Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Lillian Welch Voorhees papers consist of 21.7 linear feet of items typical of the life of a 20th century educator. The collection also reflects Voorhees's literary and theatrical interests with examples of her own writings, as well as those of her students.

Correspondence, 1900-1973 (ca. 8450 items), comprises the largest part of Voorhees's papers. Her literary efforts, 1907-71, are another large section. These include bibliographies; articles; a fragmentary autobiography and several curricula vitae; and two short biographies about actress Rose McClendon, published in Notable American Women, 1607-1950, and professor and Voorhees classmate Mildred Evelyn Bassett, published in Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly [Spring, 1964?]. The papers also include Voorhees's book reviews; school and college term papers, themes, and notebooks; editorials and news items; plays; a few short stories; two of her many speeches; her dissertation (1925) and her thesis (1943), both for Columbia Teachers College; a few poems; and other material (1932-1935, 1969), such as advertising, correspondence, proof sheets, plays and poems, relating to The Brown Thrush: Anthology of Verse by Negro Students of which she was co-editor [1st ed., 1932; 2nd ed., 1935]. In addition, Voorhees collected other literary work by her students (1929-1972), which included articles, plays, short stories, and poems. Other papers include announcements, invitations, and programs; bills and receipts; constitutions, amendments, by-laws, and minutes; five volumes of diaries, all fragmentary; a few pamphlets, booklets, and periodicals; records of family, school, college, travel and honors conferred; reports; scrapbooks; photographs; news clippings; and phonograph records.

The papers of Voorhees contain information on the history and development of Tougaloo and Talladega Colleges and Fisk University, as well as collegiate drama and speech education. Other subjects of importance include educational theater; children's theater; the little theater movement, plays, actors and actresses (especially Rose McClendon, mentioned above, and Paul Robeson); professional speech and drama organizations (particularly the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (1936-1970); the American Educational Theatre Association (1943-1963); and the American National Theatre and Academy (1947-1963)); the opening of new fields for employment and activity to Blacks (1942-70); black servicemen in the armed forces (1940-1964); student demonstrations (1960-1971); the American Missionary Association (1917-1960) and in lesser degrees, the American Friends Service Committee and the Young Men's Christian Association; graduate education (1925-1944); women professors (1917-1970); women's education at Mount Holyoke College (1913-1917); the role of and prejudices against women in the 1920s; and activities open to and /or chosen by retired persons (1930-1972).

Among members of Voorhees's family, a cousin, Helen McNair Voorhees (b. 1892) corresponded most frequently. Besides members of the family and several classmates of the Mount Holyoke College Class of 1917, principal correspondents are colleagues and students at Tougaloo and Talladega Colleges and Fisk University. Included are Roger Lee Askew, Eleanor H. Augur, Adam Daniel Beittel, Frederick Leslie Brownlee, Lyman Van Law Cady, Helen Cassilly Silsby Cross (Mrs. Robert C.), Gerald Lewis Davis, Hilda A. Davis, Gladys Inez Forde, Doris B. Garey, Martha Jane Gibson, Mrs. Fannie Ella Frazier Hicklin, the Gordon Henry Kitchen family (G. H. Kitchen, his wife, Dorothea Hughes Kitchen, and their daughters, Victoria Nan Kitchen Steele [Mrs. Warren B.] and Joy Adelyn Kitchen Ward [Mrs. Clinton, Jr.]), Ethel S. Miller (Mrs. Minuard B.), Willis Norman Pitts, Margaret Helen Scott, Anndell Sturgies (Mrs. Calvin), and Carolyn Reid Wallace (Mrs. Addison N.).

Biographical Note

Dr. Lillian Welch Voorhees was a civil rights activist and educator who taught at Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi (1917-1927), Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama(1928-1943), and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee (1943-1970). Voorhees had a particular interest in race relations, discrimination in accommodation, missionary work, and theater.

Voorhees, daughter of Emma Welch and Garrett Scott Voorhees, was born on February 6, 1896, in Bedminster, New Jersey. She was the older sister to Garrett Scott Voorhees, Jr. (1900-1921) who died in a railway accident while a Junior at Rutgers University. After her early education in the public schools of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, Voorhees attended Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts (1913-1917). After receiving her bachelor's degree, Voorhees started teaching at Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, as a missionary-teacher employed by the American Missionary Association in 1917. Voorhees originally intended to become a missionary in China; however, she was advised to acquire experience in the field home missions work first. From 1920-1924, Voorhees spent the summers studying at the Teacher's College of Columbia University in New York. After the death of her younger brother, Garrett, in 1921, Voorhees's parents moved from Basking Ridge to Tougaloo, and her father became the superintendent of the Tougaloo College farm (some 400 acres) while her mother worked as the director of the girls' dormitory and residences. During the summer of 1924, Voorhees assisted Olivia M. Hunter, a student and informally adopted sister, to live in New York City to study music. Hunter spent the summer at the Voorhees' farm in Basking Ridge, where she rested and studied organ with the local church organist. In collaboration with Hunter, Voorhees arranged "An' de Walls Came Tumbling Down: an Evening with Paul Laurence Dunbar," a dramatization with songs for 45 poems and two short stories. This would be her first play, which was produced at Tougaloo College in 1926 and 1927. In 1927, Voorhees left Tougaloo to accept a new position at Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama. Voorhees participated in an international summer theater tour (England and Germany) and was awarded a Drama League Scholarship to study at the Central School of Speech in London, England in 1932. In 1943, Voorhees received her doctorate in Speech Education from Teachers College at Columbia University. During this same year, Voorhees became a professor of Speech and Dramatics at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. At Fisk, she helped establish a drama major at the institution and was named the first chairperson of the new Department of Speech and Dramatics. She retired from this position in 1963. Voorhees associated herself with a predominately black church, the Union Church (Congregational) at Fisk University, where she served as treasurer (1944-1970), and to which she left a considerable sum upon her death. She also worked closely with the Eighteenth Avenue Community Center in Nashville (1955-1971), holding various administrative offices. She attempted to persuade the Children's Theatre of Nashville to accept an open policy of admission, and to reopen the Fisk University Social Center as a gathering place for neighborhood children. Voorhees was a member of numerous professional speech and drama organizations such as the American Educational Theatre Association (1943-1971), the American National Theatre and Academy (1947-1963), and the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (1936-1971. In all cases, she sought to have conventions held in cities and hotels where accommodations were available to all and where everyone had access to meetings. Dr. Voorhees died in 1972.

Administrative Information

Accruals: An addition to the papers was received in 1973, which included the bulk of the materials Voorhees generated throughout her lifetime.

Access Restrictions: The Lillian W. Voorhees papers are open and available for use.

Use Restrictions: Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.

Physical Access Note: The aluminum electrograph records within the collection are currently unavailable for research use. Please contact the reference services department for more information.

Acquisition Source: Ms. Lillian Welch Voorhees

Acquisition Method: Gift

Appraisal Information: This collection documents African American education in the United States, specifically in Alabama and Mississippi. The history and development of Toogaloo College (Mississippi), Talladega College (Alabama), and Fisk University (Tennessee), as well as collegiate drama activites, and professional theater organizations are the strenghts of this collection.

Related Materials: The records of the American Missionary Association and the papers of Fred L. Brownlee are closely related to the Voorhees papers.

Preferred Citation: Lillian W. Voorhees papers, Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Processing Information: This collection was processed in 1975.

Other Note: Correspondence Index attached as PDF.

Other URL: http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/pdfs/Archon/Lillian_Voorhees_Papers_-_Correspondence_Index.pdf

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Autobiographical sketch, fact sheet, employment application, 1936-1970, undated
Folder 2: Obituaries, memorial service, 1973
Folder 3: School and college memorabilia: programs, 1917-1917
Folder 4: School and college memorabilia: Mt. Holyoke College, 1913-1917, undated: Pamphlets, dance programs, class lists, and photographs of college friends
Folder 5: Travel memorabilia, 1930-1932, undated: Photographs of western trip (1927); notes (1930, 1932); Theatre World, XI, no. 66 (July 1930); diaries (1930, 1932, undated)
Folder 6: Travel memorabilia, 1930: Passenger list, clippings, booklet, photographs, programs
Folder 7: Travel memorabilia: passenger list, programs, 1932
Folder 8: Travel memorabilia: Malvern, England festival newspapers, 1932
Folder 9: Records: advanced education, 1920-1943
Folder 10: Records: diplomas, 1951, 1968
Folder 11: Records: honoraria, 1943-1970
Folder 12: Clippings, 1935-1972
Folder 13: Photographs and drawing, 1910-1971, undated

Box 2

Folder 1: Certificates, records, 1892-1918
Folder 2: Diaries: G.S. Voorhees, Lillian Welch, 1930, 1934, circa 1894
Folder 3: Invitations, programs, 1919-1921, 1946-1972, undated
Folder 4: Clippings regarding family members, 1894-1971, undated
Folder 5: Clippings and photographs: Rutgers University, 1954-1972, undated
Folder 6: Clippings: New Jersey acquaintances and towns, guide, 1948-1972, undated
Folder 7: Photographs and drawings: immediate family of L. W. Voorhees, 1907-1972, undated: Family homes and Basking Ridge, New Jersey, includes scrapbook
Folder 8: Photographs: relatives of L. W. Voorhees, members of Voorhees Welsh family, circa 1915-1971, undated
Folder 9: Memorabilia, 1912, 1932, undated

Box 3

Folder 1: Accounts and business correspondence, 1932-1971
Folder 2: Accounts and business correspondence: income tax, 1933-1944, 1954-1961
Folder 3: Accounts and business correspondence: investments and insurance, 1928-1970
Folder 4: Accounts and business correspondence: retirement fund for Lay Workers, 1928-1972
Folder 5: Accounts and business correspondence: social security, 1950-1965
Folder 6: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Lillian W., 1900-1926
Folder 7: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Lillian W., 1927
Folder 8: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Lillian W., 1930
Folder 9: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Lillian W., 1932
Folder 10: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Lillian W., 1933-1934
Folder 11: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Lillian W., 1935
Folder 12: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Lillian W., 1936-1940
Folder 13: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Lillian W., 1941
Folder 14: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Lillian W., 1949-1953
Folder 15: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Lillian W., 1969, undated

Box 4

Folder 1: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Emma (Welch), 1920-1927
Folder 2: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Garrett Scott, 1921, 1927, undated
Folder 3: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Garrett Scott, Jr., 1918-1921
Folder 4: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Helen McNair, 1930-1964
Folder 5: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Helen McNair, 1965-1967
Folder 6: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Helen McNair, 1968
Folder 7: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Helen McNair, 1969
Folder 8: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Helen McNair, 1970
Folder 9: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Helen McNair, 1971
Folder 10: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Helen McNair, 1972-1973
Folder 11: Correspondence, Family: Voorhees, Helen McNair, 1947-1972: Regarding Van Voorhees Association
Folder 12: Van Voorhees Association: pamphlets, leaflets, 1905-1966

Box 5

Folder 1: Correspondence, Family: Zimmerli, Jane (Voorhees), 1939-1969
Folder 2: Correspondence, Family: Zimmerli, Jane (Voorhees), 1970-1972
Folder 3: Correspondence, Family, 1948-1967: Regarding Lillian Welch
Folder 4: Correspondence, Family, 1917-1937
Folder 5: Correspondence, Family, 1939-1944
Folder 6: Correspondence, Family, 1945-1956
Folder 7: Correspondence, Family, 1957-1964
Folder 8: Correspondence, Family, 1965-1969
Folder 9: Correspondence, Family, 1970-1972 May
Folder 10: Correspondence, Family, 1972 June-December

Box 6

Folder 1: Correspondence, Personal, 1909-1924
Folder 2: Correspondence, Personal, 1925-1938
Folder 3: Correspondence, Personal, 1939
Folder 4: Correspondence, Personal, 1940
Folder 5: Correspondence, Personal, 1941 January-October
Folder 6: Correspondence, Personal, 1941 November-December
Folder 7: Correspondence, Personal, 1942 January
Folder 8: Correspondence, Personal, 1942 February-July
Folder 9: Correspondence, Personal, 1942 August-October
Folder 10: Correspondence, Personal, 1942 November-December
Folder 11: Correspondence, Personal, 1943 January-February
Folder 12: Correspondence, Personal, 1943 March-June
Folder 13: Correspondence, Personal, 1943 July-December

Box 7

Folder 1: Correspondence, Personal, 1944 January-February
Folder 2: Correspondence, Personal, 1944 March-September
Folder 3: Correspondence, Personal, 1944 October-December
Folder 4: Correspondence, Personal, 1945 January-March
Folder 5: Correspondence, Personal, 1945 April-September
Folder 6: Correspondence, Personal, 1945 October-December
Folder 7: Correspondence, Personal, 1946 January-July
Folder 8: Correspondence, Personal, 1946 August-December
Folder 9: Correspondence, Personal, 1947 January-June
Folder 10: Correspondence, Personal, 1947 July-October
Folder 11: Correspondence, Personal, 1947 November-December
Folder 12: Correspondence, Personal, 1948 January-March
Folder 13: Correspondence, Personal, 1948 April-August
Folder 14: Correspondence, Personal, 1948 September-December

Box 8

Folder 1: Correspondence, Personal, 1949 January-March
Folder 2: Correspondence, Personal, 1949 April-September
Folder 3: Correspondence, Personal, 1949 October-December
Folder 4: Correspondence, Personal, 1950 January-June
Folder 5: Correspondence, Personal, 1950 July-October
Folder 6: Correspondence, Personal, 1950 November-December
Folder 7: Correspondence, Personal, 1951 January-June
Folder 8: Correspondence, Personal, 1951 July-December
Folder 9: Correspondence, Personal, 1952 January-February
Folder 10: Correspondence, Personal, 1952 March-September
Folder 11: Correspondence, Personal, 1952 October-December
Folder 12: Correspondence, Personal, 1953 January-March
Folder 13: Correspondence, Personal, 1953 April-June
Folder 14: Correspondence, Personal, 1953 July-October
Folder 15: Correspondence, Personal, 1953 November-December

Box 9

Folder 1: Correspondence, Personal, 1954 January-March
Folder 2: Correspondence, Personal, 1954 April-October
Folder 3: Correspondence, Personal, 1954 November-December
Folder 4: Correspondence, Personal, 1955 January-May
Folder 5: Correspondence, Personal, 1955 June-September
Folder 6: Correspondence, Personal, 1955 October-December
Folder 7: Correspondence, Personal, 1956 January-May
Folder 8: Correspondence, Personal, 1956 June-November
Folder 9: Correspondence, Personal, 1956 December
Folder 10: Correspondence, Personal, 1957 January-February
Folder 11: Correspondence, Personal, 1957 March-November
Folder 12: Correspondence, Personal, 1957 December
Folder 13: Correspondence, Personal, 1958 January-June
Folder 14: Correspondence, Personal, 1958 July-November
Folder 15: Correspondence, Personal, 1958 December

Box 10

Folder 1: Correspondence, Personal, 1959 January-April
Folder 2: Correspondence, Personal, 1959 May-July
Folder 3: Correspondence, Personal, 1959 August-November
Folder 4: Correspondence, Personal, 1959 December
Folder 5: Correspondence, Personal, 1960 January-March
Folder 6: Correspondence, Personal, 1960 April-July
Folder 7: Correspondence, Personal, 1960 August-November
Folder 8: Correspondence, Personal, 1960 December
Folder 9: Correspondence, Personal, 1961 January-March
Folder 10: Correspondence, Personal, 1961 April-July
Folder 11: Correspondence, Personal, 1961 August-November
Folder 12: Correspondence, Personal, 1961 December
Folder 13: Correspondence, Personal, 1962 January-May
Folder 14: Correspondence, Personal, 1962 June-August
Folder 15: Correspondence, Personal, 1962 September-December 24
Folder 16: Correspondence, Personal, 1962 December 25-31

Box 11

Folder 1: Correspondence, Personal, 1963 January-May
Folder 2: Correspondence, Personal, 1963 June-November
Folder 3: Correspondence, Personal, 1963 December
Folder 4: Correspondence, Personal, 1964 January-May
Folder 5: Correspondence, Personal, 1964 June-November
Folder 6: Correspondence, Personal, 1964 December
Folder 7: Correspondence, Personal, 1965 January-February
Folder 8: Correspondence, Personal, 1965 March-July
Folder 9: Correspondence, Personal, 1965 August-November
Folder 10: Correspondence, Personal, 1965 December
Folder 11: Correspondence, Personal, 1966 January-February
Folder 12: Correspondence, Personal, 1966 March-July

Box 12

Folder 1: Correspondence, Personal, 1966 August-December 15
Folder 2: Correspondence, Personal, 1966 December 16-31
Folder 3: Correspondence, Personal, 1967 January-April
Folder 4: Correspondence, Personal, 1967 May-November
Folder 5: Correspondence, Personal, 1967 December
Folder 6: Correspondence, Personal, 1968 January-February
Folder 7: Correspondence, Personal, 1968 March-November
Folder 8: Correspondence, Personal, 1968 December
Folder 9: Correspondence, Personal, 1969 January-March
Folder 10: Correspondence, Personal, 1969 April-November
Folder 11: Correspondence, Personal, 1969 December

Box 13

Folder 1: Correspondence, Personal: condolences on death of Emma W. Voorhees, 1969 December
Folder 2: Correspondence, Personal: condolences, 1969 December
Folder 3: Correspondence, Personal, 1970 January
Folder 4: Correspondence, Personal, 1970 February-April
Folder 5: Correspondence, Personal, 1970 May-July
Folder 6: Correspondence, Personal, 1970 August-December 24
Folder 7: Correspondence, Personal, 1970 December 25-31
Folder 8: Correspondence, Personal, 1971 January
Folder 9: Correspondence, Personal, 1971 February-March

Box 14

Folder 1: Correspondence, Personal, 1971 April-May
Folder 2: Correspondence, Personal, 1971 June-August
Folder 3: Correspondence, Personal, 1971 September-November
Folder 4: Correspondence, Personal, 1971 December
Folder 5: Correspondence, Personal: from L. W. Voorhees, 1972
Folder 6: Correspondence, Personal, 1972 January-February
Folder 7: Correspondence, Personal, 1972 March-May
Folder 8: Correspondence, Personal, 1972 June-September
Folder 9: Correspondence, Personal, 1972 October-December 15

Box 15

Folder 1: Correspondence, Personal: Christmas cards, A-C, 1972
Folder 2: Correspondence, Personal: Christmas cards, D-I, 1972
Folder 3: Correspondence, Personal: Christmas cards, J-O, 1972
Folder 4: Correspondence, Personal: Christmas cards, P-S, 1972
Folder 5: Correspondence, Personal: Christmas cards, T-Z, 1972
Folder 6: Correspondence, Personal, undated
Folder 7: Correspondence, Personal, undated
Folder 8: Correspondence, Personal: by Brownlee, Frederick L. and Ruth Brownlee, 1922-1956
Folder 9: Correspondence, Personal: by Brownlee, Frederick L. and Ruth Brownlee, 1957-1959
Folder 10: Correspondence, Personal: by Brownlee, Frederick L. and Ruth Brownlee, 1960-1967

Box 16

Folder 1: Mt. Holyoke College, Class of 1917: newsletters, 1942-1972
Folder 2: Mt. Holyoke College, Class of 1917: 50th Reunion, 1967
Folder 3: Garrett Scott Voorhees Award, 1940-1952
Folder 4: Garrett Scott Voorhees Award, 1953-1972
Folder 5: Garrett Scott Voorhees Award: awardees, photographs, 1948-1967
Folder 6: Garrett Scott Voorhees, Jr. Award, 1922-1939
Folder 7: Garrett Scott Voorhees, Jr. Award, 1940-1950
Folder 8: Garrett Scott Voorhees, Jr. Award, 1951-1959
Folder 9: Garrett Scott Voorhees, Jr. Award, 1960-1969
Folder 10: Garrett Scott Voorhees, Jr. Award, 1970-1972
Folder 11: Voorhees College, Demark, South Carolina, 1956-1967
Folder 12: Voorhees College, Demark, South Carolina: bulletin, clippings, 1957-1969

Box 17

Folder 1: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Tougaloo College, 1917-1928
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1920-1928 May
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1924-1930: Regarding proposed volume of plays of Negro life and black actors
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1926-1934: Regarding "An' de Walls Came Tumblin' Down"
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1927 October-1928 May: Regarding dramatics course, New York City YWCA
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1921-1925: Comments of Dr. Voorhees on life at Tougaloo: Letters, 1921-1925; Untitled theme [Teachers College, Columbia University], August 11, 1924; Notes, undated
Folder 7: Tougaloo College: catalogs, 1925-1926: Leaflet, undated
Folder 8: Tougaloo College: photographs, drawings, circa 1921-1966, undated
Folder 9: Tougaloo College: scrapbook, 1917-circa 1926
Folder 10: Tougaloo College: photograph, undated: wrapped on roller

Box 18

Folder 1: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Talladega College, 1928-1939
Folder 2: Correspondence: Talladega faculty and committee meetings, 1936
Folder 3: Correspondence: Talladega faculty and committee meetings, 1937-1939
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1928 June-1930 December
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1931
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1932-1935
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1932-1933: Regarding The Brown Thrush, edition 1
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1934-1943, 1969: Regarding The Brown Thrush, edition 2
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1932-1935, undated: Regarding The Brown Thrush, accounts
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1935: Regarding Congregational summer conference, Wells College, Aurora, New York
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1936
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1937
Folder 13: Correspondence: Talladega Theatre, statistics, 1937-1942
Folder 14: Correspondence, 1938-1939

Box 19

Folder 1: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Talladega College, 1940-1941
Folder 2: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Talladega College, 1942-1943 May
Folder 3: Correspondence: Talladega faculty and committee meetings, 1940-1941
Folder 4: Correspondence: Talladega faculty and committee meetings, 1942-1943
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1940-1941
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1941-1942: Regarding National Association of Teachers of Speech Convention
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1942
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1943
Folder 9: Talladega College: leaflets, map and commencement programs, 1931, 1935, 1947
Folder 10: Talladega College: programs, 1927-1973, 1967, undated
Folder 11: Talladega College: Swayne Hall and Savery Library, 1941, 1953, undated
Folder 12: Talladega College: Hanna, Hilton F. (alumnus) and family, circa 1941-1972, undated
Folder 13: Talladega College: Hicklin, Fannie E. (alumna) and Willis, A.W. (alumnus), 1966-1971, 1967
Folder 14: Talladega College: songs, 1927-1937
Folder 15: Talladega College: songs, 1927-1937
Folder 16: Talladega College: photographs, circa 1928-1967, undated

Box 20

Dr. Voorhees taught at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1943-1970 (she officially retired 1963)

Folder 1: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk University, 1943
Folder 2: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk, 1944-1945
Folder 3: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk, 1946-1947
Folder 4: Correspondence: Fisk treasurer, Fisk Union Church, 1944-1970
Folder 5: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1945-1947
Folder 6: Correspondence: AAUP, Fisk Chapter, 1941-1969
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1943-1944
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1943-1945: Regarding "Parables in Color" in Classmate
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1943-1948, 1956, 1960: Regarding Jonathan H. Brooks
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1945
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1946-1947
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1946-1950: Regarding Durham, New Hampshire Writer's Conferences

Box 21

Folder 1: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk University, 1948
Folder 2: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk, 1949
Folder 3: Manual: Fisk University by-laws and regulations, 1949
Folder 4: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk, 1950 January-August
Folder 5: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk, 1950 September-December
Folder 6: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk University, 1951
Folder 7: Memoranda: Brownlee, Frederick L., 1951 January 16: Regarding Fisk University
Folder 8: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1948
Folder 9: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1949-1950
Folder 10: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1951
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1948
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1949 January-April
Folder 13: Correspondence, 1949 May-December
Folder 14: Correspondence, 1950 January-June
Folder 15: Correspondence, 1950 July-December
Folder 16: Correspondence, 1951 January-August
Folder 17: Correspondence, 1951 September-December

Box 22

Folder 1: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk University, 1952
Folder 2: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk, 1953 January-November
Folder 3: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk, 1953 December
Folder 4: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk technical director, Drama, 1953
Folder 5: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk, 1954
Folder 6: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk, 1955
Folder 7: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1952-1954
Folder 8: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1955
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1952 January-May
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1952 June-December
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1952: Regarding summer session, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1953 January-March
Folder 13: Correspondence, 1953 April-December
Folder 14: Correspondence, 1954
Folder 15: Correspondence, 1955

Box 23

Folder 1: Correspondence: 18th Avenue Community Center, Nashville, TN, 1955-1971
Folder 2: Correspondence: 18th Avenue Community Center, Nashville, TN, 1959-1965
Folder 3: Correspondence: 18th Avenue Community Center, Nashville, TN, 1966
Folder 4: Correspondence: 18th Avenue Community Center, Nashville, TN, 1967
Folder 5: Correspondence: 18th Avenue Community Center, Nashville, TN, 1968
Folder 6: Correspondence: 18th Avenue Community Center, Nashville, TN, 1969
Folder 7: Correspondence: 18th Avenue Community Center, Nashville, TN, 1970
Folder 8: Correspondence: 18th Avenue Community Center, Nashville, TN, 1971
Folder 9: Correspondence: 18th Avenue Community Center, Nashville, TN, 1972

Box 24

Folder 1: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk University, 1956-1958
Folder 2: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1956 January-June
Folder 3: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1956 July-December
Folder 4: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1957 January-October
Folder 5: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1957 November-December
Folder 6: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1958 January-May
Folder 7: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1958 June-December
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1956
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1956: Regarding study of closed-circuit TV
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1956 July-August: Regarding study of beginning college courses in Speech
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1956 September, 1957 July: Regarding study of beginning college courses in Speech
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1957
Folder 13: Correspondence, 1957: Regarding summer session, University of Illinois, Urbana
Folder 14: Correspondence and scrapbook, 1957: Regarding summer session, University of Illinois
Folder 15: Correspondence, 1958

Box 25

Folder 1: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk University, 1959
Folder 2: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk, 1960-1962
Folder 3: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1959 January-September
Folder 4: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1959 October-December
Folder 5: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1960
Folder 6: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1961 January-August
Folder 7: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1961 September-December
Folder 8: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1962
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1959
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1960
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1960 May-August: Regarding biography of Rose McClendon
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1960 September-1961 July: Regarding biography of Rose McClendon
Folder 13: Correspondence, 1961
Folder 14: Correspondence, 1962

Box 26

Folder 1: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk University, 1963-1965
Folder 2: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1963
Folder 3: Correspondence: Fisk faculty and committee meetings, 1964
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1963
Folder 5: Scrapbook: presented to Dr. Voorhees on her official retirement, 1983 May 30
Folder 6: A Purple Gala!, 1964 January-August
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1964 September-December
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1964-1966: Regarding Tennessee Council of Churches
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1965
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1965
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1965

Box 27

Folder 1: Correspondence and teaching contracts: Fisk University, 1966-1972
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1966-1967
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1966: Regarding MAC (Metropolitan Action Commission, Nashville and Davidson Counties), Information and Community Education Project Advisory Board
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1967: Regarding MAC, Information and Education Project, Advisory Board
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1967: Regarding MAC, Information and Education Project, Advisory Board
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1967: Regarding MAC, Election Commissioner Coordinator
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1968: Regarding MAC, District V, Advisory Council
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1968-1969
Folder 9: Correspondence, 1970-1972
Folder 10: Correspondence, 1973: Regarding Dr. Voorhees
Folder 11: Programs: Fisk University, 1945-1949
Folder 12: Programs: Fisk University, 1950-1967
Folder 13: Programs: Fisk University, 1968-1969
Folder 14: Programs: Fisk University, 1970-1972
Folder 15: Programs: Fisk University, undated
Folder 16: Photographs: Fisk University, circa 1943-1972, undated

Box 28

Folder 1: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): data sheet and constitution, 1957, 1958
Folder 2: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA):, 1943-1946
Folder 3: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): audio-visual aids committee, 1946-1948
Folder 4: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): audio-visual aids committee, 1949
Folder 5: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1947
Folder 6: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1948
Folder 7: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1949 January
Folder 8: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1949 February
Folder 9: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1949 March-April
Folder 10: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1949 May-August

Box 29

Folder 1: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1949 September-November
Folder 2: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1949 December
Folder 3: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1950 January-February
Folder 4: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1950 March-November
Folder 5: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1950 December
Folder 6: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1951 January-May
Folder 7: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1951 June-August
Folder 8: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1951 September-November
Folder 9: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1951 December 1-15
Folder 10: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1951 December 16-31

Box 30

Folder 1: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1952 January-April
Folder 2: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1952 May-August
Folder 3: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1952 September-October
Folder 4: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1952 November-December
Folder 5: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1953 January-November
Folder 6: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1953 December
Folder 7: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1954
Folder 8: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1955 January-August
Folder 9: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1955 September-November
Folder 10: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1955 December

Box 31

Folder 1: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1956 January-February
Folder 2: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1956 March
Folder 3: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1956 April-July
Folder 4: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1956 August
Folder 5: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1956 September-November
Folder 6: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1956 December
Folder 7: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1957 January
Folder 8: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1957 February
Folder 9: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1957 March-April
Folder 10: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1957 May-July

Box 32

Folder 1: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1957 August 1-23
Folder 2: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1957 August 24-31
Folder 3: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1957 September-November
Folder 4: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1957 December
Folder 5: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1958 January-February
Folder 6: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1958 March-April
Folder 7: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1958 May-June
Folder 8: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1958 July-August 24
Folder 9: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1958 August 25-31

Box 33

Folder 1: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1958 September-November
Folder 2: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1958 December
Folder 3: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): committee reports, 1958 December
Folder 4: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): project reports, 1958
Folder 5: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1959 January-March
Folder 6: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1959 April-June
Folder 7: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1959 July
Folder 8: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1959 September-November

Box 34

Folder 1: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1959 December
Folder 2: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): committee reports, 1959
Folder 3: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): project reports, 1959
Folder 4: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1960 January-July
Folder 5: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1960 July-December
Folder 6: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): committee reports, 1960
Folder 7: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): project reports, 1960
Folder 8: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1961 January-May
Folder 9: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1961 June

Box 35

Folder 1: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1961 July-August 23
Folder 2: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): Silver Anniversary Convention, 1961 August 24-30
Folder 3: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1961 September-December
Folder 4: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1962
Folder 5: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): programs, papers, reports, 1962
Folder 6: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), 1963-1971
Folder 7: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): publications, 1948
Folder 8: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): publications, 1950-1957
Folder 9: American Educational Theatre Association (AETA): publications, 1958-1960, undated

Box 36

Folder 1: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA): descriptive material, 1946-1951
Folder 2: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1947
Folder 3: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1948 July-December
Folder 4: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1948 July-December
Folder 5: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1949
Folder 6: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1950 January-August
Folder 7: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1950 September-December
Folder 8: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1951 January: First National Theatre Assembly held
Folder 9: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1951 February-December
Folder 10: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1952 January-May
Folder 11: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1952 June-October

Box 37

Folder 1: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1952 November
Folder 2: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1952 December
Folder 3: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1953 January
Folder 4: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1953 February-December
Folder 5: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1954
Folder 6: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1955
Folder 7: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1956
Folder 8: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1957
Folder 9: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1958
Folder 10: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1959-1961
Folder 11: The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1962-1963

Box 38

Folder 1: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA): constitutions, 1941, 1965
Folder 2: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1936-1945: First meeting was held in 1936
Folder 3: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1946-1950
Folder 4: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1951
Folder 5: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1952 January-August
Folder 6: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1952 September-December
Folder 7: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1953 January-February
Folder 8: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1953 March-September
Folder 9: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1953 October-December
Folder 10: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1954
Folder 11: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA): announcements, programs, 1954
Folder 12: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1955 January-March
Folder 13: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA): announcements, programs, 1955 March
Folder 14: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1955 April-December

Box 39

Folder 1: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1956
Folder 2: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1957 January-May
Folder 3: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1957 June-December
Folder 4: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1958 January-February
Folder 5: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1958 March
Folder 6: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1958 April
Folder 7: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1958 May-December
Folder 8: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1959 January-February
Folder 9: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1959 March
Folder 10: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1959 April
Folder 11: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1959 May-September
Folder 12: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1959 October-December

Box 40

Folder 1: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1960 January-March
Folder 2: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1960 April-August
Folder 3: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1960 September-December
Folder 4: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1961 January-February
Folder 5: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA): Silver Anniversary Convention, 1961 March
Folder 6: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA): Silver Anniversary Convention program, 1961 March
Folder 7: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1961 April-December
Folder 8: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1962
Folder 9: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1963 January-March
Folder 10: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1963 April
Folder 11: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA): convention program, 1963 April
Folder 12: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1963 May-December
Folder 13: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1964
Folder 14: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1965
Folder 15: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1966-1967
Folder 16: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA), 1968-1971

Box 41

Folder 1: National Society for the Study of Speech Communication (NSSC), 1951-1956
Folder 2: National Society for the Study of Speech Communication (NSSC), 1957-1960
Folder 3: Speech Association of America (SAA), 1948-1955
Folder 4: Speech Association of America (SAA), 1956-1957
Folder 5: Speech Association of America (SAA), 1958-1959
Folder 6: Speech Association of America (SAA), 1960-1965
Folder 7: Southern Association of Teachers of Speech (SATS), 1931-1943
Folder 8: Southern Speech Association (SSA), 1947-1960
Folder 9: Southeastern Theatre Conference, 1949-1961
Folder 10: Tennessee Speech Association (TSA), 1948-1949
Folder 11: Tennessee Speech Association (TSA), 1950-1957

Box 42

Folder 1

Item 1: Bibliographies: articles published, 1924-1951
Item 2: Bibliographies: writings, 1937-1947
Item 3: Bibliographies: book reviews, undated
Item 4: Bibliographies: copy of section of this container list showing writings filed in these papers

Folder 2

Item 1: Articles: "Another of the Fine Arts: Make-up in Sepia", 1938 January-March
Item 2: Articles: "Another of the Fine Arts: Make-up in Sepia", 1941 July
Item 3: Articles: "Children's Cooperative Theatre," Arts in Childhood, 1948

Folder 3

Item 1: Articles: "Current Trends and Events in National Importance in Negro Education: A Program of Speech Education for Talladega College", 1946 Winter

Folder 4

Item 1: Articles: "The Drama in a College of Negroes," The Drama, 1926 March
Item 2: Articles: "The Laboratory Method in Dramatics or in a College for Negroes," The Journal of Expression, 1932 April

Folder 5

Item 1: Articles: "Nashville Housing Woefully Inadequate," The Independent Chronicle, 1966 February 9
Item 2: Articles: "Old World Theatre Experiences, " The Talladegan, 1930 November
Item 3: Articles: "Pioneering in the Little Theatre," The Arts Quarterly, 1937 April-June
Item 4: Articles: "Pirandello's Answer: Interpreting Pirandello's Art and Its Significance at the Present Time", 1960: Submitted to essay contest for Abba Prize of Pirandello Society, received honorable mention

Folder 6

Item 1: Articles: "Recordings for Use in Teaching Theatre," by L. W. Voorhees and Jacob Foster, 1949 October
Item 2: Articles: "Records for Use in Teaching Dramatics," by L. W. Voorhees and Jacob Foster, 1946

Folder 7

Item 1: Articles: "Speaking the Speech," Encore (NADSA), 1954 Spring
Item 2: Articles: "Speech in Negro College," The Talladegan, 1940 May
Item 3: Articles: "Student Activities at Tougaloo College," The American Missionary, 1925 May

Folder 8

Item 1: Articles: "Training in Perspective: an Educational Value of Dramatics," Mississippi Educational Journal, 1924 December
Item 2: Articles: "What Prince Negro Drama?" The Southern Speech Journal, 1949 January

Folder 9

Item 1: Autobiography: "Alumnae in the Theatre: Lillian W. Voorhees," Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly, 1970 Spring
Item 2: Autobiography: untitled sketches, 1943, 1946, 1970

Folder 10

Item 1: Autobiography: "The Challenge, Tougaloo, Mississippi, 1917-1927"

Folder 11

Item 1: Biographies: "Mildred Evelyn Bassett (1896-1936)" in Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly
Item 2: Biographies: "Rose McClendon, Negro Actress (1884-1936) in Notable American Women, 1607-1950

Folder 12

Item 1: Book reviews: Broken Image by Virginia Ebert, 1951
Item 2: Book reviews: Born to Be by Margaret Halsey, 1946 December
Item 3: Book reviews: Color Blind by Margaret Halsey, 1946 December
Item 4: Book reviews: Eight Plays by Moliere, 1958 May
Item 5: Book reviews: Fritz Kreisler by Louis P. Lochner, 1951 February
Item 6: Book reviews: The Golden Goose and Other Plays by Fan Kessen, 1964 February
Item 7: Book reviews: A Guide to Effective Public Speaking by Lawrence Henry Mouat
Item 8: Book reviews: The Hour Glass by David Alman
Item 9: Book reviews: How God Fix Jonah by Lorenz Graham, 1947 March

Box 43

Folder 1

Item 1: Book reviews: Imperishable the Temple by Clifford L. Miller, 1962
Item 2: Book reviews: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansbury, 1960 November
Item 3: Book reviews: Simple Simon, a Children's Play in 3 Acts by Patrick Brumbaugh, 1962 January
Item 4: Book reviews: Stories for Creative Acting: Stories recommended and used successfully by leading creative dramatics directors and teachers, 1962 November
Item 5: Book reviews: Theatre, U.S.A. by Barnard Hewitt
Item 6: Book reviews: Three Comedies by Ludwig Holdberg, 1958 May
Item 7: Book reviews: Wings over Dark Waters by Clifford L. Miller
Item 8: Book reviews: World Tales for Creative Dramatics and Story Telling by Burdette Fitzgerald, 1965 January
Item 9: Book reviews: Your Brother's Brother by Clifford L. Miller, 1948
Item 10: Book reviews: Your Voice and Your Speech (Self-Training for Better Speaking) by Beatrice Defosses, 1960 March
Item 11: Writings: Anthologies, The Brown Thrush: Anthology of Verse by Negro Students by Lillian W. Voorhees, 1932, 1935
Item 12: Writings: Anthologies, "Selections for Choral Speaking", undated

Folder 2

Item 1: Editorials: SADSA Yesterday and Tomorrow," Encore (SADSA), 1948
Item 2: Editorials: "Drama is One," Encore (SADSA), 1948
Item 3: News items: "Amateur Theatre News from Coast to Coast,", 1927 January
Item 4: News items: "Convention Echoes," Encore (SADSA), 1953 Spring
Item 5: News items: "Debaters on Tour," The Talladegan, 1938 May
Item 6: News items: "Lighting at Talladega," Theatre Arts, 1940 July

Folder 3

Item 1: Plays: "An' de Walls Came Tumblin' Down: an Evening with Paul Laurence Dunbar," arranged by Lillian W. Voorhees and Olivia M. Hunter, 1926

Folder 4

Item 1: Plays: "An' de Walls Came Tumblin' Down", 1926-1927, 1929: Programs, playbill, clipping, review

Folder 5

Item 1: Plays: "Hiawatha: Musical Dramatization in Five Scenes," arranged by Lillian W. Voorhees and Olivia M. Hunter, 1927

Folder 6

Item 1: Plays: "Hiawatha" sheet music, 1927

Folder 7

Item 1: Plays: "The Life of the Flowers from Waking to Sleeping, March through November, A Dance Drama": Produced in 1928 at 137th St. YWCA, New York City, and in 1950 by Children's Cooperative Theatre, Nashville, Tennessee

Folder 8

Item 1: Plays: Synopses and scenarios, "The Free Man", undated: From story, "The Wisdom of Silence," by Paul Laurence Dunbar, a three-act play
Item 2: Plays: Synopses and scenarios, "Jimsella", undated: Comedy of Negro Life in One Act. From story of same name by Paul Laurence Dunbar"

Folder 9

Item 1: Short stories: "Parables in Color: All Right in Their Place," by Elizabeth Honeyman (pseud.), 1944 May 1
Item 2: Short stories: "Parables in Color: Japanese," by Elizabeth Honeyman (pseud.), 1944 June 11
Item 3: Short stories: "Parables in Color: My Mother Said So!" by Elizabeth Honeyman (pseud.), 1944 June
Item 4: Short stories: "Parables in Color: Tony Martinelli," by Elizabeth Honeyman (pseud.), 1944 June 30
Item 5: Short stories: "Parables in Color: Common Folk," by Elizabeth Honeyman (pseud.), 1944 August 13
Item 6: Short stories: "Parables in Color: Chink," by Elizabeth Honeyman (pseud.), 1944 August 27

Folder 10

Item 1: Speeches: "The Functioning of Educational Theatre: as represented by the American Educational Theatre Association", 1961 August: Silver Anniversary Convention, A.E.T.A., New York City
Item 2: Speeches: "Talk to Students in Nursing, Meharry Medical College", 1944 February 18

Folder 11

Item 1: Thesis and dissertation: "The American Negro to Dramatic Art: Facts Interpreted in Terms of Potentialities for the Negro and for the Drama", 1925: Dissertation submitted for M.A. in English, Teacher's College, Columbia University, 1925

Folder 12

Item 1: Thesis and dissertation: "A Program of Speech Evaluation for Talladega College: Report of a Type B Project", 1943: Thesis submitted for Ed. D. in English, Teacher's College, Columbia University, 1943- manuscript copy and abstract, reprinted as article, "Section D: A Program of Speech Education for Talladega College," Journal of Negro Education, XV, no. 1 (Winter no., 1946), 109-116

Folder 13

Item 1: Thesis: "A Program of Speech Education for Talladega", undated: Outline and preliminary report

Folder 14

Item 1: Thesis: "A Program of Speech Education for Talladega", 1941 September

Folder 15

Item 1: Thesis: "A Program of Speech Education for Talladega", 1943 January

Box 44

Item 1: Verse: "Assorted poems", 1914-1966, undated: Two were published as follows: "Renascence," The Sandalwood, v. 1, no. 1 (January 1938), 12; "With Charity for All" by a Jingling Spectator (pseud.), The Sandalwood, v. 2, no. 1 (March 1939), 2-3
Item 2: Verse anthologies: L.W. Voorhees and Robert O'Brien, 1932: The Brown Thrush: Anthology of Verse by Negro Students. Talladega College, Tougaloo College. Arnthrn, Pa., and Claremont, California: Lawson-Roberts Publishing Co., 1932
Item 3: Verse anthologies: The Brown Thrush, manuscript, introduction, indices, notes, 1932
Item 4: Verse anthologies: The Brown Thrush, advertising for 1932 and 1932 editions
Item 5: Verse anthologies: The Brown Thrush, nursery rhymes, 1929-1934
Item 6: Verse anthologies: The Brown Thrush, circa 1934: Verse submitted by Fisk, Hampton, LeMoyne
Item 7: Verse anthologies: The Brown Thrush, circa 1934: Verse submitted by Morehouse and Atlanta, Spelman, Straight, Tillotson
Item 8: Verse anthologies: The Brown Thrush, circa 1932, 1934: Verse submitted by Talladega
Item 9: Verse anthologies: The Brown Thrush, circa 1934: Verse submitted by Tougaloo
Item 10: Verse anthologies: "Selections for Choral Speaking", undated: Supplements

Box 45: Classwork: Assorted themes, term papers, notebooks, etc., 1907-1938

Box 46

Folder 1: Classwork and college themes, 1942
Folder 2: Classwork and college themes, 1943
Folder 3: Notes: Tougaloo sermons, 1921-1922: Regarding various subjects
Folder 4: Teaching materials: Used at Tougaloo, 1923, undated
Folder 5: Teaching materials: Used at Talladega, 1937-1940, undated
Folder 6: Teaching materials: Used at Fisk, undated: Fundamentals of speech; Teaching of speech
Folder 7: Teaching materials: Used at Fisk, undated: Drama workshop and dramatic production
Folder 8: Teaching materials: Used at Fisk, 1949-1962: Questionnaires and exams
Folder 9: Teaching materials: Used at Children's Theatre, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1952 Summer
Folder 10: Teaching materials: Used at University of Illinois, Urbana Center, 1957 Summer
Folder 11: Writings, collected: Abrams, Marguerite, "Garden Wall", undated
Folder 12: Writings, collected: articles and reprints, 1929-1959: Regarding education and race relations
Folder 13: Writings, collected: articles and reprints, 1926-1959: Regarding the theater
Folder 14: Writings, collected: articles and reprints, 1945-1947: Regarding the theater, foreign
Folder 15: Writings, collected: articles and reprints, 1936-1952: Regarding speech, dialect, and speech defects
Folder 16: Writings, collected: Brooks, Jonathan Henderson (Tougaloo), 1945 March 25

Box 47

Folder 1: Writings, collected: Cater, Catherine, Verse, 1932, 1936
Folder 2: Writings, Collected: Dodson, Owen "The Amistad" (play), 1938: Regarding this play: L.W. Voorhees, "Lighting at Talladega," Theatre Arts
Folder 3: Writings, Collected: Edmonds, Irene C., "The Wedding of Peer Gynt" (play), 1957
Folder 4: Writings, Collected: Fisk English class, "Highlights", 1945 Spring: Verse, short stories, autobiography
Folder 5: Writings, Collected: Fisk student, "The Negro Abroad", 1946
Folder 6: Writings, Collected: Fisk students, 1949: Verse
Folder 7: Writings, Collected: Francisco, Hazel, "The Chinaman's Cat," and "The Little Hickory Horse", circa 1943: Also included: "The Garden," undated
Folder 8: Writings, Collected: Hanna, Hilton E. (Talladega), 1950, 1958, 1972: Three articles in The Butcher Workman
Folder 9: Writings, Collected: "Hiawatha, Peacemaker of the Iroquois", 1958: Play for television
Folder 10: Writings, Collected: Hunter, Charlene (Fisk), "A History of Pensacola's Black Community", 1971
Folder 11: Writings, Collected: The Independent and the Weekly Review, 1920-1923
Folder 12: Writings, Collected: The Literary Digest, 1920-1926, undated
Folder 13: Writings, Collected: Maddox, Gloria Demby (Fisk), "Black Monday's Children", 1960: Play
Folder 14: Writings, Collected: Miller, Clifford L. (Fisk), 1946-1962: Clippings regarding 1962
Folder 15: Writings, Collected: Montgomery, M.L. verse, 1934
Folder 16: Writings, Collected: Morrill, Belle Chapman verse, 1930-1964, undated
Folder 17: Writings, Collected: Neal, Edward A. (Tougaloo), "Puppy Love," The Bronzeman, 1933
Folder 18: Writings, Collected: Opportunity and The Crisis, circa 1920-1936: Scrapbook

Box 48

Folder 1: Writings, Collected: Pepper, Edna Atkin, "The Origin of Christmas," The Message Magazine, 1948 December
Folder 2: Writings, Collected: Prayers and inspirational writings (prose and verse), 1923-1969, undated
Folder 3: Writings, Collected: The Reflecto Magazine, 1939 May: Essays and verse
Folder 4: Writings, Collected: Smith, Lillian E., "Behind the Drums," North Georgia Review, 1939 Autumn
Folder 5: Writings, Collected: Talladega students, one-act plays, 1930
Folder 6: Writings, Collected: Talladega students, "Toward Better Speech", circa 1940
Folder 7: Writings, Collected: Talladega students, "Vegalamna", 1934
Folder 8: Writings, Collected: "Collected Verse, Class of 1932 in Verse Forms", 1932
Folder 9: Writings, Collected: Talladega students, verse, 1933-1938, undated
Folder 10: Writings, Collected: Talladega students, "We are Seven", 1935: Verse
Folder 11: Writings, Collected: Talladega students and faculty, The Sandalwood, 1938 January, March: Essays, short stories, verse
Folder 12: Writings, Collected: Taylor, Harold (Talladega), "Codicil", circa 1930: One-act play
Folder 13: Writings, Collected: Tougaloo students, one-act plays and verse, 1923-1933, 1924
Folder 14: Writings, Collected: verse, miscellaneous, 1932-1936, undated
Folder 15: Writings, Collected: Voorhees, R[alph] W. verse, 1913-1916, undated
Folder 16: Writings, Collected: Wideman, Luther Linnel (Talladega), "The Development of Stage Lighting at Talladega College", 1939 May: Senior thesis
Folder 17: Writings, Collected: Williams, John C., "Melinda', circa 1943: Short story
Folder 18: Writings, Collected: Wilson, Lillian B. (Talladega), "Bibliography of Costume Plays for High School", circa 1940: Short story
Folder 19: Writings, Collected: Women, education of "Conferences of Advisers Club Summer session 1922", 1922: Also includes: "Sociological Foundations of Advisers Supplemental: Education of Girls and Women"

Box 49

Folder 1: Birth announcements, 1941-1972, undated
Folder 2: Invitations to graduations and weddings, 1939-1949
Folder 3: Invitations to graduations and weddings, 1950-1959
Folder 4: Invitations to graduations and weddings, 1960-1969
Folder 5: Invitations to graduations and weddings, 1970-1972, undated
Folder 6: Obituaries, memorials, 1933-1971, undated

Box 50

Folder 1: Drama and the arts clippings and scrapbook, 1925, 1927-1928: Topic include: actors, plays, playwrights, theaters, and dancing
Folder 2: Drama and the arts, 1931-1954
Folder 3: Drama and the arts, 1955-1969
Folder 4: Drama and the arts: Karamu House, Cleveland, 1941-1960, undated
Folder 5: Schools: Berea, Campbell Folk, Piney Woods, Tuskegee, 1936-1965, undated
Folder 6: Speech, speech defects, voice training, 1923-1951, undated
Folder 7: Nashville and Tennessee, 1947-1966
Folder 8: Nashville and Tennessee, 1967-1972, undated
Folder 9: Various subjects, 1936-1964
Folder 10: Various subjects, 1965-1968
Folder 11: Various subjects, 1969
Folder 12: Various subjects, 1970-1972, undated
Folder 13: Photographs: Some principal correspondents: Chu, Hsien-jen and Sylvia, 1963; James W. Hunter family, circa 1920-1942; Hunter, Mildred C., 1949-1965; Kitchen, Gordon H. and Dorothea (Hughes), circa 1931-1969; Mason, Melbahu (Bryant) (Mrs. Ulysses G.), 194201958; Steele, Victoria Nan (Kitchen) (Mrs. Warren B.), 1955-1964; Walker, Emanuella (Beck) (Mrs. Charles S.), circa 1918-1967; Ward, Joy Adelyn (Kitchen) (Mrs. Clinton, Jr.), 1961-1968
Folder 14: Photographs: some friends, 1915-1970

Box 51: Aluminum electrograph records, undated

Subjects: Selections performed by the Talladega College choir, directed by Frank Harrison. Parts of play, "The Brown Spider," by W. Blanche Nivens (Tougaloo College graduate and later wife of Coyness L. Ennix)

Lillian W. Voorhees papers, 1892-1973

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