Schedule of events for the 75th anniversary and homecoming activities. Events include an academic fair, pep rally, performance by George Carlin, and the football game against Florida State University.
From the Circus, Minstrel and Traveling Show Collection. Poster advertising the arrival of the Silas Green minstrel troupe from New Orleans. Others on the poster include comedians Lilas & Silas, the Gaines Troupe, Charlie Morton Jr., and...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Document listing portions of Title 18 of the United States Code that provide for Federal prosecution in civil rights matters. Provisions listed include "FBI Arrests," "Interference with...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) security handbook details safety precautions for civil rights workers. Document sections include Travel, Living at Home or in Freedom Houses,...
Photograph of the ribbon cutting ceremony at the Polymer Science Research Center. Dignitaries include U.S. Representative Gene Taylor, U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, and university president Aubrey Lucas.
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typewritten letter from William J. Simmons to Erle Johnston, Jr., dated November 18, 1987, in response to Johnston's request for information to be used in his book about Mississippi from 1953-1973. Topics...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph from the 75th Anniversary of William Carey College on 1 April 1981. Dignitaries in attendance include Mrs. William Winter, Eudora Welty, Dr. Ralph Noonkester, Leontyne Price, Lucille Parker,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Charles de Gaulle is dressed as an elderly woman. He is carrying a basket over his arm and is doing the shopping. He passes a storefront marked "Euromart" where a sign reads,...
From the Donald Elmer Lawson Papers.; Four 4''x4" photographs of Don Lawson on Gibraltar, October 1967. The photos include the Rock of Gibraltar and some Barbary apes, and were used to in Lawson's research of The Lion and the Rock; 8 1/2 x 9 1/2
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. An elephant dressed in a suit and smoking a cigar sits at a desk, one hand on an open newspaper. In his other hand, he holds a magazine open to a large picture of General William...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Minutes of a National Conference for New Politics board meeting, November 12-13, 1966. Topics include fundraising plans, the National Convention, and the Publications and Speakers Bureau. Also includes...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Against the backdrop of space, "Flag Day" is spelled out in stars under an American flag, which is at the top of a flagpole. The flagpole is set above a globe that has marked...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Press release by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), dated April 4, 1966, titled "Six Candidates File to Run in the State Democratic Party Primary." The statement announces...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Brief report of news and developments in Holly Springs and surrounding areas. Topics include problems with distribution of relief supplies, a rape trial in Memphis, Tennessee, and a $1.5 million...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; The newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), this issue of the Voice (Vol. 6, no. 6; formerly titled the "Student Voice") is dated December 20, 1965. Includes...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Staff reports from a number of SNCC projects, compiled at the Atlanta office by Jon Steinberg. Most describe voter registration, labor organization, or similar grass roots activity. In some...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This letter from Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) summer volunteers, Nancy and Gene Turitz, to friends details the social and political climate of Batesville, Mississippi, in...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; The newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), this issue of the Voice (Vol. 6, no. 4; formerly titled the "Student Voice), is dated July 1965. Coverage includes...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Newsletter released by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dated April 25, 1965. Sections of interest include a report of an injunction against a Sunflower County...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Newsletter published by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" Topics in this issue include a sit-in in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, racial violence and discrimination, the Free...
