Robert E. Seymour Papers, 1941-1997

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Robert E. Seymour Papers, 1941-1997

1941-1997

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04554/

Correspondence, sermons, writings, and other papers of Robert E. Seymour, pastor of the Binkley Memorial Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, N.C., 1959-1988. Seymour, considered somewhat of a maverick in Southern Baptist circles, was deeply involved in racial integration efforts in the 1960s and remained active thereafter in a great number of community organizations and causes.

37.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 14700 items)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6628920

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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