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Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966

Authoritative Name:

Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966

Biography:

Hattiesburg, Mississippi-based, African American civil rights worker, Dahmer was a local NAACP official, farmer, and storekeeper. On January 10, 1966, Ku Klux Klan members firebombed his home in response to his voter registration efforts. Dahmer died of injuries received during the incident.

Associated Subjects:

Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966
Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Assassination
Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Death and burial
Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966--Family

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

350 items in 5 collections (expand all)

Assorted organizations, reports and bulletins, 1964-1971

Creator:: AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Delta Ministry of Mississippi
Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity
Mississippi Council on Human Relations
Virginia Council on Human Relations
Southern Regional Council
Penn Community Services
Date of Original:: 1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
Collection:: AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:: Georgia State University. Special Collections

Beech--Incoming correspondence, January-August, 1964 (Robert Beech papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 2, Folder 2)

Creator:: Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Beech--Ministers' Project volunteers' reports, August 20-December, 1964 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 6, Folder 7)

Creator:: Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
Date of Original:: 1964/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

DeMuth--Jerry DeMuth papers, 1962-1987 (Archives Main Stacks, SC3065)

Creator:: DeMuth, Jerry, 1937-
Date of Original:: 1964/1979
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Freedom Information Service--WATS reports, August 1964 (Freedom Information Service records, 1962-1979; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 780, Reel 1, Segment 6)

Creator:: Freedom Information Service
Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b)

Creator:: Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:: 1964/1967
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a)

Creator:: Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:: 1964/1967
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Dahmer suspects

Creator:: Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
Date of Original:: 1968-03
Collection:: Moncrief photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Dahmer suspects

Creator:: Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
Date of Original:: 1968-03
Collection:: Moncrief photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Dahmer suspects

Creator:: Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
Date of Original:: 1968-03
Collection:: Moncrief photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Dahmer suspects

Creator:: Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
Date of Original:: 1968-03
Collection:: Moncrief photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Dahmer suspects

Creator:: Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
Date of Original:: 1968-03
Collection:: Moncrief photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Dahmer suspects

Creator:: Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923-
Date of Original:: 1968-03
Collection:: Moncrief photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Sound recordings of oral history interviews with Sam H. Bowers, Jr.

Creator:: Bowers, Samuel Holloway, 1924-2006
Date of Original:: 1983/1984
Collection:: Oral Histories: Interviews with Sam H. Bowers, Jr.
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Transcripts of oral history interviews with Sam H. Bowers, Jr.

Creator:: Bowers, Samuel Holloway, 1924-2006
Date of Original:: 1983/1984
Collection:: Oral Histories: Interviews with Sam H. Bowers, Jr.
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Oral history with Ellie Dahmer

Creator:: Caudill, Orley B
Dahmer, Ellie J., 1925-
Date of Original:: 1974
Collection:: Oral History
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage