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Civil rights movement

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Lorton Heusel Papers

 Collection — Box 8
Identifier: FMS-87
Scope and Contents

The Heusel Papers reflect Lorton Heusel's career, Quaker concerns and activities from the 1950s to the 1990s, including the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and theological differences among Friends. It contains correspondence, notes, sermons and funeral remarks, scrapbooks, and publications.

Dates: 1944-1999

Ruthanna Simms Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FMS-139
Scope and Contents

Ruthanna Mary Simms was a lifelong Friend who spent most of her life as an employee of Quaker organizations. This small collection consists of materials relating to civil rights and peace that she preserved in the last decade of her life.

Dates: 1964-1970