J.B. CAIN ARCHIVES OF MISSISSIPPI METHODISM M 79 WALTERS, (Summer and Elizabeth) Papers (1945-2010) Page 1 Rev. Summer Walters, native of Simpson County, is a graduate of Millsaps College, Class of 1957. His wife, Elizabeth (Betty) Barfield Walters graduated from Millsaps in 1956. Rev. Walters earned a Bachelor of Divinity, 1960, and Master of Sacred Theology, 1961, at Yale University. From June, 1961- June, 1963, he was the associate pastor at Jefferson St. Methodist Church in Natchez, MS, serving with Rev. Clyde Gunn. In January, 1963, Rev. Walters was one of 28 signers of the “Born of Conviction” statement of conscience that affirmed the Social Creed of The Methodist Church, objecting to the use of church buildings for private schools to avoid desegregation, and upholding the principles of equality of all God’s children, freedom of the pulpit, and all Methodist property being open to all people without regard to race, creed or color. Rev. Summer Walters left the Mississippi Conference in 1963, transferring to the South Indiana Conference. Rev. Walters died in 2010. Mrs. Walters resides in Franklin, Indiana. The manuscript papers contain correspondence, clippings, sermons concerning racial issues and policies of Methodist churches in Mississippi; Millsaps College student papers, print material; graduate school and license to preach papers; list of book collection donated to Millsaps College Archives; materials related to Jefferson Street, Galloway Memorial and other Methodist churches; Born of Conviction files, other personal papers donated to archives over the period 2001-2010 Processed by Student Assistants Nicole Guntherberg, 2002; Ted Houghtaling, 2004; Emily Ainsworth, 2004; Ashley Oliver, 2005-2007; Sara Schumacher, 2008-2009; Hannah Vick, 2010 BOX 1 f 1 Millsaps College material Acceptance letter to Millsaps College, April 17, 1953 The Christian Faith in the Present Crisis, The Fourth Annual Religious Emphasis Week, program, May, 1954 The Philosophy of the Temperance Movement, Summer Institute of Alcohol Education, July 26-August 6, 1954 A Brief History of the Use of Alcoholic Beverages in Different Societies, Summer Institute of Alcohol Education, July 26-August 6, 1954 Systems of Control, Summer Institute of Alcohol Education, July 26-August 6, 1954 Pulpit Pointers: Win One For the Gipper by Rev. John H. Morrow, Jr. A Faith to Live By, The Sixth Annual Religious Emphasis Week, program, February, 1956 Sermon of the Month pamphlets, 7 issues, Galloway Memorial Methodist Church, 1953 Whom Shall We Serve, sermon by Roy C. Clark for Millsaps Baccalaureate Service, 1980 English paper written while student at Millsaps College f 2 “Born of Conviction” statement, signed by 28 Methodist ministers including Summer J.B. CAIN ARCHIVES OF MISSISSIPPI METHODISM M 79 WALTERS, (Summer and Elizabeth) Papers (1945-2010) Page 2 Walters, 3 copies f 3 Correspondence to Summer Walters concerning Born of Conviction statement, c. January-October, 1963 f 4 Printed Materials “A Christian View on Segregation”, reprint of an address made by President Emeritus of Belhaven College, November 4, 1954 “The Oxford Disaster... Price of Defiance”, reprint of articles appearing in The Chronicle, Pascagoula, Ms., December, 1962 Information Bulletin, published by the Mississippi Association of Methodist Ministers and Laymen (MAMML), 2 issues, January, 1963 and February, 1964 Copy, Jefferson Street Methodist Church Bulletin f 5 Board of Trustees, Institutions of Higher Learning, State of Mississippi, direction to comply with injunction concerning James H. Meredith; copy of injunction included f 6 “The Statement of Purpose” f 7 “Born of the Spirit”, sermon by Charles Duke, pastor of Broadmeadow Methodist Church, January 20, 1963 Address given by Bishop Richard C. Raines at the memorial service for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Second Baptist Church in Franklin, Indiana, April 7, 1968 “Real Issues for These Times”, by James b. Nicholson f 8 Newspaper clippings, photocopies, 1961-June, 1963 f 9 Newspaper clippings, originals, 1961-June, 1963 f 10 Correspondence between Rev. Walters and college archivist, April-May, 2002 f 11 Millsaps College materials Stylus, 1954-56 Millsaps Singers Program, 1956 Millsaps Singers newspaper clipping, no date Survey, sociology class, 1955 P & W clipping, “Kappa Alpha Treasurer Is Student of Week, “1/10/57 P & W clipping, “Recreation Chairman of Wesley Foundation is Personality of the Week” (Betty Barfield Walters), 2/3/56 Test, philosophy 12, 3/10/55 Millsaps Players program, The Rainmaker 1956 BOX 1, cont’d f 12 Millsaps College materials- church related/clippings J.B. CAIN ARCHIVES OF MISSISSIPPI METHODISM M 79 WALTERS, (Summer and Elizabeth) Papers (1945-2010) Page 3 Church programs, no date Newspaper clipping, MS. Advocate, 6/5/57 Newspaper clipping, “Affairs of the State,” 10/11/63 Newspaper clipping, “Why Spend 15 to 20 Minutes Everyday in this Traffic Jam@”10/6/55 Newspaper clipping, President Roosevelt death, 4/13/45 MYF devotions & skit, Galloway Church, 1954 Witness, Galloway Church, 1954 Galloway Installation Service, 1955 f 13 Church correspondence, 1961-63 f 14 Excerpts from Race Against Time by Jack E. Davis f 15 Biography of Medgar Evers “Mapping Race, Segregation & Black Identities in Woodville, Mississippi: A Case Study of a Rural Community” by Celnisha L. Dangerfield f 16 List of Summer Walters Book Collection donated to College/Methodist Archives subject racial issues, civil rights f 17 Miscellaneous material Membership card for the Alpha Phi chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, National Honorary Classical Fraternity, issued 12/22/54. Part of application form for Yale Divinity School. “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr. First United Methodist Church bulletin, Magee, Mississippi. Jefferson Street Methodist Church bulletin, Natchez, Mississippi. The Atlanta Journal/ The Atlanta Constitution article “Losing Faith In Mississippi”, n.d. Rust College brochure, Leontyne Price Library Resources, June 2000. New York Times book reviews of The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi and Mississippi and the Murder of Medgar Evers. Millsaps College alumni brochure, Winter 1996. Transcription of Forest Hill Intermediate Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting, 1947. Play for Millsaps College Assembly titled “Is Christ Above All?” 1952. Article Oct.11, 1963 Clarion-Ledger, “Affairs of State” by Charles M. Mills. Article from Mississippi Press, November 1, 1974 titled “Biography- Rev. Gunn, after 50 years in ministry, has a zest for life.” BOX 1, cont’d f 17, cont’d Magazine clipping, “Natchez, an Antebellum Gem,” American Profile Magazine. J.B. CAIN ARCHIVES OF MISSISSIPPI METHODISM M 79 WALTERS, (Summer and Elizabeth) Papers (1945-2010) Page 4 Correspondence, Summer Walters and Dr. Joe Reiff, March 14, 2004 Correspondence, Mary York, former church secretary Greencastle Gobin UMC, 7/2004 Text of address to Neshoba County citizens by former Sec. of State Dick Molpus, 2004, commemorating 40th anniversary of slayings of civil rights workers Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner BOX 2 f 1 Elementary through high school related, family, marriage, personal Forest Hill High school Reunion nametag, 1953. English test taken at unknown date. Hinds County Elementary Schools certificate of completion. Essay about Rev. Singleton Beauregard Watkins, Miss. Conference 1918-1953, by his daughter, Earline Watkins Bruce. Mrs. Bruce was Summer Walters’ 4th grade teacher at Forest Hill. Also, 1953 Miss. Conference Journal memoir of Rev. Watkins 1951-52 school photo of Summer Walters as child Photo, description of parents, c. 1939, Magee, MS Clippings (copies) announcing marriage of Betty Barfield to Summer Walters Funeral for Summer Lewis Walters, December 20, 1907 – January 9, 1966. Memorial tribute to S. Walters’ mother Arizona Estelle (Mimi) Styron Walters, 7/27/96 Chronology of Estelle Styron Walters (and a few other events). Memorial program, Celebration of the Life of Alvis H. Styron, Sr. 1930-2001, Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, Magee, MS. Letter to Manning Miller at Rust College, 11/23/01 Photo of Betty and Summer Walters 1953 Forest Hill High School composite photograph of class members, 1953 Forest Hill High School class reunion, 1990 f 2 Undergraduate and graduate school papers Test, History of Civilization 112. Test, English 22, no date. Matching test, English 22, no date. Test, English 22, May 4, 1955. Test, Fundamentals of Preaching, Mr. Barr, Feb. 17, 1959. Test, Fundamentals of Preaching, Mr. Barr, Feb. 10, 1959. Essay for Fundamentals of Preaching, no date. BOX 2, cont’d f 2, cont’d Paper entitled “Follow These Directions: The Importance of Following the Commands of Christ”, Fundamentals of Preaching, March 5, 1958. J.B. CAIN ARCHIVES OF MISSISSIPPI METHODISM M 79 WALTERS, (Summer and Elizabeth) Papers (1945-2010) Page 5 Test, Fundamentals of Preaching, no date. Semester project, Psychological Foundations of Personality, Jan.12, 1960. Sociology 12 summary report paper titled “Chapter 6: American Economic Institutions” Paper titled “The Negro in Methodism” for Church and Race, January 18, 1961. Paper titled “Some Thoughts on the Witness for Seminar in Sociology of Religion class of Jefferson Street Methodist Church, Natchez, Mississippi, May 27, 1961. Paper titled “The Interpretative Use of Social Science Data by the Board of Temperance of the Methodist Church, 1949-1959”for Ethics and Social Sciences class, May 8, 1961. History test from Millsaps College, March 4, 1954. Paper titled “Acts of the Apostles” for