Photocopy of a one-page typed letter written on August 11 and 12, 1964 by Joe Ellin. It discusses the status of the Freedom Library and fund-raising efforts by Harry Belafonte to provide college education for African-Americans. The All-State...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Newsletter published by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" Topics in this issue include an incident of discrimination against a mother and her sick child, Freedom Schools, the...
Transcribed copy of a speech given by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) during her campaign for the United States Senate in 1964. Discusses Section I, Title I of the Civil Rights Bill and its effects on African Americans in Mississippi. Also describes...
Copy of a typewritten newsletter written in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends, dated December 1954. Discusses their efforts to build a Jewish life in the South, the impact of the May 1954 Supreme Court...
Transcribed copy of an essay on African-American history from 1900-1964, written by Otis Pease for Mississippi Freedom Project workers. Includes brief biographies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and mentions the Myrdal study.
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,...
Twenty-page typescript of the diary of Jinny Glass, dated August 7, 1964, through August 25, 1964. Glass was a Freedom Summer volunteer from California who worked at the Palmer's Crossing Community Center, south of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Transcribed copy of a journal written by Joseph Ellin in which he discusses government and political issues in relation to racial discrimination, education, economic conditions, and other aspects of society and culture in Mississippi.
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...
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.
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 McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Proof of cover of Home Painting Book (New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d.) [publication status unknown] from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Production dummy (pasted-up cover and 8 pp. of printed text) of Jack and the Beanstalk #216 [publication status unknown] from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Book Cover and several printed pages of Little Tom Tucker and Other Rhymes (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1905) Ding dong bell series #1143 [publication status unknown] from the books series of the McLoughlin...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Book Cover of Little Stories of the Animals: Book 3 (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., n.d.) [publication status unknown] from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Blue and red color separation for the title page of Animal and Bird Picture Book (with illustrations by A.E. Kennedy and Albert Kaye (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., n.d.) #401 [publication status unknown]),from...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Blue and red color separation for the title page of Animal and Bird Picture Book (with illustrations by A.E. Kennedy and Albert Kaye (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., n.d.) #401 [publication status unknown]),from...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Book dummy (no materials contained inside, but there are glue residue marks) of The Merry Mother Goose [publication status unknown] from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Book dummy with 4 color proofs pasted-in. Front reads "Use stories from "Sunny Tales" "Bad Donkey" "Peggy's Pokey" etc. and perhaps a section of poems from "Little Boy Blue." From Moonbeam Stories [publication...
