TABLE OF CONTENTS Series Summary
Scope and Contents of the Series
Arrangement of Series
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Detailed Description of the Series
1.1 Correspondence: General: A-D
1.1 Correspondence: General: E-K
1.1 Correspondence: General: L-R
1.1 Correspondence: General: S-Z
1.2 Correspondence: Letters, Telegrams and
Cards Received After Stabbing in Harlem
1.3 Correspondence: Condolences and
Letters Received After Assassination
1.4 Correspondence: Unidentified
2. Writings by Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. Writings by Others
4. Research Notes
5. Education Materials
6. Southern Christian Leadership Conference Organizational Records
7. Montgomery Improvement Association
Organizational Records
8. Dexter Avenue Baptist Church Organizational
Records
9. Ebenezer Baptist Church Organizational
Records
10. Financial Records
11. Legal Materials
12. Printed Materiald
13. Photographs
14. Artwork
15. Memorabilia
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Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr.
Collection
Series 15: Memorabilia
Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta
University Center
Repository: Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta
University Center
Creator: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Collection Number: Series 15
Title: Series 15: Memorabilia
Date: 1910-1969, undated
Quantity: 10.5 linear feet
This series contains three dimensional objects and miscellaneous ephemera from the collection. Among the items
included in the series are an American Tourister suitcase, embossed leather briefcase, two linen handkerchiefs, and
assorted personal care items. There also are certificates, tickets, business cards, calendars, luggage tags, random
notes, and blank papers. In addition, the series has a stapler, buttons, a sewing kit, armbands, a lock of hair,
gum wrappers, and a travel album.
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Arrangement of the Series
The series is arranged alphabetically.
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| King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006. |
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| King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. |
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| Briefcases. |
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| Business cards. |
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| Calendars. |
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| Certificates. |
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| Equipment for personal use: grooming, hygiene and health care. |
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| Memorabilia. |
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| Suitcases. |
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| Tickets. |
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Restrictions on Access: Access is restricted to digital surrogates available in Archives and
Special Collections Department of the Robert W. Woodruff Library. Restrictions on Use: All documents in this collection either are protected by copyright or
are the property Morehouse College, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate.
Permission to consult the Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection
does not automatically include permission to publish from the Collection.
Permission to publish or quote from previously unpublished materials or from
materials under copyright must first be obtained from the copyright holder.
Requests for permission to publish any of Dr. King’s copyrighted speeches, sermons,
books or other writings, in whole or in part, shall be addressed to Intellectual
Properties Management, Inc., 449 Auburn Ave., Atlanta, Georgia, 30312. Preferred Citation Method: Materials should be cited as: The Morehouse
College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection at the Robert W. Woodruff Library of
the Atlanta University Center, Inc. Researchers are encouraged to
furnish the Archives with a copy of any publication that cites materials from
the Collection.
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Detailed Description of the Series
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| | Address List, undated (carbon copy, 1p) |
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| | Albany Movement Certificate of Freedom, 1962 November 16 (document signed, 1p) |
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| | Alka-Seltzer bottle, undated |
| | | Originally found in briefcase. |
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| | American Academy of Arts and Sciences Certificate, 1966 May 11 (document signed, 1p) |
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| | American Airlines, Inc., undated (envelope with annotations, 3pp) |
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| | American Tourister Suitcase, undated |
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| | Arthur L. Duggan (Federated Home & Mortgage Co. Inc.), undated (business card, 1p) |
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| | Bailey Theatre Season Pass, 1964 (document signed, 2pp) |
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| | Bill Sanders (Fern Creek Baptist Church), undated (business card, 1p) |
| | | Processing Information: This card was originally located between pages viii and ix of Henlee H. Barnette's
Introducing Christian ethics, BS680 .E84 B37 1961. |
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| | Blank Blue Book Examination, undated (12pp) |
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| | Blank Ebenezer Baptist Church Stationary, 1950s (2 sheets) |
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| | Blank Hand Lined Paper, undated (1p) |
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| | Blank Legal Pads, undated (3 pads) |
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| | Blank Martin Luther King, Jr. Stationary, 1954-1959 (1 sheet) |
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| | Blank Note Pads, undated (4 pads) |
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| | Blank Paper, undated (24 sheets) |
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| | Blank Postcards, undated (2 postcards) |
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| | Blank Ruled Paper, undated (61 sheets) |
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| | Blank Things To Do... Pad, undated (26pp) |
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| | Blank Wide Ruled Loose Leaf Paper, undated (2pp) |
| | | Processing Information: This sheet of paper was originally located between pages 138 and 139 of Render unto Caesar:
a collection of sermon classics on all phases of religion in wartime, BR115 .W2 R43 1943. |
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| | Blotter Sheet, undated (2pp) |
| | | Processing Information: This sheet was originally located between pages 184 and 185 of Lilia Mary Casis' El mundo español, PC4111 .C33 1947. |
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| | Blue Magic Shaving Powder bottle, undated |
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| | "Bob Purser and Conde Cheek", undated (autograph note unsigned, 1p) |
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| | Briefcase, 1965 (tan leather briefcase embossed with "M.L.K. Jr.") |
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| | British Sterling Cologne for Men bottle, undated |
| | | Originally found in American Tourister suitcase. |
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| | Brown Hayes Company Raffle Ticket, undated (printed document with annotations, 2pp) |
| | | Processing Information: This sheet was originally located between pages 184 and 185 of James Harvey Robinson's An introduction to the history of western Europe, D103 .R63 1934. |
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| | Brown plastic comb, undated |
| | | Originally found in briefcase. |
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| | Calendar, 1960 (printed document, 14pp) |
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| | Calendar page, 1967 June (printed document with annotation in unknown hand, 1p) |
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| | Certificate Holder with Presidential Seal [empty], undated |
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| | Certified Brand Aspirin pill box, undated |
| | | Originally found in briefcase. |
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| | Charles L. Warren (Council of Churches of Greater Washington), undated (business card, 1p) |
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| | Citizens Trust Company Christmas Club, 1969 (card, 2pp) |
| | | Processing Information: This card was originally located between pages 86 and 87 of A. Powell Davies' The meaning of the Dead Sea scrolls, BM487 .D38 1956. |
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| | Community of the Society of Brothers Pledge, undated (autograph manuscript unsigned with annotation in unknown hand, 3pp) |
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| | Dental Record for Eugene Baxter, undated (card, 2pp) |
| | | Processing Information: This card was originally located inside the front cover of Katherine Anne Porter's Ship of fools, PS3531 .O752 S5 1962. |
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| | Discalced Carmelite Purgatorial Guild Certificate, undated (document signed with leatherette case, 3pp) |
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| | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. Reboarding Pass, undated (printed document with annotation, 1p) |
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| | Economy Envelopes Wrappers, undated (3 printed documents, 3pp) |
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| | Equality Buttons, undated (4 buttons) |
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| | Faberge's Men's Talcum Aphrodisia bottle, undated |
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| | First Joppa Missionary Baptist Church, undated (business card with annotation, 1p) |
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| | Georgia General Assembly Senate Guest Pass, 1964 (document signed, 1p) |
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| | Ginning Ticket, 1910 October 26 (document signed, 1p) |
| | | Processing Information: This ticket was originally located between pages 260 and 261 of John Julius Dargan's School history of South Carolina, F269 .D21 1906. |
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| | Gloria Lyman Smiley's First Annual Dance Revue Tickets, 1949 August 4 (3 printed documents, 3pp) |
| | | Processing Information: These tickets were originally located between pages 210 and 211 of Render unto Caesar:
a collection of sermon classics on all phases of religion in wartime, BR115 .W2 R43 1943. |
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| | Gum Wrapper, undated |
| | | Processing Information: This wrapper was originally located between pages 598 and 599 of Frank Abbott Magruder's American government:
a textbook on the problems of democracy, JK274 .M32 1950. |
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| | Gum Wrappers, undated (2 wrappers) |
| | | Processing Information: One wrapper was originally located between pages 262 and 263 and the other between pages 271 and 272 of Walter W. (Walter Wilson) Hart's
Mathematics in action, QA36.5 .H3. |
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| | Handkerchiefs, undated (2 white linen handkerchiefs, 1 embroidered with "C") |
| | | Originally found in American Tourister suitcase. |
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| | Harry Holloway (University of Oklahoma. Dept. of Government), undated (business card with annotation, 1p) |
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| | Howard University Annual Gandhi Memorial Lecture Ticket, 1963 November 6 (printed document, 1p) |
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| | Independence Loose Leaf Filler Wrapper, undated (printed document, 1p) |
| | | Processing Information: This wrapper was originally located inside the front cover of George C. (George Clayton) Wood's Our environment: how we use and control it, QA161 .W6 1949. |
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| | International Ladies Garment Workers' Union Sewing Kit, undated |
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| | "Joe Wright", undated (autograph note unsigned, 1p) |
| | | Processing Information: This note was originally located inside the front cover of Katherine Anne Porter's Ship of fools, PS3531 .O752 S5 1962. |
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| | "Mrs. Jones", undated (envelope with annotation, 1p) |
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| | Lock of Hair, undated |
| | | Processing Information: This lock of hair was originally located between page 902 and 902 of the The Holy Bible:
containing the old and new testaments and Dr. William Smith's Standard Bible dictionary: a history of all religious denomination;
with revised new testaments, BS185 .H64 1816. |
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| | Martin Luther King, Sr. and Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)), undated (2 business cards, 2pp) |
| | | Processing Information: These cards were originally located inside the front cover of I. Garland (Irvine Garland) Penn's The united negro: his problems and his progress: containing the addresses and proceedings the Negro young people's
Christian and educational congress, held August 6-11, 1902, E184.5 .N44 1902. |
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| | Melvin Arnold (Harper & Brothers), undated (business card, 1p) |
| | | Processing Information: This card was originally located before page XV of Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Grund's Aristocracy in America:
from the sketch-book of a German nobleman, E165 .G91 1959. |
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| | Metal Button Covers, undated (4 covers) |
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| | National Library Bindery Co., undated (form with annotations, 1p) |
| | | Processing Information: This form was originally located between page 830 and 831 of the Christian Century. |
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| | National Press Club Certificate of Appreciation, 1962 July 19 (document signed, 1p) |
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| | Nifty Envelope Wrappers, undated (2 printed documents, 2pp) |
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| | Northeast Airlines, Inc. Luggage Tag, undated (card, 2pp) |
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| | Northwest Orient Airlines, Inc. Luggage Tags, undated (2 cards, 4pp) |
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| | "Official" Armbands and Blank Name Badges, undated (4 armbands and 65 badges with envelope) |
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| | Our Travel Album, 1958 (booklet with annotation by [Alberta Williams King], 26pp) |
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| | Parkway Drive-In Pharmacy Prescription Bottle for Martin Luther King, Jr., 1966 April 21 |
| | | Originally found in briefcase. |
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| | Patient Introduction Care for Bessie Cox, 1962 December 10 (card, 1p) |
| | | Processing Information: This card was originally located inside the front cover of Katherine Anne Porter's Ship of fools, PS3531 .O752 S5 1962. |
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| | Patient Introduction Care for Mrs. Toni[?] Wynne, 1962 October 30 (card, 2pp) |
| | | Processing Information: This card was originally located inside the front cover of Katherine Anne Porter's Ship of fools, PS3531 .O752 S5 1962. |
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| | Penworthy Envelopes Wrapper, undated (printed document, 1p) |
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| | Pink Gibson Lucite Hairbrush, undated |
| | | Originally found in American Tourister suitcase. |
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| | Pink PRO-PHY-LAC-TIC Toothbrush, undated |
| | | Originally found in American Tourister suitcase. |
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| | Play Money, undated (9 printed documents, 18pp) |
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| | Prenatal Instructions for Coretta Scott King, undated (pamphlet, 7pp) |
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| | Presto Mini Stapler, undated |
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| | Professional Secretaries Club Raffle Tickets, 1962 January 18 (15 printed documents with annotations, 16pp) |
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| | Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Calendar, 1968 (printed document, 26pp) |
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| | Schick Adjustable Razor, undated |
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| | Scissors, undated |
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| | "See p. 270 ff", undated (typed note unsigned, 1p) |
| | | Processing Information: This note was originally located inside of Inez Haynes Gillmore's Up hill with banners flying, JK1901 .G54 1964. |
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| | Social Security Documents, circa 1966 (empty envelope, 1p) |
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| | South of Freedom Public Meeting Tickets, 1964 October 7 (2 printed documents, 4pp) |
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| | Tooth Powder in plastic bottle with screw cap, undated |
| | | Originally found in American Tourister suitcase. |
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| | Toothpaste tube screw cap, undated |
| | | Originally found in American Tourister suitcase. |
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| | Torn Blank paper, undated (1p) |
| | | Processing Information: This scrap of paper was originally located between pages 44 and 45 of Paul Hutchinson's 20 centuries of Christianity: a concise history, BR150 .H87 1959. |
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| | Tussy Cream Deodorant tub, undated |
| | | Originally found in American Tourister suitcase. |
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| | Typewriter Correction Paper, undated (2pp) |
| | | Processing Information: This scrap of paper was originally located between pages 174 and 175 of Stanley Fleishman's The new Civil Rights Act: what it means to you!, KF4750 .F53 1964. |
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| | Universal Coin Wrapper, undated (printed document, 1p) |
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| | Vincent J. Giese (Fides Publishers Association), undated (business card, 1p) |
| | | Processing Information: This scrap of paper was originally located inside the front cover of Mathew H. Ahmann's The new Negro, E185.6 A26 1961. |
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| | Walter H. Sanderson (Walter H. Sanderson Manufacturing Co. Inc.), undated (business card with annotation, 1p) |
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| | Yates & Milton Stores Prescription Bottle for Martin Luther King, Jr., 1966 March 26 |
| | | Originally found in briefcase. |
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