From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Two-sided tri-fold brochure about the Freedom Registration drive sponsored by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" COFO explains who can register, how and where to register, and...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers .; Curious George's 50th Birthday invitation (including balloon), sponsored by Houghton Mifflin on May 9, 1991. First image is 5.5" x 7.5" and the second image is 7.5" x 10.5."
Newspaper article about the 8th annual Football Run to Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, sponsored by the Army ROTC Golden Eagle Brigade and various Greek organizations.
Two-sided Golden Eagles football medallion for the 1974 season (the schedule is shown on the back side of the medallion). Sponsored by the Hattiesburg Coca-Cola Bottling Company.
Brochure for the rose garden. The All-American Public Rose Garden is located on the front of the University of Southern Mississippi campus. It is sponsored by the Hattiesburg Area Rose Society.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Details of a March 26, 1968, meeting for the staff of the Poor People's Campaign, including the names of those in attendance, minutes of the meeting, and the strategy for march planned during April for...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Proposed plan of action for Mississippians who will take part in the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C., in the spring of 1968. The Poor People's Campaign was sponsored and organized by the...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Newsletter released by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dated April 25, 1965. Sections of interest include a report of an injunction against a Sunflower County...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; News release by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) dated December 10, 1964. Provides a brief history of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), as well as...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Program for a Town Hall meeting held at New York University on August 20, 1964. The meeting,"Hearing on Mississippi," featured panelists listening to another group testify on their...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Report of the planned programs for Freedom Summer of 1964. Beginning with a quote from James Silver's book Mississippi: The Closed Society, the prospectus discusses issues such as goals of the Mississippi...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The letter is typed on Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) letterhead and is signed by 18 individuals. It was meant to spark publicity for the upcoming Congressional challenge sponsored...
Brochure from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Brochure published by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) inviting college students, clergymen, laypersons, and businessmen to participate in various summer projects sponsored...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The proposal explains plans for a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sponsored project to teach young people (particularly African Americans) skills that will help them to find...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a Hobo Basket sponsored by the Illinois Central Railroad Station to raise money for the March of Dimes.
Photograph of Wimpy's, a cooperative store, sponsored by the Student Christian Federation. The profits were used for the betterment of social and religious life on campus. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 56, and the 1939 Neka...
Menu for Board of Trustees banquet. The purpose of this banquet was to persuade the Board of Trustees to locate the new college in Hattiesburg. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 5; 5 x 7
Program cover reads, "Hattiesburg, Miss. The Logical Point for the State Normal School September Sixth 1910 Hotel Hattiesburg." The purpose of this banquet was to persuade the Board of Trustees to locate the new college in Hattiesburg. Also found...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 27, 1991 in the city hall of Corinth, Mississippi with Mayor Edward S. Bishop, Sr. Bishop was born in Starkville, Mississippi on December 11, 1907. In 1926, he completed high school at Jackson...
