Box 260
Container
Contains 6 Collections and/or Records:
Certificate of membership in professional journalism fraternity, 1952; honorary doctor of laws diploma, Colby College, Lovejoy Award, 1958 , 1952, 1958
File — Box: 260, Folder: 1
Identifier: SERIES:
Scope and Contents note
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:
1952, 1958
Certificate of meritorious service to Mercer University Alumni Association, 1959, 1959
File — Box: 260, Folder: 2
Identifier: SERIES:
Scope and Contents note
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:
1959
Plaque for meritorious service to 4-H clubs, n.d.
File — Box: 260, Folder: 3
Identifier: SERIES:
Scope and Contents note
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:
1935-1968; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1968
Plaque for major member, Boy Scouts of America, 1969, note by Mr. Boone giving background of award, 1978., 1969, 1978
File — Box: 260, Folder: 4
Identifier: SERIES:
Scope and Contents note
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:
1969, 1978
Package of postage stamps taken form old envelopes when home of Maude McKoy Boone was closed out after her death.
File — Box: 260, Folder: 5
Identifier: SERIES:
Scope and Contents note
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:
1935-1968; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1968
Last target shot, January 4, 1946, before turning in F.B.I. .38 colt revolver., 1946 January 4
File — Box: 260, Folder: 6
Identifier: SERIES:
Scope and Contents note
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:
1946 January 4