From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is walking along a sidewalk carrying a large medal labeled "Nobel peace prize," and he is looking over at a pawn shop with large windows. A...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A dog with the words "Tax bite" for teeth sits in the grass in front of a door labeled, "Overlapping and duplication in state government." A note on the stoop reads, "Need for a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam holds a paper that reads "Antiwar protests in Washington cost in excess of $1,000,000." He looks angrily at a large graph with a rising expenditure line labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A high sided truck is stopped at the entrance of a much shorter tunnel. The tunnel entrance is labeled "Revenues." The truck box is labeled "Costs...State govt. line." The truck...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A man labeled "Ye grocer" has a dazed expression on his face. He is being hit on the head with an umbrella held by a woman labeled "Ye housewife." At the same time, a donkey...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A large bear labeled "Inflation" lies on its stomach on the ground eating dollar bills. A man labeled "Govt. [government] spokeman" stands on the bear's back wiping the dust from his...
Transcribed copy of a journal written by Joseph Ellin in which he discusses government and political issues in relation to racial discrimination, education, economic conditions, and other aspects of society and culture in Mississippi.
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...
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...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter, dated June 30, [1964], from Nancy Ellin to "Dr. and Mrs. Ellin [Joe's parents]." The letter was written a few days after Nancy and Joe reached Hattiesburg and describes the people and living conditions in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer. Richard Nixon is walking on a sidewalk past the corner of a building with an alley next to it. He stops suddenly as a man in the alley gets his attention with "Pssst..." The...
