Transcribed copy of a typewritten document about the experiences of Jill Wakeman (Goodman) during her stay in Mississippi in the summer of 1966, including her motives for going to Mississippi and the civil rights work she did there. Describes Mount...
From the Zoya Zeman Freedom Summer Collection. Thirty-six pages (typewritten and handwritten) recounting Zoya Zeman's experiences in Mississippi from June 24, 1964, through September 6, 1964.
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
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Poster produced by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) that reads "Now with your hand, pull the lever down." Voting booth levers are labeled Justice, Equality, and Freedom. Also shows...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This memo from Jim Dombrowski to Board Members of the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) and other friends concerns fundraising to pay the living expenses of four civil rights workers...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Letter written by Jesse Morris for the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), and sent to the workers and friends of the Mississippi Freedom Project of 1964. The letter is written on the back...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Minutes from a combative meeting of COFO's fifth district. Deals with administrative issues, including a large dispute over the general chain of command in the state.
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant with a chain around its neck and a dog tag that reads "Jumbo" is labeled "$5.2 billlion general appropriations bill" across its back. Four men stand around Jumbo, and at...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A large grizzly bear is labeled "Russia" and is wearing a chain with a hammer and sickle medallion on it. He is holding his foot, which has a large thorn stuck in the bottom of it labeled "Czechs."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Armed soldiers guard the entrance to the site of the 1968 Democratic Convention, which is surrounded by chain link fence topped by barbed wire. The gate in the fence is labeled,...
cartoon by John Riedell; A man labeled "Czechs" sits in a darkened cell. His wrist is shackled by a chain. The man looks out the window of his cell that are covered in bars that are shaped in such a way to spell out "USSR" The full quotation of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Newly elected President Richard Nixon is shown walking at the head of a closely following crowd of men labeled "Cabinet." Interior Secretary Walter Hickel lags behind the crowd,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Locher. In the foreground of the cartoon are a line of people, chained together, walking down a hill to the shoreline. Between two of the people, a sign labeled "Taxpayers" hangs from...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An arm labeled, "Jeff teacher strike," holds a pocket watch suspended from a chain. The pocket watch, with hands showing a minute before 12:00, is being swung from left to right...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the background of the cartoon is a large ship labeled "Soviet trawlers." A sailor is on the deck and appears surprised. The ship's anchor chain extends from the front of the...
Photograph of ground breaking ceremony for the Chain Technology Center. Left to right: Aubrey Lucas, Shelby Thames, W. M. Shoemaker (IHL Board of Trustees), Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Gandy, Bobby Chain, Charles W. Moorman, Senator Nap Cassibry,...
