Paul Slentz Papers

Biographical Note

Paul Slentz received from Vanderbilt a Master’s degree in 1979 and a Masters of Divinity degree in 1998.

He was active in the non-violent protests concerning the hosting of the Davis Cup Tennis Tournaments at Vanderbilt University in the spring of 1978 and also in the Tenn Care Health Care Funding Crisis in 2004 and 2005.

He is a pastor in the United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

Scope and Content Note

This small collection 0.42 linear feet ( 1 Hollinger box ) contains materials relating to South Africa and Apartheid and in particular to The Davis Cup tennis championship that was held in Nashville at Vanderbilt in the spring of 1978. These papers were collected by Paul L. Slentz while he was a graduate student at Vanderbilt during the years 1977 - 1979.

The bulk of the materials cover the 1930s through 1950.

Beatty’s writings are divided into several series: book manuscripts, poetry, book reviews, journal articles, general notes on literature and class notes. There is also a box of handwritten notes on index cards.

File Listing

Correspondence and other papers

1. Paul Slentz - South Africa and Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University Publications

2. The Vanderbilt Hustler - Feb. 3, 1978; Feb. 7, 1978; Feb. 10, 1978
3. The Vanderbilt Hustler - Feb. 17, 1978; Feb. 21, 1978; Feb. 24, 1978
4. The Vanderbilt Hustler - March 14, 1978; March 20, 1978
5. The Vanderbilt Hustler - April 7, 1978; April 11, 1978; April 21, 1978; April 25, 1978; April 28, 1978
6. Calendar, April 10 - April 16, 1978; Versus, April 1978
7. “South Africa: Living in Fear” written by Paul Slentz for Prospectus, Vol. xxi, No. 8, March 1978
8. Prospectus - Vanderbilt Divinity School, Vol. xxi, no. 8, March 1978; Vol. xxii, No. 1, September 1978

9. “Mass Media and Race Relations - Report of a Consultation” a report, Nashville, Tennessee, May 21 -22, 1969
10. The Militant, Vol. 42, No. 10, March 17, 1978
11. Newsletter - Edgehill United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, July 1978
12. “South Africa Fact Sheet”; “The Krugerrand: Facts about South Africa’s Gold Coin” ; “ Southern Africa Literature List 1977”; “ACOA Action News, Fall 1977”

Printed Materials

13. Flyers - The Davis Cup -  South Africa - Apartheid - Vanderbilt University
14. Flyers - “ What is Apartheid?” and others - the Davis Cup - South Africa - Apartheid - Vanderbilt University
15. The Davis Cup - South Africa - Apartheid - Vanderbilt University
16.  The Davis Cup - South Africa - Apartheid - Vanderbilt University
17. The Davis Cup - South Africa - Apartheid - Sports
18. The Davis Cup - South Africa - Apartheid
19. TCAA (TN Coalition Against Apartheid ) Report, April 1978; “South Africa”
20. Southern Africa - ”The Rhodesian Settlement: Sell Out or Solution?”
21. Various issues

Newspaper Clippings

22. The Tennessean - “Davis Bid May Reach Vandy’s Lamb” Feb. 12, 1978“S. Africa’s Race Policies Stirring Campus Activists”, March 19, 1978
    “Churches Curb Africa Business”
23. “Why Break Exim Links to Apartheid;” “Biko’s Last Days;” “ A No-Fault Verdict;” Review of Biko in the New York Times, April 30, 1978

Other

24. Anti-Apartheid Song - Words
25. Cassette Recording - Paul Slentz - the Davis Cup - South Africa - Apartheid - Vanderbilt University

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