Transcribed copy of a letter from Zoya Zeman to her family dated May 23, 1964, in which she writes about preparations for her summer participation in the Mississippi Freedom Project. She also asks for input from her family about her summer schedule...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter with a handwritten postscript, dated Friday [June 26, 1964], from Joe Ellin to "Diane and Susan." The letter was written after approximately one week of Freedom Summer training in Oxford, Ohio. Joe describes his...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter from Nancy and Joe Ellin to "S and D," [Susan and Diane] written on Wednesday, July 8, 1964. The letter speaks of the teaching experiences of the Ellins in the Freedom Schools in Hattiesburg and the neighboring...
From the Kershner (Charles) Papers. A seven page speech by Charles “Chuck” Kershner, the editor of The Student Printz in spring 1964. The speech was delivered during the Symposium on Social Justice held at USM’s Thad Cochran Center on...
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of Thomas Brady, taken in 1954. Brady was one of the original members of the White Citizens councils and served on the Mississippi State Supreme Court under the...
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a stand of tall, slender long leaf pine trees. A child standing among the trees dramatizes their enormous height. The original caption reads, "Small Long Leaf at Lyman,...
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a particularly thick stand of yellow pine trees. A small child can barely be seen in the middle of the photograph. The original caption reads, "Dense Close Grained Long Leaf...
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of two men posing in a stand of large hardwood trees. The original caption reads, "White Oak and Red Gum at Woodbluff, Alabama".
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a thick stand of yellow pine trees. The original caption reads, "Long Leaf Yellow Pine".
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of (left to right) Wayne Yancey, Charlie Scales, Ruth Koenig, and unidentified woman on the porch of the original Freedom House in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of the gable end of the original Freedom House at 100 Rust Avenue in Holly Springs, Mississippi. A sign on the house reads "COFO SNCC" and shows the image of clasped...
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a stand of very tall, skinny pine trees. The original caption reads, "Pitch Pine Poles at Lyman, Mississippi".
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of three unidentified African American men building a front porch for the second Freedom House in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Part of the original Freedom House can be...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Nine-page typewritten document entitled, *Voter Registration Laws in Mississippi: Subversion of the Fifteenth Amendment in Mississippi;* presumably part of the curriculum training...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the Mississippi Women's College campus, circa 1911. Photo show Tatum Court (center), flanked by two original buildings of South Mississippi College, which operated on the site from...
Transcribed copy of a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) report of the results of the June 7, 1966, primary elections in Mississippi. Although the MFDP candidates did not win the primaries, members of the party were encouraged by the large...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from Jill Wakeman (Goodman) to friends dated June 23, 1966, in which she recounts the trip to Hattiesburg, including brief stays in Mt. Beulah and at the home of Reverend Bob Beech. She also comments on her...
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...
