William “Bill” G. McAtee Civil Rights Collection
Scope and Contents
Folder 1 contains pamphlets and brochures either published or distributed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Folder 2 consists of notes taken by McAtee during his visit to the SNCC-NCC training center in Oxford, Ohio, and Folders 3-4 relate to the Freedom School curriculum he received at the center.
Dates
- circa 1963-1964
Creator
- McAtee, William G. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Noncirculating; available for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Biographical / Historical
William “Bill” G. McAtee was a Presbyterian minister at Amory and Columbia, Mississippi during the 1950s and 1960s. When he was appointed at the Columbia Presbyterian Church in May 1964, McAtee joined an interracial group of local ministers who worked to make public institutions and facilities available for all citizens, as required by the 1964 Civil Rights Act. McAtee visited the SNCC-NCC training site in Oxford, Ohio on June 25, 1964, where he was given a curriculum for Freedom Schools. In ca. 1971, McAtee started ministering at the Transylvania Presbytery in Lexington, Kentucky, from which he retired in in 1997. He has taught at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, the McCormick Presbyterian Seminary, and the Lexington Theological Seminary. His books include:
Dreams, Where Have You Gone?: Clues for Unity and Hope
Transformed: a White Mississippi Pastor's Journey into Civil Rights and Beyond
Extent
.25 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The William “Bill” G. McAtee Civil Rights Collection consists of pamphlets and brochures published by SNCC, as well as a Freedom School curriculum McAtee received from the SNCC-NCC training center in Oxford, Ohio. This collection is of particular value to researchers interested in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, Freedom Summer, Freedom Schools, interracial involvement, and religion.
Arrangement
This small collection consists of four folders arranged topically.
Provenance
Donated by William “Bill” G. McAtee on 03 November 2011.
Existence and Location of Copies
For Digitized Materials from this collection, see: External Documents link at bottom of page.
Sources
Case File
Contents from the collection
Additional source located in External Documents below.
- African Americans -- Civil rights. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brochures. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. Subject Source: Local sources
- Civil rights. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Faith. Subject Source: Local sources
- Mississippi Freedom Project. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Presbyterians. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Religion. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- McAtee, William G. (Person)
- Title
- William “Bill” G. McAtee Civil Rights Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Collection processed and finding aid written by Jonathan Puckett
- Date
- 24 January 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Manuscripts and Photographs Repository
118 College Drive - 5148
Hattiesburg MS 39406-0001
601.266.4345
