A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This update on the Mississippi Summer Project informs Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff of arrests and other obstacles encountered by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee...
From the Higdon (May) Collection. A letter of recommendation written by C. W. Grafton, Wesson, Mississippi, July 21, 1909. The letter informs its recipient of May Higdon's good religious background, skills and personality.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Letter from the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff to volunteers chosen to work on voter registration as part of the Mississippi Summer Project, dated May 5, 1964. Informs...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The memo informs Freedom Centers of date changes for a scheduled Washington, D. C. hearing on Mississippi.
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten statement by Robert and Carolyn Goodman, the parents of Andrew Goodman, dated August 5, 1964. The Goodmans express grief over the deaths of their son and fellow civil rights...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff to a Freedom Summer volunteer, dated May 18, 1964. The letter informs the recipient that he/she has been...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Jane Eddy, dated February 14, 1963. Campbell informs Eddy that he is sending her various newspapers and articles as evidence that The Free Press was not the...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. The letter from O.J. Keller to Rabbi Ben-Ami is typed on Abraham Lincoln Association letterhead and lists the association's officers and board members in the right margin of the page. Mr. Keller invites...
From the Ellzey (Wesley James) Papers. A letter from C.A.Lany to Wesley Ellzey dated October 6, 1887. In this letter, C.A. Lany describes her health and economic status in the town of Mount Pleasant, Texas. C.A. Lany has fallen ill, and money is...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report informs Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) staff of structural changes within the organization and new approaches the organization will take to empowering African...
From the Davis (Jefferson) Letters collection. A letter from Colonel H.K. Craig, Chief of Ordnance, to Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, dated 28 September 1853. Craig informs Davis about the death of Captain J.M. Morgan, commanding officer of the...
Letter from George Bomford of the United States Army Ordnance Department to Mississippi Congressman William Haile of Wilkinson County on the question of arms for each state's militia. Bomford explains how arms for each state's militia are...
Letter from Lieutenant Andrew J. Locke to Mrs. Jennie A. Dansuns (?), dated 21 May 1862. Locke, Provost Marshall in Grenada, Mississippi, informs Mrs. Dansuns that according to General Ruggles she is free to travel behind Confederate military lines.
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Due to his work with a parish, Rolland Kidder informs Ed Hamlett, Mississippi state director of the White Folks Project, that he must cancel his plans to work in the Mississippi Freedom Project....
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff, dated December 28, 1964. Informs friends of COFO of the plans to send 1,000 people...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff to Mississippi Summer Project participants, no date given. The letter informs participants of the 1st orientation session...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 5, 1964. In this short note, Zwerling informs his parents of the amount of the fine he was charged for speeding.
