Oral history.; Interview conducted on April 18, 1996 with Zoya Zeman (born 1943). Ms. Zeman was a civil rights activist who worked on the Mississippi Summer Project in Clarksdale, where she worked at the community center, organizing classes and...
Oral history.; Mr. O.W. Reily Jr. was born on June 17, 1924, in Shreveport, Louisiana. As a child, he attended public school in Louisiana and was active in sports, including track, basketball, and boxing. From October, 1941, through November,...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
From the Donald Elmer Lawson Papers.; A photograph of Don Lawson at the first USM Book Festival in 1968. Also pictured are: Adelaide Holl, Berthe Amoss, Jane de Grummond, Alice Cooper Bailey, and Lena Y. de Grummond; 8 x 10
Transcribed copy of a summary of the development of Mississippi Freedom Schools, lists of the number of schools and the number of students that attended each. Also includes an account of violent attacks against African Americans in Mississippi...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
Zoya Zeman's senior thesis was written after her participation in the Mississippi Freedom Project in the summer of 1964. Putting her work into context, she begins with a description of the background history of Mississippi. Zeman then recounts her...
Message of the President to the House of Representatives; Includes Communication from the Secretary of War, James A. Seddon, and Communication from S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General.
Message of the President to the Senate and House of Representatives; Includes Communication of the Secretary of War, John C. Breckinridge, and a telegraph from W.J. Hardee, Lt. General to Gen. S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General; Referred to...
Message of the President to the Senate and House of Representatives; Includes Communication of the Secretary of War, James A. Seddon, and a Report of the Adjutant General, S. Cooper.
Message of the President to the House of Representatives; Includes Communication of the Secretary of War, James A. Seddon, and a letter from the Adjutant and Inspector General, S. Cooper.
