- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Letter and brochure for Poor Peoples' fund; 25 February 1966
- Creator:
- Poor Peoples' Fund
- Date of Original:
- 1966-02-25
- Subject:
- Delta Ministry
Fund raising
Mississippi
Poverty - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Letter and brochure soliciting support for the Poor People's Fund. Describes a group of people living at Mount Beulah in Edwards, Mississippi, on land leased by the Delta Ministry as a place for them to stay and work until they could find jobs and afford to buy land and food. The brochure includes quotes from several people living at Mount Beulah.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_621bf94b-2bdf-4f84-b0df-9ebf8e3c461d
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University Libraries provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. When possible, we have provided information regarding the copyright right status of an item; however, the information we have may not be accurate or complete. Obtaining permissions to publish or otherwise use is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Original Collection:
- M323 Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection
Box 1, Folder 9 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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