- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Letter, Matthew Zwerling to Israel and Florence Zwerling and Sara; June 26, 1964
- Creator:
- Zwerling, Matthew, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1964-06-26
- Subject:
- Civil rights movement
Clarksdale (Miss.)
Harassment
Mississippi Freedom Project - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale, 34.20011, -90.57093
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, and Sara, dated June 26, 1964. Discusses the positive community response in and around Clarksdale, Mississippi, to voter registration drives, and expresses optimism with regard to the lack of violence and police harassment experienced thus far. Zwerling also writes about his concern for Andrew Goodman. (Goodman was a civil rights worker and friend of Zwerling's from New York who was missing and later found murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, along with James Chaney and Michael Schwerner.)
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_875f853f-634b-4979-93d8-15bef1010932
- 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:
- M336 Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection
A finding aid for this collection is available online at: https://doi.org/10.18785/fa.M336
Box 1, Folder 1 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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