Photocopy of a three-page typed letter from Joe Ellin to "Mom and Dad," written on Wednesday, July 29, 1964. The host family, work in the project's office, books, and the Freedom Library are discussed. There is a description of a short trip to New...
Photocopy of a one-page typed letter written on August 11 and 12, 1964 by Joe Ellin. It discusses the status of the Freedom Library and fund-raising efforts by Harry Belafonte to provide college education for African-Americans. The All-State...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter, dated June 30, [1964], from Nancy Ellin to "Dr. and Mrs. Ellin [Joe's parents]." The letter was written a few days after Nancy and Joe reached Hattiesburg and describes the people and living conditions in the...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to "Mom and Dad" [Joe's parents], dated August 7, 1964. The letter discusses the lack of Freedom School materials and what types of books should be donated to help the cause. It...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 21, 1995 with Fred Winyard (born 1944), a civil rights activist recruited from Reed College in Oregon by the student nonviolent coordinating committee to work in Mississippi. He helped to organize the...
Photograph of the one millionth item being added to the university's library collection. President Aubrey Lucas holds the barcode scanner and the acid free slip with the book's barcode as Ann Branton, Head of Cataloging, looks on. Also pictured...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A typed letter from Elinor Lerner on the letterhead of COFO in Vicksburg, Mississippi, explains that teachers in Warren County, Mississippi, do not need a donation of used textbooks and that the...
Photograph of the model for Cook Library, showing the entrance to the new library building and the courtyard beside the Power House. Featured in the USM Alumni News, vol. 48, no. 1 (Summer 1995) on page 16.
Memo from Virginia Steele, co-coordinator of the Mississippi Summer Project libraries, to librarians, dated July 28, 1964. Discusses improvements to the library collections, services offered, and various projects within the libraries.
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph taken in September 1964 of a Freedom House library. It shows a group of African Americans sitting at a library table talking and looking at papers.
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph was taken in September 1964 in a Freedom House library. It shows six unidentified people in two rooms.
Transcribed copy of a letter written by Nancy Ellin requesting help in building up the book collection in the Hattiesburg Freedom Library. Specific needs include books about African-American history, books about civil rights and the Freedom...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Newsletter published by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" Topics in this issue include an incident of discrimination against a mother and her sick child, Freedom Schools, the...
From the Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs; The photograph shows local children using the library at the Church of God in Batesville, Mississippi, in July 1964.
Photograph of President Aubrey Lucas and others at the Cook Library ground breaking ceremony. Also featured in the 1993 Southerner yearbook on page 50.
