James Farmer Project

Our presentation today was great. Way to go team!

Anyways, I think the next logical step in our research is to tap into other campus resources. Tim mentioned that we could go talk to the people that are in charge of the James Farmer Scholars program and the James Farmer Multicultural Center. These two outlets may provide some valuable insight to when he taught here.

The James Farmer Scholars website lists a nice concise blurb about his life, but then also lists all the awards he has received from various colleges and other sources in the nation. We should ask them for permission to use these dates, or at least link to their site. We might want to emphasize this because his program made a huge impact on the student minorities in the local community. This would be a great bridge to his continued activist work outside the UMW campus. Just a thought.

http://www.umw.edu/cas/jfscholars/who/default.php

Before break I’m working on loading the links of the photos to the UMW archives to our timeline and Colin is going to work on the html to make it work. We’re hoping to have a meeting on Sunday or Monday to work on our wiki for the UMW historic marker.

Today I went to the special collections from 1:30 until 2:45. During my short time there I reviewed 2 file folders. (My goal was 3). It was very interesting to read letters written by Farmer himself. He knew how to write in shorthand. It took more time than I suspected to go through the files Mrs. Parson pulled. I had fun. It was fun reading his letters and their responses. Below are my notes about my research.

File: Dr. James Farmer (1920-1999)

-National civil Rights museum

Correspondence

– Travel arrangements canceled to the civil rights museum.

(Farmer wrote in short hand at bottom of letter)

Farmer indorsed the civil rights Museum July 1991

A Memphis Circuit Court Judge, D’Army Bailey requested the presence of Farmer for events held from July 2-4 in Memphis.

Topics of the freedom rides and non violent demonstrations were the subject of the workshops. Large participation and media coverage was expected.

His arrangements were canceled, because he had to attend a funereal.

The National Civil Rights Museum is at the Lorraine Motel, where MLK was shot.

http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/default.asp

http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/freedom/awardarchive.asp

Good info for time line.

James Farmer
National Freedom Award Recipient
Year: 1991

What is a Freedom award? Read this …..Established in 1991 to pay tribute to individuals whose accomplishments depict the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, the National Civil Rights Museum annually selects a national, international and lifetime achievement award recipient of the Freedom Award.

Can’t use above until we get permission from museum.

However we can use the below words of Farmer writing about endorsing the Civil Rights Museum. I Think it will be a good quote.

“In a people’s epic struggle to improve their lot, every part of the history of that effort must be preserved—the writing, the photographs, the artifacts and the other mementos of the glory and the suffering and the victories and defeats. For that reason I enthusiastically endorse the development of the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee as a multi-faceted record of that took place in our long strides toward a better life in America.” –James Farmer

File: James Farmer (1920-1999)

- correspondence: Civil Rights Reunion (1991)

Oct 27, 1990

Farmer writes a letter about the upcoming 1991 Civil Rights Reunion/Freedom Rides Commemoration which was the first one. It was scheduled in Jackson Mississippi on the weekend of May 3-5 1991.

Farmer was the chair of the planning committee.

I think it would be cool (with permission of course) to put the Award on Farmers timeline along with the picture that’s on the web site and post a link to the Civil Rights Museum.

Tell me what you think team!

This week I plan to…

…Go to special collections and determine what items need copywrite permission letters and get permission for McClurken and/or provost and send them out before spring break.

…schedule a scanning training session with Mrs. Parsons and report the date to the class so they can send a representative from there group if they would like.

… Prepare for our 10-15 minute progress report. As per our contract we will present an inventory of what audio and video we have identified as essential to our site. Present our copyright letter and discuss some of the people that we are writing to. **** In efforts for this progress report to be successful, I need to make sure I get most, if not all of my research done this week.

… I will take a picture of the James Farmer Bust with my digital camera so at least we will have something to post on our site.

Posted by Nikole

I posted a link to the Farmer pictures on the blog roll. Scroll all the way down and the blog roll is on the left.

Posted by Nikole Wellman, Feb 16

Dr. James L. Farmer Collection

Records, 1980-1999

Founder of (CORE), the Congress of Racial Equality, in 1942. As the organization’s national director, he gained his greatest prominence in the early 1960s by leading “Freedom Rides” into the South. He joined the history faculty at Mary Washington in 1985.

Articles

Magazines

Newspapers (1985 – 1997)

Newspapers Memorial Tribute 2001

Newspapers, (1998 – 2001)

Audiocassettes

Rev. John Peyton, Manassas, VA, April 8, 1996

The CORE Years

Larry KS., March 27, 1985

“War on Poverty” Speech Hyman Bookbinder

Pride: “In the Name of Love” MLK Live

“Sunday Bloody Sunday”

“In God’s Country”

“Mothers of the Disappeared”

“New Years Day”

KKK Rap Session February 11, 1983, NEA

Freedom Summer Reunion

Awards and Honors

1999 – 2001

1994 – 1998

1968 – 1993

Biographical Information

Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner Memorial Coalition

Civil Rights

Civil Rights Movement

National Civil Rights Museum – Memphis

Congress on Racial Equality (CORE)

Correspondence

Appreciation and Thanks (1990 – 1991)

Appreciation and Thanks (1998 – )

Civil Rights Reunion (1991)

General

1980 – 1989

1990 – 1991

1992 – 1995

1996 – 1997

1998 – 1999

Film Interview (Black Audio Film Collective)

Information/Interview Requests (1983 – 1996)

Information/Interview Requests (1997 – 1999)

Lay Bare the Heart

Mary Washington College

Personal

Presidential Medal of Freedom: Nominations (1997)

Presidential Medal of Freedom Congratulations (1998 – 7/1999)

Speaking and Interview Gratitude

Speaking Requests (1983 – 1996)

Speaking Requests (1997-1999)
Court Cases

DSA (Democratic Socialists of America)

1990

1991

1992

1993 – 1994

1995 – 1996

Documents and Papers

1980 – 1999

Freedom Riders 30^th Anniversary Commemoration Conference (1991)

Correspondence

General

Committee Planning

Article of Incorporation

Fund for an Open Society

Articles

Board of Directors (1990 – 1992)

Board of Directors (1993 – 1996)

Board Minutes

Financial Appeals

Financial Reports

General Correspondence (1990)

General Correspondence (1990 – 1995)

Legal Correspondence

Newsletters

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Homecoming

Interview

American Experience (1963)

James Farmer Corps

James Farmer Corps

Prospectus 1989

James Farmer Visiting Professor in Human Rights

Manuscripts

James Farmer and Lyndon B. Johnson (1989)

James Farmer and Malcolm X (1991)

Donna Jane Strand Tapert (1995)

James Farmer Visiting Scholar April 19, 2002 (video)

Mary Washington College

Syllabi/Bibliography

Memorial Tribute

Millennium Foundation, Unity Tour

Miscellaneous

National Neighbors

North East Indiana Open House Center (1980 – 1987)

Obituary

Poems in Honor and Memory

Photographs

1940 – 1989

1990 – 2001

Civil Rights

Publications

Freedom When (1965)

James Farmer: Civil Rights Leader, by Jeff Sklansky

Lay Bear the Heart

Research

Black/Jewish Relations (2 folders)

Speaking/Lecture Agent (?)

Speeches

Southwest Texas State University

Lyndon B. Johnson Distinguished Lecture Series (1989) photos

University of Texas at Austin

Video Script “The Open Mind”

Videos

James Farmer biography compiled by Dr. Bill Hanson, MWC Sociology Dept. 8/99, and MWC Memorial Tribute to James Farmer, 9/1/99

A National Tribute to James Farmer, Opera House, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. April 4, 1994

Road to Freedom, WNVT, 1/81

James Farmer Tribute & Statue Unveiling, 4/20/01

Interviews with James Farmer, Jakoubek, Suggs, and Graham. WCVE-TV, 2/92

James Farmer Footage for Sculptor, 2000.

James Farmer Speech to the Federal Election Committee, DC 4/4/94

Senate of Virginia, 2/27/98

James Farmer Reflections, #5-8, WNVT-TV, 1987

James Farmer – Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony, 1/15/98. C-SPAN, Purdue University Public Affairs, 57 minutes

Interview with James Farmer, 1/11/98, Channel 5, WTTG, Washington, DC.

The Open Mind, 11/13/92, Copyright credits, 30 minutes

VA Currents, PBS Program, 2/7/92 (part 1)

VA Currents, PBS Program, 2/14/92 (part 2)

Freedom Rides, 1991 Anniversary, NBC “Today” CBS, 7/1891

Down Freedom Trail with James Farmer and Others, 5/2001, GWU

Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday Celebration, James Farmer speaker, 1/15/85

Audio Recordings -

12 unidentified tapes/reels

Artist’s Lecture Series

Christian Responsibility in Racial Evolution

Celebrity’s Choice, James Farmer air check

“Face the Nation,” James Farmer, 12/27/70, CBS

Fresh Air Terry Gross interviews James Farmer

Interview with James Farmer and John Conyers

James Farmer at Lake Forest College – March 24, 1986

James Farmer at Family Reunion – Cousin Olive Warl

James Farmer and Terry Gross – Fresh Air WHYY-FM Philadelphia (copy)

James Farmer Speech “New Careers” Denver, 1969 (reel)

James Farmer and Terry Gross, Fresh Air WHYY-FM Phila., November 8, 1983.

James Farmer, NBC TV, April 12, 1970

Langston Hughes – James Farmer at 1972 Seminar of Civil Service

Larry King Show, March 27, 1985

Lecture and Questions, June 1, 1973

Lecture and Questions, June 6, 1974

Lecture and Questions, November 20, 1974

Letter to James Farmer from Diane White (Boone, NC, Appalachian State)

Longview News Journal, Black History, Gail Beil, Journalist

March 18, 1980 Interview

Message for James Farmer

Message to Dr. James Farmer from Kristen Evangelista

Moment Death MLK

Monito Radio – James Farmer

Op. PUSH MLK Commerative Service, Dr. James Farmer, Attny. Thomas N. Todd. April, 4, 1985.

People Against Injustice

Public Affairs Special “From Watts to Newark,” July 17, 1967 (on cd & 2 reels)

R. Perot’s Comments – James Farmer – Lay Bare the Heart

Speech October 20, 1970

Speech, Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University, July 9, 1968

Speech, Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University, July 10, 1968

Speech, Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University, July 11, 1968

Teacher Rights Continued – Panel Sat on Employment; James Farmer

TWTK, James Farmer, August 4, 1964

Congressional Record Tribute to J. Farmer, 1991 (plaque)

Manuscript

“Sowing the Seeds of the Civil Rights Movement,” Gail K. Beil, Austin State University, Dec. 1999

MWC Today

Summer 2001 (13 copies)

Outstanding Achievement Award, 1986 (plaque)

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Medal Certificate

Correspondence, 1998

Scrapbook

Commencement Butler University May 1990

Southwest Texas State University

LBJ Distinguished Lecture Series Medal

Strong Men and Women

James L. Farmer name badge

Posted by Nikole on Feb 16, 20o8

On Wednesday Feb 13, 2008 I went to the Library to speak with Carolyn Parson ,the Special Collections Librarian. She had some interesting information. First of all, she provided me with a list of the James Farmer information including cassette tapes, video, print and photos. Unfortunately, most of the information on the list UMW does not have copywrite permission to use.

First of all, our group needs to take a look at the info we have permission to use and see if we want to use it.

Secondly, our group needs to see what info we want to use in which we do not have the copywrite for and start the daunting task of getting permission. Mrs. Parsons stated that because copywrite permission for our website will not be a one time use, that the owner of the copywrite my want monetary compensation.

I spoke to Jerry about digitalizing some cassette tapes, if in fact we had permission to do so and wanted to use them, he said he will convert material for us. Depending on the volume of material we are asking for, it will take about 2 weeks. We need to keep this time-frame in mind so we are able to meet our deadlines.

Mrs. Parsons also said that she has photos of Farmer that have not yet been recorded or scanned into the system. (Tim also mentioned these photos) If we want to use these photos, Mrs. Parson said she would train a couple members of our group to scan these photos according to UMW standards.

Mrs. Parson also showed me the library’s James L. Farmer image collection website and said all photos posted to this site are property of UMW, therefore we are allowed to use them for our project.

My plan is to go back the collections on Tuesday and look at the material UMW as copywrite for. I will report back to the group and will discuss in which way we will move forward.

What can we use?
The problem is copyright

Is everything copyrights? Pretty much yeah, you can work on tracking down photos we don’t own copyright to. We can write to get them

Where what who how?
They’re in the archive…our own copyrighted stuff Tim will give to us….they are in a folder.

We could split up getting permission for copyrights.

Bibliography is done. The librarians have done it, but its not great for public consumption…but there is an index.

Tim will be back next week..next week we can start getting copyright.

Get a solid timeline… better sense of his life and biography

tackle lay bare and learn as much about james farmer and start a good timeline

cross reference dates

Tim will try to be in class next thursday

how many actual full text speeches are preserved in his papers?