Open Door Community records

Author/Creator:

Open Door Community

Publication/Creation:

1982-2013

Format:

Archival Material or Manuscripts

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Open Door Community records

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Negatives (photographs)
Church bulletins

Subjects:

Prisoners
Church work with the homeless--Georgia
Poverty--Georgia
Community organization
Catholic Worker Movement
Social advocacy
Civil rights--Georgia
Worship programs
Atlanta (Ga.)
Georgia--Economic conditions--20th century
Georgia--Social conditions--20th century
Georgia--Race relations

Description/Summary

Finding Aid:

Finding aid available electronically

Summary:

The collection consists of the records of Open Door Community residential community, including negatives, subject files, photographs, contact sheets, slides, artwork, newsletters, and worship programs from 1982-2013. Subject files include files on their newsletter, Hospitality, and marketing efforts by and for the community. They also include visitor lists and leadership team and worship team files. Binders of photographic material include digital copies on CDs.

Language:

English

Language Note:

Materials entirely in English.

Physical Type/Description:

8 linear feet (8 boxes)

Restrictions on Access:

Special restrictions apply: Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance for access to unprocessed born digital materials in this collection. Collection restrictions, copyright limitations, or technical complications may hinder the Rose Library's ability to provide access to unprocessed born digital materials.

Use and Reproduction:

All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.

Organization and Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by record type.
Arranged and described at the collection level by Meaghan O'Riordan, June 2020. O'Riordan kept material in folders and binders labeled and organized by the donors.

Biographical/Historical Note:

The Open Door Community is a residential community in the Catholic Worker tradition that seeks to dismantle racism, sexism, and heterosexism; abolish the death penalty; and support marginalized communities, including the homeless and those in prison. The community advocates for the oppressed, homeless, and prisoners through non-violent protests, grassroots organizing, and the publication of their monthly newspaper, Hospitality. The community began in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1982 and moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 2016. Beginning on June 18, 1990, eight activists from a group called People for Urban Justice, a subgroup of Open Door Community, began a 16-day occupation of the abandoned Imperial Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, to protest the lack of affordable housing in the city. The building is now known as the National Church Residences Commons at Imperial Hotel and provides housing for 90 formerly homeless residents of Atlanta.

Ownership and Custodial History:

Curator of Archives and Manuscripts for Emory's Pitts Theology Library, Brandon Wason, received the material as part of the Calvin and Nelia Kimbrough papers. Calvin and Nelia Kimbrough worked at Open Door Community. Calvin is the Photography and Layout Editor for Open Door Community's newspaper, Hospitality, and the couple were Worship, Art, and Music Coordinators for the organization.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937159815002486

OCLC Number:

1159931706

Barcode:

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