Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988
- Authoritative Name:
- Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988
- Biography:
- History professor James W. Silver began teaching at the University of Mississippi in 1936. Silver's liberal approach to race relations included supporting James Meredith after the University's integration. In his farewell address to the Southern Historical Association at the end of his term as association president in November 1963, Silver called Mississippi a "closed society" and compared its actions in response to the Civil Rights movement to its actions before and during the Civil War. Mississippi officials, outraged at Silver's comments, began demanding his removal from the school. University trustees created a committee to gather evidence to fire Silver even though he had been tenured for more than twenty years. The committee mailed Silver the charges against him in late April 1964. Silver arranged for a leave of absence to teach at Notre Dame University that fall and left before the trustees had a chance to review the charges against him. Silver never returned to teaching at the University of Mississippi, instead teaching at Notre Dame and the University of South Florida until the end of his career.
- Associated Subjects:
- Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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625 items in 3 collections (expand all)
"Expenses of James W. Silver", 2 December 1963
- Creator:
- Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988
- Date of Original:
- 1963-12-02
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
"Gordie" to Jim, 29 November 1957
- Creator:
- Gordie
- Date of Original:
- 1957-11-29
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
"Madeline" to Jim and Dutch, 30 December [?]
- Creator:
- Madeline
- Date of Original:
- 1928/1986
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
"Margaret" to "Jim & Dutch," 1 December 1944
- Creator:
- Schwerzmann, Margaret (Mrs. Leon, Jr.)
- Date of Original:
- 1944-12-01
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
"Margaret" to Jim, 5 January 1943
- Creator:
- Coursey, Margaret (Mrs. J. B.)
- Date of Original:
- 1943-01-05
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
"Mississippi: The Closed Society," James W. Silver to the Southern Historical Association, 7 November 1963
- Creator:
- Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988
- Date of Original:
- 1963-11-07
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Southern school news
- Creator:
- Southern Education Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1964-07-01
- Collection:
- Southern school news
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Georgia. Libraries
Southern school news
- Creator:
- Southern Education Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1963-12-01
- Collection:
- Southern school news
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Georgia. Libraries
WSB-TV newsfilm clip of a reporter interviewing University of Mississippi history professor James W. Silver about Mississippi race relations in Oxford, Mississippi, 1964
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection