From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This is a small handwritten poster meant to rally support of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). A time and place to participate are given.
From the Sullivan-Kilrain Fight Collection. Photocopy of a handwritten letter from John Sullivan to Jake Kilrain, dated 7 December 1888. Sullivan challenges Kilrain to a fight.
Transcribed copy of a handwritten letter from Rayford Lee Bourn to Nancy Ellin, dated September 9, 1964, in which Bourn discusses his up-coming departure from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in order to attend school. Mentions incidents of harassment and...
Transcribed copy of a list of suggestions for teaching methods for teachers in the Mississippi Freedom Project. Suggestions include an emphasis on teaching the students to clearly express their ideas as opposed to an emphasis on grammar and...
Transcribed copy of a handwritten letter from Jill Wakeman (Goodman) to friends dated Saturday, June 25 and Monday, June 27, 1966. Discusses the Meredith March against Fear and the rally held in Jackson afterwards, where speakers included civil...
Rough draft of an article by Terri Shaw submitted to The Antiochian, the alumni publication of Antioch College. It recounts Shaw's experiences as a Freedom Summer volunteer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1964. Shaw discusses the training session...
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.
Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. A Letter from Jacob B. Abbott to Mr. Laughton and the handwritten tag, from the correspondence series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts, typescripts, galleys,...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Copy of H.A. Rey's handwritten letter to President Richard Nixon re: the Vietnam War dated 17 April, 1972. 8.5" x 11"
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Newspaper page of cartoons in Marianne, dated 30 June 1937, with handwritten notes for poems used in an published book.
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Watercolor illustration with handwritten text from page 3 of Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World. Whiteblack is shown with a polar bear and a seal.
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The collection contains eleven handwritten letters, mostly exchanges between Dr. Joseph A. Schwartz and members of his immediate family, as well as a printed scientific article co-authored by Dr. Schwartz...
