Correspondence Related to Oberlin College Contributions, 1980-1991

Incoming and outgoing correspondence of George E. Simpson arranged in three subseries. Subseries 1. Correspondence regarding Publications concerns Simpson’s writings Black Religions in the New World and Religious Cults of the Caribbean, requests for reprints, and thank you notes. Subseries 2. Correspondence regarding Institutions/Organizations contains letters concerning the Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Oberlin, Oberlin College contributions, and Coe College Contributions. Subseries 3. Individual Correspondence contains letters to and from various individuals. Nine folders contain incoming and outgoing correspondence (arranged chronologically within each folder) with Ken Bilby, Ralph J. Bunche, Harold Courlander, Emil Danenberg, Erwin N. Griswold, Melville J. Herskovits, John Homiak, Eduardo C. Mondlane, and J. Milton Yinger. The Mondlane folder also contains a tribute by Simpson (1978), a resolution by Simpson concerning the death of Mondlane (1969), copy of the “Last Rites for Dr. Eduardo C. Mondlane” by Nicholas J. Maro (1969), and an article concerning the assassination of Mondlane (Presbyterian Life, May 15, 1969). Two folders contain correspondence with various individuals (see the inventory for the index of names for each folder). One folder contains letters of unidentified correspondents.