Oral history.; Mr. Terry Allen Broadus was born on October 11, 1938. Mr. Broadus enrolled at Perkinston Agricultural High School in 1952 and later received a baseball scholarship to attend Perkinston Junior College. In the late 1960s, Mr. Broadus...
From Mrs. W's 1901 Diary. Mrs. W.'s diary paints a vivid portrait of the daily life of a middle class homemaker in 1901, and constitutes a daily account of the author's activities from April 1 - August 7, 1901.Very little biographical or historical...
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
Memoir written by Jack E. Pitts, a private soldier in Company K, First Virginia Cavalry, Confederate Army, of his experiences in General J.E.B. Stuart's raid around the Army of the Potomac outside of Richmond, Virginia, in the summer of 1862. Pitts...
Transcribed copy of a memo regarding the plans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for the Mississippi Freedom Project. Provides a brief background and plans for freedom schools, community centers, voter registration campaigns,...
Transcribed copy of a list of suggestions for teaching methods for teachers in the Mississippi Freedom Project. Suggestions include an emphasis on teaching the students to clearly express their ideas as opposed to an emphasis on grammar and...
Transcribed copy of a paper about racism in Mississippi during the 1960s. Follows the tribulations of college students who volunteered to register African Americans to vote during Freedom Summer. With regard to racism and white supremacy,...
Memo from Virginia Steele, co-coordinator of the Mississippi Summer Project libraries, to librarians, dated July 28, 1964. Discusses improvements to the library collections, services offered, and various projects within the libraries.
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.
Resolutions: Adopted by Humphrey's Mississippi Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, 03 February 1865. Presented by Mr. Barksdale; Ordered to be laid on the table and printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 06 February 1865.
A Bill: Making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the Department of Justice for the half year ending 31 December 1864. By Mr. Lyon, of the Committee of Ways and Means; Read first and second times, laid on the table and...
Resolutions: Adopted by McGowan's Brigade, South Carolina Volunteers. Presented by Mr. Simpson; Ordered to be laid on the table and printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 06 February 1865.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act providing for the auditing and payment of properly authenticated claims." By Mr. Herbert, from Committee on Claims; Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on...
Resolutions: Adopted by the Staunton Artillery. Presented by Mr. Baldwin; Ordered to be laid on the table and printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 06 February 1865.
Joint Resolutions of confidence in and thanks to President Jefferson Davis. By the Chair; Laid on the table and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 10 January 1865.
Resolutions: Adopted by a Meeting of the People of Powhatan, held in the Courthouse on February Court Day, 1865. By Mr. Gholson; Laid on the table and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 16 February 1865.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act providing for the auditing and payment of properly authenticate claims against the Cotton Bureau in the Trans-Mississippi Department." By Mr. Herbert, from the Committee on Claims; Read first and second times, laid...
Resolution: In favor of abolishing Provost Guards. By Mr. J.M. Leach; Laid on the table and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 04 March 1865.
House Resolutions: Endorsing the recent proclamation and order of the President on the subject of retaliation. By Mr. Vest; read first and second times, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of...
Report of the Joint Select Committee appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of Prisoners of War. By Mr. Perkins; Laid on table and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 03 March 1865.
