Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, June 20, 1964. Zwerling notifies his parents of his arrival in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and includes his address there. He notes that the community is friendly...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated July 20, 1964. Discusses working for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) registering people to vote and the positive response received from...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Program for a concert held by the State Teachers College Band on the courthouse lawn in Hattiesburg on 20 May 1928.
From the Mary Winton Pulley Papers. First photograph taken of the Beta Delta chapter of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority at Mississippi Normal College on 20 May 1938. Names are listed on side 2.
The front page of this version of the Student Printz on 20 March 1964 does not include the article "Frazier's attempt to matriculate is unsuccessful." This is the version that was distributed.
Photograph of the first members of the University of Southern Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, installed February 20, 1965, at a banquet held in their honor at the University Commons. First row: Bracie Smith, George Westerfield, Reed Green, Dr....
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter from W.S.F. Tatum to T.P. Scott dated 20 September 1910, concerning the selection of a site for Mississippi Normal College, favoring the Tatum property.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A woman rummages through her purse and is placing the contents on a desk. Her purse is labeled, "The case for ERA." A man labeled "La. Senate" watches her. She says, "I just...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A husband and wife are in their home, he sitting in a chair reading a newspaper and she standing nearby holding a travel brochure. She is dreaming about traveling to Europe for a...
From the Justin Francis Denzel Papers.; A letter from Rev. Joseph Voelker at The Catholic Boy magazine (October 20, 1958) concerning Justin Denzel's "Siwash Boy."; 8 1/2 x 11
From the Merritt Mauzey Papers.;Small, unpublished ink sketch of a horse and cart in Benares, India which was created by Merritt Mauzey and appeared in a Dallas Morning News article (20 February 1972). 6.5" x 3.5"
From the Merritt Mauzey Papers.; Small ink sketch of Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey which was created by Merritt Mauzey and appeared in a Dallas Morning News article (20 February 1972). 6.5" x 6"
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Flyer advertising a town hall meeting about civil rights in Mississippi to be held at New York University on August 20, 1964. Lists the panelists involved, and details of date, time, and...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Program for a Town Hall meeting held at New York University on August 20, 1964. The meeting,"Hearing on Mississippi," featured panelists listening to another group testify on their...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Typewritten letter from John Doar to Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) dated September 20, 1966. Doar (Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division) explains that the Department of Justice acted in...
