A two-page photocopied and typed letter from Nancy and Joe Ellin to "Mom and Dad" [Joe's parents] dated July 3, [1964]. The letter describes preparations for the Freedom Schools and the compiling of a "Freedom Booklet." The Ellins talk of the area...
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...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to "Mom and Dad" [Joe's parents], dated August 7, 1964. The letter discusses the lack of Freedom School materials and what types of books should be donated to help the cause. It...
Photocopy of a one-page typed letter written by Joe Ellin to "Mom and Dad" on August 29, 1964. The letter addresses the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the Democratic National Convention. Integration, Freedom School students, and libraries...
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 typewritten letter from Jill Wakeman (Goodman) to friends dated June 23, 1966, in which she recounts the trip to Hattiesburg, including brief stays in Mt. Beulah and at the home of Reverend Bob Beech. She also comments on her...
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.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the exterior of the Hattiesburg Typewriter Company on US Highway 11..
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the interior of the Hattiesburg Typewriter Company on US Highway 11..
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the interior of the Hattiesburg Typewriter Company on US Highway 11..
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the interior of the Hattiesburg Typewriter Company on US Highway 11..
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen Hardware office after Christmas Eve burglary. Blanket divider is on the left, a desk with typewriter is on the bottom right of photo.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen Hardware office after Christmas Eve burglary. Shown are two desks, one in foreground and one in background with typewriter. Many files and other items litter the room.
Yearbook page titled the Junior Class lists names of students and features pictures with a manual typewriter and dictation machine; 1952 Southerner, page 125
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a typewriter in the holiday storefront display at Hub City Office Supply Company on Pine Street.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs.Two African American students sit together at a desk in a room over the entrance to the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. One student is using the...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of an unidentified African American boy at typewriter, most likely taken at the Holly Springs Freedom House.
From the Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs; The photograph shows three unidentified people working in the office of the Church of God in Batesville, Mississippi. Two are women leaning over to help a small child, and the other person, a...