Overview

The collection contains documents spanning the dates from 1865 to 1989, with the bulk of the material from the period 1882-1865, and relating to the history and operation of Atlanta University and later Atlanta University Center, including newspaper clippings, ephemera, presidential reports, general correspondence, financial documents, photographs, legal documents, and essays, memoirs, and speeches.

Scope and Contents note This collection comprises the personal and professional papers of William and Mary Jackson. However, William Jackson created a majority of the items in the collection. It includes biographical data, reports from affiliated organizations such as the Atlanta University School of Social Work, The Community Action Agency (CAA), Morehouse and Morris Brown College, the Social Security Administration (SAA) and council minutes from the First Congregational Church. There are correspondences,...