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James C. Clark Research Papers, 1937-1996

 

Summary

Creator:
Clark, James C., 1947-
Abstract:
The collection consists of photocopies and printouts of government documents from FBI files, state and county court records, and electronic databases dating from approximately 1930 to 1990. The materials deal mainly with racism in Central Florida, the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Orange Country, the death of Harry T. Moore, and the political career of Claude Denson Pepper. The files were collected by Dr. James C. Clark, who wrote a series of articles for the Orlando Sentinel based on the collected documents.
Extent:
1.75 Linear Feet 4 Boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

James C. Clark Research Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of photocopies and printouts of government documents from FBI files, state and county court records, and electronic databases. The majority of the collection consists of photocopies of FBI files from the 1940s through the late 1960s on Pepper. The files were collected by Dr. James C. Clark, an adjunct professor in the UCF History Department and journalist, who wrote a series of articles for the Orlando Sentinel between 1987 and 1995 and based them on the collected documents. Dating from approximately 1930 to 1990, the materials deal mainly with racism in Central Florida and the political career of Claude Denson Pepper.

Biographical / historical:

The James C. Clark Research Papers is a group of documents primarily focused on racism in the Central Florida, the death of Harry T. Moore, the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Orange Country, and the political career of Claude Denson Pepper. The majority of the materials are focused on the death and subsequent murder investigation of Harry T. Moore, a civil rights activist in the Central Florida area and a part of the NAACP. Moore is believed to have been murdered by the Ku Klux Klan of Orange County in 1951. The other items in the collection relate to the political career of Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989), a Florida legislator, U.S. Senator and Congressman.

Acquisition information:
The materials were collected by James C. Clark in order to write a series of articles for the Orlando Sentinel. The collection was donated to the Special Collections by James C. Clark 2003 (CFM2003_10).
Processing information:

Collection processed by Nadine Helm and April Karlene Anderson; finding aid prepaired by Nadine Helm and April Karln Anderson.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The entire collection is open for research. Most records in the collection are public records. Researchers are responsible for obtaining permissions from organizations that are not government entities to publish from the collection.

Terms of access:

Unpublished records are protected by copyright. Permission to publish quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

James C. Clark Research Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Location of this collection:
John C. Hitt Library
12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2
Orlando
FL
32816-8030
USA