Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The collection consists of a four-page typewritten report authored by Rev. Faulconer in November 2000 concernig his work as a Freedom Summer volunteer in 1964. The report describes his experience...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The collection contains eleven handwritten letters, mostly exchanges between Dr. Joseph A. Schwartz and members of his immediate family, as well as a printed scientific article co-authored by Dr. Schwartz...
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 Adickes (Sandra E.) Papers. Copy of a typewritten letter from Sandra Adickes to Victoria Jackson Gray Adams dated January 15, 1990. Adickes discusses her fond memories of Addie Mae Jackson, who was her host in Hattiesburg, Mississippi,...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typewritten letter on Citizens Councils of America letterhead from William J. Simmons to Erle Johnston, Jr., dated November 25, 1987. Discusses the Legal Education Advisory Committee (LEAC), as well as...
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...
Copy of a typewritten letter from Rabbi Jacob K. Shankman to Mrs. Anna Mantinband dated October 17, 1974, in which Shankman offers sympathy at the death of Rabbi Charles Mantinband. Shankman expresses his admiration for Mantinband for his...
Copy of a typewritten letter from Rabbi Saul J. Rubin dated August 14, 1974, in which Rubin offers sympathy to the Mantinband family upon the death of Rabbi Charles Mantinband. Rubin expresses his admiration for Mantinband as an example of courage...
From the Adickes (Sandra E.) Papers. Copy of a typewritten letter from Sandra Adickes to Ella Baker, dated April 2, 1971. Adickes discusses the outcome of a lawsuit she filed against S.H. Kress and Company, and her desire to give her portion of the...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typewritten letter from Erle Johnston, director of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, sent to editors of northern newspapers in 1969. Johnston discusses the current climate in the state as a...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter on letterhead of the Committee of Southern Churchmen from Will D. Campbell to David Mathis, editor of Sidelines, dated October 28, 1968. Campbell discusses an article printed in a...
From the Earle E. Johnston Papers. Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Attitudes in Mississippi," written by Erle Johnston in December 1967. Johnston describes what he considers to be the prevailing attitudes in Mississippi in the...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typewritten letter from Kenneth Dean to Robert Nash dated April 4, 1967, in which Dean voices his concerns about the continued racial violence and discrimination in Mississippi. Dean describes an incident...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rawson Woods, dated March 14, 1967, in which Campbell discusses the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice. The organization lost...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Typewritten letter from Congressman Benjamin S. Rosenthal to Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams), dated February 3, 1967. Rosenthal assures Gray that the complaints of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Typewritten letter from John Doar to Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) dated September 20, 1966. Doar (Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division) explains that the Department of Justice acted in...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from Jill Wakeman (Goodman) to friends, dated July 8, 1966, in which she discusses her friendship with Mrs. Simms, her hostess in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She also includes details about her experiences...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Typewritten letter from Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) to Congressman John J. Conyers, Jr. dated June 24, 1966, in which Gray solicits support for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Describes the...
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...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Typewritten letter from Carl Braden to Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams), dated April 19, 1966, informing Gray that she was elected to the board of directors of the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF)....
