Melish, William Howard, 1910-
Biography:
William Howard Melish was born in 1910, the son of well-known theologian and Episcopal priest John Howard Melish. Melish attended both Harvard University and Jesus College at Cambridge University before becoming assistant rector, under his father, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York. During the 1940s, Melish became active in the American Labor Party and was a founding member of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. His ties with Communism proved controversial and Melish was eventually relieved of his duties at Holy Trinity. Melish also became involved with the civil rights movement in the South and served as a regional representative for Southern Patriot, a monthly periodical published by Southern Conference Educational Fund.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Anne Braden Oral History Project (Kentucky Virtual Library)
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- Braden--Mississippi 1958-1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15) (Correspondence)
- Shirah--Correspondence and memos, 1961, 1963-1964, undated (Samuel C. Shirah, Jr., papers, 1961-1964; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 540, Box 1, Folder 3) (Correspondence)
- Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
- Letter: New Orleans, Louisiana, to William H. Melish, Brooklyn, New York, 1963 January 15 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter: to Howard Melish, Atlanta, Georgia, 1962 April 9 (Letters (correspondence))
- Memorandum: to Howard Melish, 1963 January 18 (Correspondence)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph [Image of Southern Conference Educational Fund meeting minutes] (Minutes)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Karen Townsend, William Melish, Ilene Melish (left to right) and other unidentified demonstrators standing in front of a Western Union storefront during an Anti-Vietnam War demonstration protesting Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's visit to Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 February 24 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of masthead of Southern Conference Educational Fund's Southern Patriot, Nashville, Tennessee, 1963 October (Newspapers)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Tougaloo College students William Melish and Ilene Melish standing in front of a Western Union storefront with other unidentified demonstrators during an Anti-Vietnam War demonstration protesting Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's visit to Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 February 24 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph [Southern Conference Educational Fund minutes] (Minutes)