From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A view of a meeting of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) from the rear of the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. Seated at...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; SNCC Field Secretary Dorie Ladner sits on a chair after speaking to the volunteers on nonviolent self-defense during the second SNCC Orientation Session at Western College for Women located in...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Local teenager Doug Smith (left) and SNCC Field Secretary Sandy Leigh explain to elderly African American Hattiesburg resident Felix Smith the procedures required in order to register to vote...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Free Southern Theater guitarist and SNCC Field Secretary Stu House performs in Martin Duberman's play "In White America" at True Light Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on August 3 as...
From the Davis (Jefferson) Letters collection. A letter from Colonel H.K. Craig, Chief of Ordnance, to Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, dated 28 September 1853. Craig informs Davis about the death of Captain J.M. Morgan, commanding officer of the...
From the McNutt (Alexander G.) Letters. Letter from Mississippi Governor Alexander G. McNutt, to J.M. Bullack, Secretary of State of Kentucky, dated 20 June 1838.
From the Harris (Merry B.) Papers. letter from the "Copiah County Military Aid Society" (Mrs. S. J. Morehead, President and Mollie Brown, secretary), to Captain M.B. Harris. It is sent via a Mr. Johnston, along with various clothing articles for...
From the Gary (Martin Witherspoon) Papers. Letter, dated 13 June 1864 from Confederate President Jefferson Davis to the Confederate Senate supporting Secretary of War James Alexander Seddon's promotion of Colonel Gary.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Essay written by a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary following the bombing of the home of Alyene Quin and the Society Hill Baptist Church. The author...
Transcribed copy of affidavits describing incidents of harassment and violence in Mississippi during the summer of 1964, not including statements about events considered widely publicized.
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document by Reverend Bob Beech, director of the Hattiesburg Minister's Project. He provides an account of the activities and accomplishments of the Delta Ministry in Hattiesburg in 1964 with regard to voter...
Running summary of various incidents that occurred during the Mississippi Freedom Project, Summer 1964. Organized chronologically, each entry gives the city and the incident. Includes instances of harassment, hostility, and violence against civil...
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...
Transcribed copy of a memo describing three bombings that took place on June 22, 1964, in McComb, Mississippi. The homes of Fred Bates, C. C. Bryant, and Corline Andrews were bombed.
From the Political Campaign Collection. Flyer that lists instructions for voters in elections. The instructions were issued by James Vardaman, Governor; J.L. Power, Secretary of State; Wm. Williams, Attorney General; and the State Board...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) that discusses the decision of the party to challenge the seating of five Congressional representatives from Mississippi. The...
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 Mississippiana Collection. Photograph of Marshall McCullough, a Lincoln County legislator, from Official and statistical register of the State of Mississippi, 1908 (page 1062). McCullough, a Democrat, was elected to the Mississippi House...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to authorize the 2d Auditor of the Treasury, or a Commissioner, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury with the consent of the President, to take proof as to the expenditures of the State of Tennessee, in...
