Identity elements
Reference Number
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1910-2017 (bulk 1936-1986) (Creation)
Extent
14 cu.ft. (39 boxes)
Name of creator
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The papers of Charles Radford Lawrence and Margaret Morgan Lawrence document Charles’s activities as a sociologist, professor, civil rights activist, and President of the House of Deputies of The Episcopal Church. The archive contains lectures, sermons, addresses, correspondence, photographs, audio recordings, news clippings, and awards and honoraria from 1936 through 1986 with some earlier collected works and photographs. Margaret Lawrence’s work and research, which centered on the long-term effects of racism on the health of black families, is also featured in the collection.
Arrangement
Series 1. Biographical, 1936-2017
Series 2. Professional, 1940-1986
Series 3. Episcopal Church Service, 1967-1986
Series 4. Correspondence, 1938-2003
Series 5. Lectures, Addresses, Articles, 1945-1996
Series 6. Subject Files, 1922, 1942-1986
Series 7. Margaret Morgan Lawrence, 1924-2009
Series 8. Collected Material and Ephemera, 1916-1982
Series 9. Audio/Visual, c.1910-1985
Conditions of access and use elements
Access conditions
Access to Episcopal Church records is governed by the Archives Public Access Policy. Research requests must be submitted in writing.
Technical access
Rights and permissions
The Archives is able to respond to limited requests for reproductions subject to copyright restrictions, internal policy, and the condition of the source documents.
Languages of the material
English