From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
Fifteen-page typescript of a journal kept by Sandra Adickes during her stay in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as a volunteer in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964. The journal is dated July 10 - August 20, 1964. Adickes discusses her work as...
Transcribed copy of a paper about racism in Mississippi during the 1960s. Follows the tribulations of college students who volunteered to register African Americans to vote during Freedom Summer. With regard to racism and white supremacy,...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
From the Zoya Zeman Freedom Summer Collection. Transcribed copy of the diary of Dean Hay, a Presbyterian minister from Nebraska, in which he details his trip to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in February of 1964. The goal of this trip was to aid in the...
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. Dust Jacket for Wings Over the World edited by Joseph Lewis French, introduction by Capt. Frank M. Hawks (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1931) The Big aviation series, from the books series of the McLoughlin...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Essay written in 1964 about the Mississippi Freedom Schools and their importance to the civil rights movement. Discusses the current educational situation in Mississippi schools and how...
From the Mantinband (Rabbi Charles) Papers. Lecture delivered by Rabbi Charles Mantinband on April 16, 1962, at the First Annual George Brussel Memorial Lecture held at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York, New York. Mantinband discusses...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document compiled by Guy and Candie Carawan includes four "Freedom Songs" excerpted from We Shall Overcome (New York: Oak Publishers. 1963) and an introduction that describes the origins of...
From the Robert Silverberg Papers.; The introduction typescript (4 pp.) from Robert Silverberg's The Man Who Found Ninevah: The Story of Austen Henry Layard; 8 1/2 x 11
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This is a publicity document published by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to encourage people outside the state of Mississippi to support the MFDP's Congressional challenge. The...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Michael Miller's letter to the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle explains the national press's misinterpretation of the phrase "Black power" and clarifies the phrase's meaning and usage...
cartoon by John Knudsen; The base of a giant Oscar statue is labeled "1969 Awards For Decent Entertainment." The statue is situated upon the charred remains of a burned city. A massive fire buring in the background is labeled "Introduction of...
From the Bruce Coville Papers.; Three page typescript of introduction for Bruce Coville's Book of Magic II: More Tales to Cast a Spell on You (1997). 8.5" x 11"
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This handbook was produced by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" It includes an introduction of Mississippi political programs, voter registration, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
