Freedom summer digital collection
Selected materials from more than 100 manuscript collections documenting the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1964
Subject
Mississippi Freedom Project
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Congress of Racial Equality
African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi
Civil rights workers--Mississippi
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi
College students--Political activity--Mississippi
Location
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
Medium
web sites
Type
InteractiveResource
Description
Selected materials from more than 100 manuscript collections documenting the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964. Materials include official records of organizations such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); the personal papers of movement leaders and activists; and letters and diaries of northern college students who went South to volunteer for the summer. Other materials include newsletters produced in freedom schools, racist propaganda, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures, magazine articles, telephone call logs, candid snapshots, internal memos, and press releases.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
Wisconsin Historical Society
Search Results
2. SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 16)
3. SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 5)
4. SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 9)
5. Zinn --Mississippi Summer Project, 1964 (Howard Zinn Papers, 1956-1994; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 588, Box 2, Folder 7)
6. Baker--Ella Baker papers, 1959-1965; Archives Main Stacks, SC 628
7. Freedom Information Service--Miscellaneous reports and news releases, 1962-1965, undated (Freedom Information Service Records, 1962-1979; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 780, Reel 3, Segment 2)
8. Morey --Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and Election Challenges, 1964-1965 (R. Hunter Morey papers, 1962-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 522, Box 4, Folder 4)
9. Beech-- Council of Federated Organizations, 1964-1966 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 4, Folder 5)
10. King--Edwin King papers (Z: Accessions,M79-424)
11. Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 1)
12. Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 2)
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