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T. Vail Palmer manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-144

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of two typed manuscripts written by T. Vail Palmer Jr., during his time as a T. Wistar Brown Fellow at Haverford College from 1976 to 1977.

Dates

  • 1976-1977

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

T. Vail Palmer, Jr. is an author and a minister at the Freedom Friends Church in Salem, Oregon. He graduated from the Quaker George School of Newtown, Pennsylvania, before receiving his bachelor's from the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. from the divinity school at the University of Chicago in 1965. He was a postdoctoral T. Wistar Brown fellow at Haverford College from 1976 to 1977. Palmer was arrested and imprisoned for being a non-registrant conscientious objector. He participated in the 1963 March on Washington, and was present at Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech. He married Izzy Covalt; they had eight children and currently reside in Albany, Oregon.

Information from Barclay Press.

Extent

.1 Linear Feet (2 folders)

Language

English

Overview

This collection is comprised of two typed manuscripts written by T. Vail Palmer Jr. during his time as a T. Wistar Brown Fellow at Haverford College from 1976 to 1977.

Acquisition

Unknown.

Processing Information

Processed by Kara Flynn; completed March, 2016. Revised by Allison Hall; completed July, 2020.

Title
T. Vail Palmer manuscripts, 1976-1977
Author
Kara Flynn
Date
March, 2016
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

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