Copy of a typewritten newsletter from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends, offering Season's Greetings and an update of current events in the life of their family. Mentions the couple's move from northern Alabama to Hattiesburg,...
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...
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...
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...
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 Lewis (Levi) Letters; Levi Lewis, born October 16, 1841, was reared on the family farm in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The oldest son of Robert S. and Mary Lewis, he had an older sister, Lydia Rugar, and two younger brothers, Robert T....
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of employees in front of the Body Department at the Talbert Leigh Pontiac and Cadillac car dealership on East Pine Street.
Copy of a typewritten newsletter, the Mantinband Megillah, written in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends, dated New Year 1962. The Mantinbands discuss their health problems, travels for the year, and the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A sunburned man wearing swim trunks and sandals, and with a dazed or painful expression, stands before a vanity and mirror. The man is labeled "Burning Cyprus question." Heat from...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; September-October issue of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) bi-monthly newsletter, the Core-Lator. Issue number 108 features an article about a round-the-clock silent vigil...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Letter from Steven McNichols to the United States National Student Association (NSA) student body presidents, coordinators, and student editors about the Thanksgiving Fast for Freedom scheduled...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Ceramic small red glazed vase with round body and mouth. Made by Margret Rey, circa 1965-1980. 3.5" x 3.5" x 3.5"
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Ceramic small red glazed vase with round bowl and square mouth. Made by Margret Rey, circa 1965-1980. 4" x 3.5" x 4"
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Little Red Riding Hood runs along a path through the woods carrying a basket labeled "New Orleans public schools." She looks fearfully over her shoulder at a very large wolf...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two 55-gallon drums are in the foreground at the edge of a body of water, and in the background are other drums. All drums show marks that indicate corrosion. A drum in the...
