Guide to the Peggy Ryan Poole papers M2876
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2023
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Peggy Ryan Poole papers
Creator:
Poole, Peggy Ryan
source:
Poole, Peggy Ryan
Identifier/Call Number: M2876
Physical Description:
1.8 Linear Feet
(one manuscript box, one half box, and one flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1961-1967 (1965 bulk)
Content Description
This collection consists of printed, manuscript and photographic materials documenting Peggy Ryan Poole's service as a SCOPE
Project volunteer during the summer of 1965 in Sussex County, Virginia. The materials include: correspondence, local newspaper
articles, documents from the SCOPE orientation in Atlanta in June of 1965, photographs, slides, printed ephemera, letters
of recommendations, applications, correspondence with family, travel ephemera, campaign materials, and newsletters.
Biographical / Historical
Peggy Ryan Poole served as a volunteer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) SCOPE Project during the
summer of 1965. At the time she was a student at Chico State College. Poole traveled from Martinez, California to Atlanta,
Georgia for SCOPE orientation. She was then attached to the UC Santa Barbara Chapter of the SCOPE Project and traveled to
Sussex County, Virginia. In Sussex County the SCOPE volunteers worked with the local African-American community to help register
voters.
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
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or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Peggy Ryan Poole papers (M2876). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
Libraries, Stanford, California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Civil rights workers
Civil rights workers -- United States
Civil rights movements -- United States.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Poole, Peggy Ryan
Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Box 1, folder 1
Letters of recommendation for summer civil rights programs
1965
Box 1, folder 3
Correspondence to family
1965
Box 1, folder 4
SCOPE project orientation materials (1 of 2)
Box 1, folder 5
SCOPE project orientation materials (2 of 2)
1965
Box 1, folder 6
SCOPE Chapter, Sussex County, Virginia
1965-1967
Box 1, folder 7
Newspaper clippings and correspondence
1965
Box 1, folder 8
Sussex County, Virginia data
1964-1965
Box 1, folder 9
Rand McNally 50 state map of the United States (with Peggy Ryan Poole's route marked)
Box 1, folder 10
Photographs and slides
1965
Box 1, folder 11
Pins
Scope and Contents
2 SCLC SCOPE Project pins, 1 Vote Freedom Now! SCLC pin, and 1 Vote Democratic Julian Bond 136th District Georgia House pin.
Box 1, folder 12
The negro in American history
1964
Box 1, folder 13
The race question in modern science (booklets)
1961
Box 1, folder 14
Peggy Ryan Poole and SCOPE project
Box 2, folder 1
Curtis W. Harris campaign poster (Virginia State Senate candidate)
