Baer, Byron M., 1929-2007

Authoritative Name:
Baer, Byron M., 1929-2007
Biography:
Byron Mark Baer was working as a motion picture technician in Englewood, New Jersey when he was arrested for his participation in the Freedom Rides during the summer of 1961. As part of the Freedom Ride, Baer, along with nine others, took a Greyhound bus from Nashville, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi where he was arrested on 29 July 1961. Baer later served the state of New Jersey as both a state representative, from 1972 to 1993, and a state senator between the years of 1994 and 2005. He died on 24 June 2007.
Associated Subjects:
Baer, Byron M., 1929-2007
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

9 items in 2 collections (expand all)

Byron M. Baer's "Confessions of a Freedom Rider" scrapbook, containing newsclippings, photographs, and other information, both typed and handwritten, compiled on construction paper.

Date of Original:
1961
Collection:
Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Byron M. Baer's codes for prison communication, trial information, and a hearing aid receipt, 1961-1962

Date of Original:
1961/1962
Collection:
Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Correspondence, notes, and other documents related to Freedom Rider imprisonment in Parchman Penitentiary.

Date of Original:
1961
Collection:
Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Freedom Rider correspondence; publicity flyers; and a 1964 report on a study of Freedom Riders' race, gender, geographic distribution, motivation, political and philosophical views, and religious identification; 1961-1964; n.d.

Date of Original:
1961/1964
Collection:
Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Letter from Byron M. Baer to Mrs. Elizabeth Kroll, written on toilet paper in Parchman Penitentiary

Date of Original:
1961
Collection:
Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Newsclippings

Date of Original:
1961/1962
Collection:
Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
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