Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Macon -- History -- 20th century

Scope and Contents The collection is divided into two series: sermons and personal papers. There are several dates and locations listed on most of the sermons in this collection. The sermons are organized by the earliest year written on the sermon notes. The personal papers series includes mainly correspondence, as well as some schoolwork and newspaper clippings. The majority of the correspondence is related to Stokes’ resignations at First Baptist Church of Knoxville (1949) and First Baptist Church of Macon...

Scope and Contents The Joseph M. Hendricks Collection consists of two accessions, one received from him in 2004 and the other received in 2025 from his wife and daughter. The 2004 accession is subdivided into files on people, committees, and subjects and is arranged within those subdivisions by alphabetical order. The 2025 accession was processed by Hendricks’ daughter. The collection contains articles, awards, clippings, correspondence, minutes, photographs, and other records from Hendricks’ career at...

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The collection is composed of four record center boxes of papers, including records of court cases, speeches, correspondence, photographs, and articles. There are also three boxes of scrapbooks, framed photographs, and regalia.