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.; Interview conducted on 1995 November 21 with Dr. Peter Orris (born 1945). Dr. Orris participated in his first civil rights demonstration when he was only eleven. In 1964, he was recruited to participate in the Summer Project in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 14, 1995 with Dr. Barry Clemson (born 1941). He attributes his interest in civil rights work in part to his membership in the Church of the Brethren, one of the "key civil rights churches." Clemson was...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 11, 1995 with Larry Rubin (born 1942). In 1961, he helped to register voters in the South for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In late 1963 and in 1964, Mr. Rubin worked as a civil rights...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; SNCC research on Clay County, Mississippi; compiled for the use and support of field offices in Mississippi. Includes extensive economic data, as well as demographic, political, and legal...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; SNCC research on Leflore County, Mississippi; compiled for the use and support of field offices in Mississippi. Includes extensive economic data, as well as demographic, political, and legal...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; SNCC research on Coahoma County, Mississippi; compiled for the use and support of field offices in Mississippi. Includes extensive economic data, as well as demographic, political, and legal...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; SNCC research on Madison County, Mississippi; compiled for the use and support of field offices in Mississippi. Includes extensive economic data, as well as demographic, political, and legal...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; SNCC research on Adams County, Mississippi; compiled for the use and support of field offices in Mississippi. Includes extensive economic data, as well as demographic, political, and legal...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; SNCC research on Holmes County, Mississippi; compiled for the use and support of field offices in Mississippi. Includes extensive economic data, as well as demographic, political, and legal...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; SNCC research on Scott County, Mississippi; compiled for the use and support of field offices in Mississippi. Includes extensive economic data, as well as demographic, political, and legal...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; SNCC research on Marion County, Mississippi; compiled for the use and support of field offices in Mississippi. Includes extensive economic data, as well as demographic, political, and legal...
A four-page typed letter to the Editor of the Kalamazoo Gazette from Joe Ellin [?], dated August 1, 1964. The letter describes the public school system in Hattiesburg and Forrest County, Mississippi. Integration and segregation in the schools and...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report describing the progress of Freedom Schools in various locations in Mississippi, such as McComb, Hattiesburg, and the Delta region. Discusses the planned performances of the play...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
Rough draft of an article by Terri Shaw submitted to The Antiochian, the alumni publication of Antioch College. It recounts Shaw's experiences as a Freedom Summer volunteer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1964. Shaw discusses the training session...
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 Map Collection. Map of a stretch of the Mississippi River from Sargent's Bend to Grand Gulf that shows changes in the course of the river from the Davis Cut Off in 1867 to 1874. Surveys were completed in 1866 by Green, Porter, etc., with...
