Items and Collections

Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Civil rights related materials including correspondence, business records, diaries, newspaper clippings, and photographs primarily from the 1950's through the 1960's.

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Date of Original
1950/1969

Subject
Civil rights movement
Civil rights workers
African Americans
Civil Rights
Mississippi Freedom Project
Civil rights demonstrations

Location
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale, 34.20011, -90.57093
United States, Mississippi, Forrest County, Hattiesburg, 31.32712, -89.29034

Medium
documents (object genre)
images (object genre)

Type
StillImage, Text

Description
This collection largely focuses upon the ciliv rights movement in Mississippi. Primary source materials include correspondence, business records, diaries, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Topics include Civil Rights, Freedom Schools, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and Voting Equality.

Metadata URL
https://www.digitalcollections.usm.edu/historical-manuscripts

Contributing Institution
University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

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This Search	Will Find
“Montgomery Bus Boycott”	Records that have the exact phrase Montgomery Bus Boycott
Albany OR Augusta +integration	Records with the word integration that also contain the words Albany and/or Augusta
King -Martin	Records with the name King but not the name Martin
“Freedom Rides” AND Carter	Records containing the phrase “Freedom Rides” and the name Carter
Selma AND (Lewis OR Williams)	Records containing the words Selma and Lewis or Selma and Williams

Subject Holly Springs (Miss.)

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1. Letter, Kathleen Dahl to Robert S. McElvaine; November 1, 1979

Creator:: Dahl, Kathleen Aileen
Date of Original:: 1979-11-01
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

2. Letter, Rita (Walker) and family to Kathy (Dahl) and family; September 12, 1967

Creator:: Walker, Rita
Date of Original:: 1967-09-12
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

3. Letter, Rita (Walker) to Kathy (Dahl); July 27, 1967

Creator:: Walker, Rita
Date of Original:: 1967-07-27
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

4. Letter, Rita and Sid Walker to Kathy (Dahl); July 13, 1967

Creator:: Walker, Rita
Date of Original:: 1967-07-13
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

5. Letter, Rita (Walker), Bud, kids to Kathy (Dahl), John, Aileen; October 24, 1966

Creator:: Walker, Rita
Date of Original:: 1966-10-24
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

6. Letter, Rita Walker to Kathy (Dahl) and family; September 26, 1966

Creator:: Walker, Rita
Date of Original:: 1966-09-26
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

7. Letter, Rita Walker to Kathy (Dahl); April 29, 1966

Creator:: Walker, Rita
Date of Original:: 1966-04-29
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

8. Freedom news; February 21, 1966

Date of Original:: 1966-02-21
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

9. Newsletter from Freedom House, Holly Springs, Mississippi; November 15, 1965

Date of Original:: 1965-11-15
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

10. WATS report; Monday October 25, 1965

Date of Original:: 1965-10-25
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

11. Newsletter [from Freedom House, Holly Springs, Mississippi]; October 1, 1965

Date of Original:: 1965-10-01
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

12. Newsletter from Freedom House, Holly Springs, Mississippi; August 1965

Date of Original:: 1965-08-01
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries