- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Title:
- Director - personal, November 18, 1968
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Publisher:
- from Director - Personal, November 18, 1969, Sovereignty Commission records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1968-11/1969-01
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Mississippi
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Governmental investigations--Mississippi
Newspaper editors--Mississippi
Mississippi--Politics and government
Memorandums
Government correspondence--Mississippi
Social reformers--Mississippi
Subversive activities--Mississippi
Burke, W. Webb (William Webb)--Correspondence - People:
- Burke, W. Webb (William Webb)
- Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
memorandums - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Records collected by the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission between November 1968 and January 1969. The file contains a report by commission investigator Fulton Tutor; a memorandum about alleged subversive activities of Mitsu Shiboh and Thomas Sellers; letters to James H. Dillon, Senate Subcommittee on Investigations following up on a comment made in Esquire magazine about land purchased land "to be utilized for training in guerilla warfare"; a letter to George Morrell of Home Theaters, Inc., seeking information on an employee allegedly dismissed for mishandling or embezzling money; a memorandum about a visit to Mississippi State University student Pat Coughlin who wrote an article attacking the Commission; a letter to Burns Tatun, Director of the University of Mississippi Campus Police committing cooperation; and a letter to Eli Howell, Executive secretary of the Alabama State Sovereignty Commission planning for a joint meeting of all State Sovereignty Commissions or similar organizations
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/sovcom/imagelisting.php?foldercheckbox%5B%5D=1079%7C99%7C64%7C%7C0
- Rights Holder:
- The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records are state government records made available to the public pursuant to American Civil Liberties Union v. Fordice, 969 F.Supp. 403 (S.D.Miss.1994). The web-enabled version of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records is intended for public use in research, teaching, and private study in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). MDAH makes no warranty or assurances that materials contained in this collection are free from U.S. copyright claims or other restrictions on free use and display. It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing materials found in this collection. MDAH requests that prior to publication of Sov. Com. images the user submit an MDAH Broadcast/Publication Permission form for approval by the Department. This form must be accompanied by documentation which proves that copyright requirements have been satisfied. Contact MDAH Reference Staff for details on how to obtain and complete the B/PP form: (601) 576 6876 or refdesk@mdah.state.ms.us. There are no MDAH Use Fees associated with use of Sov. Com. images. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by a credit line, which at a minimum includes the name of this collection, the unique resource identifier for each image, the name of this institution, and URL. ; Cite images according to the following structure: Original Creator, "Title", Original creation date (if known), Unique Resource Identifier, Series Number and Title, Archival Repository, date of last web page revision, image location/URL, (image viewed on date).
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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