10 Items: 9 Signed by Coretta Scott King, (Mrs. Martin Luther King). 4to or smaller. ++ 6 TLSs to Stoney Cooks, each signed “Coretta.” Each relates to The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change and most are on the Center’s letterhead. Mar. 21, 1979 to Jan. 15, 1993. Letter of Mar. 21, 1979 states that “you were unanimously nominated by the Board of Directors… three years beginning January, 1979… You have also been appointed ot the Executive Committee…” Feb. 13 TLS, 2nd paragraph: “I have issued a call for all Americans to focus their attention in 1985 on the elimination of poverty, racism and war – all forms of violence – and an end to world hunger and apartheid in South Africa…” ++ TLS to Shirley Cooks on Coretta Scott King’s personal letterhead, again signed “Coretta.” Feb. 9, 1983. ++ ANS in Coretta Scott King’s hand “For Stoney & Shirley/ May your happiness today be enduring for all time. Very best wishes/ Coretta King and children.” With orig. envelope. ++ Photograph of Coretta Scott King probably for the production of a book illustration. ++ Roe Helper. TO LIFE! Westport, CT: Bayberry Pr., (©1972). Cloth; sunned. Ffep signed and inscribed “For Stony & Shirley/ Whose witness affirms your appreciation of life… may you have continual fulfillment in your lives/ With our warmest love/ Coretta.”
Provenance: Collection of Stoney & Shirley Cooks.