Oral history.; An interview conducted February 21, 2007 with Thomas Brister, who describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 21, 1999 with Dr. Sandra Adickes (born 1933). In 1963, Dr. Adickes taught African-Americans in freedom school efforts in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In 1964, she was recruited to teach in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 8, 1976, with Will D. Campbell. Mr. Campbell, born in Amite County, Mississippi, was ordained as a pastor at the age of 17. He first became aware of race relations during time spent in the military, when...
From the Rare Books Collection. This antiphonal manuscript, circa 16th century, is believed to be of Spanish origin. An antiphoner is a Catholic liturgical book containing antiphons and responsories for the Daily Office, the set of eight daily...
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Aquatint and mezzotint of a preacher and a woman walking on a road on a bleak winter day, with buildings in the background, by J. Walter Gozzard.
Copy of a typewritten newsletter from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends, offering Season's Greetings and an update of current events in the life of their family. Mentions the couple's move from northern Alabama to Hattiesburg,...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Rev. Aubrey Brown, dated March 14, 1957, sent in response to an inquiry by Brown. Campbell discusses several instances of harassment of members of the clergy as...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten memo from Will D. Campbell to Dr. J. Oscar Lee, dated August 25, 1958. Campbell expresses hesitation in abandoning Christians in Mississippi working on behalf of the civil rights movement,...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Seven-page document from the Ecumenical Center for Renewal (ECR) with a cover letter signed by R.B. Kochtitzky. Provides detailed plans for a model for twelve proposed regional centers of renewal in the South,...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Typewritten memo from Dr. Huber F. Klemme, Associate Director of the Council for Christian Social Action, to Selected Ministers and Laymen of the United Church of Christ, no date given. The Council for Christian...
Copy of a typewritten newsletter, the Mantinband Megillah, written in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends, dated New Year 1962. The Mantinbands discuss their health problems, travels for the year, and the...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Rev. Robert C. Dodds, dated November 8, 1962, written in response to a memo from Dodds. Campbell explains his reaction and concerns regarding the proposed...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Leslie W. Dunbar to Rev. J. Martin England, dated September 23, 1963, in which Dunbar thanks Rev. England for his concern about the loss of ministers in the South. Many...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rev. Charles Jones, dated November 14, 1963. Campbell discusses the pressures on members of the clergy from opponents of the civil rights movement. Many...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Reverend Bob Beech, Director of the Delta Ministry in Hattiesburg, is shown talking on the phone inside the headquarters of the Hattiesburg Ministers Project, located in the rear of the Masonic...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Hattiesburg resident Savannah Pearson (left) and Reverend Bob (Robert) Beech (right), director of the Hattiesburg Ministers Project, during Freedom Summer 1964.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A visiting minister with the Hattiesburg Ministers Project sits with his arms around a local African American child in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964.
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of Rev. Rayford in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Gayraud Wilmore, dated January 10, 1964. Campbell discusses services provided by the Committee of Southern Churchmen, and gives information about a...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Rev. William Dobbins, dated January 27, 1964. Campbell discusses his work with the Committee of Southern Churchmen as well as the upcoming organizational...
