From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Lawrence Guyot, Chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to friends of the party, dated May 24, 1965. The letter serves as a briefing on a...
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...
Zoya Zeman's senior thesis was written after her participation in the Mississippi Freedom Project in the summer of 1964. Putting her work into context, she begins with a description of the background history of Mississippi. Zeman then recounts her...
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...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document about the experiences of Jill Wakeman (Goodman) during her stay in Mississippi in the summer of 1966, including her motives for going to Mississippi and the civil rights work she did there. Describes Mount...
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 statement, presumably written by a Freedom School teacher, dated July 9, 1964. Discusses the teaching methods used in Freedom Schools, particularly using the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution to...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for Fielding L. Wright, candidate for Governor of Mississippi. The Pontotoc County Campaign Committee for Fielding L. Wright created this handout for the first primary election,held on 5...
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; Bulletin released by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) regarding the June 7, 1966, primary elections. Discusses the increased violence against African Americans in...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; The newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), this issue of the Voice (Vol. 6, no. 6; formerly titled the "Student Voice") is dated December 20, 1965. Includes...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; The newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), this issue of the Voice (Vol. 6, no. 5; formerly titled the "Student Voice") is dated August 30, 1965. Includes an...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Brief memorandum regarding the legal authority of the federal government in matters related to civil rights. According to the memo, the federal government has the authority in court to...
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 Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers. Photograph from the Boston Globe evening edition. Caption:Uninhibited McCarthy supporter, Mrs. H.A. Rey, registers happiness, after her candidate finished first in Waterville Valley, N.H., voting....
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; In his six-page memoir, Dr. Anthony Harris recounts events in his life from ca. 1964 to 1977. He includes his participation and arrest in a voting rights demonstration, his role in the integration of...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a poster made by the Jaycees to vote on the hospital bond issue on 18 November 1947.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of Paul B. Johnson, Jr., putting his ballot in a box during an election.
