Photocopy of a two-page typed and handwritten letter, dated [July 11, 1964] from Joe Ellin to "kids" [Susan and Diane]. In this document, Joe's frustrations are evident in the tone he uses in writing. He talks of a lack of teaching materials in the...
Photocopy of a three-page typed letter from Joe Ellin to "Mom and Dad," written on Wednesday, July 29, 1964. The host family, work in the project's office, books, and the Freedom Library are discussed. There is a description of a short trip to New...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Volunteers Carolyn and Arthur Reese, Co-Coordinators of the COFO-Hattiesburg Freedom Schools during Freedom Summer, 1964, stand in front of Priest Creek Missionary Baptist Church at Palmer's...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Written by students of the Palmers Crossing Freedom School, articles in this newspaper discuss the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, canvassing, slavery, and the future of African...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Palmers Crossing Declaration of Independence emphasizes parts of the United States Constitution that pertain to human and civil rights. Also gives a general list of grievances from...
Fifteen-page typescript of a journal kept by Sandra Adickes during her stay in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as a volunteer in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964. The journal is dated July 10 - August 20, 1964. Adickes discusses her work as...
From the Zoya Zeman Freedom Summer Collection. Transcribed copy of the diary of Dean Hay, a Presbyterian minister from Nebraska, in which he details his trip to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in February of 1964. The goal of this trip was to aid in the...
In this one-page letter, Jinny Glass writes to Zoya Zeman about her time in Mississippi working on the Mississippi Freedom Project. She explains that she has been working at a community center and has just attended a memorial service in Neshoba...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad at Palmer's Crossing.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad at Palmer's Crossing.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad at Palmer's Crossing.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad at Palmer's Crossing.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad at Palmer's Crossing.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad at Palmer's Crossing.
