Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, subject files, and publications.
Outgoing correspondence is organized by date (1962-1965) while incoming correspondence is alphabetically organized by last name or title. Correspondence includes Fellowship of Reconciliation members, U.S. State Department and Selective Service System, and American Friends Service Committee members.
A large part of the collection is made up of working files which are alphabetically arranged subject files. Organizations include peace and anti-war groups and committees, the NAACP, civil rights groups, and church groups among many other organizations and individuals. Files include newsletters, publications, leaflets, bulletins, reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, flyers, form letters, and some financial papers.
Publications include underground newspapers and publications.
Dates
- Creation: 1943-1971
Creator
- Ross, Vernon, 1919- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Vernon Ross (1919- ) was an Oregon civil rights activist and a Southern Baptist minister.
Extent
5 linear feet (4 containers) : 3 record storage boxes, 1 manuscript box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Vernon Ross (1919- ) was an Oregon civil rights activist and a Southern Baptist minister. The collection contains correspondence, subject files, and publications.
Arrangement
Material within this collection is minimally arranged. Any arrangement is either derived from the records' creators or custodians or from staff at the time of initial processing. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff, 1977.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
Subject
- Ross, Vernon, 1919- (Person)
- Ross, Vernon, 1919- (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Baptists -- Oregon -- Clergy
- Christianity and politics -- Baptists -- History -- 20th century
- Christianity and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights
- Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights workers -- Oregon
- Pacifists -- Oregon
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Title
- Guide to the Vernon Ross Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
