From the Harold Courlander Papers.; A typescript page (p. 2) from "How Poverty was Revealed to the King of Adja," which appears in Harold Courlander's The King's Drum and Other African Stories; 8 1/2 x 11
From the Harold Courlander Papers.; An illustration proof (p. 2) from "How Poverty was Revealed to the King of Adja," which appears in Harold Courlander's The King's Drum and Other African Stories (1962); 8 x 12 1/2
From the Harold Courlander Papers.; A typescript page (p. 1), with corrections, from "Anansi Plays Dead," which appears in Harold Courlander's The Hat-Shaking Dance and Other Tales from the Gold Coast (1957); 8 x 11
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Almanack for 1883 by Kate Greenaway (London: George Routledge and Sons, [1882]). illustration, brown ink (9 x 7 cm.) Signed KG. appears on January page, top.
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Almanack for 1883 by Kate Greenaway (London: George Routledge and Sons, [1882]). illustration, brown ink (14.5 x 13 cm.) appears on October page, top.
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Almanack for 1883 by Kate Greenaway (London: George Routledge and Sons, [1882]). illustration, brown ink (5.7 x 5.5 cm.) appears on October page, bottom.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This legal notice to James L. Whitten from Fannie Lou Hamer announces Ms. Hamer's intent to contest his 19-64 election to the United States House of Representatives from the 2nd Congressional...
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. 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 Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A meeting of COFO-Hattiesburg Project volunteers in an African-American church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. The meeting appears to be presided over by Sandy Leigh,...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of Carolyn Lane and six unidentified African American children taken during a Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) trip to rural areas near Clarksdale, Mississippi, in September...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr., taken in the 1960s. It appears that King is addressing a group of people.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Nine-page typewritten document entitled, *Voter Registration Laws in Mississippi: Subversion of the Fifteenth Amendment in Mississippi;* presumably part of the curriculum training...
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...
From the Earle E. Johnston Papers. Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Attitudes in Mississippi," written by Erle Johnston in December 1967. Johnston describes what he considers to be the prevailing attitudes in Mississippi in the...
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...
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 Map Collection. A map comprised of several sections. The center panel shows the the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Islands, and parts of South America, Mexico, and the U.S. Additional panels illustrates the Baye de Panama, St. Augustini,...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Crayon illustration proof with handwritten text (p. 7) from bound dummy of "How the Tortoise Outwits the Jaguar," which appears in H.A. Rey's unpublished book, Indian Tortoise Stories, volume 2 [ca....
