James W. Silver collection
The James W. Silver Digital Collection contains news clippings and pamphlets that document the controversy surrounding Silver’s publicly-expressed support for ending segregation, particularly after the publication of Mississippi: The Closed Society.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1928/1986
Subject
Silver family--Correspondence
University of Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi--Race relations
Education, Higher--Mississippi
Mississippi--Social life and customs
College integration--Mississippi--Oxford
Southern Historical Association
Academic freedom
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Oxford--History--20th century
Mississippi--Politics and government
Mississippi--Politics and government
Freedom of speech--Mississippi
People
Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988
Meredith, James, 1933-
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
Location
United Kingdom, England, London, 51.50853, -0.12574
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, 37.98869, -84.47772
United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, 30.44332, -91.18747
United States, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, 42.3751, -71.10561
United States, Minnesota, Ramsey County, Saint Paul, 44.94441, -93.09327
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, Oxford, 34.3665, -89.51925
United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, University, 34.36594, -89.52536
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
Type
StillImage
Sound
Text
Description
The James W. Silver Digital Collection contains news clippings and pamphlets that document the controversy surrounding Silver’s publicly-expressed support for ending segregation, particularly after the publication of Mississippi: The Closed Society. Also included is professional and personal correspondence between Silver and others—including prominent figures such as Albert Gore, Robert Kennedy, Alfred Knopf, Malcolm X, and Arthur Schlesinger—and 31 “Reports From Britain,” articles written by Silver while teaching at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, on a variety of sociopolitical topics.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Search Results
2. Jim Silver to Leslie, 22 October 1963
3. James W. Silver to Mr. Pemberton, 17 October 1963
4. Henry to Jim, 11 October 1963
5. Jim Silver to Leslie, 1 September 1963
6. A.D. Beittel to Dr. Silver, 27 June 1963
7. George to Jim, 24 June 1963
8. Evans Harrington to Editor, 22 June 1963
9. Jim to Perry, 19 June 1963
10. Jim to Nollie, 18 June 1963
11. Reel to Jim, 2 May 1963
12. Jim Silver to Dick, 25 April 1963
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