From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Manuscript. "Sonnet." Beautiful lady lying white and prone... 4 stanza verse. Accompanies the watercolors in box 6, Folders 51-53 with the following Identifiers: mus.dg0391.0271, mus.dg0391.0272, mus.dg0391.0271.
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A wife yells at her overweight husband,"You said you'd make it big someday, and you sure did!" She holds a paper that reads,"Reports Say There are Now 90,000 Millionaires in the U.S."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Former Louisiana governor Dave Treen is wearing a suit and hat that are too small for him, and he is carrying a cane under his arm. He is labeled, "40 thousand short." Newly...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor David Treen and former governor Edwin Edwards wear sweat suits and run next to each other while holding signs. Treen's sign reads, "Neglect, mismanagement,...
Photograph of mascot Seymour arriving at a football game in a limousine during the 1982 season. Jeff Davis brought new dimensions to the character of Seymour. Before Davis, the mascot did little more than prance up and down the sidelines....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Leonid Brezhnev leans toward a man holding a paper labeled, "Polish Party Congress." Brezhnev whispers, "Did you hear the one about the Russian who couldn't stand any more...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jim Lange. President Jimmy Carter is shown wearing a coon skin cap and holding his hands behind his back. Carter is smiling at a large bear that is facing him. The bear is standing on its back...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter on letterhead of the Committee of Southern Churchmen from Will D. Campbell to David Mathis, editor of Sidelines, dated October 28, 1968. Campbell discusses an article printed in a...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Letter from Rita Walker to Kathy Dahl. Walker writes from Aurora, Illinois, about the lack of jobs in Mississippi. She writes that African Americans did not make use of opportunities to talk to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed in a black overcoat labeled, "CIA" holds a large bag of money that has a hole in the bottom. Behind the man is a trail of collars and coins, labeled "Subsidies for...
Transcribed copy of a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) report of the results of the June 7, 1966, primary elections in Mississippi. Although the MFDP candidates did not win the primaries, members of the party were encouraged by the large...
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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man and woman sit in their living room, both looking a little dazed. A box of Mardi Gras beads is on the floor between them. On the sofa beside the wife are a Mardi Gras mask...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Lawrence Guyot, dated September 28, 1965, in which he reports that the challenge of the 1964 Congressional election in Mississippi was dismissed by Congress. ...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report describes 1965 voting legislation in Sunflower County that did away with literacy tests in the voter registration process. The report mentions the violent reactions of some...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld shortly after he and fellow voter registration volunteers Lawrence Spears and David Owen were attacked by two Caucasian men from Collins, Mississippi. The assault took...
Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, and Sara, dated June 23, 1964. Discusses voter registration canvassing activities, other aspects of his work in and around Clarksdale, Mississippi, as well as...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document records the tallies of votes for candidates in the Freedom Elections in Mississippi by county. It also records the vote tallies for the regular Democratic and Republican...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report explains why federal aid did not get to the people who really needed it in the South in the 1960s. The report also suggests adjustments that can be made to the aid programs so that...
