From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Merrimon Cuninggim (spelled Cunningim in the document) of the Danforth Foundation, dated May 15, 1964. As the Director of the newly-formed Committee of Southern...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Vol. 5, no. 18. Covers political strategies used in voter registration efforts in Mississippi, including the work of Dr. Martin...
From the Zoya Zeman Freedom Summer Collection. Transcribed copy of a letter from Zoya Zeman to her father, after two phone conversations, dated March 5, 1964. Zeman writes that she will apply as a volunteer for the Mississippi Freedom Project and...
Transcribed copy of a letter from Zoya Zeman to her father, dated July 3, 1964, 9:10am. Zeman writes that she is safe and staying at the home of Dr. Aaron Henry in Clarksdale, Mississippi. She is having an enjoyable time, but needs to work on...
Transcribed copy of a letter from Zoya Zeman to her father, Dr. Erwin D. Zeman, dated July 1, 1964. Zeman writes about her activities as a Freedom Summer volunteer in Clarksdale, Mississippi, during her first three days in Mississippi.
Photocopy of a two-page typed and handwritten letter dated June 12, [1964] from Nancy and Joe Ellin to "Susan and Diane." The first part of the letter (by Nancy) contains household instructions to Susan and Diane, who were house-sitting for the...
A handwritten list of Freedom Summer volunteers and staff in Hattiesburg written by Joe Ellin. The list gives the volunteers' religion, race, approximate age, and their work site. There are tally marks for the statistics on the lower right corner....
From the Kershner (Charles) Papers. A seven page speech by Charles “Chuck” Kershner, the editor of The Student Printz in spring 1964. The speech was delivered during the Symposium on Social Justice held at USM’s Thad Cochran Center on...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Message from Mississippi," produced by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission. This address was prepared for individuals who volunteered to speak publicly on behalf of the Mississippi State...
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. His wife, Mary Caroline Belcher writes on 7 May...
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...
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...
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...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of Zoya Zeman and two unidentified civil rights workers in a Freedom office, taken by Zoya Zeman's father, Dr. Erwin D. Zeman.
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of Mat Zwerling talking to Margie (Margaret) Hazelton at a gathering in Dr. Aaron Henry's backyard in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of local teenagers at a social gathering in Dr. Aaron Henry's backyard in Clarksdale, Mississippi. A handwritten note on the...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of a gathering in Dr. Aaron Henry's backyard in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Joe Youngerman and four local African-American...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of Zoya Zeman and two unidentified civil rights workers in a Freedom office, taken by Zoya Zeman's father, Dr. Erwin D. Zeman.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of (left to right) R.W. Dunn, W. S. F. Tatum, and Dr. W. E. Holcomb. W. S. F. Tatum donated the property on which South Mississippi Woman's College was established in 1911. The school is now...
