Box 258
Container
Contains 13 Collections and/or Records:
Misc. Family and Early Career, 1924-1958, 1924 - 1958
File — Box: 258, Folder: 1
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12 black and white photographs and one negative. Photos include Boone’s high school senior class picture, staff photo from Macon Telegraph, Boone’s day of picking cotton with the WPA, and a five generation family photo.
Dates:
1924 - 1958
Editor’s Tour of Europe, 1952, 1952
File — Box: 258, Folder: 2
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13 black and white photographs. Includes photos of Josip Broz Tito, Anthony Eden, Chancellor Leopold Figle of Vienna, and editors with General Dwight Eisenhower in Paris.
Dates:
1952
Editor’s Tour, Central and South America, 1955, 1955
File — Box: 258, Folder: 3
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8 black and white photographs. Includes photo of President Armos of Guatemala and photo of Panama Canal.
Dates:
1955
Editor’s Around the World Tour, Asia, 1957, 1957
File — Box: 258, Folder: 4
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10 black and white photos. Includes photos of Prime Minister Nehru of India, Gamal Abdel Nassaer, Chaing Kai Shek and Madame Chaing.
Dates:
1957
Editor’s Tour of Africa, 1960, 1960
File — Box: 258, Folder: 5
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2 black and white photos, 1 color photo.
Dates:
1960
Ku Klux Klan Litigation of 1964-1968, 1964 - 1968
File — Box: 258, Folder: 6
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19 black and white photos. Six photos made April 23, 1965, at a KKK rally on the U.S. 82 by-pass outside of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Seven photos of protest march in downtown Tuscaloosa, March 1965, in memory of Rev. Reeb killed in the Selma riots. Four photos of aftermath of riot when actor Jack Palance visited Tuscaloosa, July 1964.
Dates:
1964 - 1968
Miscellaneous
File — Box: 258, Folder: 7
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4 photos.
Dates:
1935-1968; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1968
2 cassette tapes of an interview with Boone by Dr. Maurine Beasley and Mr. Richard Harlow, January 28, 1978, 1978 January 28
File — Box: 258, Folder: 8
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From the Collection:
This collection documents Boone's career in journalism both in Macon, Georgia and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His papers cover the years 1924-1981, with the bulk spanning the years 1949-1968, and reflect his career, personal life, and world travels. Of particular interest are the papers dealing with Autherine Lucy’s enrollment at the University of Alabama in 1956; papers dealing with Boone's receipt of the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for editorial writing, and papers dealing with the 1964-68 Ku Klux...
Dates:
1978 January 28
News clippings of eight editorials pertaining to Autherine Lucy incident includes editorial entitled “What A Price For Peace” cited in Pulitzer Prize award letter.
File — Box: 258, Folder: 9
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From the Collection:
This collection documents Boone's career in journalism both in Macon, Georgia and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His papers cover the years 1924-1981, with the bulk spanning the years 1949-1968, and reflect his career, personal life, and world travels. Of particular interest are the papers dealing with Autherine Lucy’s enrollment at the University of Alabama in 1956; papers dealing with Boone's receipt of the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for editorial writing, and papers dealing with the 1964-68 Ku Klux...
Dates:
1956
Transparencies for newspaper reprints of Autherine Lucy editorials
File — Box: 258, Folder: 10
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From the Collection:
This collection documents Boone's career in journalism both in Macon, Georgia and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His papers cover the years 1924-1981, with the bulk spanning the years 1949-1968, and reflect his career, personal life, and world travels. Of particular interest are the papers dealing with Autherine Lucy’s enrollment at the University of Alabama in 1956; papers dealing with Boone's receipt of the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for editorial writing, and papers dealing with the 1964-68 Ku Klux...
Dates:
1956
Family/Personal, 1927-1960., 1927 - 1960
File — Box: 258, Folder: 11
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From the Collection:
This collection documents Boone's career in journalism both in Macon, Georgia and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His papers cover the years 1924-1981, with the bulk spanning the years 1949-1968, and reflect his career, personal life, and world travels. Of particular interest are the papers dealing with Autherine Lucy’s enrollment at the University of Alabama in 1956; papers dealing with Boone's receipt of the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for editorial writing, and papers dealing with the 1964-68 Ku Klux...
Dates:
1927 - 1960
Samples of Early Writings and Miscellaneous Editorials, 1935-1963, 1935 - 1963
File — Box: 258, Folder: 12
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From the Collection:
This collection documents Boone's career in journalism both in Macon, Georgia and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His papers cover the years 1924-1981, with the bulk spanning the years 1949-1968, and reflect his career, personal life, and world travels. Of particular interest are the papers dealing with Autherine Lucy’s enrollment at the University of Alabama in 1956; papers dealing with Boone's receipt of the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for editorial writing, and papers dealing with the 1964-68 Ku Klux...
Dates:
1935 - 1963
Articles about Boone, Newnan Times-Herald, 1985, 1985
File — Box: 258, Folder: 13
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From the Collection:
This collection documents Boone's career in journalism both in Macon, Georgia and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His papers cover the years 1924-1981, with the bulk spanning the years 1949-1968, and reflect his career, personal life, and world travels. Of particular interest are the papers dealing with Autherine Lucy’s enrollment at the University of Alabama in 1956; papers dealing with Boone's receipt of the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for editorial writing, and papers dealing with the 1964-68 Ku Klux...
Dates:
1985