cartoon by John Stampone; Melvin Laird stands before a row of giant men labeled "Growing public and Congressional opposition" Laird holds a piece of paper labeled "Anti-Ballistic Missile Funds Request" Each of the men in the row look down at Laird...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to friends, no date given. Describes events in McComb, Mississippi, including the arrests of several civil rights workers and other acts of...
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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Reg Manning. A dead man covered from waist to calf by a sheet labeled "Watergate" lies on a hospital gurney. Four men in surgical garb and masks are trying to revive the man. A man labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; LBJ is leaving the office and tells a man representing the "Democratic Congress" that, "My departing request is, 'Give him a chance'." Nixon is sitting at a table covered with...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man is sitting in an armchair in a home setting reading the newspaper. Above the electrical outlet on the nearby wall is a jagged dollar sign that resembles electrical...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Typewritten letter from Leslie W. Dunbar to Will Campbell, dated March 8, 1965. Includes five pages of notes on Mississippi which Dunbar request that Campbell keep to himself. Provides details about the...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Outline of a speech presented by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) to the Subcommittee on Elections of the House Administrative Committee in an appeal for the committee to allow her to run against Congressman...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Request letter sent to former Freedom Summer volunteers for items needed by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) for fall and winter programs. Items needed include: school,...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Newsletter entitled "The Voice of the Movement," distributed by the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, branch of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), dated August 17, 1964. Volume 1,...
Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten letter from Congressman William F. Ryan to Dr. Israel Zwerling dated June 24, 1964. Ryan relates his efforts to involve the President, Attorney General, and other Federal...
News release by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), calling for a final effort to unseat the Mississippi congressional delegation. There is also a request for leaders and organizations to participate in the "One Man One Vote...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report gives background and activity information on the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union (MFLU) to the northern offices. In it, Margaret Lauren notes problems within the organization and...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. One-page typed letter by Peggy Quinn on letterhead of the Jackson COFO office, amended with a Greenville, Mississippi, address. Quinn identifies herself as Freedom School coordinator for COFO in...
From the Quantrill (William Clarke) Research Collection; Correspondence between Charles W. Journey and William E. Connelley, regarding a request for a copy of Connelley's book and offer of information on William McW; Report of Connelley's interest...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Autograph letter signed. 1 p. (15 x 10 cm.) To Miss Eveline M. Burnblum from Kate Greenaway at Holloway dated 27 November 1882.
One-page document dated December 4, 1871 and drafted by the Mississippi State Legislature requesting return of Federal lands first granted in 1856 for the purpose of building the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad was...
A dispatch sent by Brigadier General John C. Breckinridge to Colonel H. P. Brewster in Corinth, Mississippi, apparently in response to his request for information on Union troop movements in northeast Mississippi, and warning about a potential...
One printed pamphlet presented by Governor Letcher containing an urgent request from Peter B. Starke that the General Assembly of Virginia respond to Mississippi's resolution supporting a convention of Southern states which Starke had presented to...
