Items and Collections

Integration correspondence

James Meredith's correspondence related to his 1962 enrollment in the University of Mississippi.

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Date of Original
1962

Subject
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi
College integration--Mississippi--Oxford
University of Mississippi--History
University of Mississippi--Riots
Race riots--Mississippi--Oxford
Federal-state controversies--Mississippi
Government, Resistance to--Mississippi--Oxford

People
Meredith, James, 1933-

Location
United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, 34.35675, -89.48492
United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, Oxford, 34.3665, -89.51925

Medium
correspondence

Type
Text

Description
Correspondence in this digital collection originates in the James Howard Meredith Collection and pertains solely to his presence at the University of Mississippi. Written from across the world in 1962-1963, these materials contain pro- and anti-Integration sentiment. The items housed at the University of Mississippi Archives & Special Collections represent a fraction of the correspondence Meredith received during his time in Oxford, MS. This collection does not include personal and business correspondence from the Meredith Collection. Much of the anti-Integration correspondence in this collection contains racial slurs and death threats.

Metadata URL
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/meredith/

Rights Holder
This collection may not be used for any purposes not protected by the Fair Use clause and academic exemptions of U.S. Copyright Law, which allows for duplication & reproduction solely for personal scholarly use. Since copyright remains with the authors in this collection, these items may not be re-posted on other websites or published.

Contributing Institution
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

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277. Ken Kneebone to Mr. Meredith (7 October 1962)

Creator:: Ken Kneebone
Date of Original:: 1962-10-07
Collection:: Integration Correspondence
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

278. Limiea Woolf, Mildred E. Mowe, Madge E. Iverson, Cynthia Cynthia J. Willett, Reve J. Abelow, Ruth S. Elderkin, Carl Locke, Rev. Brown, Barbara Dascher, John H. Doscker to James Meredith (7 October 1962)

Creator:: Limiea Woolf, Mildred E. Mowe, Madge E. Iverson, Cynthia Cynthia J. Willett, Reve J. Abelow, Ruth S. Elderkin, Carl Locke, Rev. Brown, Barbara Dascher, John H. Doscker
Date of Original:: 1962-10-07
Collection:: Integration Correspondence
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections