Joan and Robert K. Morrison Collection
name: label: Photographer
content: Beirne, Barbara T., 1933-2021
label: Donor
content: Morrison, Joan, 1922-2010
label: Donor
content: Morrison, Robert K.
label: Names
content: Gold Star Mothers, Inc.
label: Names
content: Peace Corps (U.S.) -- 1960-1970
label: Names
content: Moore, Harold (Gold Star parent)
label: Names
content: Moore, Irma (Gold Star parent)
topic: label: Topic
content: African Americans -- Civil rights
label: Topic
content: Civil rights
label: Topic
content: Civil rights workers
label: Topic
content: Peace movements -- 1960-1970
label: Topic
content: Portraits -- 1960-1970
label: Topic
content: Soldiers -- 1960-1970
label: Topic
content: United States -- History -- 1960-1990
label: Topic
content: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest Movements
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Morrisons donated this collection of audiocassettes, transcripts, and photographs to the National Museum of American History Archives Center in 1989.
creator: label: Photographer
content: Beirne, Barbara T., 1933-2021
label: Donor
content: Morrison, Joan, 1922-2010
label: Donor
content: Morrison, Robert K.
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content: Joan and Robert K. Morrison Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: In 1985, Joan Morrison (1922-2010) and her son Robert conducted approximately 100 oral history interviews with a diverse group of Americans about their experiences in the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s. They also collected photographs of each of their interviewees—one taken during the 1960s and others taken at the time of the interview. Portions of fifty-nine of those interviews were published in their 1987 book, From Camelot to Kent State: The Sixties Experience in the Words of Those Who Lived It (Times Books). Some of the new photographs, which were taken by Barbara T. Beirne, were exhibited at The New School in 1989.

The interviewees include civil rights activists, anti-war activists, Vietnam War soldiers, Gold Star mothers, Peace Corps members, Weathermen, black leaders, and counter culture figures. Some of the narrators are members of the rank-and-file, others played leading roles. The in-depth interviews focus on three main questions: 1) What motivated you to act as you did in the Sixties? 2) What actions did you take and what were the results? 3) How did your experiences in the Sixties affect the way your life has developed since then?

Source Information taken from memo to National Museum of American History Collections Committee.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Cubic feet (20 boxes
)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0359
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Audiocassettes
label: Type
content: Audiotapes
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographic prints
label: Type
content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Transcripts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged in four series.

Series 1: Original Audio Cassette Tapes, 1983-1986

Series 2: Transcripts/Tape Summaries, 1984-1986

Series 3: Photographs, 1984-1986

Series 4: Reference Tapes and CDs, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Barbara Humphrys, archivist, 1991, and revised by Wendy Shay, archivist, 1998.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Audiocassettes
label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history
label: Genre/Form
content: Transcripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection is comprised of 139 audiocassettes (original copies only), 80 transcripts and tape summaries, and photographs (including some negatives). The transcripts and photographs also exist in single copies only, but they may be used with care by researchers.