FBI : Public Citizen litigation group; Stanley Levison; Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOI/PA) Lawsuit |
Folder 1017-1021
Folder 1017Folder 1018Folder 1019Folder 1020Folder 1021 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Files: Branch v. FBI : Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOI/PA); Katherine A. Meyer suit |
Folder 1022-1023
Folder 1022Folder 1023 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Files: Branch v. FBI : Extra pleadings |
Folder 1024-1026
Folder 1024Folder 1025Folder 1026 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Files: Branch v. FBI |
Folder 1027-1031
Folder 1027Folder 1028Folder 1029Folder 1030Folder 1031 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Files: Branch v. FBI : Stanley Levison Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Files |
Folder 1032 |
Lyndon B. Johnson Files: Office files of Mildred Stegall: "Communism and the Negro Movement--A Current Analysis" |
Folder 1033 |
Lyndon B. Johnson Files: Office files of Mildred Stegall: Martin Luther King, 1966-1967 |
Folder 1034 |
Lyndon B. Johnson Files: Office files of Mildred Stegall: Martin Luther King, 1968 |
Folder 1035 |
Lyndon B. Johnson Files: Office files of Mildred Stegall: Martin Luther King |
Folder 1036 |
Lyndon B. Johnson Files: Office files of Mildred Stegall: Miscellaneous |
Folder 1037-1038
Folder 1037Folder 1038 |
Lyndon B. Johnson Files: Office files of Mildred Stegall: Race Relations and Related Matters, January-April 1965 |
Folder 1039 |
Lyndon B. Johnson Files: Office files of Mildred Stegall: Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Stokely Carmichael, August-December 1966 |
Folder 1040-1041
Folder 1040Folder 1041 |
Lyndon B. Johnson Files: Office files of Mildred Stegall: Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Stokely Carmichael, January-November 1967 |
Folder 1042 |
Lyndon B. Johnson Files: Office files of Mildred Stegall: Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Stokely Carmichael, 1967-1968 |
Folder 1043-1049
Folder 1043Folder 1044Folder 1045Folder 1046Folder 1047Folder 1048Folder 1049 |
Lyndon B. Johnson Files: Transcriptions and notes |
Folder 1050 |
Lyndon B. Johnson Files: Excerpts from video collections at Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library |
Includes undated pictures that appear to be from the 1980s and 1990s, including publicity pictures of Branch. See other series for copies of pictures considered for Branch's books and personal pictures.
Image Folder PF-5047/1-13
PF-5047/1PF-5047/2PF-5047/3PF-5047/4PF-5047/5PF-5047/6PF-5047/7PF-5047/8PF-5047/9PF-5047/10PF-5047/11PF-5047/12PF-5047/13 |
Photographs |
Image Folder PF-5047/14 |
Branch publicity pictures |
Image Folder PF-5047/15 |
Branch receiving honor from University of Maryland |
Image Folder PF-5047/16 |
Two unidentified children |
RESTRICTED: Use of audio material may require production of listening copies.
CLOSED: C-5047/96 and related transcript are not available for research.
RESTRICTED: Use of audio material may require production of listening copies.
Interviews conducted by Taylor Branch with civil rights leaders and experts in the field, including Ralph Abernathy, Harry Belafonte, James Bevel, John Doar, Edward Kennedy, Robert McNamara, Richard Morrisroe, Bob Moses, Silas Norman, Harry Wachtel, and Andrew Young. Also included is an audiocassette of Branch speaking to high school students in Columbia, Md., 29 January 1990. Transcriptions are included for several interviews as listed below (Folders 1051-1114). For other interview transcriptions, researchers are encouraged to search the related subject file for individuals in Series 4.
Arrangement: alphabetical
RESTRICTED: Use of audio material may require production of listening copies.
Audiocassettes and one compact disc of interviews, speeches, radio programs, documentaries, and other sound recordings not conducted or recorded by Branch but used in his research. Included are speeches and sermons by Ralph Abernathy, James Bevel, and Martin Luther King. Also included are speeches by John F. Kennedy and Malcolm X concerning civil rights. Some material documents the Selma to Montgomery marches, 1965.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
RESTRICTED: Use of video material may require production of viewing copies.
Documentaries and news programs about the civil rights movement and figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon B. Johnson, and Malcolm X. Included are VHS videotapes and one digital video disc, commercial and personal copies. Personal copies are sometimes labeled only with a title. For more information on some of these video recordings, researchers should see the Guide to Research and Resources in Series 2.5 (folder 214), which includes material related to a proposed television miniseries based on Parting the Waters and Pillar of Fire. This guide was developed by Branch in an effort to build a resource collection when developing the miniseries.
Materials relating to Taylor Branch's interviews with Bill Clinton during and after his presidency; to The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President (2009), the book Branch wrote based on these interviews; and to other connections between Branch and Clinton. Included are audio recordings and transcripts of Branch's recorded notes and recollections of his interviews with Clinton; correspondence between Branch and staff at the White House; articles and memos sent to Branch by White House staff; drafts of Clinton's speeches annotated by Branch, including the second inaugural address; printouts from news websites; clippings; and copies of other speeches given by Clinton and by other public figures. Also included are materials related to the editing and publication of The Clinton Tapes, including comments from Branch's editor, drafts of various chapters with annotations, and galley proofs. There are also notebooks, seemingly from Branch's interviews with Clinton; two binders from a presidential trip to Haiti on which Branch traveled; and other items.
Microcassettes created by Taylor Branch after interviews with Bill Clinton. Because Clinton kept the original tapes of these interviews, Branch recorded his own recollections of the interviews. Note that the dates on some of the listening copies are out of order and that some labels include Branch's notes, which are included in parentheses in the listing below.
Transcripts for most of these audio recordings may be found in Series 8.2. Researchers are advised to access both the audio recordings and the transcripts according to dates.
Arrangement: chronological.
Transcripts of Taylor Branch's recorded notes and recollections of his interviews with Bill Clinton (see Series 8.1 for audio recordings). Because Clinton kept the original tapes of these interviews, Branch recorded his own recollections of the interviews. These are transcripts of the tapes that Branch created. Note that, because transcripts tend not to line up one-to-one with audio recordings, researchers are advised to access both the audio recordings and the transcripts according to dates.
Arrangement: chronological.
Photocopies of speeches given by Bill Clinton, as well as clippings, photocopies, and printouts of research material related to the topics covered in these speeches. These files were called "press/public" by Branch; one of these files includes drafts of Clinton's second inaugural address, delivered on 20 January 1997, with Taylor Branch's annotations. There is also correspondence between Branch and staff at the White House, articles and memos sent to Branch by White House staff, and drafts of other speeches delivered by Clinton with Branch's annotations. These files were called "memos and notes" by Branch. There are also papers related to Clinton's daily schedule and to presidential trips taken between July and October 1997.
Note that, wherever possible, original file titles have been retained.
Folder 1162-1165
Folder 1162Folder 1163Folder 1164Folder 1165 |
Inauguration Day, 1993 |
Folder 1166-1168
Folder 1166Folder 1167Folder 1168 |
Press/Public, 1992-1993 |
Folder 1169 |
Memos, 1992-1993: Clinton history |
Folder 1170-1173
Folder 1170Folder 1171Folder 1172Folder 1173 |
Press/Public, 1994 |
Folder 1174 |
Memos and notes, 1994 |
Folder 1175 |
Memos and notes, 1995 |
Folder 1176-1181
Folder 1176Folder 1177Folder 1178Folder 1179Folder 1180Folder 1181 |
Press/Public, 1995 |
Folder 1182 |
Memos and notes, 1996 |
Folder 1183-1186B |
Press/Public, 1996 |
Folder 1187 |
Schedule of the President, 12 August 1997 |
Folder 1187A-1190 |
28 July 1997-1 October 1997Includes official presidential schedules as well as narrative summaries of Clinton's daily activities. |
Folder 1191-1192
Folder 1191Folder 1192 |
Memos and notes, 1997Includes drafts of Clinton's second inaugural address, delivered 20 January 1997, with Taylor Branch's annotations. |
Folder 1193-1196
Folder 1193Folder 1194Folder 1195Folder 1196 |
Press/Public, 1997 |
Folder 1197 |
Memos and Notes, 1998 |
Folder 1198-1200
Folder 1198Folder 1199Folder 1200 |
Press/Public, 1998 |
Folder 1201-1203
Folder 1201Folder 1202Folder 1203 |
Memos and notes, 1999 |
Folder 1204-1207
Folder 1204Folder 1205Folder 1206Folder 1207 |
Press/Public, 1999 |
Folder 1208-1211
Folder 1208Folder 1209Folder 1210Folder 1211 |
Memos and notes, 2000 |
Folder 1212-1215
Folder 1212Folder 1213Folder 1214Folder 1215 |
Press/Public, 2000 |
Folder 1216-1217
Folder 1216Folder 1217 |
Press/Public, 2001 |
Folder 1218-1219
Folder 1218Folder 1219 |
Memos and notes, 2001-2009 |
Printouts from news websites, clippings, and copies of speeches delivered by Bill Clinton, among other items. Materials seem to have provided background information for Taylor Branch's The Clinton Tapes.
Note that, wherever possible, original file titles have been retained.
Material related to the editing and publication of Taylor Branch's The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President (2009), including comments from Branch's editor, drafts of various chapters with annotations, and galley proofs. Also included are notebooks kept by Branch, possibly related to Branch's interviews with Bill Clinton, two notebooks relating to a presidential trip to Haiti on which Branch traveled, and other items.
Note that, wherever possible, original file titles have been retained.
Folder 1270 |
The Clinton Tapes: Editor's comments |
Folder 1271 |
The Clinton Tapes: Chapters 1-3, drafts |
Folder 1272 |
The Clinton Tapes: Chapters 4, 9-10, drafts |
Folder 1273 |
The Clinton Tapes: Chapters 11, 30-31, drafts |
Folder 1274 |
The Clinton Tapes: Chapters 38-40, drafts |
Folder 1275-1278
Folder 1275Folder 1276Folder 1277Folder 1278 |
The Clinton Tapes: Galley proofs |
Folder 1279 |
Notebooks, 1993-2001Notebooks kept by Taylor Branch that possibly relate to his interviews with Bill Clinton. |
Folder 1280 |
Folder number not used |
Folder 1281 |
Clinton log: Non-diary contactsList of messages and memos shared between Bill Clinton and Taylor Branch. |
Folder 1282-1285
Folder 1282Folder 1283Folder 1284Folder 1285 |
Clinton diary notes, 1993-2001List of the major events on each day of Bill Clinton's presidency. |
Folder 1285a |
Notes on Race Report |
Folder 1285b |
Presidential recordings: Notes and programs, 2000 |
Folder 1285c |
Letters to Bill Clinton from Taylor Branch, 2000 |
Folder 1286-1287
Folder 1286Folder 1287 |
United States Presidential Delegation to the Inauguration of Rene PrevalBinders from a trip to Haiti on which Taylor Branch traveled. |
Folder 1288 |
Esquire article, 15 July 1996Drafts and letters related to an article Taylor Branch wrote about Bill Clinton's first term. |
Folder 1289-1290
Folder 1289Folder 1290 |
Bill Clinton/Taylor Branch PressPublished articles written about the relationship between Bill Clinton and Taylor Branch. |
Other papers include material not directly related to Branch's Martin Luther King Jr. trilogy, its related research, or Bill Clinton.
Folder 1291 |
"The Postwar Civil Rights Movement": Goucher College course taught by Branch, 2000 |
Folder 1292 |
Miscellaneous personal notes |
Folder 1293 |
Biographical information |
Folder 1294 |
Speeches, 1998-2000 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5047/1-5
OPF-5047/1OPF-5047/2OPF-5047/3OPF-5047/4OPF-5047/5 |
Oversize papers |
The professional website of Taylor Branch. The site includes a summary of Branch's career; subpages for each of Branch's major published books; a selected list of other publications; and a schedule of appearances. There is some personal content, including Branch's blog and information on Branch's amateur musical pursuits. There is also a sidebar displaying Branch's Twitter feed.
Digital Item DI-5047/1 |
Website (taylorbranch.com)Harvested using Archive-It, beginning in March 2013. |