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Biographical Information consists of articles, clippings, and collected material on the life of C. L. Franklin. Of most significance are the transcripts of oral interviews with Franklin conducted by his biographer, Jeff Titon. These interviews were made in 1976 and 1977 and contain excellent information about Franklin's life. Also included here are transcripts made by Titon of several of Franklin's sermons.

Various Papers is the heading for the miscellanea of correspondence, sermons, other writings, and other documents preserved by C. L. Franklin and his family.

The Topical Files series contains information about the March of Freedom in 1963, about New Bethel Baptist Church, a scattering of papers about Franklin's civil rights activities, about the care given him following his shooting, and the efforts made to memorialize him.