Boyte Family papers, 1941-1981 (bulk 1968-1977).

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Boyte Family papers, 1941-1981 (bulk 1968-1977).

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Chiefly printed material, including photocopies produced for meetings, conventions and other group activities; periodicals; flyers; brochures; pamphlets; posters; and booklets. Correspondence; reports; minutes; notes; and other organizational records. Also includes drafts of essays and articles, photographs, notebooks and audio tapes. While useful for a study of political and social activism and community organizing in post-World War II United States at local, regional and national levels, the collection contains little on the personal lives of the Boyte family. The collection focuses on the careers of Harry C. Boyte, political organizer and writer, in the 1960s and 1970s, and to a lesser extent his father, Harry G. Boyte, in the 1950s and 1960s. The Harry C. Boyte Series contains information on New Left and Socialist organizations in which Boyte, and to a lesser extent his wife, Sara Evans Boyte, were involved. These include the New American Movement, (NAM), the Democraric Socialist Organizing Committee, ACT, the New University Conference, Students for a Democratic Society, and the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC). Topics include socialism, the Vietnam War and conscientious objection, civil rights, women's rights, and labor rights. The Harry G. Boyte Series documents his career in civil rights. Employers included the American Red Cross, the American Friends Service Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) where he worked on the staff of Martin Luther King, Jr. Included is material on racial unrest in Monroe, N.C.; desegregation in Prince Edward County, Va.; and snapshots of SCLC staff and the March on Washington in 1963. Robert P. McMahon, whose papers are in the Robert P. McMahon Series, was associated with Harry C. Boyte in NAM. Papers reflect his activity at the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Newman Student Federation, SSOC, and NAM.

11,100 items (14.8 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7151309

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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