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, dated July 28, 1964. In the short note, he mentions voter registration work and the up-coming Freedom Day.
Photograph of an article in the July 28, 1993, edition of Student Printz with headline: "Lucas: Nugget starved." President Aubrey Lucas delivers the news that the golden eagle mascot, Nugget, died of malnutrition, not lead poisoning.
Photograph of President McCain and Roger Johnson on a tractor. McCain vowed to keep the campus "dusty or muddy with construction." Caption reads, "Ah Heck! I'll Start It Myself!" This photo was featured in the Student Printz on March 28, 1958; 7 x...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Eugene McCarthy and Nelson Rockefeller face each other. Each holds a sign in one hand and points behind himself (in the direction from which he has come?). McCarthy's sign...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Autograph letter signed. 13 pp. on 1 folded leaf. (15 x 10.5 cm.) To Lady Lindsay from Kate Greenaway at Hampstead, dated 28 January 1890.
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Autograph letter signed. 4 pp. on 1 folded leaf. (15 x 10 cm.) To Lady Dorothy from Kate Greenaway at Hampstead, dated 28 December 1900.
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Autograph letter signed. 3 pp. on 1 folded leaf. (18 x 11.5 cm.) To Dolly from Kate Greenaway at Hampstead, dated 28 September 1895.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from Betty Garman (Robinson), Atlanta SNCC office, to friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and campus contacts, dated October 28, 1964. Garman reports...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of a group of white and African-American civil rights demonstrators at the Woolworth's store in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1963. The sit-in was an attempt to...
From the Davis (Jefferson) Letters collection. A letter from Colonel H.K. Craig, Chief of Ordnance, to Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, dated 28 September 1853. Craig informs Davis about the death of Captain J.M. Morgan, commanding officer of the...
From the Spight (Thomas) Letters. Letter from Mollie A. to Virginia Spight, dated 28 November 1887. Mollie, Virginia's cousin in Spring Creek, write about family news. Includes a clipping about a cousin who died suddenly while on her wedding tour...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff, dated December 28, 1964. Informs friends of COFO of the plans to send 1,000 people...
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Authorization to pay R.W. Sammul for 6 months services as Superintendent of Roads & Bridges, $100.00, dated 28 October 1856.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Lawrence Guyot, dated September 28, 1965, in which he reports that the challenge of the 1964 Congressional election in Mississippi was dismissed by Congress. ...
A Bill: To exempt the cargoes of vessels owned by the States of the Confederacy from existing restrictions upon exports and imports. By Mr. Orr, by leave; Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Commerce. Reported with an...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to suppress abuses in the Quartermaster and Commissary Departments of the army." By Mr. Garland; Read first and second times and referred tot the Committee on the Quartermaster and Commissary Departments on December...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act amendatory of an act entitled 'An act to put an end to the exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes,' approved January 5, 1864." By Mr. Hilton, from the Committee on Military...
