Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 17, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. This is the second part of an interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with...
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on April 28, 30 and May 7, 1981 with Mr. Claude Ramsay at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Ramsay was born in 1916 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He served briefly in the Civilian Conservation Corps...
From the Syd Hoff Papers.; Preliminary watercolor jacket illustration by Sid Hoff of Bigfoot carrying a girl down a mountain from Joan Lowery Nixon's Bigfoot Makes A Movie (1979). 12" x 10"
From the Emilie and Marie Stapp Collection. Amelia Siedler was 10 years when she created this diary documenting her family's move from Iowa to Arkansas in a covered wagon from 28 December 1895 - 27 February 1896.
From the Emilie and Marie Stapp Collection. Amelia Siedler was 10 years when she created this diary documenting her family's move from Iowa to Arkansas in a covered wagon from 28 December 1895 - 27 February 1896.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Newsletter for Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) staff, dated May 24, 1968. Includes activity updates by SCEF staff members and discusses the Deep South Project, Southern Mountain Project, and...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter written to "Mom and Dad" [Joe's parents] by Nancy and Joe Ellin on Thursday, July 9, [1964]. Freedom Schools, problems experienced by colleagues, and teaching experiences are topics discussed in the letter.
Photocopy of a three-page typed letter from Joe Ellin to "Mom and Dad," written on Wednesday, July 29, 1964. The host family, work in the project's office, books, and the Freedom Library are discussed. There is a description of a short trip to New...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to "Mom and Dad" [Joe's parents], dated August 7, 1964. The letter discusses the lack of Freedom School materials and what types of books should be donated to help the cause. It...
Article, "Mississippi: Rebuilding a Church," by Mark Panitch in the ADL Bulletin, circa 1965. The article discusses the efforts of a group of college students to rebuild the Antioch Baptist Church in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, which had been...
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...
An autobiography written by Confederate Brigadier General Mark Perrin Lowrey and addressed to Colonel Calhoun Benham for a book Benham was writing. Lowret was born in McNairy County, Tennessee, and was a resident of the Corinth, Mississippi, area...
Transcribed copy of a letter written by Nancy Ellin requesting help in building up the book collection in the Hattiesburg Freedom Library. Specific needs include books about African-American history, books about civil rights and the Freedom...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Page (p. 27) from Margret Rey's journal of pottery notes and diary written at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine, dated April 27. 8.5" x 14"
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Driving directions/map from Waterville Valley to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (both in Massachusetts) written/drawn for Margret Rey on a long sheet of yellow paper by H.A. Rey undated. 5.5" x 24"
