A printed copy of a petition to the House of Representatives of the 24th Congress on 1 February 1837. The petition contains 91 names of Mississippi residents who were requesting that Congress set up a tribunal to scrutinize land claims in the area...
From the Circus, Minstrel and Traveling Show. Stationary for A.G. Allen's Big Minstrel Show. The back contains a typed expense account of J.M. Beach, dated September 4 to September 16, 1917w Collection.
From the Circus, Minstrel and Traveling Show Collection. Circus annual for Ringling Bros.' World's Greatest Shows for the 1901 season. The annual lists personnel and towns where performances were held, as well as photographs and a poem honoring the...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten letter from Congressman William F. Ryan to Dr. Israel Zwerling dated June 24, 1964. Ryan relates his efforts to involve the President, Attorney General, and other Federal...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Booklet published for the 4th annual tour of the "Know Mississippi Better" train. The tour, which visited 36 cities in the United States, ran from 7-23 August 1927.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to friends, no date given. Describes events in McComb, Mississippi, including the arrests of several civil rights workers and other acts of...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Booklet published for the 3rd annual tour of the "Know Mississippi Better" train. The tour, which visited 30 cities in the United States, ran from 25 August - 10 September 1927.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dated September 21-22, 1964, on two bombings in Pike County, Mississippi. The home of Alyene Quin and the Society Hill...
From the Paul B. Johnson Family Papers. The State Sovereignty Commission report on Hattiesburg demonstrations, dated 13 February 1964, covers the period of 31 January - 12 February 1964. The report mentions how the investigators found out that the...
From the Sullivan-Kilrain Fight Collection. Photocopy of a handwritten letter from John Sullivan to Jake Kilrain, dated 7 December 1888. Sullivan challenges Kilrain to a fight.
From the L.E. Faulkner Papers. Letter from Representative Colmer to L.E. Faulker, dated 25 January 1945. Colmer writes that he was "one of the five that was responsible for setting this Committee (Un-American Activities Committee) up in the first...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten copy of the testimony given by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee #5, dated March 25, 1965. Expresses thanks for the...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Lawrence Guyot, dated September 28, 1965, in which he reports that the challenge of the 1964 Congressional election in Mississippi was dismissed by Congress. ...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Record of the proceedings and debates of the 89th Congress, the major topic of which is the Congressional Challenge brought by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) in response...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten letter on Congressional letterhead from Senator Jacob K. Javits to Dr. Israel Zwerling dated November 6, 1964. Javits affirms the belief that all Americans have a right to...
