Letter, Matthew Zwerling to Israel and Florence Zwerling and Sara; June 26, 1964

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Identifier	mus-mz003
Title	Letter, Matthew Zwerling to Israel and Florence Zwerling and Sara; June 26, 1964
Description	Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, and Sara, dated June 26, 1964. Discusses the positive community response in and around Clarksdale, Mississippi, to voter registration drives, and expresses optimism with regard to the lack of violence and police harassment experienced thus far. Zwerling also writes about his concern for Andrew Goodman. (Goodman was a civil rights worker and friend of Zwerling's from New York who was missing and later found murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, along with James Chaney and Michael Schwerner.)
Creator	Zwerling, Matthew, 1944-
Date	26 June 1964
Coverage (time period)	June 1964
Subject	Civil rights movements. Clarksdale (Miss.) Harassment. Mississippi Freedom Project. Zwerling, Matthew, 1944-
Mississippi county	Coahoma County (Miss.)
Geographic location	Clarksdale (Miss.)
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of a 1-page document.
Language	English
Publisher	University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
Contributors	Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Notes	A finding aid for this collection is available online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m336.htm; This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Collection	M336 Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection.
Source	Box 1, Folder 1
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
File size	304139 Bytes
File extension	JPG
Width	1688
Height	2160
Color space	RGB
Transcript	Letter, Matthew Zwerling to Israel and Florence Zwerling and Sara; June 26, 1964 Transcript Clarksdale, June 26, 1964 Dear Folks and Sara: Just a note to say that we are starting to get a good community response and that my work is beginning to show results. There has been absolutely no violence, and police harassment has stopped. I think there will be no violence at all here, but harassment may pick up as the project picks up. There isn't really any way I can convey what I feel about Andy. Love, Mat P.S. I got all your letters and that kind of encouragement really raised my spirits. There are daily frustrations which will be much easier to overcome if you all keep writing. Love, Mat
File name	mus-mz003.jpg

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Letter, Matthew Zwerling to Israel and Florence Zwerling and Sara; June 26, 1964

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