Milton Stover Carothers (1932-2004) of Tallahassee, Fla., was a Presbyterian minister who worked for significant periods of time in Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. A 1954 graduate of Florida State University, he held pastorates in Salisbury, N.C., 1958-1963, and Covington, Va., 1963-1969, and served in campus ministries at Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and, for 17 years, at Florida State University. The collection contains copies of sermons preached by Carothers, the bulk of which are from the First Presbyterian Church of Covington, Va., 1964-1969; a speech Carothers made to the Covington Council on Human Relations regarding racial injustice; and materials related to Martin Luther King's Poor People's Campaign and the Presbyterian Church's official response to it. Also included are Carothers's weekly preaching schedules, 1958-1965; surveys about sermons preached, 1958-1961; official mailings to congregation members; correspondence with church groups; subject files on church-related topics; publications; newspaper clippings relating to the church and to members of Carothers's family; personal correspondence; Carothers's resume and his call from the Synod of North Carolina; materials relating to the Florida State University Alumni Association, where Carothers sat on the board of directors and served as the permanent president of the Class of 1954; clippings and publications from Carothers's college fraternity, Sigma Chi, 1950s; several 1970 issues of the Florida State University student newspaper relating to student elections and Black Student Union grievances; and other items.