King with Assis­tant Dean of the Chapel Reimers on the steps of Chan­cel­lor Green, March 1960. Also pic­tured: top right: Tom Gar­rett ’61, top mid­dle: Jerry H. Shat­tuck ’61, top left: Daniel H. Jack­son ‘1961, bot­tom right: John N. McConnel Jr. ’61. His­tor­i­cal Pho­to­graph Col­lec­tion, Indi­vid­u­als Series, box MP4

First, the Pub­lic Pol­icy Papers con­tain infor­ma­tion con­cern­ing King’s civil rights and orga­niz­ing activ­i­ties in the David Lawrence Papers, John Mar­shall Har­lan Papers, Robert K. Massie Papers, George McGov­ern Papers, David E. Lilien­thal Papers, Law Stu­dents Civil Rights Research Coun­cil Records, and in the Sub­ject Files, Project Files, and Audio­vi­sual mate­ri­als series of the Amer­i­can Civil Lib­er­ties Union Records.

Sec­ondly, the Uni­ver­sity Archives have sub­stan­tial infor­ma­tion con­cern­ing King’s 1960 and 1962 vis­its as part of the Stu­dent Chris­t­ian Association’s Bien­nial Reli­gious Con­fer­ence, as well as a can­celled 1958 ser­mon. The Uni­ver­sity Archives col­lec­tions also con­tain mate­ri­als that doc­u­ment the University’s annual obser­va­tions of the civil rights leader’s legacy. In addi­tion, Dr. King’s widow, Coretta Scott King received an hon­orary degree in 1970, infor­ma­tion about which can also be found at Mudd.

Mar­tin Luther King Jr. at din­ner fol­low­ing his 1960 ser­mon at the Uni­ver­sity Chapel. His­tor­i­cal Pho­to­graph Col­lec­tion: Indi­vid­u­als Series, box MP4

Clip­pings, cor­re­spon­dence, and more about King’s vis­its to cam­pus can also be found in the Larry Dupraz Daily Prince­ton­ian Dig­i­tal Archive, the Robert Goheen Series of the Office of the Pres­i­dent Records (box 193), and the His­tor­i­cal Sub­ject Fil­fes. Pho­tographs of Dr. King’s visit can be found in theIndi­vid­u­als Series of the His­tor­i­cal Pho­to­graph Col­lec­tion. Another notable resource was Gregg Lange’s Prince­ton Alumni Weekly reflec­tion on the 1960 ser­mon.

Infor­ma­tion about Rev. King’s legacy on cam­pus and the Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity community’s obser­vance of it can be found in the fol­low­ing collections:

Carl A. Fields Cen­ter for Equal­ity and Cul­tural Under­stand­ing Records

His­tor­i­cal Audio­vi­sual Collection

His­tor­i­cal Sub­ject Files

Larry Dupraz Daily Prince­ton­ian Dig­i­tal Archive

Office of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Records

Office of the Dean of Reli­gious Life and the Chapel Records

Woodrow Wil­son School of Pub­lic and Inter­na­tional Affairs Records

Dr. Mar­tin Luther King Jr. and Dean of the Chapel Ernest Gor­don shak­ing hands, 1960.

His­tor­i­cal Pho­to­graph Collection:

Indi­vid­u­als Series

Infor­ma­tion about Coretta Scott King’s hon­orary degree can be found in the Hon­orary Degree Records, with a pho­to­graph of her and the other 1970 hon­orees found in the His­tor­i­cal Pho­to­graph Col­lec­tion, Cam­pus Life Series . From the Pub­lic Pol­icy Papers, infor­ma­tion related to her role as a civil rights leader can be found in the Franklin Book Pro­grams Records and the Amer­i­can Civil Lib­er­ties Union Records: Orga­ni­za­tional Mat­ters Series.

To learn more about any of these resources, please feel free to con­tact or visit the Mudd Man­u­script Library.