ENGL 1260W-05 - Introduction to Literature and Cultural Analysis: The Archive - Gutman: Sources Used in Class

Mrs. Susie Daniel Kirtland Green (1887-1967), an associate of Margaret Sanger, operated the first birth control clinic in Tennessee at 2204 21st Avenue, South, Nashville, Tennessee, from 1932 to about 1941. In 1941 she began to sell Fem-A-Gyn contraceptive suppositories, which she developed from a recipe that Margaret Sanger included in her “Family Limitation” pamphlet. She and her daughter, Ruth H. Mocker continued a modestly successful mail order business until 1970.
The collection documents Green's professional life as a birth control advocate.

The material in this collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by students in History 295-01, The History of Undergraduate Desegregation at Vanderbilt, taught by Dr. Peter Felten Fall 2004. The collection includes digital audio files of the interviews, interview transcripts, a class syllabus, and annotated bibliographies of select resources assigned to students for research.

Interview questions focused on student experiences and perspectives on desegregation during the mid-1960s. Interview subjects were selected from a wide range of people who were on campus, including both students and administrators. Students used a variety of materials in Special Collections to prepare for the interviews, including the Chancellor’s Papers; files of the Human Relations Council; back issues of The Hustler; yearbooks; manuscript collections, including the Kelly Miller Smith Papers; and other relevant records.

This collection contains the papers of renowned professor, activist, and Civil Rights movement organizer Rev. James Lawson, Jr.
Rev. Lawson's collection includes information on his education and activism, including the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination. The collection is currently being processed and has a partial inventory. Requests to view the collection or acquire assistance should be directed to specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.

Joe Thompson, Jr. graduated from Vanderbilt in 1941 and then served in the U.S. Air Force as an aerial reconnaissance pilot. He flew over 90 missions, most of them behind German lines in a P-51 Mustang. Mr. Thompson, known as Tiger Joe, is also a gifted amateur photographer who took hundreds of pictures during his four years of military service.

Scope and Content
A variety of resources collected and used by William Waller for his books on the history of Nashville. Includes essays of the history of Price's School for Girls.
Dates
1853 - 1954