Executive Director John L. Tilley files, 1957-1959.

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Executive Director John L. Tilley files, 1957-1959.

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The series consists of files of John L. Tilley as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) from 1957-1959. The correspondence (1958-1959) includes notices of board meetings, correspondence regarding voting regulations in southern states, and letters concerning SCLC's voter registration efforts. The correspondence (1959) also contains a small group of correspondence with Anne and Carl Braden and James Dombrowski of the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF), regarding cooperation between the SCEF and the SCLC. The subject files include the SCLC constitution and by-laws (1957), minutes and agendas of the executive committee (1957-1959) and three of the original SCLC "working papers" (1957).

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