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...
A printed copy of an address by Thomas Smith Grimk’e at a religious meeting in Charleston, South Carolina on 29 March 1831. In his comments Grimk’e focuses upon the resolution of the American Sunday School Union on the issue of Sunday Schools...
Amendment: To Senate Bill (S.129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and to perform other labor connected with the defenses of the county.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld leaves Methodist Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in a wheelchair on July 11, 1964, upon being released. Rabbi Lelyveld was hospitalized after being assaulted the...
cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer; A statue of a seated, meditating Buddha labeled "Cambodia" sits upon a stone slab. Two lengths of barbed wire are suspended in front of the statue. One of the barbs on the wire is shaped like a hammer and sickle.
cartoon by John Knudsen; A giant cornucopia labeled "Weapons to troubled areas" pours tanks, planes, submarines, and artillery upon the upper hemisphere of the earth." The caption reads "Communist cornucopia".
Correspondence between Governor Brown and the Secretary of War, upon the right of the Georgia volunteers, in Confederate Service, to elect their own officers.
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of Erle Johnston, Jr., age 33, upon his election as president of the Mississippi Press Association.
A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
cartoon by Jack Jurden; A man with sagging shoulders and a weary face is sitting at a table. He holds a pencil in his right hand, which is poised over some forms. Among the forms is a page labeled "income tax" A number of dollar signs float above...
Photograph of football player Tony Smith (No. 18) celebrating upon making a touchdown against the University of Alabama. An umpire also has both arms up in the air.
Booklet from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Booklet published by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in an effort to inform the public about a piece of legislation intended to inflict genocide upon African...
From the Emilie and Marie Stapp Collection. The Governor of Alabama issued a proclamation calling upon the children of Alabama to help the Happy Tribe raise one million pennies fro the children in war devastated Europe. How well they responded to...
From the Emilie and Marie Stapp Collection. Proclamation issued by Governor Harding calling upon the boys and girls of Iowa to give their pennies to the Happy Tribe fund for French and Belgian war orphans. The goal is one million pennies.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free Negroes and slaves in certain capacities." By Mr. Miles, from the Military Committee; Read first and second times, placed upon the calendar, and...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to allow commissioned officers of the army rations and the privilege of purchasing clothing from the Quartermaster's Department." By Mr. Miles; December 11, 1863 - Read first and second times, and referred to...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to establish a Bureau of Foreign Supplies." By Mr. Perkins, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs; Read first and second times, placed upon the calendar, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to facilitate the detection of frauds by the disbursing officers of the Government, with the view to the discovery of frauds and peculations upon the Government, and facilitate the conviction of offenders, under...
A Resolution: Upon the subject of peace. By Mr. McMullin; Ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 16 December 1864.
