From the Merritt Mauzey Papers.; Three sketches featuring a man and two women sitting in church made by Merritt Mauzey [circa 1973]. Sketch 1 is 2.5" x 5"; sketch 2 is 2.5" x 6" and sketch 3 is 3" x 5"
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. End of summer report by Kathy Dahl written for the Medical Committee for Human Rights. The first half outlines basic medical care conditions for African Americans in the Holly Springs area; the...
From Mrs. W's 1901 Diary. Mrs. W.'s diary paints a vivid portrait of the daily life of a middle class homemaker in 1901, and constitutes a daily account of the author's activities from April 1 - August 7, 1901.Very little biographical or historical...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Dr. McLeod (misspelled as MacLeod in the letter) Bryan of Wake Forest College regarding Campbell's dismissal from the University of Mississippi in October 1956. ...
Photocopy of a two-page typed and handwritten letter dated June 12, [1964] from Nancy and Joe Ellin to "Susan and Diane." The first part of the letter (by Nancy) contains household instructions to Susan and Diane, who were house-sitting for the...
Photocopy of a three-page handwritten letter, dated June 21, [1964], from Joe Ellin to "Diane and Susan." The letter was written upon the Ellins' arrival at the Freedom Summer training session held at Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio. It...
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 letter from Nancy Ellin that is undated and not addressed to a particular person. Nancy writes of a visit from Joe's friend, Yale professor Dick Bernstein, and Nancy teaching her Freedom School students about the...
From the Kershner (Charles) Papers. A seven page speech by Charles “Chuck” Kershner, the editor of The Student Printz in spring 1964. The speech was delivered during the Symposium on Social Justice held at USM’s Thad Cochran Center on...
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Charles P. Belcher writes to his sister [in-law?] Mary Caroline Belcher on 13 February 1862 about his health and recent war news. 6" x 7"
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his nephew [ William H....
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Close-up of a young African American woman singing during a meeting of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of three local African-American teenagers in the community center in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Two young women sit on either...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of two unidentified women standing at machines making .50 caliber ammunition at Komp Equipment Company; 6 x 6
From the Adickes (Sandra E.) Papers.; Photograph of Jimmella Stokes (left), Rita May Crawford (center), and an unidentified woman (far right) taken during the summer of 1964.
