James W. Silver collection
The James W. Silver Digital Collection contains news clippings and pamphlets that document the controversy surrounding Silver’s publicly-expressed support for ending segregation, particularly after the publication of Mississippi: The Closed Society.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1928/1986
Subject
Silver family--Correspondence
University of Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi--Race relations
Education, Higher--Mississippi
Mississippi--Social life and customs
College integration--Mississippi--Oxford
Southern Historical Association
Academic freedom
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Oxford--History--20th century
Mississippi--Politics and government
Mississippi--Politics and government
Freedom of speech--Mississippi
People
Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988
Meredith, James, 1933-
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
Location
United Kingdom, England, London, 51.50853, -0.12574
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, 37.98869, -84.47772
United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, 30.44332, -91.18747
United States, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, 42.3751, -71.10561
United States, Minnesota, Ramsey County, Saint Paul, 44.94441, -93.09327
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, Oxford, 34.3665, -89.51925
United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, University, 34.36594, -89.52536
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
Type
StillImage
Sound
Text
Description
The James W. Silver Digital Collection contains news clippings and pamphlets that document the controversy surrounding Silver’s publicly-expressed support for ending segregation, particularly after the publication of Mississippi: The Closed Society. Also included is professional and personal correspondence between Silver and others—including prominent figures such as Albert Gore, Robert Kennedy, Alfred Knopf, Malcolm X, and Arthur Schlesinger—and 31 “Reports From Britain,” articles written by Silver while teaching at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, on a variety of sociopolitical topics.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Search Results
2. Pete Briggs to Dr. Silver, 1 December 1963
3. Malcolm X to Prof. Silver, 26 November 1963
4. Sterling Lord to Professor Silver, 18 November 1963
5. unknown to Erik Bert, 8 November 1963
6. Margaret to Dutch and Jim, 13 October 1963
7. John de J. Pemberton, Jr. to Professor Silver, 9 October 1963
8. Bill to Jim, 30 September 1963
9. Bill to Jim, 9 September 1963
10. Jewell L. Gresham to Dr. Silver, 23 July 1963
11. Jewell L. Gresham to Dr. Silver, 17 July 1963
12. Jane R. Rieders to Dr. Silver, 29 April 1963
13. Harrison E. Salisbury to Jim, 26 April 1963
14. WB Goodman to Mr. Silver, 4 March 1963
15. WB Goodman to Professor Silver, 11 February 1963
16. WB Goodman to Professor Silver, 1 February 1963
17. Lamier Hunt to Jim, 16 January 1963
18. Madame Nhu to Prof. Silver, 1963
19. "Progress without Poverty" by Frank Berman, 1963
20. "Why I Am an Atheist" by Frank Berman, 1963
21. Ed to Jim, 20 December 1962
22. Ed K. to Professor Silver, 10 December 1962
23. Ed Kuhn to Jim, 30 November 1962
24. Sheldon Meyer to Mr. Silver, 29 November 1962
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