Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Correspondence, newspaper articles and other items that document events surrounding the cancellation of Rev. Alvin Kershaw's scheduled appearance at the University of Mississippi in February 1956. For the...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The collection consists of a four-page typewritten report authored by Rev. Faulconer in November 2000 concernig his work as a Freedom Summer volunteer in 1964. The report describes his experience...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The papers contain personal papers; records related to Rose's religion-centered journalistic, fund-raising, and activist work; and material related to his non-religious employment in journalism and music...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The James Earl Price Mississippi history collection is organized into six series: Alleged Slaughter at Camp Van Dorn; History and Struggles of the United Methodist Church in Mississippi; President Theodore...
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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Riedell. An American bald eagle, with an olive branch in its beak and a clutch of arrows in one claw, is trying to fly. Its other leg is tied to a stake by means of a tether labeled "War...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. Richard Nixon and Pope Paul VI stand on the globe that is labeled "Search for peace." A bright sky is behind them. They shake each other's right hand, and with the left each man...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Program for the Ninth Annual Freedom Day Rally held at St. Paul Methodist Church in Meridian, Mississippi, on April 26, 1964.
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rawson Woods, dated March 14, 1967, in which Campbell discusses the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice. The organization lost...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Walker Percy, dated September 2, 1965, in which Campbell asks Percy to serve on the board of the Committee of Southern Churchmen. He also discusses the goals...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A newsletter from the Holly Springs Freedom House, signed as the Needy Group of Mississippi. This newsletter describes or mentions numerous events, including: Howard Jeffries in jail; expired...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; With statistical tables that depict and support the view that poverty is a disturbing reality in Mississippi, the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson proposes a systematic training and redevelopment...
Pamphlet from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Pamphlet distributed by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)" Describes the Congressional Challenge and the perceived accomplishment of the effort. Includes an...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Memo from Will D. Campbell to Dr. W.C. Fields, dated February 18, 1965, entitled "Race in Public Relations" Campbell writes to Fields, the Director of Public Relations for the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A typed letter from Aviva Futorian on COFO Holly Springs Project letterhead includes information about the burning of St. Joseph's church, encounters with local police, and forced integration of...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Sam H. Franklin, dated November 5, 1964, in which Campbell provides information regarding civil rights activities in Mississippi. He notes that Franklin...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rev. Charles Jones, dated October 12, 1964. Campbell discusses the proposed organization of a group of interracial Churchmen of Mississippi, and his...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Essay written by a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary following the bombing of the home of Alyene Quin and the Society Hill Baptist Church. The author...